Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #210
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 5/22/2003 9:03 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 210
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      National Barn Dance                   [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]
      Si-Sy routine.                        [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      More Mike's                           [ "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed] ]
      METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCASTS         [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Soaps                                 [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      chipping in a little history          [ "Garry Lewis" <glewis@[removed] ]
      Si, Cy, Sue                           [ james h arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
      Re: Godfreyt And Huck Hound?          [ gad4@[removed] ]
      Huckleberry Hound and Arthur Godfrey  [ Michael Shoshani <shoshani@[removed] ]
      Godfrey color film on net             [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Michaels                              [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      May 23rd birthdays                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Breads                                [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      Huck Hound Godfrey                    [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
      Bernardine Flynn                      [ welsa@[removed] ]
      1930's Mysteries Of The Depression    [ "Paul Engler" <pengler@[removed]; ]
      Arthur Godfrey/Huck Hound             [ "Michael Leannah" <mleannah@charter ]

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 00:03:20 -0400
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: submit item <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  National Barn Dance

    I had a phone call from a friend asking if I had any
    programs of The National Barn Dance and I dont. Do any
    of you people know any dealers that sell this programs
    shows??  Please contact me at pappleyard_ca@[removed]
    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 00:03:55 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Si-Sy routine.
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    Paul asked about the Jack Benny-Mel Blanc Si-Sy routine.  I have the dates of
    all the radio shows with that routine on our Web site.  Go to
    [removed], then Biography, then Other Stuff, then Si-Sy routine radio
    dates.  All of these shows are available from the IJBFC audio library.
    Enjoy!

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 00:37:54 -0400
    From: "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed];
    To: "otr message" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  More Mike's

    Responding to Arlene Osborne's "marvelous Mike's" here are five more:
    Michael O'Day (Let's Pretend)
    Mrs. Mike (Film and later radio play on Screen Director's Playhouse)
    Mike Raphone (Dave Goldin's Radio Yesteryear play on microphone)
    Mike Mazurki (Johnny Fletcher)
    Sondra Michael (Soap writer, Lone Journey et. al.)

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 00:49:26 -0400
    From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCASTS

    Certainly the longest running programs of their type - and one of the
    longest running broadcasts of any type - The MET. OPERA broadcasts
    will be sadly missed.  Bob Fells tells us they will be discontinued after the
    2003-2004 Season.
    The only things that comes to mind is that the corporation won't need
    a TEXACO radio program anymore, since it is merging with SHELL
    and all the stations (except a very few) will go under the name SHELL.
    Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:14:50 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

       From Those Were The Days --

    1955 - Jack Benny signed off his last live network radio broadcast after
    a run of 23 years.  (His show continued in re-runs for a while longer -ed).
       Joe

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:14:57 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Soaps

    Hi Everybody,

    when did NBC stop broadcast there day time Soaps?  CBS stop on 11-25-60.
    Did ABC and Mutual broadcast Soaps and when was their last day of
    broadcasting them?  Take care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:15:15 -0400
    From: "Garry Lewis" <glewis@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  chipping in a little history

    I finally got toooooo curious and Googled the following site for the history
    of Mike-sells potato chips.
    [removed]

    your looking for a sample,

             Garry D. Lewis

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:16:46 -0400
    From: james h arva <wilditralian@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Si, Cy, Sue

    22 MAY 03

    Paul of pjhgs@[removed] asked if anyone had an audio or video copy of the
    old Jack Benny / Mel Blanc "Si, Cy, Sue" routine.  Well, I agree - it's
    one of the funniest things ever done on the air.  I have an audio copy,
    but not a video.  I do remember it being done on television, as well as
    radio.  If you want a copy of it, I'll be happy to send it to you, but it
    might take a while.  It was broadcast on radio, incidentally, on
    11-16-53.

    Best regards,

    Jim Arva

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:17:41 -0400
    From: gad4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Godfreyt And Huck Hound?

    Lee Munsick wrote:

>     If there's anyone out there
>     who knows about Huck Hound, please write me with background, dating, and if
>     you've also heard this claim!  If I can learn who the cartoonist was/is,
>     perhaps I can contact the cartoonist and learn more there as well.

    Lee,

    You never really heard of Huckleberry Hound before?

    [removed]

    Hope that helps.

    George

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 11:18:33 -0400
    From: Michael Shoshani <shoshani@[removed];
    To: OldRadio Mailing Lists <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Huckleberry Hound and Arthur Godfrey

    Lee Munsick wrote:

>     I've recently seen a claim that Arthur Godfrey was "the inspiration for the
>     cartoon character Huck Hound".  This is new to me.

>     I've heard of the character, but that's all.  If there's anyone out there
>     who knows about Huck Hound, please write me with background, dating, and if
>     you've also heard this claim!  If I can learn who the cartoonist was/is,
>     perhaps I can contact the cartoonist and learn more there as well.

    Huckleberry Hound was a Hanna-Barbera creation, and he was born around
    1954 or 1955.  However, the Huckleberry Hound voice, provided by the
    amazingly versatile Daws Butler, was a slightly toned-down version of
    a "cool hepcat" character voice that had been used in MGM cartoons for
    at least a decade, both for Hanna & Barbera and for Tex Avery.

    Neither Huck nor the earlier version of the voice sound all that much
    like Godfrey, at least not to me.  I've only heard Arthur Godfrey in a
    low-pitched mellow tone that sounds as though he was sitting 6 inches
    away from an RCA 44-BX with the jumper switch set to 'M', and a
    matching low-key, unruffled delivery.  Huck, while somewhat low-key,
    could get excited when he had to.

    Michael Shoshani
    Chicago IL

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 12:09:40 -0400
    From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Godfrey color film on net

    If any of you want an easy way to watch a color film of Arthur Godfrey, the
    Prelinger Archives has the 1953 Eastern Airlines film "Flying With Arthur
    Godfrey" available for viewing on the net.  Here is the URL for my on-site
    search just using the word Godfrey.  It might not work because it is a
    search URL.

    [removed];collection=prelinger&submit=main&search=Godfrey&limit=100&start=0

    That would give you the listings for both parts, but you can get to part
    one directly with this. The second part is probably the same with a b at
    the end instead of an a.

    [removed];collectionid=01870a

    To check out this whole site go to    [removed]

    I watched the first part.  Near the end, after they get the plane in the
    air, Godfrey takes out a pack of Chesterfields and tries to get the
    co-pilot to smoke one, but he tells Godfrey that he doesn't smoke.  Godfrey
    anyway tries to sell him on buying them by the carton as he lights one up
    himself, puffs, and says, "Boy, this is the life."  This is SHAMELESS,
    since the main purpose of this promotional film was probably mainly to be
    sent out on free loan to schools.  Teachers used these things all the time
    back then.  It's the kind of film to show to kids who say "Hey!  I want to
    be a pilot when I grow up!  And I want to smoke and get lung cancer!"

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:57:28 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Michaels
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    How about Michael Shayne, Private Eye, And Marion Michael Morrison (John
    Wayne)?

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:12:25 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  May 23rd birthdays

    If your birthday falls on May 23rd, you share it with:

    05-23-1883 - Douglas Fairbanks - Denver, CO - d. 12-12-1939
    commentator: "KHJ Los Angeles 1921"
    05-23-1886 - James Gleason - NYC - d. 4-12-1959
    actor: "Jimmy Gleason's Diner"
    05-23-1890 - Herbert Marshall - London, England - d. 1-22-1966
    actor: Ken Thurston "A Man Called X"
    05-23-1898 - Frank McHugh - Homestead, PA - d. 9-11-1981
    actor: Fairchild Finnegan "Phone Again Finnegan"
    05-23-1912 - John Payne - Roanoke, VA - d. 12-6-1989
    actor: "Hollywood Star Preview"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-23-1921 - Helen O'Connell - Lima, OH - d. 9-9-1993
    singer: (Jimmy Dorsey Band) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    05-23-1928 - Rosemary Clooney - Maysville, KY - d. 6-29-2002
    singer: "Rosemary Clooney Show"; "On the Sunny Side"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn and Spencer Tracy

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:02:15 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Breads
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    I just thought I would add a few more brands of bread to your list before it
    gets too stale!!! In our local area here in the San Joaquin Valley, besides
    Sunbeam, (It's batter whipped),Langendorf, Weber's,Wonder,etc.,there was
    Betsy Ross which was changed in the mid-1950's to Rainbow [removed] there
    was one called : Harvest Queen out of Fresno, [removed] sponsored The Uncle
    Tony O'Dare Show, on local Channel,KMJ-TV, Channel 24 in Fresno, and in the
    early 1960's The Uncle Jimmy Weldon & Webster Webfoot Show, both kiddie
    shows, on the same [removed] anyone out there from this area remember
    these shows? Harvest Queen Bread disappeared around that time. It was the
    best white bread, besides Betsy Ross and Sunbeam that I ever ate. Since that
    time I don't like the white bread they make [removed] oh, don't forget Holsum
    bread!I'll stick with Roman Meal Bread, an all wheat bread.

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:12:27 -0400
    From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Huck Hound Godfrey

    <<Lee Munsick asked if Arthur (never say Art to him)Godfrey inspired the
    Huck Hound cartoon [removed];>

    I've been thinking about your question and it occurs to me that there
    indeed, was a cartoon episode of Huckleberry Hound "imitating" Arthur
    Godfrey's voice.  Perhaps the bear was behind a mic in the cartoon and he
    did the "Howya, howya, howya" Godfrey voice imitation in the skit.  Just a
    guess - is that someone else's recollection too??

    Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:12:57 -0400
    From: welsa@[removed]
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Bernardine Flynn

    I was rummaging around an antique store today and came across a pile of
    maybe a dozen STAND BY magazines--the weekly publication of WLS Chicago.

    Being something of a fan of Vic and Sade, I bought one from October 2, 1937
    which features a nice photo of Bernardine Flynn on the cover.  There is also
    a short article about the birth of her son shortly before publication date.
    One wonders where Anthony Doherty (her son) is today.

    I have scanned the photo as a .BMP file.  If anyone would like it, drop me a
    note and I'll e-mail it right back.

    Here's the article in its entirety:

    BERNARDINE FLYNN, more familiarly known to listeners as Sade of Vic and
    Sade--the radio mother of young Rush--is playing another important mother
    role these days, one that isn't written in the script. For she has a
    real-life son now, tiny Anthony Doherty, born less than a month ago.
    Bernardine is the wife of Dr. C. C. Doherty of Chicago.
    She began her dramatic career at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, her
    home town. It was while she was playing the lead in a campus production that
    she got her first real "break." Zona Gale, famous Wisconsin authoress, saw
    her and recommended her to Brock Pemberton for a role in "Seven Year Love."
    So after her graduation in 1929, Bernardine turned to Broadway.

    Back in the Middle West the following Spring for a visit between New York
    engagements, she heard that NBC was seeking an actress with a French accent.
    Having learned a creditable accent from her mother, who was French,
    Bernardine dashed to the studios for an audition and won the job. She made
    an immediate hit on the air and since then has appeared in many NBC dramatic
    presentations.

    She takes her work very seriously and studies her radio material at home in
    addition to rehearsing and practicing at the studios. For recreation, she
    visits legitimate theaters and movies and reads and does a lot of walking.
    Though she and her husband prefer the country, they live in an apartment
    near Chicago's loop as a matter of convenience.

    Bernardine has dark brown curly hair, weighs 118 pounds and is five feet,
    four and one-half inches tall. Her favorite sport is archery and her idea of
    the most useless pastime is card playing. Her pet aversions are crowds and
    streetcars.

    The Dohertys say it's a little early yet to predict whether young Anthony
    will be a physician, like his dad, or a radio star, like his mother. But
    either profession would please them both.

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 19:04:39 -0400
    From: "Paul Engler" <pengler@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1930's Mysteries Of The Depression
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    I have a cassette containing 4 15 minute first chapters of the following
    mystery serials: The Transatlantic Murder Mystery,  The Stratosphere Murder
    Mystery,  Nemesis, Inc. and The Stonehill Prison Mystery. They definitely
    sound like they came from the 30s & possibly Chicago as Nemesis, Inc. takes
    place in Chicago. Anybody know anything about these programs. I bought this
    with many other tapes from Radio Yesteryear. My name is Paul Engler.

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 20:05:13 -0400
    From: "Michael Leannah" <mleannah@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arthur Godfrey/Huck Hound

    To Lee, who asked about Godfrey/Huck Hound: Are you referring to Huckleberry
    Hound? I don't know much about it, but Huckleberry Hound was a
    Hannah-Barbara cartoon that came out in the late '50s or early '60s. I never
    saw any connection between that character and Arthur Godfrey. I'd be very
    surprised to learn there is one. I am sure the information you seek is in
    one of the many books on the work of Hannah-Barbara.

    Mike Leannah
    Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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