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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 426

Table Of Contents: 

	 [removed] Wells
	 SEARS RADIO THEATER Log
	 Red Skelton
	 Charles Beaumont
	 Yet again still more Karloff
	 Freberg on Bugs

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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 10:53:01 -0800
From: "Jeff Fuller" <Jefuller@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: [removed] Wells
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There's been a lot of talk lately on this digest about "War of the
Worlds."That's understandable, around Halloween time. But I have a
question. Is the broadcast on Mercury Theatre the only adaptation done on
radio of the [removed] Wells classic? I don't know of any other version. Did
other programs do one in perhaps a more traditional way, that [removed] Wells
may have approved of?

I did some research on the "panic" for an American history class I took in
college, and I came across some old newspaper articles that told [removed]
Wells' opinion of the broadcast. He was in his nineties and very ill at the
time, and so he had his agent issue a statement. He was actually rather
disappointed that Orson Welles would do his show in a way that would cause
such hysteria. Here is a direct quote from his agent, as it appeared in the
Washington Post, on November 1, 1938: "Mr. Wells personally is deeply
concerned that any work of his should be used in a way, and with totally
unwarranted liberty, to cause deep distress and alarm throughout the United
States."  But other arcticles suggest that although he was unhappy with the
show's outcome, he liked the idea of it. But I was wondering if any other
versions were done of his book that would meet his approval.

And while I bring up [removed] Wells adaptations, does anyone know how many
different presentations were done on radio of "The Time Machine." I know
that one was done on ESCAPE, and one on FAMILY THEATER, and yet another on
FAVORITE STORY. Are there any more I'm missing?

I am an [removed] Wells enthusiast as well as an avid OTR listener and would
like to get my hands on more of his radio plays.

Adam L. Fuller

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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 18:29:48 PST
From: passage@[removed] (Frank M Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: SEARS RADIO THEATER Log
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

               S E A R S   R A D I O   T H E A T E R
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                                 1979


First Show: 02-05-79                            Last Show: 08-03-79
Number Shows: 130                               Audition Show: none


Show Description:

THE SEARS RADIO THEATER, sponsored by the Sears & Roebuck Company,
was a radio anthology that included Westerns, comedy, mystery,
romance and adventure.  In fact, it devoted a night of the week to
each catagory.  The show ran Monday through Friday from Febuary 5,
1979 to August 3, 1979 and then repeated the entire series in it's
origional order from August 6, 1979 to Febuary 1, 1980.

Monday was "Western Night" and was hosted by Lorne Greene.  Tuesday
was "Comedy Night", hosted by Andy Griffith.  Wednesday was "Mystery
Night" with Vincent Price as host.  Thursday was "Love And Hate Night"
with Cicely Tyson doing honors as host.  Finally, Friday brought
"Adventure Night", first hosted by Richard Widmark and later by Howard
Duff.


List Comments:

The only catalog I found that even mentions a complete set of this show
was the McCoy catalog.  At this time, these shows are unavailable from
McCoy, since they were donated to the Edward R. Murrow School of 
Communications at Washington State University.  Gordon Payton listed 
those show that were hosted by Vincent Price on "Mystery Night".


List:

   Date      Num  Title                                   Src Key
   --------  ---  --------------------------------------  -------
   02-05-79    1  "Retribution"                           1
   02-06-79    2  "And Baby Makes Four"                   1
   02-07-79    3  "Hostages"                              12
   02-08-79    4  "Hildy"                                 1
   02-09-79    5  "The Choosing"                          1
   02-12-79    6  "Leavin' Cheyenne"                      1
   02-13-79    7  "Should Old Acquaintence Be Forgot"     1
   02-14-79    8  "The 13th Governess", by Elliot Lewis   12
   02-15-79    9  "This Home Is Dissolved"                1
   02-16-79   10  "Climb"                                 1
   02-19-79   11  "Final Fall"                            1
   02-20-79   12  "Troublemaker"                          1
   02-21-79   13  "Ouija Spells Murder"                   12
   02-22-79   14  "I Want Him Dead"                       1
   02-23-79   15  "Then There Were None"                  1
   02-26-79   16  "Afrso-Westener"                        1
   02-27-79   17  "Care and Feeding Of A Sex Symbol"      1
   02-28-79   18  "Wanda"                                 12
   03-01-79   19  "Long Night"                            1
   03-02-79   20  "McGuffey Connection"                   1
   03-05-79   21  "Lady and the Outlaw"                   1
   03-06-79   22  "Oh, Brothers"                          1
   03-07-79   23  "Carmilla"                              12
   03-08-79   24  "No Greater Dream"                      1
   03-09-79   25  "The Tough Guy"                         1
   03-12-79   26  "Powder River Policy"                   1
   03-13-79   27  "Where Guardian Angels Fear to Tread"   1
   03-14-79   28  "Going Home"                            12
   03-15-79   29  "Sometime Every Summertime"             1
   03-16-79   30  "Wrath of Zeus"                         1
   03-19-79   31  "Female of the Species"                 1
   03-20-79   32  "Getting Drafted"                       1
   03-21-79   33  "Mushrooms, Darling"                    12
   03-22-79   34  "An Honest Man"                         1
   03-23-79   35  "Mercenaries"                           1
   03-26-79   36  "Ace-in-the-Hole"                       1
   03-27-79   37  "Terrible Dream of Mr. Glitch"          1
   03-28-79   38  "Cajun Death"                           12
   03-29-79   39  "First Star Tonight"                    1
   03-30-79   40  "Flight of the Starbird"                1
   04-02-79   41  "Conspirators at the Golden Gate"       1
   04-03-79   42  "As You Wish"                           1
   04-04-79   43  "Improvisation"                         12
   04-05-79   44  "A Matter of Priorities"                1
   04-06-79   45  "A Short History of Bac Ha"             1
   04-09-79   46  "Out In Colorado"                       1
   04-10-79   47  "Fontaine Harris, LeBaron de Paree"     1
   04-11-79   48  "Man That Cried Wolf"                   12
   04-12-79   49  "My Hero"                               1
   04-13-79   50  "Curse of Princess Christy"             1
   04-16-79   51  "Duke of Nevers"                        1
   04-17-79   52  "Hizzoner Hamlet"                       1
   04-18-79   53  "The Old Boy"                           12
   04-19-79   54  "Season of Glad Songs"                  1
   04-20-79   55  "Bruja"                                 1
   04-23-79   56  "Abilene"                               1
   04-24-79   57  "Here's Henry Morgan"                   1
   04-25-79   58  "Sabbatical"                            12
   04-26-79   59  "Baby, Baby"                            1
   04-27-79   60  "Odyssey of the Vigilant"               1
   04-30-79   61  "Henry "Box" Brown"                     1
   05-01-79   62  "Guess Who's Coming to California?"     1
   05-02-79   63  "Miniatures"                            12
   05-03-79   64  "Other Grandmother"                     1
   05-04-79   65  "Anne Bonny's Gold"                     1
   05-07-79   66  "The Lovers"                            1
   05-08-79   67  "Here's Morgan Again", by Henry Morgan  1
   05-09-79   68  "The Assassin"                          12
   05-10-79   69  "Overnight Guest"                       1
   05-11-79   70  "Milwaukee Deep"                        1
   05-14-79   71  "Bull Story"                            1
   05-15-79   72  "A Very Nice Couple"                    1
   05-16-79   73  "The Nightmare"                         12
   05-17-79   74  "Mr. Chan"                              1
   05-18-79   75  "Country of Fear"                       1
   05-21-79   76  "The Legend"                            1
   05-22-79   77  "Here's Morgan, One More Time"          1
                     by H. Morgan
   05-23-79   78  "A Test Of Love"                        12
   05-24-79   79  "Muncy's Mob"                           1
   05-25-79   80  "The Lone Voyager"                      1
   05-28-79   81  "Neither Rain, Nor Snow"                1
   05-29-79   82  "Strange Affliction", by Norman Corwin  1
   05-30-79   83  "A Leading Case"                        12
   05-31-79   84  "The Great March"                       1
   06-01-79   85  "McDuffey's Hong Kong Connection"       1
   06-04-79   86  "A Poor Orphan Girl"                    1
   06-05-79   87  "Quartet In Nothing Flat"               1
   06-06-79   88  "A Whisper In My Ear"                   12
   06-07-79   89  "A Sense of Pride"                      1
   06-08-79   90  "White Out"                             1
   06-11-79   91  "Cottonwood"                            1
   06-12-79   92  "Last Resort"                           1
   06-13-79   93  "Perfect Hostess"                       12
   06-14-79   94  "A Piece of Flesh"                      1
   06-15-79   95  "American Family Robinson"              1
   06-18-79   96  "Incident at Red Butte"                 1
   06-19-79   97  "Advancement of Vern Berwick"           1
   06-20-79   98  "Anniversary"                           12
   06-21-79   99  "Who's Who?"                            1
   06-22-79  100  "A Brief Case of Trouble"               1
   06-25-79  101  "Old Bones"                             1
   06-26-79  102  "A Weekend Pass"                        1
   06-27-79  103  "A Game of Cat and Mouse"               12
   06-28-79  104  "Hamster Caper of Curtis Cleever"       1
   06-29-79  105  "Shah Namah"                            1
   07-02-79  106  "The Panther"                           1
   07-03-79  107  "Here Comes the Bride, Again!"          1
   07-04-79  108  "Melissa"                               12
   07-05-79  109  "Billy D. Burton"                       1
   07-06-79  110  "Vienna Three and Four"                 1
   07-09-79  111  "Katie MacBeth"                         1
   07-10-79  112  "Jack and the Energy Crunch"            1
   07-11-79  113  "Girl on the Billboard"                 12
   07-12-79  114  "Spring Cleaning"                       1
   07-13-79  115  "Two Faces of Evil"                     1
   07-16-79  116  "Punishment and Crime"                  1
   07-17-79  117  "Crown Jewels of Grandomir"             1
   07-18-79  118  "Joke's on Guess Who?"                  12
   07-19-79  119  "Survival"                              1
   07-20-79  120  "The Visit"                             1
   07-23-79  121  "Uncle Zora Comes to the Pig Festival"  1
   07-24-79  122  "Fontaine Harris in Hollywood"          1
   07-25-79  123  "The Ransom"                            12
   07-26-79  124  "Reunion"                               1
   07-27-79  125  "Value of a Hunch"                      1
   07-30-79  126  "Trooper Lopez"                         1
   07-31-79  127  "Baldie"                                1
   08-01-79  128  "Voodoo Lady"                           12
   08-02-79  129  "Writer's Block"                        1
   08-03-79  130  "A Short History of Bac Ha"             1
                      last show, repeat of 04-06-79


Information Sources:

The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor
and club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.

Key Source
--- ----------------------------------------------------------------
 1  McCoy's Recordings, PO Box 1069, Richland, Wash. 99352
 2  Gordon R. Payton, 119 E. Cuthbert Blvd., Bldg. "O", #3, Westmont,
    NJ 08108-1829

To be fair to all, this is not an endorsement of the above vendors
and clubs.  I receive nothing by mentioning them.  They help keep
OTR alive.  Please support them.


Other Logs:

This log is meant as a check list and source guide and is based on
vendor catalogs.  Other, more detailed, logs are available from:

* SEARS RADIO THEATER Log, Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, Ct 06514


Last Update: 11-03-96


I retain copyright, but this log may be freely copied provided that
the text is unchanged.  Please send error corrections or additional
information to:   Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road, Verona, NJ 07044
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Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 19:45:59 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Red Skelton
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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I received this request at my web site. If there are any Red Skelton fans
who can help, or if anyone knows of any site, then email Jerry directly.

>
>Is there anywhere on the net that I could find more information about
>Red Skelton and his down and out clown character 'Freddy the
>FreeLoader'? I would really like to find photos, radio bites and
>television or movie clips. Can you help?
>

Email Jerry at:
jerryf@[removed]

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Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]


                                                 

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Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 20:12:12 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Charles Beaumont
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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Dick Lupoff writes:
>Now, Beaumont was a well-known science fiction writer and former science
>fiction fan, real name Charles V. McNutt. But who the heck was OCee Ritch?
>

Actually, Beaumont's original name was Charles NUTT, not McNutt.  He
actually legally changed his name to Beaumont later, so that is his real
name, not just a pseudonym.


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Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]


                                                 

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Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 22:15:28 -0500 (EST)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Yet again still more Karloff
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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	I have a lovely 10" piece taken from a longer show (hosted by Feg
Murray, a sports writer (?)) from WJZ around 1938.  Ozzie Nelson is the 
band leader and Harriet Hilliard the vocalist.  Guest for the segment 
are the 2 horror men, Boris and Bela.  Karloff reads a sappy poem about a 
Scotty dog, then there seems to be a vocalist cut out, and the fright duo 
team up for song called "Horrible Men". The song demonstrates why neither 
appeared in a musical.
	Other Karloff OTR that's available:
		Lights Out "The Dream" 1938
		Fred Allen  11/18/45 "Fred Rents Haunted House"
and somewhere in my musty, cluttered, and disorganized archives a 30" show, 
maybe an audition show, called something like "30 Minutes to Go" in which 
BK is sitting on Death Row and remembering how he got there.

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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 00:41:21 -0800
From: heronimous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Freberg on Bugs
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Was watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon today and noticed June Foray and STan 
Freberg's names listed on the credits under "additional voices." Anyone 
know what characters they played? Freberg is one of my favourites; sure 
wish I could get his radio show, which, AFAIK, isn't carried in Canada.

Mark Reesor
heronimous@[removed]



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