Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #181
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Date: 7/25/2008 7:12 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 181
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Norman Corwin                         [ <vzeo0hfk@[removed]; ]
      The Honeymooners & OTR                [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      The NY Suspense run                   [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
      Hopalong Cassidy & Cisco Kid          [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      7-24 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      OTR stories in lighthouses            [ <[removed]@[removed]; ]
      Paul Harvey to Return to Radio        [ LSMFTnolonger@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:20:07 -0400
    From: <vzeo0hfk@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Norman Corwin

    Bob Cockrum wrote that he found the language of Norman Corwin's radio plays

>     ". . . often troubling, smacking of one-worldism (United Nations) .  .  .
>     forgoing [removed] sovereignty in the pursuit. and that it's . . . clear enough
>     why those who saw a Commie behind every bush in those days thought they
>     might have spotted one in his case.

    I would like to comment that during the blacklist era, on the West Coast,
    actor Ward Bond played the role of "clearing" people who were accused of
    being communists, for the whole motion picture industry. Like supermarket
    owner Lawrence Johnson on the east coast Bond became a self proclaimed expert
    on who was and who was not a communist.

    Regarding Corwin, as I stated in my book WORDS AT WAR (Scarecrow Press), Bond
    told blacklisted radio director Bill Robson, "We know Corwin was not a
    communist, never was a communist,". . . "But he'll do until one comes along."

    If the world needs people to pass judgment on whether the political views of
    others are "the right ones," why not have an actor or a supermarket owner
    filling that role.

    Howard Blue
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    Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:20:13 -0400
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Honeymooners & OTR

    I've been catching up on my old TV viewing. I always have hopes of catching
    some OTR actor on screen. I was watching "The Loudspeaker", #30 of the
    classic 39 Honeymooners series where Ralph thinks he has been selected as
    "Raccoon of the Year." In it, Morris Fink, Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler of
    the Raccoons visits and tells Alice that it's actually Ed who has been
    selected.

    Very often these parts are not credited. So I looked up the episode in IMDB
    and learned it was Jock MacGregor, who was the director of shows such as Nick
    Carter. From looking at IMDB an in the Dunning references, I had forgotted
    that MacGregor had a rather busy and varied career.

    Among the Honeymooners regulars was George Petrie, who at one time in his
    career was radio's Falcon. Petrie played managers, executives, bus drivers,
    and many other parts in the series. Another radio Falcon, Les Damon, was also
    in some episodes. John Gibson, "Ethelbert" of the Casey Crime Photographer
    series is in four episodes. Luis van Rooten was in two episodes.

    The IMDB listing of credited and uncredited actors is at
    [removed]#cast -- I'm sure I'm missing
    a few others in there.

    Of course, Art Carney was one of radio's greats himself. He was so
    successful, he probably could buy a string of poloponies :)

    Regards to all
    Joe Webb

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    Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:20:18 -0400
    From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The NY Suspense run

    I've finally listened my way almost through to the end of the Suspense run,
    and have been surprised that the NY run (which started 8/30/1959) is better
    than I anticipated. The Hollywood run clearly ran out of gas, and the NY run
    seemed to be refreshed a bit with the steady stable of NY actors. Sure, it
    had its clunkers, but it seemed even the canned music was better handled and
    the actors writers were paying more attention than the dying Hollywood
    version. I'm not enough of an historian to know how many of the scripts and
    plots were recycled for the NY run, but I suspect some of Robert Arthur's
    scripts were from his Mysterious Traveler archives.

    It's also been nice to hear the voices of many of the guests from the early
    radio conventions as they worked in the golden age of radio's last gasp. It's
    also odd to hear Mandel Kramer now an then on Suspense, as I associate his
    voice with Johnny Dollar, of course. The YTJD New York run wasn't a slouch
    either. While OTR fans all love Bob Bailey's rendition, Kramer is always held
    in very high regard.

    Anyone have any details of the switch from Hollywood to NY? I assume it was a
    combination of cost and the desire of the network to focus its Hollywood
    resources to TV. I've always found it interesting that there is no special
    mention about the switch on the shows other than the usual "from Hollywood"
    becoming "from New York." I've looked for some newspaper articles about the
    switch and haven't been able to find any online.

    Regards
    Joe Webb

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    Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:20:25 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Hopalong Cassidy & Cisco Kid

    Mike Nevins, best known under the authorship of Francis M. Nevins, has
    revised two books he wrote back in the 1970s or early 1980s, HOPALONG CASSIDY
    and THE CISCO KID. Mike will be looking for a couple old-time radio shows to
    be a guest on to talk about the two radio programs. Any radio show hosts
    interested, e-mail him at nevinsfm@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:21:04 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  7-24 births/deaths

    July 24th births

    07-24-1802 - Alexandre Dumas - Aisne, France - d. 12-5-1870
    writer: "Works adapted for radio
    07-24-1853 - William Gillette - Hartford, CT - d. 4-29-1937
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"
    07-24-1875 - Frank Moulan - NYC - d. 5-13-1939
    comedian: "Roxy and His Gang"
    07-24-1878 - Lord Dunsany - London, England - d. 10-25-1957
    writer: "The Columbia Workshop"
    07-24-1888 - Basil Ruysdael - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-10-1960
    announcer: "Beggar's Bowl"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Cavalcade of America"
    07-24-1898 - Amelia Earhart - Atchinson, KS - d. 7-2-1937
    aviatrix: "Amelia Earhart", "Cities Service Concerts"
    07-24-1901 - Mabel Albertson - Lynn, MA - d. 9-28-1982
    actor: (Sister of Jack Albertson) "The Phil Baker Show"
    07-24-1903 - Hazel Arth - d. 3-17-1991
    second place winner Atwater-Kent National Radio Auditions
    07-24-1904 - Delmer Daves - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-17-1977
    movie writer/director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-24-1907 - Glenn Riggs - East McKeesport, PA - d. 9-12-1975
    announcer: "Musical Varities"; "Hop Harrigan"; "Boston Blackie"
    07-24-1911 - Dudley McCarthy - Sydney, Australia - d. 10-3-1987
    auther of radio plays
    07-24-1911 - Jane Hoffman - Seattle, WA - d. 7-26-2004
    actor: "The Author's Studio"
    07-24-1911 - Raymond Edward Johnson - Kenosha, WI - d. 8-15-2001
    actor: Raymond your host "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; Don Winslow "Don
    Winslow of the Navy"
    07-24-1913 - Brian Reece - Noctorum, England - d. 4-12-1962
    actor: Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby "The Advs. of [removed] 49"
    07-24-1913 - Hollace (Vivien) Shaw - Fresno, CA - d. 3-2-1976
    singer: "Blue Velvet"; "Vic Damone and Hollace Shaw Show"
    07-24-1914 - Frank Silvera - Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies - d.
    6-11-1970
    actor: "X Minus One"
    07-24-1914 - Vincent Bogert - New York - d. 11-28-1978
    writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
    07-24-1915 - Lloyd Marx - d. 5-26-1988
    composer, conductor: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Original Amateur Hour"
    07-24-1916 - Bob Eberly - Mechanicsville, NY - d. 11-17-1981
    singer: (Jimmy Dorsey Band)
    07-24-1917 - Robert Farnon - Toronto, Canada - d. 4-23-2005
    conductor: "AEFP Farewell Party"; "Songs for America"
    07-24-1919 - Jerry Wayne - Buffalo, NY - d. 9-15-1996
    vocalist: Lover "Happy Island"; "Your All-Time Hit Parade"
    07-24-1921 - Billy Taylor - Greenville, SC
    host: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Bing Crosby Show"; "Genius of Duke"
    07-24-1921 - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Motta, Sicily, Italy - d. 3-3-2008
    operatic tenor: "Standard Hour", "Metropolitan Opera"

    July 24th births

    01-12-1892 - Ed McConnell - Atlanta, GA - d. 7-24-1954
    host, actor: Smilin' Ed McConnell Show"
    02-19-1917 - John Fenton Murray - Lincoln, NE - d. 7-24-1996
    comedy writer: "Red Skelton  Show"
    03-05-1920 - Virginia Christine - Stanton, IA - d. 7-24-1996
    actor: "Confession"; "Gunsmoke"
    03-23-1917 - Oscar Shumsky - Philadelphia, PA - d. 7-24-2000
    violinist: "Voice of Firestone"
    04-02-1934 - Brian Glover - Sheffield, England - d. 7-24-1997
    actor: George Hackett "An American Werewolf in London";
    "[removed]"
    05-14-1914 - Foy Willing - Bosque County, TX - d. 7-24-1978
    singer: (Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage) "Roy Rogers
    Show"
    06-10-1898 - Dorothy Day - NYC - d. 7-24-1975
    actor, writer: "The House Beside the Road"
    07-01-1927 - Grady Bass - d. 7-24-1991
    sportscaster: KSFA Nacogdoches, Texas
    07-14-1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer - Radzymin, Poland - d. 7-24-1991
    yiddish storyteller: "Earplay"
    07-16-1915 - Joe O'Brien - Yonkers, NY - d. 7-24-2005
    announcer: "Jack and Cliff"; "Rosemary"
    08-16-1915 - Rosie Ledford - Pilot, KY - d. 7-24-1976
    guitar: (Coon Creek Girls) "WLS National Barn Dance"
    09-08-1925 - Peter Sellers - London, England - d. 7-24-1980
    comedian: Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Major Dennis Bloodnok, others
    "Goon Show"
    09-22-1891 - Alfred Shirley - d. 7-24-1967
    actor: Dr. John Watson "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    10-22-1905 - Constance Bennett - NYC - d. 7-24-1965
    interviewer, panelist: "Constance Bennett Calls on You"; "Leave It to
    the Girls"
    12-23-1909 - Maurice Denham - Beckenham, England - d. 7-24-2002
    actor: "Return of Sherlock Holmes"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:21:12 -0400
    From: <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR stories in lighthouses
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    Hi.

    Other than "Three Skeleton Key" and a Superman story, what other OTR stories
    took place in a Lighthouse or featured a Lighthouse?

    Roger Keel

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    Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:05:00 -0400
    From: LSMFTnolonger@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Paul Harvey to Return to Radio

    Today (Thursday) on Paul Harvey's radio show, the current host, I
    believe his name is Ron Chapman, told the audience several times that
    Paul Harvey would be returning to the airwaves for his weekend show this
    coming Saturday (July 26, 2008).

    Gregory R. Jackson, Jr.

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