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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 189
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      12-8 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      The passing of a radio veteran        [ "Bob Scherago" <scherago@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      12-10 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:33:32 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-8 births/deaths

    December 8th births

    12-08-1888 - Raymond Lawrence - Bedford Square, England - d. 3-28-1976
    actor: "Escape"; "The Halls of Ivy"; "Pursuit"
    12-08-1891 - Percy Crosby - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-8-1964
    "Skippy" a juvenile serial was based on Crosby's comic strip
    12-08-1892 - Dr. Jacob Tarshish - d. 12-23-1960
    rabbi: "The Lamplighter"
    12-08-1894 - Elzie Segar - d. 10-13-1938
    writer: "Popeye the Sailor" based on his comic strip
    12-08-1894 - James Thurber - Columbus, OH - d. 11-2-1961
    writer: "This Is My Best"
    12-08-1895 - Harold Arlin - d. 3-14-1986
    first full time radio announcer in the world, KDKA, Pittsburgh, 1921
    12-08-1898 - Francis Scott Basch - d. 9-11-1997
    news commentator: WAAT Jersey City, New Jersey
    12-08-1904 - George Stevens - Oakland, CA - d. 3-8-1975
    film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    12-08-1906 - Richard Llewellyn - St. David's, Wales - d. 11-30-1983
    author: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"
    12-08-1907 - Frank Faylen - St. Louis, MO - d. 8-2-1985
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
    12-08-1909 - Elaine Melchior - NYC - d. 10-22-2002
    actor: Ardala Valmer "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
    12-08-1910 - Ruth Matteson - San Jose, CA - d. 2-5-1975
    actor: Nicole Scott "Against the Storm"
    12-08-1911 - Lee J. Cobb - NYC - d. 2-11-1976
    actor: the tailgunner "Roosty of the AAF"; "Citizen of the World";
    "Hollywood Startime"
    12-08-1913 - Sarajane Wells - Owensboro, KY - d. 1-11-1987
    actor: Betty Fairchild "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"
    12-08-1914 - Floyd Tillman - Ryan, OK - d. 8-22-2003
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Country Music Time"
    12-08-1914 - Mary Patton - Duluth, MN - d. 11-8-1982
    actor: Marie Martel "Arnold Grimm's Daughter"; Lila North "Fat Man"
    12-08-1915 - Ernest Lehman - NYC - d. 7-5-2005
    writer: "Forecast"
    12-08-1916 - Richard Fleischer - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-25-2006
    film director: "The TM Radio Program"
    12-08-1922 - Elkan Allan - London, England - d. 6-25-2006
    writer: "Quiz Time", "Quiz Team"
    12-08-1928 - Jay "Jaybird" Drennan - d. 12-9-2006
    country music disk jockey (Akron, Ohio)
    12-08-1928 - Jimmy Smith - Norristown, PA - d. 2-8-2005
    jazz organist: Won a radio talent contest in Philadelphia at the age
    of 9
    12-08-1933 - Flip Wilson - Jersey City, NJ - d. 11-25-1998
    comedian: "Voices of Vista"
    12-08-1937 - James MacArthur - Los Angeles, CA - d. 10-28-2010
    actor: "Theatre Guild of the Air"

    December 8th deaths

    01-21-1921 - Charlotte Manson - NYC - d. 12-8-1996
    actor: Patsy Bowen "Nick Carter, Master Detective"
    01-31-1917 - Fay Baker - NYC - d. 12-8-1987
    actor: "Words at War"
    02-11-1882 - John H. Mills - Bellfonte, PA - d. 12-8-1967
    singer: (Father of the Mills Brothers)  "Mills Brothers Quartette"
    03-02-1914 - Martin Ritt - NYC - d. 12-8-1990
    film director, teacher: "Coming Home"
    03-03-1924 - Cathy Downs - Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY - d.
    12-8-1976
    actor: "Your Movietown Radio Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Mail Call"
    04-26-1898 - David Freedman - Botosani, Romania - d. 12-8-1936
    gag writer for Eddie Cantor
    05-03-1898 - Golda Meir - Kiev, Russia - d. 12-8-1978
    israeli prime minister: "Meet the Press"
    05-04-1903 - Luther Adler - NYC - d. 12-8-1984
    actor: Peter Gentle "Mystery Without Murder"; "Greatest Story Ever
    Told (1938-39)"
    06-29-1919 - Slim Pickens - Kingsburg, CA - d. 12-8-1983
    actor: Samuel the Seal "Cinnamon Bear"
    07-12-1903 - Ray Winters - Menomonie, WI - d. 12-8-1978
    announcer: "Kitty Keene"; "The Lamplighter"; "Whispering Streets"
    07-15-1893 - William Dieterle - Rhein-Palatinate, Germany - d. 12-8-1972
    movie director: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
    08-19-1922 - Lester Fletcher - Cardiff, Wales - d. 12-8-1989
    actor: "Sherlock Holmes"; "FBI in Peace and War"
    09-13-1900 - Gladys George - Patton, ME - d. 12-8-1954
    actor: "Lincoln Highway"
    09-23-1927 - Virginia McDowall - London, England - d. 12-8-2006
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"
    09-26-1925 - Marty Robbins - Glendale, AZ - d. 12-8-1982
    country/western singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Country Style [removed]"; "Big
    Sound"
    10-09-1929 - Harry Harvey - Florida - d. 12-8-1978
    actor: Oogie Pringle "A Date with Judy"
    10-09-1940 - John Lennon - Liverpool, England - d. 12-8-1980
    singer: (The Beatles) "Here We Go Again"
    11-12-1911 - Buck Clayton - Parsons, KS - d. 12-8-1991
    trumpet: "Count Basie and His Orchestra"; "Doctor Jazz"
    11-14-1915 - Martha Tilton - Corpus Christi, TX - d. 12-8-2006
    singer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Curt Massey-Martha Tilton Program"
    11-28-1941 - Jennifer Rankin - d. 12-8-1979
    writer: "Razorback Mountain Journey"
    12-08-1891 - Percy Crosby - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-8-1964
    "Skippy" a juvenile serial was based on Crosby's comic strip
    12-31-1894 - Vance Archer - d. 12-8-1962
    sportscaster: KNEX McPherson, Kansas

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:33:37 -0500
    From: "Bob Scherago" <scherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The passing of a radio veteran
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    I learned today that Arnold Dean died last night. Arnie worked for WTIC in
    Hartford, Connecticut, for 47 years! He was the voice of sports for the
    station, and in the 1960s and 1970s hosted the weekly program, "A One Night
    Stand with the Big Bands," where he interviewed many of the greats of that
    era, including Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Duke Ellington, and many more. Many of
    his shows can be heard at [removed] . As webmaster, I
    will post an obituary on that website as it becomes available.

    Arnie was a close personal friend and colleague. He will be greatly missed by
    all of us WTIC alums, as well as his thousands of listeners in Connecticut.

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    Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:33:43 -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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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL SHAYNE, PRIVATE DETECTIVE
    Episode 50 9-24-45 "Shadow William P. Pringle"
    Stars: Wally Maher, Cathy Lewis
    Director: Michael Raffetto
    Creator: Michael Raffetto
    Music: Len Salvo
    MUTUAL Union Oil Company Mondays 8:30-9:00 pm

    NEW ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL SHAYNE
    Episode 18 9-3-49 "The Case Of The High Priced Twins"
    Stars: Jeff Chandler
    Director: Bill Rousseau
    Mutual Syndicated by Don W. Sharp. Saturdays 5:00-5:30 pm.

    McGARRY AND THE MOUSE
    Audition Show 10-18-45 "Stakeout"
    STARS: William Gargan, Ruth Warrick, Don Brown
    MUSIC: Charles Dant
    Announcer: Del Sharbet
    CBS Sustained

    RHYTHM ON THE RIVER
    8-16-40
    Bing Crosby Presents a preview of his new movie. From the Del Mar Surf Club.
    Stars: Mary Martin, Ken Carpenter, Pat O'Brien, Lillian Cornell, William
    LeBaron, John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra, Victor Schertzinger
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

    THE FAT MAN
    (ABC) 1/21/46 J. Scott Smart stars in the first episode: "The 19th Pearl."

    YOU BET YOUR LIFE
    (NBC/Synd) Undated Can you date this re-release of Groucho Marx's
    beloved comedy-quiz?

    THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
    (WOR/SYND) 2/23/40 - Clark Kent, as Superman, winds up the "Silver
    Clipper" story and introduces the "Yellow Mask"
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    NICK CARTER
    from 012/03/44 Episode (160) Death Plays the Lead. The show stars Lon
    Clark as Nick Carter.

    Several weeks ago, Jim Taylor requested many shows from both Suspense
    and Escape. We'll hear one of his requests this week.

    ESCAPE
    from 07/28/50 Episode (121) Poison. It stars both Bill Conrad and Jack Webb.

    We have two Christmas shows for this week.

    NIGHT BEAT
    from 12/21/51 Episode (073) Five Days Off For Christmas. Stars Frank
    Lovejoy.

    "THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET
    from 12/19/48 Episode (176) The New Radio-Phonograph.
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    CLASSICS & CURIOS

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 57

    CLASSICS & CURIOS: SILENT NIGHT AT PEARL HARBOR

    As we focus each year on December 7, the date that "will live in
    infamy," we should pay special tribute during the Christmas season to
    all those in the armed forces who gave the ultimate gift of their lives
    to protect our freedom and to preserve our way of life. Such sacrifice
    reminds us dramatically of the reason for the Christmas season: the
    ultimate sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who gave His life
    to free us from separation from God and give us the promise of eternal life.

    We begin this tribute with songs of remembrance from World War II that
    touch our hearts and stir our souls, songs such as "Wings Over The
    Navy," by Lou Stone and his orchestra, "Stars and Stripes On Iwo Jima
    Isle" by the Sons of the Pioneers, "I'll Walk Alone" by Martha Tilton,
    "God Bless America" by Kate Smith on Armistice Day in 1938, "We'll Meet
    Again" by Vera Lynn in 1942, and "A Soldier's Last Letter" by Colonel
    William Bayes. "Buy American" by Ted Lewis reminds us of our obligation
    to our troops to do our duty at home,

    The Sons of the Pioneers perform that touching patriotic song about the
    raising of the American flag over Iwo Jima. Felix de Weldon's moving
    1954 sculpture forever reminds us of the bravery and pride of those
    courageous men on Mount Suribachi. The sculpture was based on the famous
    photo by Joe Rosenthal taken during a staged flag raising during that
    famous battle. It is dedicated to all marines who gave their lives
    defending our country since 1775, including my brother-in-law Eugene
    Jernigan who survived the Bataan death march and later lost his life in
    Viet Nam. "Uncommon Valor Was a Common Virtue" reads the inscription as
    quoted from Admiral Chester A. Nimitz.

    Vera Lynn, British singer, songwriter, and actress, recorded "We'll Meet
    Again" in 1939. For her singing and by her dedication to the war effort
    and personal involvement with the troops and their families, she was
    known as the British Forces Sweetheart and in 2000 was named the Briton
    who best exemplified the spirit of the twentieth century.

    Irving Berlin wrote "God Bless America" in 1918 while serving in the
    [removed] Army but felt it was not right for a local revue called "Yip Yip
    Yaphank" but later, as Hitler came on the scene, changed a few lyrics
    and revived it as a song of peace. He added a prayerful introduction:
    "While the storm clouds gather far across the sea / Let us swear
    allegiance to a land that's free. / Let us all be grateful for a land so
    fair / As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer." Kate Smith introduced
    those words and song on her radio show in 1938. "More than just the
    dramatic words and melody, the arrangement for Kate Smith's performance
    was accompanied by full orchestra and chorus, progressing into a grand
    march tempo, with trumpets triple reinforcing the harmonies between
    stanzas: the dramatic build-up ends on the final exposed high note,
    which Kate Smith sang in the solo as a sustained note (a cappella), with
    the orchestra and full chorus then joining for the final chords." Later
    in 1943 Kate sang the song in the musical and also in the movie "This Is
    the Army" which featured an actor named Ronald Reagan.

    A special prologue accompanies this edition. It's a Christmas recitation
    in honor of our troops, a recording which received a March of Dimes
    Achievement in Radio award. It's called "A Soldier's Silent Night"
    recorded in 2003 in the style of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" by
    Father Ted Berndt, himself a former marine. The poem was written by
    Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt in 1986 and was originally called "Merry
    Christmas, My Friend." There is no closing theme after the prologue.

    As we approach Christmas may we pause each day to thank God for our
    troops as they carry the torch of freedom. Let us continue to pray for
    their safety, strength, and enduring hope in the One whose birthday we
    soon celebrate. God bless America!
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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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    Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:33:50 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-10 births/deaths

    December 10th births

    12-10-1889 - Arthur Vinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-26-1963
    actor: Killer Kane "Buck Rogers"; Commissioner Weston "The Shadow"
    12-10-1889 - Ray Collins - Sacramento, CA - d. 7-11-1965
    actor: Doc Will Hackett, "County Seat"; member of The Mercury Theatre
    12-10-1893 - Lew Brown - Odessa, Russia - d. 2-5-1958
    producer: "Music for Millions"
    12-10-1903 - Una Merkel - Covington, KY - d. 1-2-1986
    actor: Adeline Fairchild "Great Gildersleeve"; "Johnny Presents";
    "Texaxo Star Theatre"
    12-10-1906 - Harold Adamson - Greenville, NJ - d. 8-17-1980
    song writer: "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
    12-10-1907 - Rumer Godden - Eastbourne, England - d. 11-8-1998
    novelist: "Woman's Hour"
    12-10-1908 - Bill Spargrove - Belle Plaine, IA - d. 9-xx-1984
    announcer: "Hollywood Byline"
    12-10-1910 - Abraham Polonsky - NYC - d. 12-26-1999
    writer: "Mecury Theatre on the Air"
    12-10-1911 - Chet Huntley - Cardwell, MT - d. 3-20-1974
    newscaster, producer: "Chet Huntley and the News"
    12-10-1913 - Jean Dickenson - Montreal, Canada - d. 1-26-2007
    singer: (Nightingale of the Airwaves) "American Album of Familiar Music"
    12-10-1913 - Morton Gould - Richmond Hill, NY - d. 2-21-1996
    conductor: "Music for Today"; "Original Amateur Hour"; "Cresta Blanca
    Carnival"
    12-10-1914 - Dorothy Lamour - New Orleans, LA - d. 9-22-1996
    singer, actor: "Dorothy Lamour Show"; "Sealtest Variety Show"
    12-10-1919 - Alexander Courage - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-15-2008
    music: "Broadway Is My Beat"; "Hollywood Soundstage"; "Romance"
    12-10-1923 - Harold Gould - Schenectady, NY - d. 9-11-2010
    actor: "A Celebration of the Short Story"; "The Calf"
    12-10-1923 - Michael Gill - Winchester, England - d. 10-20-2005
    producer: Joined BBC in 1954
    12-10-1925 - Amaryllis Flemming - Chelsea, England - d. 7-27-1999
    cellist: (Half sister to Ian Fleming) "Children's Hour"
    12-10-1925 - Jean Byron - Paducah, KY - d. 2-3-2006
    singer on radio in her native Kentucky
    12-10-1927 - Agnes Nixon - Chicago, IL
    writer: "Women in White"
    12-10-1941 - Kyu Sakamoto - Kawasaki, Japan - d. 8-12-1985
    singer: "Kohaku Uta Gassen"
    12-10-1960 - Kenneth Branagh - Belfast, North Ireland
    actor: Renaissance Theatre Company in association with BBC Radio Drama
    12-11-1914 - Marie Windsor - Marysville, UT - d. 12-10-2000
    actor: "Escape"; "Suspense"; "Lux Radio Theatre"

    December 10th deaths

    02-02-1901 - Jascha Heifetz - Vilnius, Lithuania - d. 12-10-1987
    classical violinist: "Telephone Hour"; "Soldiers in Greaspaint";
    "Concert Hall"
    02-08-1907 - Phil Davis - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-10-1985
    musician: "Avalon Time"; "Scramby Amby"
    02-25-1932 - Faron Young - Shreveport, LA - d. 12-10-1996
    country singer: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Country Style [removed]"
    03-08-1924 - Sean McClory - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-10-2003
    actor: "Favorite Story"; "NBC University Theatre"
    03-11-1900 - Andy Sannella - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-10-1962
    bandleader: "Campbell Soup Orchestra"; "Gillette Community Sing"
    03-14-1869 - Algernon Blackwood - d. 12-10-1951
    author: "Escape"
    03-26-1907 - Leigh Harline - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-10-1969
    music: "Eddie Bracken Show"; "Ford Festival of American Music"
    03-29-1916 - Eugene McCarthy - Watkins, MN - d. 12-10-2005
    [removed] senator: "Meet the Press"
    05-05-1899 - Freeman F. Gosden - Richmond, VA - d. 12-10-1982
    comedian: "Sam 'n' Henry"; Amos Jones "Amos 'n' Andy"
    05-08-1895 - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen - El Paso, IL - d. 12-10-1979
    preacher: "Catholic Hour"
    05-28-1918 - Elizabeth Harrower - Alameda, CA - d. 12-10-2003
    actor: "NBC University Theatre"
    06-13-1894 - Mark Van Doren - Hope, IL - d. 12-10-1972
    pulitzer prize winning poet: "NBC University Theatre"; "Invitation to
    Learning"
    07-15-1919 - Eve McVeagh - Ohio - d. 12-10-1997
    actor: Harriet Beatty "Clyde Beatty Show"
    07-19-1913 - Charlie Teagarden - Vernon, TX - d. 12-10-1984
    trumpet: (Brother of Jack) "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"
    08-02-1892 - John Kieran - The Bronx, NY, New  - d. 12-10-1980
    panelist: "Information, Please"
    08-02-1912 - Ann Dvorak - NYC - d. 12-10-1979 - d. 12-10-1979
    actor: "Movietone Radio Theatre"
    08-05-1915 - Peter Lisagor - Keystone, WV - d. 12-10-1976
    chicago daily news [removed] bureau chief: "Meet the Press"
    08-26-1907 - Jack Berch - Sigel, IL - d. 12-10-1992
    singer: "Kitchen Pirate"; "Sweetheart Serenade"; "Jack Berch Show"
    09-03-1918 - Jimmy Riddle - Dyersberg, TN - d. 12-10-1982
    harmonica: "Grand Ole Opry"; "Crustene Ranch Party"; "Roy Acuff Show"
    09-05-1923 - Joan Wagner Beck - Clinton, IA - d. 12-10-1998
    scriptwriter: "Voice of America"
    09-26-1908 - Sylvia Marlowe - NYC - d. 12-10-1981
    harpsichord virtuoso: "Lavender and New Lace"; "Sylvia Marlowe and
    Richard Dyer-Bennet"
    10-04-1884 - Damon Runyon - Manhattan, KS - d. 12-10-1946
    short story writer: "Good News of 1940"; "Damon Runyon Theatre"
    10-13-1903 - Patsy Moran - Pennsylvania - d. 12-10-1968
    actor: Martha Hoople "Major Hoople"; Hilda "Junior Miss"
    11-01-1915 - Bob Garred - Walla Walla, WA - d. 12-10-1956
    announcer: "The Stanford Hour"; "I Want a Divorce"
    11-06-1887 - Walter Johnson - Humboldt, KS - d. 12-10-1946
    baseball great: Play-by-Play Washington Senators

    Ron

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