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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 282
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      more radio avengers                   [ rand@[removed] ]
      Slim Pickens                          [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Howard McNear                         [ wayne_johnson@[removed] ]
      Fibber Film                           [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
      Howard McNear vs. Slim Pickens        [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      12-10 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Central Florida Radio Site            [ JayHick@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:44:48 -0500
    From: rand@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  more radio avengers

    For those of you collecting the South African radio series "The Avengers",
    based on the popular 60s British television series, I happened on their
    website the other day and they've done restoration work on two more of the
    stories in the series that were posted for free download in October.

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    I've been a big fan of the tv series for years and this radio series is a
    fascinating "parallel universe".  At the time, television in South Africa
    wasn't widely available and radio drama was still popular; South Africans
    had become familiar with the tv show because episodes were turning up at
    film exchanges (used sort of like video rental stores today).  The shows,
    broadcast Monday through Friday in a serial form, were adapted from the
    scripts of the tv shows with South African actors.

    Randy

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    Randy A. Riddle
    Mebane, NC

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    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:45:22 -0500
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Slim Pickens
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            Isn't it possible that "Slim Pickens" was the character's name and
    not
    that of the actor?  It could just be a coincidence that this character and
    the
    actor we know from "Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And
    Love The Bomb" have the same name.  I've heard these particular episodes
    and the voice is definitely that of Howard McNear.  I remember vividly his
    role
    as Doc on the "Gunsmoke" radio program among others.

            I also agree with a previous enthusiast that McNear had a very
    distinctive
    voice.  Several actors were known to have 'distinctive voices': Parley Baer,
    Lionel
    Barrymore, Orson Welles, and some might even list actresses like Agnes
    Moorehead and Mercedes McCambridge among them.

    Happy Holidays!

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:45:58 -0500
    From: wayne_johnson@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Howard McNear

    Gunsmoke is an obvious place to find McNear.  Hearing how he is as 'Doc' and
    then knowing what he will portray in the years to come as Floyd always has
    fascinated me.

    I also have been interested in the earlier Johnny Dollar episodes with Edmund
    O'Brien.  MacNear is in quite a few of those.  Seems like he is in quite a
    few episodes of Johnny$ up until the end of the run including a few of the
    5-part programs as well which were about the same time as he was playing Doc
    on Gunsmoke.

    Another actor in the same catagory: Joseph Kearns.  I only knew of him from
    Dennis the Menace re-runs and had no idea why he was replaced on the show
    until a few years ago. Developing an interest in "Suspense" brought forth a
    tremendous amount of his work and, to tell you the truth, he was pretty good
    with accents and voices.  There is one episode with Ozzie and Harriet (the
    title isn't coming to mind at present) where Kearns plays the bad-guy and has
    a "Sydney Greenstreet" type of voice along with a nice accent.  I enjoyed his
    character very much.  I've even heard him credited as the organist.

    The "Queen" character actor (actress) in my opinion, however: Virginia Gregg.
    I saw her a lot on Dragnet episodes and wondered why this same woman kept
    appearing as different people.  A lot I knew at age 10, eh?  I think that it
    would be easier to name what she DIDN'T do.

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    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:46:09 -0500
    From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fibber Film

    Can anyone direct me to an online clip of the film featuring
    Fibber McGee opening his closet and showing the sound effects man
    making the noise? I don't really know if it's online; if not,
    does someone know of a VHS tape or DVD featuring it? Thanks.

    Bob Cockrum

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    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:46:56 -0500
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Howard McNear vs. Slim Pickens

    Hello again --

    As long as this thread about Howard McNear shows no signs of abating, may I
    extend it a bit further with the observation that if anyone wants to hear
    him in a threatened-pilot situation (similar to the fix actor Slim Pickens
    finds himself in Dr. Strangelove), give a listen to one or all of the
    chapters of the serial "Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police,"
    which featured Howard McNear playing against type as the intrepid agent and
    daredevil pilot Clint Barlow, battling the international bad guy The
    Octopus. Coincidentally, this year-long serial began the same year as the
    Cinnamon Bear, 1937.

    Jan Bach

    P. S. I am indebted to Ken Pilatec without whom I would never have learned
    of this fascinating (and educational) children's program. Thanks again, Ken!

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    Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 23:18:32 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-10 births/deaths

    December 10th births

    12-10-1889 - Arthur Vinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-26-1963
    actor: Killer Kane "Buck Rogers"; Commissioner Weston "The Shadow"
    12-10-1889 - Ray Collins - Sacramento, CA - d. 7-11-1965
    actor: Doc Will Hackett, "County Seat"; member of The Mercury Theatre
    12-10-1893 - Lew Brown - Odessa, Russia - d. 2-5-1958
    producer: "Music for Millions"
    12-10-1903 - Una Merkel - Covington, KY - d. 1-2-1986
    actor: Adeline Fairchild "Great Gildersleeve"; "Johnny Presents";
    "Texaxo Star Theatre"
    12-10-1906 - Harold Adamson - Greenville, NJ - d. 8-17-1980
    song writer: "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
    12-10-1907 - Rumer Godden - Eastbourne, England - d. 11-8-1998
    novelist: "Woman's Hour"
    12-10-1908 - Bill Spargrove - Belle Plaine, IA - d. 9-xx-1984
    announcer: "Hollywood Byline"
    12-10-1910 - Abraham Polonsky - NYC - d. 12-26-1999
    writer: "Mecury Theatre on the Air"
    12-10-1911 - Chet Huntley - Cardwell, MT - d. 3-20-1974
    newscaster, producer: "Chet Huntley and the News"
    12-10-1913 - Jean Dickenson - Montreal, Canada - d. 1-26-2007
    singer: (Nightingale of the Airwaves) "American Album of Familiar Music"
    12-10-1913 - Morton Gould - Richmond Hill, NY - d. 2-21-1996
    conductor: "Music for Today"; "Original Amateur Hour"; "Cresta Blanca
    Carnival"
    12-10-1914 - Dorothy Lamour - New Orleans, LA - d. 9-21-1996
    singer, actor: "Chase & Sanborn Hour"; "Front and Center"; "Sealtest
    Variety Show"
    12-10-1919 - Alexander Courage - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-15-2008
    music: "Broadway Is My Beat"; "Hollywood Soundstage"; "Romance"
    12-10-1923 - Michael Gill - Winchester, England - d. 10-20-2005
    producer: Joined BBC in 1954
    12-10-1925 - Amaryllis Flemming - Chelsea, England - d. 7-27-1999
    cellist: (Half sister to Ian Fleming) "Children's Hour"
    12-10-1925 - Jean Byron - Paducah, KY - d. 2-3-2006
    singer on radio in her native Kentucky
    12-10-1960 - Kenneth Branagh - Belfast, North Ireland
    actor: Renaissance Theatre Company in association with BBC Radio Drama

    December 10th deaths

    02-02-1901 - Jascha Heifetz - Vilnius, Lithuania - d. 12-10-1987
    classical violinist: "Telephone Hour"; "Soldiers in Greaspaint";
    "Concert Hall"
    02-08-1907 - Phil Davis - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-10-1985
    musician: "Avalon Time"; "Scramby Amby"
    02-25-1932 - Faron Young - Shreveport, LA - d. 12-10-1996
    country singer: "Town and Country Time"; "Country Style [removed]"
    03-08-1924 - Sean McClory - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-10-2003
    actor: "Favorite Story"; "NBC University Theatre"
    03-11-1900 - Andy Sannella - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-10-1962
    bandleader: "Campbell Soup Orchestra"; "Gillette Community Sing"
    03-14-1869 - Algernon Blackwood - d. 12-10-1951
    author: "Escape"
    03-26-1907 - Leigh Harline - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-10-1969
    music: "Eddie Bracken Show"; "Ford Festival of American Music"
    03-29-1916 - Eugene McCarthy - Watkins, MN - d. 12-10-2005
    [removed] senator: "Meet the Press"
    05-05-1899 - Freeman F. Gosden - Richmond, VA - d. 12-10-1982
    comedian: "Sam 'n' Henry"; Amos Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"
    05-08-1895 - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen - El Paso, IL - d. 12-10-1979
    preacher: "Catholic Hour"
    05-28-1918 - Elizabeth Harrower - Alameda, CA - d. 12-10-2003
    actor: "NBC University Theatre"
    06-13-1894 - Mark Van Doren - Hope, IL - d. 12-10-1972
    pulitzer prize winning poet: "NBC University Theatre"; "Invitation to
    Learning"
    07-15-1919 - Eve McVeagh - Ohio - d. 12-10-1997
    actor: Harriet Beatty "Clyde Beatty Show"
    07-19-1913 - Charlie Teagarden - Vernon, TX - d. 12-10-1984
    trumpet: (Brother of Jack) "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    08-02-1892 - John Kieran - The Bronx, NY, New  - d. 12-10-1980
    panelist: "Information, Please"
    08-02-1912 - Ann Dvorak - NYC - d. 12-10-1979 - d. 12-10-1979
    actor: "Movietone Radio Theatre"
    08-05-1915 - Peter Lisagor - Keystone, WV - d. 12-10-1976
    chicago daily news [removed] bureau chief: "Meet the Press"
    08-26-1907 - Jack Berch - Sigel, IL - d. 12-10-1992
    singer: "Kitchen Pirate"; "Sweetheart Serenade"; "Jack Berch Show"
    09-03-1918 - Jimmy Riddle - Dyersberg, TN - d. 12-10-1982
    harmonica: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Crustene Ranch Party"; "Roy Acuff Show"
    09-05-1923 - Joan Wagner Beck - Clinton, IA - d. 12-10-1998
    scriptwriter: "Voice of America"
    09-26-1908 - Sylvia Marlowe - NYC - d. 12-10-1981
    harpsichord virtuoso: "Lavender and New Lace"; "Sylvia Marlowe and
    Richard Dyer-Bennet"
    10-04-1884 - Damon Runyon - Manhattan, KS - d. 12-10-1946
    short story writer: "Good News of 1940"; "Damon Runyon Theatre"
    10-13-1903 - Patsy Moran - Pennsylvania - d. 12-10-1968
    actor: Martha Hoople "Major Hoople"; Hilda "Junior Miss"
    11-01-1915 - Bob Garred - Walla Walla, WA - d. 12-10-1956
    announcer: "The Stanford Hour"; "I Want a Divorce"
    11-06-1887 - Walter Johnson - Humboldt, KS - d. 12-10-1946
    baseball great: Play-by-Play Washington Senators
    12-11-1914 - Marie Windsor - Marysville, UT - d. 12-10-2000
    actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron

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    Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:12:01 -0500
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:39:00 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Central Florida Radio Site
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    Got a call from Jim Maloy who runs this web site.   Thought it would be of
    interest.   Jay

    [removed] b" An extensive tribute site featuring station histories,
    staff
    bios, photos, memorabilia, and audio clips from Central Florida and Tampa
    Bayb
    s great radio stations of the past (and a few from the present).
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     B
     Our web address is [removed].

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