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Date: 7/25/2004 10:20 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 242
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      LSMFT-Mechanical Clicking             [ "Tim Lones" <timl2002@[removed] ]
      Basil Ruysdale                        [ William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed]; ]
      picture of paper on the floor         [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Put Something In the Pot, Boy         [ "randy story" <hopharrigan@centuryt ]
      FOTR Convention                       [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      Marlon Brando                         [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      Allen's Alley                         [ Michael Berger <intercom1@attglobal ]
      This week in radio history 7/25-31    [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Jackets                               [ "Arthur Emerson" <milart@[removed] ]
      YUSA is back on C-Band                [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
      LSMFT and page dropping               [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      Beer Check                            [ <tallpaulk@[removed]; ]
      Mary Linvingston was a professional   [ Jer51473@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:03:15 -0400
    From: "Tim Lones" <timl2002@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  LSMFT-Mechanical Clicking
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    I think that the noise was supposed to represent a teletype clicking as if it
    were a news [removed] Or something like that

    Tim Lones

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:55:51 -0400
    From: William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Basil Ruysdale

    Bon Snyder in his obit posting listed old time announcer Basil Ruysdale
    as beong the annoucer on "Your Hit Parade". Not so. He was the announcer
    on the old "Lucky Strike Hit Parade". "Your Hit Parade" was a TV
    sustainer many, many years later on which I was the audio engineer.
    "Anyone remember "L S M F T, :Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco" chanted by
    tobacco auctuioneer Speed Riggs? A great show at 9:00 pm Saturday nights.
    B. A. Rolfe conducted the orchestra. Later it was Mark Warnow. In later
    years i was the CBS engineer dubbing recordings of the program into
    Spanish and Portugese and broadcasting it via short wave to South
    American stations (The Network of the Americas).

    BILL MURTOUGH

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:58:21 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  picture of paper on the floor

>     [removed]

    Regardless of whether the paper on the floor consists of scripts or not, I
    like this photograph.  It illustrates something about old radio: the
    performers were young and they were having fun.  I'm pretty sure that their
    dress and hairstyles make them look a good deal older than the were.  Today,
    the women would be wearing tank tops with overshirts and jeans, and the guys
    would have khakis or sweatsuits.  And among the papers on the floor would be
    a pizza box or two.

    M Kinsler

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:59:10 -0400
    From: "randy story" <hopharrigan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Put Something In the Pot, Boy
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    Hey, fellow OTR fans!

    Is Jack Kirkwood the painfully funny guy that appears on a 'Bob Hope Show'
    Christmas show as a streetwise Santa tellng Bob to 'put something in the pot,
    boy'?

    Also, do any of you wisened/ saged gurus of OTR history know if there are any
    recordings of the Scopes Monkey Trail that was broadcast live from Dayton, TN
    in 1925 via WGN radio? OR if there any recordings of Clarence Darrow speaking?
    I just got my history teaching certification(YAY FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and I
    am hoping to use some of the Scopes materials in the classroom soon.

    I have been devouring books all during my wonderful Summer vacation. I am
    mostly through Martin's I LOVE A MYSTERY and getting ready to order Jim's MR.
    KEEN book along with Martin's GANGBUSTERS and CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER text.
    Before I make any more purchases, though, I was wondering  if any of you have
    read one or more of these titles below:
    1) WWII ON THE AIR
    2) MONITOR II(Is this book just an update of the previous one, or is there a
    lot more to it than that?)
    3) THE GREAT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION SHOWS
    Let me know what you think. Okay?

    Finally, I am stumped in trying to find a name for my new OTR based website.
    All the good names seem to be taken and I have been suffering from writer's
    block lately. Any suggestions for catchy titles, folks? Maybe a play on an OTR
    title: THE LONE LISTENER (?). Or maybe not. See what I mean?
    Later,
    Randy Story
    Who is STILL trying to get in touch with Hal Sampson! That STINKER!!!

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:15:14 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  FOTR Convention

    All details are now on our web site, thanks to Charlie Summers:  The web site
    is <[removed]>.  Check for updates periodically.  Jay Hickerson

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:44:35 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Marlon Brando

    I just read in Jay Hickerson's "Hello Again" that Marlon Brando was:

    "...in one short series in radio (As Easy as ABC)."

    Does anyone have any information about this series, or better yet (!) an
    audio copy of one? When I did my too-short tribute to him on my radio
    program the only show I was aware of was the Critic's Theater in which he
    played in an excerpt from "The Streetcar Named Desire."

    Barbara

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:29:27 -0400
    From: Michael Berger <intercom1@[removed];
    To: otr <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Allen's Alley

    Listening to a 1948 Fred Allen Show, in which all the
    Allen's Alley characters now appear as Fred and
    Portland walk down 'Main Street,' I wondered why he
    decided to dump the Alley format, as the banter is
    about the same and  just changing the locale didn't
    seem to add anything.

    No explanation found in the standard FA books either.

    Anyone have any thoughts about this?

    Michael Berger

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:29:40 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 7/25-31

     From Those Were The Days --

    7/23

    1933 - The first broadcast of The Romance of Helen Trent was heard. The
    show continued on the air for 7,222 episodes and 27 years. Amazingly,
    Helen stayed at 35 years of age throughout the entire series. The show
    used two Helen Trents over the years. The first Helen was played by
    Virginia Clark (for 11 years) and the second by Julie Stevens (for 16
    years).

    1933 - During his fourth Fireside Chat, [removed] President Franklin D.
    Roosevelt showed why the homey, warm, comfortable discussion was,
    indeed, a fireside chat. The President stopped the discussion on the air
    and asked for a glass of water, which he then sipped. Newsman Robert
    Trout is credited with coming up with the name, Fireside Chat, because
    of real moments like this.

    1943 - Foreign Assignment, was first heard on Mutual. The title role of
    Brian Berry was played by Jan Jostyn, who also starred in another
    popular radio drama, Mr. District Attorney.

    7/30

    1937 - The American Federation of Radio Artists (AFRA) was organized. It
    was part of the American Federation of Labor. The union was for all
    radio performers except musicians. The union later became The American
    Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to include TV folk,
    as well.

    1942 - Stage Door Canteen was first heard on CBS. The show was broadcast
    from New York City and 500 servicemen were entertained each week by
    celebrities who freely donated their time for the war effort.

    7/31

    1933 -- listeners turned up the radio on this day to hear the announcer
    introduce "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy!" The show was one of
    the longest-running adventure programs on radio, continuing until 1951.

    Joe

    --
    Visit my slightly updated (1/1/04) homepage:
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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:30:16 -0400
    From: "Arthur Emerson" <milart@[removed];
    To: "Time Radio Old" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jackets

    I feel sure that Hal looks elegant in a straight jacket since a strait
    jacket is more restraining.

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:30:38 -0400
    From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  YUSA is back on C-Band
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    Hi Gang
    C-Band Satellite listeners to OTR on Bill Bragg's YUSA undoubtedly
    noticed that a few weeks ago the programming disappeared from G-5
    without fanfare.
    Tonight I discovered that YUSA (Yesterday [removed]) is back on C-Band.
    It is on Satellite T-7 (Intelsat 7) at 129 degrees West Longitude,
    Transponder 21, sub-carrier [removed] MHz.  This is the "America's Collectables"
    Channel.  The Audio is better than it was on G-5.  Thanks, Bill, for bringing
    the C-Band service back.  I was afraid it might have been gone for good.
    Happy Taping -- Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois

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    Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 23:04:12 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  LSMFT and page dropping

    Doug writes:

>     In the opening of some of the later Lucky Strike programs there is  an
>     announcer who says "[removed]"  We all know what that  means, but

    between

>     the lines we hear what sounds like some kind of  mechanical device clicking.

    I believe that's a telegraph key.  I don't know Morse code, but the
    inference to me has always been that it's repeatedly transmitting "LSMFT"
    much  as
    someone might transmit "[removed]" or "[removed]".

    I can't explain the logic behind Lucky's advertising methods other than to
    say that George Washington Hill apparently liked the hard sell.  As I  recall,
    Milt Josefsberg said that the commercials "repeated LSMFT until you were
    ready to upchuck."  It's a lot different from the Jell-O/Grape Nuts days
    where a
    jovial Don Wilson would extol the virtues of the product at the open and
    close, sometimes accompanied by a goofy poem or even Don imitating a grumpy
    husband who was badly in need of a bowl of Jell-O or Grape Nuts (maybe
    combine  the
    two?  [removed]).  Finally by the 1950s things got a little better,  with the
    changing jingle ("Luckies taste better" mambo, "Light up time", etc.)  and the
    reintroduction of Don's dulcet tones in preference to Basil Rysdale and  the
    auctioneers.

    One member told me that he has a recording of a show where there's a full
    three minutes of "Be Happy Go Lucky" at the end of it, with the outrageously
    peppy 4-bar melody being repeated over and over and over and over.  I think
    even I might need a smoke to calm down after listening to that (I'm an
    occasional cigar woman though, not [removed] no Bill Clinton jokes,  please).

    On a different topic, I'm burning copies of our "Uncirculated Benny"
    releases ([removed], "The Rochester Show", "Here Comes Mr. Kitzel" pilot,
    [removed]
    _[removed]_ ([removed])  for more  information).  And
    I have
    so many on the table that I started throwing the  scraps from the CD labels
    on the floor.  And as I continued to thow paper  on the floor, I had to
    [removed]

    Would Hal Stone bawl me out for doing this?

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
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    Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:41:54 -0400
    From: <tallpaulk@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Beer Check

    Matthew Bullis asked about the the meaning of "a check for a short beer".

    A "beer check" or more commonly a "beer chit" was a token issued by a local
    tavern.  The chit usually had the name of the tavern, and possibly an
    address, on one side and "5" or "5 cents" or nothing on the other side.

    Chits were distributed by the tavern owner and could be exchanged at the
    establishment for a small glass of beer or a "short beer".

    Collecting beer chits is one phase of collecting breweriana - items related
    to beer such as signs, trays, cans, bottles, coasters, openers, bottle tops,
    napkins, advertisement, etc.  The American Breweriana Association is
    headquartered in Pueblo, Colorado with over 8600 members.

    Cheers.

    Paul Kattelman - Sharonville, Ohio

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    Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:42:15 -0400
    From: Jer51473@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mary Linvingston was a professional
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    radio performer. She did the show for years and im sure she got paid. She was
    a household name. Because she was nervous certainly doesnt make her a non
    professional. Ive heard many actors, performers, athletes, etc. testify to
    being
    nervous, uneasy or whatever, but that does not make them unprofessional. Its
    well known that Mary was nervous, but to the public only because we have been
    told such by Mary and others close to her. She sure didnt come across on the
    air, to me, as being anything but an entertaining performer and just as
    professional as many others that were better known or not as well known as
    she was.
    The determining factor as to whether she was a professional or not sure wasnt
    "did she drop paper on the floor or not?".

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