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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 461

Table Of Contents: 

	 Re: in my opinion
	 Goon Show, BBC
	 OTR Chat? Where?
	 Re: stan freberg [removed]
	 ZBS
	 Digitized otr
	 Updated web site
	 Fibber the Seagull
	 BBC Production of Len Deighton's "Bomber"
	 Re: Sherlock Holmes Parody
	 Re: Sherlock Holmes Parody
	 Payola and Plugola
	 OTTV on Nickelodeon
	 Payola

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 12:40:44 4
From: "edcarr" <edcarr@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: in my opinion
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

cassette storage,
 everybody has their way of storage, in each case they are 
right for their surroundings, but the best way i have heard and 
i'am looking into it is, go to a used office supply company and 
find those file cabinets that photographers use, usually 8 to 
10 drawers, each one will (drawers) will hold 500 on their side
the fellow i talked to paid $35 each.
if really interested i will find out the right details, as i 
said i'am looking into it, so email me and when i know i'll let 
you know.
                                        ed                             

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:40:08 -0500
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Goon Show, BBC
Message-ID: <108B9C32017E1B00@[removed]>

a0024 reutr 
r i BC-BRITAIN-BENTINE   11-27 0157 
 BC-BRITAIN-BENTINE
Goons founder Michael Bentine dies at 74
    LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuter) - Michael Bentine, a founder member
of the anarchic Goons team that transformed British comedy, has
died of prostate cancer at the age of 74.
    The Peruvian comic, who had already seen both his parents
and two of his daughters succumb to cancer, died in a London
hospital on Tuesday evening, officials said.
    Bentine, whose grandfather was elected President of Peru,
was brought up in England and conquered a chronic stammer to
become a rocket physicist, Shakespearean actor, journalist and
author of 14 books.
    But he achieved lasting fame as founder of the Goons radio
show with Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe.
    Modern-day comics such as the Monty Python Circus team say
that the zany Goons with their crazy non-sequiturs and surreal
characters were a major influence on their technique.
    Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, is also a great
fan of the Goons.
 REUT 15:59 11-27-96&REULB &RWS &N &G 

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 13:20:15 -0600
From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Chat? Where?
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>Because Thursday is Thanksgiving and we'll all be "doing our thing", either
>in or out of the kitchen, there will be:
>
>                            NO OTR CHAT ON IRC
>                              on Thanksgiving
>
>We'll be back at the same place the following Thursday evening at 8 PM
EST, IRC
>[removed], on the #OTR channel.
>
>Lois Culver
>

Which server (Dalnet, Undernet, ect.) has this OTR chat?

Robert M. Bratcher Jr.
E-mail to:
bratcher@[removed]
Record collector, 8mm, super 8, 16 and 35mm Film collector.
I like old radio's too.
Collins, Hallicrafters, National & Hammurland are my Favorites!

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:23:07 -0500
From: Joelsiegel@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: stan freberg [removed]
Message-ID: <961127162305_1951394100@[removed]>

an interview with stan freberg and a piece on his newly released cd: stan
freberg presents the united states of america, volume II, will air on good
morning america sunday THIS sunday on ABC. check your local listings, as they
say.
and, as always, the united states of america is a stan freberg production.

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 96 16:20:59 -0500
From: rickh@[removed] (RICK HARTNETT)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: ZBS
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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In response to the question about whether the ZBS tapes are worth the
expense.  Well,as always, it depends upon what you are looking for.  The
Jack Flanders stories are a cross between Dimension X and the Cinnamon Bear.
I can't think of a better way to describe it.  They have interesting science
fiction plots with enough sillyness to appeal to younger listeners.  There
are some subtle puns that will make you groan if you catch them.  The
quality of the tapes are outstanding.  Technically they are masterpieces.
If you are in doubt, order the ZBS sample tape that gives you a taste of
their different stories.  Getting to the point.  Yes I think that they are
worth the money.  They are not OTR, but stand alone as a good tape story
that I have enjoyed.

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:34:19 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Digitized otr
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Stephen Moore asks:
>Is anyone using their PC to do digital enhancements to some of their
>radio programs?
>
>I see a program (Sound Forge) that claims to do vinal restoration as
>well as some other tricks that might restore the listenability of OTR
>tapes.
>
>Is this now possible with the PC and affordable software, or should I
>save my money to purchase more programs, rather than trying to enhance
>what I already have?
>
Steve, I use CoolEdit 95 for the stuff I am putting up on my web site. I
think there are two factors if you are looking for strong quality:
The soundcard and the quality of the corresponding software. 

Cool Edit is fine for basic work, very flexible and probably does quite a
good job for the hobbiest. However, a more expensive software and possible
filtering hardware might be best if you are really looking for quality.

Also, it is best if you use a decent soundcard, something more akin to the
Turtle Beach cards.

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:44:12 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Updated web site
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

I have updated two of the series I am running on my web site. Two more
Captain Midnight episodes in [removed] RealAudio. Also the final episode of
Temple of Vampires from I Love A Mystery. 

I will probably only continue the Captain Midnight with no series
succeeding the I Love A Mystery until after the first of the year. 

The December TimeLines will be out the first week of December. Holidays
have put this on a slight delay.

Web site: Radio Days

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 96 16:11 CST
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed], jjyellen@[removed]
Subject: Fibber the Seagull
Message-Id: <m0vSsCK-000kB3C@[removed]>

Jim Yellen said:
>My family was watching the Disney movie "The Rescuers" tonight and I
>noticed a familiar voice. It was Jim Jordan doing the voice of Orville
>the seagull. I didn't get to see the credits to verify it, but I'm sure
>that was him.
>Is anyone familair with this and can verify that my ears aren't deceiving
>me?

Jim,
Your ears aren't deceiving you but your eyes are - it's Orville the
Albatross.  But yes indeedy, that's Jim Jordan (age approximately 80) doing
the voice of Orville, and a dandy comic performance it is, too.
I became aware that Jim had a part in this, but had never seen it; some six
months ago, a local station broadcast it, so I tuned in 20 minutes or so
after the broadcast started, hoping to see/hear Orville, and danged if I
didn't tune in just as he was flying in and made his not-exactly-pinpoint
landing.  It was fun.

 
John Henley
jhenley@[removed]
ph  (512) 495-4112
fax (512) 495-4296

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 15:35:45 -0800
From: Jim Kitchen <jkitchen@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: BBC Production of Len Deighton's "Bomber"
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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There were several recent queries about L for Lanky, a CBC program about
a Lancaster Bomber and Crew that aired during and after World War II. 
Sounds like an intriguing program for Aviation Buffs and Students of
WWII.  Unfortunately, it appears that no copies exist. 

While in London earlier this year, I visited the BBC Radio Store,
located in their Bush House Headquarters.  I found "Bomber" by Len
Deighton, the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 production.  Bomber's the story of
the final mission of RAF Lancaster bomber WF 183 - call sign O - Orange,
which took place one night in 1943.  Bomber stars Dr. Who's Tom Baker,
Frank Windsor, Samuel West, Emma Chambers and Jack Shepherd.  Running
time: 3 hours 40 minutes. 

Jim Kitchen

"If frogs had wings, they wouldn't have to kick themselves in the butt
to fly!"

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 96 18:16:24 UT
From: "KENNETH LANZA" <DRJOHNWATSON@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes Parody
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Ben Wright played Sherlock Holmes on ABC radio  between
9/21/49-6/14/50. The show was sponsored by Petri Wine. I know
of no radio show with Mr. Wright and Daws Butler credited together.

Daws Butler was associated with some shows (as a writer) in a series of 10 
comedies that parodied Holmes and Watson, called: "The Mis-Adventures of 
Sherlock Holmes."  They were originally broadcast in 1983 on WBAI-FM. None is 
listed as" This here is your life, Sherlock Holmes. "

I hope this helps some.

DRJOHNWATSON@[removed]
Ken Lanza

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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 96 00:25:28 UT
From: "KENNETH LANZA" <DRJOHNWATSON@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Sherlock Holmes Parody
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Ben Wright played Sherlock Holmes on ABC radio  between
9/21/49-6/14/50. The show was sponsored by Petri Wine. I know
of no radio show with Mr. Wright and Daws Butler credited together.

Daws Butler was associated with some shows (as a writer) in a series of 10 
comedies that parodied Holmes and Watson, called: "The Mis-Adventures of 
Sherlock Holmes."  They were originally broadcast in 1983 on WBAI-FM. None is 
listed as" This here is your life, Sherlock Holmes. "

I hope this helps some.

DRJOHNWATSON@[removed]
Ken Lanza

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 19:54:20 -0500
From: Bigkids@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Payola and Plugola
Message-ID: <961127195419_772602826@[removed]>

Payola was the practice of record promo men (I don't think there were women
in the trade at the time) paying disk-jockies to feature their artists'
records on their radio shows. It was a clandestime practice and there was a
major scandal when word got out, but I'm not sure that it was actually
illegal. (This was in the 1950s, I believe.)

One of the earliest rock'n'roll DJ's and impresarios of R&R stage shows, Alan
Freed, was caught up in the scandal.

Plugola was somewhat similar. A talk show host might hold up a can or bottle
of some beverage so the label was visible (on TV) or mention how good it was
and how much he enjoyed it (on radio and also on TV) and he'd find a case of
scotch delivered to his office or his home the next day.

Nowadays such activities have been corporatized under the rubric "product
placement." Soft drink companies and the like, pay film and TV producers to
make sure that their products are favorably displayed in the movie or TV
show. The fees can be pretty hefty, and there's a sliding scale depending on
the nature and duration of display of the product.

Next time you're down at the multiplex or vegging out in front of the tube
and somebody on the screen lights a cigarette or drinks a beer or a soft
drink or  visits a fast-food restaurant or stays in a hotel or uses a laundry
detergent or . . . well, practically any commercial product . . . look
carefully and see if the brand label is visible. If it is, then you're seeing
"product placement" and you can be sure that some cash changed hands. If you
can't see or read the label, then there was no "pp."  

For many years, one of the leading airlines (United, as I recall, but don't
hold me to it) would furnish free footage to any producer who asked. Runway
shorts, airliners taking off and landing, midair exteriors, etc. I have heard
that they even had a mockup of an airplane interior for producers who wanted
to cut in shots of people falling in love at 39,000 feet, but I'm not 100%
certain about that one either.

Still another variant on this practice is visible in many movies of the 1930s
through 50s. Especially in low-budget mysteries with lots of driving around
in cars.

In one film, everybody is driving Mercury's. In another, Fords. In another,
Nashes.

Guess what was going on there.

Dick Lupoff

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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:06:01 -0500 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTTV on Nickelodeon
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Re: Nostalgia TV
> Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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> 
> Most of the examples you give are old TV but not true Old Time TV.  I'd
> BTW:  TVLand runs the hour-long color episodes of Gunsmoke (wth
> Festus).  OTTV would include the half-hour B&W episodes with Chester and
> TVLand does not show these episodes.  Likewise Nick at Nite ran the late
> 60's color episodes of Dragnet (with Bill Gannon), not the OTTV B&W
> pre-miranda episodes (with Frank Smith).  Early episodes of these and
> other shows are much more relevant to OTR because those based on OTR
> shows were adapated from OTR original scripts and many OTTV shows not
> adapted from OTR made use of OTR acting talent ([removed] OTTV B&W episodes
> of Andy Griffith -- with Barney Phife -- which included Howard MacNear
> and Parley Baer in their cast).  Classic OTTV was shot on a shoe string
> by today's standards and was often radio with close-ups.  Post 65 TV was
> more like B movies.

Yeah, but Nick did run the black and white episodes of Superman.

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:12:47 -0500 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Payola
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

> Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:33:39 -0500 (EST)
> From: Mark Kinsler <kinsler@[removed]>
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: payola
> Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
> 
>   The "payola" scandals of the l950's were an artifact of early Top-40
> radio.  Local disk jockeys were accepting payments from record companies
> to play certain records on their shows, it seems.  

That was when DJs could choose what songs thay were going to play.

> Precisely why this was
> so scandalous wasn't obvious to me then or now, but it was a big deal. 

I suppose because the audience was led to believe that the DJ was playing
the records because he liked them.  If you're going to pay for
advertising, you should be up front about it and let the audience know
that the advertising is being paid for.

>   Payola resurfaced in the 1970's when it was revealed that dj's were
> accepting drugs for airplay time, and there was a similar flap in TV: 
> programs were selected for broadcast by network executives on the basis of
> the ability of program producers to supply cocaine. 

That would explain quite a few TV programming decisions! ;->

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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