Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #422
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Date: 10/30/2002 1:39 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 422
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Halloween shows                       [ lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed]; ]
      correction!                           [ "James G. DuPuy" <dupuy@[removed] ]
      Re: SPERDVAC/Orson Welles/Harry Lime  [ GOpp@[removed] ]
      FOTR Lessons and Laughs               [ Lilah60@[removed] ]
      MP3 Speakers                          [ Cir5or@[removed] ]
      Re: MP3 Boombox                       [ mart459@[removed] ]
      Boom boxes with sleep switches which  [ "Kenneth Ruggles" <kruggles@[removed]. ]
      INTRODUCTION                          [ "dennis" <dennis@[removed]; ]
      Hal Stone's "condolences"             [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Radio Premiums                        [ ilamfan@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ lois@[removed] ]
      Re: Charlie was right                 [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
      Re: Patience Please                   [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Re: Patience Please                   [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      [removed], Larry Dobkin                  [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:25:54 -0500
    From: lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Halloween shows

    If like your Halloween shows with a laugh I recomend
    Baby Snooks- Halloween Pranks  Nov 1946.

    Also The House OF Mystery- The Ghost who Forgot
    Halloween is excellant!!!

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:26:13 -0500
    From: "James G. DuPuy" <dupuy@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  correction!

    Sorry, gang, I goofed up. I stated:

>      For those that are curious, the SP90
>     is going for $40 (referb) from Tiger Direct.  The SP-90 is going for $99.

    I ment to say the SP-250 is going for $99.   The SP90 is $39.  Of course you
    have to add shipping.  Both units are quite small and work quite well.  A
    friend has the 250 and he says it works very well.  Has a backlit display,
    an FM tuner, and a remote on the headphone cable.  I noticed on the SP90
    (and I assume the 250) that on low bitrate programs (OTR!) the disk will
    actually run a few seconds and then stop for up to 10 minutes!  It is
    obviously storing the data in a memory and playing from it.  The 90 will
    resume where you left off right to the second when you shut it off.  Nice
    feature as I many times don't have time to listen to an entire program.  I
    will say the earbud type headphones that come with the 90 are pretty load
    and have a good sound.  Better than the usual cheap ones that are supplied
    with a player.  They are obviously quite sensitive.  Radio Shacks better
    titainium type headphones ($39 normal price and as low as $19 on sale) are
    very sensitive and have excelent low and high end responce as well as a
    volume control inline.  I am currently listening to a disk with 96 1/2 hour
    Life of Riley episodes on it!  That's 48 hours on one disk!  Most sound
    pretty good.  What is odd about the disk is that the data side is black!
    The player has no trouble with it though.  I have seen darker surfaces such
    as a deep violet, but this one completely black to the eye.  Take care!

    I don't suffer from insanity, I create and enjoy every minute of it!
    Mitsy, my yorkie dog says; "I'm so darn cute even I can't stand it!"

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:26:29 -0500
    From: GOpp@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:  SPERDVAC/Orson Welles/Harry Lime

    I'm re-posting this in response to Larry Gassman's question

    On Saturday Evening, November 2, 2002, I'll have the privilege of
    producing and directing a re-creation of one of my all-time favorite
    radio programs, live on-stage as part of SPERDVAC's  Old Time Radio
    Convention at the Hacienda Hotel (just south of Los Angeles International
    Airport, at 525 N. Sepulveda Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245). The program is
    "The Lives of Harry Lime," (based on the classic film noir, "The Third
    Man"). Unlike the film, the radio version played it strictly tongue in
    cheek.  The episode is "Too Many Crooks," and in my opinion its the
    cleverest of all the episodes.

    Starring as Orson Welles will be the wonderful voice actor Joe Leahy
    ("Animaniacs," "Transformers"), who does an uncanny Orson Welles.
    (Incidentally, Joe also does an uncanny Paul Frees, and Disney uses him
    whenever it wants to alter any of Frees's voice work on Disneyland
    rides). Co-starring will be the amazing Larry Dobkin ("The Adventures of
    Ellery Queen," "I Love Lucy," "Patton"), Gladys Holland ("To Catch a
    Thief," "The Man Who Knew Too Much"), and Steven Schatzberg (the singing
    voice of "Piglet" in Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" cartoons). Live sound
    effects will be produced onstage by legendary radio sound effects man Ray
    Erlenborn ("Amos 'n' Andy," "The Jack Benny Program," "The Carol Burnett
    Show").

    The performance is for the Saturday evening banquet program at the
    convention, which runs November 1, 2, and 3. Make your reservations using
    this form:
    [removed]
    or call SPERDVAC's toll-free line: (877) 251-5771

    If you can come, I'd love to see you there!

    - Gregg Oppenheimer
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:27:39 -0500
    From: Lilah60@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  FOTR Lessons and Laughs
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    Friends,
    In September, after lurking here on this Digest for over a year, I decided to
    treat myself to at least three days worth of this year's FOTR convention.

    I'm here to tell you that I learned so much and laughed so much, it was
    dizzying and exhausting.  But thanks to the TLC of my new friends and roomies
    (Arlene, the Balloon Lady, and Marilyn, the Seattle Schmoozer), I recovered
    each evening and pressed on the next morning. Thanks, gals.

    My thanks also to Jay Hickerson and his hard-working crew (Paul, who shall go
    nametag-less, and many many others) who made sure that the entertainment and
    panels went off smoothly. This allowed me time to wander around matching
    faces with the personalities I've come to admire as contributors here.

    Congratulations again to Jim Cox, whose writing award, IMHO, was so
    well-deserved. It was Jim's book The Great Radio Soap Operas that reminded me
    of how much I had loved the radio voices of the 1940's and started me on my
    way to researching and listening again to OTR.

    Claire L. Connelly
    Alexandria Virginia

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:27:50 -0500
    From: Cir5or@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  MP3 Speakers
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    Just a note to those members who have discovered the joys of MP3's for OTR.
    If you already have a portable unit (I have had great success with the
    Philips 313) and don't want to always listen on headphones, there is another
    alternative to buying a boom box.  You can purchase an inexpensive pair of
    powered speakers such as those connected to you computer.  They work great
    and can be purchased for as little as $10-20.  I also hook my Sony walkman
    tape player to them.

    Cindy (in the little house halfway up in the next block)

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:28:06 -0500
    From: mart459@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: MP3 Boombox

    As with the prior poster who mentioned the Sony boombox from Walmart, I have
    to agree that it is a nice unit.

    I bought one for my father and it has saved me much $$$ being able to send out
    MP3 discs rather than audio CDs. It is rare that he has called to complain
    about a disc that I have traded/downloaded/burned has had bad encoding tracks.

    But I still prefer minidiscs :)
    (OK - old arguement - send questions on minidiscs
    to my home email (mart459@[removed]) rather than to the mailing list).

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:28:32 -0500
    From: "Kenneth Ruggles" <kruggles@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Boom boxes with sleep switches which play
     MP-3's

    Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 00:25:39 +0000
    From: "Don Belden" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RCA RCD128 Boombox

    Don Belden said in a recent email

>     RCA RCD128 Boombox

>     I just purchased an RCA RCD128 boombox from Best Buy in Denver for $[removed]
>     yesterday.

>     It plays regular CDs, CD-Rs, tapes, has a clock, and AM and FM radio with
>     automatic setting capability. It operates on AC or DC [9 D cells], and has
>     an equalizer & base amplification. There is a connection for earphones.
>     ...

    I am looking for a similar boom box which has a sleep switch and alarm
    similar to a clock radio.  I currently have a Phillips AZ-1155 boom box
    radio which will similarly play low bit rate otr MP-3's (but does not have
    an earphone jack). I have seen the RCA RCD128 boom box that Best Buy sells
    and it does have a clock, but it appears it does not have a sleep switch or
    an alarm.

    If anyone knows of a boom box playing CD's which has a sleep switch and/or
    an alarm, I would appreciate it.

    In addition, in the current Walmart flyer, I see they are advertising a Sony
    MegaStorage Stereo with MP3 playback and Remote (Item MHCGS200).  It is a
    mini-stereo system with separate speakers.  The unique thing about this unit
    is it includes a 60 CD changer, so you can have up to 60 otr MP3 CD's in the
    unit at one time.  I have not tried the unit and do not know what bit rate
    the unit will play, but I am just passing this info along

    Ken Ruggles

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:28:42 -0500
    From: "dennis" <dennis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  INTRODUCTION

    MY NAME IS DENNIS CORNELISON. I'M FROM HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA AND HAVE A VERY
    NICE SIZED COLLECTION OF SHOWS. MY FAVORITE IS JACK BENNY, INNER SANCTUM,
    ADVENTURES BY MORSE AND MORE. HOPE TO LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO THE
    LIST.
    dennis c

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 19:30:28 -0500
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Hal Stone's "condolences"

    Hal Stone wrote:

>     By the way, may I be one of the first to offer my condolences. I am of
>     course referring to the "collapse" of the upstart [removed] Giants. :)

    I was so enjoying your comments about the convention, Hal, until this last
    paragraph appeared.    Now, I'm brushing tears from my eyes and thinking
    hateful things about the Diamondbacks and some of their fans, despite my
    great affection for Bob Brenley and Matt Williams (both of whom were rooting
    for the GIANTS).

    And all because of YOU.   Have you no heart?   Are you forgetting how you
    felt in 1951 when the Giants snatched the NL title from your Bums by way of
    the bat of Bobby Thomson?    Were you ready for "condolences" (hah!)  from a
    Giants fan less then 48 hours later?

    I would have waited at least another day to rub it in. :))

    Well, at least I'm proud that we lost in the 7-game World Series instead of
    in the first of three post-season rounds like the one-trick pony (snakes?)
    defending World Series winners did, who "collapsed" before the regular
    season even ended.

    Note to Charlie:   I know this is off-topic but I plead inclusion on the
    basis of personal privilege.

    HAL STARTED IT!!!

    ~Irene

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Ok, so he [removed] replies to this should be sent privately.
    I do not want the Digest to devole into discussing 2002 baseball. (1942
    baseball is ok, if there are existing recordings, though.)  --cfs3]

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    Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 21:56:41 -0500
    From: ilamfan@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
    Subject:  Radio Premiums

         This last weekend I picked up a few radio premiums, and I would love to
    get a bit more information on them.
         The first one is a brass pin about a half inch round, on the outside it
    says "American Bosch Radio Explorer's Club", on the center is a ship sailing
    on
    the ocean, with the initials "AMNH".  After a bit of online searching, I found
    that American Bosch made radios in the 30's, and I also saw some small globes
    made by them.  Does anyone know more about the "Radio Explorer's Club", or
    what
    the "AMNH" stands for on this little pin?
         The other is the (famous, right?) Frank Buck Explorer's Sun Watch.  It
    has
    a glow in the dark face, a mirrored back (for signalling, I'm sure), and a
    compass.  The hinged sundial pointer has two angled lines and is stamped "35"
    and "45".  My question is:  what is the 35/45 for?  I expect it's to choose
    the
    correct angle, but for what?  East coast/west coast/summer/winter/daylight
    savings?  Was there an instruction sheet?  Could anyone send me a copy if they
    have one?
         Thanks in advance, any help or comments would be great!

    Stephen Jansen

    --
    Old Time Radio never dies - it just changes formats!

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    Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 04:52:04 -0500
    From: lois@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

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    and widow of actor Howard Culver

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    Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:28:53 -0500
    From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Charlie was right

    Now that I've had a chance to relax after 4 great days of FOTR, I did a
    test that Charlie and I had talked about on Thursday. During my talk, we
    got onto the subject of MP3 files. I played a file I made at 32kps and it
    sounded terrible.

    Charlie quickly jumped up and said that I had encoded it incorrectly. He
    said that I should have down sampled it at 22050 instead of leaving it at
    44100 before encoding it to MP3. We had a long talk about this after the
    session.

    Well, I just did as he suggested and Charlie was right. The music file that
    I used sounds very good when re-sampled.

    My next step will be to run some test using some frequency tapes to see
    what actually happens to the MP3 files. But for the moment, I bow to
    Charlie's correctness on this particular subject.

    Fred
    [removed]
    For the best in old time radio and television shows

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    Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:28:57 -0500
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Patience Please

    First [removed] many thanks to the posters who had nice things to say about my
    "performances" at FOTR.

    As to Laura Leff being a wise-guy (gal) I only have this to [removed] jack
    Benny [removed] :)

    By the way, I received quite a few e-mails about the "infamous" book, from
    folks "anxious" to get a copy.

    I've got my fingers crossed that my Web-site, (currently under construction)
    will be up and functioning in a few more days. Once I get the green light
    that it's finished being "built", I'll be sure to post the address so you
    can access it. It will have all the necessary info about the book, cost,
    order forms, Pay Pal options, Etc. Etc.

    To all those who have e-mailed me about it. Believe me, I'm as anxious to
    sell you a copy as you seem to be in getting one. :)

    But all kidding aside, I'm very gratified at the interest it is generating,
    and the response it received at FOTR.

    Thanks, one and all

    Regards

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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    Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:32:04 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: OTV <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

>     >From Those Were The Days --

    Folks throughout the United States were pretty skittish on this night in
    1938. Maybe they just wanted to believe that the world was going to come
    to an end. Nobody ever found out why thousands of people believed the
    science-fiction drama that was played out over the Columbia Broadcasting
    System.

    Orson Welles, known to radio audiences as The Shadow, presented his
    famous dramatization of [removed] Wells' The War of the Worlds on CBS's
    Mercury Theater at 8 [removed] The show was set up as a music program
    interrupted by news bulletins saying that Martians had landed near
    Princeton, New Jersey. Though a disclaimer was broadcast several times
    throughout the hourlong program, most people did not pay attention to
    the explanation telling them that the story was fictional and a radio
    fabrication. Even the newspaper program guides printed the warning. But
    thousands paid no attention.

      Joe

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

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    Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:44:30 -0500
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Patience Please

    First [removed] many thanks to the posters who had nice things to say about my
    "performances" at FOTR.

    As to Laura Leff being a wise-guy (gal) I only have this to [removed] jack
    Benny [removed] :)

    By the way, I received quite a few e-mails about the "infamous" book, from
    folks "anxious" to get a copy.

    I've got my fingers crossed that my Web-site, (currently under construction)
    will be up and functioning in a few more days. Once I get the green light
    that it's finished being "built", I'll be sure to post the address so you
    can access it. It will have all the necessary info about the book, cost,
    order forms, Pay Pal options, Etc. Etc.

    To all those who have e-mailed me about it. Believe me, I'm as anxious to
    sell you a copy as you seem to be in getting one. :)

    But all kidding aside, I'm very gratified at the interest it is generating,
    and the response it received at FOTR.

    Thanks, one and all

    Regards

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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    Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 13:48:11 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  [removed], Larry Dobkin

    Folks;

       Lawrence (Larry) Dobkin, west-coast actor known for hundreds of radio and
    television appearances as well as many directing credits (including the Star
    Trek episode, "Charlie X"), passed away on Monday. More details as we receive
    them.

       He is listed as having been born 16 September, 1919, and to my knowledge
    most recently appeared last season in an episode of [removed] Blue, an episode
    of Judging Amy, and a commercial for Georgia-Pacific Paper Company. (Additions
    or corrections would be appreciated.)

             Charlie

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