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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 262
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  8-30 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Opry vs. Barn Dance                   [ Michael Shoshani <mshoshani@sbcglob ]
  Who was that striped man, anyway?     [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  Les Paul                              [ "Henry R. Hinkel" <hinkel@[removed] ]
  Don Wilson ... I mean Don Winslow     [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
  Mysterious Traveler                   [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  A long wait                           [ Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed]; ]
  Burns and Allen get an agent          [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
  Re: Searching for a Song              [ <jdolnick@[removed]; ]
  WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio"      [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
  FOTR, Newark (or, JB Is Mergatroyed.  [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
  Hunh? How's that again?               [ "WILLIS G Saunders" <saunders8@veri ]
  Dr. [removed]                              [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  OTR Program                           [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  Re: Catch Phrases                     [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
  Religous Radio Broadcasters           [ seandd@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:33:18 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  8-30 births/deaths

August 30th births

08-30-1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly - London, England - d. 2-1-1851
creator of Frankenstein: "Suspense"; "The Weird Circle"
08-30-1879 - Fritzi Scheff - Vienna, Austria - d. 4-8-1954
prima donna: "Lavender and Old Lace"; "The Philco Hour"
08-30-1887 - Eduardo Ciannelli - Island of Ischia, Italy - d. 10-8-1969
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-30-1896 - Raymond Massey - Toronto,  - d. 7-29-1983
actor, host: "Doctor Fights"; "Harvest of Stars"
08-30-1898 - Shirley Booth - New York City, NY - d. 10-16-1992
actress: Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"; "Hogan's Daughter"; "Strictly Business"
08-30-1901 - John Gunther - Chicago, IL - d. 5-29-1970
writer: "Information, Please";"America's Town Meeting of the Air"; "Royal
Gelatin Hour"
08-30-1902 - Ray Bloch - Alsace-Lorraine, France - d. 3-29-1982
conductor: "Milton Berle Show"; "Take It or Leave It"; "Johnny Presents"
08-30-1903 - Jack Bundy - Milwaukee, WI - d. 11-xx-1973
bandleader: "Heinie and the Grenadiers"
08-30-1905 - Sarah Selby - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-7-1980
actress: Grace Graves "Junior Miss"; Wife "My Mother's Husband"
08-30-1906 - Joan Blondell - New York City, NY - d. 12-25-1979
actress: Mary Vance "Miss Pinkerton, Inc."
08-30-1908 - Fred MacMurray - Kankakee, IL (Raised: Beaver Dam, WI) - d.
11-5-1991
actor: George Harvey "Bright Star"; "Lux Radio Theatre
08-30-1908 - Willie Bryant - New Orleans, LA - d. 2-9-1964
host: "Night Life"
08-30-1910 - Elinor Harriot - Duluth, MN - d. 6-10-2000
actress: Ruby Taylor "Amos 'n' Andy"; Sally Gibbons "Story of Mary Marlin"
08-30-1914 - Frank Latourette - d. 5-xx-1985
creator of "Hollywood Byline"
08-30-1914 - Julie Bishop - Denver, CO - d. 8-30-2001
actress: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-30-1917 - Dan Enright - d. 5-22-1992
producer: "Put Up or Shut Up"; "Brain Train"; "Juvenile Jury"; "Life Begins
at 80"
08-30-1918 - Ted Williams, San Diego, CA - d. 7-5-2002
baseball superstar: Several interview shows
08-30-1919 - Kitty Wells - Nashville, TN
singer: "Louisiana Hayride"
08-30-1939 - John Peel - Heswall, England - d. 10-25-2004
disc jockey: "The Perfumed Garden"; "Top Gear"
08-30-1941 - Sue Mac Gregor - Oxford, England
announcer, producer: "The World at One"; "Woman's Hour"; "Today"; "PM"

August 30th deaths

01-23-1926 - Lyn Osborn - Wichita Falls, TX - d. 8-30-1958
actor: Cadet Happy "Space Patrol"
02-16-1926 - Vera-Ellen - Cincinnati, OH - d. 8-30-1981
actress: "Martin and Lewis Show"; "Tony Awards"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
03-09-1918 - Marguerite Chapman - Chatham, NY - d. 8-30-1999
actress: "Family Theatre"; "Silver Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
06-15-1909 - Joe DeSantis - New York City, NY - d. 8-30-1989
actor: Jim Scott "Under Arrest"; "This Is Nora Drake"
06-17-1877 - Charles Coburn - Savannah, GA - d. 8-30-1961
actor: "Roses and Drums"; "Song of Liberty"
08-08-1913 - Axel Stordahl - Staten Island, New  - d. 8-30-1963
conductor: "Songs by Sinatra/Frank Sinatra Show"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Coke
Time"
08-30-1914 - Julie Bishop - Denver, CO - d. 8-30-2001
actress: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:45:42 -0400
From: Michael Shoshani <mshoshani@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Opry vs. Barn Dance

"Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed]; wrote:

The way I heard it, Grand Ol' Opry was Nashville's answer to The Barn Dance
(Two big shows at 7 and 10 PM. There's still plenty of time to hustle on down
to the Eighth Street Theater, folks, and see the show live).

It wasn't so much Nashville's answer to The Barn Dance as it was
George D. Hay being hired away by a new radio station, and bringing
his show with him.

There is no question that the Barn Dance came first; its inaugural
broadcast was April 19, 1924. WSM did not begin broadcasting until
October 5, 1925, by which time the WLS Barn Dance was
well-established.

George Dewey Hay was one of the most popular announcers in America in
his day, and he was one of several notable guest announcers who
participated in WSM's inaugural broadcast.  WSM liked him well enough
that they hired him away from WLS, and Hay made a test broadcast of
the WSM Barn Dance on November 28, 1925.  It was received well, and
the Opry (to which it was renamed either in 1926 or 27) began
broadcasting on a regular basis a month later.

Michael Shoshani
"Chi-KAWW-go!" *steamboat whistle toot*

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:48:09 -0400
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Who was that striped man, anyway?

Back in 1981, when _The Legend of the Lone Ranger_
movie was out, Tony the Tiger jumped on the Lone
Ranger bandwagon, and appeared in commercials (well,
at least one) with a western motif. He'd save the day-
no doubt with the help of a conveniently handy bowl of
Frosted Flakes- and then ride off into the sunset,
with someone asking, "who was that striped man,
anyway?"

I'll sometimes use that expression to this day. And,
like someone else (I forget whom), I'll occasionally
say "who was that masked man" when someone (regardless
of gender) makes a very brief appearance (either
speaking or silent), then is gone.

Another expression I often use (as recently as this
morning, in fact) has nothing to do with radio, but it
was spoken by Bugs Bunny- who made at least one
appearance on radio.

The editor of our sister paper was approaching the
front door of the office, I opened the door, and said,
"Sorry, can't use one today. Try next Wednesday."
'Twas what Bugs said to Yosemite Sam when stepped out
of an in-flight airplane and was now pounding on the
cabin door to be let back in.

And yes, he recognized it as a Bugs Bunny line.

Rick

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:48:31 -0400
From: "Henry R. Hinkel" <hinkel@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Les Paul

In reply to the Les Paul inquiry, Les Paul appeared at the FOTR convention
in Newark, NJ on October 22, 1994.

Now another question for the panel .... regarding classical music used as
opening themes on various OTR programs.

The only ones I recall are "William Tell" for The Lone Ranger; "Flight Of
The Bumblebee" for The Green Hornet; "Omphales Spinning Wheel" for The
Shadow and "Donna Diana Overture" for Challenge Of The Yukon.  Does anyone
know of more classical music used as themes for those programs we all love?
I believe there should be at least 6 or 7 more.

Hank Hinkel

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:49:25 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Don Wilson ... I mean Don Winslow

John Mayer, speaking of Don Winslow of the Navy, notes,

Don Winslow of the Navy was also the very second thing I saw on TV,
after someone loaned my great grandmother one of the newfangled
contraptions. It came on about 3:30 pm, right after Crusader Rabbit,
which came on right after the test pattern. The shows were 15 minutes
long, had cliffhanger endings, and were geared toward us kids.  Possibly
it was an old movie serial being rerun.

Besides the comic strip and the OTR shows, Don Winslow was in two movie
serials.  One was Don Winslow of the Navy.  It was a Universal Studios
release, from 1942.  Of course, while the country was at war, the film
was finished prior to that, so Commander Winslow was fighting his default
villain, The Scorpion, rather than Axis powers.  The second, a 1943
release, was Don Winslow of the Coast Guard.  Well, from a distance, they
all look alike.  :-)

One thing that used to fascinate me was that for much of the action, Don
Winslow and his fellow Navy officers were in their Dress White uniforms.
How they managed to go through all that action without getting them dirty
was a trick I'd like to have known when I had Dress Whites.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:47:29 -0400
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Mysterious Traveler

John Mayer wrote regarding my post about the
Mysterious Traveler E-zine:

"What a great idea, Rick, but the "Make Text Larger" function in my
browser (Safari) is grayed out. I suspect this is an important
feature for many readers of this list."

I'm not clear which text you're referring to. The web
address I provided takes you to the page from which
you download a PDF file of the magazine (at the bottom
of the page). The text in the magazine is probably at
least 14 point. Certainly it's larger than the point
size of these words I write now.

In fact, I don't even see a "make text larger" option
on the PDF file, so I suspect you're referring to the
text on the host website itself. And that text _is_
smaller than what you see in the actual magazine.

Rick

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:33:50 -0400
From: Philip Chavin <pchavin@[removed];
To: ToPostOn OTRdigest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  A long wait

In January 1953 I was standing in line on Vine Street
in Hollywood, waiting to go into a CBS studio-theater
to see a taping of a Bergen-McCarthy radio broadcast.
I happened to spot a well-known singer, one of my
favorites, getting a shoeshine nearby.  (It turned out
that he was the guest on that broadcast.)  His
shoeshine finished, he walked by me and I, an
unsophisticated teenager, called out, "Look! It's
Johnny Ray!"  He was not Johnny Ray; I was trying to
be 'humorous'. He obviously heard me and he just kept
walking down Vine.

It was a minor incident but it's bothered me a little
ever since.  I liked the singer-gentleman very much
and what I shouted when he walked by me was unfunny
and possibly insulting.

Recently, I discovered on the 'Net that the singer
could possibly be reached by e-mail and I sent a
belated apology to him.  He sent a nice reply to me
and wrote:  "Apology accepted.  It's a funny story."
Finally, after over half a century, I can give up the
negative feelings about my silliness on Vine Street
that day. It was a long wait.

-- Phil C.

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:34:26 -0400
From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Burns and Allen get an agent
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I heard an interesting piece on NPR's All Things Considered, on Monday, about
dead celebrities who get new agents (courtesy of their heirs). Mentioned in
the piece was Burns and Allen. It is available for free via RealAudio at
[removed]

Andrew Steinberg

Visit [removed] for OTR program title and date corrections

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:34:38 -0400
From: <jdolnick@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Searching for a Song

That would be "How Lucky You Are". See this link for the lyrics and credits:

[removed]

Jed Dolnick

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:42:39 -0400
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  WTIC's "The Golden Age of Radio"

The current "WTIC's Golden Age of Radio" programs
with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran have been posted at

[removed]

This month we present an exclusive: a recent interview
with  Miriam Wolfe, who played the teller of "tales,"
Old Nancy, in the "Witch's Tale."  Ms. Wolfe, a 13 year
old actor from the Let's Pretend program, took over the
role early on, and continued for the rest of the series.
She had an amazing ability to sound like a very old woman.
Radio collector David S. Siegel phoned Ms. Wolfe and gave
us permission to present this interview of the very early
days in radio.

We also offer a full half-hour presentation of the WOR/
Mutual program.  Heard from June 14, 1931 until June 13,
1938, the program first aired over WOR in New York locally.
It was then was picked up by Mutual in October, 1934 and
carried on the network. Alonzo Deen Cole was the writer
and director of the series.

In addition, we present two complete Golden Age programs:

 Program 61 - April, 1975. Harry Herman was a writer
for Mr. District Attorney and the Kraft Music Hall, among
others. This Golden Age program comes to us from the
collection of Steve Lewis.

Mr. District Attorney was first heard on NBC radio on April
3, 1939. It began as a nightly 15-minute serial broadcast.
Thomas E. Dewey, New York's famous racket-busting district
attorney in the late 1930s, was the inspiration for the character.
Dewey was front-page news in his war against corruption and
crime. It swept him into the governorship of New York and
enabled him to run for the presidency of the United States.

Ed Byron, once a radio script writer, was in the process of
developing his own radio production when District Attorney
Dewey was making headlines. Byron, motivated by Dewey's
activities, decided to develop the Mr. District Attorney
character and to write shows around the headlines.

In 1940, the program was sponsored by Bristol-Myers and
moved to NBC on Wednesday nights. It was in this new time
slot that it introduced its memorable opening:

"MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY!
CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE!
GUARDIAN OF OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS!"

The opening was followed by Peter Van Steeden's orchestra
playing the theme and the echoed oath of the [removed] saying:

". . . and it shall be my duty as district attorney not only
to prosecute to the limit of the law all persons accused of
crimes perpetrated within this county, but to defend with
equal vigor the rights and privileges of all its citizens."

We'll also hear Program 62 - May, 1975 - Joan Fontaine

 This Golden Age program also comes to us from the
collection of Steve Lewis. The Academy Award-winning
actress recalls her career in radio and films.

Joan Fontaine began her movie career in 1935 with a brief part
in NO MORE LADIES which starred Joan Crawford.

At a dinner party at Charles Chaplin's house, Miss Fontaine sat
next to David O. Selnick. He told her that he had just bought the
rights to Daphne du Maurier's REBECCA and asked her if she
would like to test for the role of the second Mrs. de Winter.
After seven tests and many disappointments, she finally landed
the coveted part. REBECCA won the Academy Award in 1940,
giving Miss Fontaine her first Best Actress nomination and the
Canadian Film Critics' Award. In her next film, SUSPICION,
also directed by Alfred Hitchcock, she won the prized Oscar.
At the time, she was the youngest leading lady to ever win an
Oscar. She also received another Academy Award Nomination
as Best Actress for her work in THE CONSTANT NYMPH.

In the 1970's Dick Bertel created the program for WTIC in
Hartford, CT. The idea came to Dick after he interviewed
radio collector-historian Ed  Corcoran a few times. When it
was first broadcast in April, 1970, Ed became his co-host.

For the next seven years the program featured interviews with
radio actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians from
radio's early days. In addition, each show featured excerpts
from Ed's collection.

Bob Scherago
Webmaster

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:41:32 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  FOTR, Newark (or, JB Is [removed])

I am mortified.

I am aghast.

(Not to mention, Mergatroied.)

Derek Tague, wrote:

Les Paul is a frequent guest on the national overnight talker, WOR's
THE JOEY REYNOLDS SHOW.' We're hoping to get Mr. Reynolds as a guest at
the annual FOTR "Funny Friday" comedy panel. Be there. Aloha.

Now.

Me, your humble servant, a loyal member of this list, also sees that
there's a panel scheduled on THE JOE FRANKLIN SHOW.

Well!

Does anyone think to call me?

Does anyone think to email?

I've been a guest a handful of times on THe JOEY REYNOLDS SHOW the past
year. And, oh, I don't [removed] Did about a HUNDRED HUMOR bits over the
last few years on local sports talk, and the national SPORTING NEWS
RADIO. (Not to mention, a few hundred other, not so very funny
[removed]) (These got known enough to be referred by a few of
Manhattan's local newspaper [removed] I mean, the funny ones.) (Not
to mention radio stuff going back, well, a really long [removed])

And, my pal, Joe?

I used to co-host his show, a handful of times, when I was a kid in the
early '80s!  (And first did it, when I was a really young kid, in
[removed])  (Joe was also graious enough to ask me to be one of the
in-studio folk for his very last ever, full program radio broadcast,
last summer.)

But does anyone call? Write?

No.

I am clearly a victim of circumstance. (If not circumspection!)

Crying in My Soup, Jim

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:42:03 -0400
From: "WILLIS G Saunders" <saunders8@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Hunh? How's that again?

Hi Folks,

Here's a story that sounds apocryphal, but you couldn't prove it by me.  It
was told to me several years ago by an acquaintance, but I've never heard it
from anyone else, either on or off the radio.

It seems that in the 1930's, some programs, including the Lone Ranger, were
broadcast twice, once for the East Coast and once for the West Coast.  On
one particular episode, broad to the West Coast, our hereo had done good
deed for the day and galloping off into the distance.  A child character
turned to his grandfather and asked, "Who was that masked man, grandpa?"

His grandpa allegedly replied, "Why, son, that was President Roosevelt!"

Naturally, burned fur began to fly all over the country, so I'm told, and
the actor supposedly claimed it was a slip of the tongue.  What supposedly
made it worse was it supposedly happened when the country went off the
silver standard and went to the gold standard.

I never heard it anywhere else, and I should have, if it were true.  Has
anyone else heard it?

Buck Saunders

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:42:15 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Dr. [removed]
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       Does anyone know where I can locate some copies of "Dr. [removed]", either
on audio CD or cassette?  If so, please contact me off list.  Does anyone have
any information on the show?
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:42:45 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTR Program
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       I agree that several OTR references have managed to make it into our
modern day slang.  Sometimes the actual names of the programs have been
used as well.  I may be dating myself a bit, but I've heard people say that
they're
living "The Life Of Riley".  There have been many times that I've heard married
couples who argue referred to as "The Bickersons".  I've heard people refer to
rich, philanthropic gentlemen as "Daddy Warbucks" (from "Little Orphan Annie").
       Let's face it, OTR had a great effect on the history of our country in
many
ways, some overt and some more subtle.  Once the age of vaudeville had ended,
it (radio) was considered high tech, with the ability to reach larger
audiences with
many different types of broadcasts (which gave many unknown performers their
start in show business) and advertisements for popular products of the day
(many
of them which no longer exist).
       BTW, does anyone have the website for the Museum of Radio and
Television?
I'd like to check it out.  I heard recently that the Smithsonian Museum
(which has
several displays dedicated to OTR) was in disrepair.  Have any plans been
made to
make repairs to the museum?
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:33:58 -0400
From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Catch Phrases

Regarding my last post about "Calhoun" lawyers,  I guess I just assumed
everyone would know that
Calhoun was the shyster lawyer on the "Amos 'n Andy" show.

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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:34:35 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Religous Radio Broadcasters

This Orlando Sentinel article about religious radio broadcasters mentions a bunch of pioneers from the golden age as well as some of the current crop.

It also mentions Jack Benny.  You never miss an article on any aspect of OTR if you search for Jack Benny.

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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