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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2016 : Issue 16
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Great Lakes Nostalgia Convention [ Don Ramlow <princesscujo@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 4-12 Marc [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
OTR Myths [ skallisjr@[removed] ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
Are Recordings Available? [ <hclarkdean@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 22:30:38 -0500
From: Don Ramlow <princesscujo@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Great Lakes Nostalgia Convention
Hi Everyone:
Just a note that there is a Nostalgia Convention taking place in Kalamazoo,
Michigan on April 8 & 9, 2016. The deadline for early registration and
special hotel rates is March 15. The convention is entitled The Great Lakes
Nostalgia Convention and will feature guests Kathy Garver from Family Affair
and Paul Petersen from the Donna Reed show. The primary focus of the
convention will be on radio theater with six radio program re-creations,
similar to the past Ohio Conventions first run by Robert Burchett and then by
Mike Wheeler. There will be a special "meet the guests" event on Thursday,
March 7, for people who have registered prior to March 15 and are in
attendance.
Dealers are also encouraged to register for this event. Registration forms
for dealers and attendees, along with hotel information may be found at
[removed] Please click on the Nostalgia Convention link on the
right side of the web page.
Donald Ramlow
[ADMINISTRIVIA: I had hoped to make it, but it just didn't work out this
year, so I'm depending on thouse of you who are attending to report back to
the Digest on all the good times! --cfs3]
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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 22:31:20 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 4-12 March
3/6
1948 Ralph Edwards created a quiz on Truth or Consequences called The
Walking Man. After ten weeks of guesses by contestants playing the game,
it was finally revealed that Jack Benny was The Walking Man.
3/7
1933 CBS debuted Marie the Little French Princess which had a run of
two years.
1944 Norman Corwin hosted the program, Columbia Presents Corwin on the
CBS network this day.
3/8
1925 Bernard McFadden was a physical culturist who had a radio show in
New York City. But not for long. McFadden failed to show up for his
daily morning program, causing a young, studio engineer, John Gambling,
to ad lib on the air for a solid hour. As a result, the station (WOR)
decided to give Gambling the morning announcer's job. John Gambling
stayed at WOR for many years, then turned the mike over to his son, who,
finally, turned the program over to his son ... all named John. Rambling
with Gambling program attracted tri state (New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut) audiences in record numbers for over 70 years on the 50,000
watt talk radio powerhouse at 710 AM on your radio dial from New York
each morning.
3/9
1945 Those Websters debuted on CBS. Willard Waterman starred as George
Webster.
3/10
1922 Variety magazine greeted readers with the front page headline
that read, "Radio Sweeping Country--1,000,000 Sets in Use."
1955 The last broadcast of The Silver Eagle was heard.
3/12
1933 Eight days after he was inaugurated, [removed] President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation.
It was the first of what were called Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats.
The name, incidentally, was coined by newsman, Robert Trout. He thought
that the President sounded as if he was sitting with us in living rooms
all over the nation next to a roaring fire, just telling it like it was.
Joe
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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 22:31:40 -0500
From: skallisjr@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Myths
A friend of my generation recently e-mailed me about his commenting on
Captain Midnight Decoder Rings. Over the years, I've seen more than one
reference to such items, though such premiums never existed.
Equivalently, in the film, /A Christmas Story/. Ralphie deciphers a
Secret Message using a Little Orphan Annie Decoder [Pin] and finds the
message to be, "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine." A cute story, but the
messages weren't commercials, but about something involving the next
episode of the program. The "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine" story has
even been found in serious cryptology articles and papers.
The era of such activities ended more than 60 years ago, and urban
legends emerged.
The Captain Midnight "secret message" devices were based, directly or
topologically, on the Cipher Disk, created by Leon Battista Alberti in
the 15th Century. From the first (1941 model) to the fifth, they were
badges; the last 3 were pocket items. None were rings.
The Little Orphan Annie items were all Radio Orphan Annie Secret Society
Decoder Pins, and were ... pins. Likewise, no rings. (Someone at
Ovaltine apparently was an amateur cryptologist.) [On "decoders," the
only sophisticated one I've found was in the Tom Mix Secret Ink Writing
Kit, which is the only radio "decoder" radio premium that's based on what
cryptologists call polyalphabetic substitution.]
The Decoder Ring legend so persisted that when Himmel Nutrition took over
distribution of Ovaltine, in the year 2000, the company offered an
Ovaltine Secret Decoder Ring!. (It's big, bulky, awkward to wear and
uncomfortable. It, too, is a Cipher Disk variant.)
There have been other OTR legends, mostly of the spoken word. It's worth
trying to keep the record straight, however.
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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 22:31:46 -0500
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Big John and Steve's "Glowing Dial"
and my own "Old Time Radio Classics." Streamed in high-quality audio, on
demand, 24/7 at: [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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Check out our Transcription Disc scans at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
2000 PLUS
Episode 24 8-23-50 "The Flying Saucers"
Stars: Ralph Bell, Luis Van Rooten, Bryna Raeburn, Ken Williams
Announcer: Ken Marvin
MUTUAL SUSTAINED Wednesdays 9:00 - 9:30 pm
MEET THE PRESS
6-4-61 Guest: Edward R. Murrow, Director Of United States News Agency
NBC Sustained
BIOGRAPHY IN SOUND
Episode 8 3-6-55 "The Actor"
Featuring the voices of: Laurence Olivier, Vivian Leigh, Talulah
Bankhead, The Barrymores, Hy Gardner, Rocky Graziano, Arthur Miller, Uta
Hagen, Jackie Cooper, Barbara Ashley, Gant Gaither, Robert Clary,
Hortense Powderbaker, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Hitchcock, Leonard Lyons,
Ralph Bellamy, Richardson, Jose Ferrer, Walter Kerr.
NBC Sustained
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
*DRAGNET IN TRANSITION*
An interesting comparison with Version #1 and just a week later in the
earliest days of DRAGNET.
DRAGNET
(NBC) 6/10/49 Program #2 Homicide - Officer is killed.
DRAGNET
(NBC) 617/10 Program #3 "Werewolf" - New music, new format.
THE ADV. OF SUPERMAN
(Synd/WOR/Nutual) 3/8/40
Clark is told of a crooked syndicate,
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
This week's show is dedicated to more of the shows heard on February 29.
It also features our actor of the month, Parley Baer. .
FAMILY THEATER
02/29/1956 Ep464 Mr. Harrison And The Lady Racketeer.
You also might want to drop by [removed]
They continue to produce films and web related drama.
DUFFY'S TAVERN
02/29/1944 (119) Turning the Tavern into a Hotel Gracie Fields AFRS#41.
NICK CARTER
02/29/1948 boy who got lost.
THE SHADOW
02/29/1948 (437) The Man Who Was Death.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 201
EDDIE HUBBARD & THE BROWSERS: "TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA" (Reprise)
More dream and love songs highlight this revisited edition of "The
Browsers" from Trivia Tower. Dream songs include "Smoke Dreams" by Benny
Goodman and Helen Ward from 1936 and "Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams" by
June Cristy and the Johnny Guarnieri Quintette from 1945. June Christy
sang with a silky smooth voice on this recording just as she did on many
great jazz tunes. The British magazine "The New Statesman" noted she was
"one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time." The Browsers
ask us for June's real name.
Far from neglected was one of the most popular singers of the 1950's.
This singer was the top-selling female singer of that decade with more
than 100 million records sold. One of those huge hit recordings was
"Tennessee Waltz," which Eddie includes as an extra on this show to
spare us local commercials and to give us a chance to hear the girl
known as the "singing rage." You've probably guessed this artist's name:
Patti Page, who had 15 gold records and 3 gold albums, including 24
songs in the top 10, with 4 that reached number 1 on the charts. Sadly
she passed away on New Years day, 2013. One of her finest achievements
was her performance for "Live at Carnegie Hall -- the 50th Anniversary
Concert" in 1999 for which she received her first Grammy. She received a
"Lifetime Achievement Grammy" posthumously at the Grammy ceremonies in
2013. Her songs serve to remind us of God's joyful blessings in music
that include so many vintage popular songs.
The original aim of the Grammy Awards, at its founding, was "to
cultivate a higher standard of popular taste," and that aim often
succeeded with many great tunes such as Frank Sinatra's popular award
winners. (Comment concerning Grammy Awards of recent years is best left
unsaid!). On this Browsers show Frank teams with Harry James to perform
a song that would never win a Grammy even though Frank's swinging style
on this "Rock" song is good. The song was "Castle Rock," a song Frank
wasn't crazy about, but, on the other hand, it certainly was far better
than another song he had little fondness for (with good reason): his
1951 curio "Mama Will Bark" with Dagmar.
Otherwise, some really good songs win the day on this episode, such as
Billy Vaughn's 1955 million seller "Melody of Love," "A Fine Romance" by
Johnny Mercer and Martha Tilton, Eddy Howard's "You Must Have Been a
Beautiful Baby," "Tea for Two" by the Benny Goodman Quartette, "You
Don't Know Me" by Margaret Whiting, "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" by
Count Basie, and "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom Time" by Perez Prado,
Concerning the Benny Goodman Quartette, can you name the other 3 amazing
musicians in this legendary group?
Then we come to a novelty tune called, of all things,
"Triskaidekaphobia" from 1946 and performed by Les Brown and comic
vocalist/saxophone player Butch Stone. The Browsers ask what that title
word means, and, of course, to listen to it is to learn the answer.
"Phil's Phooler" brings the song "Stormy Weather," and our assignment is
to determine who sings it. Other questions include, "What songs have the
word "baby" mentioned twice in the title?" Also, "Who sang the song 'A
Fine Romance' in the 1937 movie 'Swing Time'?" As Margaret Whiting sings
"You Don't Know Me," the last question is, "Can you name 3 male singers
who recorded it?"
The show begins and ends with instrumental recordings -- "Classical Gas"
at the start and "Cotton Candy" at the closing, but perhaps, with tongue
in cheek, it might have been a bit playful to have been the reverse.
Sorry, Eddie, just kidding!
Thanks go to Jerry Haendiges Productions for highest quality fidelity
from Eddie Hubbard's original studio tapes. Again, keep in mind that
references to Browsers contact, as to a website, should be ignored.
More dream and love songs highlight this revisited edition of "The
Browsers" from Trivia Tower. Dream songs include "Smoke Dreams" by Benny
Goodman and Helen Ward from 1936 and "Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams" by
June Cristy and the Johnny Guarnieri Quintette from 1945. Some really
good songs win the day on this episode, such as Billy Vaughn's 1955
million seller "Melody of Love," "A Fine Romance" by Johnny Mercer and
Martha Tilton, Eddy Howard's "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," "Tea
for Two" by the Benny Goodman Quartette, "You Don't Know Me" by Margaret
Whiting, "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" by Count Basie, and "Cherry Pink
and Apple Blossom Time," number 1 on Billboard from April, 1955, by
Perez Prado, Then we come to a novelty tune called, of all things,
"Triskaidekaphobia" from 1946 and performed by Les Brown and comic
vocalist/saxophone player Butch Stone. The Browsers ask what that title
word means, and, of course, to listen to it is to learn the answer.
There is much more, including artists like Patti Page, one of the most
popular singers of the 1950's. This singer was the top-selling female
singer of that decade with more than 100 million records sold. This and
more are all on Jerry Haendiges' Olde Tyme Radio Network starting
Sunday, January 10. Find more great music at [removed] 24/7.
Meanwhile enjoy Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom Time."
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Big John and Greg celebrate Big John's Birthday !
Escape - "Log Of The Evening Star"
originally aired Sunday, March 14, 1948 on CBS
Starring: Jack Webb, Alan Reed, Gale Page, Luis Van Rooten, Pinto Colvig.
William Conrad announcing.
Sustained
The Martin and Lewis Show - "Lizabeth Scott"
originally aired Friday, March 14, 1952 on NBC
Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott.
Jimmy Wallington announcing.
Writer: Norman Lear.
Sponsor: Dentyne, Beeman's Pepsin, Chesterfield Cigarettes, Anacin.
Sherlock Holmes - "The Adventure Of The Serpent God"
originally aired Sunday, March 14, 1948 on MUTUAL
Starring: John Stanley, Alfred Shirley.
Cy Harrice announcing.
Sponsor: Clipper Craft Clothes For Men
The Jack Benny Program - "Winner Of The Walking Man Contest"
originally aired Sunday, March 14, 1948 on NBC
Starring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie "Rochester"
Anderson, Dennis Day,
Frank Nelson, Ralph Edwards, Bea Benadaret, Sara Berner, Blanche Stewart,
Mrs. Florence Hubbard (contest winner), Mel Blanc.
Don Wilson announcing.
Sponsor: Lucky Strike
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questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
Jerry@[removed] - [removed] - 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
the Net
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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 22:36:23 -0500
From: <hclarkdean@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Are Recordings Available?
Does anyone know whether there are recordings available of:
One Man's Family ?
I Love A Mystery ?
Peter Quill ?
I remember listening to these radio shows in the 1940s when I was in
Junior High and High School.
Clark Dean
Glencoe, IL
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