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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 104
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      This week in radio history 1-7 April  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Don McNeill's Prayer                  [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      re: Breakfast Club Question           [ Doug Berryhill <fibbermac@[removed] ]
      RE: Editing comercials.               [ david vonbogart <dvonbogart@[removed] ]
      re: Damon Runyon                      [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      Language Study                        [ crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow) ]
      Real Sound Effets                     [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
      Scripts For Missing GUNSMOKE 1952 Ep  [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
      4-1 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Editing Out commercials in sound rec  [ billcf@[removed] ]

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    Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:55:09 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 1-7 April

     From Those Were The Days --

    4/1

    1941 - The first contract for advertising on a commercial FM station
    began on W71NY in New York City.

    1949 - The first all-black-cast variety show, Happy Pappy was presented
    on WENR-TV in  Chicago, IL.

    4/2

    1947 - The Big Story was first heard on NBC. It stayed on the air for
    eight years.

    4/3

    1939 - Mr. District Attorney was heard for the first time on NBC. The
    serial about the 'champion of the people' was originally a 15-minute
    nightly program. In June of 1939, the program went to a half-hour weekly
    format. Mr. District Attorney aired until 1952.

    1942 - People Are Funny was first heard this day on NBC

    1949 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis debuted in an NBC.

    4/4

    1938 - After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new
    noontime talk show.

    4/6

    1931 - Little Orphan Annie, the comic strip character developed by
    Harold Gray, came to life on the NBC Blue network.

    1942 - We Love and Learn premiered on CBS. The serial featured Frank
    Lovejoy as Bill. The program would continue until 1951.

    1945 - This is Your FBI debuted on ABC.

    Joe

    --
    Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:58:38 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Don McNeill's Prayer

    On Saturday, March 31, 2007 two Digesters wrote:

>     Each in his own words,
>     Each in his own way;
>     For a world united in peace,
>     bow your heads, let us pray.

>     "Each of you,
>     In his own words,
>     In his own way,
>     For a free world united in peace,
>     Let us bow our heads and pray."

    Thanks to Bill Harper and Dennis Crow for providing these two similar
    versions of Don's prayer, which although following a standard format,
    did allow him to change the wording occasionally. This is reflected in
    the line about world peace, which doesn't have to rhyme as the "way"
    and "pray" lines do.

    The 1948 Breakfast Club Yearbook states that Don started the prayer in
    1944 during WW II so his 15 second silent prayer, following his
    introduction, was usually concerned with world peace. However several
    times during the year he would substitute a prayer of thanksgiving for
    blessings received or a prayer to further family understanding.

    Conclusion:  There is no absolute wording on this silent prayer
    introduction.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

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    Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:58:20 -0400
    From: Doug Berryhill <fibbermac@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: Breakfast Club Question

    -FIBBERMAC HERE-

    Many thanks to Bill, Dennis & Conrad for answering my
    question.

    I have forwarded your answers to the man wanting the
    information.

    -FIBBERMAC-

    Wonderful World!

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    Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:59:27 -0400
    From: david vonbogart <dvonbogart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  RE: Editing comercials.

    Charlie wrote

>     Why would I love commercials on OTR, and hate them on
>     Television? It defy's all  reasoning to me.

    I do the same thing, turn down commercials on TV and
    fast-forward on VCR, but like hearing them on OTR. I
    think it's because the old commercials bring back
    memories of products no longer advertised on the air
    or on longer exist, or if they do still exist I think
    "wow, I sitll use that product" or similiar thoughts.
    I think its a nostalgia thing for me.

    Dave B

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    Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:00:45 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: Damon Runyon

    Stuart Lubin asked:

>     Does anyone know if Mr. Runyon had a role in casting the show?

    Pretty unlikely, since he died of cancer over two years before the show
    debuted. (Even if he had lived, he probably would not have had a voice
    in casting. My impression is that authors generally had very little
    involvement with radio adaptations of their work. They simply collected
    a check, and often grumbled -- privately -- about the results.)

    The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is still active today in
    fundraising and supporting cancer research. Their website is
    [removed].

    Kermyt

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    Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:19:59 -0400
    From: crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow)
    To: [removed]@[removed] (Old Time Radio Digest)
    Subject:  Language Study

    I should resist the temptation to correct Stuart Lubin, who wrote an
    intelligent post today on "language study" and  "contractions."
    Additionally,  he  "plugged"  standard  English, when he also noted
    appropriately  that the prepositional phrase,  "between you and I,"  is
    wrong,  and requires the pronoun "me" instead of "I."

    But, [the devil made me do this],  Stuart  misspelled "grammatically."

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:20:12 -0400
    From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Real Sound Effets

    [removed] King's Subject Real Sound Effects, has triggered my mind of trivia.
    I read, or heard, that in 1938 when Orsen Wells was he producing,
    directing and acting in "War of the Worlds" he wanted to create a
    certain sound . He found that having a microphone in a CBS Men's wash
    room created the desired [removed] I think it was either an echo or the
    sound made by flushing a toilet.
    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 03:51:09 -0400
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Scripts For Missing GUNSMOKE 1952 Episodes
     Found

    The Following Post IS NOT An April Fools Gag!

      Fans of Old-Time Radio are extremely fortunate that all but six of 480
    broadcast episodes of GUNSMOKE survive in some recorded form, either from
    the broadcast or a rehearsal recording. Five of those Missing broadcasts are
    from 1952, GUNSMOKE's first year on the air.

      A large number of scripts from the 1952 portion of GUNSMOKE's CBS Radio
    run were recently found.  Included in this group of scripts were those for
    the Five Missing broadcasts from that year.  They are:
    05/03/1952  Ben Thompson
    05/17/1952  Dodge City Killer
    06/14/1952  Jailbait Janet
    06/21/1952  Heat Spell
    06/28/1952  The Ride Back
    (A script for the other Missing episode:  Homely Girl, Air Date 06/19/1960,
    Written by Kathleen Hite is known to exist in archives in California and
    Kansas.  The Plot for that episode is described in the book GUNSMOKE:  A
    Complete History by SuzAnne and Gabor Barabas.)

      Prior to this recent discovery, very little was known about four of these
    five missing 1952 episodes.  More was known about Jailbait Janet because the
    script was modified and reused in 1959 for a new production with a different
    guest cast.

      Plotline Summaries for these five 1952 Missing episodes will be posted in
    The Old-Time Radio Digest at the rate of one a week over the next five
    weeks.

      Additional information, such as Cast credits, from each script will be
    posted on the GUNSMOKE Forum of The Nostalgia Pages Forums Website after
    each Plotline Summary is posted in the Digest.  The Nostalgia Pages Forums
    can be found at:
    [removed]

    The following is a plot summary of the first Missing GUNSMOKE 1952 episode.
    Ben Thompson
    05/03/1952
    Script by Hugh Purdum

    EPISODE NOTES:
      A few early GUNSMOKE episodes had no titles on the scripts. The script for
    this episode was simply labeled GUNSMOKE #2.  This episode was assigned the
    title "Ben Thompson" at an unknown, later date; perhaps by Norman
    Macdonnell.

    PLOT:
      Lassiter, a notorious gunman, is killed in a gunfight with Matt Dillon.
    Vi, his irate widow, lets Dillon know that she plans to ruin the Marshal's
    reputation before she has him killed.

      Sometime later, Texas, a drunk who Dillon disarmed and put in jail, has
    some news.  Three gunmen:  Ben Thompson, Tom Tom Henderson, and
    Nueces Smith are coming to Dodge to kill the Marshal.  Apparently, Vi
    Lassiter has hired them to discredit and kill Dillon.  The three outlaws
    commit several unsolved, petty robberies around Dodge and Thompson leaves
    vague notes signed by "Ben" that taunt Dillon, but do not provide adequate
    information to find the gunmen.

      A young drunk, egged on by Nueces, claims to be Ben and publicly belittles
    the Marshal.  Dillon knocks out the young braggart and is taking him to jail
    when Thompson gets the drop on Matt.  Thompson takes Dillon's gun and knife
    and makes Matt leave the unconscious young man with Henderson.  Then Ben
    forces the Marshal to walk with him to the edge of Dodge.  As Thompson
    mounts his horse, he tells Matt where he can find him later that evening and
    orders him to come alone.

      When Matt gets back to town, he finds out that the young man has been
    killed, stabbed in the back with the Marshal's knife.  Dillon knows that he
    must go after Thompson and his gang to clear his name and that he cannot
    expect a fair fight from the outlaws.

      Texas volunteers to go with Matt.  Dillon refuses his offer and informs
    him that he has figured out that Texas is really a lawman, a Texas Ranger.
    Texas confirms Matt's assumption and admits that he is after Thompson.
    Dillon reconsiders and allows the Ranger to follow him at a distance.

      At the outlaws' hideout, Matt tells Vi Lassiter that she didn't really
    know her husband.  At one time, Matt and Lassiter were friends.  Lassiter
    was an outlaw and a gunman, who was obsessed with proving that was faster
    with a gun than Dillon.  Unlike the men she hired, her husband faced the men
    he killed.  Matt informs her that Thompson had an unconscious boy murdered
    to make Matt look guilty.

      When Vi confronts Thompson, he admits to the murder and informs her that
    she is no longer giving the orders.  Ben tells Vi that he wants her and that
    she'll get use to his ways.

      Nueces tries to take the Marshal and Dillon kills him.  Texas knocks out
    Henderson who was going to shoot Dillon in the back.

      Thompson uses Vi as an unwilling shield until he reaches his horse.  Texas
    is wounded when he tries to stop Ben's escape.

      Dillon corners the outlaw leader in some rocks when Thompson's horse goes
    lame.  Matt then uses ricochet shots to convince Ben to surrender.

      Back in Dodge, Matt lets the recovering Texas know that he has ordered Vi
    out of Dodge.  When the Ranger asks why he didn't kill the no good Thompson,
    Matt replies,
    Let's just say I don't like having to shoot a man, Texas.
    Somehow, to me. . . it just isn't any fun.

    Comment:
      It is unfortunate that this episode is among the Missing GUNSMOKE
    broadcasts because the story is extremely well-written and provides
    significant insight into Matt's character.  Matt has the following narration
    after killing Lassiter:

    I couldn't tell anyone, but the bitterness icing my stomach made me sick as
    I remembered Lassiter as a friend. . . . now dead by my gun.  Then I got
    over it. . . I always got over it.   The frontier code was a harsh one. . .
    . and I knew my job was one that had to be done if the West was ever to see
    peace.  As long as killers like Lassiter lived, I would carry a gun. . . .
    and use it.  It was the way it had to be.  Sometimes a man's dying was the
    end of it. . . sometimes the beginning of something worse.

    These words describe the motivation of Matt Dillon as well as any I have
    ever read or heard.

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart Wright

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    Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 03:51:23 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-1 births/deaths

    April 1st births

    04-01-1883 - Jules Verne Allen - d. xx-xx-1945
    cowboy singer: Known as "Lonsome Luke"
    04-01-1884 - Laurette Taylor - NYC - d. 12-7-1946
    actor: "The Everedy Hour"
    04-01-1886 - Wallace Beery - Kansas City, MO - d. 4-15-1949
    host: "Shell Chateau"
    04-01-1891 - Harold True - Hornell, NY - d. 2-15-1973
    announcer/narrator: "The Lone Ranger"
    04-01-1893 - Linton Wells - Louisville, KY - d. 1-31-1976
    writer: "The Magic Key"
    04-01-1895 - Alberta Hunter - Memphis, Tn - d. 10-17-1984
    blues singer: "Jazz at the Simthsonian"
    04-01-1895 - Franklin Babcock - d. 1-xx-1963
    newscaster: KTRH Houston, Texas
    04-01-1904 - Sid Field - Birmingham, England - d. 2-3-1950
    comedian: Freelance
    04-01-1907 - Stanley Joseloff - d. 10-1-1989
    writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"
    04-01-1908 - Bob Nolan - New Brunswick, Canada - d. 6-16-1980
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"
    04-01-1909 - Eddy Duchin - Cambridge, MA - d. 2-9-1951
    bandleader: (The Ten Magic Fingers of Radio) "Lasalle Style Show"
    04-01-1911 - Maurice Tarplin - Boston, MA - d. 5-12-1975
    actor: Mysterious Traveler "Mysterious Traveler"; Inspector Faraday
    "Boston Blackie"
    04-01-1912 - Lou Merrill - Canada - d. 4-7-1963
    actor: Thomas Hyland "Crime Classics"; Aaron Saul "Point Sublime"
    04-01-1914 - Philip Yordan - Chicago, IL - d. 3-24-2003
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-01-1915 - Bob Dwan - San Francisco, CA - d. 1-21-2005
    director: "You Bet Your Life"
    04-01-1917 - Leon Janney - Ogden, UT - d. 10-28-1980
    actor: Danny Stratford "Life of Mary Sothern"; Richard Parker "Parker
    Family"
    04-01-1917 - Mel Shavelson - NYC
    writer: "The Bob Hope Show"
    04-01-1917 - "Wee" Bonnie Baker - Orange, TX - d. 8-11-1990
    singer: "Your Hit Parade"
    04-01-1920 - Art Lund - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 5-31-1990
    singer, actor: "Benny Goodman and His Orchestra"; "Land's Best
    Bands"; "Jubilee"
    04-01-1922 - William Manchester - Attleboro, MA - d. 6-1-2004
    author, historian: "Meet the Press"; "Biography in Sound"
    04-01-1923 - Bobby Jordan - NYC - d. 9-10-1965
    actor: (The Dead End Kids) "Texaco Star Playhouse"; "Wheatenaville
    Sketches"
    04-01-1925 - Ernest Kinoy
    nbc staff writer
    04-01-1926 - Jack Grimes - NYC
    actor: Archie Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Homer Brown "Aldrich Family"
    04-01-1929 - Jane Powell - Portland, OR
    singer: Judy Foster "A Date with Judy"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour";
    "Stars of Tomorrow"
    04-01-1932 - Debbie Reynolds - El Paso, TX
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-01-1934 - Don Hastings - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Studio One"; "Radio City Playhouse"
    04-01-1937 - Jordan Charney
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

    April 1st deaths

    01-12-1878 - Ferenc Molnar - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 4-1-1952
    playwright: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-17-1884 - Noah Beery, Sr. - Kansas City, MO - d. 4-1-1946
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    01-18-1902 - Helen Lynd - New Jersey - d. 4-1-1992
    actor: Miss Duffy "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-11-1894 - Martha Graham - Allegheny, PA - d. 4-1-1991
    choreographer: Miss Hush on "Truth or Consequences"
    05-13-1902 - David Broekman - Leiden, The Netherlands- d. 4-1-1958
    conductor: "Mobil Magazine"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    05-20-1909 - Jerry Hausner - Cleveland, OH - d. 4-1-1993
    actor: "Lum and Abner"; "Silver Theatre"
    05-24-1914 - Vern Carstensen - Clinton, IA - d. 4-1-1999
    announcer, actor: "Box 13"; "Damon Runyon Theatre"
    05-25-1907 - Barbara Luddy - Helena, MT - d. 4-1-1979
    actor: Carol Evans "Road of Life"; Janet Munson Adams "Woman in White"
    06-15-1921 - Lucille Norman - Lincoln, NE - d. 4-1-1998
    singer: "Time, the Place and the Tune"; "Railroad Hour"
    06-23-1911 - Eddie Miller - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-1-1991
    saxaphone: "The Bob Crosby Show"
    07-11-1922 - Gene Evans - Holbrook, AZ - d. 4-1-1998
    actor: "Family Theatre"
    07-30-1880 - Robert R. McCormick - Chicago, IL - d. 4-1-1955
    newspaper publisher, commentator: "The Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    11-16-1896 - Jim Jordan - Peoria, IL - d. 4-1-1988
    comedian: Mickey Donavan, "Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten"; "Fibber McGee
    "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    11-22-1922 - Lynn(e) Roberts - El Paso, TX - d. 4-1-1978
    vocalist: "Dorsey Brothers Orchestra"; "Benny Goodman Orchestra"
    12-15-1873 - Harry Humphrey - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-1-1947
    actor: Old Ranger "Death Valley Days"; Horace "Ma and Pa"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:21:57 -0400
    From: billcf@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Editing Out commercials in sound recording

    This program can be used to eliminate commercials. The Program is
    called Sound Editor and it's free.

    [removed]

    Bill

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Actually, it's called Audacity, and _is_ a sound editor. And
    a good one, too.  --cfs3]

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