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Date: 5/25/2008 9:07 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 133
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Aging voices                      [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]
      What is Known about Harlow Wilcox?    [ Bruce Toews <dogriver@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@cha ]
      Everybody meet down at Pop's!         [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Dick Martin                           [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
      5-26 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 23:47:16 -0400
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Aging voices

        A bit of  a debate was going on here about whether voices move into
    a higher or lower pitch as a person ages.

>     Ben asks about stereotyping of old men's voices as being
>     high-pitched. I guess in real life my experience is that maybe a
>     third of the seniors do have a deeper, grumpier voice ... a
>     third, not much change from younger years ... and a third have
>     higher-pitched voices. So it varies.

        I once had the opportunity to speak with Mel Blanc (a delightful and
    fascinating gentleman) and asked him, since he'd been doing some of his
    characters for a long time, whether  Bugs Bunny, for instance, sounded
    different than he did forty years earlier.  Blanc said that because of
    the natural tendency of the voice to deepen as a person grows older they
    were speeding up the tape on his Bugs Bunny voicings.
        Mel Blanc's natural voice, by the way, had a very pleasant mid-range
    timbre.  It's always seemed to me that the most flexible voices were
    those that were not too deep and resonant.  But I wouldn't call an aging
    voice "grumpier" -- "mellow" is more like it.

    -- Bill Jaker

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    Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:56:49 -0400
    From: Bruce Toews <dogriver@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  What is Known about Harlow Wilcox?

    Hi everyone. My love for old-time radio tends to come in various phases.
    Right now I'm in the middle of a Fibber McGee and Molly phase. A lot seems
    to be known about most of the actors on FM&M, but the research I've done
    has turned up verty little about Harlow Wilcox. I was wondering if anyone
    knows much about him, his life, and so on. What did he do before Fibber or
    after Suspense? When was he born, when did he die? Any other info. Thanks
    so much.

    Bruce

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    Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:56:57 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The
    Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in
    high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
    Many new programs have been added to our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    Maxine Gray Tribute

    THE ALVINO REY SHOW"
    Episode 1    8-16-39    Guest: Maxine Gray
    MUTUAL DON LEE - KHJ SUSTAINING
    STARS: Alvino Rey, Maxine Gray
    ANNOUNCER: Rolley Thomas

    THE ALVINO REY-MAXINE GRAY SHOW
    Episode 46    12-1-39   "Oh Johnny"
    MUTUAL DON LEE - KHJ SUSTAINING
    STARS: Alvino Rey, Maxine Gray
    ANNOUNCER: Rolley Thomas

    MAXINE GRAY ENTERTAINS
    Episode 1    12-6-39    "Its A Hundred To One"
    MUTUAL DON LEE - KHJ SUSTAINING
    STARS: Maxine Gray, Alvino Rey
    ANNOUNCER: Rolley Thomas

    MAXINE GRAY ENTERTAINS
    Episode 24    02-28-40    "Tuxedo Junction"
    MUTUAL DON LEE - KHJ SUSTAINING
    STARS: Maxine Gray, Alvino Rey
    ANNOUNCER: Rolley Thomas

      NOBODY'S CHILDREN
    Episode 99    10-15-41    Guest: Maxine Gray
    MUTUAL DON LEE - KHJ LOCAL PRODUCTION
    Hosts: Deane Randall, Walter White
    Presented by Children's Protective Society of California

      SARA'S PRIVATE CAPER
    Episode 1    6-15-50    "Sam Spade"
    NBC WHEATIES
    STARS: Sara Berner, Bob Sweeney
    ANNNOUNCER: Frank Martin
    DIRECTOR: Joe Parker
    MUSIC: Robert Armbruster
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    LIFE WITH LUIGI
    (CBS)    2/20/49   "Luigi Has a Cold"
    J. Carrol Naish/Teddy Bergman

    MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
    (SYND)    1946-47   "The Ape Song"
    w/Raymond Edward Johnson

    FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY
    (NBC)    10/16/53   Conclusion of "The Executive Club Speech"
    ====================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Dragnet - "The Big Jolt"
    originally aired October 5, 1952 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Sam Edwards, Harry Bartell, Vic
    Rodman, Herb Vigran, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal
    Gibney announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Eavesdrop"
    originally aired December 14, 1952 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lee
    Marvin, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal Gibney
    announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Dream"
    originally aired March 29, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Ralph Moody, Eddie
    Firestone, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal Gibney
    announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Joke"
    originally aired May 10, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Herb
    Vigran, Virginia Gregg, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal
    Gibney announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield

    Dragnet - "The Big Confession"
    originally aired March 30, 1954 on NBC
    Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Herb Ellis, Georgia Ellis, Harry
    Bartell, George Fenneman announcing the commercials, Hal Gibney
    announcing the program.
    Sponsor: Chesterfield
    ==================================

    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:21:10 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Everybody meet down at Pop's!

    From: Joe Mackey _joemackey108@[removed]_
    (mailto:joemackey108@[removed])

    1943 - A comic strip came to radio, as Archie Andrews was heard on  the
    Mutual Broadcasting System for the first time.

    ...And hoist a frosty root beer float for Hal!

    -Craig W.

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    Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:21:28 -0400
    From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dick Martin

    Dick Martin ("Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In") died Saturday night in
    [removed] at age 86. What's not in most of the obits--if any of them--was
    the fact that he wrote for "Duffy's Tavern." For one week, anyway--or
    so he always claimed, according to comedy writer Bob Schiller. I
    don't know of other radio work Martin may have done.

    Jordan [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 23:00:18 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-26 births/deaths

    May 26th births

    05-26-1884 - Charles Winninger - Athens, WI - d. 1-19-1969
    actor: Captain Henry "Show Boat"; Uncle Charlie "Uncle Charlie's Tent
    Show"
    05-26-1886 - Al Jolson - Srednick, Lithuania, Russia - d. 10-23-1950
    singer: (The Jazz Singer) "Shell Chateau"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    05-26-1887 - Paul Lukas - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-15-1971
    actor: Albert Einstein "Quick and the Dead"
    05-26-1893 - Edward MacHugh - Dundee, Scotland - d. 2-3-1957
    singer: "Gospel Singer"
    05-26-1893 - Eugene Goosens - London, England - d. 6-13-1962
    conductor: New York Philharmonic
    05-26-1895 - Norma Talmadge - Jersey City, NJ - d. 12-24-1957
    actor: "Thirty Minutes in Hollywood"
    05-26-1903 - Austin Armer - d. 2-11-1984
    flutist: KTAB Oakland, California
    05-26-1904 - George Formby - Lancashire, England - d. 3-6-1961
    singer, actor: "Manitoba Flood Relief Show"
    05-26-1905 - Fred MacKaye - Hackettstown, NJ - d. 9-10-1980
    actor, director: Monk Rice "Point Sublime"; "Lux Radio Theatre";
    "Romance"
    05-26-1905 - Margaret Fuller - Butler, PA - d. 1-6-1952
    actor: "Attorney At Law"; "Today's Children"
    05-26-1907 - John Wayne - Winterset, IA - d. 6-11-1979
    actor: Dan O'Brien "Three Sheets to the Wind"
    05-26-1908 - Robert Morley - Semley, England - d. 6-3-1992
    actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
    05-26-1908 - Vera Van - Marion, OH - d. 4-16-1992
    singer: "The George Jessel Show"; "The Vicks Open House"
    05-26-1909 - Richard Maibaum - NYC - d. 1-4-1991
    screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-26-1910 - Larry Rhine - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-27-2000
    writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-26-1911 - Ben Alexander - Goldfield, NV - d. 7-5-1969
    actor: Frank Smith "Dragnet"; Bashful Ben "Great Gildersleeve"
    05-26-1912 - Barbara Lee - Denver, CO - d. 11-11-1986
    actor: "Big Sister"; "Valiant Lady"; "Our Gal Sunday"
    05-26-1913 - Peter Chushing - Kenley, England - d. 8-11-1994
    actor: "Aliens in the Mind"
    05-26-1914 - Ziggy Elman - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-25-1968
    trumpet: "Benny Goodman Orchestra", "The Tommy Dorsey Show"
    05-26-1915 - Martin Stone - d. 6-7-1998
    producer: "Howdy Doody"; "Author Meets the Critic"
    05-26-1915 - Ray Austin - NYC - d. 6-24-1998
    composer/arranger for many big bands
    05-26-1915 - Sam Edwards - Macon, GA - d. 7-28-2004
    actor: Tracy Baker "One Man's Family"; Dexter Franklin "Meet Corliss
    Archer"
    05-26-1915 - Vernon Alley - d. 10-3-2004
    musician, disk jockey: San Francisco area
    05-26-1918 - John Dall - NYC - d. 1-15-1971
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Voice of the Army"
    05-26-1920 - Peggy Lee - Jamestown, ND - d. 1-21-2002
    singer: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Peggy Lee
    Show"
    05-26-1923 - James Arness - Minneapolis, MN
    announcer for station WLOL Minneapolis, Minnesota
    05-26-1923 - Roy Dotrice - Island of Guernsey, Channel Islands
    actor: Sir Gregory Pitkin "Men from the Ministry"
    05-26-1924 - Leonard Maguire - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 9-12-1997
    actor: "Navigator in the 7th Circle"; "Evening of Scottish Horrors"
    05-26-1928  - Eugene Dinovi - Brooklyn, NY
    composer, pianist: "Morningside"
    05-26-1931 - Chet Norris - Manhattan Beach, NY
    actor: "Tomnorrow Calling"; "Cisco Kid"; "ABC Radio Workshop"

    May 26th deaths

    01-15-1913 - Frank Derrick - Maywood, IL - d. 5-26-1999
    member of staff orchestra WBBM Chicago, Illinois
    02-01-1916 - Helen Walpole - Birmingham, AL - d. 5-26-1992
    actor: Sylvia Bardine "Just Plain Bill"; Frances "Lorenzo Jones"
    02-28-1914 - Jim Boles - Lubbock, TX - d. 5-26-1977
    actor: Doc Long "I Love A Mystery"; Fulmer Green "King's Row"
    03-15-1904 - George Brent - Dublin, Ireland - d. 5-26-1979
    actor, moderator: "Doctor Fights"; "Leave It to the Girls"; "Lux
    Radio Theatre"
    04-22-1906 - Eddie Albert - Rock Island, IL - d. 5-26-2005
    actor: Walter Mitty "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; "Eddie Albert Show"
    05-31-1901 - Joe Kelly - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 5-26-1959
    emcee, quizmaster: "National Barn Dance"; "Quiz Kids"
    06-13-1912 - Sam Taylor - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-2000
    writer: "Tales ofWillie Piper"
    07-08-1885- John Brinkley - Jackson County, NC - d. 5-26-1942
    the "goat gland doctor"
    07-24-1915 - Lloyd Marx - d. 5-26-1988
    composer, conductor: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Original Amateur Hour"
    08-15-1888 - Albert Spalding - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-1952
    violinist: "Forecast"; "Pause That Refreshes . . . On the Air"
    09-01-1925 - Colin Free - Sydney, Australia - d. 5-26-1996
    writer: "Brain Drain"
    09-08-1897 - Jimmie Rodgers - Meridian, MS - d. 5-26-1933
    singer: "The Singing Brakeman"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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