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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 250
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Arnold Stang Wasn't From Massachuset  [ Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed] ]
      NPR story                             [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
      12-30 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      21-31 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OT (?): Laurel and Hardy, Christmas.  [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]

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    Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:29 -0500
    From: Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Arnold Stang Wasn't From Massachusetts
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    The AP item I read didn't include this part of Arnold's life which appeared in
    The New York Times obit.

    "Most sources indicate that Mr. Stang was born in Chelsea, Mass., in 1925, but
    according to his family, though he had relatives in Chelsea, he was born in
    Manhattan on Sept. 28, 1918. His father was a lawyer until the 1929 stock
    market crash and earned a living afterward as a salesman.

    The Chelsea story was one Mr. Stang perpetuated himself; he told interviewers
    that he got his first job in radio in 1934 at age 9 after he wrote to "Let's
    Pretend," a New York children's radio show, and asked for an audition. Told he
    could audition when he was next in New York, he took the bus from Boston,
    alone, the following Saturday and was hired.

    "We were married 60 years and I never managed to get him to correct that," his
    wife, JoAnne Stang, said in an interview Monday.

    The truth, Ms. Stang said, was that her husband grew up mostly in Brooklyn and
    graduated from New Utrecht High School. He wrote the note asking for an
    audition from Brooklyn, and he was older than 9."

    Doug Douglass

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    Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:35 -0500
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  NPR story

    Here's something I missed the first go around.

    On Sep 30, 2002, NPR's All Things Considered ran a piece by Art Chimes about
    the end of the golden age of radio.

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    Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:41 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-30 births/deaths

    December 30th births

    12-30-1873 - Al Smith - NYC - d. 10-4-1944
    governor: "Information Please"
    12-30-1884 - Hideki Tojo - Tokyo, Japan - d. 12-23-1948
    prime minister: War Time Broadcasts
    12-30-1885 - Ed Jerome - NYC - d. 9-10-1959
    actor: Harry Blackstone "Blackstone, the Magic Detective"; Gregory
    Allen "Rich Man's Darling"
    12-30-1894 - Vincent Lopez - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-20-1975
    bandleader: "Luncheon with Lopez"
    12-30-1899 - Michael Raffetto - Placerville, CA - d. 5-31-1990
    actor: Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"; Jack Packard "I Love A Mystery/
    Adventure"
    12-30-1903 - Owen Crump - d. 2-13-1998
    producer: " The Grouch Club"
    12-30-1911 - Jeanette Nolan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-5-1998
    actor: Nicolette Moore "One Man's Family"; Mrs. Hudson "Advs. of
    Sherlock Holmes"
    12-30-1912 - Hugh Griffith - Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales - d.
    5-14-1980
    actor: "Under Milk Wood"
    12-30-1912 - Nancy Coleman - Everett, WA - d. 1-18-2000
    actor: Alice Hughes "Young Dr. Malone"
    12-30-1914 - Bert Parks - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-2-1992
    emcee, announcer: "Break the Bank"; "Stop the Music"; "Double or
    Nothing"
    12-30-1922 - Bert Holland - d. 3-8-1980
    actor: Emmett "Shorty Bell"
    12-30-1927 - Bernie Barrow - NYC - d. 8-4-1993
    actor: "Golden Door"
    12-30-1931 - Skeeter Davis - Dry Ridge, KY - d. 9-19-2004
    country/western singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    12-30-1936 - Don Bishoff - Martinsburg, WV
    host: "Town Meeting"
    12-30-1936 - Sandy Koufax - Brooklyn, NY
    baseball legend: "Tops In Sports"
    12-30-1937 - Pat Shanahan - Milwaukee, WI - d. 3-10-2008
    disk jockey: Rocky Foxx WFOX Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    12-30-1939 - Glyn Dean - d. 11-30-1997
    actor: "Jennings at School"; "Children's Hour"; "Mrs. Dale's Diary"

    December 30th deaths

    01-05-1898 - Irene Kuhn - NYC - d. 12-30-1995
    commentator: "Irene Kuhn's Feature Page"
    04-07-1919 - Ralph Flanagan - Lorain, OH - d. 12-30-1995
    bandleader: "Chesterfield's ABC of Music"; "Let's Go Show"
    04-18-1914 - Ben Bezoff - d. 12-30-1979
    newscaster: WKY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; KMYR Denver, Colorado
    05-23-1910 - Artie Shaw - NYC - d. 12-30-2004
    bandleader: "Melody and Madness"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
    06-28-1902 - Richard Rodgers - Long Island, NY - d. 12-30-1979
    composer: "ASCAP On Parade"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and
    Sanborn Hour"
    06-29-1935 - Keith Walker - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-30-1996
    writer: Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    07-21-1892 - Lenore Ulric - New Ulm, MN - d. 12-30-1970
    guest artist: "Watch the Fun Go By"
    08-13-1917 - Jay Bechtel - d. 12-30-2004
    sportscaster: WHOL, Allenton, Pennsylvania
    08-22-1909 - Julius J. Epstein - NYC - d. 12-30-2000
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-26-1894 - Glenn Hunter - NYC - d. 12-30-1945
    actor: "Roses and Drums"
    09-27-1892 - Ed Tomlinson - Stockton, GA - d. 12-30-1973
    commentator: "The Other Americans"; "What's New in South American?"
    09-28-1906 - Jack Meakin - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-30-1982
    music: "Abbott and Cosetello Show"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Honest
    Harold"
    10-06-1901 - Leslie Arliss - London, England - d. 12-30-1987
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-18-1900 - Don Quinn - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 12-30-1967
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Halls of Ivy"
    12-07-1905 - Charles Magnante - d. 12-30-1986
    accordionist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family"; "Singin' Sam"; "Tony and
    Gus"
    12-09-1902 - Joe Quillan - d. 12-30-1983
    writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"; "Our Miss Brooks"
    12-14-1934 - Johnny Moore - d. 12-30-1998
    lead singer: (Member of The Drifters) "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
    12-24-1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman - Johnston, PA - d. 12-30-1946
    Composed "At Dawning," used as theme for "The Brighter Day."
    12-28-1908 - Lew Ayres - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-30-1996
    actor: Dr. James Kildare "Dr. Kildare"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:46 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  21-31 births/deaths

    December 31st births

    12-31-1884 - Georgette Harvey - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-17-1952
    female bass singer: "New World A' Coming"; "Free Company"
    12-31-1890 - Bradford Browne - North Adams, MA - d. 4-29-1975
    singer: "Brad and Al"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-31-1892 - Jason Robards, Sr. - Hillsdale, MI - d. 4-4-1963
    actor: Chandu "Chandu, the Magician"
    12-31-1894 - Vance Archer - d. 12-xx-1962
    sportscaster: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
    12-31-1897 - Orry-Kelly - Kiama, New South Wales, Australia - d.
    2-27-1964
    costume designer: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-31-1897 - Paula Hemminghous - Columbus, OH - d. 11-22-1997
    singer: "Philco Hour"; "National Radio Pulpit"; "Highlights of the
    Bible"
    12-31-1901 - Everett Marshall - Lawrence, MA - d. 4-3-1965
    singer: "Broadway Vanities/Varieties"
    12-31-1904 - Buzz Adlam - Chelmsford, England - d. 11-9-1974
    orchestra leader: "Your Star Time"; "Guest Star"
    12-31-1904 - Nathan Milstein - Odessa, Russia - d. 12-21-1992
    violinist: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Concert Hall"
    12-31-1905 - Dick Chevillat - NYC - d. 5-10-1984
    writer: "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    12-31-1905 - Jule Styne - London, England - d. 9-28-1994
    songwriter: "I Don't Wan to Walk Without You"; "I've Heard That Song
    Before"
    12-31-1908 - John Kirby - Baltimore, MD - d. 6-14-1952
    jazz musician: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"
    12-31-1908 - Jonah Jones - Louisville, KY - d. 4-30-2000
    jazz trumpeter: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Army Bandstand";
    "Manhattan Melodies"
    12-31-1910 - Jerry Blaine - d. 3-14-1973
    orchestra leader: WOR Newark, New Jersey
    12-31-1910 - Richard Kollmar - Ridgewood, NJ - d. 1-7-1971
    actor: John Perry "John's Other Wife"; Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"
    12-31-1913 - Ted Meyers - d. 11-25-1996
    announcer: "People Are Funny"; "Yarns for Yanks"; "Calling All Cars"
    12-31-1914 - Pat Brady - Toledo, OH - d. 2-27-1972
    sidekick, stooge: "Roy Rogers Show"
    12-31-1917 - Evelyn Knight - Reedville, VA - d. 9-28-2007
    singer: "Philco Summer Hour"; "Ed Wynn Show"
    12-31-1920 - Richard Hamilton - Illinois - d. 12-28-2004
    actor: "Dimension X; "X Minus One"; "Inheritance"
    12-31-1921 - Rex Allen - Wilcox, AZ - d. 12-17-1999
    country/western singer: "Country Music Time"; "Country Hoedown"
    12-31-1923 - Arthur Siegel - Lakewood, NJ - d. 9-13-1994
    pianist, composer: "New Faces"
    12-31-1928 - Euel Box
    music producer, major radio markets
    12-31-1930 - Odetta - Birmingham, AL - d. 12-2-2008
    singer: "Voices of Vista"

    December 31st deaths

    01-07-1900 - Mary Lewis - Hot Springs, AR - d. 12-31-1941
    soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
    01-09-1908 - Richard Byron - NYC - d. 12-31-1969
    radio comedy writer
    01-12-1908 - Joan Burroughs - Chicago, IL - d. 12-31-1972
    actor: (Daughter of Edgar Rice Burroughs) Jane "Tarzan"
    01-23-1894 - Clara Acuff Adams - d. 12-31-1950
    soprano: KOA Denver, Colorado
    02-13-1912 - Art Rollini - d. 12-31-1993
    saxophone: (The Benny Goodman Orchestra) "Let's Dance"
    02-13-1927 - Jim McReynolds - Carfax, VA - d. 12-31-2002
    guitarist: (Jim and Jesse) "Grand Ole Opry"
    03-11-1887 - Raoul Walsh - NYC - d. 12-31-1980
    film director: "Jack Benny Program"
    03-29-1919 - Eileen Heckart - Columbus, OH - d. 12-31-2001
    actor: "Cloak and Dagger"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    04-11-1910 - Jim Britt - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-31-1980
    sports commentator: "Dateline Boston"
    05-08-1940 - Ricky Nelson - Teaneck, NJ - d. 12-31-1985
    actor: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
    05-12-1927 - Suzanne Dalbert - Paris, France - d. 12-31-1970
    actor: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"; "Command Performance"
    06-27-1907 - Valerie Cossart - London, England - d. 12-31-1994
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    07-13-1919 - Dirk Fredericks - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-31-1976
    announcer: "Music Tent"
    07-27-1919 - David Swift - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-31-2001
    writer: "Opie Cates Show"
    08-04-1913 - Wesley Addy - Omaha, NB - d. 12-31-1996
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Great Plays"
    08-16-1927 - Neil Strawser - Rittman, OH - d. 12-31-2005
    newscaster: "CBS World News Roundup"
    08-18-1934 - Roberto Clemente - Carolina, Puerto Rico - d. 12-31-1972
    baseball great: "Tops In Sport"
    08-21-1919 - Billy Idelson - Forest Park, IL - d. 12-31-2007
    actor: Rush Gook "Vic and Sade"; Henry Herbert Murray "One Man's Family"
    08-24-1905 - Don Douglas - Kinleyside, Scotland - d. 12-31-1945
    actor: "Good News of 1939"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Did Justice
    Triumph?"
    09-27-1921 - Carol Thurston - Forsyth, MT - d. 12-31-1969
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-14-1932 - Enrico Di Giuseppi - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-31-2005
    operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    10-20-1911 - Bobby Christian - Chicago, IL - d. 12-31-1991
    percussionist: "Destination Freedom"; "Roy Shield and Company"
    10-27-1933 - Floyd Cramer - Campti, LA - d. 12-31-1997
    country pianist: "Country Music Time"; "Country Style [removed]"
    11-05-1905 - Thomas Freebairn-Smith - Walton-on-Thames, England - d.
    12-31-1985
    writer, producer: "Jonathan Trimble, Esq."; "Al Pearce and His Gang"
    11-08-1891 - Clarence J. Ingram - Jersey City, NJ - d. 12-31-1955
    interviewer: "Stardust"
    12-01-1896 - Ray Henderson - Buffalo, NY - d. 12-31-1970
    composer: "Music for Millions"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:37:25 -0500
    From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OT (?):  Laurel and Hardy, [removed]

    I don't know if MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (BABES IN TOYLAND) was a
    part of your childhood, but here's my latest, from over at THE VILLAGE
    VOICE:

    [removed]

    And--

    Happy New Year!

    Best, Jim

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