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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 359
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Rochester - Van Jones? [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
Re: kino/keeno [ Grams46@[removed] ]
WALTER SCHUMANN -- BLATANT THIEF [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
12-23 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Mavor Moore (1919-2006) [ Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed]; ]
Subject: Kino? Keeno? Key-no? [ "Bill Harris" <nbcblue@[removed]; ]
James Bond Question [ <leasurej@[removed]; ]
Life of Riley Christmas Episode [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
Baby, It's Cold Outside [ "thomas" <evander800@[removed]; ]
This week in radio history 24-30 Dec [ "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@adelphia ]
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:57:03 -0500
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Rochester - Van Jones?
In the Jack Benny Program of May 25, 1947, Don isn't there and Rochester
does the show's intro, IDing himself as "Rochester Van Jones." (This is
the episode where the cast does their own version of Allen's Alley - and
they do a great job of it).
---Dan, [removed] (my new book)
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:14:04 -0500
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: kino/keeno
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Mike Hamm wrote:
I've been listening to some "Lone Ranger" episodes and at a point in the
dialogue where you would expect a character to say something like "OK"
or "alright", the character says what sounds like "kino".>
when i was a girl - 1950's - when my friends and i were in agreement - we
might say "keeno" - rough translation would be "that's terrific". it was a
variation of keen, daddyo.
merry Christmas and peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:14:49 -0500
From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WALTER SCHUMANN -- BLATANT THIEF
After watching The Killers, scored by Miklos Rozsa, it is an obvious
where the Dragnet theme came from. Those four famous notes were used in
just about every scene! He should have been arrested for GRAND theft.
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:49:50 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-23 births/deaths
December 23rd births
12-23-1873 - Burns Mantle - Watertown, NY - d. 2-9-1948
writer: "Best Plays" based on Mantle's theatrical yearbook
12-23-1887 - John Cromwell - d. 9-26-1979
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-23-1893 - Anne O'Neal - St. Louis, MO - d. 11-24-1971
actor: Cynthia Veryberry "Grapevine Rancho"
12-23-1903 - Helen Troy - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-1-1942
actor: Telephone Operator "It Happened in Hollywood"
12-23-1903 - Milton Alfred - d. 9-xx-1968
sportscaster: WICA Ashtabula, Ohio
12-23-1907 - Don McNeill - Galena, IL - d. 5-7-1996
host: "Breakfast Club"
12-23-1911 - James Gregory - The Bronx, NY - d. 9-16-2002
actor: Captain Vincent Cronin "21st Precinct"
12-23-1913 - Anton M. Leader - Boston, MA - d. 7-1-1988
director: "Eternal Light"; "Murder at Midnight"; "Suspense"; "Words
at War"
12-23-1922 - Jack Lloyd - Duisburg, Germany - d. 5-21-1976
actor: "Armstrong Theatre of Today"; "The Joan Davis Show"
12-23-1922 - Ruth Roman - Boston, MA - d. 9-9-1999
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hollywood Sound Stage"
12-23-1923 - Ray Kemper - Lankershim, CA
sound effects: "Gunsmoke"; "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen"; "Fort Laramie"
12-23-1924 - Floyd Kalber - Omaha, NE - d. 5-13-2004
news correspondent: NBC; News Anchor for WMAQ and WLS in Chicago
12-23-1943 - Harry Shearer - Los Angeles, CA
actor: Member of the Beavers "Jack Benny Program"
12-30-1884 - Hideki Tojo - Tokyo, Japan - d. 12-23-1948
prime minister: War Time Broadcasts
December 23rd deaths
01-03-1909 - Victor Borge - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 12-23-2000
comedian, pianist: "Victor Borge Show"; "Kraft Music Hall"
01-04-1889 - Pat Kelly - North Queensland, Australia - d. 12-23-1967
announcer: "Dog Heroes"; "Getting the Most Out of Life"
01-20-1912 - Paula Stone - NYC - d. 12-23-1997
moderator: "Leave It to the Girls"
01-30-1862 - Walter Damrosch - Breslau, Germany - d. 12-23-1950
conductor, commentator: "Baulkite Hour"; "Music Appreciation Hour"
02-08-1886 - Charlie Ruggles - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-23-1970
comedian: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Suspense"; "This Is My Best"
04-02-1892 - Marjorie Child Husted - d. 12-23-1986
First radio voice of Betty Crocker
04-02-1920 - Jack Webb - Santa Monica, CA - d. 12-23-1982
actor: Joe Friday "Dragnet"; Pete Kelly "Pete Kelly's Blues"
04-06-1924 - Mimi Benzell - Bridgeport, CT - d. 12-23-1970
singer: "Jack Pearl and Mimi Benzell"; "Railroad Hour"
05-14-1890 - Carlton Brickert - Martinsville, IN - d. 12-23-1943
actor: David Post "Story of Mary Marlin"; Howard Thurston "Thurston
the Magician"
07-01-1901 - Irna Phillips - Chicago, IL - d. 12-23-1973
actor, writer: Mother Moran "Today's Children"; "The Guiding Light";
"Road of Life"
07-02-1910 - Jeff Alexander - Whidbey Island, WA - d. 12-23-1989
conductor: "Amos 'n' Andy"; "Light Up Time"; "Tums Hollywood Theatre"
10-25-1924 - Billy Barty - Millsboro, PA - d. 12-23-2000
comedian: "Spike Jones Band"
11-04-1901 - Helene Dumas - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-23-1986
actor: "Jane Arden"; "Eno Crime Club"; "Short Short Story"
11-11-1911 - Patric Knowles - Horsforth, Yorkshire, England - d.
12-23-1995
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:50:37 -0500
From: Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mavor Moore (1919-2006)
I'm passing on some excerpts from an obit for Mavor Moore who was a major
cultural force in Canada. I heard him acting on the radio countless times,
and am especially fond of his Nero Wolfe which he did for the CBC in the
1980's.
from:
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"Arts Icon Mavor Moore Dies at 87"
Cultural icon Mavor Moore, the noted actor, writer, director,
producer, critic and teacher who founded a host of Canadian artistic
institutions, has died in Victoria. He was 87.
...
"I started working for radio as an actor in 1933, when I was 14," Moore
said in an interview with CBC's Arts National in 1984.
"It was playing a boy's role in a kids' serial called The Crusoe Boys.
And two of us used to go from school every afternoon and do this live
on the radio five nights a week. That was marvellous money during the
Depression."
He continued acting regularly for radio, including performances on the
fledgling radio network that soon became the [removed] the war, Moore
returned to CBC Radio as producer for the International Service in
Montreal. At the same time, he wrote and directed radio documentaries for
the United Nations, three of which were honoured with Peabody Awards.
Stephen Davies
Calgary
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:31:19 -0500
From: "Bill Harris" <nbcblue@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Subject: Kino? Keeno? Key-no?
From: "Hamm, Mike (hammcm)" <hammcm@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
I've been listening to some "Lone Ranger" episodes and at a point in the
dialogue where you would expect a character to say something like "OK"
or "alright", the character says what sounds like "kino". Where did
that come from?
A favorite expression of the time was keen as in, "gee, that's really keen".
The modern day word would probably be "cool". I suspect that keen-o is just
a more expressive version of keen.
Bill H.
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:31:38 -0500
From: <leasurej@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: James Bond Question
I realize this is a bit [removed]
Has anyone been recording the readings of James Bond short stories on BBC
Radio 2 via the Internet? If so contact me off list.
Thanks.
John Leasure
leasurej@[removed]
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:27:12 -0500
From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Life of Riley Christmas Episode
Life of Riley to me was one of the best OTR situation comedies yet is not
mentioned too often. Yesterday I listened to the 12-24-44 episode about
Roswell Stevenson staying for Christmas with the Rileys while his mother is
in hospital.
It was the kind of Christmas story I love to listen to since it had all
the ingredients of a well written Christmas story with the Rileys taking in
Roswell so his dad can stay with his mom who is in the hospital.
Won't tell how it ends but would like to mention William Bendix mentioning
at end of show that he hopes that future Christmases would be better when
the war was over and by the next Christmas it was over.
To me OTR is all about listening to these shows from the past and
especially at Christmas time when they bring memories of Christmases past
rushing back into our minds.
Next I plan to listen to another favorite A Daddy for Christmas 12-15-48
from Family Theater with Pat O'Brien and Linda Johnson starring and Shirley
Temple as guest host.
I want to wish Charlie Summers and all the readers of this digest a very
Merry Christmas.
Andrew Godfrey
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:27:32 -0500
From: "thomas" <evander800@[removed];
To: "old_time_radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Kelli Stanley's comments on 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' reminded me of a
recent NPR interview with Frank Loesser's daughter. Loesser wrote the song,
and his daughter said it started out as a routine that was performed by
Loesser and his wife at various parties involving theatrical folk. It
always brought down the house and was eagerly awaited when the Loessers
arrived.
Finally it was introduced to the public at large in 'Neptune's
Daughter'. NPR played the version Loesser and his wife performed. It was
absolutely delightful.
Tom
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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:45:11 -0500
From: "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@[removed];
To: "otrd" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 24-30 December
>From Those Were The Days --
12/24 --
1906 - Professor Reginald A. Fessenden sent his first radio broadcast from
Brant Rock, MA. The program included a little verse, some violin and a
speech.
1928 - The first broadcast of The Voice of Firestone was heard. The program
aired each Monday evening at 8. The Voice of Firestone became a hallmark in
radio broadcasting. It kept its same night, time (in 1931 the start time
changed to 8:30) and sponsor for its entire run. Beginning on September 5,
1949, the program of classical and semiclassical music was also seen on
television.
1944 - The Andrews Sisters starred in the debut of The Andrews Sisters'
Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch on ABC. Patty, Maxene and LaVerne ran a fictional
dude ranch. George 'Gabby' Hayes was a regular guest along with Vic Schoen's
orchestra. The ranch stayed in operation until 1946.
12/25
1931 - Lawrence Tibbett was the featured vocalist as radio came to the
Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The first opera was Hansel und
Gretel, heard on the NBC network of stations. In between acts of the opera,
moderator Olin Downes would conduct an opera quiz, asking celebrity guests
opera-related questions. The program's host and announcer was Milton Cross.
He worked out of the Met's Box 44.
1934 - The Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, was read by Lionel
Barrymore on The Campbell Playhouse on CBS. The reading of the tale became
an annual radio event for years to come.
1937 - Arturo Toscanini conducted the first broadcast of Symphony of the Air
over NBC.
1942 - The longest, sponsored program in the history of broadcasting was
heard on NBC Blue network. The daylong Victory Parade's Christmas Party of
Spotlight Bands was heard over 142 radio stations. The marathon broadcast
was sponsored by Coca-Cola.
12/26
1953 - Big Sister was heard for the last time on CBS. The show had been on
the air for 17 years. Big Sister was the ongoing story of Sue Evans Miller
and her relationship with her big sister, Ruth Evans. Actresses who played
big sister Ruth over the years: Alice Frost, Nancy Marshall, Marjorie
Anderson, Mercedes McCambridge. Little Sister Sue was played by Haila
Stoddard, Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Conklin and Fran Carlon.
1954 - One of radio's most popular programs, The Shadow, lurked around the
airwaves for the last time. Vigilante crime-fighter Lamont Cranston battled
greed and corruption since 1930. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of
men? The Shadow [removed]"
12/27
1932 - Radio City Music Hall, in New York City, opened. It was the largest
indoor theatre in the world. The gala grand opening show was a six-hour
extravaganza that lost half a million dollars within three weeks. The
theatre has since been renovated to recapture its original decorative charm.
An Art Deco cathedral of entertainment, it seats more than 6,200 people and
is still a must-see for those visiting New York. During the holiday season,
audiences continue to get a kick out of seeing the world-famous Rockettes
perform in precision on Radio City Music Hall's nearly 10,000-square-foot
stage.
1939 - The Glenn Miller Show, also known as Music that Satisfies, started on
CBS. The 15-minute, twice-a-week show was sponsored by Chesterfield
cigarettes and was heard for nearly three years.
1940 - Singer Al Jolson and actress Ruby Keeler were divorced after 12 years
of marriage. They had separated a year earlier; but Jolson talked Keeler
into co-starring with him in the Broadway show, Hold on to Your Hats. She
left the show before the opening and then left the marriage.
1968 - The Breakfast Club signed off for the last time on ABC, after 35
years on the air.
12/28
1941 - The Helen Hayes Theater, on CBS, was called the first casualty of
World War II. Lipton Tea dropped sponsorship of the program as it prepared
for shortages in tea imports from India.
12/29
1945 - The mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first time on Truth
or Consequences, hosted by Ralph Edwards. The feature was intended as a
spoof of giveaway shows. However, the idea was taken seriously and lasted
five weeks before fighter Jack Dempsey was identified as Mr. Hush -- for a
prize of $13,500.
12/30
1936 - The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited. After
a 10-year-old performer finished a violin solo on The Fred Allen Show, Mr.
Allen said, "A certain alleged violinist should hide his head in shame for
his poor fiddle playing." It didn't take long for Mr. Benny to respond. The
humorous feud lasted for for some time on both comedian's shows.
1942 - Mr. and Mrs. North debuted on NBC. Joseph Curtin played Jerry North
and Alice Frost played Pam. A typical Mr. and Mrs. North episode would find
Pam leading Jerry on what seemed to be a wild-goose chase as they tracked
down criminals. Pam always ended up being right and leading police to the
criminals. The theme song for the show was The Way You Look Tonight.
Sponsors included Woodbury soap, Jergens lotion and Halo shampoo.
Joe
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