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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 220
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
XM Satellite Radio - The Date, and a [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
Cleaning Heads [ rfmillerjr1@[removed] ]
Re: the Original James Dobson [ Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed]; ]
Laurel and Hardy [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
petrillo [ "mike karp" <mkarp@[removed]; ]
Re: Harris and Benny [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
PETRILLO [ Brian Johnson <chyronop@[removed] ]
Radio appearances of Laurel and hard [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
Petrillo? [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
NORMAN CORWIN ON BOB EDWARDS' XMNPR [ mikeandzachary@[removed] ]
That's What I Like About the South [ HK Hinkley <parpark280@[removed]; ]
OTR Couples [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
Man/wife teams [ JE Purvis <hqsouth@[removed]; ]
Re: man/wife teams [ "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed]; ]
husband wife teams [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
Prercorded network Program druing su [ jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed]; ]
A Forget Quiz Show from the 50's [ jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed]; ]
WOR / Joe Franklin [ dougdouglass@[removed] ]
Re: Harris and Benny [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:33:37 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: XM Satellite Radio - The Date, and an Offer
Folks;
Got a letter this morning from the producer at "The Bob Edwards Show" -
the interview with Norman Corwin is scheduled for the entire hour next
Tuesday, July [removed] a related interview, with Studs Terkel, will air the
following Friday, July 29th. This is on Channel 133, XMPR, airing at 8:00 am
Eastern (5:00 am Pacific), with repeats at 9:00 am Eastern (6:00 am Pacific)
and 9:00 pm Eastern (6:00 pm Pacific).
Oh, she also requested one more show, if by chance it exists:
CBS PROMOTION SPECIAL
September 16, 1945 - Stars in the Afternoon (A promotion for the CBS fall
schedule, featuring the casts of the leading programs.)
If anyone has this show, PLEASE contact me asap.
The producer again passed along her gratitude for all the help you
folks have been. She asked me to extend to the Internet OTR Digest
subscribers an offer you simply cannot refuse, if you're considering
subscribing to XM Satellite Radio anytime soon (or if you've been thinking
about getting a second radio for the spouse's [removed]).
From now until 9/30/05, you can get a _great_ deal on various XM radios;
the Roady2, my personal radio, is available for only $[removed] (a $50 value),
including BOTH the car and home kits! The Delphi XM2Go MyFi portable radio,
with five-hour timed record mode so you never miss a "Bob Edwards Show," is
available for only $179 (a $299 msr)! The high-end reference tuner, the XRt12
from Polk, is only $149 (from the $329 suggested retail)! And the low-end
Audiovox XC59, including the complete vehicle kit, is available for
[removed] down, [removed] BUCKS (a $99 value!)!!!
Of course, these prices don't include the subscription to XM Satellite
Radio, which runs $[removed] (additional radios, up to five total on the
Family Plan, are only an additional $[removed] each - six-month commitment is
required for these prices). And as an unabashed proponent of XM, I can tell
you it's well worth the cost - clear BBC Word Service, America Right/Air
America for partisan politics; C-SPAN Radio, XMPR and other news channels for
non-partisan reporting; commercial-free music channels out the wazoo; traffic
and weather for major metro areas including Baltimore/Washington, Seattle,
and many more; and even my seven-year-old daughter's favorite, Absolutely
Mindy on XM Kids! And included in your subscription fee is a subscription to
XM Radio Online, allowing you to take the music channels and "The Bob Edwards
Show" with you to work or play, anywhere you have a connection to the
Internet!
If you're thinking of joining the XM Nation, check out the information at
[removed] then go to my blog at [removed] and
search for the posting titled "What a Deal for OTR Digest Readers!" You'll
need the password "normancorwin" (w/o the quotes, of course) to read the
posting and download the Adobe Acrobat sheets advertising the specials. Then
contact me using an address subscribed to the OTR Digest, and I'll give you
the information you need to log-in for these super sale prices.
(Feel free to share this with your personal family and friends, but since
this is a "Thank You!" from "The Bob Edwards Show" to the subscribers of the
OTR Digest, let's keep it within the Digest family, please. And so there's no
confusion, we're making no commission on these [removed] is, at these
prices, I don't see how _anyone_ is making any money! This is solely a
"Thanks! from the Edwards show to the amazing subscribers of the OTR Digest!)
And be sure to listen next Tuesday for an hour with Bob Edwards and Norman
Corwin!
Charlie
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:08:58 -0400
From: rfmillerjr1@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cleaning Heads
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>From a professional standpoint, when we clean heads on our broadcasting tape
recorders we (now) use alcohol (at least 92%) we buy it in 5 gal drums from
a chemical supply house, but I have also bought it at the local drug store,
(make sure you get the at least 90% and not "rubbing" alcohol which is
mostly water. We use this on both the heads and the pinch rollers.
The trick I have found to not "drying out" the pinch rollers is to use a good
quality cotton swab (not a Q-tip) too porous, just moistened (not soaked) in
the alcohol and then use a bit of pressure on the rubber roller when the swab
gets dirty throw it away and use a new one.
I use Chemtronics CT200 Double headed cotton swabs from :
Chemtronics
800-645-5244 or [removed].
I have also bought fairly good ones in small quanities at Radio Shack.
Another good practice is to put a very small amount of the alcohol in a small
container, the cap from the alcohol bottle works well, then dip the swab in
that, so if you need to re-moisten the swab the tape oxide does not get back
into the whole bottle of alkie.
Randall F. Miller
Senior Engineer
WITF-TV/FM/Radio PA
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:36:39 -0400
From: Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: the Original James Dobson
My Buddy Doc Biel just posted in response to my revelation that James
"Jimmy" Dobson (who played "Archie very briefly) was not of the hetrosexual
persuasion ...
Uh, Hal, does that mean that during those weeks Archie was really lusting
after Jughead and Reggie rather than Betty and Veronica?
No, thank you very much. (I think he and our organist George Wright were
"items"). Besides, I could run very fast in my youth.
Hal(Harlan)Stone
Jughead
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:37:50 -0400
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Laurel and Hardy
Someone wrote:
"I received a catalog in the mail this week. Among the offerings in it
I find a 20 CD set called The Best of Old Time Radio.
(SNIPPED)
What caught my eye was this line in the description:
"You laugh until you cry with comedy giants like Bob Hope, Jack Benny,
Laurel & [removed]"
Laurel & Hardy? What radio did they do?"
I believe these "best of old time radio" collections
you describe are the same ones available at Borders.
If so, the the Laurel and Hardy episodes might be on
DVD. In addition to the 20 CDs of radio programs,
these collection (assuming we're talking about the
same ones) also include a DVD of early TV shows,
usually radio-related.
These collections include "I Love A Mystery" (a copy
of which I sent to two of my cousins for their
birthdays); Suspense; Fibber McGee and Molly; and a
collection of mystery/detective programs.
It's also possible, of course, that Laurel and Hardy
appeared on radio; but I don't know when or on what
program(s).
Rick
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:38:08 -0400
From: "mike karp" <mkarp@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: petrillo
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Petrillo was the name of the head of the musicians union, who was noted for
his power and strict work rules for musicians. In a time when recorded music
was just becoming popular he tried to protect musicians jobs, by forcing the
use of union labor, He tried to make sure that live musicians were always
[removed] I remember he called lots of strickes if his work rules were not
adhered to.
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:39:48 -0400
From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Harris and Benny
1) Who/what was this "Petrillo" (Patrillo?) that was often the punchline of
jokes between Phil and Jack?
James C. Petrillo was the president of the American Federation of
Musicians. He was reviled for his attempts to kill the record
industry--on the theory that canned music was costing AFM members
employment--notably prohibiting virtually all recorded music from
mid-1942 to late 1944 and again during 1948. He also tried to shut
down all the disc jockey shows. Historian Sigmund Spaeth called him
"music's greatest enemy." Read more about his notorious deeds in my
book, "Spike Jones Off the Record."
2) I'd like to know anything that anyone can tell me about the infamous
"That's What I Like About the South".
While "The Thing" was Phil's biggest hit, "South" became his
trademark of sorts. His RCA recording charted at #21 on 3/15/47,
according to Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories 1890-1954."
Jordan R. Young
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:40:14 -0400
From: Brian Johnson <chyronop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: PETRILLO
James Caesar Petrillo was the combative (and racist)
head of the American federation of Musicians duringthe
1940's. He twice led the union through strikes against
the record companies to stop airplay of records.
Recordings continued with a cappella chiors providing
background vocals (Bing Crosby's "Sunday, Monday or
Always" is a good example of this). It never stopped
radio from playing records and all it did was hasten
the decline of the Big Bands.
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:40:36 -0400
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio appearances of Laurel and hardy
Hello again --
OTRer "Radio AZ" was asking about radio shows featuring Laurel and Hardy. I
know of only two, both in my collection; the 1943 "Mail Call," no. 66,
featured the comedy duo along with Lucille Ball. One of the sketches was
entitled "Stan's Wedding." I also have the audio portion of the old "This is
Your Life" TV show which featured Laurel and Hardy as the surprise roasts of
the evening. The John Dunning book lists nothing for the famous pair.
Hope this helps,
Jan Bach
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:40:54 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Petrillo?
Mark asks, anent Jack Benny and Phil Harris,
1) Who/what was this "Petrillo" (Patrillo?) that was often the
punchline of jokes between Phil and Jack?
James C. Petrillo was the head of the musicians' union.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:44:22 -0400
From: mikeandzachary@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: NORMAN CORWIN ON BOB EDWARDS' XMNPR SHOW NEXT
TUESDAY
>From Bob Edwards' XMNPR Web site:
Tuesday, July 26:
Nonagenarian Writer/ Director/ Producer Norman Corwin speaks with Bob
about his extensive broadcast career during the Golden Age of Radio.
Corwin just celebrated his 60th anniversary of "On A Note Of Triumph"
about the night Nazi Germany surrendered. It is his most famous radio
broadcast, and is considered to be his masterpiece.
= =======================================
For those of you who would like to hear the interview but don't have
XM, there is a way at their Web site, [removed], to get a free
three-day trial of their on-line service. XMNPR is at Channel 133, and
Edwards' show is broadcast in the morning and repeated at 9:00 [removed]
Eastern.
Mike
[ADMINISTRIVA: However, on XM Online, the program is "looped" throughout the
entire day, so if you sign up for the free trial as Mike suggests, you can
hear the show on-the-hour every hour between 8:00 am Tuesday and 7:00 am
Wednesday. Or, if you wait until the weekend for your trial, you can hear all
five days rotated in order all weekend on the online Channel 133. (XM
apparently doesn't have the rights to distribute the rest of the XMPR
schedule on the Internet.) --cfs3]
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:45:18 -0400
From: HK Hinkley <parpark280@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: That's What I Like About the South
Mark Wuellner asked:
2) I'd like to know anything that anyone can tell me about the infamous
"That's What I Like About the South". Did Phil write it for the show or
did it have life independent of the show? Exactly how many verses to the
song are there?
I have the RCA cassette CAK-456 which includes TWILAtS along with 11
other songs sung by Harris, including "The Thing." This version of
"South" doesn't include all the various verses offered on Jack Benny
radio and television; it's only a 60 minute tape. Fun stuff!
Stay tuned, HK
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:45:48 -0400
From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Couples
Kenneth Clarke names a few OTR married couples and asks for additions
to his list.
First of all, the missing husband in "Candy Matson" is Monty Masters,
whom Kenneth could have found in my PRIVATE EYELASHES that he's been
reading. Three other married couples appear in that book are: Dick
Powell & Joan Blondell (in "Miss Pinkerton, Inc.), Les Tremayne & Alice
Rineheart (in "Abbott Mysteries") and Adele Jergens & Glenn Langan (in
"Stand By For Crime".)
Other married couples who were OTR performers (sometimes in the same
shows, sometimes not):
Tyler McVey and Esther Geddes, John McIntyre and Jeanette Nolan, all of
the "Breakfast Couples" (The Fitzgeralds, Tex & Jinx, Dick & Dorothy,
etc.), Cary Grant & Betsy Palmer in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream
House", Bill Hayes & Susan Seaforth, Robert Lee & Janet Waldo, Howard &
Lois Culver, and Goodman & Jane Ace of "Easy Aces."
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:46:09 -0400
From: JE Purvis <hqsouth@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Man/wife teams
Hi gang --
Another one that comes to mind is Goodman and Jane Ace
of "The Easy Aces." There must be some more ...
Good day ... probably,
Jerry
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:41:17 -0400
From: "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: man/wife teams
There are Ed and Pegeen Fitzgerald, Dorothy Kilgallen and Richard Kohlmar,
of old WOR programs. A present team would be the Dolans (originated on WOR,
now, I believe, syndicated). I'll think of more right after I send this
<g>.
Candy
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:03:47 -0400
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: husband wife teams
Kenneth Clarke asked about husband/wife teams in OTR. Two he didn't
mention are: Goodman and Jane Ace (Easy Aces), and Ronald and Benita
Colman (Jack Benny, Halls of Ivy). The BBC did a radio series about two
years ago on husband/wife comedy teams (noting that they don't seem to
exist anymore). Here's the listing of couples they covered--five of
these are known primarily through OTR, the sixth has virtually no OTR
connection (as a couple, at least--they each had indendent radio
careers).
03/25/02 Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa
04/01/03 Fibber McGee and Molly
04/08/03 Jane and Goodman Ace
04/15/03 George Burns & Gracie Allen
04/21/03 Jack Benny & Mary Livingstone
04/28/03 Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez
Kermyt
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:06:16 -0400
From: jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Prercorded network Program druing summer
months in non-daylight saving locals
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Dear Old Time radio Digest:
In catching up with reading digest number 161, I was reminded of the years
when the radio networks delayed programs for one hour in parts of the nation
that did not observe daylight saving time. I have a series of questions
about this practice.
One: when did all four radio networks begin this tape delay system and what
year did this way of broadcasting programs in the summer months start?
Two: Did the networks or the local stations make the recordings?
Three: was this an expensive process for the networks and stations?
Four: how many tapes recorders were needed, because programs had to start
right on the second and the pates had to be rewound did this put wear and
tare on the equipment?
Five: When a major news even such as a news bulletin or a presidential
address took place how did this effect the recording process, the event would
be broadcast live, what happened one hour later on play back would one hear
the event or address replayed, and if the news program finished at twenty
after the hour would one hear the program that was sent down the line live
since the program broadcast the previous hour would have been preempted?
Number six: When coast to coast network television became a reality in
1951, the same questions apply until video tape arrived in 1956, were
programs delayed by kinescope or did viewers have to tune in as radio
listeners did in the 1930s and 1940s and tune in one hour earlier?
Number 7: Did the networks play a part in passage of the Uniform Time act of
1966 making day light saving time mandatory in most of the nation?
Number 8: Today, Arizona doesn't follow Day-Light saving times. Are the
radio and telavision network programs still on a hour delay in the summer
month in Arizona?
Many Thanks
Jim Taylar
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:09:17 -0400
From: jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A Forget Quiz Show from the 50's
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Dear Old Time radio Digest:
I was born in 1951, my family moved many times and we did not always have
television.
So I listened to many radio programs. When I was a toddler I recall my
mother listening to the radio as she did her house work.
She mostly listened to C. B. S. One program she heard was called Make up Your
Mind. This program sounded like a quiz program.
I know it aired at 1130 AM Eastern time after Arthur Godfry Time and just
before the soap Operas. A friend and fan of O. T. R. said that the program
was hosted by Jack Sterling and sponsored by Wonder bred and Hostess cakes.
Can any one please tell me what the premise of the program was? Was the
program in the Strike It Rich Queen for a Day stile? Are their any
recordings of Make up Your Mind Available?
I could not find any information about this program in John Dunning's book or
in the Radio Gold Index. This might be the right question for the two
experts on 1950s radio Jim Cox or Stewart Wright.
This information would be most appreciated.
Many Thanks.
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:27:09 -0400
From: dougdouglass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WOR / Joe Franklin
Jim Burns's memory is correct. WOR-TV had studios at 1481 Broadway on
the NW corner of 42nd Street in the Rialto Theatre Building, now the
Reuter's office tower.
When Channel 9 moved to Secaucus, New Jersey the facility became Times
Square Studios, home to syndicated programs including Geraldo and
Montell Williams.
Doug Douglass
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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:51:14 -0400
From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Harris and Benny
Per Mark Wuellner's questions:
James C. Petrillo was the president of the American Federation of
Musicians. He was reviled for his attempts to kill the record
industry--on the theory that canned music was costing union members
employment--notably prohibiting virtually all recorded music from
mid-1942 to late 1944 and again during 1948. He also tried to shut
down all the disc jockey shows. Historian Sigmund Spaeth called him
"music's greatest enemy." Read more about his notorious deeds in my
book, "Spike Jones Off the Record."
As for Phil Harris -- While "The Thing" was Phil's biggest hit,
"South" became his trademark of sorts. His RCA recording charted at
#21 on 3/15/47, according to Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories 1890-1954."
Jordan R. Young
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