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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 167
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Name that show? [ JE Purvis <hqsouth@[removed]; ]
Last Years of Network Radio [ "Morris Joseph" <mjoseph55@hotmail. ]
Superman on the air [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
Re: Arnold Stang [ "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser@[removed] ]
Re: Transferring wire recordings [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
Suspense/Orson Welles [ "Donald" <alanladdsr@[removed]; ]
6-18 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:50:09 -0400
From: JE Purvis <hqsouth@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Name that show?
Hi gang --
I'm looking for a show and the date it ran, but I can't seem
to remember what series it was from. It might have been
Jack Benny. It was called "The Murder of the Burma-Shave Poet."
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks for the help.
Jerry Purvis
"Good day -- probably."
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:18:16 -0400
From: "Morris Joseph" <mjoseph55@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Last Years of Network Radio
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I am presently reading "Say Goodnight Gracie, the Last Years of
Network Radio" by Jim Cox. What a wonderful collection of memories,
having grown up in the 1950's clinging to radio for entertainment
since our family did not obtain a TV set until 1960. I remember the
disappointment I experienced each time I turned on the radio to the
station at the appointed day, time and station only to realize that
the familiar program had left the air, never to return.
I wanted to mention some programming of the 1950's that Jim seemed to
have overlooked.
Most of the attention is focused on CBS and NBC and rightfully so,
since ABC basically abandoned
radio comedy and drama by the 1950's. However, it is interesting to
note that the Mutual network maintained an hour of drama each
weeknight from 8-9PM EST up to the year 1957. Thus, Family Theater was
not the only Mutual drama still being aired in the mid 1950's.
I used to look forward to these shows each night. As I recall, the
schedule was as follows:
Mondays: True Detective Mysteries; The Lives of Harry Lime or Danger
with Granger
Tuesdays: Treasury Agent; The Scarlet Pimpernel
Wednesdays: Gangbusters; Horatio Hornblower
Thursdays: Official Detective; It's A Crime, Mr Collins
Fridays: Counterspy or Crime Fighters; City Editor.
Mutual deserves some credit for keeping these shows on the air as late
as 1957.
Jim has also overlooked an ABC attempt at weeknight drama in the mid
1950's at 7:30PM EST with a series called "Mystery Time". I can
recall only three of the five programs featured and they are: Masters
of Mystery, Police Blotter, and Mike [removed] Eye.
Unfortunately the series
lasted for only a short time.
Orson Welles starred in a couple of noteworthy series produced in
England by Harry Allan Towers
and heard on American radio in the early 1950's: Lives of Harry Lime
and The Black Museum.
Other programs not mentioned in the book include the CBS drama series
"Indictment" and the Sunday afternoon CBS music-variety series, "The
Woolworth Hour". The CBS comedy series
"My Son Jeep" aired on weeknights for a short time. There was also a
music program called "Juke Box Jury" in which a panel would vote on
newly released records, declaring them to be a "hit" or a "miss".
Lastly, Henry Morgan hosted a short-lived panel show called "Says Who"
on Sunday evening on CBS. Although these programs had short lives,
they represented attempts by the networks to keep this type of
programming alive.
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:18:30 -0400
From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Superman on the air
"A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed]; mentioned:
> The documentary on the Man of Steel aired on A & E a few evenings
> ago, and is due out on DVD soon.
It's also due to be repeated this Saturday afternoon at 1 PM Eastern
TIme.
There is a very good accounting of the contributions of the Superman
Radio series to the character's development at
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:46:22 -0400
From: "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Arnold Stang
He may have been dopy looking, but as Francis the stagehand, he got
off some really great insult lines against Uncle Miltie. Berle was
reduced to being Stang's straight man.
So THAT'S what happened to him! I always wondered why "Francis" suddenly
disappeared from the Berle show. Even as a grade-schooler, I was getting a
bit tired of Uncle Miltie after a few years. But when Francis came on
board, I watched it just to see him. Berle, however, was known to resent
any upstaging. Stang, who was obviously doing just that on Berle's own
show, must have been another victim of Berle's ego.
I wonder how many others stopped watching after "Arnold" left.
Paula Keiser
Morrisville, PA
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:51:53 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Transferring wire recordings
At 12:18 AM 6/16/2006, you wrote:
I have a Webster-Chicago 80-1 wire recorder and wondering which
type cable to use?
Gareth
It has been years since I looked at a wire recorder, but I think it
might have an headset jack. Probably a 1/4" jack for plugging in a
headset (earphones). You can find an adapter at Radio Shack to
convert the 1/4 jack to a mini plug and then run it into your sound
card of your computer.
Also look on the back of the recorder for anything that says "out".
Maybe line out or speaker out. If there is a speaker out, it is
probably a strange looking plug. I seem to remember that some early
recorders used two or three prong plugs for speaker outputs.
If you do use the speaker out, make sure you turn down the volume.
The output from a speaker out is much more volume than your sound
card needs and it is possible that you could blow out your sound card.
I'd start by trying to find some kind of line out or a headset out.
Email me directly if you have any questions about any of this.
Fred
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:52:07 -0400
From: "Donald" <alanladdsr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Suspense/Orson Welles
I was listening to some Suspense yesterday, particularly
5/1/47, "Lady In Distress" with Ava Gardner. I noted a small unbilled cameo
(just a few lines) from Orson Welles! I have not seen this mentioned in any
of the Suspense logs or books on the show. Surely I am not
the first to note this??
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:13:17 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-18 births/deaths
June 18th births
06-18-1885 - Ernie Adams - San Francisco, CA - d. 11-26-1947
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-18-1897 - Alan MacAteer - d. 6-xx-1986
actor: Pop, the stage doorman "Backstage Wife"
06-18-1897 - Henry Wadsworth - Maysville, KY - d. 12-5-1974
actor: Alabama Randall "Jane Arden"
06-18-1898 - Carleton Hobbs - Farnborough, England - d. 7-31-1978
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Saturday Night Theatre, Children's Hour"
06-18-1898 - Francis 'Dink' Trout - Beardstown, IL - d. 3-26-1950
actor: Binney Waldo "Life of Riley"; Mr. Anderson "A Day in the Life
of Dennis Day"
06-18-1902 - Tom Breneman - Waynesboro, PA - d. 4-28-1948
emcee: "Breakfast at Sardi's/in Hollywood"; "My Secret Ambition"
06-18-1903 - Jeanette MacDonald - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-14-1965
singer: "Nobody's Children"; "Vicks Open House"; "Campbell Playhouse"
06-18-1904 - Keye Luke - Canton, China - d. 1-12-1991
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Image Minorities"
06-18-1906 - Kay Kyser - Rocky Mt., NC - d. 7-23-1985
bandleader, emcee: (The Old Perfessor) "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
06-18-1906 - Ray Bauduc - New Orleans, LA - d. 1-8-1988
drummer, composer: "The Bob Crosby Show"
06-18-1908 - Clayton "Bud" Collyer - NYC - d. 9-8-1969
actor, announcer: Clark Kent/Superman "Advs. of Superman"; "Cavalcade
of America"
06-18-1908 - Elmore Vincent - d. 3-27-2000
actor: Phineas Peabody "Lum and Abner"
06-18-1910 - Betty Mandeville - Minneapolis, MN - d. 6-14-2001
producer, director: "The FBI in Peace and War"; "Take It or Leave It"
06-18-1910 - Dick Foran - Flemington, NJ - d. 8-10-1979
singer: (The Singing Cowboy) "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
06-18-1910 - [removed] Marshall - Owatonna, MN - d. 8-25-1998
narrator: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
06-18-1910 - Ray McKinley - Fort Worth, TX - d. 5-7-1995
bandleader, vocalist: Co-leader of the Glen Miller Band
06-18-1910 - Russ Hodges - Dayton, TN - d. 4-19-1971
sportscaster: NY/SF Giants play-by-play
06-18-1911 - Babe Russin - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 8-4-1984
tenor sax: "The Ipana Troubadors"
06-18-1913 - Sammy Cahn - NYC - d. 1-15-1993
lyricist: "You Bet Your Life"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"; "Monitor"
06-18-1917 - Richard Boone - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-10-1981
actor: "Dragnet"
06-18-1919 - Ed Simmons - d. 5-18-1998
writer, director: "The Martin and Lewis Show"; "The Quiz Kids"
06-18-1919 - Mel Brandt - Brooklyn, NY
announcer: "Advs. of Frank Merriwell"
June 18th deaths
03-19-1923 - Pamela Britton - Milwaukee, WI - d. 6-18-1974
actor: "Luncheon at Sardi's"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-15-1923 - Doris Dowling - Detroit, MI - d. 6-18-2004
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-27-1912 - John Cheever - Quincy, MA - d. 6-18-1982
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
06-01-1922 - Joan Caulfield - East Orange, NJ - d. 6-18-1991
actor: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Great Scenes from Great Plays"
06-17-1894 - Harold Levey - NYC - d. 6-18-1967
composer, conductor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
06-19-1928 - Nancy Marchand - Buffalo, NY - d. 6-18-2000
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "A Private Space"
07-10-1905 - Thomas Gomez - NYC - d. 6-18-1971
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-15-1879 - Ethel Barrymore - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-18-1959
actor: Hattie Thompson "Miss Hattie"
08-21-1924 - Jack Buck - Holyoke, MA - d. 6-18-2002
baseball broadcaster: St. Louis Cardinals
09-25-1926 - John Ericson - Dusseldorf, Germany - d. 6-18-1972
actor: "Stars On Parade"
11-01-1908 - Felix Knight - Macon, GA - d. 6-18-1998
singer: "Schaefer Revue"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
11-03-1902 - Milt Herth - Kenosha, WI - d. 6-18-1969
organist: (Milt Herth Trio) "Hollywood News"; "Al Pearce"
11-15-1908 - Bill Anson - Chicago, IL - d. 6-18-1983
actor, composer: "Paul Whiteman"; "Play Broadcast"
12-01-1917 - William Tracy - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-18-1967
actor: Roosty "Roosty of the AAF"
12-05-1892 - Al Boasberg - Buffalo, NY - d. 6-18-1937
writer: "Jack Benny Program"
xx-xx-xxxx - Rosemarie Brancato - d. 6-18-1994
operatic soprano: "Twin Sisters"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Home state of Les Paul
Waukesha, Wisconsin (My birth place)
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