Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #186
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 6/11/2001 4:02 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                      The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                         Volume 01 : Issue 186
                   A Part of the [removed]!
                           ISSN: 1533-9289


                           Today's Topics:

 Owens P's  deprived childhood        [hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];    ]
 A Bidding War for OTR Rights         [Tom van der Voort <evan@[removed];]
 Dress Code                           [hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];    ]
 Radio Blooper                        ["jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];    ]
 WCRT live shows in So. Cal.          [jef olson <jefolson2000@[removed]; ]
 Re: Fran Striker in Buffalo          [Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed]]
 Does anyone have a recording of Borr ["Cyxodus" <cyxoduss@[removed]; ]
 actors still living                  ["Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@neb.]
 Raleigh 903                          ["Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];    ]
 Can everybody sell SUSPENSE?         [JBeck57143@[removed]                 ]
 1957 radio schedules                 ["Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed]]
 Email Update                         ["Cyxodus" <cyxoduss@[removed]; ]
 Mohr questions                       [Ga6string@[removed]                  ]
 An Interpolation?                    ["Tim Ballew" <timballew@[removed]]
 Johnny Dollar                        ["Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];    ]
 Hawaii Radio                         [Steve Domingue <domingue@[removed];  ]
 question for Conrad                  ["Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];]
 Re: lost episode??                   [Barth Wysong <stargazerbw@[removed]]
 Re: Question for Harlan Stone        [hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];    ]
 Betty and Bob                        [otrbuff@[removed]                   ]
 ARTHUR GODFREY & KATHY               ["Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:14:19 -0400
From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Owens P's  deprived childhood

Owens asked:

This is for Harlon Stone.  I was going through the check-out line in the
Super Market the other day and spotted a (Reader's) Digest size Cartoon
Magazines of "Archie Andrews", "Betty & Veronoca", and "Archie & Jughead."
Since this is the first time I have seen them, I would like to know if this
is a  comparatively new Publication?

Do you mean the "Digest" size edition, or the comic book in general, Owens.

I must confess I stopped reading the comic book when I began playing the
Jughead Character. (Don't tell the publisher).

Since I was "living" the part, in a sense, who needed more. (Besides, at
that age, I was starting to read more sophisticated stuff like "Mad"
magazine). That, and getting interested in Girls.

As for the those "Digests", I think they have been around for quite some
time. (In addition to the regular Comic book). I recall that one of the
"Archie" Comics illustrators has posted to this Digest previously, and I
would hope he responds to your question. He would be a far better source.

Tell the truth Owens. did you pick one up to read? :)

Hal(Harlan)Stone

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:14:15 -0400
From: Tom van der Voort <evan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  A Bidding War for OTR Rights

      Am I the only one who notices an internal contradiction in Anthony
Tollin's copyright comments?
      On  the one hand, we are told that Radio Spirits has been exemplary
in its fairness to those who labored long and hard in the OTR trenches by
paying them their justly deserved copyright fees.  On the other hand, we
are told that it doesn't want to provoke a bidding war by providing details
of  its contracts.  But who would benefit from a bidding war?  The very
rights holders that Radio Spirits has treated so generously.
      Of course there is also the possibility that these rights holders
might license a number of dealers simultaneously, thus further augmenting
their income and allowing the wider distribution of their programs.
      Is trying to suppress a bidding war un-American?  I thought that was
what the free enterprise system was all about.  No doubt a blanket of
secrecy would greatly reduce the bargaining power of many sports and
entertainment figures who make huge salaries.  It just would not be very fair.
Tom van der Voort

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 21:45:02 -0400
From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Dress Code

From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
Subject:  Dress Code

Hal, Talking to Skip Homeier again must have been a lot of fun.

Hi Conrad! How's my favorite Jet Jockey? Yup! It was a gas talking to Skip
again after all these years. He's a funny guy.

Who knows he may even find time to lurk in the Digest a few minutes. It
could be hoped he'd contribute some OTR info as well.

I'm doing my best to get him involved in the Digest because he is 'puter
literate.

In some old 8x10 glossy photos I've seen of old New York radio
productions in front of studio audiences, I see the artists
performing on the show dressed in formal clothes,
Did you ever do one of those shows, <snip>

I was never party to it in my life. The only show that I seem to recall
requiring a dark suit and tie was when I did Dead End for [removed] Steel Hour's
Theatre Guild of the Air. There was a definite air of formality to the
proceedings. It was done on a former Ligit theatre stage, and large studio
audience.

<snip> I did develop a sense of fashion however,learning what color
 combinations were pleasing to the eye, and how to tie three kinds of necktie
knots, regular, Windsor, and bow tie.  (I continually observe how men tie
their neck ties,

Conrad, I recall wearing slacks and sports jackets most of the time, and
rarely a tie if I could help it.

Unlike you, I didn't have a tie fetish! I was too busy watching female legs.
:) Just Kidding.

Happy Landings,

Hal

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:04:54 -0400
From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Radio Blooper

Good to hear from Sandy Singer, who worked at WLOL in Minneapolis several
years before I did.    His distinctive voice was also heard later on KQRS,
where I met him in person as I was also working there, some years ago.

Sandy's good blooper deserves another.   This one might be attributed to the
holidays.   T'was on the very last radio station I worked for, a classical
music station in the Twin Cities.   This was Christmastime in 1976.   I had
finally attained that wonderful status that comes from working in the biz
for many a year.   I got Christmas off!   Wh00pie.   But I had to work my
usual morning shift the next day.

"Well, here we are on a day after Christmas.   Lovely snow coming down.
And let me see.   Aha.   No-one in the front office.   And the AM newsman
must have a day off.   Just me and the AM announcer across the glass, at our
sister -- OR is it our brother -- radio station."
    (The AM jock at his point is sticking middle fingers of both hands up at
me and has his nose pressed up the glass and is shouting.   But I continued
[removed])
"You might say we have a

             SKELETON SCREW

here today."
    And with that, I quickly segued to some of that good old recorded long
hair music.   Guess what?   Not ONE phone call!

Cut/Print


Jim Stokes
ex-silky-smooth voice of classical music in the Twin Cities,
and NOW ---
NaturaLite Pictures
jstokes@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:04:52 -0400
From: jef olson <jefolson2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  WCRT live shows in So. Cal.

West Coast Radio Theater will run F< S< & Sun Matinees
at the Hillside Playhouse in Hemet, CA 40 min west of
Palm Springs. Anyone in the area, please check us out-
The Shadow, Buck Rogers, The Bickersons. We love to
meet enthusiasts.
Thanks to all those who reposnded to my requests for
music. Still no luck on finding the specific thing I
want-but many possible emergnecy solutions.
                   jef olson WCRT

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:41:50 -0400
From: Rob Chatlin <rchatlin@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Fran Striker in Buffalo

Have any of these Buffalo originated Lone Ranger episodes survived?

I'd love to hear 2 competing versions of the same story.

>From Anthony Tollin:
... from Buffalo's WEBR (where John Barratt and Art Schmidt starred as the Lone
Ranger and Tonto)

Rob

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:41:52 -0400
From: "Cyxodus" <cyxoduss@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Does anyone have a recording of Borrah
 Minevitch?

Hi all,
This is my first posting on the Old-Time Radio Digest and I hope that
someone can help me.

I recently bought a binder of old 30's and 40's material at a yard sale and
I ran across a little booklet titled "Harmonica Secrets of Borrah
Minevitch: The Inside Story". Inside this fun little look into the past, I
discovered that Borrah played his harmonica on the radio. Does anyone know
if a recording of Barrah's music exists today.

In case anyone is curious about Barrah Minevitch or any of the other items
I obtained, I will scan them and post them on my web site. The address will
be [removed]. I will post them when I get the free time
(maybe in about two weeks).

Thanks,
Payton


--- Cyxodus
--- [removed]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:59:29 -0400
From: "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@[removed];
To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  actors still living

Hi all:
Are the following actors still with us:
Herb Ellis, Parley Baer, Larry Haines, Mason Adams, Bob Bailey, Ralph Bell,
Norman Rose and Stacy Harris?
Thanks,
RyanO

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:00:09 -0400
From: "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Raleigh 903

Eric Cooper <ejcooper2001@[removed]; wrote:

When Red Skelton  at the beginning of Raleigh Show would say something like
"903, Rod!" And his announcer Rod O'Connor would answer him "903, Red!",
what did that signify?

Raleigh "903" was one of Brown & Williamson's cigarette varieties.  An old
"903" label can be seen at
[removed]

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:20:38 -0400
From: JBeck57143@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Can everybody sell SUSPENSE?

I've seen SUSPENSE collections from at least three different companies in
stores. I've seen one from Great American Audio, Radio Spirits has some, and
there are several from a company called "America Before TV". I don't know how
many individual episodes the collections have in common but there are at
least a few. Is that because whoever owns SUSPENSE hasn't granted anyone an
exclusive license?

Jim Beck

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 23:51:28 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  1957 radio schedules

It just occurred to me that for someone of my tender years I seem to have
heard a lot of Old Time Radio.  I generally consider myself to be a true
child of television, having watched I Love Lucy when it wasn't reruns and
the entire Beulah and Stu Erwin series before that.  (Yeesh. Does anyone
remember Stu Erwin?  Enormously popular in TV sitcoms, now long forgotten.)

Anyway, I seem to associate The Great Gildersleeve and One Man's Family
along with the Three-Star Extra news broadcasts.  Could someone with a
schedule have a look and tell me when and on what network(s) these shows
were heard?  On the basis of where we were living when I heard these shows,
it would have been any time after 1956 until the end of the shows' runs.
What year were they finally cancelled? (I know I should know, but I'm lazy.)

I also personally heard all of the daytime soap operas wind up their runs
one afternoon around Thanksgiving.  I recall thinking at the time that this
was an event worth remembering, so I remembered it.  Didn't record it, of
course.  Who had a tape recorder?

M Kinsler

who distinctly did _not_ grow up during the Depression listening to Fireside
Chats on the great Atwater-Kent.  He just feels like it.

512 E Mulberry St  Lancaster, OH 43130 USA 740 687 6368
[removed]~kinsler

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:17:33 -0400
From: "Cyxodus" <cyxoduss@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Email Update

Hi. I just wanted to update my email. While searching for info on Borrah
Minevitch, I came across several samples of his music on [removed] The
address is
[removed]
Listen to Nagasaki (5th song) and see if you remember
where you've heard it from.

Payton


--- Cyxodus
--- [removed]

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:38:53 -0400
From: Ga6string@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Mohr questions

According to the "Thrilling Detective" Web site ([removed]),
Gerald Mohr auditioned for the role of Johnny Dollar in 1955, prior to Bob
Bailey getting the role. Is that audition recording in circulation?

By the way, the site (it's a great site, BTW!!) also mentions that Mohr
starred in "The Adventures of Bill Lance," 1947-48, but no recordings survive
of these episodes of the program, which apparently also ran in 1944-45 with
John McIntire in the starring role. Anyone have any info on this show?

One last question: I understand that Mohr played the Archie Goodwin character
on "The Adventures of Nero Wolfe," 1950-51 for a short time. Does anyone know
how many of those episodes he appeared in, by chance?

Thanks,
Bryan Powell

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 01:56:39 -0400
From: "Tim Ballew" <timballew@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  An Interpolation?

In the era of email, as people are caught somewhere between speech and
letter-writing, I often gawk at the mindless [removed] they thinking at
all as they write?

And then, alas, I am forced to read through my own post as I refer to "Jimmy
Stuart".  The auto-pilot was on, folks.

Mr. Stewart, I salute in your general direction.

Tim

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:10:41 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Johnny Dollar

Thanks to Tim Ballew for bringing up the 5-part Johnny Dollar stories. I had
listened to a couple of the earlier episodes and found them rather
uninteresting. Dollar seemed to breeze lightly through every situation, with
no sense that he was ever in any real danger. I didn't understand what
people saw in the series.

After reading Tim's comments I downloaded a couple of the Bob Bailey 5-part
stories and found them much more interesting. A quick search on the web
revealed the unusual history of the character (see
[removed]), evolving through different
actors, directors and writers, which makes me want to hear more. I'll
probably never be a hardcore YTJD fan, but the show is definitely a lot more
entertaining than I thought, and I probably wouldn't have investigated it
further had it not been for the comments here.

Score another point for the OTR Digest!

Doug Leary

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:09:22 -0400
From: Steve Domingue <domingue@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Hawaii Radio

 >ALOHA!  I have a question.  I'm going to be traveling to Hawaii in a couple
 >of weeks (tough life, huh?).  Does anyone know of any otr broadcasts in
 >Hawaii?  And, does anyone know anything about the history of Hawaiian radio?
 >Any websites that talk about the subject?

Go to [removed] for some information about the
show "Hawaii Calls". The show ran from the 30's to the 70's. They have
links to a site that streams a few of the shows.

If you are in the Waikiki area stop by the Moana Surfrider Hotel. You can
sit under the banyon tree, the broadcast location for the show. Although
the show isn't on the air anymore, the ambiance is incredible.

You can also poke around [removed] for some other Hawaiian
music streamed to your computer.

Steven Domingue

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:09:24 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  question for Conrad

Conrad, do you have any memories about working on the Halls of Ivy show.  I
was going through my collection of this show, and notice you where on two of
them.  I believe this show is one of the very best of Old Time Radio
history.  The writing, and acting was very good on this show.

Walden Hughes

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:31:04 -0400
From: Barth Wysong <stargazerbw@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: lost episode??

Thanks for the information.  I've had several responses that name an episode
called "Dig me Deadly" by [removed] Wilson.  Although its an excellent episode
and has a similar storyline it isn't the one I remember.

I have near 1000 episodes of RMT and not one of them is a show that isn’t on
someone’s list.  This leads me to believe that it could be a crossover from
another series.  My memory isn’t perfect but I distinctly remember hearing
this show and recall specific incidences in the script.  I can even remember
it being broadcast on a stormy night.  My old AM radio crackled from
lightning adding to the drama. “Dig me Deadly” isn’t the one I’m looking
for.

I have a feeling that if there are any G. Fredrick Lewis fans out there,
they may be able help.  He was the author of “Yesterday’s Giant” the episode
that was a sort of sequel to this lost episode.

You’d think that after over twenty years I’d give up.  But you know how this
one little insignificant thing is in the back of your head just nagging at
you like a tune you can’t quite place.  Then at 2am two weeks later you wake
up and say “Yeah that’s right its ….”

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:34:55 -0400
From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Question for Harlan Stone

Paul Grieves, An OTR friend from across the Pond, asked.

Hi Hal,

I'm a 37 year old British OTR listener.
<snip>
As you can probably work out from my age, the world of that time, and in
your country come to that, is a complete mystery.  What were things like
back then ?  Is there anything you can tell us that you can spare from the
book ?  I'm really curious both in terms of whether the shows of that era
accurately reflect the real world and also what life was like for a boy who
was a radio star ?

Paul, I really plan to cover some of that in the book I'm writing, but
primarily, what life was like for a Child Actor.

But since you, and many other younger OTR fans have such a genuine interest
in what the "World" was like back then, ostensibly, to place the Radio Shows
in perspective with the "times"ŠŠ and relate them to events here in the [removed]
(as Well as Britain), I might have the perfect solution for you.

A friend of mine (A former TV associate) and eventual owner of an FM station
in New Jersey, wrote what I thought was a fascinating book.

His concept was to compile (and re-create)  brief newscasts for every day of
the Year "1945". Each day's "reporting" contains brief bits of news about
all sorts of things, in capsulized form. War news, World events, fashion
trends, Entertainment & cultural events, Cost of commodities and durable
goods, Etc.

To me, it's a telescoped look at what unfolded each day throughout that
whole eventful year. I was only 14 years old at the time, (living in my own
insulated teenage world) so many of the "News" items covered brought that
period in my life into complete focus.

As it turns out, the Author was old enough to be a Navigator on a B-29
Bomber, and participated in the "Fire Storm" raids over Tokyo that year.

After he heavily researched the material for the "Newscasts", he recorded
them, as well as compiling them in Book Form. He made a trade deal with
Radio Stations in selected markets in the [removed], and in exchange for the
rights to air these "newscasts" on a daily basis, the stations ran a plug
for the "book" version. He sold about 8,000 copies.

He has only 100 copies left from the original publication, and does not plan
a reprint. He sent me a book as a gift to read, and after devouring it, I
immediately thought it might be a good companion piece for OTR fans.
Particularly the younger ones. But for that matter, the "Seasoned Citizens"
among us might enjoy it as well. Particularly since about half of the daily
new items contain reference to radio Shows that were currently popular
during that period, and I think that about 90% of the pages make reference
to "Entertainment" news briefs in general. (Movies currently running, Plays
opening, Celebrity news, in addition to the Radio "trivia".

I sent my copy to our illustrious Digests Leader Charlie Summers to see if
he agreed with me that OTR fans might enjoy it (both young and old), and he
agreed. (He has yet to return my copy, and it's been months). I think he's
holding it hostage until he can get one of his own.

To make a long story short, I made arrangements with my author friend to let
me make the remaining 100 copies available through OTR outlets. Probably on
the commercial side of the Digest Web pages.

His proceeds from the sale go to his favorite charity. Honest. That's the
kind of guy he is.

Since there are only 100 copies left, anyone interested in reserving one
might want to send me a note. (Charlie? Can I mention the retail price is
$[removed] + shipping and handling?) First come/First Serve.

I'll post more about how to order one of these books once the details are
worked out.

Hal(harlan)Stone

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 15:45:47 -0400
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Betty and Bob

I can't be certain about the Internet having any copies, Dave Phaneuf,
but the last I looked there were seven Betty and Bob shows in circulation
somewhere.  This soap opera was one of the early Hummert collaborations
and aired between Oct. 10, 1932 and March 15, 1940, initially on NBC Blue
and then on NBC Red.  The heroine on the network run was played by
actresses Beatrice Churchill, Alice Hill, Mercedes McCambridge and
Elizabeth Reller.  The hero was portrayed by Don Ameche, Spencer Bentley,
Carl Frank, Vinton Hayworth, Van Heflin, J. Anthony Hughes, Onslow
Stevens and Les Tremayne.  In a syndicated form in 1940 the serial
starred Arlene Francis and Carl Frank.  General Mills, Inc. sponsored
both the network and syndicated runs.

Jim Cox

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:09:02 -0400
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  ARTHUR GODFREY & KATHY

This is for our Godfrey Historian and author of a Godfrey Biography, Lee
Munsick.  What ever happened to Godfrey's Sister, Kathy? She was only in the
business a little while, and only in NY local areas, I understand.  Can you
fill us in?  Also. I have been trying to do a web search on "Find A Grave"
that has locations of thousands of Celebrity burial sites but cannot find
Godfrey's.  Can you help here as well?

Owens Pomeroy  <[removed];

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