Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #86
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 5/10/2009 11:50 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 86
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      5-6 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OTR in Reading                        [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
      Free Food at the Hotel                [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      WIS                                   [ Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed] ]
      new I Love A Mystery                  [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Shoot to kill!                        [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      5-7 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Guest Star fake out                   [ K & J Hammel <haml@[removed]; ]
      Re: Hindenburg Disaster               [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]
      SPERDVAC Pictures Update              [ seandd@[removed] ]
      5-8 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:21:23 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-6 births/deaths

    May 6th births

    05-06-1882 - William E. Scripps - Michigan - d. 6-12-1952
    Founded WWJ in Detroit, Michigan
    05-06-1899 - Billy Cotton - London, England - d. 3-25-1969
    bandleader: "Wakey Wakey!!"
    05-06-1900 - Dave Elman - Park River, ND - d. 12-5-1967
    emcee: (The Dean of American Hobbyists) "Hobby Lobby"
    05-06-1906 - Mathilde Ferror - d. 11-26-1990
    writer: "Lorenzo Jones"
    05-06-1908 - Parkyakarkus (Harry Einstein) - Boston, MA - d. 11-24-1958
    comedian: "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Al Jolson Show"; "Meet Me at Parkys"
    05-06-1910 - Alice Reinheart - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-10-1993
    actor: Anne Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"; Jean Abbott "Abbott
    Mysteries"
    05-06-1911 - Artie Bland - d. 3-4-2002
    disk jockey: KWBU Corpus Christi, Texas
    05-06-1911 - Frank Nelson - Denver, CO - d. 9-12-1986
    actor, comedian: Anthony J. Lyon "Jeff Regan"; nemisis "Jack Benny
    Program"
    05-06-1912 - Bill Quinn - NYC - d. 4-29-1994
    actor: Guy Aldis "Against the Storm"; Tom Davis "When a Girl Marries"
    05-06-1913 - Carmen Cavallaro - NYC - d. 10-12-1989
    bandleader: (The Poet of the Piano) "Schaeffer Revue"; "Tums Tune Time"
    05-06-1913 - Douglas Stewart - Eltham, New Zealand - d. 2-14-1985
    writer: "The Fire On the Snow"
    05-06-1913 - Stewart Granger - London, England - d. 8-16-1993
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    05-06-1914 - Arline Blackburn - NYC - d. 12-17-1994
    actor: Kitty Kelly "Pretty Kitty Kelly"; Eileen Turner "The O'Neills"
    05-06-1914 - Ken Englund - Chicago, IL - d. 8-10-1993
    writer: "Three Sheets to the Wind"
    05-06-1915 - Orson Welles - Kenosha, WI - d. 10-10-1985
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; "Mercury Theatre on the Air"
    05-06-1917 - Bob Murphy - Bismarck, ND - d. 10-25-1959
    announcer: "The Breakfast Club"
    05-06-1926 - Marguarite Piazza - New Orleans, LA
    singer: "Encore"
    05-06-1928 - Doreen Clarke - Middleton, England
    writer: "Oh, The Apple Tree"; "The Name of Your Uncle"
    05-06-1941 - Ghena Dimitrova - Sofia, Bulgaria - d. 7-11-2005
    operatic soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
    05-06-1945 - Richard Eyer - Santa Monica, CA
    actor: Bobby "My Friend Irma"

    May 6th deaths

    01-24-1909 - Ann Todd - Hartford, Cheshire, England - d. 5-6-1993
    actor: Amy Foster "Those We Love"
    03-23-1920 - Maurice Marsac - La Croix, France - d. 5-6-2007
    actor: French Teacher "Our Miss Brooks"
    04-02-1911 - Bill Days - St. Louis, MO - d. 5-6-2002
    singer: (Member Sportsmen Quartet) "Jack Benny Program"
    04-27-1899 - Ned Wever - NYC - d. 5-6-1984
    actor: Dick Tracy "Dick Tracy"; Anthony Loring "Young Widder Brown"
    05-12-1903 - Wilfrid Hyde-White - Bourton-on-the-Water, England - d.
    5-6-1991
    actor: Roland Hamilton-Jones "Men of the Ministry"
    05-13-1907 - Warren Angell - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-6-2006
    singer: "Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians"
    05-17-1908 - Joe Grant - NYC - d. 5-6-2005
    writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-31-1900 - Hugh Studebaker - Ridgeville, IN - d. 5-6-1978
    actor: Ichabod Mudd "Captain Midnight"; Silly Watson "Fibber McGee and
    Molly"
    06-23-1925 - Larry Blyden - Houston, TX - d. 5-6-1975
    actor: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Cavalcade of America"
    07-04-1909 - Al Jarvis - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 5-6-1970
    disc jockey, songwriter: "Make-Believe Ballroom"
    07-15-1923 - Herb Sargent - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-6-2005
    writer: Wrote for radio in the 1940s
    08-09-1901 - Charles Farrell - Onset Bay, Cape Cod, MA - d. 5-6-1990
    actor: Verne Albright "My Little Margie"
    08-17-1888 - Monte Woolley- NYC - d. 5-6-1963
    actor: Edwin Montague "Magnificent Montague"
    09-20-1908 - Lowell Hawley - Lynden, WA - d. 5-6-2003
    screenwriter: "Art Baker's Notebook"
    09-26-1901 - Ted Weems - Pitcairn, PA - d. 5-6-1963
    bandleader: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Sunday Matinee"; "Beat the Band"
    10-06-1893 - Milton Ager - Chicago, IL - d. 5-6-1979
    composer of many songs broadcast on radio
    10-10-1910 - Don Hancock - Anderson, IN - d. 5-6-1980
    announcer: "The Goldbergs"; "Ellery Queen"; "Vox Pop"
    10-17-1923 - Barney Kessel - Muskogee, OK - d. 5-6-2004
    jazz guitarist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"; "Just Jazz"
    11-09-1916 - Norwood Anderson - d. 5-6-2005
    disk jockey: "Town and Party Line" WFTC Kingston, North Carolina
    11-26-1907 - Henry "Hot Lips" Levine - London, England - d. 5-6-1989
    trumpeter, conducter: "Chamber Music of Lower Basin Street"; "Strictly
    from Dixie"
    12-27-1901 - Marlene Dietrich - Berlin, Germany - d. 5-6-1992
    actor: Mlle. Madou, "Cafe Istanbul"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:21:56 -0400
    From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR in Reading
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    05-06-09

    In issue #84 of the digest, Martin Grams asked who was putting on the OTR
    presentations at the WWII Weekend at the Reading Airport, and what the
    show would be.  Well ... as I remember, these are put on by radio station
    WEEU,  34 North Fourth Street, Reading, PA 19601.  As far as the programs
    go, they are numerous and are running most of the day, along with WWII
    newscasts.

    Martin is welcome to contact me off-line, if he wants, at
    wilditralian@[removed].

    Regards,

    Jim Arva

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:22:08 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Free Food at the Hotel

    A couple weeks ago I had a sit-down with the hotel in Aberdeen, Maryland and
    they were kind enough to offer a special for the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia
    Convention.

    Anyone who plans to book their room at the Clarion Hotel where the convention
    is held, receives a $25 free food voucher PER DAY for EVERY night they stay
    at the hotel. Considering all guests of the hotel receive complimentary
    buffet breakfast, this pretty much means most if not all of your meals will
    be covered. Obviously, the food voucher is not good for the buffet dinner
    banquet on Saturday night.

    Anyone who has not booked their room at the Clarion Hotel for MANC yet may
    want to consider doing so now. There is no expiration date for this offer and
    they can withdraw it at anytime so do not delay. If you plan to stay the
    whole weekend (three nights means $75 for the weekend)!

    The dates of The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention are August 27, 28 and 29,
    2009. The Clarion Hotel, Aberdeen, Maryland.  [removed]
    410-273-6300
    Be sure to mention you are attending the Nostalgia Convention so you can get
    the convention discount price.

    Old-Time Radio Recreations, OTR vendors, and OTR movies are among the
    highlights. The Drive-In Movie Theater on Friday night is on schedule with a
    Thursday evening raindate since the dinner banquet is Saturday night.
    Guests include: Bob Hastings (Archie Andrews, The Shadow, X-Minus One, TV's
    McHale's Navy), Lee Meriwether (Batman, Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones, Miss
    America of 1955), Celeste Holm (she needs no introduction to her screen,
    stage, TV and radio work), James Best (Forbidden Planet, Gunsmoke, Dukes of
    Hazzard), Johnny Whitaker (Family Affair, Tom Sawyer), Diana Sowle (Willy
    Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), Patty McCormack (The Bad Seed, Cavalcade of
    America, Tom Corbett, I Remember Mama, The Sopranos -- and she'll recreate
    her 1956 role in the SUSPENSE episode "The Doll") are among the guests
    confirmed to date.

    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:22:15 -0400
    From: Bill Knowlton <udmacon1@[removed];
    To: oldtime radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WIS
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    A friend from Columbia SC tells me that WIS has changed its call call letters,
    forced to do so because the FCC won't let new owners of a radio station keep
    its old three letter calls. Anybody know if this is true?

    BILL KNOWLTON
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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:22:23 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  new I Love A Mystery

    GOOD NEWS!

    I Love A Mystery is making a comeback! It's official now. Tim Knofler and a
    number of talented performers will be recreating all of the I LOVE A MYSTERY
    radio serials, to be released commercially on CD. Authorized through the
    Carlton E. Morse estate, each serial will be complete, uncut and unedited.
    The original Hollywood run of scripts will be used to recreate every word,
    every sound effect and music cue.

    Tim acknowledged (to my delight) that they will not be censored which means
    when you hear "The Widow with the Amputation" and Jack and Doc are stranded
    on the island defending the old lady by knifing enemy soldiers (yep, World
    War II propaganda), there will be no censorship regarding the slang that was
    prominent in the serial.

    The official web-site will be [removed] and while it's not up
    yet, you can bookmark it for a return visit. One site you can check out in
    the meantime is [removed]

    Under contract, the very first serial commercially soon-to-be released will
    be a "make it or break it" proposition. If the first release sells beyond
    expectations, they will be granted permission to reproduce ALL of them. And
    this is the only stipulation so when it becomes available, buy one for your
    friend and for yourself. Soon as I get more information including who is
    going to play the cast I'll pass it on.

    Martin

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:22:33 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Shoot to kill!

    Somewhere in the back of my wee little brain I thought that most of the
    children's cowboy heroes such as the Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry,
    Hopalong Cassidy and maybe others, had a policy of never shooting to kill,
    just slightly injure.  Anyone know where I got that idea from?

    I mention it because I have been listening to several Hopalong Cassidy
    episodes of late and there are several where Hoppy has clearly "done in" a
    bad guy.

    Also, in listening to these Hoppy shows, I am beginning to think that maybe
    later in the run of the series he changed from being a kids show to a more
    adult themed program.  Or is that perception wrong, too?

    Ted

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:22:39 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-7 births/deaths

    May 7th births

    05-07-1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - St. Petersburg, Russis - d.
    11-6-1893
    composer: Many of his compositions were used as themes
    05-07-1884 - Gloria Gordon - d. 11-21-1962
    actor: (Mother of Gale Gordon) Mrs. O'Reilly "My Friend Irma"
    05-07-1885 - George "Gabby" Hayes - Wellsville, NY - d. 2-9-1969
    actor: "Andrews Sisters' Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch"; "Roy Rogers Show"
    05-07-1890 - Billy House - Mankato, MN - d. 9-23-1961
    actor, comedian: "Al Pearce and His Gang"; "The Laugh Liner"
    05-07-1892 - Archibald MacLeish - Glencoe, IL - d. 4-20-1982
    writer: "Columbia Workshop"
    05-07-1895 - Thomas Darcy, Jr. - Vancouver, WA - d. 5-19-1968
    conducted the United States Army Band on CBS during the 1938 season
    05-07-1896 - Gale Binkley - d. 4-24-1979
    banjoist: (Binkley Brothers Barn Dance Orchestra" WSM Nashville, TN
    05-07-1900 - Ralph Truman - London, England - d. 10-15-1977
    actor: John H Watson "BBC Home Theatre"
    05-07-1901 - Gary Cooper - Helena, MT - d. 5-14-1961
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; 'Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-07-1903 - Samuel Herbert Herman - Bronxwood, NY - d. 4-23-1995
    xylophone player: Staff musician for NBC
    05-07-1905 - George E. Stoll - Minneapolis, MN - d. 1-18-1985
    orchestra: "Jack Oakie's College"; "Bing Crosby Show"; "Eddie Cantor
    Show"
    05-07-1906 - Irving Reis - NYC - d. 7-3-1953
    director: "The Free Company"; "Columbia Workshop"; "Brave New World"
    05-07-1906 - Jack Johnstone - NYC - d. 11-16-1991
    writer, producer, director: "Buck Rogers"; "CBS Radio Workshop"; "Six
    Shooter"
    05-07-1908 - Edmund MacDonald - Massachusetts - d. 9-2-1951
    actor: Tommy Hughes "Big Town"; Inspector Burke "Murder Will Out"   s
    05-07-1915 - Win Elliot - Chelsea, MA - d. 9-17-1998
    sportscaster, emcee: "Fish Pond"; "County Fair"; "Quick as a Flash"
    05-07-1919 - Eva Peron - Los Toldos, Argentina - d. 7-26-1952
    actor, hostess: "Radio Argentina"; "Radio Belgrano"
    05-07-1921 - Gale Robbins - Chicago, IL - d. 2-12-1980
    singer: "Ben Bernie, the Old Maestro"; "The Hoagy Carmichael Show"
    05-07-1923 - Anne Baxter - Michigan City, IN - d. 12-12-1985
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-07-1927 - Jim Lowe - Springfield, MO
    disc jockey, host: (King of Trivia) WNEW New York
    05-07-1931 - Teresa Brewer - Toledo, OH - d. 10-17-2007
    singer: "Steve Allen Show"; "Major Bowes Amatuer Hour"

    May 7th deaths

    02-24-1943 - Richard Carleton - Bowral, Australia - d. 5-7-2006
    correspondent for 2GB radio
    03-20-1913 - Judith Evelyn - Seneca, SD - d. 5-7-1967
    actor: Grace Marshall "Helpmate"; Kay Miniver "Mrs. Miniver"
    03-29-1891 - Warner Baxter - Columbus, OH - d. 5-7-1951
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-18-1922 - Kai Winding - Aarhus, Denmark - d. 5-7-1983
    musician: "Stan Kenton and His Orchestra"; "One Night Stand"; "Jubilee"
    06-18-1910 - Ray McKinley - Fort Worth, TX - d. 5-7-1995
    bandleader, vocalist: Co-leader of the Glen Miller Band
    07-13-1934 - Dennis Crosby - California - d. 5-7-1991
    actor: "Bing Crosby Show"
    07-14-1902 - Harlan Ware - d. 5-7-1967
    writer: "The Bartons"; "One Man's Family"
    08-30-1914 - Frank Latourette - d. 5-7-1985
    creator of "Hollywood Byline"
    11-13-1913 - Blue Lu Barker - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-7-1998
    singer: "This Is Jazz"
    11-20-1910 - Frank Goss - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-7-1962
    announcer: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Escape"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
    11-21-1894 - Max Miller - Brighton, England - d. 5-7-1963
    stand-up comic: "Cheeky Chappie" Spotty BBC career due to blue material
    11-24-1884 - Jack Jones - Merthyr Tydfil, Wales - d. 5-7-1970
    author of radio scripts
    12-09-1909 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-7-2000
    actor: "Silent Men"; "This Is War"; "We Care"
    12-23-1907 - Don McNeill - Galena, IL - d. 5-7-1996
    host: "Breakfast Club"

    Ron

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:48:11 -0400
    From: K & J Hammel <haml@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Guest Star fake out

    I was listening to a 1947 Arthur Godfrey Show.  He was apparently giving out
    some Esquire "oscar" awards to some celebrities.  One of the recipients was
    Billie Holiday. With previous guests, Arthur had greeted them and they said a
    few words back.  When it was Billie's turn, he introduced her,talked 'at' her
    a bit, then had her sing.

    After the song, he thanked her.  She never said a word.  During her song, it
    seemed I heard an increase in record hiss and felt that she hadn't really
    been there, but they'd faked her 'appearance', and just popped on a recording
    of her song.

    Anyone know if this kind of faked appearance was a common practice, or, am I
    imaging things?

    Kathy H.

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:48:31 -0400
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Hindenburg Disaster

    Larry Groebe asked:

>     The calendar entry regarding the anniversary of Herb Morrison's
>     broadcast of the Hindenburg landing reminds of a question I've been
>     wanting to pose about the >broadcast: how much of it was scripted? Not
>     the crash - of course not that. But his talk up until that point -- was
>     Morrison a fabulous ad-libber, or did he have a >script either in whole
>     or in part?

        As Larry's question inferred, doing an on-the-spot report might
    combine scripted and ad-lib material.  In the case of Herb Morrison and
    the Hindenburg report I once asked my friend Herb if he was using a
    script and he said he wasn't.
        Herb Morrison was a licensed pilot who had worked for an aircraft
    manufacturer before going into radio.  He could speak easily about
    aviation matters.  Prior to going to Lakehurst he thoroughly researched
    the subject of dirigibles and lighter-than-air transportation, including
    safety factors, which he did mention prior to the explosion.  I don't
    believe he kept any notes or other source material.
        Viewing the explosion and fire could leave some people speechless,
    but Herb told me that he did bear in mind one of the rules of radio: no
    matter what happens, keep talking.
                                             -- Bill Jaker

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:48:38 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SPERDVAC Pictures Update

    I sent a URL for my SPERDVAC photos to the list yesterday and it was in this
    morning's digest (or last night's, not sure).

    In any case, I also just found out that Kodak is requiring its users to
    actually buy something in exchange for hosting photos online and that I'm
    going to be kicked off the system on May 11.  This is of course perfectly
    fair and I'm not complaining but I also don't need prints of any of those
    photos right now so I'll probably go back to storing my photos locally.

    So this is just a warning to anyone who was hoping to purchase any of those
    shots for their personal use -- hurry.

    You may resume your normal OTR conversations,

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 13:49:43 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-8 births/deaths

    May 8th births

    05-08-1884 - Harry S Truman - Lamar, MO - d. 12-26-1972
    [removed] president: "Milestones on the Road to Peace"; "World Food Crisis"
    05-08-1895 - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen - El Paso, IL - d. 12-10-1979
    preacher: "Catholic Hour"
    05-08-1897 - Philip La Follette - Madison, WI - d. 8-18-1965
    governor of wisconsin: "Wake Up America"
    05-08-1899 - Arthur Q. Bryan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 11-30-1959
    actor: George 'Doc' Gamble "Fibber McGee and Molly"
    05-08-1901 - Katherine Raht - Chattanooga, TN - d. 12-2-1983
    actor: Alice Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Margaret Allen "Against the
    Storm"
    05-08-1905 - Red Nichols - Ogden, UT - d. 6-28-1965
    music: (Red Nichols and His Five Pennies) "Bob Hope Show"; "Ipana
    Troubadors"
    05-08-1908 - Cecil Broadhurst - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 12-16-1981
    actor, singer, writer: "The Vanishing Island"
    05-08-1908 - Ted Corday - d. 7-23-1966
    director: "A Brighter Tomorrow"; "The Brighter Day"
    05-08-1909 - Gustavo Agrait - d. 10-18-1998
    sportscaster: WIPR San Juan, Puerto Rico
    05-08-1910 - Mary Lou Williams - Atlanta, GA - d. 5-28-1981
    jazz pianist, composer: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Andy Kirk and His
    Clouds of Joy"
    05-08-1910 - Nathan Van Cleave - Bayfield, WI - d. 7-2-1970
    music: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "This Is Your FBI"
    05-08-1913 - Sid James - Newcastle, Natal, South Africa - d. 4-26-1976
    comedian: "Hancock's Half Hour"
    05-08-1914 - Carmen Matthews - Philadelphia, PA - d. 8-31-1995
    actor: "There Is No Light"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    05-08-1915 - John Archer (Ralph Bowman) - Lincoln, NE - d. 12-5-1999
    actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; "Gateway to Hollywood"
    05-08-1915 - Nan Wynn - Wheeling, WV - d. 3-21-1971
    singer: "Ceiling Unlimited"
    05-08-1919 - Lex Barker - Rye, NY - d. 5-11-1973
    actor: "MGM Theatre of the Air"
    05-08-1921 - Sy Shaffer - d. 12-1-2005
    trombonist: "Arthur Godfrey time"
    05-08-1922 - Lew Anderson - Kirkman, IA - d. 5-14-2006
    musician: (The Honey Dreamers) "Airtime"; "The Bobby Doyle Show"
    05-08-1926 - Don Rickles - NYC
    announcer: "NBC University Theatre of the Air"
    05-08-1928 - Benny Martin - Sparta, TN - d. 3-12-2001
    country singer: "Country Music Time"
    05-08-1928 - John Bennett - London, England - d. 4-11-2005
    actor: "John Bennett Programme"
    05-08-1929 - Miyoshi Umeki - Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan - d. 8-28-2007
    singer: "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends"
    05-08-1929 - Wendy Drew
    actor: Ellen Brown "Young Widder Brown"
    05-08-1934 - Ron Lackman - NYC
    actor: Bud "Pepper Young's Family"
    05-08-1940 - Ricky Nelson - Teaneck, NJ - d. 12-31-1985
    actor: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"

    May 8th deaths

    02-19-1921 - Chris Gampel - Montreal, Canada - d. 5-8-2008
    actor: "The Eternal Light"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    03-24-1928 - Sue Bennett - Indianapolis, IN - d. 5-8-2001
    vocalist: "Your Hit Parade"
    03-28-1903 - Rudolf Serkin - Eger, Bohemia - d. 5-8-1991
    pianist: "Concert Hall"; "New York Philharmonic"
    03-28-1921 - Dirk Bogarde - London, England - d. 5-8-1999
    actor: "A Christmas Carol"
    04-15-1909 - Dave Driscoll - Maplewood, NJ - d. 5-8-1981
    news and sport commentator for the mutual network
    05-15-1918 - Eddy Arnold - Henderson, TN - d. 5-8-2008
    singer: (Tennessee Plowboy) "Checkerboard Square"; "Eddy Arnold Show"
    06-15-1918 - Richard Derr - Norristown, PA - d. 5-8-1992
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"
    06-26-1945 - Steven Keats - The Bronx - d. 5-8-1994
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    07-06-1915 - Laverne Andrews - Minneapolis, MN - d. 5-8-1967
    singer: (The Andrews Sisters) "Andrews Sisters Revue:
    07-07-1907 - Robert Heinlein - Butler, MO - d. 5-8-1988
    science fiction writer: "Beyond Tomorrow"; "Dimension X"; "X Minus One"
    08-16-1897 - Margery Barnard - Ashfield, Australia - d. 5-8-1987
    writer: "The Watch on the Headland"
    09-05-1912 - Sally Payne - Chicago, IL - d. 5-8-1999
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-19-1910 - Margaret Lindsay - Dubuque, IA - d. 5-8-1981
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Silver Theatre"
    09-28-1892 - Elmer Rice - NYC - d. 5-8-1967
    writer: "The Free Company"
    10-01-1926 - George Peppard - Detroit, MI - d. 5-8-1994
    actor: "MGM Air View"
    10-09-1918 - Skip Farrell - Illinois - d. 5-8-1962
    actor, singer: "National Barn Dance"
    11-16-1927 - Barbara Payton - Cloquet, MN - d. 5-8-1967
    actor: "Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope"

    Ron

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