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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 262


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 New Book on Titanic
	 Kellogg's Pep
	 Children of the stars
	 Funny Typos of OTR
	 Need help with addresses for Thurl Ravenscroft & Jackson Beck
	 Mary Jane Higby
	       Abbott & Costello Official Home Page
	 What's with these e-mail addresses
	 Dark Fantasy
	 Convention Brochure
	 Abbott & Costello Home Page
	 Re: Duffy's Tavern
	 You got questions, we got answers
	 Radio Show for Kids
	 Abbot & Costello web site
	 Thanks for past digests
	 Virginia Christine on Gunsmoke
	 reel to reel replacement parts

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:39:49 -0400
From: martyj@[removed] (Martin Jukovsky)
To: [removed]@[removed], otr@[removed]
Cc: otr@[removed]
Subject: New Book on Titanic
Message-Id: <v02130506ae1dc38f04ca@[[removed]]>

I think many on this list will find interesting the new book by Paul Heyer,
TITANIC LEGACY: DISASTER AS MEDIA EVENT AND MYTH (Praeger, 1995).  Heyer
examines the effect on our culture of the sinking of the Titanic.  The
early part of his book pays much attention to the prehistory of OTR.  He
describes the growth of wireless and Marconi's dominance in the field, and
David Sarnoff's role as a wireless operator, all in relation to the Titanic
disaster.

Martin Jukovsky
Cambridge, Mass.
martyj@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:41:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Kellogg's Pep
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 14:32:17 -0400
> From: ab065@[removed] (Ron Abrams)
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: PEP and Duffy.
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> Kellogg's Pep wasn't anything special, but the hype on the lone Ranger
> or was it Superman?... was effective as were the printing on the boxes!  
> Model planes, etc. were available on the boxes after you ate the stuff.

The LR was sponsored by General Mills and mainly hyped Cheerios.  I have
an old show where it was called "Cheerioats."

I think Superman was sponsored by Kellogg's on both radio and TV, though
the TV show pushed Frosted Flakes with Tony the Tiger (and Katy the
Kangaroo).  Kellogg's also pushed Pep on =Tom Corbett, Space Cadet= on
radio and TV.  

I have one radio show where, with all the dignity of a Presidential
address, Jackson Beck says, "Spacemen, today you're going to hear from
Commander Arkwright!  Commander Arkwright left this message on the
telerecorder system for you to hear him at this time.  And now, Commander
Arkwright."

"As commandant of Space Academy, it is my duty to see that only the best
young men are admitted to Space Academy to become Space Cadets.  Every
year, I have personally checked the applications, and I have noticed one
thing."  The gist of the message was that to qualify for Space Academy,
you have to eat the right food, and one such food is Kellogg's Pep.  I
think most of us got the message:  Dr. Joan Dale notwithstanding, young
women weren't wanted.  And you can just forget about getting into Space
Academy unless you eat lots of Kellogg's Pep.

It's almost as funny as the recording of Howdy Doody saying "Ask Mommy
and Daddy if they've given blood yet.  And if they haven't, you tell
them to go down to the Red Cross right away!  It'll sure mean a lot to
our soldiers in Korea!"
 
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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 00:48:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Children of the stars
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:31:06 +0900 (JST)
> From: ROY WAITE <rwaite@[removed]>
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Offspring of the Stars
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> What has happend to the offspring of the radio greats of the past?  For
> instance:
> 
> What profession did they choose?  Where are they?  What are they doing now?
> How did they make out in life?  Of course we all know about Candice Bergen,
> and Joan Benny appeared as a panelist for awhile. But there are many others
> that we don't know about.

Well, I think Groucho's son, Arthur, became an author.  Groucho tried to
push his younger daughter, Melinda, into show business, and she did
perform some, but she didn't like it and dropped out.  I think I heard
somwehere that she ended up resenting her father for pushing her into
something she just didn't like doing.

But I do remember a "You Bet Your Life" in which Melinda and her friend,
Candy Bergan, appeared to try to win some money for some school project.
They got adult help in the form of Edgar Bergan and, to make it fair,
George Fenniman asked the questions, while Groucho joined Edgar Bergan and
the girls as a contestant.  Of course, he was a thoroughly unruly
contestant, and Fenniman looked incredibly uncomfortable trying to run the
quiz in the face of Groucho's antics.  And it was one of the funniest
shows ever.

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
======================================================================

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 02:13:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwavesOTR <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Funny Typos of OTR
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Ken Piletic's mention of typos caused by mis-hearing things reminded me 
of a few I've come across over the years.
	First of all, it's Vaphio Cup, with a V., not Baphio (Sam Spade).  
There actually are such things - I've seen them in an museum catalog. 
Now the funny ones.  One error that I actually copied into my first listing
back in the sixties was an X Minus One show "Scapegoat"  that was listed as
"Escaped Goat".  And I've seen an episode of The Man Called X "The 
Nationalista Party" listed as The National Easter Party.  Any more?

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:04:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: JSEXTON@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Need help with addresses for Thurl Ravenscroft & Jackson Beck
Message-id: <01I7IUELB3TM8WVZ24@[removed]>

   I want to write these two legendary radio stars.(Jackson Beck and
Thurl Ravenscroft)Can anyone give me an address (Business or home)
that I might write them?? Thanks,John Sexton (JSEXTON@[removed])

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 08:09:29 -0600
From: Chet Cox <CHCOX@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mary Jane Higby
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Long ago, a college chum walked off with the only paperback copy I've
ever seen of Mary Jane Higby's TUNE IN TOMORROW, an account of her
life in radio - with lots of specifics on her show WHEN A GIRL MARRIES. 
Has anyone seen it, or does anyone have a copy they're willing to sell,
trade, or get hit over the head and mugged for?

*jeep!
~~~~Chet-EL
---------------------------------
"A critic is a legless man who teaches running." --Channing Pollock
---------------------------------

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Date:          Fri, 26 Jul 1996 10:14:33 4
From: "Ronald F. Apgar" <apgar@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject:       Abbott & Costello Official Home Page
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

The corrected address for the A&C page is:
    [removed]
   
The orignial post had a period where a forward slash 
should have been, between, "com" and "[removed]

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 09:35:41 -0500
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: What's with these e-mail addresses
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Recent issues have seen posting by folks new to the Digest, asking
questions about this and that.
I've tried answering several of these folks by direct e-mail, and
the mail keeps getting bounced back as "user unknown" or similar.
Is anyone else having these problems with e-mail addresses?

John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:04:05 -0400
From: Bigkids@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dark Fantasy
Message-ID: <960726120359_370516615@[removed]>

I recently picked up a couple of "Dark Fantasy" programs, thanks to Radio
Spirit. Incidentally, I find this outfit most admirable -- good quality
product, quick and accurate order fulfilment, great selection of material.
They are a little bit pricey, but I don't think they're really out of line.

(The above is a spontaneous and unsolicited endorsement, by the way. I have
no financial interest in the company. In fact, I only learned about them when
a good friend gave me a gift of some of their tapes. And what a great gift
OTR is, if you have a friend you think might appreciate it. Right up there
with a good book, and much better than a box of chocolates -- no saturated
fats, cholesterol, or calories.)

Anyway, the two "DF" shows are dated January 2 and January 9, 1942. One
concerns a kind of reincarnation, the other is apparently a ghost story about
a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal.

Frankly, neither is very good. In fact, they're both pretty bad. Extremely
weak scripts, minimal sound effect, organ music (no full orchestra), and poor
acting. Lots of people speaking in totally unconvincing, fake English
accents.

Hardly worth mentioning, except -- the tag of the show indicates that it was
produced at the NBC station in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City ? !

I thought that virtually all OTR programs -- at least, major ones -- were
produced in a few big cities. Mainly, New York, Chicago, or Detroit.

I would not have been too surprised to hear a credit line for a show produced
in Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia.

But -- Oklahoma City? Shades of WENN!

Can anybody provide information on the production of "Dark Fantasy"? Or for
that matter, OTR production in other-than-major cities? Strikes me as a
fascinating area for research.

Dick Lupoff

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:08:18 -0400
From: Bigkids@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Convention Brochure
Message-ID: <960726120818_370519632@[removed]>

Hi, Jay,

Man, would I ever love to attend that convention! But I'm afraid that budget
and calendar considerations make the chances "small or none."

Alas.

But I'm working on a novel right now, with a radio station setting. My
deadline is October, God help me, and I have a LOT of work yet to do. But one
of my characters hosts an OTR show, and I think it would be fun to have him
mention the convention.

So -- would you send me a copy of the brochure, and any other info at hand?

There's always the chance that I might be able to attend, however unlikely.
But even if I can't, the information would be MOST helpful to me.

Many thanks!

Dick Lupoff

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:32:03 GMT
From: veedee@[removed] (Vincent R. Damiano)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Abbott & Costello Home Page
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

The correct address for the Abbott & Costello Fan Club Home Page is: 
 
[removed] 
 
You must use a / after .com 

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 10:14:58 -0700
From: dlock@[removed] (DL)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Duffy's Tavern
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Though "Duffy's Tavern" may have been the model for "Archie's Place," I 
suspect it may have been an unconscious act.  "Cheers," however, seems 
to have a bit more of a direct linkage. Jim Burrows, one of the guiding 
forces behind "Cheers" is the son of Abe Burrows who was head writer on 
"Duffy's Tavern." 

Dick Lochte

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:27:29 -0500
From: Lou Genco <lgenco@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: You got questions, we got answers
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

OOPS!  Didn't mean to infringe on Radio Shack's advertising copy, but wanted
to inform new OTR Digest readers that many of their questions may be
answered in the OTR FAQ or at one or more of the several Old Time Radio
websites.

Stations currently broadcasting OTR (AM, FM, Shortwave, Satellite), on-line
logs, sound clips, series summaries, "where are they now"; club, personal
and commercial OTR libraries/catalogs and lots more goodies are available
with just a few clicks of your mouse.

Most of the websites are updated on a fairly frequent basis.  Y'all are
certainly invited to stop by and visit!

Lou
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WWW page on "Old Time Radio":                   [removed]
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 10:59:08 +0100
From: alvo@[removed] (Alan Voorhees)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Show for Kids
Message-Id: <v01530500ae1e46afb9b2@[[removed]]>

My name is Phil Tulga.  I'm a teacher who works with K-6 students.  I
would like to recreate a short radio show and have the kids perform a
variety of different sound effects, [removed], thunder, rain, footsteps.  Do
you have a recommendation?  Specifically, could you direct me to an old
radio broadcast or script which I might be able to adapt for children?

Input of any kind is appreciated.

Note: I recieved this inquiry off my web site, and though maybe someone
here could help. Please reply by private e-mail if you can to: Phil Tulga
<ptulga@[removed]>. Thanks!

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:14:12 +0100
From: alvo@[removed] (Alan Voorhees)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Abbot & Costello web site
Message-Id: <v01530502ae1e4abbad20@[[removed]]>

>I've been talking with Chris Costello this week, and she says they have a Web
>Site set up for Abbott and Costello. The address she gave me is:

>   [removed]

The correct URL is: [removed]

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Date: 26 Jul 96 14:33:00 -0400
From: amo@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Thanks for past digests
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Thanks to everyone who sent me the OTR digests
I was missing.  I've got them all now.  Very
much appreciate the help.

Arlene Osborne amo@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:24:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Joe Oliver <joliver@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Virginia Christine on Gunsmoke
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        As a fan of radio Gunsmoke who's listened to most of the episodes
over the years, I've been fascinated by the sultry voice of a radio actress
listed as Virginia Christine.  She appeared on many of the episodes, usually
as a new dance hall girl hired in by Kitty. In one show the character name
was Rena Decker. Christine's interesting and mature voice is a nice contrast
to Kitty and other female voices.  I've often wondered just who Virginia
Christine was and what happened to her.

        I now know that Virginia Christine was the actress very familiar to
me on sight, but not by name.  She was in hundreds of movies and TV shows,
and is best know as the woman in the Folger's commercials.  She died this
week at age 76.

        I can't help but wonder how many wonderful *radio* performances she
could have done in the last 35 years, if the medium had offered significant
opportunities for drama.  As it is, she'll be remembered by most folks as
the Folger's lady picking up a cup of coffee and declaring, "it's the
richest kind."


    
W. Joseph Oliver
Department of Communication
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX  75962

     (409-468-4001)

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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 15:05:20 -0700
From: ALfred Vesik <alfredv@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: reel to reel replacement parts
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi OTR Enthusiasts:

  Does anyone have a clue as to where I might purchase new 
recordplayback heads for my Pioneer RT 707 reel to reel tape
recorder.  It was -- and still is -- one of Pioneer's best.
However, without heads, it's nothing and the same holds true for
my collection of old radio shows.

  A personal note -- during the very short time I've been on this list
I have recognized the names of quite a few hobbyists with whom I've had 
more than pleasant dealings in the past.  As they read my name, they'll 
know who they are.  A special hello to all.

                                                  Al Vesik

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