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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 391

Table Of Contents: 

	 Rod Serling and Harlan Ellison on OTR?
	 FOTR in Newark
	 War of the Worlds--Quito
	 Fw: "Jack's List of OTR Internet URL's"
	 Clifford Simak
	 War of the Worlds and Jack Benny
	 Re: OTR on video tapes
	 Music Till Dawn
	 [removed] Digest V96 #390
	 The birth of a website
	 New OTR on Peach State Public Radio
	 Fibber McGee and War of the Worlds

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 01:41:16 +0000
From: Daevid MacKenzie <mached16@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Rod Serling and Harlan Ellison on OTR?
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I'm curious if anyone knows whether or not any stories written by the 
two fantasists in the subject line above are available on tape anywhere.

I've read that a Cincinnati station (WCPO?) produced an early Serling 
script, and I know Ellison's career certainly stretches back far enough 
datewise for radio productions of some of his earliest works to be 
legitimate possibilities.

paix.
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** Daevid MacKenzie                                                  **
** MACHED16@[removed]                                                **
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** The problem with America is that it doesn't hold its grudges long **
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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:46:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: fkorb@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: FOTR in Newark
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To All Digesters Who Will Be In Newark,

There will be at least 4 members of the ORCATS (Oldtime Radio
Collectors And Traders Society) at the convention starting on
Thursday. Look for the ORCATS badge or the badge with the IC chip on
it. If you do locate someone wearing one, say Hello. I will be keeping
my eye out for badges with the chip or @ symbol on it. Hope to see
many of you there.

Take care and have a safe trip getting to Newark,

Fred Korb - Secretary

ORCATS

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 13:08:13 -0400
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: War of the Worlds--Quito
Message-ID: <F69B6332017E1B00@[removed]>

******************* Start of Forwarded Message *****************
As far as shooting the water towers, the answer is certainly yes, 
according to Howard Koch's book "The Panic Broadcast" (Koch wrote the 
radio play Welles performed). In fact, one of the water tower episodes 
happened in Grovers Mill, New Jersey, the very town where the first 
Martian landing was set.

The suicides, however, are an exaggerated matter. One newspaper report 
had a woman in Pittsburgh ready to swallow poison but saved at the last 

minute by her husband. No actual deaths were ever confirmed from the 
Welles broadcast, but there were supposedly several resulting from a 
South American Spanish-language adaptation that aired not long after 
the 
"Mercury Theatre on the Air" production.

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     In fact, the South American version took place here in Quito, and 
resulted in, among other things, the burning of Radio Quito and 
co-owned El Comercio newspaper. Don Moore wrote an article in 
Monitoring Times about this broadcast several years back. As soon as 
they connect me up with Web Page access here in my office, I will 
access Don's article from his web page and post it for the group. --Ken 
MacHarg

Kenneth D. MacHarg  
Casilla 17-17-691  
Quito, Ecuador
Kmacharg@[removed]
FAX: 593-2-447-263                        
Phone: 593-2-466-808

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:21:20 -0700
From: "JACK MANN" <jmann@[removed]>
To: <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Fw: "Jack's List of OTR Internet URL's"
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Hi Digesters: Please note this correction to my OTR URL
list. Thanks Tom.
Jack

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> From: Thomas Heathwood <theathwo@[removed]>
> To: JMANN@[removed]
> Subject: "Jack's List of OTR Internet URL's"
> Date: Tuesday, October 15, 1996 02:47 AM
> 
> HI JACK:
> Small error on my address in the OTR Vol. 96 #385:
> Correct address is:
> 
> HERITAGE RADIO CLASSICS--
> 
> [removed]
> 
> You left off the "l" on html in your new listing. Hope corrections are
> possible.
> 
> Regards---
> 
> <<TOM HEATHWOOD/HERITAGE RADIO/YESTERDAY-USA SATELLITE RADIO>> 10/15/96
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:42:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: barrym <barrym@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Clifford Simak
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> Can anyone here enlighten me about the works of science fiction writer 
> Clifford D. Simak (what did he write, any biographical information, etc.)

I think I remember that Clifford D. Simak was a palientologist
before he began his writing career.  His stories always seemed
in some way to talk about what we humans are.

Probably his best known book was "City" for which he won all
the SF awards.  It's in the form of a history being written by
a dog in the far future when dogs are sentient.  It tries to
come to grips with the dog's myth of another, superior race
they called humans.

After reading each of his books I always decided not to read
any more of them.  I always found them very dry.  But then I'd
think about them and by the time the next one was available I'd
jump at it.

Barry

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Date: 15 Oct 1996 18:15:22 CST
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: War of the Worlds and Jack Benny
Message-Id: <m0vDIdj-000k71C@[removed]>

Hi all:
speaking of "War of the Worlds", has there ever been a high quality
version released? I have a 2 record set that came out, I believe, in the
70's and I also bought it on a cassette from somewhere and neither are
of great quality. Is this because there aren't any good et's of the
show?
Also could someone tell me the date of the jack Benny show with Danny
Kaye for guest star?
Thanks in advance.

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 19:16:24 -0400
From: CardiacRx@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: OTR on video tapes
Message-ID: <961015191624_543838101@[removed]>

It's my understanding the the available range on a VHS tape is more than a
typical audio tape (I may be wrong here), although you only get on the video
what you put on from the audio.  I've actually used this method many times,
particularly when I need to tape via a timer or for shows over an hour.  I
think it works great, particularly with a hi-fi VCR.  I haven't hit a storage
problem yet, so I'm not anticipating the need to convert, but when I have
taped using VHS, I've been pleased with the results.

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 20:10:46 -0500
From: Sammy <rharris@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Music Till Dawn
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The song That's All was done by Jackie Gleason (the comedian) on his album
Jackie Gleason Presents That Moment and featured Bobby Hackett on the
trumpet as did so many of Gleason's albums.  I don't believe it was produced
fot the show but Jim Lowe (from here in Dallas) adopted it for the theme
song.  The Christian show you are talking about is done by Bill Pierce who
himself is an accomplished trombonist.
Also there was the Library of Laughs and I was fortunate enough to find the
Paul Lynde album that they featured so many times.
Jack

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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 96 01:39:00 GMT 
From: bhob@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: [removed] Digest V96 #390
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"no actual deaths were ever confirmed":  Some years ago, I did a lot
of research into the Welles WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast.  CBS lawyers
successfully deflected any claims for damages.  I did run across one
fascinating item never mentioned by Houseman, Cantril, or Koch.   This
was a man in South Carolina, as I recall, who had listened to the Welles
broadcast and died of a heart attack one week later.  His family tried
to collect, but because they had no real proof and the seven days
was such a stretch, they never really had a case.  It would have been
worth the effort of tracking this item years later, but the name of
the family was so common that locating the people involved in this
incident decades later would have been an exercise in futility.

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 22:28:58 -0400
From: DavidLHsl@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The birth of a website
Message-ID: <961015222857_127758127@[removed]>

  I've recently bumped into the fact that America Online provides a means for
members to publish a website.  I've taken a humble crack at the task, and my
efforts can be found out:

[removed]

  OTR related material that might be of interest to you folks include:
* My picks for essential OTR (posted in summary form in a prior digest, but
the webpage contains more detailed comments).
* The "You know you're an OTR buff [removed]" list I posted in a prior digest.
* My OTR best/worst list (actually, Lou Genco already posted this at his
website, but I posted it on my site just to build content).
* A feature I'll try to update regularly if the site gets visitors: my OTR
Pick of the Week, where I cast the spotlight on a particular OTR episode.
 This is one of those things I considered posting to the digest on a regular
basis, but I decided against it for fear that it might be considered a tad
self-indulgent.

  If you'd like to bypass the nonsense on my home page, you can go directly
to my OTR submenu at: [removed]

David Hassell
Walter (slamming on the brakes):  Did I stop the car too suddenly for you,
Miss Brooks?
Miss Brooks:  Why no, Walter.  I always like to kiss the windshield goodbye.
(Our Miss Brooks)

BTW: Did anyone answer the trivia question someone posted about Minerva the
cat?  I think Eve Arden probably did the sound.

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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 00:25:34 -0400
From: Artcradio@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: New OTR on Peach State Public Radio
Message-ID: <961016002533_544064244@[removed]>

Some time ago, when I was unashamedly plugging a previous year's Hallowe'en
broadcast, one of the readers of this digest was kind enough to tell me how a
listener not in Georgia might receive the signal from Peach State Public
Radio over its satellite transmission (it is, I believe, the SAP audio
channel for Georgia Public Television).  As the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
is preparing its live broadcast for Hallowe'en 1996, I am unable to find this
information, nor remember from whom I had it in the first place.  If anyone
reading this can answer, I throw myself on your mercy.  Thanks.

(Consider this a subtle plug for "All Hallow's Moon", an original radio drama
by Thomas E Fuller, to be broadcast at 9 pm EST on Peach State Public Radio,
produced by the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company.  But the request for
information is quite real.  Thank you in advance.)
________________________________
Daniel Taylor
[removed] -- DTaylor404@[removed] 
(daniel@[removed] is extinct; update your records)
Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
[removed] -- ARTCRadio@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 96 07:48:08 EDT
From: TBARNETT@[removed]
To:   otr@[removed]
Subject: Fibber McGee and War of the Worlds
Message-Id: <m0vDUSI-000k1JC@[removed]>

To: SMTP    --AHIPC2S  OTR Digest

From:    Tom Barnett
         EDS NAO/VDTO Finance and Personnel Systems Support
         (810)986-0389 (8-226) Internet:TBARNETT@[removed]

Subject: Fibber McGee and War of the Worlds

This is a video question *****   Does anyone out there in OTR land have
a video copy of "HERE WE GO AGAIN" the Fibber McGee and Molly Movie?
I already have Heavenly Days (thanks to AMC)

Also - is there any with some of the 15 minute FM & M shows????

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Speaking of the anniversary of the WAR OF THE WORLDS. Did any hear
the Public Radio re-creation of WOTW on it's 50th birthday in 1988?

It was a really good re-creation, high tech, and starred Jason Robards
in the Welles role. It was produced by George Lucas.

Anyway at the very end of that broadcast, they had a 12 - 15 minute
show highlighting the original broadcast with interviews from cast members
and people who were caught up in the scare all those years ago.

It is more entertaining and listenable than the original (for the last half
of the program anyways.) But the original is still the classic.

It was a great example of new time / old time radio.

Tom Barnett
"There are no Ordinary moments." -Dan Millman




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