Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #91
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Date: 3/30/2006 11:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 91
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      " 'At's Perfik!"                      [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Re: Commissioner Weston               [ ROB CHATLIN <rchatlin@[removed]; ]
      My scourge of breakfast cereals, Whe  [ [removed]@[removed] ]
      I stand corrected                     [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      A Note of Triumph on NYC screen       [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
      Box Tops                              [ "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed] ]
      harlem hospitality club               [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      Re: Wheatena                          [ Kenneth Schwartz <kschwar@[removed] ]
      Announcing Captain Midnight           [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
      3-30 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: Wheatena                          [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:34:33 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  " 'At's Perfik!"

    From: "A. Joseph Ross"  joe@[removed]

>     I like Wheatena, too, but what does it have to do  with Popeye?

    Because as his radio announcer said (wish there were  more shows extant!) -

    "Wheatena's diet - he asks you to try  it!"

    -Craig

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:14:46 -0500
    From: ROB CHATLIN <rchatlin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Commissioner Weston

    Equally intersting is Weston's constantly changing
    relationship with Lamont Cranston.

    At times, he seems a very unwelcome thorn in Weston's
    side, prying into cases the Commissioner clearly wants
    him to avoid, and at other times, I think Weston
    actually solicits Lamont (and Margo) to assist.

    r
    o
    b

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:18:40 -0500
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  My scourge of breakfast cereals, Wheatena
     (with Ralston a close   2nd)
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    All this talk of Wheatena and Ralston, my childhood scourge, my childhood
    breakfast nemesis.  I would be forced to eat it as often as possible while

    my mother listened to shows like "Young Dr. Malone". (Was it Sandy Becker
    who starred in that show?)

    "Gary, it's good for you. You will eat it, whether you like it or not!"

    50 years later, I still recoil from these childhood memories.

    But today I voluntarily eat Wheatena 2-3 times a week.  My family makes
    fun of me (they don't like the aroma).

    Most importantly, since I am very, very fortunate in that both of my
    parents are still with me- - I have not (and never will) tell them that I
    eat it today.
    Wouldn't give them the satisfaction.

    I do like Cream of Wheat.  What's the difference between that and Grits?

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:02:03 -0500
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  I stand corrected
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           You're right, and I realize I may get corrected, and rightly so, but
    it
    was Commissioner Weston, not Lt. Weston on "The Shadow".  It still
    seems to me that, depending on which Weston was represented on the
    program and when the programs were broadcast, that the type character
    he was seemed to change.  Starting from being cantankerous and a bit
    arrogant to more confident and helpful in the latter incarnations.  Was this
    due to the way the role was written, the interpretation of the character by
    a different actor who portrayed him or a bit of both?

    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:34:07 -0500
    From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A Note of Triumph on NYC screen

    The film will be showing beginning Friday 3-31  in New York with a
    program of other Oscar nominated documentary shorts:

    MARCH 31-APRIL 6th

    CINEMA VILLAGE: NYC, NEW YORK

    22 E. 12th St.

    NY, NY 10003

    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:29:33 -0500
    From: "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Box Tops

>     In the 1930's our pantry had many boxes full of  Wheaies, Purina etc with
>     no box [removed]

    Boy were YOU spoiled!! I could NEVER get may hands on a boxtop until I'd
    finished the product I'd nagged my mother to buy!!

    BILL KNOWLTON

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:29:42 -0500
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  harlem hospitality club

    According to Mackenzie, HHC originated on MBS, which was known already, from
    1947-8 and beyond. No further info available.

    js

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:30:12 -0500
    From: Kenneth Schwartz <kschwar@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Wheatena

    In response to A. Joseph Ross' question, Wheatena was Popeye's radio
    sponsor in the mid-1930s. He's gobble down several bowls instead of
    spinach whenever he got into a fix.

    Ken Schwartz

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:30:57 -0500
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Announcing Captain Midnight

    Jim Widner, commenting upon my observation that Don Gordon was the
    announcer hawking the Cold Ovaltine Shake-Up Mug, observed,

>     I thought that Don Gordon was the Chicago announcer for the Skelly
>     version of Captain Midnight. It was my understanding that Pierre Andre,
>     the spokesperson for Ovaltine during its Little Orphan Annie days
>     continued in that role as Captain Midnight began is sponsor relationship
>     with Ovaltine?

    That was a slight mental glitch.  I didn't mean to say "Don Gordon"; I
    meant "Tom Moore."  Pierre Andre announced many of the Ovaltine sponsored
    Captain Midnight shows, but not all.  In one of the existing recordings,
    an episode of "Jewels of the Queen of Sheba," at the close of the show,
    the announcer identified himself as Tom Moore.  Although Pierre Andre was
    the announcer of record for Captain Midnight, he certainly wasn't the
    only one in that role.  (Kinda like saying "Paul Barnes" when you meant
    "Bill Bouchey," or vice versa.)

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:22:18 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-30 births/deaths

    March 30th births

    03-30-1858 - DeWolf Hopper - NYC - d. 9-23-1935
    host-narrator: (Husband of Hedda Hopper) "Roses and Drums"
    03-30-1892 - Ethel Owen, Racine WI - d. 12-28-1990
    actor: Siri Allen "Against the Storm"; Clara Noble "Backstage Wife"
    03-30-1893 - Dennis Hoey - London, England - d. 7-25-1960
    actor: Edward Welby "Pretty Kitty Kelly"
    03-30-1896 - Samson Raphaelson - NYC - d. 7-16-1983
    playwright: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-30-1902 - Ted Heath - Wandsworth, London, England - d. 11-18-1969
    bandleader: "Ted Heath and His Orchestra"
    03-30-1905 - Don Hollenbeck - Lincoln, NE - d. 6-22-1954
    news commentator: "CBS Views the Press"; "You Are There"
    03-30-1913 - Frankie Laine - Chicago, IL
    singer: "Big Show"
    03-30-1914 - Stu Novins - d. 11-7-1989
    writer: "The City"
    03-30-1916 - Will Hare - Elkins, WV - d. 8-31-1997
    actor: "Words at War"; "New World A' Coming"; "Mysterious Traveler"
    03-30-1919 - Turhan Bey - Vienna, Austria
    actor: Francois Tarique "Notorious Tarique"
    03-30-1922 - Anne Pitoniak - Westfield, MA
    actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Magnificent
    Montague"
    03-30-1926 - Bill Farrell - Cleveland, OH
    singer: "Bob Hope Show"
    03-30-1927 - Peter Marshall - Huntington, WV
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    03-30-1929 - Richard Dysart - Augusta, ME
    actor: "We Hold These Truths"
    03-30-1930 - John Astin - Baltimore, MD
    actor: "Zero Hour"

    March 30th deaths

    01-11-1902 - Charlie Nehlsen - d. 3-30-1980
    engineer: Recorded Hindenburg disaster as reported by Herb Morrison
    04-09-xxxx - Louise Larabee - Bremerton, WA - d. 3-30-1988
    actor: "Calvacade of America"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    05-05-1879 - Max Marcin - Posen, Prussia, Germany - d. 3-30-1948
    writer, producer, director: "Crime Doctor"; "The FBI in Peace and War"
    07-17-1899 - James Cagney - NYC - d. 3-30-1986
    actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-25-1905 - Harold Peary - San Leandero, CA - d. 3-30-1985
    actor: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve , "Fibber McGee and Molly and The
    Great Gildersleeve"
    07-28-1920 - Art Hannes - Newport, KY - d. 3-30-1992
    announcer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Gangbusters"; "Suspense"
    09-17-1890 - Gabriel Heatter - NYC - d. 3-30-1972
    news, commentator: "News and Comment"; "We. the People"
    11-11-1917 - Robert J. Shaw - Wisconsin - d. 3-30-1996
    writer: "Mr. District Attorney"; "Advs. of Christopher Wells"
    11-20-1908 - Alistair Cooke - Manchester, England - d. 3-30-2004
    host: "Transatlantic Quiz"; "Letter to America"; "Stage and Screen"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:33:37 -0500
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Wheatena
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    In a message dated 3/29/06 10:21:16 AM Central Standard Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     I like Wheatena, too, but what does it have to do with Popeye?

    Wheatena sponsored Popeye's radio show.

    Dixon

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