Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #297
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Date: 10/17/2007 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 297
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Repeating Shows                       [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
      Will Rogers on the radio              [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
      goldenage-wtic                        [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
      OTR Hobbyist's Hall of Fame Nominati  [ Dick Fisher <w9fjl@[removed]; ]
      ILAM HERMIT                           [ <jimharmonotr@[removed]; ]
      broadcast at FOTR                     [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      Jean Shepherd                         [ Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed]; ]
      The Coffin in Studio B                [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      A Shadow Question                     [ Jason Loviglio <loviglio@[removed]; ]
      10-17 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Orson Welles Oscar for Sale           [ seandd@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:48:38 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Repeating Shows
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    Sometimes I come across radio episodes with different dates that are exact
    duplicates and the second one is labeled repeat. I don't mean repeated
    scripts, I mean the exact same recording. I suspect that usually one of the
    episodes is just mislabeled. Did national shows broadcast repeat shows
    without announcing that it was a repeat? If so, when did this practice begin?

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:49:02 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Will Rogers on the radio
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    I have some audio clips of Will Rogers that are 5 - 10 minutes long, that I
    think are from 1935. In one, he starts off by saying "Everyone Has a Plan."
    In the other, he talks about Pilgrims and Indians. I have a third clip when
    he starts off talking about the Rogers Plan. This is a different clip from
    the other Plan clip. I have seen a date for for the Rogers Plan clip of
    35-05-05. Does anyone know the correct dates for these clips and what shows
    they are from?

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:49:29 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  goldenage-wtic

    A new feature has been added to [removed]

    Mikeline, with Floyd Richards and Bob Ellsworth - November 22, 1963.

    Mikeline was a two-hour daily call-in program, hosted by whatever announcers
    were on duty at the time. Unlike today's controversial telephone talk shows,
    Mikeline featured such issues as recipes and how to remove stains. But on
    this day, a news bulletin interrupted the program and changed the world.
    President John F. Kennedy had been assasinated in Dallas.

    The edited program excerpt is followed by NBC News, and an Americana program
    with Dick Bertel, featuring music and more information on the assasination
    from the newsroom and NBC. Much of this material is from live NBC Radio
    coverage which in all likelihood has been lost, along with NBC Radio.

    Go to [removed] and click on "Additional Features."

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:49:43 -0400
    From: Dick Fisher <w9fjl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Hobbyist's Hall of Fame Nominations
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    One man who should definitely be in the OTR Hobbyist's Hall of Fame is
    Ted Davenport.  He was honest, generous to a fault and was always
    finding new material and his material was always of high quality. There
    are more accolades I am sure others can think of for Ted.  It is a shame
    he is no longer in business.  His friends and customers miss him.

    Dick

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:50:10 -0400
    From: <jimharmonotr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ILAM HERMIT

    JIM HARMON:  I know something about the I Love a Mystery: Hermit of San
    Filipe Adabopo.  I was the first person to introduce it into radio collectors
    circles.  When I first moved to the Los Angeles area from Mount Carmel, IL. I
    was active in the local science fiction club, the [removed] Science Fantasy
    Society.  There I met another young man named Jerry Stier.   We talked of our
    interest in both SF and old radio drama.  At that time, there was virtually
    NO RECORDINGS of any old radio shows available commercially or privately.  It
    was 1960.  The only thing I can think of was an LP of Welles' War of the
    Worlds, and some abbreviated Lone Rager dramas on children's records.  Jerry
    told me he had a few programs he had saved on tape.   He must have been one
    of the first private citizens to have a tape recorder in the country.  He
    even had some recordings of my favorite program, I Love a Mystery.   I went
    over to his house and he let me listen to some of the episodes, but not all
    of them.  Even though I did not yet have a recorder, I asked for copies.  He
    said "no'.  They were his personal property.  Later we went up to visit
    Carlton E. Morse together, and Carlton made a point of loaning some ILAM
    transciption discs specifically to me and have me sign for their return, and
    return them I did.

    After this trip, I asked again for Jerry's tapes, and was again refused.  We
    got into a personal disagreement.   I don't want to say something I should
    not say about this disagreement, but I had to explain I was legally obligated
    to return Carlton's discs.

    I was not on Jerry's list of favorite people after this.  After a few years,
    I recruited well-known fan, Skp Craig, to contact Jerry again about those
    tapes. Skip is very friendly and personable and he persauded Jerry to let him
    borrow his tapes.  A number of good-sounding ILAM episodes were in
    circulation by this time, but Jerry had most of the sequel to the highly
    sought "Stairway to the Sun" and I thought as imperfect as the Stier tapes
    were, they were worth having.

    The Stier tapes were at 1 7/8 and I copied them to [removed] speed.  Over the
    years, I and others including Dave Amaral and the late Dick Gulla have tried
    to equalize and filter the originals and believe it or not, we have made some
    improvements.

    So many technical improvements are constantly being made, the time may come
    when the Hermit can be restored even more, but even as they are, I still like
    to hear them about once a year, faults and all. -- JH

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:51:11 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  broadcast at FOTR

    Hi everybody,

    Yesterday USA will be broadcasting many of the events at FOTR this week end.
    Starting on Thursday morning 10-18-07 through Sunday 10-21-07.  If you have
    high speed click on 24k, or if you have dialup  click on 16k on the web site
    at [removed]  Take care,

    Walden Hughes

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: FWIW, dial-up can easily handle a 24kbps stream.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:51:33 -0400
    From: Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jean Shepherd

     From the Birth and Death list

>     07-26-1921 - Jean Shepard - South Chicago, IL - d. 10-16-1999
>     host: "The Jean Shepard Show"

    Please note - Jean Shepard is a female country-western singer. The
    radio personality is Jean SHEPHERD.

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:51:46 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Coffin in Studio B

    I just listened to The Coffin in Studio B, from the 1946 revival of
    Lights Out using scripts by Arch Oboler. I would swear one of the leads
    is Ernest Chappell, but he's not mentioned in the cast listing at the
    end. Instead, I think "Bob Murphy" is named for that character. Could
    this have been a pseudonym, for some reason? Can anybody verify whether
    or not that actually is Chappell in the part? If it's not him it must
    be his brother!

    Kermyt

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:51:56 -0400
    From: Jason Loviglio <loviglio@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  A Shadow Question

    I have a Shadow question: Does anyone remember the episode where the
    Shadow comes into the prison cell to interrogate a prisoner and
    drives him to insanity and suicide in the process? I cannot even
    remember which
    actor played the Shadow in this episode. If anyone can remember this
    or a similar episode,
    I'd be most grateful for the information.
    Thanks.

    Jason Loviglio
    Baltimore, MD

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:52:04 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-17 births/deaths

    October 17th births

    10-17-1893 - Spring Byington - Colorado Springs, CO - d. 9-7-1971
    actor: Lily Ruskin "December Bride"
    10-17-1903 - Irene Noblette Ryan - El Paso, TX - d. 4-26-1973
    actor: "Tim & Irene Sky Road Show"; "Royal Crown Revue"
    10-17-1905 - Claude Binyon, Sr. - Chicago, IL - d. 2-14-1978
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-17-1905 - Jean Arthur - NYC - d. 6-19-1991
    actor: "Ford Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-17-1909 - Minnabelle Abbott - Covington, KY - d. 10-9-1981
    actor: Mary Sothern "The Life of Mary Sothern"
    10-17-1912 - Jack Owens - Tulsa, OK - d. 1-26-1982
    vocalist: Cruising Crooner "The Breakfast Club"; "Tin Pan Alley"
    10-17-1914 - Jerry Siegel - Cleveland , OH - d. 1-21-1996
    co-creator (with Joe Shuster): "Advs. of Superman"
    10-17-1915 - Arthur Miller - NYC - d. 2-10-2005
    writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "The Doctor Fights"
    10-17-1917 - Marsha Hunt - Chicago, IL
    actor: Blanche Bickerson "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Document A/777"
    10-17-1918 - Rita Hayworth - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-14-1987
    actor: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Bob Elson on
    Board the Century"
    10-17-1920 - Montgomery Clift - Omaha, NE - d. 7-23-1966
    actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Ford Theatre"
    10-17-1921 - Tom Poston - Columbus, OH - d. 4-29-2007
    comedian: "Arthur Godfrey Show"
    10-17-1923 - Barney Kessel - Muskogee, OK - d. 5-6-2004
    jazz guitarist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"; "Just Jazz"
    10-17-1926 - Beverly Garland - Santa Cruz, CA
    actor: Worked in radio early in her career
    10-17-1926 - Julie Adams - Waterloo, IA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    October 17th deaths

    01-13-1885 - Jimmy Monaco - Genoa, Italy - d. 10-17-1945
    orchestra leader: WOR Newark, New Jersey
    02-01-1904 - S. J. Perelman - NYC - d. 10-17-1979
    humorist: "Information, Please"; "Author! Author!"; "Railroad Hour"
    02-13-1919 - "Tennessee" Ernie Ford - Bristol, TN - d. 10-17-1991
    singer: "Tennessee Ernie Ford Show"
    03-03-1902 - Ruby Dandridge - Memphis, TN  - d. 10-17-1987
    actor: Mammy Brown "Gallant Heart"; Geranium "Judy Canova Show"
    03-23-1938 - Christopher Glenn - NYC - d. 10-17-2006
    news correspondent: "World News Roundup"; "The World Tonight"
    03-28-1915 - Jay Livingston - McDonald, PA - d. 10-17-2001
    composer: "Hollywood Calling-George Fisher Interviews"
    04-01-1895 - Alberta Hunter - Memphis, Tn - d. 10-17-1984
    blues singer: "Jazz at the Simthsonian"
    04-10-1902 - Mark Warnow - Monastrischt, Russia - d. 10-17-1949
    conductor: "We, the People"; "Your Hit Parade"
    05-04-1909 - Ed Max - Georgia - d. 10-17-1980
    actor: Mr. Gallagher "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen"
    12-11-1911 - Beecher Pete Kirby - Sevierville, TN - d. 10-17-2002
    dobro, guitar, banjo player: (Member Smokey Mountain Boys) "Grand Ole
    Opry"
    xx-xx-1942 - Susan Odin - d. 10-17-1975
    actor: "Elizabeth Sharon Ann Barbour "One Man's Family"
    xx-xx-xxxx - Arthur Hale - d. 10-17-1971
    announcer, newscaster: "Confidentially Yours"; "The Richfield Reporter"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:12:01 -0400
    From: charlie@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

    For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
    Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
    and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
    over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
    of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
    real-time OTR talk!

    Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
    others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
    range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
    it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
    it's always a good time!

    For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
    week and every week!

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    Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:15:22 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Orson Welles Oscar for Sale

    In case we have any well-heeled Welles fans on the list - the Best Screen Play Oscar that Orson Welles won for Citizen Kane is being auctioned for charity.  It's expect to go for between $800,000 and $[removed] million.

    Details follow.

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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