Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #67
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 2/28/2001 8:08 PM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                          The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                             Volume 01 : Issue 67
                       A Part of the [removed]!
                               ISSN: 1533-9289

                               Today's Topics:

     Toscanini BBC2/Home Service Broadcas [Peter Kinder <pdkinder@[removed];    ]
     Our Gal Sunday                       ["Richard Pratz" <[removed]@home]
     Big Land "Deal"                      ["INFOMEDIA, LLC" <infom@[removed]]
     #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [lois@[removed]                  ]
     seeking Hometown Frolic fans         [Peg or Don <peglarkin@[removed].]
     What radio series was it?            ["Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed]]
     Laurel and Hardy on radio            ["Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-self]
     1" land from Quaker Oats             ["Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-self]
     [removed]                     ["Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed]]
     Helen King                           ["Andy Lanset" <alanset@[removed]]
     Recent Books                         ["Marvin R. Bensman" <MBensman@memph]
     Charlie Chan                         ["Matt Welty" <welty@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:07:58 -0500
    From: Peter Kinder <pdkinder@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Toscanini BBC2/Home Service Broadcasts

    	Good news and bad news on the Toscanini 1952 Brahms performances
    with the Philharmonia Orchestra.

    	The good news is that Testament (SBT 3167), a UK company, has
    released an officially sanctioned (by EMI) three CD set in genuine
    monophonic sound.  The set includes all four symphonies and both the Tragic
    Overture and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn, one or both of which was
    omitted from the bootlegs I've run across.  Brief, but excellent, notes by
    Alan Sanders accompany the set.  And, the music is glorious.  Simply
    glorious.

    	The bad news is that unlike the bootlegs that have circulated for
    these many years, the Testament CDs omit the BBC announcer's introductions
    and brief commentaries.  But, what a treasure these two broadcasts are!

    Peter Kinder
    Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini & Co., Inc.   [removed]
    530 Atlantic Avenue, 7th Floor, Boston, MA  02210
    1 617 426 5270 (vox)  1 617 426 5299 (fax)

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    Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:58:31 -0500
    From: "Richard Pratz" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "OTR (Plain Text Only)" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Our Gal Sunday

    Can anyone tell me from what studio's the soap "Our Gal Sunday" was
    broadcast?  New York, Chicago, Los Angeles? I'd e-mail Jim Cox personally,
    but I've lost his address.

    Thanx - Rich

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:03:38 -0500
    From: "INFOMEDIA, LLC" <infom@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Big Land "Deal"

    The property in question was offered on "Challenge of the Yukon"  aka "Sgt
    Preston of the Yukon" and of course his lead dog King!

    Somewhere I have one of those deeds. I've been told the land went through
    "abandonment" or something like that so I guess we can't all get together
    and build "our"cabin up in the Yukon Territory.

    Jon F.

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 04:52:01 -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 three 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;  owners of some of the best OTR sites on the Web;
    maintainer of well-known OTR digest lists (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, 28 Feb 2001 10:55:21 -0500
    From: Peg or Don <peglarkin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  seeking Hometown Frolic fans

    My name is Don Larkin who was a DJ on WAAT, Newark, NJ from 1945 to
    1961. Perhaps I am in the wrong ballpark when seeking former listeners
    to a little C & W radio station which covered a small area of the East
    Coast  in the vicinity of New York and New Jersey.  My main desire is to
    seek anyone who may have a copy of one of my Broadcasts during these
    years.  If I am totally in the wrong pew, please someone advise me and I
    will humbly apologize, bow my head and disappear.  Thank you to anyone
    who may reply to this request and direct me to the correct method of
    using your radio net to which I have belonged for only one week or so.
    I can understand any readers of this message for thinking I have
    flipped.  My dear wife frequently reminds me that I am beyond help.

    Thank you again for the [removed] any.

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:01:19 -0500
    From: "Philip Chavin" <philchav@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  What radio series was it?

      On every broadcast of a certain radio series running for a time during the
    period 1948--1953, a few lines of a humorous duet were sung, I believe, by
    the show's host and hostess, possibly to introduce either the show or a part
    of the show featuring some competition.
    The song was "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)" from Irving Berlin's
    "Annie Get Your Gun" ('46).
      The program might have been "Fun For All", hosted by Bill Cullen and
    Arlene Francis (1952-53) -- I'm not sure.  (By the way, does anyone remember
    that series?)
      Would anyone know what program used that duet "Anything You Can Do"....?
      Thanks.
       -- Phil Chavin                philchav@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:28:14 -0500
    From: "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-selfhelpbikeco@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Laurel and Hardy on radio

    In 1943 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy did a pilot episode for a NBC radio
    program.  I know that the show exists today.  Can someone provide me with
    a copy of it?

    Rodney

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:28:08 -0500
    From: "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-selfhelpbikeco@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  1" land from Quaker Oats

    I never knew that Quaker actually did this, but it reminded me of a 1955
    or 1956 Uncle Scrooge comic book where Uncle Scrooge recieves 1 square
    inch of land in Panhandle country in his Cannie Brannies.  Then they try
    to corner the market by getting every inch for miles and miles.  Makes me
    wonder if any kids had aspirations of building up a couple acres of land
    in the [removed]

    Rodney Bowcock

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:34:43 -0500
    From: "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  [removed]

    Stephen Kallis writes:

>     Anent the restoration of Old Radios, some years ago,  some companies
>     manufactured ersatz Old Radios.Ý These were table-model cathedral types,
>     but their interiors were solid-state electronics, and on the side of some
>     were doors for built-in cassette drives.Ý One could pop an OTR tape into
>     one of these and get a sense of going back to those thrilling days of
>     yesterday for the express purpose of listening to an OTR program or
>     programs.

    About 4 years ago I was in Sam's Club and saw several copies of Old Type
    Radios.  They were AM/FM/cassette, made of solid wood, instead of pressed
    sawdust-beautiful copies.  I bought one for my father and after looking it
    over closely went back and got one for myself.  The one I kept has a small
    brass plaque on the front that says THOMAS collectors edition.  It works
    fine and looks great.  I will never understand how they can make something
    like this, ship it all the way from China to Alaska and sell it for
    $[removed]

    Roby McHone

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:35:19 -0500
    From: "Andy Lanset" <alanset@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Helen King

    I am trying to locate copies of any programing with Helen King.  She
    produced women's programs on the Blue Network from Buffalo, NY in the 40s
    and was on WOR in the early 30s doing a program on handwriting
    analysis/graphology.  She wrote a book about what people's doodles revealed
    about their character.

    I see a Helen King listed in Dunning on pages 158 and 159 regarding the soap
    opera, Clara, Lu, and Em - but I don't know if this is the same person.

    Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks.

    Andy Lanset
    WNYC Archives
    1 Centre Street
    New York, NY 10007 212-669-4685

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:51:26 -0500
    From: "Marvin R. Bensman" <MBensman@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Recent Books

    Here are some recent books that may be of interest:

    "This is the American Forces Network," by Patrick Morley

    "Fireside Politics, Radio and Political Culture in the [removed], 1920-1940," by
    Douglas B. Craig

    "Radio Live! Television Live, When Horses were Coconuts," by Robert Mott

    1998 titles that you may have missed:

    "Five Directors: The Golden Years of Radio," by Ira Skutch

    "Raised on Radio: In quest of the Lone Ranger and other Lost Heros," by
    Gerald Nachman

    Marvin R. Bensman
    University of Memphis
    [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:58:30 -0500
    From: "Matt Welty" <welty@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Charlie Chan

    I am looking for info on the Charlie Chan radio show.  I know it was a
    15 minute serial.  But, how many stories are out there?  And how many
    episodes are in a story?  I have the final 4 episodes of Colonal
    Willoughby's Records of Death from October 1936.  If anyone has some info or
    would like to trade, please e-mail me.

    Thanks!,

    Matt Welty

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