Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #206
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 6/27/2001 12:00 PM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                          The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                             Volume 01 : Issue 206
                       A Part of the [removed]!
                               ISSN: 1533-9289

                               Today's Topics:

     Archie Episodes available            [[removed]@[removed]        ]
     Re: Younger Generation               [Fred Berney <berney@[removed];      ]
     End of Soap Operas                   [otrbuff@[removed]                   ]
     Bill Thompson ("OldTimer" "Mr. Wimpl [SacChief@[removed]                   ]
     Benny, Allen and McGee               [PFornatar@[removed]                  ]
     Get em up who?                       [ARago17320@[removed]                 ]
     Re:Some questions                    [Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]]
     Re: Straight =?iso-8859-1?Q?Arrow=99 [John Mayer <mayer@[removed];        ]
     Re:Miss Kitty and my two cents worth [Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]]
     Rosemary DeCamp autobiography        ["Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm]
     To Harry Bartell                     [Alan Bell <bella@[removed];]
     Benny vs. [removed](Fibber Mc Gee)     ["Tim Lones" <tallones@[removed]; ]
     #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [lois@[removed]                  ]
     Benny/Allen                          ["Harry Machin, Jr." <harbev5@earthl]
     Dunning Book Review                  [Kubelski@[removed]                   ]
     Re:Jolson Remembered                 [hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];    ]
     Time for Love                        ["Christian Blees" <christian-blees@]
     Dwight Weist                         [Howard Blue <khovard@[removed];     ]
     THANK YOU ONE AND ALL                ["Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:39:31 -0400
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Archie Episodes available

    Elisabeth replied to Hal's query about episodes of Archie still available
    with:-

> >     While I'm not sure how many "Archie" programs are in current

>     circulation,

> >     at least 127 exist at the Library of Congress.

    To which Hal's reply was :-

>     WOW! THAT MANY! I ONLY HAVE ABOUT TEN THAT I PICKED UP BY CHANCE AT A
>     CONVENTION.

    To which my reply is :-

    How on earth do we get our hands on them ?  Or are they locked away in a
    vault somewhere, never to be release ????

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:58:43 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Younger Generation

    Sean Dougherty was talking about who still remembers people like Jack Benny
    and Fred Allen. It brought to mind something that happened just last week.

    A local college has a summer program for teenagers. Someone I know runs the
    class on radio production. She is the one who asked me to bring in a radio
    script so the students could produce it. We did Baby Snooks and thanks to
    several of you on this list, I was also able to play the show for the
    students so they could hear what it sounded like.

    Well, anyway, during the introduction to the Baby Snooks show, the teacher
    was trying to explain who Fanny Brice was. I had mentioned her name and of
    course the class just starred. So, the teacher said, "who remember the
    movie Funny Girl?" and again the class just starred.

    At that point we both realized just how old we were and how young those
    teenagers were.

    Fred
    For the best in Old Time Radio Shows [removed]
    New e-commerce page [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 18:37:51 -0400
    From: otrbuff@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  End of Soap Operas

    Tony Bell says he seems to recall I have a book coming out on radio soap
    operas.  I assure everybody I didn't put him up to that.  That volume,
    "The Great Radio Soap Operas," was released by McFarland & Co. in July
    1999 so it's been highlighting the stories of those narratives for some
    time.  (You can order from McFarland at 1-800-253-2187.)

    I have some more books in the pipeline that McFarland is also scheduled
    to release since we're on that subject.  May I share this with you?

    "The Great Radio Audience Participation Shows" is scheduled for release
    in September.

    There will be a volume on radio in the decade of the 1950s issued in
    2002.  The title isn't yet settled but the working moniker is:  "Sunset
    on the Ether:  Network Radio's Grand Finale."  (This one, incidentally,
    includes substantive information on the demise of the aural soap operas
    as well as all the other genres of radio entertainment.)

    There will be an all-inclusive volume on all of the radio
    mystery-detective-crime series, including those for adults and juveniles,
    in 2003.  The working title is:  "The Complete, Unabridged Encyclopedia
    of Radio Crimefighters."

    Tony is correct that CBS swept out the final vestiges of radio soap opera
    on Nov. 25, 1960, a fact we have discussed many times on this forum.  He
    asked when NBC sent its soap operas to that great serial warehouse in the
    sky.  It did so piecemeal:  the final trio departed separately, but all
    in 1959, as follows:  Pepper Young's Family (Jan. 2), The Woman in My
    House (April 24), and One Man's Family (May 8).  Others had departed
    earlier.  Most of NBC's best recalled and most durable daytime serials
    ([removed], Just Plain Bill, Lorenzo Jones, Stella Dallas, Young Widder Brown,
    et al) had been handed pink slips around mid decade, several of them to
    make way for NBC's new programming innovation Weekday.  That venture
    turned out to be a flop and left the air within a few months.  By then,
    old habits with longstanding serials had been broken, and NBC's daytime
    agenda was never to command the powerful audience it had maintained for
    decades, even though the network made a futile attempt to respond with
    the addition of a handful of newly-created serials.  The halcyon days for
    NBC daytime (except for weekends, with Monitor) were definitely over.

    Tony also inquired if ABC and MBS carried soap operas.  Yes, by all means
    . . . MBS, a few in the 1930s and 1940s (Front Page Farrell, for
    instance, began there).  ABC (actually, then NBC Blue) was a soap opera
    powerhouse until the early 1940s when it decided to delete all of them.
    It did so for about a decade, then made a futile attempt in the early
    1950s to jump back into the fray with nearly a dozen "retreads" --
    washboard weepers that had been on other networks and had gone off the
    air, plus it acquired one of the most successful, When a Girl Marries,
    from NBC.  It was too little too late and most of them (except for When a
    Girl Marries) departed within a few months.  WAGM continued to plod
    along, however, occasionally with one other serial being aired on ABC but
    mostly by itself as a true open-ended drama (those that literally never
    came to conclusion).  It was able to hang on through Aug. 30, 1957
    somehow, then departed, leaving ABC with no more open-ended daytime
    dramas.

    Hope this "short course"  has been of some help to anyone interested.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:07:13 -0400
    From: SacChief@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bill Thompson ("OldTimer" "Mr. Wimple",etc.)

    As noted before, after a brief and unimpressive career in radio (in N. CA), I
    went into the criminal justice field. One of my assignments was as the CA
    Director for an outfit called the Natnl Council on Crime and Delinquency.
    Bill Thompson was one of our Board members , where he volunteered many hours;
    he was also very active on behalf of Boys' Clubs and Girls' Clubs--all while
    fully employed as the PR Director for Union Oil of California, with hqs in
    Los Angeles. My recollection is that Bill died in the 1970's, but, of course,
    he lives on with the re-broadcast of every Fibber McGee and Molly episode. a
    great guy!  bob keldgord

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:07:10 -0400
    From: PFornatar@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Benny, Allen and McGee

     I would say that Jack Benny, Phil Harris and Fibber McGee and Molly among a
    few others hold up best today. It is our job as collectors to spread the
    "word" and keep them alive inside of hiding them in a closet.
       They are all character oriented. Not many jokes but they all became
    friends of the listeners.   I never felt that way about Fred Allen. I liked
    his wit but it was something separate from his character on his show.
        Paul Fornatar

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:24:44 -0400
    From: ARago17320@[removed]
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Get em up who?

    Hi to everyone.  Haven't sent a post in quit a long time.  Between having AOL
    6 and having to go to another site to email to this list and being way behind
    in reading the digests, all the threads have run out by the time I get to
    them.  Anyway we have so many more interesting people to read on this list
    all the time and my 2 cents wouldn't make much of difference.

    Getting to it at last.  Last night I listened to a 3/2/38 broadcast of the
    Lone Ranger.  I was 12 days old at the time of the original airing.  Since I
    did not get into the LR until around 1943 or so I was a bit surprised to find
    that Tonto's horse was called White Feller.

    This was a show about the Apache Kid.  It develops that the LR has a plan
    that involves sending Tonto to the camp of The Kid.  The Kid holds Tonto's
    horse in camp while Tonto rides back to town on a mule.

    Tonto and the LR, who is pretending to be a deputy sheriff shot by The Kid
    and is now offering a reward for The Kid's capture.  Tonto tells the LR that
    his horse is in the camp and the LR says "He's got White Feller?"  Off they
    ride to a cabin to spring the trap and Tonto who is supposed to be on the
    mule says "come on White Feller".

    This was my first exposure to Earle Graser as the LR.  John Todd sounded like
    the tape was running slowly on his dialog.  It was not a tape defect because
    all the other characters sounded normal. It was an interesting episode to say
    the least.

    My questions are when did Scout become Tonto's horse and was White Feller the
    first horse Tonto [removed]

    After this long post, I guess I better go back to the sidelines.

    Love this group.

    Take care all,

    Al

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:47:32 -0400
    From: Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Some questions

    I've got a few questions regarding OTR to which I'd like to get answers.
    Whatever help you can give will be appreciated.

    1. Who is Olan Soule' and on which programs did he appear? (I only
    know of  "The First Nighter Program")

    [removed] keep hearing regular reports (both for and against) Radio Spirits,
    Inc. and Carl Amari.  Are there other resources where I can purchase
    OTR tapes other than RSI?  (If so, send this to my e-mail address:
    kclarke5@[removed])

    [removed] you have any further appearances of Barbara Stanwyck on radio?
    I know she did several movies during this period of time.

    Kenneth Clarke
    kclarke5@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:01:46 -0400
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Straight =?iso-8859-1?Q?Arrow=99?=

    "William Harper" <whhsa@[removed]; commented:

>     I think the point NABISCO was making was not that it owned
>     the rights to straight arrow - the combined term is listed in >
>     dictionaries ... in the late 50's and early 60's Straight
>     Arrow comic stories were being published, but not as Straight > Arrow of
>     radio fame or NABISCO's Straight Arrow.

    I've got a couple of the old SA comics, and they do, in fact, feature
    the very same "Indian" with the very same steed, secret identity, etc.
    No doubt it was under license, and I've no reason to doubt Nabisco's
    claims to the copyright. And, of course, as I said in my original post,
    the term "Straight Arrow" can be used for any non-competing product and,
    as the PTO link shows, has been. In fact, the trademarked CD "Straight
    Arrow, an American Indian Boy," would surely be considered a competing
    product, suggesting Nabisco has abandoned the trademark.

    The point was that Nabisco had intimidated the publisher of the
    newsletter (Mrs. Culver, if I remember correctly) into altering the
    title _Straight Arrow Pow-Wow_ to simply _Pow-Wow_; I was suggesting
    that the term might be available, even for a publication devoted to the
    appreciation of the copyrighted character. That appeared to be the case.
    The publication could probably even use copyrighted images and fragments
    of scripts, etc., as long as the usage was for scholarly purposes and no
    excerpt was lengthy enough to, say, give away too much of a story and
    thus discourage consumers from buying a recording of the radio show from
    Radio Spirits. I suspect the licensing of these recordings to RS is the
    only use Nabisco is currently making of their SA copyright. Such usage
    for educational or review purposes is protected as "fair usage."

    Come to think of it (this is a stream-of-consciousness posting) those
    Radio Spirit recordings might be enough to keep the trademark protection
    alive. Anyhow, since I was rash enough to bring the matter up in the
    digest instead of in a private e-mail, and since you-know-who probably
    keeps up with this digest, I fear Nabisco's oversight is being attended
    to even as we type. Oy! (Is there an emoticon to indicate the act of
    slapping oneself on the forehead?) Still worth a try, though, and this
    is where the real lawyer comes in (I am but a lowly graphic artist,
    myself, which necessitates some familiarity with Copyright laws). Some
    of the online lawyers offer to register a trademark for under $100, but
    double-check their credentials. If nothing else, it might give you a
    little leverage in getting Nabisco to relent. One would think they would
    be happy to get some free promotion for whatever scant use they're now
    getting from the character. And if they insist on being big bullies,
    maybe you could somehow pick up the abandoned "Straight Arrow, an
    American Indian Boy" trademark rights; the name of the lawyer who filed
    it is listed beside the reference on the Patents and Trademarks webpage
    search engine.

    [Trademarks are a funny thing. Years ago DC comics sued Fawcett because
    they thought Captain Marvel was too much like Superman. As part of the
    settlement, they got the rights to Captain Marvel (drawn and maybe
    written by the great CC Beck [and the character from whom Elvis Presley
    derived his trademark ringlet of hair]). For years they were content to
    suppress the character; then, one day, someone there decided there was
    now room for one more superhero and that it would be neat to revive The
    Big Red Cheese. However, in the intervening years rival Marvel Comics
    had introduced their own totally unrelated superhero who happened to
    bear the name Captain Marvel. So, even though DC had rights to the
    original character, and even though he was still called Captain Marvel
    (for that matter, so was the original Mary Marvel, thanks to the even
    greater power of Political Correctness) in the stories, DC could not use
    that name as the title of the comic book. It, instead, was titled
    _Shazam!_, which was the magic word that transformed boy newscaster
    Billy Batson into the Mighty Captain (who, himself, was styled after
    Fred MacMurry; might as well throw all my trivia in here). Now, anybody
    remember what the crippled newsboy said to become Captain Marvel, [removed]
    Or, for that matter, what his name was? Freddy something, I think. I
    guess I've drifted off-topic, but I would have sworn I'd seen somewhere
    a radio tape that featured an appearance by Captain Marvel; however,
    Dunning makes no mention of a CM show. Did he, perhaps, make a guest
    appearance on some other kid's show?]

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:01:44 -0400
    From: Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Miss Kitty and my two cents worth

    I'm just going to put my two cents worth in on the issue of
    whether Miss Kitty Russel was a prostitute or not.  Truth be
    told, that was my first impression when I was young.  The
    more I thought about it, the more I came to the conclusion
    that she must've been just a hostess/owner of the Long Branch
    saloon.  My reasoning is this:

    [removed] was talking to the customers asking if they wanted drinks
    or welcoming customers as they entered the saloon.

    [removed] you heard her refer to the other female employees as 'her
    girls' (most of whom were waitresses waiting on customers) it
    would be the equivalent of a modern day supervisor referring to those
    on his/her team as his/her 'people'.

    [removed] of the old west were not accepted by the citizens of the
    town as equals.  They were often shunned by the other women in
    town and were the topic of idle gossips.  This was true even if they
    were not actually prostitutes.   Miss Kitty (at least on the TV series)
    was
    respected as a businesswoman and accepted everywhere she went,
    by everyone in  town without question.  I recall her speaking with women
    who looked like they ran the local sewing circle as well as the men she
    entertained at the saloon.

    I have no doubt that prostitution took place during this time.  It may
    have
    taken place at saloons like the Long Branch.  Are we so narrow minded
    to not accept her character as anything but a prostitute?  Opportunities
    for women during this time were quite limited.  They either worked in a
    shop/general store as a clerk, waitresses in a restaurant, stayed home
    and took care of the family, or worked in a saloon serving drinks.

    The women who worked in saloons were often accepted as being of 'easy
    virtue', but such was not always the case.  The public opinion of saloon
    girls was not among the highest.  The other women in their town were
    not eager to accept them.

    Hopefully, this will be accepted as another possibility.

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:01:42 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Rosemary DeCamp autobiography

    For anyone interested, Rosemary DeCamp has an autobiography recently
    published, and having seen the book myself at a Pittsburgh convention this
    weekend, can vouch that she discusses a good bit of her radio work and TV
    work, besides her film career on stage and screen.  Probably available on
    [removed]

    If anyone is within driving distance of Baltimore, Maryland, may I point you
    to [removed] ?  The same publishers of the Rosemary DeCamp book are
    holding their 15th horror/sci-fi convention called Fanex 15.  Sadly, it's a
    small convention (shrinking every year) and they don't deal with Old-Time
    Radio barely at all, but for horror fans, it's worth a trip if you're within
    driving distance.  They are also the same publishers of the recent Groucho
    Marx/You Bet Your Life book, but as I mentioned, they don't really tune into
    old-time radio.  There will be about three dozen dealers (at most) and one
    or two will carry/offer old-time radio and a few carry old-time TV.  I've
    visited the convention in the past few years (sometimes only for a few
    hours, other times for the whole weekend), and can vouch it's lots of fun.

    Just for anyone curious.

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 22:45:32 -0400
    From: Alan Bell <bella@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  To Harry Bartell

    Mr Bartell, would you mind identifying your voice for me? I have
    heard you hundreds of times on Gunsmoke and other shows, but so often
    in old radio programs, the actor is not identified with a character.
    Of the Gunsmoke troup, the only voice (aside from the leads) that I
    know for sure is John Dehner, and that's probably because I was
    familiar with him on television in the '50s and '60s before I ever
    started listening to vintage radio.

    Now this may be hard for you because you played so many characters.
    But, could you pick out a Gunsmoke episode and tell me which part you
    played so I can zero in on your voice once and for all? How about The
    New Hotel? Most people who know Gunsmoke are familiar with that
    because of the widely circulated rehearsal tape. If not that one,
    pick another.

    I (and perhaps others) would appreciate it. Thanks.

    --
    Alan Bell
    Grandville, MI
    bella@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:26:34 -0400
    From: "Tim Lones" <tallones@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Benny vs. [removed](Fibber Mc Gee)

        I have been enjoying the Benny vs. Allen thread the last few days. All
    of the comments have been pretty much on [removed] would like to make a
    [removed] McGee and Molly did make it to Television in the 1959-60
    season on NBC with Bob Sweeny as Fibber and Cathy Lewis as Molly, only
    lasted till spring [removed] happened to see Jim Jordan in a guest appearance
    on Chico and the Man (probably 1976-77 season) it was great to see him and
    hear his unmistakable [removed] me to [removed] Fibber and Molly (The
    Jordans) make any  other TV appearances together or seperately? Just
    wondering.(Hope I'm not off topic)

    Regards,
    Tim Lones
    East Sparta, Ohio
    (Formerly of Canton)

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    Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 04:52:01 -0400
    From: lois@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

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    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
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    over four years, same time, same channel!

    Our numerous "regulars" include one of the busiest "golden years" actors in
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    KWLK Longview Washington (Mutual) 1941-1944)
    KFI Los Angeles (NBC) 1944 - 1950
    and widow of actor Howard Culver

    (For more info, contact lois@[removed])

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    Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:50:56 -0400
    From: "Harry Machin, Jr." <harbev5@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Benny/Allen

    A. Joseph Ross hit a homer with his point that
    Fred Allen's humor was more topical than Benny's.
    Same explanation for the continued popularity of
    Amos & Andy and lack of interest in Bob Hope's
    radio shows.  The humor of Amos & Andy is
    timeless, being about the foibles of that program's
    characters.  Only someone who lived during the
    years Hope was on radio might find some of his
    topical humor still funny.  Amos & Andy is just as
    comical today as it was when it was first broadcast.

    Harry Machin, Jr.

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    Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:02:59 -0400
    From: Kubelski@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dunning Book Review

    Former Delaware Governor Pete DuPont favorably plugs John Dunning's novel
    "Two O'Clock Eastern War Time," which is set in a radio station, in today's
    [removed] (the free web site of the Wall Street Journal editorial
    page).

    A link is below:

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    Kubelski@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:03:01 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re:Jolson Remembered

    The recent posting about Al Jolson bring back a flood of memories.

    I had the honor of meeting this legendary Performer back when he was doing
    his Radio Show for NBC. If my memory serves me correctly, it was during his
    stint for Kraft Music in the late 40's.

    It was after his career resurgence, brought about by the release of the
    "Jolson Story" film. Prior to that, I wasn't all that familiar with his
    earlier career, but because of the movie, became enamoured of his vocal
    style, and actually bought many of his records that had been re-released.

    Coincidentally. Bob Hastings, who was playing "Archie Andrews" was quite a
    singer in his own right, and would amuse me with a great impression of
    Jolson. In fact, Carl Jampel, The writer of the "Archie" show did a script
    that featured Bob doing "Jolson" as a story line for one of the episodes.
    "Archie", starts by telling Jughead about just having seen the Jolson Story,
    then starts singing "Mammy", but "Jughead" chimes in (totally off key) and
    screws things up. The program ends with "Archie" (doing a benefit) singing
    "Danny Boy", ala Jolson.

    The point of the preceding story is that Al Jolson was on everyone's mind at
    the time, and had a well deserved Comeback.

    Having become such a fan of his, I would take advantage of my NBC
    "Celebrity" status and sneak into the rehearsals for his show. They would
    use a small studio on the 3rd floor to do a script dialogue rehearsal, and
    then "Jolie" would run through a song or two with Oscar Levant at the piano.

    It was not a large studio, so I was not all that inconspicious standing just
    inside the studio door, enthralled by watching the great man at work. One
    day, I realized he spotted me, called someone over (I presume to ask who the
    hell I was), nodded, and went back to rehearsing. Later, during a break, he
    came past me to go out the studio door for something or other, stopped and
    shook my hand, and said something like "How're ya doing Kid! Coming to the
    show tonight" I gulped and said something clever like , "Yes, Mr. Jolson".
    to which he replied "Good! See ya later Kid".

    I can attest to the fact that not only was he a truly great performer, but a
    first class Character. Because of his age, he was almost bald by then. (Not
    that he ever had a big shock of hair to begin with) and always wore a "Cap"
    to mask that fact. And always sported an Ascot around his neck. (That is,
    When he wasn't wearing a turtleneck).

    Because of his immense popularity, they did his show out of Studio 8H (NBC's
    Largest studio), to accommodate the heavy ticket demand. That night, during
    the studio warm up, I'll never forget Jolsons flamboyant entrance after the
    introduction. He'd practically dance onto center stage. And if he saw anyone
    in the audience that he recognized, (Like old cronies) he'd either give them
    the irreverent "finger", with a big grin, or give them the "Italian"
    gesture, slapping the crook of his left arm, while "Making a muscle". (Have
    I accurately described what polite company considered an even more "obscene"
    gesture). All the while laughing like hell, and prancing back and forth on
    the stage. A veritable dynamo.

    But that was Jolson. A simple wave was not enough. Nothing he did was
    low-key. His stage persona was larger than life. That's what made him a
    legend, two times over. Not to mention a vocal style that was incredibly
    unique and captivating.

    The Sun Shines East, The Sun Shines West, but will never "set" on Jolson.

    Hal(Harlan)Stone

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    Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:25:30 -0400
    From: "Christian Blees" <christian-blees@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Time for Love

    Hi,

    I am looking for still living relatives/estates of the following radio
    writers who wrote several scripts for the radio series "Time for love":
    Ian Martin, Jerry Adelman and Murray Burnett.
    BTW: Does anybody know if there are any episodes of this show in
    circulation?

    Any help will gladly be appreciated!

    Thanks,

    Chris

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    Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:51:49 -0400
    From: Howard Blue <khovard@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dwight Weist

    I need to find Dwight Weist's literary heir (or any of his survivors).
    Can anybody supply a lead? ie. does anybody have his obituary?

    Thanks,

    Howard

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    Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:40:19 -0400
    From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  THANK YOU ONE AND ALL

    My wife and I wish to thank all our friends on the digest who sent email
    get-well messages during her recent stay in the hospital.  Thank you one and
    all

    Ferne & Owens Pomeroy

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