Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #451
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Date: 11/23/2002 6:04 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 451
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Chickenman                            [ danhughes@[removed] ]
      Gas Ration Stickers                   [ danhughes@[removed] ]
      PT Cruiser                            [ Richard Carpenter <sinatra@ragingbu ]
      Chickenman                            [ "JP" <bickersons@[removed]; ]
      Chickenman                            [ "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed] ]
      Chickenman                            [ Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed] ]
      XM - Sonic Theater                    [ Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed] ]
      Re: Chickenman                        [ JSmith4994@[removed] ]
      Cinnamon Bear Extras!                 [ Don Strong <donsplace@[removed] ]
      Antique Car                           [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
      Subject:                              [ "Penne Yingling" <bp_ying@[removed] ]
      Og Son of Fire                        [ Bruce Rosenberger <bmr3d@[removed]; ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Re: Chickenman                        [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
      Re:"The infamous book"                [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      perry mason                           [ "Ed Carr" <edcarr@[removed]; ]
      Boom Boxes                            [ Gerald Serrino <gserr@[removed]; ]
      Parley Baer, RIP                      [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:50:27 -0500
    From: danhughes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Chickenman

    Marcus, Chickenman was Chicago radio advertising genius Dick Orkin.  You
    can see the whole story here:

    [removed]

    Enjoy!

    ---Dan

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:50:40 -0500
    From: danhughes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gas Ration Stickers

    John wanted a picture of a gas ration stamp.  Check these out:

    [removed]

    ---Dan

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 21:31:24 -0500
    From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  PT Cruiser
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    I loved the letter about buying a PT Cruiser. I want one, too, but
    unfortunately I have a perfectly good car (and a wife who would not approve
    of my getting rid of it). I, too, had thought of putting a gas-rationing
    sticker on the windshield if I ever did get a Cruiser. I don't know where to
    find a good copy, but I have another suggestion: At [removed], you can
    design your own bumper sticker and order just one if you wish. In daydreaming
    about a PT Cruiser, I decided would have a bumper sticker made that said;
    "FDR IN '44" in large print and, in smaller print, "Win World War II." Just a
    thought.

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 21:42:59 -0500
    From: "JP" <bickersons@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Chickenman

>     Subject:  Chickenman

>     Hi Gang,
>     I just got in a bunch of tapes from this show. I think it's very funny, but
>     i'd really like some facts on [removed]

    Quite by accident I came across Chickenman only recently and fell in love
    with these comedy shorts.  Here is a link that should answer all your
    questions about his origin.

    [removed]

    Ruby

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 21:53:42 -0500
    From: "Don Frey" <alanladdsr@[removed];
    To: "otr message" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Chickenman

    Marc Antonsson asks about Chickenman. 1966, Dan Orkin began it at WCFL,
    Chicago. Tooth Fairy and Story Lady came after, I think, but I also think
    that was Orkin
    plus Byron Kane and maybe June Foray, Daws Butler on those as well but I'm
    not certain. Enduringly funny stuff, I think.

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:01:10 -0500
    From: Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Chickenman

    For a quick overview see: [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:01:34 -0500
    From: Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  XM - Sonic Theater

    John Mac writes:

>     ...they offer Sonic Theater which has book readings, more OTR and CBC NTR.

    Actually XM 163 offers Modern Radio Drama from Imagination Theatre,
    the CBC, some audio books and on the weekend, work from the LA Theatre.

    I will grant you that much of the Imagination Theatre material
    caputres the feel of OTR, but by this groups of  OTR, it is not.

              Henry Howard
    radiodrama digest moderator
         [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:01:45 -0500
    From: JSmith4994@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Chickenman
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    Dear Marcus and subscribers:
    Chickenman was syndicated out of a  Chicago radio station WCFL in 1966. The
    actors were Dick Orkin (Chickenman), Jane Roberts (Miss Helfinger) and Jim
    Runyon ( Commissioner).
    WELLLLLLLLL! Regards JSmith4994@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:02:33 -0500
    From: Don Strong <donsplace@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cinnamon Bear Extras!

    Just a reminder that thanks to the hard work of Dennis Crow, you can
    download both the original and color versions of the Maybeland map AND
    an mp3 of the Cinnamon Bear promo tape at:

    [removed]~[removed]

    -- [removed] (donsplace@[removed])
    "Prevent truth decay - study the Bible daily"

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:20:57 -0500
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Antique Car

    John Francis MacEachern  said that he always wanted an antique car from
    the 1940's so that he could ride around listening to his OTR.
    I had the same idea 20 yrs. ago when I bought a basket case of a 1941
    Chevrolet Special Deluxe 5 Passenger Coupe.  I could have bought a
    fairly decent one at that time for about $10,000 but noooo, I wasn't
    going to spend that kind of money for a car so I found one that "was all
    there, all I had to do was to put it together" Yeah!!!
    I literally brought it home in baggies and boxes.  Everyone thought I
    was [removed] was!  Anyway 6 1/2 years, 1 heart attack and 1 open heart
    surgery and $14,000 later I had myself a 1941 Chevy.
    While restoring the car I was busy making tapes of music and OTR from
    1941 envisioning my wife and I traveling down the road listening to Jack
    Benny and Fibber Mcgee. I found a nine tube, five band short wave radio
    that was the top of the line from Chevy that year and had it restored by
    an expert. I had him add a input jack in the radio so that I could put a
    cassette player in the glove compartment and play all that great music
    and comedy, and no one could tell where it was coming from.
    Well sort of.  The problem is that everywhere you go these days (at
    least in So. Calif.) you have to get there on the freeway and those old
    cars at 55 MPH are so noisy that it's hard to hear the radio. Add to
    that there is no air conditioning so that the windows, wind wings
    (remember those?) and cowl vent has to be open almost all the time in a
    warm climate like ours so that the noise level  is terrific. Oh yeah I
    forgot about the road noise!
    But okay sometimes we do travel along city streets and the car is
    actually quite quiet at 30-35 MPH, and you can hear the
    [removed]! My radio kept blowing fuses after about 20 minutes.
    So I took it out (a task for contortionist  with three hands) and took
    it back to the expert who did something (he says) with it for 2 weeks
    and says he ran it continuously for a week and never blew a fuse. After
    wrestling that sucker back under the dashboard (these things are really
    heavy and bulky) I tried it out. It now blew fuses in 10 minutes!
    After talking to a few people I found a guy who could fix anything! Once
    again I started removing the radio but I heard a ominous crackle and saw
    a dreaded flicker under the dash! Oh my Gawd,  I'd set my car on fire.
    Fortunately I had a fire extinguisher handy and got the fire out but the
    smoke had filled the car and I could just see my beautiful new upholstry
    all black and sooty. It turned out to be okay. After I drove about forty
    miles to this new radio man I was delighted to find out that he would
    fix it while I waited. But as I watched him work it became apparent that
    he didn't know what he was doing, [removed] anyway he was doing it fast!
    Back in the car with (with some new under the dash wiring installed) I
    found that it still blew fuses in 10 minutes but now it sounded lousy
    too!
    I went to Circuit City and bought a boom box with a remote and put it in
    the back seat and put both tapes and CD's in it and it works pretty well
    except that we still can't hear it!
    Well we've had 14 years of fun in that car even without music and OTR.
    But I bet John will have a much easier time of it in his quiet  and
    under warranty Chrysler.

    As far as gas rationing stickers go, I got mine from a fellow named Dick
    Mitchell 320 Sante Fe Drive Vancouver Wash. 206 694-9873.  It is an
    exact replica of  the original and even comes with the stickem on it.
    Cost me all of $[removed] Jeeze I didn't think anything on that car cost
    only a buck and a half. I also got a "Remember Pearl Harbor" decal and a
    "Vote For Roosevelt" decal for the same price but have not used those.
    Didn't want to clutter up all that expensive new glass with stuff.
    I have no idea if that address or phone number are still good ( the
    envelope is dated 1985!)
    Anyway John have fun with your new toys.

    George Aust

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:24:10 -0500
    From: "Penne Yingling" <bp_ying@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Subject:

    I was listening to an old Burns & Allen show last night & was surprised to
    hear the tax collector tell Gracie that he came to access her furniture for
    tax purposes.  I recall that just recently, there was discussion about this.
      Apparently, the Government even took your furniture into account for tax
    purposes.  Of course, Gracie had almost  completely wiped out his brain by
    the time he left.  Wonder if Gracie's tactics would work these days?!  Just
    a thought!  Thanks for this venue - I love it!  Penny

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:13:25 -0500
    From: Bruce Rosenberger <bmr3d@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Og Son of Fire

    I've heard talk of a radio show called Og, Son of Fire. It's even
    rumored that the radio episodes [removed] I found this site dedicated
    to the Boy's Life stories and all things Og:

    [removed]

    Enjoy,
    Bruce

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:13:15 -0500
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

>     >From Those Were The Days --

    1929 - Shirley Booth and Ed Gardner were married on this day. Miss Booth
    was noted for her t-------n acting role ("Hazel"); but we remember when
    she and her husband played Miss Duffy and Archie on radio's classic,
    Duffy's Tavern.

    1958 - One of the last drama programs on radio debuted. It was unusual
    in that it followed the TV show of the same name. Have Gun Will Travel
    was broadcast on CBS and starred John Dehner as Paladin.

      Joe

    --
    Visit my home page:
    [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:12:53 -0500
    From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Chickenman

    Marcus Antonsson writes,

>     Hi Gang,
>     I just got in a bunch of tapes from this show. I think it's very funny, but
>     i'd really like some facts on it. I suppose they're from the 60s or 70s.
>     The
>     episodes are only about 2 and a half minutes each. Can any one of you
>     supply
>     me with more info? actors, writers, dates and so on? Any help apreciated
>     very
>     much!

    Aah, yes, the White Winged Wonder! "Chickenman" was the creation of Dick
    Orkin, production director of Chicago radio station WCFL, starting in 1966.
    (Orkin did the vast majority of male voices on the series, excepting the
    narration -- Welllll!! -- which was performed by WCFL's morning disc jockey
    at the time, the late Jim Runyon. Both Orkin and Runyon had come to WCFL
    after their previous station, KYW, was moved from Cleveland to Philadelphia,
    but that's another thread.) The female voices on the series were done by
    actress Jane Roberts; Runyon and Roberts eventually married in real life and
    their daughter, Jennifer Runyon, has since become an occasional guest player
    on American TV series.

    "Chickenman" was also one of the many pieces of ammunition shot across the
    Chicago River by the two leading rock 'n roll stations in Chicago at the
    time, the other being WLS. WLS was (and still is) owned by the ABC network,
    the television side of which had just had a craze hit on its hands with
    "Batman." WLS nighttime disc jockey Art Roberts (who later became one of
    Runyon's morning successors on WCFL) took to showing up at personal
    appearances in a Batman costume, and he started a "Batman Club" for
    listeners of his show. Orkin at WCFL decided to put his quirky sense of
    humor to work and concocted this obvious spoof of "Batman" and his fellow
    superhero characters.

    The daily series eventually became so popular in national syndication that
    Atco Records issued a BEST OF CHICKENMAN record album (Atco 33-207, long out
    of print but sometimes popping up in eBay auctions). As I recall, the series
    lasted about three years, by which time the three main players left WCFL and
    headed out to Los Angeles, where (last I checked) Orkin and Roberts still
    produce radio commercials with the same humour that made "Chickenman"
    distinctive. I believe that Orkin eventually created and produced a similar
    series for WLS, with a title something like "The Official Adventures of the
    Tooth Fairy," which was just as funny but much shorter lived.

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:07:09 -0500
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re:"The infamous book"

    My "hubby" asked me to post this message. It seems he is not all that
    comfortable with "blowing his own horn" about the book he just finished
    writing. But he does appreciate all the nice things that people are saying
    about it. Like the following.

>     If you have not already ordered Hal Stone's new book " [removed],
>     Archie! Re-laax!" You are missing a real treat. I got my copy last week
>     and its a wonderful read and well illustrated. I enjoy the easy to read
>     style and those insider tidbits that we all seem to crave. I ordered
>     mine from the website provided but you might want to try Amazon to get
>     free shipping. (snip) Heck stop by Jug's house and pick one up. (SNIP)

    Please don't :)

>     On a serious note you should buy this book for yourself and your friends that
>     are into OTR. They are gonna love it.  Dennis

    First. Thank you, Dennis, for the kind words. But the main reason for this
    posting is to let everyone know that the book CAN NOT be ordered on Amazon,
    or E-bay, or in book stores. Hal wrote it primarily for the enjoyment of all
    you OTR Digest members, and at this point, it is only being offered here in
    these pages.

    By going to our recently completed web site, you can access the order form
    if you wish to pay by check. Or, "hit" the Pay Pal button if you prefer to
    use a credit card. The direct link to the "book" page on the web site [removed]

    [removed]

    I'm in charge of making sure the orders are filled as soon as they come in.
    My thanks to all who have already placed their order. We are "both"
    gratified by the response, and the nice things people are saying about it.

    Dorothy Stone
    AKA Mrs. Jughead
    AKA The "crow's" cage cleaner. (A FOTR inside joke) :)

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:26:40 -0500
    From: "Ed Carr" <edcarr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  perry mason

    hi
    to those of you who were interested in perry mason the 1st series
    of shows i ever had 25 yrs ago, they are avalible on cd direct
    from transcriptions, i located the discs again after all this time at
    the last nj convention, so email me for details if interested.
    this series is called the state vs may grant
    ed carr

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:26:53 -0500
    From: Gerald Serrino <gserr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Boom Boxes

    There had ben mention in previous issues of Sony and
    Phillips (RCA?) boom boxes that played all OTR bit
    rates. I would appreciate it if someone could provide
    me with the model numbers.

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    Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 20:04:18 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Parley Baer, RIP

    Folks;

       I received information this evening that Parley Baer, Gunsmoke's Chester
    Proudfoot and one of the west coast acting group appearing on thousands of
    radio programs, passed away last evening (Friday) at the Motion Picture Home,
    following a stroke and heart attack suffered last week.

             Charlie Summers

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