 
	********************************************************
                      ------   # NOTE #   -------
SEE INFO SECTION AT END OF THIS DIGEST FOR UNSUBSCRIBE AND OTHER INFORMATION. 
		====  INFO SECTION UPDATED 8/19/95  ====
	********************************************************

	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 448


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Radio show sources
	 Macabre log
	 RE: Help!
	  Essential programs
	 Essential OTR Drama
	 Early color TV
	 RCI off the air

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 95 07:59:10 -0400
From: "DONALD L. TAYLOR" <lebaron@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Radio show sources
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I have been collecting old radios for a number of years but I am new at 
collecting tapes of old time radio shows. I have a few that I came across 
in the process of collecting radios but I do not know where I can get a 
good variety. I am particularly interested in comedy mystery and the old 
west. I will appreciate any suggestions about sources
May God bless you richly
Donald L. Taylor (Proverbs 3:5,6)
lebaron@[removed]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:46:54 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Macabre log
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                                 M A C A B R E
                                 -------------
 
                                  1961 - 1962
 
 
     First Show: 11-13-61                              Last Show: 01-08-62
     Number Shows: 8                               Audition Show: none
 
 
     Show Description:
 
     MACABRE was produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service.  The entire
     series consists of only 8 shows.  
 
 
     List Comments:
 
     Ed Carr's catalog was the only one that I found any inforamtion about
     this show.  Thanks to Bob Burnham's comments in the Internet OTR 
     Digest, we have verification that it was an AFRS-produced show.
 
 
     List:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
         11-13-61    1  "Final Resting Place"                 1
         11-20-61    2  "Weekend"                             1
         11-27-61    3  "The Man In The Mirror"               1
         12-04-61    4  "The House In The Garden"             1
         12-11-61    5  "The Midnight Horseman"               1
         12-18-61    6  "The Avenger"                         1
         01-01-62    7  "The Crystalline Man"                 1
         01-08-62    8  "The Edge Of Evil" (Last show)        1
 
 
     Information Sources:
 
     The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor
     and club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.
 
         Key  Source
         ---  ----------------------------------------------------------
          1   Ed Carr
 
     Although I have had favorable dealings with some of the above, to be
     fair to all, this is not an endorsement of them. I receive nothing by
     mentioning them.
 
 
     Last Update: 12-12-95
 
 
     Although I retain copyright, this log may be freely copied provided
     that the text is unchanged.  Please share it with fellow OTR lovers.
 
     I would greatly appreciate any error corrections or additional
     information. Please send them to: Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road,
     Verona, NJ 07044 or via e-mail to passage@[removed]

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 10:18:24 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: Help!
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,
 
Tim S. Turner <Lynchmob17@[removed]> wrote:
 
> Howdy, everybody.  I need all the information I can get on the follow-
> ing shows:
> 
> Philo Vance
> Shadow of Fu Manchu
> Dark Venture
> Hermit's Cave
> Light's Out
 
Here's a little info to get you started.
 
Dark Venture: A 1940's mystery / thriller series. 
 
Hermit's Cave: The Hermit's Cave was an imitator of The Inner Sanctum, but 
unlike Sanctum, this show told stories of genuine supernatural horror without 
any contrived explaining away of the fantasy element. There doesn't seem to 
be a lot of shows listed in various catalogs, but some list episode numbers 
as high as 509, so there _should_ be lots. No catalogs showe dates. It was 
syndicated and may have started around 1941.
 
Light's Out: Said to be radio's ultimate horror show, it was created by 
Willis Cooper, first appeared in 1934 over WENR in Chicago. By April of 1935 
it had opened up on NBC.  Arch took over in 1936. After about two years, 
Oboler left to do his "Plays" series.  After he left, Lights Out became 
nationally popular, so he came back in 1942, and it ran until 1943.  Lights 
Out was heard again in the summers of 1945 and 1946, and on Mutual in 1947.  
 
Frank

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 14:38:25 -0500
From: Michael Psarakis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject:  Essential programs
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I have been following the list of essential shows and
certainly can't argue with the selections.  However, I
am surprised that no one has mentioned (that I've seen)
my two favorite shows of all time  -  the SUSPENSE
episode entitled "The Hitchhiker" with Orson Welles 
and a series (?) called BEYOND TOMORROW with the
episode entitled "Incident at Switchpath".

Other favorites that need to be heard if possible:

Amos and Andy  -  Kingfish sells Andy a house with no lot (1948)
Burns and Allen  -  Gracie tries to adopt Mickey Rooney (1949)
Duffy's Tavern  -  Archie is drafted (1951)
Phil Harris  -  Phil gets called to jury duty (1949)

Sam Spade  -  The Queen Bee Caper (1949)
Nero Wolfe  -  Dear Dead Lady (1950)
Mr. Keen  -  The Girl Who Sang Too Well (1944)

Shadow  -  League of Terror (1938)
Shadow  -  Society of the Living Dead (1938)
Shadow  -  They Kill With a Silver Hatchet (1946)
Shadow  -  The Nursery Rhyme Murders (1948)

Inner Sanctum  -  Jane Carter (1940's)
Inner Sanctum  -  Birdsong for a Murderer (1945)
Hall of Fantasy  -  Dance of the Devil Dolls (1953).

Just a few of really good OTR shows and there are too many
more to name.  But if you want to get someone hooked on OTR,
just let them hear the classics previously mentioned plus these
above and they won't be able to resist.

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 14:38:13 -0600
From: Richard Veit <Richard_Veit@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Essential OTR Drama
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                       Subject:                               Time:2:=
35 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Essential OTR Drama                    Date:12=
/13/95

I enjoy radio=D5s comedies, westerns, crime shows, soap operas, and s=
cience
fiction as much as the next guy, but I also love the great dramatic
anthologies -- particularly those which industry ratings once classif=
ied as
=D2Prestige [removed] For the benefit of novice collectors with a tas=
te for
dramatized screenplays and literature, here (grouped by series title)=
 are a
few of my suggestions for =D2essential=D3 listening:

=A5=D2The Magnificent Ambersons=D3 with Orson Welles and Walter Husto=
n (Campbell=D5s
Playhouse, 10/29/39) ORSON=D5S =D2OTHER=D3 FILM, BROUGHT TO THE AIR W=
ITH TYPICAL
WELLESIAN FLAIR
=A5=D2Brave New World=D3 (CBS Radio Workshop, 1/12/56 and 2/3/56) WRY=
LY FRIGHTENING
-- AND NARRATED BY ALDOUS HUXLEY!
=A5=D2A Tree Grows in Brooklyn=D3 with Connie Marshall and James Dunn=
 (Hallmark
Playhouse, 4/28/49) DISTILLS BETTY SMITH=D5S NOVEL TO A POIGNANT HALF=
-HOUR OF
RADIO
=A5=D2The Clock=D3 with Judy Garland and John Hodiak (Lux Radio Theat=
re, 1/28/46)
SENTIMENTAL BUT ENDEARING TALE OF A WHIRLWIND WARTIME ROMANCE
=A5=D2The Day the Earth Stood Still=D3 with Michael Rennie and Jean P=
eters (Lux
Radio Theatre, 1/4/54) FALLS SHORT OF THE MOVIE, BUT STILL EFFECTIVE
=A5=D2It=D5s a Wonderful Life=D3 with James Stewart, Donna Reed, and =
Victor Moore (Lux
Radio Theatre, 3/10/47) NEARLY AS FINE AS THE MOVIE, WITH THE ADDED A=
TTRACTION
OF AUDIENCE RESPONSE! (AVOID NBC=D5S DISMAL 30-MINUTE VERSION)
=A5=D2Mrs. Miniver=D3 with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon (Lux Radio=
 Theatre,
12/6/43) WITH A STIFF UPPER LIP, IT FAITHFULLY RECREATES THE OSCAR-WI=
NNING
FILM
=A5=D2National Velvet=D3 with Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney (Lux=
 Radio Theatre,
2/3/47) SOUND EFFECTS AND CHARISMATIC STARS MAKE THIS ONE A SURE WINN=
ER
=A5=D2Our Town=D3 with William Holden, Martha Scott, and Frank Craven=
 (Lux Radio
Theatre, 5/6/40) BEAUTIFULLY ACTED =D2PREVIEW=D3 OF THAT YEAR=D5S FIL=
M VERSION OF
THE THORNTON WILDER PLAY
=A5=D2The War of the Worlds=D3 with Orson Welles (Mercury Theatre, 10=
/30/38) SO
MASTERFULLY CRAFTED THAT IT STILL PACKS A WALLOP
=A5=D2The Best Years of Our Lives=D3 with Dana Andrews and Janet Wald=
o (Screen
Directors=D5 Playhouse, 4/17/49) =D2IMPOSSIBLY=D3 TRUNCATED TO 30 MIN=
UTES, BUT IT
WORKS!
=A5=D2The Human Comedy=D3 with Mickey Rooney (Screen Directors=D5 Pla=
yhouse, 9/9/49)
WILLIAM SAROYAN=D5S TOUCHING SLICE OF AMERICANA
=A5=D2Ah, Wilderness=D3 with Don Herrin and Everett Sloane (Studio On=
e, 7/15/47)
LIGHTWEIGHT BUT ENTERTAINING TREATMENT OF THE EUGENE O=D5NEILL PLAY
=A5=D2The Red Badge of Courage=D3 with John Sylvester and Everett Slo=
ane (Studio
One, 6/10/47) VIVID DEPICTION OF CRANE=D5S CIVIL WAR NOVEL=20

The sheer quality of Lux Radio Theatre (week after week for 926 shows=
) is
simply astonishing -- without question the Cadillac of radio drama! A=
s a
trusty tourguide, you=D5ll want to secure a copy of Jay Hickerson=
=D5s helpful,
cross-referenced log (Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514). Then, for those wh=
o just
can=D5t get enough Lux Radio Theatre, there=D5s the 739-page book =
=D2Lux Presents
Hollywood=D3 by Connie Billips and Arthur Pierce. It=D5s a bit pricey=
 ($85, plus
postage), but worth every penny if you=D5re an LRT devot=8Ee. =D2Lux =
Presents
Hollywood=D3 is available from McFarland & Company, Inc., Box 611, Je=
fferson, NC
28640 (or call 910-246-4460).

[If any of you were in the studio audience during an actual Lux Radio=
 Theatre
broadcast, it would be fascinating to see your recollections!]

Dick Veit

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 16:50:17 +0001 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Early color TV
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 05:37:12 -0400 (EDT)
> From: WMACKEY@[removed]
> To: otr <otr@[removed]>
> Subject: Jack Benny movie/tv
> Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> As for Jack's tv show being re-run, I wonder if this might not have 
> something to do with syndication rights, perhaps the cost of the show, etc.
> As for his show being in colour.  CBS had few shows in colour at the 
> time, unless a special.  Colour was rare until about 1967, and then a big 
> deal of made of the being being "in colour" at the beginning.  Now his 
> later specials were in colour, since by then that was standard fare.

NBC, which was owned by RCA, which developed compatible color TV, was 
running almost all shows in color by about 1960.  The other two networks 
went all color in 1965 or 66, when Nielson ratings began to show that 
color made a difference in a show's ratings.  They even re-shot some 
pilots which had originally been shot in B&W.
  
> Also his shows were filmed rather than taped.  Early videotape didn't do 
> colour very well, if at all.  I remember seeing a re-run of a Howdy Dowdy 
> show that was orginally in colour but on tape it was b/w.

I have several of those.  But they weren't taped off the air, they were 
kinescoped, [removed] filmed from a monitor, and that was done in black and 
white.  The films were transferred to tape later.  Howdy Doody began 
regular colorcasts in the fall of 1955 and continued in color until it 
went off the air in September 1960.  But so far as I know, the only one 
of those shows that is actually around now in color is a portion of the 
last show.  This was in a private collection somehow and was obtained for 
use in the 1987 40th anniversary special.

======================================================================
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
======================================================================

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 18:24:48 -0500
From: Charles Mazza <flash@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RCI off the air
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Sad news for all OTR fans around the world. It was announced today that RCI
will be shut down on March 31, 1996. It has been in operation for 50 years
and the government has decided that in these times of fiscal restraint they
could no longer justify the almost $200 Million annual expense. Unfortunate
for all OTR fans that caught the Saterday evening broadcast elsewhere in the
world.

Regards

Charles Mazza

------------------------------

    


    ****  END OF ARTICLE SECTION - INFORMATION BOILERPLATE FOLLOWS ****

1) Contacting the list administrator.
2) Unsubscribing from this list
3) Receive a DIGEST READING TIPS file
4) AIRWAVES web page
5) Shareware Notice 
6) Redistribution of [removed]

1)  The [removed] maintainer can be reached at EDITOR@[removed]

2) To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send email to
[removed]@[removed] and place the word UNSUBSCRIBE
alone on the Subject: line of your request.  The body of
request mail is ignored by the server.  If you are unable to
unsubscribe using this method, and you are SURE you are doing
everything right, then (and only then) contact the administrator
(wdp@[removed]) for assistance.  Please send along the headers of
any problem mail for diagnostics.  

	* PLEASE Never send unsub messages to the list! *

3) If reading email digests like this one is difficult or time
consuming,  write for a file called *The Fine Art Of Reading and
Replying To Email Digests*  It contains tips on scanning digests and
making replies easier and more concise.  To recieve this file, send
email to digest-tips@[removed] and use the subject line of *Digest
Tips*.  

4) AIRWAVES  maintains a very busy web page containing many media-related 
links and files. Our URL is:  [removed]~rrb/

5) [removed] is brought to you as shareware.  Net 
connectivity and other expenses are paid out of personal funds of the
list maintainer.  If this list is of value to you, please support it
by sending in whatever amount you can afford, to help defray costs.
Suggested amount is [removed] a year (less than [removed] a month), but any
amount (more or less) is fine. This is a free-will donation and nobody
will be removed from the list because they cannot, or choose not to,
pay.

Our mailing address is PO Box 8746 Springfield Mo 65801. Make any
checks out to William Pfeiffer. 

6) If you are redistributing [removed] in any form, you must
contact the list owner for permission.  Generally permission is given,
free of charge, for non-commercial electronic distribution.
Commercial distribution rights are available under very reasonable
terms.



---- 
End of [removed] Digest V95 Issue #448

