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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 93
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Charlton Heston on OTR                [ herbop@[removed] ]
      Re: Most Listened To                  [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      The old Rudy Vallee Show              [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
      Claghorn / Leghorn                    [ Bruce Rosenberger <bmr3d@[removed]; ]
      Captain Video's theme music           [ "Fred Hillman" <fshillman@[removed]; ]
      Convention first impressions          [ Chargous@[removed] ]
      Two separate issues!                  [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Captain Midnight Decoder              [ Robert Griffin <[removed]@wmic ]
      Pay attention - I say, PAY ATTENTION  [ Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed]; ]
      William Esper on Diane Rehm           [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
      4-12 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      This week in radio history 13-19 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:16:48 -0400
    From: herbop@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Charlton Heston on OTR

    I just happened to listen last night to a Lux Radio Theater show of
    December 14, 1954 called "Secret of the Incas". It starred Charlton
    Heston as a less-than heroic adventurer. I think he gave a pretty
    good radio performance as a character that Internet Movie Database
    said was, in the movie, the idea for "Indiana Jones".
    The IMDB article on the movie, if you are interested, is:
    [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:17:07 -0400
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Most Listened To

    On 4/10/08 11:07 PM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

>     I wonder if Elizabeth feels a random
>     episode of Amos and Andy may have taken the prize in '29-30.

    Actually, I can tell you that according to CAB figures, the
    most-listened-to broadcast of the 1930s in the US was the second Joe
    Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight boxing match, heard on June 22, 1938 by
    [removed] million people. Championship boxing matches were by far the most
    dominant radio broadcasts of the era -- Louis's fights from 1936-37 are
    also the second, third, and fourth most-listened-to broadcasts of the
    decade.

    Coming in fifth was King Edward VIII's abdication speech of December 11,
    1936, heard by an even 45 million Americans. However, this figure doesn't
    include the global audience for this broadcast, and it's probable that
    when worldwide figures are added in that this would have been the single
    most-heard broadcast of the decade.

    I don't have figures for the 1940s or later, but an educated guess would
    suggest that various bits and pieces of D-Day coverage might rate quite
    high on the list.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:17:17 -0400
    From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The old Rudy Vallee Show

    04-11-08

    The mention of Mike Wallace's interview with Rudy Vallee reminded my of
    Rudy's old radio talent show, and a corresponding experience I had about
    10 years ago.  Another couple were dining with us.  We're from
    Harrisburg, PA and they're from Baltimore, and we met halfway at Sam and
    Tony's Pasta House in York.  We were discussing old-time radio, which was
    a subject totally foreign (and, therefore, very interesting) to the other
    lady, as she had been born and raised in England.

    The subject turned to how odd it was that Edgar Bergen became popular on
    radio, since ventriloquism's forte is not seeing someone's lips move.
    The man at the next table excused the intrusion into a private
    conversation, and explained that he had recently relocated from NYC and
    was the new director of a local community theater ... and that he
    remembers when his father, who was a principal on Rudy Vallee's talent
    show, brought the then-unknkown Edgar Bergen in to audition for Rudy.
    Rudy said, "Hire him -- if he makes it anywhere, it'll have to be on
    radio.  His lips move!"

    Jim Arva

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:18:09 -0400
    From: Bruce Rosenberger <bmr3d@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Claghorn / Leghorn

    There's a great article about the confusion of the voices of Senator
    Claghorn and Foghorn Leghorn on the Cartoon Research website. Cleared up
    a lot of things for me!

    [removed]

    Enjoy,

    Bruce

    check out my latest podcast at: [removed]
    my comics at: [removed]
    And my blog at: [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:23:28 -0400
    From: "Fred Hillman" <fshillman@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Captain Video's theme music

    Israel Colon asked about Dvorak's "New World" Symphony possibly being
    the theme music for Flash Gordon or Captain Video.

    I don't know if this info is helpful, as I never watched Flash Gordon.
    I can say, however, that Captain Video's theme music was Wagner's
    Overture to "Der Fliegende Hollander" ("The Flying Dutchman").  It's a
    great piece of music and it has a radio connection:  2 or 3 segments of
    the overture were also used as music in "The Lone Ranger."

    Fred Hillman

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:31:22 -0400
    From: Chargous@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Convention first impressions

    Thursday, time really seemed to drag waiting until rush hour traffic
    subsided (I'm a local) so I could go to the convention - 6:30 finally came,
    and by 7 I was there!  Things haven't officially started yet, but Thursday
    is always my favorite convention day.  It's great to meet old friends, and
    do some networking, and meet new ones.  It was always nice to see friends
    again, and after a fun time chatting, I made some purchases - some DVDs and
    a Sam Spade book from Martin, CDs from Neal Ellis, and some
    reels.  Martin's OTR references are always my faovrite of that genre - I
    didn't get a chance to read much of it last night - I ended up watching the
    Washington Senators' baseball game when I got home.

    I was sad to hear about the death of Paul Meek (local club member).  He was
    always such a positive man, and a truly decent fellow.  He will be missed.

    This year, Neal Ellis is broadcating live on Yesterday USA.  It looked like
    he had some interesting interviews going on.

    Dinner with friends was also fun too - I ended up sitting with Doug and
    lots of Cubs-talk ensued (my favorite team).

    Anyway, I hope crowds are up at this year's convention.  After I write this
    little blurb (10 [removed]), I'm leaving for the convention.  For those that
    don't know me, for conventioneers that are reading this, I'll be wearing
    the Reds' jersey, so I'll be hard to miss.

    My OTR goals for today are to find fills for the standard favorite series
    (Jack Benny, etc.), because that's generally what the dealers bring along,
    or if I get lucky, some more obscure series.

    Travis

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:32:40 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Two separate issues!

    Dear Charlie-

    From: Charlie Summers <_charlie@[removed]_ (mailto:charlie@[removed])

>     Can anyone verify that I haven't slipped a cog?

    Well, that's a broad [removed]!

>     during a Coldwell-Banker commercial, I'm _certain_ I heard the
>     voice of  our friend Cliff Carpenter

    But this is a narrow one: yep, that's Cliffie.

    Great weekend,
    -Craig W.

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:38:10 -0400
    From: Robert Griffin <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Captain Midnight Decoder

    As an avid Captain Midnight fan in the 40's,  I remember vividly
    when my first decoder arrived in the mail. My parents were as
    eager as I was to decipher the secret code but when the message
    said in effect, "drink Ovaltine," I was extremely disappointed and
    my parents extremely amused. So there might be some validity to
    Jean Shepherd's "lousy commercial" recollection. Unfortunately,
      that decoder has disappeared over the years but miraculously my
    1947 whistle decoder has survived.

    Bob Griffin

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:53:45 -0400
    From: Michael Hayde <mikeh0714@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Pay attention - I say, PAY ATTENTION, boy!

    For those of you who have read or speculated about the
    influence that Kenny Delmar's Senator Claghorn had on
    Warner Brothers' bombastic Looney Tune rooster Foghorn
    [removed] here's a link to an excellent article
    spelling it all out.  It includes some Delmar
    biographical information, as well as delineating the
    very different radio influence behind one of "Foggy's"
    occasional supporting players:

    [removed]

    Michael

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    Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:44:01 -0400
    From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  William Esper on Diane Rehm

    William Esper was on The Diane Rehm Show.
    He talks about his early radio acting work on a kid's show Fairy Tale
    Theater (I think) and Diane mentions how she loved listening to Let's
    Pretend.
    This is early in an interview about Esper's new book about his work
    with the Meisner acting technique.
    I love The Diane Rehm show.
    Steve

    Listen to it here if you want:
    [removed]#19070

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    Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:03:47 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-12 births/deaths

    April 12th births

    04-12-1898 - Lily Pons - Draguignan, France - d. 2-13-1976
    singer: "Telephone Hour"; "Voice of Firestone"
    04-12-1902 - John White - d. 11-26-1992
    country/western singer: Lonesome Cowboy "Death Valley Days"
    04-12-1904 - Berlyn Baylor - d. 7-6-1969
    leader of the Troubadours for WLBN Little Rock, Arkansas
    04-12-1904 - Frankie Masters - Saint Marys, WV - d. 1-29-1991
    music: "Edgar A. Guest"
    04-12-1905 - Audrey Call - Alton, IL - d. 6-3-2001
    violinist: "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    04-12-1907 - Hubert Fincher - Waldo, AR - d. 10-xx-1979
    country music: "Crazy Water Crystals Barn Dance"
    04-12-1907 - Ivan Ditmars - Olympia, WA - d. 9-10-1997
    music: "Advs. of Frank Race"; "Dr. Christian"; "Escape"
    04-12-1908 - Robert L. Scott - Waynesboro, GA - d. 2-27-2006
    wwII fighter pilot, author: "Mail Call"; "Hop Harrigan"
    04-12-1911 - Joseph Blazak - d. 12-4-1993
    newscaster: KGFJ Los Angeles, California
    04-12-1912 - Herbert B. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 4-12-1989
    singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
    04-12-1914 - Ken Williams - Canada - d. 2-16-1984
    actor: Brian Wells "David Harum"
    04-12-1918 - Helen Forrest - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 7-11-1999
    singer: "Artie Shaw and His Orchestra"; "Harry James and His Orchestra"
    04-12-1919 - Ann Miller - Chireno, TX - d. 1-22-2004
    dancer, actor: "Forecast"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    04-12-1919 - Cy Bahakel - Birmingham, AL - d. 4-20-2006
    newscaster: WJRD Tuscaloosa, AL
    04-12-1919 - Ivor Barry - South Wales, UK - d. 12-12-2006
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    04-12-1920 - Anita Ellis - Montreal, Canada
    singer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy"; "Jack Carson Show" "Red
    Skelton Show"
    04-12-1921 - Peter R. Brooke - Berlin, Germany - d. 4-14-1999
    writer: "Secret Mission"
    04-12-1926 - Jane Withers - Atlanta, GA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-12-1930 - Bob Bartter - d. 10-xx-1976
    disk jockey: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
    04-12-1930 - Johnny Antonelli - Rochester, NY
    baseball pitcher: "Bill Stern Sports News"
    04-12-1931 - Betty Clooney - Maysville, KY - d. 8-6-1976
    singer: (The Clooney Sisters) "Moon River"
    04-12-1935 - Gene Weed - Dallas, TX - d. 8-5-1999
    disk jockey: "Shivaree"
    04-12-1940 - Jack Hibberd - Warracknabeal, Australia
    writer: "A Stretch of the Imagination"

    April 12th deaths

    01-30-1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Hyde Park, NY - d. 4-12-1945
    [removed] president: "Fireside Chats"
    04-06-1919 - Paula Kelly - d. 4-12-1992
    vocalist: (Modernaires) "Club Fifteen"
    04-12-1912 - Herbert B. Mills - Picqua, OH - d. 4-12-1989
    singer: (The Mills Brothers) "Mills Brothers Quartette"
    05-03-1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson - Detroit, MI - d. 4-12-1989
    pugilist: "Destination Freedom"; "Heat It Now"
    05-13-1914 - Joe Louis (The Brown Bomber) - Lafayette, AL - d. 4-12-1981
    heavyweight boxing champ: "Fred Allen Show"; "Freedom's People"
    05-23-1882 - James Gleason - NYC - d. 4-12-1959
    actor: "Jimmy Gleason's Diner"
    06-03-1906 - Josephine Baker - St. Louis, MO - d. 4-12-1975
    singer: "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    07-19-1902 - Buster Bailey - Memphis, TN - d. 4-12-1967
    clarinet: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"
    07-24-1913 - Brian Reece - Noctorum, England - d. 4-12-1962
    actor: Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby "The Advs. of [removed] 49"
    09-01-1931 - Boxcar Willie - Sterrett, TX - d. 4-12-1999
    country singer and songwriter: "Grand Ole Opry"
    09-08-1921 - Harry Secombe - Swansea, Wales - d. 4-12-2001
    comedian: Neddie Seagoon "Goon Show"
    09-09-1894 - Arthur Freed - Charleston, SC - d. 4-12-1973
    songwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-15-1898 - Gene Arnold - d. 4-12-1954
    singer: (the man with a tear in his throat) "National Barn Dance"
    10-11-1919 - George Rock - Farmer City, FL - d. 4-12-1988
    260 poind trumpet player: "The Spike Jones Shw"
    11-02-1901 - Paul Ford - Baltimore, MD - d. 4-12-1976
    actor: "Suspense"; "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"
    11-11-1922 - Kurt Vonnegut - Indianapolis, IN - d. 4-12-2007
    writer: "Dimension X"
    11-16-1887 - Arthur Krock - Glasgow, KY - d. 4-12-1974
    journalist: "Information Please"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:53:14 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 13-19 April

     From Those Were The Days --

    4/16

    1933 - Backed by the On the Trail portion of the magnificent Grand
    Canyon Suite, Johnny Roventini, pillbox hat and all, uttered the words
    "Call for Philip Morris" for the first time on radio. The famous phrase
    was said in perfect B flat pitch and tone to perfectly match the
    accompanying music. This "Call for Philip Morris" phrase became one of
    the most famous in all of advertising.

    1935 - People gathered around to listen for the first time to what would
    become the ultimate horror show on NBC, Lights Out.

    4/17

    1924 - The WLS Barn Dance began airing on WLS.

    Joe

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