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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 200


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Tony Randall
	 Re: Inner Sanctum
	 Studio Audience
	 Re: Tarzan Radio Tapes
	       Re: [removed] Digest V96 #199
	 Re: Tarzan radio show
	 Favourite Westerns--Anna Ericksen
	 Sand and sea
	 Jay Hickerson's Book
	 cigarette comercials
	 A duck
	 Fear that Creeps
	 Re: Raymond your host
	 Re: Missing Issues

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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 23:51:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joseph Ward <jward@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Tony Randall
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

There has been some good discussion as regards I Love A Mystery lately, 
but does anyone know if Tony Randall has been asked about the show?  I 
see him interviewed fairly regularly, and not just on the late night talk 
shows, but good sit-down interviews on a variety of subjects, and yet 
I've never seen anyone ask him about playing Reggie York.  I wonder if 
anyone has asked him to be part of a re-creation?  Are there some 
interviews available in which he *does* talk of the show?

For all of the obsessives who subscribe to the digest, myself happily 
included, I spotted ILAM's very own Jack Packard, Russell Thorson, on an 
episode of the Odd Couple tonight.  It was good to see both of them 
together.  

Joe Ward

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Date: 04 Jun 96 13:14:56 EDT
From: "Robert I. Scherago" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Re: Inner Sanctum
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

On Mon, 3 Jun 1996  c holm <cbholm@[removed]> wrote:
>> I have a question regarding the Inner Sanctum program.
>>In many reference books, and as common knowledge,
>>the host of this program was named Raymond. 
>>However, I can't recall an episode where the host is
>>actually identified as Raymond.  Are there any?

Each week's show in the '30's started (after the squeaking
door) with "This is Raymond, your [removed]"

I'm much too young to remember Raymond Edward
Johnson as the host of Inner Sanctum - I grew up
in the 40's and  I'm not sure when he left the show!
By the time I was a regular listener the opening
was "This is your [removed]" read by an anonymous but
familiar voice.

Mr. Johnson eventually contracted MS, in the '60's,
as I recall, and was confined to a wheelchair. I don't
have any other information on him.

There's a story, perhaps apocryphal, that an over-
zealous maintenance person found the squeaky
door, decided that the springs needed oiling, and 
proceeded to destroy the most famous sound effect
of the day. The story goes that the sound effects
man was cued, and opened a completely silent
door. Add that to your collection.

Bob Scherago
"If it ain't broke, screw it up anyway!"

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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 13:56:41 -0600
From: Richard Veit <Richard_Veit@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Studio Audience
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                       Subject:                               Time:1:34 PM
  OFFICE MEMO          Studio Audience                        Date:6/4/96

I really enjoyed reading Bill Knowlton's account of his parents' visit to a
live broadcast of "The Breakfast Club" in Chicago. As a matter of fact, I wish
that any of you who remember being in studio audiences for radio broadcasts
during the Golden Age would send in your reminiscences to the Digest. These
make fascinating word-pictures that will be lost forever unless you pass them
along to others in the hobby!

Thanks in advance,
Richard J. Veit

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 10:52:42 -0700
From: dlock@[removed] (DL)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Tarzan Radio Tapes
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Bob Jennings may be underestimating the potential for those old Tarzan 
tapes.  Just recently, there has been an upsurge in Tarzan mania (kid's 
toys, etc. advertised daily on TV.)  This is probably due to the 
announcement that Disney is planning an animated movie version that 
will follow "Hunchback of Notre Dame."  Evidently they didn't want to 
waste all those rope-swinging sketches.  In any case, the repackaged 
Shadow tapes that arrived as a forerunner to that oddly underpublicized 
feature film should be as a summer breeze to a hurricane when the 
Disney folks start beating the drum for the Lord of the Jungle.

Dick Lochte 

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Date:          Tue, 4 Jun 1996 15:17:30 GMT-6
From: "Lonnie F. Adkins" <LFADKINS@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:       Re: [removed] Digest V96 #199
Message-Id: <6E603DC67D6@[removed]>

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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 96 16:21:12 -0500
From: "Treasure Mountain  Electronic Publications" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: "otr@[removed]" <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Re: Tarzan radio show
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

On Tue, 4 Jun 1996 11:01:20 -0500, FabFicBks@[removed] (Bob Jennings) 
wrote:

>     Anyway, ERBInc still has the transcriptions for the second Burroughs
>produced serial "Fires of Tor" which they refuse to release unless some way
>can be found for them to reap large (as in, enormous) amounts of money 
>from
>it.  Since this is unlikely in a field where radio programs can be so easily
>duplicated and traded, and since even the legions of Burroughs fans aren't
>about to spend the money that ERBInc wants to release the thing, it is likely
>to remain in their vaults forever.

As you may know, ERB, Inc., has undergone a change of administration in the 
last year.  It is very possible that they would be more open to releasing this 
material if they were approached now.  One of the commercial OTR 
companies might consider contacting them ( Mr. Danton Burroughs, Edgar 
Rice Burroughs, Inc., Tarzana CA).

>     The remaining parts of the first Danquest produced Tarzan serial are
>mostly NOT in the possession of ERBInc.  They do have a few scattered
>episodes beyond those already in general circulation, but not many, and not
>necessarily in good condition.

In the late '70s I interviewed Jim Pierce (star of the first serial).  He led me to 
believe that he had a complete set of transcriptions in his personal collection.  
I've often wondered what became of them after his death.

Thanks for all the information.  I look forward to your ERB-dom article.

 Best wishes,

Pat Adkins

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 96 17:41:38 EDT
From: ekindred@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favourite Westerns--Anna Ericksen
Message-Id: <m0uR3rI-000YV7C@[removed]>

My favorite westerns were home grown on Phoenix radio. One was called Bird
Cage Theatre which took place in Tombstone. They were complete with
melodrama and guest stars of the period and raucus foot stompin audiences.
I know the program got as far as Albuquerque as I heard it on KOB one night. It
was sponsored by A-1 Pilsner beer a Phoenix brewed rot gut with regional
distribution.
The second and best was ARIZONA ADVENTURE, rifle shot followed by the Flying
Dutchman Overture which is probably appropriate because of the fame or infamy
of The Lost Dutchman mine. When I hear that music I don't visualize a ship in
a storm but Apaches chasing the Butterfield Stage, or drunken vaqueros
shootin at some rustlers. Yep heard about John Clum and Cochise before Tinsel
Town shot Broken Arrow (Audie Murphy, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget version). It
was a great way to learn about local history
These shows were produced in the early 50's while Phoenix was still a small
western town.

callup adler p

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 18:21:47 -0400
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Sand and sea
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Favorite memorable westerns! No contest. The Lone Ranger vs. The Legion of
the Black Arrow. The mightiest western epic ever to ride across the OTR
range. 64 consecutive thirty minute episodes as the Ranger and Tonto fight
to overcome the greatest threat to the United States ever conceived by the
twisted mind of a would-be tyrant.

Moving now from the desert sands to the surging seas of the South Pacific.
I have decided it's time to finish my Voyage of the Scarlet Queen collection.
I know somebody out there has o have them all. I need about ten shows to
fill the holes and upgrade a few. Somebody please help me. Contact me via
e-mail if you think you can. I have plenty of other shows to trade.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:01:05 -0400
From: Cir5or@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jay Hickerson's Book
Message-ID: <960604230104_407455546@[removed]>

Does anyone have a copy of Jay Hickerson's Ultimate
Guide to Old Time Radio?

Is it worth $56?  Are there any other good reference books
on the history of OTR?

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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:55:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: lev@[removed] (S or A Levene)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: cigarette comercials
Message-Id: <v01530502adda6d9b56b7@[[removed]]>

In case anyone's interested, there's a fascinating new book out  called
"Ashes to Ashes: America's 100 year  Cigarette War and the Unabashed
Triumph of Philip Morris" by Richard Kluger, published by Knopf.  It's 800
pages long and expensive, though I'm sure it'll eventually appear in
paperback. It contains a number of references to radio cigarette
advertising  including a detailed history of  Philip Morris' Johnny that
I'd never known before.  There's also stuff about LuckyStrike and the
infamous president of American Tobacco, George Washington Hill. A superbly
written book, rich with information.

Trivia question:  Does anybody know anything about those two unforgettable
tobacco auctioneers for Lucky Strike - [removed] Boone of Lexington, Kentucky,
and [removed] "Speed" Riggs of  what - Goldsboro? - North Carolina.  Riggs had
the friendlier, sing-songy voice.  And another question. Most people
ancient enough to remember these commercials recall the auctioneers ending
with - "Sold -American!"  But somewhere along the way the auctioneer's
chant was shortened and the word "Sold" disappeared.  I wonder why.  Maybe
just to give the announcers more time to babble on about LS/MFT and  the
opinions of "independent tobacco experts who choose Luckies, 2 to 1" etc.
Those commercials are unbelievably repetetive, changing little for years at
a time.

One further  comment re Martin Kane:  One of the most appealing things
about this likeable series was the theme music.  I can't sing in an e-mail
but here was a kind of low flute-sound over orchestra, vaguely mysterioso.
It was successful enough to be released as a 78 rpm single and I still have
it on tape. (somewhere, I think)
Sam Levene

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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 00:50:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A duck
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Fri, 31 May 96 14:36:27 EDT
> From: filfeit@[removed] (Fil Feit)
> To: otr@[removed]
> Subject: Re: Joe Penner and the Marx Brothers
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> In one of the first Marx Brothers movies (Cocoanuts), Groucho is
> trying to explain to Chico how to get to the place where an auction
> will take place.  When G says that there is a 'viaduct,' C asks,
> 'why a duck?'

And there was a duck swimming in the lake in "Horse Feathers."  But, 
except briefly in the opening, there are no ducks in "Duck Soup."


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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: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 19:24:14 -0400
From: Frank_Mallory@[removed] (Frank Mallory)
To: "otr@[removed]"@[removed]
Subject: Fear that Creeps
Message-ID: <MSGID_1=3A109=[removed]@[removed]>

 o>From: Barbara Kliene <seabird@[removed]>

 o>Is there more than one title for the ILAM series, "The Fear That 
 o>Creeps Like
 o>a Cat," or is this possibly one I have never heard, I hope, I hope, I 
 o>hope.  

I don't think so. However, like several in the ILAM series, there was more than
one rendition.

The 10/3/49 rendition is in circulation (or at least, available to SPERDVAC
members).

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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 02:24:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwavesOTR <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Re: Raymond your host
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

On Tue, 4 Jun 1996 Chris Holm asked:
> 
> But seriously folks,  I have a question regarding the Inner Sanctum program.
> In many reference books, and as common knowledge, the host of this program
> was named Raymond.  However, I can't recall an episode where the host is
> actually identified as Raymond.  Are there any?  
	Of course there are - every episode from the first show (January 7, 
1941) through the summer of 1945 are hosted by Raymond Edward Johnson.  
He was replaced, after one show with an unknown host, by Paul McGrath, who
stayed 'til the end (October 5, 1952).  The transitional shows exist, so 
you can hear all three hosts.  Maybe someone can provide the exact dates.
It happened during the Lipton Soup sponsorship, and "Mary" often had 
conversations with "Mr. Raymond" during the commercials.  After the change
it was just "Mr. Host".
	Raymond is still with us and appears every year at the Newark 
Friends of OTR convention.  According to him, he was let go because he 
felt that, as the mainstay of the show, he should get more money.  Producer
and notorious tightwad (and millionaire) Himan Brown replaced him instead.
	Raymond was stricken with MS right around this time, but 
continued working in radio for many years thereafter.  He is bedridden now,
and probably never gets out except to the convention every year, and it 
clearly is a joy for him to perform for his fans and to meet them.
	- Max

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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:30:57 -0400
From: JanBach@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Missing Issues
Message-ID: <960605113055_210986899@[removed]>

Hello Again --
I find I am missing OTR Digests # 191 and 196 -- has anyone else had the same
trouble? Bill, is there a way to download these digests *in toto* (apologies
to Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz) without going through the various threads of
your  World Wide Web page?
Jan Bach

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