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>                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
>                                  Volume 2001 : Issue 386
>                             A Part of the [removed]!
>                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

>                                     Today's Topics:

>      Favorite radio actors                 [ "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed] ]
>      MP3 player                            [ Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed]; ]
>      "The Happy Prince"                    [ Tom van der Voort <evan@[removed]; ]
>      favorite radio stars                  [ Maxjo@[removed] ]
>      Favorite Actors & Actresses           [ "jsouthard" <jsouthard@[removed]; ]
>      Paul Frees - comic?                   [ John Henley <jhenley@[removed] ]
>      lost Dragnet shows                    [ Osborneam@[removed] ]
>      looking for Johnny Dollar mp3's.      [ "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-self ]
>      Re: More on Big Jon and Sparky        [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
>      Seattle OTR Convention Set            [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
>      Big Jon, Sparkie & No school today    [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
>      Re:Ian Grieve                         [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
>      Favorite Christmas Shows              [ "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@earthli ]
>      OTR on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire  [ "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@earthli ]
>      Re: Groucho Marx on Radio             [ Wboenig@[removed] ]

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:48:02 -0500
>     From: "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed];
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: Favorite radio actors

>     Walden Hughes asked about our favorite radio actors and actresses.  My vote
>     (and probably a lot of others votes) are for William Conrad and Agnes
>     Moorehead.

>     Roby McHone

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:48:42 -0500
>     From: Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed];
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: MP3 player

>     Hi all

>     There have been several notes on this board in recent months about MP3
>     players. Just thought I'd note I picked up a portable CD player with MP3
>     capability yesterday and it seems to work just fine.

>     It's an Emerson, model HD7088, which I got at a Wal-Mart for $[removed] or
>     so. The way things go, I'm sure the price will be $30 within a year, but
>     I'm one of those who has to have the newest [removed]

>     It plays MP3's even embedded in directories and subdirectories, and also
>     CDRs and CD-RWs, and MP3 files in all MPEG rates from 32 to 384Kbps and
>     sampling frequencies of 16, [removed], 24, 32, [removed] and 48Khz. It can handle
>     99 directories and 300 tracks ... so all your disks crammed with OTR can
>     be played easily on it.

>     It also has a 45-second anti-skip mode for regular CDs and something
>     like 120 seconds anti-skip when playing MP3s. I tried it today, playing
>     a John Dehner MP3 disk while driving over railroad tracks and a zig-zag
>     intersection filled with potholes. It didn't skip a beat.

>     It comes with headphones and an AC adaptor. I used it with a car
>     cassette adaptor I had gotten years ago and it worked fine.

>     So if you are looking for something like this, you can pass along a note
>     to Santa for Xmas.

>     --bn

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:27:51 -0500
>     From: Tom van der Voort <evan@[removed];
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: "The Happy Prince"

>          As Michael Biel speculates, the record session for the Crosby/Welles
>     "Happy Prince" used different supporting personnel.  Paul Whiteman
>     conducted the orchestra and there was no mention of Bernard Hermann on the
>     broadcast, which originated from Earl Carroll's Theater Restaurant in
>     Hollywood.
>     Tom van der Voort

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:56:05 -0500
>     From: Maxjo@[removed]
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: favorite radio stars

>     favorite male-william conrad
>     favorite female-rosemary decamp
>     max salathiel,
>     del city oklahoma

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:26:14 -0500
>     From: "jsouthard" <jsouthard@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject: Favorite Actors & Actresses

>     In the discussion of favorite actors and actresses, the usual suspects are
>     already listed. All are good. but the best actress of all has not been
>     mentioned--Mercedes McCambridge. Listen to "I Love a Mystery" and the answer
>     is obvious.
>     John Southard
>     jsouthard@[removed]

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:26:33 -0500
>     From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed];
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: Paul Frees - comic?

>     While lauding Paul Frees as a radio actor, Tony Baechler said:

> >     I do not think Frees did comedy.

>     Well, maybe not so much as a radio actor.  But, how would you
>     classify these:
>     Rocky and His Friends/The Bullwinkle Show, including
>        The Adventures of Dudley Do-Right
>        Mr. Peabody & Sherman
>        Aesop's Fables &
>        Fractured Fairy Tales

>     George of the Jungle

>     Fractured Flickers

>     All are animated TV cartoons, all feature Paul Frees in
>     supporting voice roles, all are Jay Ward productions,
>     and all are _comedies_.  (Whether they're funny or not is a
>     matter of taste, but they certainly have their fans.)

>     John Henley

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:24:39 -0500
>     From: Osborneam@[removed]
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: lost Dragnet shows

>     Does anyone have a list of the Dragnet shows that are lost?

>     Arlene Osborne

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:32:35 -0500
>     From: "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-selfhelpbikeco@[removed];
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: looking for Johnny Dollar mp3's.

>     I'm looking for the Johnny Dollar episodes that aired during the week of
>     1/2-1/6/56 (The Caylin Matter) on mp3.  If anyone can e-mail them to me
>     I'd really appreciate it.  I'm listening to the shows in order 1 episode
>     a night as they originally aired, and I just discovered that next weeks
>     shows (The Caylin Matter) are missing from my collection due to a
>     mislabeled tape.

>     If anyone can help me I'd really appreciate it.  Please contact me at
>     [removed]@[removed] as this computer is too slow for that sort of
>     [removed]

>     rodney.

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:33:03 -0500
>     From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject: Re: More on Big Jon and Sparky

>     Hello again --
>     I have a ten-inch, 78 rpm Columbia Nonbreakable disk from the late forties
>     or early fifties entitled "Big Jon presents Sparkie with the Ray Carter
>     Orchestra," on which Sparkie performs "Little Red Caboose" and "Run, Rabbit,
>     Run." Does anyone know if this recording, still with pretty good sound
>     quality, has any value to collectors?
>     On another matter, I have to qualify what I said earlier about the wax on
>     aluminum-based home recording disks eventually cracking, shrinking, and
>     falling off -- apparently it was only my "Recordio" disks that did that. I
>     recently discovered other recordings of mine recorded on aluminum-based
>     Duodisc, Philco, Audiodisc and Soundcraft, and they are still in good shape.

>     Jan Bach

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:34:05 -0500
>     From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject: Seattle OTR Convention Set

>     Seattle OTR Convention Set for June 28-30, 2002

>             I have received preliminary information on Radio Enthusiasts of
>     Puget Sound (REPS) 10th Radio Showcase, their 2002 Convention.  The REPS
>     website will soon have Showcase information and will be updated regularly.
>     Their web site address is:
>     [removed]

>             REPS runs an extremely efficient, well-organized convention and no
>     convention could be friendlier.  Many of the radio days performers go to
>     Seattle every year, just because they have such an enjoyable experience.
>     They have 25 performers scheduled to attend this year, including Tyler
>     McVey, Gil Stratton, Jr., Anne Whitfield, Sam Edwards, Herb Ellis, and many
>     others.

>             The early information I received indicates that REPS Showcase X
>     will include a "Lone Ranger" re-creation with Fred Foy and Dick Beals plus a
>     reunion re-creation featuring nine former "One Man's Family" cast members.
>     "Cavalcade of America" and "Halls of Ivy" are on the probable re-creations
>     list too, plus at least one other they haven't finalized yet.

>             Jim French, who writes and produces the syndicated "Imagination
>     Theater," is writing a show especially for the OTR actors who will be in
>     attendance.  It will be performed at the Showcase and later aired on
>     "Imagination Theater."  Great new radio, with the stars of the past.

>             Great re-creations are only part of the fun.  The REPS Showcase
>     always has informative and creative panels too.  A silent auction features
>     many items of interest to the OTR fan.  The 2002 Showcase will have a new
>     and much-requested feature:  a Sunday morning program.

>             The REPS Showcase really is an OTR event you should try to attend.
>     Also, Seattle and Washington state in June are nice too. There are lots of
>     things to see and do:  the Pike Street Market, Mts. Rainier and St. Helens,
>     the Cascades, the Olympic Peninsula and so much more.

>            You can contact the Showcase co-chairman, Mike Sprague, at
>     hrrmikes@[removed]

>     Stewart

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:12:19 -0500
>     From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
>     To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject: Big Jon, Sparkie & No school today

>     Fred Berney mentions his project of taping many of the Big Jon & Sparkie/No
>     school today programs.  I have four of them, numbers 395-398, in case anyone
>     wants to trade for them.
>     Neat program.  That guy had to really work hard to produce that program.  I
>     suppose that Sparkie was Big Jon's voice recorded at one speed, then played
>     back at a slightly higher speed?  Wonder if the whole program was taped or
>     only Sparkie's [removed]
>        And how about Alvin and the Chipmunks?  Same technique?

>     Ted Kneebone
>     1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
>     OTR:  [removed]

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:23:01 -0500
>     From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject: Re:Ian Grieve

>     on 12/3/01 1:02 PM,
>     "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed];
>     responded to my question:

> > >     Ian, were you referring to me, or the other "Hal" that posts. I'm mystified,
> > >     confused, and so what else is new?

> >     Yes Hal I was refering to you.  I didn't know you were off visiting friends
> >     and family. > I had just finished reading a wonderful explanation from
> >     Elizabeth and I was still trying to get over how much thought and effort that
> >     Elizabeth must putinto all the posts she makes here (unlike me) and I used the
> >     word Mindblowing.  Hence I threw in the line you refer to, just in case a
> >     witty
> >     remark was forthcoming.  Having to explain my joke sort of takes off
> >     whatever shine there may have been.

>     Ian, my friend from [removed] tickle me. Not to disappoint you, I
>     probably would have posted something like "To avoid blowing your mind, Ian,
>     I suggest staying out of those soft gentle sea breezes."

>     Some day, I would love to go to Australia. We really must meet. You sound
>     like a fun guy. And when I do, we can get together only if you promise to
>     take me for a swim among the Great White's along the Barrier Reef, and to go
>     wading in a Croc infested stream. I crave adventure.

> >     Thanks Hal (STONE).  May I call you Jughead?  That will remove all chances of

>     confusion with others sharing the name Hal.

>     But of course.

> >     No other Jughead on this Digest that I know of :)

>     Well, at least not by name. :)

> >     (back to the books Hal (STONE))

>     You Betcha. I'm doing a fun part now. Assembling, scanning, and inserting
>     the graphics. It's time consuming however. I have to take each pic and photo
>     retouch them to make sure Bob Hastings looks as youthful & as pretty as me.
>     :)

>     Incidentally, in your posting following the one to me, you made the
>     statement;

> >     (SNIP) "Being a naive colonial it took me 3 episodes to realise it
> >     was a re enactment rather than an original, but now I put that down to good
> >     acting.

>     Gee. I didn't realize you were former "Military". And an Officer to boot. I
>     will have to treat you with greater respect from now on.

>     Regards (Sir)

>     "Jughead" to you.

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:32:18 -0500
>     From: "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject: Favorite Christmas Shows

>     Hi All!
>     Just my thoughts on Christmas [removed] have at least 5 shows that I pull
>     out EVERY Christmas [removed] usually start out with Fibber McGee and Molly's
>     12/23/47 Christmas show when McGee has lost his key [removed] keys to the
>     hall closet are on the key ring. He lost it the night before on the way back

    >from the Elk's Club and during the night it has snowed 3 [removed] like

>     he is going to have to shovel snow all the way back to the Elk's Club to
>     find the keys!  I like the atmosphere of this show the best.  I love the
>     ending when Molly (as Teeny) does the annual "Twas The Night Before
>     Christmas" musical with Billy Mills and The Kingsmen.  Question here:
>     When was the first time they did this and was it repeated every year?  I
>     have at least 3 other Christmas shows with Fibber McGee and Molly that have
>     this ending.  Was this ever released as a record?  I think on one of the
>     shows Fibber makes a remark of a commercial release of  "Twas The Night
>     Before Christmas."  Second comes The Campbell Playhouse's version of "A
>     Christmas Carol" 12/24/39 with Lionel Barrymore in the title [removed]
>     couldn't find a better person to play Scrooge!  Next comes "A Miracle On
>     34th Street" done on The Lux Radio Theatre with Edmund Gwenn as Kris
>     [removed]"It's A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart is also on deck for an
>     annual listening.  Last, but certainly not least, the Phil Harris and Alice
>     Faye Show  with Jack Benny playing Santa Claus for the Harris [removed]
>     very funny and heart warming show!  I heard this one for the first time back
>     in 1974 (on a Philco floor model console that I found for $60 I might add!)
>     when it was broadcast on one of the Raliegh [removed] radio stations as part of
>     its holiday celebration.  These are my top five shows and I usually listen
>     to them while trimming the tree and wrapping presents.  What are top 5 shows
>     for the Christmas season?
>     Best to all during the holidays!

>     Scott

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:42:25 -0500
>     From: "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];
>     Subject: OTR on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

>     Ron Sayles asked why OTR questions never appear on Who Wants To Be A
>     [removed] have watched in vain for those OTR questions to be asked
>     [removed] better bet would be [removed] or 5 months ago lo and behold they
>     had a WHOLE CATEGORY  devoted to OTR!  There was even a Lone Ranger audio
>     clip (with Brace Beemer) in another category in an earlier show.

>     Scott

>     ------------------------------

>     Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:23:34 -0500
>     From: Wboenig@[removed]
>     To: [removed]@[removed]
>     Subject: Re: Groucho Marx on Radio

>     The wording of the original statement regarding Groucho's first appearance on
>     radio used the word "performed", so, to the letter of the law, that may have
>     been a correct statement.  However, the November 28, 1932 broadcast of
>     Beagle, Shyster and Beagle (later Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel) was not the
>     first time the voice of the mustacioed one was carried on radio airwaves.
>     According to the Groucho Marx papers held at the University of Wisconsin
>     Library, Groucho introduced noted journaliust Heywood Broun on an unspecified
>     program broadcast over WABC (then the CBS affiliate in New York) on October
>     13, 1930.

>     But this wasn't even the first instance of one of Minnie's boys being
>     involved in a radio broadcast.  On May 18, 1929, NBC carried a short-wave
>     broadcast to Admiral Richard Byrd at the South Pole.  The broadcast featured
>     several prominent entertainment personalities of the day, including Harpo
>     Marx.  Nothing is known as to whether he actually spoke (unlikely) or just
>     honked his horn.  Reference to this broadcast can be found in the New York
>     Times issue of the same date.

>     (Sidebar --  In "The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia", author Glenn Mitchell
>     speculates that the following dialogue from the movie "Duck Soup" was
>     inspired by this broadcast:  Groucho (to Chico):  "Do you have a license?"
>     Chico:  "No, but my dog, he's got a million of 'em.  You know, he once went
>     with Admiral Byrd to the pole!"  Groucho:  "I'll bet the dog got there
>     first!")

>     Following up on another related posting, the BBC did a re-make of the
>     Flywheel series in 1990-92, condensing 25 of the original 26 scripts (#24 has
>     been lost to the ages) into 18 new shows.  I have 17 of these and would love
>     dearly to find the one that is unofficially titled "Shoplifters" (air date
>     June 1, 1991).  Anyone who would like more info on this series may e-mail me
>     personally.

>     Wayne Boenig

>     --------------------------------
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