Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #12
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 1/15/2009 8:50 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]
Reply-to: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 12
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Sen-Sen                               [ mchone@[removed] ]
      Re: Sen-Sens and other Things         [ Penny Yingling <bandpy@[removed] ]
      1-14 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Tastes like soap - and I LIKE it!     [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Chicago Pause                         [ <georgewagner@[removed]; ]
      Benny/Allen feud -- spontaneous?      [ "Kirby, Tom" <Kirby@[removed]; ]
      OTR recreation - Forest Hills, NY     [ vzeo0hfk@[removed] ]
      Look! Up in the sky!                  [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
      Re: DRAGNET AND CSI NY DIALOGUE       [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
      Smoking, writing, and acting          [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      1-15 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      December 2008 deaths                  [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:22:58 -0500
    From: mchone@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sen-Sen

    Keith Houdeshell asks;

    "How many in the digest remember them (Sen-sen)?"

    I remember them well, small liquorice flavored candy that came in a little
    envelope-they tasted terrible. Their taste was a little like soap.  I always
    thought the name should have been sin-sin because the bad boys used them to
    hide
    the tobacco or beer smell on their breath.

    Roby McHone
    Fairbanks, Alaska

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:23:25 -0500
    From: Penny Yingling <bandpy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:  Sen-Sens and other Things

    My brother might not like me saying this, (although who cares at our advanced
    age), but I remember him using sen-sens to try to "cover-up" his smoker's
    breath.  Don't think it worked, as I remember Dad giving him the dickens.
    (there's another name from the past - "dickens"!)
    I think I'll now see if I find any of those names on my radio shows when I
    retire for the night.  I was listening to an Amos & Andy show a few evenings
    ago, when I heard the name "Obama" as one of Andy's friends.  I was amazed,
    as I never heard of that name until recently.  Oh, the things you can pick up
    from OTR.  Just love it!

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:23:30 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-14 births/deaths

    January 14th births

    01-14-1863 - R. F. Outcault - Lancaster, OH - d. 9-25-1928
    writer: Buster Brown based on Outcalt's comic strip
    01-14-1882 - Hendrick Van Loon - Rotterdam, Holland - d. 3-11-1944
    journalist: "Very Truly Yours"; "Information Please"
    01-14-1891 - Maurice Black - Queens, NY - d. 1-18-1938
    tuba: "The Clicquot Club Eskimos"
    01-14-1892 - Hal Roach - Elmira, NY - d. 11-2-1992
    film producer, actor: Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-14-1894 - Mary "Bubbles" Kelly - Chicago, IL - d. 6-7-1941
    actor: (Ex Jack Benny girlfriend) "Honolulu Bound"
    01-14-1896 - Seymour Simons - Detroit, MI - d. 2-12-1949
    orchestra leader: "Romantic Rhythm"
    01-14-1899 - Carlos P. Romulo - Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines - d.
    12-15-1985
    diplomat: "Information Please"
    01-14-1901 - Bebe Daniels - Dallas, TX - d. 3-16-1971
    actor: "Life with the Lyons"; "Louella Parsons"
    01-14-1904 - George McCoy - d. 12-22-1976
    1930's broadcaster: (Pioneered the radio talk show)
    01-14-1906 - William Bendix - NYC - d. 12-14-1964
    actor: Chester A. Riley "Life of Riley"
    01-14-1908 - Russ Columbo - Camden, NJ - d. 9-2-1934
    singer, bandleader: "Russ Columbo Show"
    01-14-1909 - Brenda Forbes - London, England - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    01-14-1909 - Joseph Losey - La Crosse, WI - d. 6-22-1984
    director: "Words at War"
    01-14-1911 - David Gothard - Beardstown, IL - d. 8-2-1977
    actor: Gil Whitney "Romance of Helen Trent"; Nick Charles "The Thin Man"
    01-14-1913 - Mary Rita Stewart - d. 8-19-1995
    dancer, singer: (The Three Debutantes) "Irene"
    01-14-1914 - Harold Russell - North Sydney, Canada - d. 1-29-2002
    world war II hero, actor: "A Salute to the [removed]"; "NBC University
    Theatre"
    01-14-1915 - George Ansbro - Brooklyn, NY
    announcer: "Young Widder Brown"; "Waltz Time"
    01-14-1915 - Mark Goodson - Sacramento, CA - d. 12-18-1992
    producer, director: "Portia Faces Life"; "Stop the Music"
    01-14-1917 - Billy Butterfield - Middletown, OH - d. 3-18-1988
    bandleader: "The Dixieland Music Shop"; "Eddie Condon"s Jazz Concert"
    01-14-1919 - Andy Rooney - Albany, NY
    writer: "Red Skelton Show"; "Arthur Godfrey"
    01-14-1920 - George Herman - NYC - d. 2-8-2005
    newsman: CBS news writer
    01-14-1923 - Shirley (Ione) Cowell - Tulsa, OK - d. 10-29-1997
    singer: "The Shirley Cowell Show"
    01-14-1929 - Billy Walker - Ralls, TX - d. 5-21-2006
    c/w singer: "Columbia's Country Caravan", "Country Music Time"
    01-14-1930 - Johnny Grande - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-2-2006
    pianist: (Bill Haley and The Comets) "Stars for Defense"
    01-14-1931 - Caterina Valente - Paris, France
    singer: "Guard Session"
    01-14-1938 - Jack Jones - Hollywood, CA
    singer: "Steve Lawrence Show"; "Guest Star"; "Stars for Defense"
    01-14-1943 - Holland Taylor - Philadelphia, PA
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    January 14th deaths

    01-27-1921 - Donna Reed - Dennison, IA - d. 1-14-1986
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Star and the Story"; "Silver Theatre"
    02-13-1916 - Albert Harris - London, England - d. 1-14-2005
    conductor, composer: "Four-Star Playhouse"; "NBC University Theatre"
    02-24-1904 - Tim Graham - Kansas - d. 1-14-1979
    actor: "Plays for Americans"
    04-13-1886 - Willie Howard - Paramus, NY - d. 1-14-1949
    comedian: (Howard Brothers) "Folies De Paris"; "The Royal Vagabonds"
    06-12-1919 - Uta Hagen - Gottingen, Germany - d. 1-14-2004
    actor: "Big Show"
    06-14-1917 - Paul Monash - NYC - d. 1-14-2003
    writer: "Molle Mystery Theatre"
    06-18-1903 - Jeanette MacDonald - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-14-1965
    singer: "Nobody's Children"; "Vicks Open House"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    08-19-1889 - Don "Uncle Don" Carney - St. Joseph, MO - d. 1-14-1954
    host: "Uncle Don"; "Friendship Village"; "Dog Chats"
    08-20-1935 - Justin Tubb - San Antonio, TX - d. 1-14-1998
    performer: "Grand Ole Opry"
    08-21-1896 - Marie Blake - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-14-1978
    actor: (Sister of Janette MacDonald) "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-22-1922 - Shelley Winters - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-14-2006
    actor: "Hollywood Star Preview"
    09-17-1902 - Esther Ralston - Bar Harbor, ME - d. 1-14-1994
    actor: Martha Jackson "Woman of Courage"; Kathy Marsh "Portia Faces
    Life"
    09-17-1915 - John Witty - Bristol, England - d. 1-14-1990
    Began radio broadcasting for the BBC in 1944
    09-28-1916 - Peter Finch - London, England - d. 1-14-1977
    actor: Australian Radio
    10-05-1924 - Barbara Kelly - Vancouver, Canada - d. 1-14-2007
    actor: "Vanity Fair"; "Breakfast with Braden"
    12-11-1910 - Samuel Kurtzman - d. 1-14-1998
    writer: "The Bob Hope Show"
    12-25-1899 - Humphrey Bogart - NYC - d. 1-14-1957
    actor: Slate Shannon "Bold Venture"; "Stars in the Air"; "Streamlined
    Shakespeare"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:24:22 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Tastes like soap - and I LIKE it!

     From: Keith Houdeshell <khowdy@[removed];
    Subject:   Sen-Sen

>     How many in the digest remember them?<

    You betcha! And  though (tieing it in with the recent threads about Coffin
    Nails on radio) I seem  to recall that it was invented to cover the smell of
    cigarettes on the breath,  my dearly departed non-smoking Gramma introduced
    me to
    them.

>     Vermont  Country Store sells them for $[removed] a box.

    Ouch! They always have  nice, rare stuff - but that's either insanely
    expensive, or such a quantity that  it'd go stale before all used!

    Till not that many years ago, you could still get a single pack at the
    checkouts of Duane Reade drugstores here in NYC; don't see them [removed]
    though
    you can still sometimes find a similar "perfumy" tasting product,  "Violets."

    Best,
    -Craig W.

    [removed] - Thanks to folks who wrote me  off-list around the Holidays, re: radio
    & audio CHRISTMAS CAROLS. If anyone  has any more tidbits of info, send them
    along! (In fact, I lost one note about  '78's castlists, and would love to
    hear
    more on that topic.)

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:24:31 -0500
    From: <georgewagner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Chicago Pause

    What was the "Chicago Pause"?

         Apparently New York-trained radio actors could instantly identity
    Chicago-trained ones by the latter's use of the "Pause" when acting.

         But what WAS the "Pause"?

         Sincerely,

         George Wagner
         georgewagner@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:25:01 -0500
    From: "Kirby, Tom" <Kirby@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Benny/Allen feud -- spontaneous?

    Both the wikipedia entries for Fred Allen and Jack Benny state
    that the famous "feud" started spontaneously in 1937 with a remark
    by Allen about an alleged violinist with everyone knowing who he
    was referring to.

    However, in "fred allen's letters" (the title is in lower case, due
    to Fred Allen's habit of not using the shift key), in a letter to
    Joe Kelly, dated January 15, 1934, he states:

    "jack benny and i have a weekly feud wrapped in cellophane and i
    am trying to write another thing with a fellow who comes on the
    program for several weeks but who keeps forgetting things and
    can't play."

    Both Benny and Allen had programs in 1934. Was there any exchange
    around that time? I was wondering if maybe it was planned, but due
    to other circumstances, they couldn't work it in until 1937.

    -- Tom Kirby
    KJ4FUU

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:25:14 -0500
    From: vzeo0hfk@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR recreation - Forest Hills, NY
    X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from text/html

        Wanted: some amateur actors willing to put on a half hour WW II era
       radio drama in a coop building. No pay - lots of laughs

       Howard Blue RSVP Khovard@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:25:37 -0500
    From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Look! Up in the sky!

    I'm putting the final touches on a book about
    "Superman" that specifically covers the history of the
    radio series and the George Reeves TV series.

    I'd like to ask someone - preferably two people - who
    know and enjoy the series, if you'd be interested in
    proofreading the seven chapters pertaining to the
    radio years; if anyone is interested, please contact
    me off-list.

    I can provide either an MS WORD doc file, or a
    double-spaced printed-out version, with an SASE to
    return it marked-up.  Thank you in advance.

    Michael J. Hayde

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:26:15 -0500
    From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: DRAGNET AND CSI NY DIALOGUE

    Grams46 wrote in part:

>     has anyone else noticed the similarity in writing  >

    style between the folks (jack webb, etc) who wrote >
    joe friday's lines and those who are writing mac

>     taylor's (csi ny) lines?

    Yep - along with those who wrote Lennie Briscoe's
    lines (LAW & ORDER) and Gil Grissom's lines ([removed])
    and the lines of durn near every other lead cop in a
    crime show since DRAGNET debuted.

    One of the reasons - okay, actually the MAIN reason -
    I wrote "My Name's Friday" was because the template
    Jack Webb had created was not only still in use (I was
    finishing up the book during [removed]'s debut season),
    it was still popular ([removed] was a top-10 show in
    2001; LAW & ORDER was in the top 20).  Yet Mr. Webb
    was not getting any credit for the genre; worse, his
    legacy was being ridiculed via insulting promos for
    DRAGNET 1967-70 on TV Land, and by TBS airing the Dan
    Aykroyd parody version seemingly every other week.

    Maybe LAW & ORDER and the [removed]'s aren't as rigid as
    DRAGNET, but they spotlight cops who get down to
    business, do the legwork and solve the case,
    occasionally laced with sardonic or ironic [removed]
    and they owe it all to Jack Webb, who believed that
    audiences could be engrossed in crime shows other than
    hard-boiled private eyes.  Obviously he was right.

    Michael

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:26:47 -0500
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Smoking, writing, and acting

>     they smoked on camera to make themselves
>     or their  characters appear either tough or debonair.

    I would strongly  disagree.  When the author is unable to write lines that
    portray characters  as "tough or debonair"  they have them smoke, mistakenly
    thinking that will  make them look "tough or debonair".  The concept of
    achieving
    this  impression is illogical as there is quite a difference between tough
    and  debonair. Development of the character through dialogue would solve the
    problem.  Smoking just kills time and gives the actor something to do when
    the
    author fails to provide the character with appropriate dialog and action or
    the actor doesn't know how to act.

    While it might be considered a stretch  to compare Shakespeare and smoking,
    picture Macbeth lighting up a cigarette when  he contemplates bumping off
    Duncan.  One can hardly argue that Macbeth  wasn't a "tough" character.  Or
    picture
    Lady Macbeth smoking when she was  urging Macbeth on to do the deed. She was
    a tough lady indeed.

    Oscar Wilde did quite well in writing lines for debonair  characters.  While
    actors have undoubtedly smoked in productions of his  plays, I would suggest
    that it is the failure of the actor to portray the blaze  debonair look which
    the character may require rather than a deficiency of the  lines.  Importance
    of Being Ernest could be played with smoking.  But  that smoking would
    distract
    from the lines and would, in my opinion, take away  from the development
    character and the humor in Wilde's irony.

    And then  there is G B Shaw.  Of course Major Barbara wouldn't smoke but the
    industrialist Undershaft (Major Barbara's father) could as he would be
    considered tough and also corrupt. In the production I saw he didn't although
    there may be productions where he did.

    And then there is Mrs Warren's  Profession, also by GBS.  Considering Mrs.
    Warrens "profession" it could be  considered very logical for her to smoke.
    But
    she does not need to.   The quality of the lines are such and there is no
    need for them to be augmented  by irrelevant action.

    The only smoking I would suggest is appropriate in a GBS play is in  "St.
    Joan."

    As I said:

    The quality of writing is in inverse  proportion to the number of cigarettes
    smoked.

    Larry Moore RN BA (Drama)  AAS (Nursing) (Not bragging!! Just the facts
    ma'am.)

    PS:  I first  heard this phrase as applied to physicians and particularly to
    teaching  hospitals and new interns.  There the phrase was. "The quality of
    the  practice of medicine is in inverse proportion to the number of ordered
    tests."

    =[removed]
    cemailfooterNO62)

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:26:53 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1-15 births/deaths

    January 15th births

    01-15-1882 - Henry Burr - St. Stephen, Canada - d. 4-6-1941
    singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
    01-15-1899 - Goodman Ace - Kansas City, MO - d. 3-25-1982
    comedian, writer: "Easy Aces"
    01-15-1906 - Sully Mason - Durham, NC - d. 11-27-1970
    singer: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    01-15-1909 - Gene Krupa - Chicago, IL - d. 10-16-1973
    drummer: "Rhythm Masters"; "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra"
    01-15-1909 - Gloria Grafton - Yakima, WA - d. 12-29-1994
    actor: Mickey Considine "The Jumbo Fire Chief Program"
    01-15-1911 - Cy Feuer - NYC - d. 5-17-2006
    music: "Escape"; "Ford Sunday Evening Hour"; "Shorty Bell"
    01-15-1911 - Kathleen Wilson - Girard, KS - d. 7-20-2005
    actor: Claudia Barbour "One Man's Family"; I Love a Mystery"
    01-15-1913 - Alvin Robinson - Apache, OK
    NBC staff announcer
    01-15-1913 - Frank Derrick - Maywood, IL - d. 5-26-1999
    member of staff orchestra WBBM Chicago, Illinois
    01-15-1913 - Lloyd Bridges - San Leandro, CA - d. 3-10-1998
    actor: "Suspense"; "Arch Oboler's Plays"
    01-15-1913 - Stephen Courtleigh - NYC - d. 12-15-1967
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"
    01-15-1914 - Carlos Ramirez - Tocaim, Colombia - d. 12-11-1986
    vocalist: "Grapevine Rancho"
    01-15-1915 - Ann Sheperd - Chicago, IL
    actor: Betty Fairchild "Jack Armstrong"; Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan,
    Girl Interne"
    01-15-1915 - Rod MacLeish - Bryn Mawr, PA - d. 7-1-2006
    writer: "Six By Corwin"
    01-15-1918 - Jerry Wald - Newark, NJ - d. 9-xx-1973
    bandleader: "The Robert Q. Lewis Show"
    01-15-1920 - Yvonne King - Ephriam, UT
    singer: (King Sisters) "Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers"
    01-15-1922 - Thelma Carpenter - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-17-1997
    singer: "Eddie Cantor Show"
    01-15-1923 - Ivor Cutler - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 3-3-2006
    poet: BBC's Home Service
    01-15-1928 - Joanne Linville - Bakersfield, CA
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    01-15-1929 - Martin Luther King - Atlanta, GA - d. 4-4-1968
    civil right leader: "Monitor"
    01-15-1933 - Al Lohman - Sergeant Bluff, IA - d. 10-13-2002
    co-host: "Lohman and Barkley"
    01-15-1937 - Margaret O'Brien - San Diego, CA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"

    January 15th deaths

    01-10-1904 - Ray Bolger - Dorchester, MA - d. 1-15-1987
    singer, dancer: "Ray Bolger Show"
    01-13-1927 - Delores Hawkins - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-15-1987
    singer: "Nick Kenny's Children's Follies"
    01-18-1912 - Bob Sabin - Illinois - d. 1-15-1959
    announcer: "Modern Romances"
    01-31-1922 - William Sylvester - Oakland, CA - d. 1-15-1995
    actor: Jay Gatsby "Gatsby"
    02-04-1931 - Marion Ryan - Leeds, England - d. 1-15-1999
    pop singer: "Ray Ellington Quarter"
    02-20-1906 - Jack Jackson - Horsley, England - d. 1-15-1978
    disc jockey: "Record Round-Up"; "Rooftop Rendezvous"; "Cabaret Crusie"
    02-27-1912 - Ralph Camargo - Glendale, CA - d. 1-15-1992
    actor: "X-Minus One"; "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"
    02-27-1921 - E. Jack Neuman - Ohio - d. 1-15-1998
    writer: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Advs. of Sam Spade"; "Escape"
    03-14-1922 - Les Baxter - Mexia, TX - d. 1-15-1996
    arranger/conductor: "Bob Hope Show"; "California Melodies"; "Swingtime"
    03-24-1915 - Bill Bivens - Wadesboro, NC - d. 1-15-1984
    announcer: "Fred Waring Show"; "Vox Pox"
    03-25-1921 - Nancy Kelly - Lowell, MA - d. 1-15-1995
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Free Company"; "Suspense"
    05-17-1920 - Harriet Van Horne - Syracuse, NY - d. 1-15-1998
    newspaper columnist: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    05-26-1918 - John Dall - NYC - d. 1-15-1971
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Voice of the Army"
    06-09-1903 - Marcia Davenport - NYC - d. 1-15-1996
    auther: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-18-1913 - Sammy Cahn - NYC - d. 1-15-1993
    lyricist: "You Bet Your Life"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"; "Monitor"
    06-21-1882 - William Afsprung - d. 1-15-1976
    reader: WLW Cincinnati, Ohio
    06-29-1915 - Ruth Warrick - St. Joseph, MO - d. 1-15-2005
    actor: "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; "Myrt and Marge"
    07-31-1894 - Roy Bargy - Newaygo, MI - d. 1-15-1974
    conductor: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Kraft Music Hall"; "Rexall Summer
    Theatre"
    08-11-1907 - Andrew Allan - Arbroath, Scotland - d. 1-15-1974
    writer of radio plays: "Mistress Nell"
    08-20-1905 - Jack Teagarden - Vernon, TX - d. 1-15-1964
    trombonist: "Eddie Condon"s Jazz Concert"; "Paul Whiteman Show"
    09-01-1901 - Clyde Lucas - Minneapolis, KS - d. 1-15-1982
    bandleader: "Spotlight Bands"; "Rendezvous Music"
    09-10-1902 - Jim Crowley - Chicago, IL - d. 1-15-1986
    football all-american: (One of the Four Horsemen) "Kate Smith Hour"
    09-22-1907 - Sheppard Strudwick - Hillsboro, NC - d. 1-15-1983
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Odyssey of Homer"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-25-1905 - Red Smith - Green Bay, WI - d. 1-15-1982
    sportscaster: "Al Schacht Sports Show"; "Bill Stern Sports News"
    10-05-1919 - Robin Bailey - Hucknall, Nottingham, England - d. 1-15-1999
    actor: "Tales from a Long Room"
    10-07-1913 - Elizabeth Janeway - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-15-2005
    writer: "Information Please"
    11-01-1923 - Victoria de los Angeles - Barcelona, Spain - d. 1-15-2005
    operatic soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
    11-27-1902 - J. Scott Smart - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-15-1960
    actor: Senator Bloat "Fred Allen Show"; Brad Runyon "Fat Man"
    12-02-1898 - Peter Goo Chong - Miu, China - d. 1-15-1985
    actor: "Collier's Hour"; "Eddie Cantor Show"; "This Day Is Ours"
    12-09-1934 - Junior Wells - Memphis, TN - d. 1-15-1998
    harmonica player: Muddy Waters Band
    12-19-1923 - Gordon Jackson - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 1-15-1990
    Freelance actor for the BBC
    12-25-1885 - Doc Kendrick - Texas - d. 1-15-1975
    guitar: "Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:27:01 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  December 2008 deaths

    12-31-1930 - Odetta - Birmingham, AL - d. 12-2-2008
    singer: "Voices of Vista"
    04-20-1924 - Nina Foch - Leyden, The Netherlands - d. 12-5-2008
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Cavalcade of America"
    10-17-1926 - Beverly Garland - Santa Cruz, CA - d. 12-5-2008
    actor: Worked in radio early in her career
    08-25-1916 - Van Johnson - Newport, RI - d. 12-12-2008
    actor: "Request Performance"; "Romance"; "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"
    03-17-1914 - Sammy Baugh - Temple, TX - d. 12-17-2008
    football great: "Bill Stern Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    01-26-1922 - Page Cavanaugh - Cherokee, KS - d. 12-18-2008
    singer: (The Page Cavanaugh Trio) "The Jack Paar Show"
    10-10-1930 - Harold Pinter - Hackney, England - d. 12-24-2008
    writer, actor: "Focus on Football Pools"; "A Slight Ache"
    01-17-1927 - Eartha Kitt - North, SC - d. 12-25-2008
    singer: "Here's to Veterans"

    Ron

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