Subject: [removed] Digest V2001 #410
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 12/26/2001 9:03 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2001 : Issue 410
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Advice on shows                       [ ilamfan@[removed] ]
  Ralph Bellamy show                    [ Richard Carpenter <sinatra@ragingbu ]
  Re: Ralph Bellamy                     [ Thomas Butts <trbutts@[removed] ]
  Today in Radio History                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ lois@[removed] ]
  A &A Towers                           [ "Harold Zeigler" <hzeigler@charter- ]
  Ralph Bellamy                         [ otrbuff@[removed] ]
  Memorex MP3 CD [removed]              [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
  Re: Ralph Bellamy                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Re: Looking for My Favorite Husband   [ GOpp@[removed] ]
  TRIVIA`                               [ Backus2@[removed] ]
  Re: Kitchen Capers                    [ "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed]; ]
  Yes, Virginia                         [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  Re: The Father of Radio               [ GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@ ]
  Franklyn MacCormack, Gettysburg & Fl  [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 00:45:25 -0500
From: ilamfan@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
Subject: Advice on shows

I need some help choosing some specific OTR shows for a
gift for a 50th wedding anniversary - especially comedy,
maybe some heartwarming shows, dealing with
marriage/anniversary/putting up with
spouse/loooove/etc.  Any and all suggestions would be an
enormous help to me!  Please respond on list, or off
list at ilamfan@[removed] .  Thank you all very much!

       Stephen Jansen

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 00:45:24 -0500
From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Ralph Bellamy show

   A question was raised about a show in the 1950s in which Ralph Bellamy
played a detective. I don't know if it was a radio show first, but there was
definitely in a television series with Bellamy as detective Mike Barnett --
with two "t"s, as he always specified.

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:47:46 -0500
From: Thomas Butts <trbutts@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Ralph Bellamy

I am looking for any information that I can find on a radio show that may
have starred Ralph Bellamy as the host and as a detective that played in
Chicago and the Midwest in the 50-60s.

The show may have been Man Against Crime which was on both radio and TV, but it was
in the late 40's and early 50's.  See

[removed]

Tom Butts
Dallas, TX

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:48:58 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Today in Radio History

  From Those Were the Days --

1953 - Big Sister was heard for the last time on CBS radio. The show had
been on the air for 17 years. Big Sister was the ongoing story of Sue
Evans Miller and her relationship with her big sister, Ruth Evans.
Actresses who played big sister Ruth over the years: Alice Frost, Nancy
Marshall, Marjorie Anderson, Mercedes McCambridge. Little Sister Sue was
played by Haila Stoddard, Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Conklin and Fran
Carlon.

1954 - One of radio’s most popular programs, The Shadow, lurked around
the airwaves for the last time. Vigilante crime-fighter Lamont Cranston
battled greed and corruption since 1930. “Who knows what evil lurks in
the hearts of men? The Shadow [removed]”

  Joe

--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:47:54 -0500
From: lois@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over four years, same time, same channel!

Our numerous "regulars" include one of the busiest "golden years" actors in
Hollywood; a sound man from the same era who worked many of the top
Hollywood shows; a New York actor famed for his roles in "Let's Pretend" and
"Archie Andrews;" owners of some of the best OTR sites on the Web;
maintainer of the best-known OTR Digest (we all know who he is)..........

and Me

Lois Culver
KWLK Longview Washington (Mutual) 1941-1944)
KFI Los Angeles (NBC) 1944 - 1950
and widow of actor Howard Culver

(For more info, contact lois@[removed])

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 10:48:15 -0500
From: "Harold Zeigler" <hzeigler@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A &A Towers

	 Hi Anybody,
     On the subject of the A&A Towers at the 1933 Chigago World's Fair I
found a story in a December,1935 issue of "Science And Inventions" magazine
about which buildings and displays that would be saved and which would be
torn down.
      They were planning to save one of the sky rides to serve as a
sight-seeing tower and a possible mooring mast for dirigibles.
       It didn't say if it would be the "Amos" or "Andy" tower that was to be
saved and used.
       From what was written in the "Digest" it didn't come to pass. Too bad.
				Till Next Time,Harold

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:15:48 -0500
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Ralph Bellamy

My good friend Larry Gassman inquires for an unidentified individual
about a radio series in the 1950s starring Ralph Bellamy in a detective
role.  Could it have been Man Against Crime?  If so, here's some research
I've previously done on that series:

MAN AGAINST CRIME

On the Air:  Oct. 7, 1949-Aug. 3, 1951, CBS, Friday, 8:30 [removed]  30
minutes.

Sponsor:  No information.

Extant Episodes:  None known.

Cast:
ProduceróEdward J. Montagne.
DirectoróPaul Nickell.
WriteróLawrence Klee.
LeadóMike Barnett, played by Ralph Bellamy; Pat Barnett (Mikeís brother),
played by Robert Preston (during Bellamyís absence in the summer of
1951).

Mike Barnett was a hardy private eye who operated out of the Big Apple.
Unlike some peers who toted guns and possibly other weapons, he was
unarmed as he valiantly pursued gangsters and other lawbreakers whom he
encountered while aiding and abetting his clients.  Working alone,
Barnett applied brains and brawn where bullets might have been an answer
for some contemporary gumshoes.  Relying heavily upon his fists, Barnett
nonetheless managed to pull off a frequently violent show.  Yet his
failure to carry firearms, in his opinion, worked for him at least as
often as it might have worked against him.
	The series had the distinction of premiering on both CBS Radio and
Television on the same night, being simulcast live for 22 months.  By
comparison, few other dramas were broadcast live in dual mediums.  Ralph
Bellamy, who also played the video lead, took a summer vacation after
June 22, 1951, a few weeks before the audio-only version was withdrawn.
Robert Preston temporarily replaced Bellamy in another role.  After the
program faded from radio, Bellamy returned and continued with his part
for two additional years.  The show went to film in the autumn of 1952.
	Following a four-year run on CBS-TV ending Oct. 2, 1953, the program
shifted to not one but two networks:  for six months, between Oct. 11,
1953 and April 4, 1954, it appeared at 10:30 [removed] Sundays on Dumont
Television while from Oct. 18, 1953 through July 4, 1954 it was screened
at the same hour on the same day on NBC-TV.  After a two-year sabbatical,
the feature returned to NBC-TV Sundays at 10 [removed] starting July 1, 1956
with Frank Lovejoy playing Mike Barnett.  That summer replacement series
lasted through Aug. 26, 1956.  Under the banner Follow That Man, the show
was circulated in syndication several more years.
	For years Man Against Crime author Lawrence Klee had penned one of the
great aural sleuths for the Frank and Anne Hummert factory of radio
dramas, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons.  That series was on the air
almost continuously between 1937-55, although Klee did not become its
chief dialoguer until the drama reached its zenith in the late 1940s and
early 1950s. Undoubtedly his experiences there prepared him to be a
leading contender for the task of writing a new private eye narrative
(Man Against Crime) to be aired in two mediums simultaneously.  While
still a young man, Klee died at the age of 42 on Jan. 1, 1957, only four
months after the televersion ended.

Jim Cox

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:57:04 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Memorex MP3 CD [removed]

Folks;

   Santa, in the guise of my wife and daughter, gave me for Christmas a
Memorex MP3 CD player, model #MPD8610-01. For those of you who might be
interested, it's played everything I've thrown at it except a Macintosh-only
formatted disc (hey, I had to give it a try, didn't I?). 22kHz 32kbps play
like a champ, from CD-R or CD-RW. Oh, yeah, it also plays audio CDs, for
those who use the things (grin). Button system is kinda funky (the forward
arrow is to the _left_ of the reverse arrow, for example, which isn't very
intuitive), and you really need to consult the manual frequently at first to
find a specific program. But it can search the disc for songs via file name
using a bizarre series of button presses (another of the many excellent
reasons for _not_ naming programs with the series name first, instead
starting with the date of the program), and appears to handle multi-depth
subdirectory (folder) levels, although I haven't throughly tested this deeper
than two levels. All in all, it's another viable alternative, available at
Target, to some of the more expensive players. (It's also _tiny_ - it makes
the CD Walkman I gave Annie last year look absolutely huge.)

   We used it yesterday, connected to the FM transmitter, to play an
excellent disc of Christmas OTR programs produced by REPS (thanks again,
Stewart!) during dinner and throughout the day. Added the perfect festive
touch to a wonderful day.

         Charlie

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:29:48 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Ralph Bellamy

In response to the Ralph Bellamy query. Although not in Dunning's book, I did
find a show called "Man Against Crime" listed in both of Terrace's books and
the Buxton and Owen book. To quote verbatim from Vincent Terrace's book "Radio
Programs, 1924-1984" published by McFarland.

MAN AGAINST CRIME. Crime Drama, 30 min. CBS, 1949-1951.
Mike Barnet is a tough private detective based in New York City. He doesn't
believe a gun is necessary and takes an unarmed approach to dealing with
criminals. Stories follow Mike's exploits as he becomes involved with a wide
variety of characters while attempting to help his clients. Premiered on both
radio and television on 10/7/49 with the video version running until 1956.

I find this book riddled with errors, so take the above for what it is worth.

I hope this may prove to be helpful.

Ron Sayles

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:30:27 -0500
From: GOpp@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Looking for My Favorite Husband

Hey All,

I've been trying to complete my "My Favorite Husband" collection for some
time now, and I was hoping some fellow MFH fan could help me out.   I'm
still searching for about 65 of the episodes, and the I Love Lucy Radio
Show "Lease Breakers".

Chad Palmer

Radio Spirits, which has licensed "My Favorite Husband" from CBS, has
released quite a few episodes in the last couple of years, including some
episodes classified by Jay Hickerson as "non-circulating." You can review
their offerings at [removed]

Their releases include two 18-episode compilations ($[removed] each) as well
as a number of two-episode cassettes.

Four episodes are available as part of the Radio Spirits compilation
called
BEST OF OLD TIME RADIO STARRING LUCILLE BALL. It retails for $[removed], but
is on sale now at Radio Spirits at the moment for only $[removed]

One episode is included in CBS's 60 GREATEST OLD TIME RADIO SHOWS

One episode is included in The Smithsonian Collection OLD TIME RADIO
COMEDY & LAUGHTER

Three episodes (6/17/49, 9/9/50, and 11/18/50) are included in the Radio
Spirits collection called OLD TIME RADIO COMEDY & LAUGHTER

The "I Love Lucy Radio Show" is included in the Radio Spirits compilation
called
WALTER CRONKITE SELECTS THE 60 GREATEST OLD-TIME RADIO SHOWS OF THE 20TH
CENTURY. It retails for $[removed], but is cheaper at [removed]

And at least one episode is included on each volume of the Columbia House
"I Love Lucy" DVDs (generally the radio version of one of the "I Love
Lucy" episodes included on that DVD).  Information at
[removed]

Episode 11 of My Favorite Husband (October 2, 1948) is included on the
72-minute "Lucy's Lost Scenes" Audio CD that comes with my father's
OTR/TV memoir,  "Laughs, [removed] Lucy". [removed]

I would stay away from the MP3 "My Favorite Husband" collections
sometimes found for sale on eBay and elsewhere on the web. I ordered one
of those once, and found that it only included the most common episodes,
the quality was awful, the episode designations were incorrect, and most
of the shows were AFRS broadcasts minus the commercials and end credits.
For the most part the Radio Spirits and other licensed commercial
releases are excellent quality and include the commercials and the
closing credits.

By the way, a comprehensive My Favorite Husband log with broadcast dates,
synopses, and cast information is now available free online at
[removed]

- Gregg Oppenheimer

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 13:48:10 -0500
From: Backus2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: TRIVIA`

   In the "Ask Marilyn" column by Marilyn Vos Savant in Parade magazine last
Sunday was the following question: What is unusual about this sentence?
   "What wise wolf will wash with warm wire"
   All radio station call letters, and , according to Marilyn, many more
sentences can be constructed this way. Any other examples?

                                                                   Dick
Backus

Monongahela, PA

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 13:47:54 -0500
From: "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Kitchen Capers

Wrote Michael Biel, to Jim Cox:
"Next you'll be telling us that there is no Santa Claus. (Sorry,
Charlie.)  What's after that?  The Easter Bunny?  Cleveland?"

Yeah, them too! (But I ain't made up my mind yet about Toledo!)

Michael J. Hayde

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:04:54 -0500
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Yes, Virginia

From: leemunsick@[removed]
Charlie, thanks so much for reproducing "Yes, Virginia".  Within
the hour we were remarking that none of the nearby newspapers
carried this.  Used to be, every newspaper carried it every Christmas.

Just a couple of hours ago I was watching one of the many Christmas
editions of "I've Got A Secret" that the Game Show Network had aired
this weekend, and on one of them (probably from 1954) Faye Emerson reads
this letter and editorial to the accompaniament on the celeste by her
(then) husband, a beardless Skitch Henderson.  Sitting in the audience
was Dr. Virginia O'Hanlan Douglas who had written the original letter.
She was introduced and was also asked to comment.

My wife Charlotte thought it would have been in the New York Times ...
I said, "Baltimore Sun"...remember, "Daddy says if it's in The Sun,
it must be true". Well, we were both partly right.  New York, yes.
The Sun, yes.  But it was the New York Sun, whose name last saw the
light of day about 40 years ago as part of "The World Telegram and Sun".
All things come to those who [removed] extinction!  Lee Munsick

But, of course, at the time of the final extinction it was part of the
"World Journal Tribune", that one newspaper which had originally been at
least seven: World, Telegram, Sun, Journal, American, Herald, and
Tribune.  I have a complete intact copy of the last issue.  It was a big
Sunday issue, and for some reason my father bought a copy.  He rarely
ever did, and actually we never got around to even starting to read it.
The newspaper's unions went on strike later that day and because of that
we held onto it.  It was several weeks later before they announced that
the paper would not resume publication.  So into the plastic bag it
went.

The Journal American had been the Hearst paper in New York, and was the
one which sponsored on WOR "The Comic Weekly Man" for Puck, the Comic
Weekly, featuring Lee's late friend, Lon Clark.  The Herald Tribune name
lives on in Paris, France as what is basically the European edition of
The New York Times and Washington Post.  So there IS some relationship
between the New York Sun and the New York Times after all!!  (Hearst is
doing flip-flops in his grave!)

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:06:30 -0500
From: GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: The Father of Radio

     With all respect to Fessenden and Marconi and
Tesla and Edison and even Nathan Stubblefield, the
REAL "Father of Radio" is indisputably Dr. Mahlon
Loomis, who broadcast Morse code radio signals as far
back 1865, during the closing days of the Civil War,
and who in 1876 (or possibly 1877) broadcast the
world's first radio-telephone messages.

     George Wagner
     GWAGNEROLDTIMERADIO@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 22:22:13 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Franklyn MacCormack, Gettysburg & [removed]

I just came across a 45 rpm disc of Franklyn MacCormack reading Lincoln's
"Gettysburg Address" and a short essay by Lloyd and Lela Whitney, "The flag
of the USA."  Harold Turner plays organ quietly in the background.  The two
run about 8:25, total time.
    This is not a grandiose interpretation of Lincoln's words.  It is more
suitable to the late evening hours to be heard with some dreamy music.  A
gentle experience.
    I think he was a "poetry and music" man heard late evenings, early
mornings on a Chicago station.  Sort of a quiet DJ who played music and read
poetry, with organ accompaniment.
    Just looked him up in Hickerson and Dunning, but could not find the name
of his program.
    If anyone is interested in these two readings, I will be happy to dub a
cassette.

Ted Kneebone
1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
OTR:  [removed]

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