Subject: [removed] Digest V2001 #379
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 11/27/2001 7:30 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2001 : Issue 379
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  RE: I Love A Mystery                  [ jmayor@[removed] ]
  Lum and Abner and Horlicks            [ "dick wamser" <snapp@[removed]; ]
  Re: CBC 's "Night Camp"               [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
  More bios of famous radio personalit  [ Marklambert@[removed] ]
  Today in Radio History                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]
  BEST OF LONE RANGER SHOWS             [ "Edwin Ortiz" <eddieo396@[removed]; ]
  Re: Barrymore Xmas Carol on CD        [ Graham Newton <gn@audio-restoration ]
  A few more bios. . .                  [ Marklambert@[removed] ]
  live 365 - for those not familiar wi  [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
  Musical Interludes                    [ "JLF formerly INFOMEDIA" <infom@ore ]
  Re:Bob and Ray routines               [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
  Conversation Starters                 [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
  First Piano Quartet question?         [ "dick wamser" <snapp@[removed]; ]
  Hopefully, my last Rio Volt question  [ Ga6string@[removed] ]
  Re: Conversation Starters             [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  Price comparison                      [ "Poindexter" <poindexter@[removed]; ]
  Today in Radio History 11/27          [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:17:42 -0500
From: jmayor@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: RE:  I Love A Mystery

Walden Hughes wrote:

I had the grate honor in 1985 to have close to 2 hour
lunch with Carlton E. Morse, and he told my family
many wonderful stories that day.

I sure envy you and your family.  I did have the honor
of speaking to him over the phone shortly before he
died.

He explain that know of an engineer that recorded all
the I Love A Mystery shows, but Carlton did not know
what happen to the gentleman.  Carlton express that he
was very happy and willing for collectors to have his
shows because he felt it was a grate way for his
shows to survive, and to be enjoyed.  He was so happy
and honored that people cared about him, and his show
even though it been off the air for many years.  So I
would recommend, if their any way for us to figure
out who was some of the engineers working on I Love A
Mystery.

All I know about this is that a lawyer (names and
associations are not given) recopyrighted all his stuff
and clamped down on "distributors" of tapes.  I was
told that I had to add a statement (provided by the
lawyer) in our CEM newsletter and restraining us from
sharing tapes of his programs.  I terminated the
newsletter rather than abide by that.  I am FIRMLY
convinced CEM did NOT have anything to do with that,
although he may have legally approved.

I agree with a previous posting by Elizabeth McLeod
about the likelyhood of ever seeing anymore recording
of ILAM, however.

What a loss.  What a pity!

Jim Mayor <jmayor@[removed];

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:32:47 -0500
From: "dick wamser" <snapp@[removed];
To: "otr" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Lum and Abner and Horlicks

Hello all:  Thanks to Mr. Ross for his answer to my Space Patrol
question of a few days back. Now, I've got two more; and I'll post
them separately so the subjects won't get mangled.

I've been listening to some early Lum and Abner from 1935.  From
January to mid July, Horlicks Malted Milk sponsored the show.  I
was surprised to find that there were two actors doing the
commercials, and two others doing the rest of the voices for the
actual program.  This seemed to me to be a rather extravagant way
of presenting the product.

In some of the mid August shows I'm currently listening to,
Horlicks is still the official sponsor, but there are no actual
plugs for the product.  Pre recorded organ music replaces it.  Two
questions.

Why was the plug for Horlicks missing, and why didn't the actual
program expand enough to fill the void?

Perhaps there is no actual answer, opinions are welcome also.  Yall
have a nice day.  OK?

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:32:02 -0500
From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: CBC 's "Night Camp"

Graham Newton <gn@[removed]; quotes "Russ Butler"
<oldradio@[removed]; and responds:

Would any of these radio shows be available?
Although [host David Lennick's] late father taped every one of them, and he
 >has a few good
quality representative samples in his own collection, David says
"Not a chance, until Hell freezes over!" for any being re-issued.

(Now it seems to me that somewhere I've seen a scientific dissertation that
  proves hell has already frozen, so who [removed] what evil lurks.)

Actually, I believe the source on that may very well be CBC Television. I
recall watching those "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" gadflies taking a look at
the final tally of the 1993 Canadian elections, saw the New Democratic Party
had (three times?) more members of Parliament than the then-ruling
Conservatives, and broke in with the bulletin, "This just in: Hell HAS
definitely just frozen over."

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:18:26 -0500
From: Marklambert@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: More bios of famous radio personalities

The Des Moines Register continues its periodic series of
short biographical columns entitled "Famous Iowans."
Two recent entries are:

1.  Radio pioneer (and seed catalog entrepreneur) Henry Field
who built his own transmitter in 1924 and went on the air with
KFNF in Shenandoah, Iowa.

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2.  Radio & tv great Steve Allen:

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(The column misses the fact that Allen worked part-time
at Des Moines radio station KSO during his time in
Des Moines).

--Mark
Mark Lambert
[removed]
marklambert@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:32:55 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Today in Radio History

 From Those Were The Days --

1945 - The program, Bride and Groom, debuted on the NBC Blue network. It
is estimated that 1,000 newly-wed couples were interviewed on the
program before it left the airwaves in 1950.
  Joe

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Visit my home page:
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:20:10 -0500
From: "Edwin Ortiz" <eddieo396@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: BEST OF LONE RANGER SHOWS

Hi i just acquired a number of lone ranger radio shows and i was wondering
if someone can list the top ten or so best shows. I also have another
question is the episdoe the return of cavendish the same story asthe origin
of the lone ranger. thanks otr fans

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:19:58 -0500
From: Graham Newton <gn@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Barrymore Xmas Carol on CD

Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; had burbled to the [removed]
On the subject: Barrymore Xmas Carol on CD

Occasionally people ask about the version of "A Christmas Carol" that
Lionel Barrymore recorded for MGM records around 1947.  I just picked up
this recording on a newly released CD that I found in the cheapie
Christmas CD section at Wal Mart for $[removed]  It was done by a Canadian
company, Direct Source Special Products, catalog number XMS 91082, and
contains a lot more than just the aforementioned recording.

David Lennick and I plead guilty to that one and a few others!

This was part of a group of CDs sold to Direct Source, and because of the
minimal nature of the packaging, (no liner notes, list of sources or other
details) we didn't put our names on it.  They turned out very well, so
at US $[removed] it is a real bargain.

We did that stuff months ago, and we're still waiting for our product
samples, so we haven't seen the finished goods yet!  Time to jump on
them again.


... Graham Newton

 --
Audio Restoration by Graham Newton, [removed]
World class professional services applied to phonograph and tape
recordings for consumers and re-releases, featuring CEDAR processes.

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:18:49 -0500
From: Marklambert@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A few more bios. . .

Harriet Parsons ("Hollywood Highlights" radio show on NBC)

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MacDonald Carey, radio & tv soap actor

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Gary Cooper

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John Wayne  (not sure if Wayne did any radio, tho I presume he did).

[removed]

On that web site there are a bunch of other actors who undoubtedly
did work on radio too, such as William Frawley (best known as
Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy), Virginia Christine (best known as
Folger Coffee's Mrs. Olson), Ralph Bellamy, etc.

At [removed]  there is an
alphabetical listing, as well as a listing by category.  Following are
the "entertainers," many of whom performed on radio (some of
which I have listed previously):
 Felix Adler, Circus clown
 Steve Allen, Television personality
 Fran Allison, Radio, TV actress
 Don Ameche, Actor
 Fay Bainter, Actress
 Bill Baird, Puppeteer
 Ralph Bellamy, Actor
 MacDonald Carey, Actor
 Johnny Carson, Television entertainer
 Cherry sisters, Vaudeville performers
 Virginia Christine, Actress
 Chester Conklin, Comic actor
 Gary Cooper, Movie actor
 Lili Damita, Movie actress
 Don DeFore, Actor
 Claire Dodd, Movie actress
 Bobby Driscoll, Actor
 James Ellison, Actor
 Hope Emerson, Actress
 William Frawley, Actor
 John Frederick, Actor
 Raymond Hatton, Movie actor
 Mary Beth Hurt, Actress
 Priscilla Lane, Movie actress
 Harry Langdon, Silent movie star
 Cloris Leachman, Actress
 Margaret Lindsay, Movie actress
 Hugh Marlowe, Actor
 Jerry Mathers, Television actor
 Marilyn Maxwell, Movie actress
 Conrad Nagel, Actor
 Harriet Nelson, Actress
 Harriet Parsons, Movie producer
 Donna Reed, Actress
 George Reeves, Actor
 Margherita Roberti, Opera singer
 Lillian Russell, Actress-singer
 Forrest Tucker, Actor
 John Wayne, Movie actor
 Jane Weir, Actress
 Andy Williams, Singer

--Mark
Mark Lambert
[removed]
marklambert@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:30:19 -0500
From: Jer51473@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: live 365 -  for those not familiar with it

 Go to [removed] and find dozens of otr radio stations you can listen to on
your pc with continuous broadcasts of otr programs. I have preset 33 otr
stations and 14 others that have 40-50s pop and/or big band music. You have
to have Real Player to use the stations or i think Windows Media Player will
do. Im sure you know Real Player can be downloaded free very easily if in
fact you dont have it. My favorite of these stations  is Nockles OTR which
broadcasts otr comedy shows 24 hours a day. They give you a daily schedule
which has about 25 shows per day. Try it if you havent already, you wont
believe it. You cant choose a particular show, but there are comedy, drama,
detective, variety, news, etc of some type on all the time. Some stations
have all detectives, some comedies, some have assortments of all 0tr.
Probably many or maybe most of you know about [removed], but for those that
dont, you do now.


[ADMINISTRIVIA: Be VERY careful when visiting this website; there is much
JavaScript executed on your computer (the site does not operate correctly
unless you turn JavaScript ON, which is NOT considered "safe surfing" on
non-trusted websites - on a representative page, there are FIFTEEN "included"
JavaScript files!), as well as many intrusive persistant "cookies" that track
your every move on this website. And, of course, these are not real "radio
stations," but rather MP3 streams generated by anyone with a computer and a
[removed] Use this site at your own [removed]'s probably safer using the
newsgroups to download and save files than to run the gauntlet of this
website.  --cfs3]

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:30:34 -0500
From: "JLF formerly INFOMEDIA" <infom@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Musical Interludes

I've always wondered where the practice of musical pieces being played in
old radio programs was derived, Especially Fibber McGee & Molly. There's no
need for set changes (only in one's mind)! It is a little more
understandable in Jack Benny and Edgar Bergan/Charlie McCArthy as they were
more "show biz" related characters. Was it as simple as there was less
material needed to be written for each show?

JF

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:18:59 -0500
From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:Bob and Ray routines

I don't know much about this Rolf Peterson person,
but I DO know that "Mr. Trace, Keener Than Most Persons"
was one of their ongoing skits.  Some other skits of their
which come to mind are "Mary Margaret McGoon's Sunlit
Kitchen", "Wally Ballou", "Mary Backstage, Noble Wife"
as well as "The Life and Loves of Linda Lovely".

I have a recording of one of their programs broadcast from
radio station WHDH in Boston.

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:30:58 -0500
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Conversation Starters

"How-DEEEEEEE!! I'm JUST so PROUD to BE HERE!"--Minnie Pearl

"Are you ready, Hezzie?!" --Hoosier Hot Shots, "National Barn Dance"

"Twelve fifteen in in New York and we are the [removed]"
--Ed Fitzgerald: "The Fitzfgeralds," WOR

"It's a beautiful day in [removed]" NBC National Farm & Home Hour

"Let 'er go, Boys!" George D. Hay starting up the weekly Grand Ole Opry

and a closer: "I'm headin' for the wagon, folks, these shoes are KILLING
ME!!"  --the Duke Of Paducah, Grand Ole Opry

Bill Knowlton, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:32:12 -0500
From: "dick wamser" <snapp@[removed];
To: "otr" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: First Piano Quartet question?

Hello again:

While listening to a Philip Marlow show from February 1950, I heard
a plug for the next program: the "FIRST PIANO QUARTET."

I suspect that this was an actual four piano program.  Four pianos
at one time? Four pianos in different locations?

What was the scope and length of the series?  Who were the pianists?  Do
recordings of
these programs exist?

Thanks in advance.  

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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:42:33 -0500
From: Ga6string@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Hopefully, my last Rio Volt question

Hi all,

Well, I finally decided to purchase a Rio Volt portable MP3 CD player. I
noted that most of you had mentioned the SP100 as being the model of choice.
Got a little confused when I went to Circuit City to buy one, however: They
had a "Rio Volt Jr.," which I'm guessing is the SP90, the regular Rio Volt
(the SP100?), and a "Rio Volt Sr." which has add'l features, including FM
radio (don't need it) and rechargeable batteries (might come in handy). You
can see all of these models on the Circuit City web site.

I also remembered that the SP100 that most of you mentioned also benefited
from an upgrade that you downloaded from the site, and I don't know if I'd
need that with any of these models or not. Also, the Rio Volt site now has an
SPX100 for sale, not the SP100. Hmmm. Does the SPX100 need the update, too,
[removed]

Being a little confused, I decided to go right to the source and call Rio
Volt's customer service line and ask them to help clarify which one is best
for my needs (low bit rate MP3 CDs), but the estimated "hold time" was 20
minutes, so I thought I'd run it by y'all first.

Any info is [removed]
Bryan

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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 03:47:52 -0500
From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Conversation Starters

Stephen A Kallis, Jr. asked:
Can anyone think of other interesting opening lines?

[removed]

Michael (now cut that out!) Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 03:48:17 -0500
From: "Poindexter" <poindexter@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Price comparison

Last week I was listening to a Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episode from 1956
when Johnny posed as a vacuum cleaner salesman to gain admittance to a
suspect's home.  Listed on his expense account was $[removed] for the purchase
of a vacuum to use as a demonstrator.

When I finished listening to the show (remember, this is 45 years after the
program aired), I took my wife to the mall and she bought a new vacuum
cleaner.  The price: $[removed]

Now if I could just find a brand new car for a 1956 [removed]

Poindexter

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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:22:11 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Today in Radio History 11/27

  From Those Were The Days --

1930 - Broadcasting from “...a little theatre off Times Square,”
according to the show’s introduction, The First Nighter was first heard
on radio. The program, which actually originated from Chicago, then from
Hollywood, aired for 23 years and featured dramas and comedies.

   Joe

--
Visit my home page:
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