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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 4
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 13:11:29 -0500
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
    Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Charlie St George's "Make Believe
    Ballroom Time" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."  Streamed in
    high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    *Salute to Jerry Devine*

    THIS IS YOUR FBI
    Episode 379    7-4-52    "The Five Fathom Stick-up"
    Stars: Stacy Harris
    Narrator: William Woodson
    With: Walter Catlett, Whitfield Connor, Sam Edwards, Georgia Ellis,
    Barney Philips
    Producer/Director/Writer: Jerry Devine

    THIS IS OUR HERITAGE
    Audition Show    1-18-51    "George Washington's Army"
    Stars: Parley Baer, Walter Catlet, Dick Crenna, Ed Gargan, Lamont
    Johnson, Jeanette Nolan, Victor Rodman and Carlton Young
    Narrator: Vernon Rich
    Music: Fred Steiner
    Producer/Director/Writer: Jerry Devine

    MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE
    Episode 5    7-30-41
    Produced by the US Treasury Department
    Master of Ceremonies: Tyrone Power
    Announcer: Barry Woods
    Stars: Don Ameche, Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Jane
    Froman and Marry Livingstone Music: Ray Block's Choir and Al Goodman's
    Orchestra
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

    AMOS AND ANDY
    (CBS) 1/9/49 "Kingfish's Conscience"
    George sells stock to Andy.

    QUIET PLEASE
    (ABC) 5/18/49 "Other Side of the Stars"
    with Ernest Chappell

    TOM MIX STRAIGHTSHOOTERS
    3/10/39
    A pre-War version - Pursuing Simon Blake. Hear Curley Bradley (soon to
    be the long-running Tom Mix) as Pecos.
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    Our actor of the month for January is George Burns. If he were alive
    today, he'd beey 116 on January 20.

    BURNS AND ALLEN
    from 01/15/36 From New York. Gracie plays Sadie Thompson.

    COMMAND PERFORMANCE
    from 04/23/42 Episode (010) - Pat O'Brien, Frances Langford, Frank
    Morgan, with John Conte, George Burns And Gracie allen.

    John and I turned 58 on January 2nd. We'll hear a show that was done on
    our birthday.

    INHERITANCE
    from 01/02/55 Episode 039 Log Of The Louisiana.

    SUSPENSE
    from 01/06/49 To Find Help. It stars Ethel Barrymore and Gene Kelly.
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    CLASSICS & CURIOS

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 61

    EDDIE HUBBARD & THE BROWSERS: "A DREAMER'S HOLIDAY"

    Time to return to Trivia Tower and the Browsers with several songs
    centering on the theme of love. The Mills Brothers set the stage for the
    show with "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby," a song they
    originally recorded in 1932 with a tune on the flip side called "Diga
    Diga Doo." Phil's "Phooler" is "You Are Too Beautiful" by a captivating
    crooner who was killed in a plane crash at the height of his career at
    the age of 37. This singer's most popular recording was "Linda," which
    reached number one on the charts in 1947. His real name was Sam
    Goldberg. Enough hints?

    Standout love tunes on this program include the lovely 1940 hit
    "Imagination" by Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra. This recording focuses
    on the Browsers' question, "Who had the biggest hit recording of the
    song?" Louis Armstrong performs 1951's "A Kiss to Build a Dream On,"
    which leads to the question, "What was the original title of the song?"
    Then there is "I'll Never Say Never Again, Again," made popular in 1952
    by Benny Goodman and Helen Ward. The question for this tune is, "Can you
    name songs with 2 of the same words in the title?" Another great tune is
    "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans." The Browsers for that
    one ask, "Can you name which band had this for its theme song?" Oscar
    Peterson's orchestra performs "Shiny Stockings," which poses the
    question, "What other songs had only 2 words in the title?" Also, Wayne
    King brings a pleasing medley of "Wabash Blues" and "I Cried for You,"
    but can you identify who had the original hits for these songs? Another
    question is based on the recording by Tony Pastor called "Paradiddle
    Joe" and asks us to give Tony's real name. (I had to go to the
    dictionary to discover that "paradiddle" means a regular series of
    drumbeats.)

    In place of radio commercials Eddie Hubbard plays extras that fit into
    the love theme, such as Dick Haymes' 1952 recording "When I Fall in
    Love," Leroy Anderson's beautiful 1952 instrumental hit "Blue Tango,"
    and the "Love Theme" from the 1980 film "Airport."

    Then we arrive at 2 recordings that, for me, make up the "piece de
    resistance" of this set of songs: "Stardust" with Hoagy Carmichael and
    "A Dreamer's Holiday" with Perry Como. The question for Perry's
    recording has to do with his marriage, specifically how long they were
    married until his bride and best friend Roselle passed away in 1998. Mr.
    "C" sings 1949's "A Dreamer's Holiday" for us with lyrics that include
    poetic phrases like "scrambled stars" and "rainbow candy bars." The song
    takes us aboard a butterfly on breezes and asks us to "sprinkle
    [happiness] with mirth" all the while taking "along the one we love."
    Mr. "C" was probably one of the most loved and respected entertainers
    ever and arguably among the top 2 or 3 crooners of the 20th century. He
    remained faithful to Roselle throughout their marriage and was
    respectful and tasteful to all in all his performances. Whenever he
    performed he indeed took his audience with him on "A Dreamer's Holiday."

    "Stardust," first recorded as "Star Dust" without lyrics by Hoagy in
    1927 by "Hoagy and His Pals," -- among them the Dorseys -- combines
    melody and lyrics to make it perhaps the most beautiful popular song of
    the 20th century. Hoagy's song about a song about love turns out to be
    the perfect fit for lyricist Mitchell Parish's 1929 poetic phrases such
    as "the stardust of yesterday," "the stardust of a song," "a song that
    will not die," "the melody haunts my reverie." And "the purple dusk of
    twilight time steals across the meadows of my heart." Gently "the little
    stars" climb in the sky as reminders to the singer that he is apart from
    his lover. Evidence of the song's significance can be found in the ever
    growing number of recordings through the years, now approaching 2000.
    Perhaps the most important version was by bandleader Isham Jones who
    brought popularity to the tune as a ballad in 1930. A very young Bing
    Crosby cut a recording in 1931 which pretty well launched the "Stardust"
    tune into a "little stars" orbit of "cover" recordings. While Hoagy's
    recording here on this show is wonderful, moving, and appropriate, I
    believe no one yet surpasses Nat King Cole's version for beautiful lush
    arrangement, perfect voicing, unsurpassed orchestration, and heart.
    Reviewers have called "Stardust" the song of the century, and it has
    truly earned it's proper place in the Library of Congress. Mr. "C" and
    "A Dreamer's Holiday" is great, but "Stardust" itself is "A Dreamer's
    Holiday" come true.

    Closing the show is Pete Fountain's recording of Sy Oliver's jazz/gospel
    song "Yes, Indeed!" as if to affirm the theme and celebration of genuine
    love touched on in the music of this episode.
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    Make Believe Ballroom Time

    Episode 5

    In December 1946 Tommy Dorsey was one of eight big band leaders who shut
    down their bands for good. They believed the big band era had come to a
    close. Two tears later, Tommy Dorsey began a come-back aimed at "the
    kids of America who deserved a chance to dance to the big bands again".
    This program starts with the Dorsey band of 1946 with Tommy broadcasting
    from Los Angeles with his special [removed] Ellington. The program
    goes on to 1953 with the Dorsey band "alive and well" in New York City
    broadcasting from The Stattler Hotel on NBC. You'll find all this with
    facts about Tommy and stats about the year [removed] you know the
    microwave oven was introduced at that time? Check us out on " It's Make
    Believe Ballroom Time"
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    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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