Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #158
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Date: 6/7/2006 9:16 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 158
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      6-7 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
      Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial C  [ Brightstar2761@[removed] ]
      Also more on Barrie Craig and others  [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      NBC 50 birthday shows                 [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      week end line up on Yesterday USA     [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      More Dragnet                          [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      RADIO RECALL: June issue              [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Batman and Superman "Unmasked"        [ Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 22:48:22 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-7 births/deaths

    June 7th births

    06-07-1891 - Alois Havrilla - Pressov, Hungary - d. 12-7-1952
    announcer: "Campbell Soup Orchestra"; "Jack Benny Program"
    06-07-1896 - Hope Summers - Mattoon, IL - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Clara "Girl Alone"
    06-07-1897 - George Szell - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 7-30-1970
    orchestra leader: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "New York Philharmonic"
    06-07-1897 - Mann Holiner - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-29-1958
    producer, director: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Jubilee"
    06-07-1903 - Glen Gray - Metamora, IL - d. 8-23-1963
    bandleader: "Camel Caravan"
    06-07-1903 - Joseph Kahn - NYC - d. 9-3-1998
    pianist: "Voice of Firestone"; "Story of Mary Marlin"
    06-07-1908 - Boris Goldovsky - Moscow, Russia - d. 2-15-2001
    commentator: "Metropolitan Opera"
    06-07-1908 - Clarence Straight - d. 6-21-1988
    actor: Rags the Dog "Those We Love"
    06-07-1909 - Jessica Tandy - London, England - d. 9-11-1994
    actor: Liz Marriott "Marriage"; Mildred Rogers "Of Human Bondage"
    06-07-1911 - Stanley Unwin - Pretoria, South Africa - d. 1-12-2002
    sound engineer, commentator, actor: "Beyond Our Ken"
    06-07-1913 - Tom Collins - Chicago, IL - d. 6-17-1973
    actor: Chandu "Chandu the Magician"; Nicholas Lacey "One Man's Family"
    06-07-1917 - Dean Martin - Steubenville, OH - d. 12-25-1995
    singer, comedian: "Martin and Lewis Show"
    06-07-1917 - Kathleen Hite - d. 2-18-1989
    writer: "Sam Spade"; "Escape"; "Gunsmoke"; "Rogers of the Gazette";
    "Romamce"
    06-07-1919 - Ray Scherer - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 7-1-2000
    nbc white house correspondent: "News of the World"; "Army-McCarthy
    Hearings"
    06-07-1924 - Dolores Gray - Chicago, IL - d. 6-26-2002
    musical actor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"; "Jack
    Smith Show"
    06-07-1926 - Dick Williams - Wall Lake, IA
    singer: (The Williams Brothers) "Bing Crosby Show"

    June 7th deaths

    01-01-1879 - [removed] Forster - London, England - d. 6-7-1970
    novelist: "NBC University Theatre"
    01-03-1898 - Zasu Pitts - Parsons, KS - d. 6-7-1963
    comedienne: "Lum and Abner"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    01-14-1894 - Mary "Bubbles" Kelly - Chicago, IL - d. 6-7-1941
    actor: (Ex Jack Benny girlfriend) "Honolulu Bound"
    01-23-1907 - Dan Duryea - White Plains, NY - d. 6-7-1968
    actor: Lou Dana "Man from Homicide"
    01-31-1915 - Bobby Hackett - Providence, RI - d. 6-7-1976
    cornetist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
    02-06-1889 - Richard Bonelli - Port Byron, NY - d. 6-7-1980
    baritone: "Universal Rhythm"
    02-18-1903 - George Givot - Ekatarinaslav, Russia - d. 6-7-1984
    dialectitian: (Greek Ambassador of Good Will) "George Givot Show)
    03-03-1911 - Jean Harlow - Kansas City, MO - d. 6-7-1937
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-16-1890 - Kenneth Perkins - d. 6-7-1951
    writer: "Hawk Larabee"
    05-26-1915 - Martin Stone - d. 6-7-1998
    producer: "Howdy Doody"; "Author Meets the Critic"
    05-30-1906 - Norris Goff - Cove, AR - d. 6-7-1978
    actor: Abner Peabody "Lum and Abner"
    06-21-1921 - Judy Holliday - NYC - d. 6-7-1965
    actor: "Big Show"
    06-22-1903 - Ben Pollack - Chicago, IL - d. 6-7-1971
    bandleader: Bib band remotes - became the Bob Crosby Orchestra
    08-15-1910 - Signe Hasso - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 6-7-2002
    actor: "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Hollywood Star Time"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    08-22-1893 - Dorothy Parker - West End, NJ - d. 6-7-1967
    author, panelist: "Author, Author"; "Information, Please"
    09-04-1905 - Meade Lux Lewis - Chicago, IL - d. 6-7-1964
    jazz pianist: "Camel Caravan"; "Mercury Theatre"; "Jubilee"
    09-04-1936 - Wayne Cody - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 6-7-2002
    Seattle sportscaster
    10-19-1918 - Bob Sweeney - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-7-1992
    actor: "Sweeney and March"; "Sara's Private Caper"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Home state of Frank King
    Cashton, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 02:12:00 -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, 7 Jun 2006 08:17:40 -0400
    From: Brightstar2761@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Marian Anderson's Lincoln Memorial Concert

    I recently discovered film footage of Marian Anderson's Easter Sunday 1939
    concert at the Lincoln Memorial.  I've heard that NBC (I think it's the
    Blue Network) broadcast at least part of this performance.  Does anyone
    know if this broadcast is available?

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    Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:43:29 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Also more on Barrie Craig and others it.

    Don't trust news paper spelling !!  Jay Leno, on the Tonight show, for years
    on Monday has a segment he call "Headlines" People send him newspaper
    clipping of mistakes and misspelled heading and he reads them and it make a
    good comedy segment. Jay reads a fouled up head lineand often asks the
    question, doesn't anyone proof read? He is not short of material.

    Barrie and Barry is kind of different because either spelling is used as a
    first name or last name as Elaine Barrie or Wendy Barrie. There are others
    with last names of Barry, such as Norman , Jack,  Peter and so on. In the
    40's a Soap Opera was "Barry Cameron".  A guy could  be named Barrie Barry,
    isn't that a disease, or it could be Barrie Barrie or even Barry Barry. How
    does one know the correct spelling unless you ask or are told.

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    Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:43:48 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  NBC 50 birthday shows

    Hi Everybody,

    I interview this past Monday Charlie Garment.  Who wrote and co-produce the
    1976 5 parter birthday special for NBC.  I understand   Bob Hope, and Bing
    Crosby were two of the guest host for this special.  Does any one have a
    copy of this NBC broadcast?  I would love to run it on Yesterday USA.  Take
    care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:45:13 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  week end line up on Yesterday USA

    Hi Everybody,

    listed below are some of the week end line up highlights on Yesterday USA
    starting at 7-30 [removed]

    Friday 6-9-06

    A.  Frank Bresee is in Europe and will be back live next week

    B.  to celebrate Hal Stone 75th birthday a rerun of Hal interview done in
    Frank Bresee studio.

    C.  OTR like Fibber, Gildersleeves, Information Please Halls Of Ivy ect

    Saturday 6-10-06

    A.  Dick Bertel and Ed Corcaran    interview with Larry Haines on there
    Golden Age Radio show

    B.  to celebrate 51 birthday of Monitor.  Dennis Hart and Jim Taylor  will
    be live talking about the history of the show.  There will be tape interview
    run later with
    Charlie Garment writer, Jim Lowe host, and Teddi Thurman weather
    broadcaster.

    Sunday 6-11-06

    A.  Laura Leff is on a summer brake thus Same Time Same Station will start
    at the top of the show.  Allan Reed is guest.

    B.  Mike Biel

    C.  Bryan Haigood of REP
    S start at 9 [removed]  Some of the show will be a Fred Allen interview, Shadow,
    Amos and Andy, Whistler, Bob Hope, and Cavalcade of America

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    Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:45:47 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  More Dragnet
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    Verily, I've been enjoying the discourse here set off by one of my favourite
    post-ers, Chris "Castile" Holm about crooked cops on "Dragnet." "Mr. Dragnet"
    himself ,
    Michael Hayde,  chimed in with an astute follow-up, as did Rick Keating and
    Dixon Hayes. When Michael included a transcription of Joe Friday's "bad cop"
    speech, I wanted to cheer--not just Jack Webb, but also my pal "Draggie."
    Bravo!

    I've always been a fan of patriotic speeches even if  I don't necessarily
    agree with the message. One of my all-time favourite LPs is Victor Lundberg's
    "An Open Letter" [but I digress].  If  Mr. Hayde or anybody else were to put
    out a book including Jack Webb's/Sgt. Friday's greatest speeches and
    discourses, I'd buy it. I know this is easier said than done being that rights
    would have to be cleared with MCA-Universal TV, or whomever owns/controls
    "Dragnet" at present, but I'd think such a book's editor would be able to turn
    brisk sales as anybody who has a cop in the family might be apt to buy a
    copy.

    BTW, Michael Hayde and I are going to be presenting the panel "A Humourous
    Look at Dragnet" at both Martin Grams's [removed] in September and at FOTR in
    October although we haven't yet decided if "humourous" will be spelled with
    two "U's" or three). At present, we are assembling clips of noted Dragnet
    parodies & tributes. What we need at the moment are:
    1) the title(s) of the Three Stooges (w/  Shemp) "Dragnet" parodies,
    especially the one where Moe chisels "The End" onto Larry's scalp a la "Mark
    VII";
    2) video, or at least, audio of Jack Benny's last TV special  (1974) which was
    also the last time Webb & Morgan appeared in character as Friday & Gannon;
    3) video of  "the Jack Benny Program" (TV) from the late 1950s which
    guest-starred Webb;
    4) the c. 1976 "Saturday Night Live"  parody in which Dan Ayckroyd and Eric
    Idle perform "Dragnet"...in drag!;
    5) the title of "The Simpsons" episode which was  a parody of  "Thelma &
    Louise" which contained a send-up of the concluding Dragnet police blotter
    update
    (w/ George Fenneman doing his familiar narration);
    6) the Woody Woodpecker cartoon called "Bunco Busters" w/ the running gag "If
    Woody had gone to the [removed]," plus any other Woody parodies.

    In the same vein, Mike and I hosted  a similar "Jack Benny in Cartoons"
    seminar at FOTR a couple of years ago and had a lot of fun with it. So if
    anybody here  on the Digest can help us out with the aforementioned clips,
    please contact me derek@[removed] <mailto:derek@[removed];  or Michael Hayde at
    michaelhayde@[removed] <mailto:michaelhayde@[removed];   off-list.

    That's about the size of it.

    Derek Tague
    Mayor of Etherville

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    Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 19:46:18 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  RADIO RECALL: June issue

    The June issue of RADIO RECALL  is back from the printer and will soon
    be mailed to all subscribers.  This jam-packed 12 page issue leads off
    with Jim Cox's article, "The Brotherhood of the Airways" in which he
    details the careers of OTR's famous brothers, including Don & Jim
    Ameche, the Fleming brothers, Wendell & Ken Niles, etc. Columnist Jim
    Snyder provides a summary of the history of "Cavalcade of America"
    while Fred Fett shares his insight into how ten-year old boys in WW II
    managed to assemble Jack Armstrong's toy Piper Cub Pre-Flight Kit.

    Also in this issue, OTR (and baseball) researcher Cort Vitty explains
    how to do OTR research on "ProQuest", accessing hundreds of major
    newspapers from the past. Ron Sayles comes to the defense of OTR
    author, Gerald Eskenazi and his new book, "I Hid It Under the Sheets."
    Finally the editor provides an historical perspective on the "Tokyo
    Rose" myth and proves that Iva Toguri was innocent. He concludes the
    piece by urging OTR fans to send her birthday greetings on July 4th, at
    which time this valiant lady, still alive and living in Chicago, will
    be 90 years old.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 23:16:58 -0400
    From: Hal Stone <otrjug@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Batman and Superman "Unmasked"

    There have been many postings recently regarding Batman and Superman finally
    knowing each others true identity. And the big question seems to be if Robin
    was in on the secret.

    Guess what?, I haven't a clue. But what I do have is a big coincidence.

    At the upcoming REPS Convention in Seattle, (June23-24) I have the pleasure
    of directing recreations of two episodes of "Superman" ...(in which he saves
    Batman and Robin from certain death).  And, as it happens, these specific
    Superman episodes contain dialogue between the Man of Steel and the Caped
    Crusader that relates to Robin not having a clue about Superman's identity,
    and Bruce Wayne and Kent sort of tease Robin about the secret they both
    share.

    The "powers that be" have assembled a great cast for me to boss around.
    Donald Buka, an incredibly gifted and versatile OTR actor from NY will play
    Batman.
    Tommy Cook (A West Coast favorite will play Robin
    Rosemary Rice, my pal from the "Archie Days" will play the wicked villainess
    And guess who will be playing Superman? The man of "Stone" ([removed])

    But the thing I'm most excited about is that I'll also be directing a very
    funny episode of "Duffy's Tavern" at the Saturday night banquet. And again,
    (somebody up there likes me) I'm blessed with a superb cast of OTR and Show
    Biz veterans that will be a joy to work with.

    If you live anywhere close to Seattle ( by that I mean the Continental
    United States) and have never attended an OTR Convention, I sincerely
    recommend you try to sign up for one. It's laced with great talent.

    One of the highlights of this recreation of "Duffy's" will be the appearance
    of a performer who just happened to be a cast member on some of the original
    "Duffy's Tavern" [removed] who went on to stardom in TV. None other
    than an old Child Actor buddy of mine, Dick Van Patten of "Eight is Enough"
    fame. He's playing "Morton", "Archie's" nephew.

    Frank Buxton, another super actor (and former TV director), not to mention a
    very funny [removed] will also be aboard as "Finnigan"

    Other pros from the West Coast area will play major roles, like the
    perennial OTR Convention favorite, Gil Stratton as "Archie". Then too, we'll
    have very talented "currently working radio performers" from the Seattle
    area to play major roles, such as Larry Albert as "Fats, and Pat French as
    "Archie's love [removed]"[removed]". .I mean, super talented people.
    Then we'll have a newcomer to the ranks of OTR performers who I discovered
    lurking among the REPS members. Not only is Penny Swanberg an avid OTR fan,
    but quite talented (and funny) as "Miss Duffy".

    If there's any interest on your part to finally get to attend an OTR
    Convention to see and meet some OTR pros, this will be a good one to
    experience. And it's quite reasonably priced. For further info, you might
    wish to contact Mike Sprague  (one of the Convention organizers) at
    <HRRMIKES@[removed];

    See you there?

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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