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Date: 5/6/2009 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 85
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      SPERDVAC Photos                       [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      5-5 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Hindenburg Disaster                   [ Larry Groebe <lgroebe@genericradio. ]
      Trio of OTR images                    [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 18:47:45 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SPERDVAC Photos
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    I had another great time at SPERDVAC this year.  The highlight was probably
    meeting Janet Waldo for the first time but also seeing Dick Beals, June
    Foray, Herb Ellis and so many more again was terrific as well.

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      I also took a whole lot of photos of the entire event, including both the
    presentations and the socializing, so definitely check this link out to see
    who was there and what they were up to.

      I'm a little busy tonight to give a full recap but wanted to make sure the
    photos got out promptly.

      Great thanks to Bobb Lynes, Barbara Watkins and all of the others who made
    the event possible.

      Stay well,

      Sean Dougherty
      SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 18:47:53 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-5 births/deaths

    May 5th births

    05-05-1879 - Max Marcin - Posen, Prussia, Germany - d. 3-30-1948
    writer, producer, director: "Crime Doctor"; "The FBI in Peace and War"
    05-05-1890 - Christopher Morley - Haverford, PA - d. 3-28-1957
    author: "Information, Please"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Studio One"
    05-05-1899 - Freeman F. Gosden - Richmond, VA - d. 12-10-1982
    comedian: "Sam 'n' Henry"; Amos Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"
    05-05-1907 - Benny Baker - St. Joseph, MO - d. 9-20-1994
    character actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-05-1912 - Alice Faye - NYC - d. 5-9-1998
    singer, actor: "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"
    05-05-1912 - Bret Morrison - Chicago, IL - d. 9-25-1978
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"
    05-05-1914 - Tyrone Power - Cincinnati, OH - d. 11-15-1958
    actor: Dean Edwards "Freedom [removed]"
    05-05-1915 - Ben Wright - London, England - d. 7-2-1989
    actor: Hey Boy "Have Gun, Will Travel"; Nicholas Lacey "One Man's
    Family"
    05-05-1915 - T. A. G. Hungerford - Perth, Australia
    writer: "Help Me Cut Up the Cat"; "Looking After Bert"
    05-05-1918 - Alden Aaroe - d. 7-7-1993
    newscaster: Charlottesville, Virginia
    05-05-1919 - George London - Montreal, Canada - d. 3-23-1985
    singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
    05-05-1919 - Seymour Kapetansky - Michigan - d. 2-9-2001
    sriter: "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-05-1921 - Sydney Walker - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-30-1994
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"; "War of the Worlds 1988"
    05-05-1921 - Ted Brown - Collingwood, NJ - d. 3-20-2005
    announcer, emcee: "Bulldog Drummond"; "Lawrence Welk High Life Revue"
    05-05-1925 - Monica Lewis - Chicago, IL
    singer: "Jan August's Revere Camera Show"
    05-05-1927 - Pat Carroll - Shrevport, LA
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"; "Fifty Years After Fourteen August"
    05-05-1932 - Will Hutchins - Los Angeles, CA
    actor: Instrumental in keeping OTR alive in these the latter days

    May 5th deaths

    01-18-1914 - Rod O'Connor - Houston, TX - d. 5-5-1964
    announcer: "Red Skelton Show"; "Duffy's Tavern"; "Count of Monte Cristo"
    03-31-1896 - Eddie Dunn - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1951
    quizmaster: "True or False"
    06-02-1909 - June MacCloy - Sturgis, MI - d. 5-5-2005
    vocalist: "Griff Williams and Jimmy Walsh and Their Orchestra"
    06-26-1923 - Syd Lawrence - Shutton, England - d. 5-5-1998
    orchestra leader: "American Patrol"
    07-12-1912 - Jim McClain - d. 5-5-2004
    host: Dr. [removed] "Dr. [removed]"; Dr. [removed] "Dr. [removed] Jr."
    07-16-1925 - Cal Tjader - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-5-1982
    jazz vibrophonist: "Music for Moderns"; ""Ass-Star Parade of Bands"
    08-10-1917 - Kathleen Claypool - Aylesworth, IN - d. 5-5-2003
    actor: "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    09-04-1891 - Sam Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-5-1977
    bandleader: "Ipana Troubadors"; "Benrus Ticksters"
    09-29-1898 - Doris Hursley - Wisconsin - d. 5-5-1984
    writer: "American Women"; "Cousin Willie"; "Those Websters"; "The
    Truitts"
    10-04-1916 - George Sidney - Long Island City, NY - d. 5-5-2002
    film musical director: "Shell Chateau"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-04-1916 - Lenore Kingston - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-5-1993
    actor: Mercedes Colby "Don Winslow of the Navy"; Jane Daley "Affairs
    of Anthony"
    11-26-1922 - Terry Ryan - Cleveland, OH - d. 5-5-2001
    comedy writer: "Fred Allen Show"
    11-29-1914 - Hal McIntyre - Cromwell, CT - d. 5-5-1959
    bandleader: "Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra"
    12-16-1918 - Murray Kempton - Baltimore, MD - d. 5-5-1997
    commentator: "Spectrum"
    12-20-1905 - Albert Dekker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-5-1968
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 18:48:24 -0400
    From: Larry Groebe <lgroebe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hindenburg Disaster

    The calendar entry regarding the anniversary of Herb Morrison's
    broadcast of the Hindenburg landing reminds of a question I've been
    wanting to pose about the broadcast: how much of it was scripted?

    Not the crash - of course not that. But his talk up until that point
    -- was Morrison a fabulous ad-libber, or did he have a script either
    in whole or in part?

    His opening narration is quite eloquent in its [removed] "as we came
    in for a landing on the runway here at Lakehurst, we could easily see
    that a great event was about to take place", his remarks on how "the
    great ship looks mighty proud of the place she's playing in aviation
    today" and the descriptions of the interior, captain and crew - what
    about these?

    I never gave this a thought until recently when I acquired a copy of
    scripts for the national network broadcasts of the opening ceremonies
    of the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas in June 1936.  These were
    live broadcasts with announcers stationed at locations around the
    Fairgrounds, and while they were designed to sound ad-libbed, they
    were in fact, fully scripted. Here's part of Page One, probably to be
    read by Ted Husing:  "Here, under a golden sun high in blue arch which
    spans this mighty empire, we are to bring you a picture of a magic
    Exposition [removed] now I see that the group of dignitaries gathered
    here at the majestic entrance to the Exposition is ready to begin the
    the opening ceremonies which will officially invite the entire world
    to this Centennial birthday party in Dallas."

    It goes on on this vein for pages, describing events  taking place,
    complete with scripted "adlibs."  The tone seems remarkably similar to
    much of Herb Morrison's broadcast.  Obviously, parts of the May '37
    ARE completely adlibbed, as he goes outside and as the rain delays the
    landing, but how much source material was he working from, and
    whatever became of it?

    --Larry Groebe
       Generic Radio Workshop
       Dallas Texas

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    Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 18:48:31 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Trio of OTR images

    Today on the photo blog "If Charlie Parker Was a [removed]"
    ([removed]), there's an interesting (and perhaps
    inadvertent) trio of OTR images.

    Rochester, reading a script in the bathtub:
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    Jackson Beck, looking far younger than I can ever imagine him:
    [removed]

    And concluding with a Fatima ad featuring Jack Webb:
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    (I might as well mention yesterday's rather interesting photo of Fred Allen
    in a crown and ermine cape--anybody know the date of this picture? It looks
    rather late in his life:
    [removed])

    Kermyt

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    Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 02:12:02 -0400
    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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