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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 291
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      The Hermit Of San Filippe Atabapo     [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      SPERDVAC October 13 guest             [ "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: OTR and Old Radios                [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]
      Broadway a Beat                       [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel Recre  [ George Tirebiter <tirebiter2@hotmai ]
      RE: Halloween & vintage sets          [ Dick Habegger <amej@[removed]; ]
      Re: Broadway's (Is) My Beat           [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      10-12 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      'War of the Worlds' revived           [ ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed]; ]
      Random Follow-Up Thoughts             [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:16:28 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Hermit Of San Filippe Atabapo

    Does anybody have a decent sounding copy of I Love a Mystery's "The
    Hermit Of San Filippe Atabapo"? I have two copies, both wretched. One
    is veerrryyyy slllooowwww. The other is correct speed, but sounds like
    it was taken from an 80th generation tape. I know a lot of the ILAMs in
    circulation are not in perfect sound, but I'm hoping this one is
    available in something better. I'm generally willing to struggle
    through a bit of noise for a good show (as in, for example, Quiet
    Please), but I've had to throw in the towel on this one. All of the
    other mostly complete ILAM stories are in listenable sound--hopefully
    this one exists as well?

    Please contact me off-list if you've got anything I can buy or trade or
    whatever.

    Thanks,
    Kermyt

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:16:55 -0400
    From: "bobb lynes" <iairotr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SPERDVAC October 13 guest

    Hi all,

    SPERDVAC's guest speaker at the Saturday, October 13 meeting will be
    violinist/conductor STUART CANIN.  You may remember, Stuart Canin was the 8
    year old violinist who played "The Bee" on the Fred Allen Show which started
    the biggest (and funniest) radio "feud" of all time;  Benny vs. Allen.
      Mr Canin will share his memories with us at the SPERDVAC meeting at the
    Community Room, located in the 1000 block of El Centro in South Pasadena,
    CA.
    The meeting is FREE and open to the public.
    See you there!
    Bobb

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:19:06 -0400
    From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: OTR and Old Radios

    On 10/11/2007 Travis wrote:

>     Unfortunately, there isn't as much interaction between the old radio set
>     and old radio show hobby as one might expect; they're pretty distinct hobbies.

    The two sides cross at very few places. There are many amateur radio
    operators and ex broadcast engineers who read OTR Digest, but that
    seems to be about it. I don't see old radio program recordings
    offered at old radio marts and I presume there are few old radios
    offered at OTR marts. There is one great difference between the
    groups--there is no modern way to cheat receiver technology in the
    way computers do for broadcast content. For that reason there are
    fewer young people drawn to the hardware side of the hobby and no get
    rich quick opportunists. If you want an old radio, you buy one that
    is restored (not at an antique store) or buy one that you can restore yourself.

    Most people who enjoy listening to old radio shows would enjoy
    hearing those shows through an old radio. Few radios today produce
    the same sound an old radio makes. The SSTRAN AM transmitter Travis
    mentions is a very good way to get the signal to a radio. You can
    connect a cheap DVD player to the input and play an MP3 disc
    continuously. This is, however, an electronic kit, so one way or
    another, you will probably get into the hardware side of things. You
    might find someone to build it for you if you have doubts. Here is a
    review on the kit that provides a perspective on what you're in for
    if you decide to build one.

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    One more point. You need a moderate wattage soldering gun
    (trigger-type, dual heat) to work on old radios, but do not use one
    of these guns on a modern circuit board such as the SSTRAN
    transmitter. For this work you need a lower wattage soldering iron
    (pencil-type). The SSTRAN manual includes some tips on soldering for
    the inexperienced and there are probably many pages about soldering
    on the Internet.

    For those who prefer an easy out:  There are a couple of decent
    modern radios. I have some and of the lot prefer the Grundig S350
    which was available from Radio Shack and Amazon. It has the advantage
    that it has separate bass and treble controls and a reasonably deep
    sound. Some people like the GE (now RCA) Superadio.

    There are a few FM transmitters intended to be used in the car
    connected to an MP3 player or Ipod. All of these transmit in stereo
    and most don't do this very well, but if the FM radio you use is a
    mono radio or can be switched to mono, it will sound good. The one I
    use is no longer available, but I see many brands on Amazon. The
    little transmitter can be connected to the audio or headphone output
    of your computer or DVD MP3 player and you can "broadcast" from your
    computer or audio player of choice. The distance you can get varies,
    but 50 feet is what I get.

    It is simpler to buy an FM transmitter than to build the SSTRAN. The
    SSTRAN is a quality piece of gear with audio compression and limiter
    controls and the only inexpensive way I know to broadcast an AM
    signal to an old radio.

    Don

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:50:33 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Broadway a Beat

    Who is right  's or is  well I went in my vault and dusted of  3 or 4
    episodes of Larry Thor's police drama and listened to episode # 2 .
    7/21/49, #15 12/24/49 & #188  10/28/53. At the beginning of each episode
    Larry Thor Says "Broadway's My Beat from Times Square to Columbus
    Circle"  After theme music the  announce, Bill Anders comes in and says
    "Broadway's my beat with Larry Thor as Danny Clover"  all the shows I
    listened to says BROADWAY'S . At he end when the case is solved Larry
    say dramatically  says "Broadway, my beat. The announcer at the closing
    repeats " Broadway's My Beat." all very dramatic.

    In my data base and all my labels on my cassettes, the program  is
    "BROADWAY IS MY BEAT" be cause all the reference material and Logs
    showed that way. Either way the title is the same. Now out of curiosity,
    I wonder how the original the scripts had it? Did the actor and
    announcer take liberties with the name of the program?

    I'm sure I didn't settle any thing , but I enjoyed hearing 3 episodes on
    cool cloudy Fall afternoon.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:52:11 -0400
    From: George Tirebiter <tirebiter2@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel Recreations on
     BBC 7

    BBC 7 is running the 1990s recreations of the Marx Brothers' (mostly) lost
    Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel series again. As per usual with the Beeb each
    program is available by streaming audio for one week after broadcast.

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:52:20 -0400
    From: Dick Habegger <amej@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RE:  Halloween & vintage sets

    Your use of old radios to receive AM low power transmitter (programs)
    reminds me of my conversion of an old Victrola
    record player. The Victrola has an elbow which attaches to the record
    needle and "pipes" that lead to the large horn.
    I installed a small speaker (approx 1-1/2" in diameter) in the elbow
    area at a point the inside diameter was the same size.
    Next, I used a tape player output to the speaker. Now, you could do the
    same with a CD or mp3 player. The media has
    either old cylinder music or OTR programs. The more noise in the
    program, the better! I have saved my old records being
    worn by repeated playing. And, this is a safe way to use AC power
    without conversions, or repairs.

    Dick.
    Phelan, CA

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:52:42 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Broadway's (Is) My Beat

    I asked the people at the Mort Fine collection at UCLA to look at some
    scripts to see how the scriptwriters titled their stories.
    Unfortunately, it was a toss up. Here is their reply:

    " I've checked boxes 9-11 of the Mort Fine Papers (Collection 347).  The
    title of the series appears as both "Broadway is my beat" and
    "Broadway's my beat" on various title pages of the scripts, which date
    from 1949-1952."

    So it looks like either title is correct.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:52:51 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-12 births/deaths

    October 12th births

    10-12-1885 - Vladimir Bakaleinikoff - Moscow, Russia - d. 11-5-1953
    conductor: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    10-12-1891 - Perle Mesta - Sturgis, MI - d. 3-16-1975
    renowned party giver: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    10-12-1899 - Phil Kramer - d. 3-31-1972
    actor: grouch "The Grouch Club"
    10-12-1900 - Ted Collins - NYC - d. 5-27-1964
    announcer, host: (longtime manager of Kate Smith) "Kate Smith Speaks"
    10-12-1903 - Josephine Hutchinson - Seattle, WA - d. 6-4-1998
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    10-12-1905 - Jane Ace - Kansas City, MO - d. 11-11-1974
    comedian: "Easy Aces"; "Jane Ace, Disc Jockey"
    10-12-1906 - Daniel Saidenberg - d. 5-18-1997
    conductor: "Alec Templeton Time"
    10-12-1907 - Bob Ancell - d. 12-5-1988
    disk jockey: WTVN Columbus, Ohio
    10-12-1909 - Jack Orrison - Colorado - d. 6-3-1986
    actor: "X Minus One"; "Gangbusters"
    10-12-1912 - Robert Mitchell
    choir director: (Robert Mitchell Boy Choir) "Nobody's Children"
    10-12-1924 - Randy Stuart - Iola, KS - d. 7-20-1996
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-12-1927 - Peggy Taylor - Inglewood, CA - d. 2-9-2002
    singer: "The Breakfast Club"; "The Stan Freeberg Show"
    10-12-1930 - Cyril Tawney - d. 4-21-2005
    folk singer: "Folkspin"; "Alan Lomax Show"
    10-12-1931 - Sam Buffington - Massachusetts - d. 5-15-1960
    actor: Luke Slaughter "Luke Slaughter of Tombstone"
    10-12-1935 - Luciano Pavarotti - Modena, Italy - d. 9-6-2007
    tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
    10-12-1936 - Ron Sayles - Waukesha, WI
    actor, sound effects: "Billie the Brownie"
    10-12-1936 - Tony Kubek - Milwaukee, WI
    baseball announcer for the New York Yankees

    October 12th deaths

    01-06-1880 - Tom Mix - Mix Run, PA - d. 10-12-1940
    legend: "Tom Mix Ralston Straightshooters" based on his life
    03-07-1925 - Rene Gagnon - Manchester, NH - d. 10-12-1979
    raiser of second flag on Iwo Jima:: "Interview programs"
    04-08-1912 - Sonja Henie - Kristiania, Norway - d. 10-12-1969
    skater, actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Bill Ster's Colgate Sports
    Newsreel"; "Shell Show"
    04-11-1893 - Dean Acheson - Middletown, CT - d. 10-12-1971
    [removed] secretary of state: "Building the Peace"; "The United Nations Today"
    04-18-1887 - Bill Hay - Dumfires, Scotland - d. 10-12-1978
    announcer: "Amos 'n' Andy"
    05-06-1913 - Carmen Cavallaro - NYC - d. 10-12-1989
    bandleader: (The Poet of the Piano) "Schaeffer Revue"; "Tums Tune Time"
    05-22-1910 - Johnny Olsen - Windom, MN - d. 10-12-1985
    emcee, announcer: "Ladies Be Seated"; "Get Rich Quick"
    07-03-1881 - Leon Errol - Sydney, Australia - d. 10-12-1951
    actor, comedian: WENR Chicago
    07-14-1903 - Ken Murray - Nyack, NY - d. 10-12-1988
    comedian: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    08-13-1898 - Regis Toomey - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-12-1991
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    08-16-1868 - Bernarr Macfadden - Mill Springs, MO - d. 10-12-1955
    calisthentics program on WOR in New York
    10-04-1895 - Lea Penman - Red Cloud, MN - d. 10-12-1962
    actor: Alice Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"
    11-06-1916 - Ray Conniff - Attleboro, MA - d. 10-12-2002
    arranger: Armed Forces Radio during World War II
    xx-xx-1891 - Tim Healy - Sydney, Australia - d. 10-12-1947
    commentator: "Calling All Stamp Collectors"; "Captain Tim Helay Spy
    Stories"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:39:27 -0400
    From: ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  'War of the Worlds' revived

    A Fla. public radio station is doing a live update to wow.  It will be
    available on the internet also.  References to places and events are chosen
    to reflect current contexts.

    [removed]

                                   XB
                                    IC|XC

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    Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:40:36 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Random Follow-Up Thoughts
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    WHO'S WHO IN "THE SHADOW":
    I've been enjoying the ongoing Kent Allard/Lamont Cranston discussion. John
    Olsen posted

>     In the pulps, we had all The Shadow's main secret agents: Moe Shrevnitz,

    Clyde Burke, Harry Vincent, Cliff Marsland and Hawkeye. We had his
    contact men: Claude Fellows (soon replaced by Rutledge Mann) and
    Burbank.  <snip>

    John went on to mention more of the Shadow's friends, confidants, and
    law-enforcement [removed] two dozen in total. Ir seems to me that
    this prevailing "can't tell the players without a scorecard" scenario is
    crying out for a new book "The Shadow Encyclopaedia."

    BROADWAY'S NOT MY BEAT:
    Harlan Zinck, Don Haefele, and others make an overwhelming case that the show
    I've come to love, "Broadway Is My Beat," was officially titled "Broadway's My
    Beat."  Bummer. This is such a "Thor" point with me and totally screws up the
    haiku I wrote in tribute to it:

    "Broadway is my beat:
    Times Square, Columbus Circle,
    And points in between."

    Cue the theme music "I'll Take Manhattan." Oops, I forgot, that song's title
    is officially "Manhattan."

    PHASED-OUT CHARACTERS:
    Charlie (Cnorth6311) noted that many main characters on "The Great
    Gildersleeve" were later marginalised. I think the classic text-book example
    of this it the minimal part "Amos Jones" played in later epiosodes of  "Amos
    'n' Andy."  True, George "Kingfish" Stevens was a more interesting character
    for Freeman Gosden to portray, but I  think the responsibilities of providing
    for a family kept Amos largely out of the picture. He was too busy driving his
    cab and just didn't have time to horse around with Andy and the Kingfish.

    FOTR:
    I'll be there.

    Yours in the ether,

    Derek Tague

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