Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #193
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Date: 7/16/2006 10:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 193
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      The Lone Ranger                       [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
      JUNE ALYSON                           [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      Re: Sherlock Holmes Society Download  [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      "Stuart Lubin"                        [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      Radio Stars' Voices in the Movies     [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
      loud world                            [ Clif Martin <martbart@[removed]; ]
      BBC Radio Show about American Forces  [ Bill KA2EMZ <ka2emz@[removed]; ]
      OTR workshop                          [ KC0PWA <oldradiotimes@[removed]; ]
      Light Western show?                   [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Duffy's Tavern : Audition shows       [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
      Your Truly Johnny Dollar - Suspense   [ <[removed]@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:59:14 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Lone Ranger

>     From: "Barbara Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
>     To: <[removed]@[removed];

>     Superman has placed them in a position where they die.   He is
>     responsible.  He could be charged with murder.

    I remember that one.  And I have to say, that always bothered me.  It
    certainly seemed to be an end-run around Superman's much-vaunted code
    against killing.

>                 The bottom line, of course, is that failure to return
>     to headquarters is only the first of many rules and regulations the
>     Lone Ranger ignored in his personal idea and ideal of justice.

    Right.  He worked for law and order on his own terms.  He worked with
    law-enforcement on his own terms.  Which is why it is common to refer
    to a "Lone Ranger approach" to a problem.  This thread started when
    Justice Ginsburg was criticized for using that expression, but she
    didn't coin it.  It's been around for some time, representing a way
    of dealing with things by operating outside organized institutions.
    Which is what the Lone Ranger did.

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:15:42 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  JUNE ALYSON

    JUNE ALYSON ON OTR

    I did a search of my collection and found June Allyson appeared as a guest
    star or in a

    Staring roll in the following programs:

    Command Performance #138                            9/13/1944
    "Mostly Girls"

    Eddie Cantor Show (The) (Time to Smile)         10/4/1944
    "Two Girls and a Sailor"

    Jack Benny Program                                         12/20/1956
    "Jack does his Xmas Shopping".

    Lux Radio Theater                                            3/11/1946
    "Presenting Lilly Mars"

    Screen Directors' Playhouse      #14                  4/10/1949
    "Music For Millions"

    There could be more out there but these are in my collection.

    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:15:29 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Sherlock Holmes Society Downloads

    Bill KA2EMZ wrote:
     >But the shows I lost that I really need to replace are Sherlock Holmes
    shows- I had downloaded many
     > programs from a site in London, a Sherlock Holmes Society site;
     > <snip>
     > If someone can tell me the url for this site

    The site is [removed]

    However, they have moved things behind a wall where only paid members
    can now get the files. This was the site that Boing Boing Web site
    reported sometime back as having hundreds of shows for download.

    Hate to say it, but whenever Boing Boing reports something, be prepared
    for it to change. Many of these sites remain treasured until *everyone*
    finds out about it. I've seen sites suddenly shut down because they
    cannot handle the traffic.

    BTW, this is a good time to put in a plug for my links listing at my own
    web site: [removed];uid=default

    The site was previously listed (though I have since changed it) as well
    as one someone pointed out in this same digest about the Marr Archives.
    I've had that site listed for over a year.

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:15:59 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Stuart Lubin"

    The young Stuart Lubin  ( 6 years younger than me) has pretty good memory
    "The Chicago Theater of the Air" is the correct name of the program
    .(1940-1955). Betty Lou Gerson is listed as a cast member.

    My mother got tickets and we enjoyed and operetta and I don't remember the
    name. The program was broadcast from the Chicago Tribune Tower's  (WGN)
    Studio on Saturday nights for an [removed] It broadcast on the Mutual Network.
    WGN is 50,000 watt station and was clear channel.

    The Operattas were  very different from theatrical performances. The
    speaking parts were done buy radio actors and sing parts were done by well
    known singers. when you heard the program on radio you couldn't really tell
    the difference.

    The worse part of the program was an intermission talk by the Chicago
    Tribune Publisher, Colonel McCormick on history or patriotism, that seemed
    to last for ever .

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:14:17 -0400
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radio Stars' Voices in the Movies

    I dropped in on a friend who happened to be watching _The Good, the
    Bad and the Ugly_. There is a scene in which Eli Wallach takes a
    battered, sickened Clint Eastwood to an adobe monastery, apparently,
    serving as a makeshift Confederate hospital. The priest who welcomes
    them and offers them his room sounded very familiar, and I was
    reminded that I'd thought the same thing when I'd first seen the
    movie. I'm sure I've heard that voice on radio. I associate it with
    the host of Inner Sanctum, the one who followed Raymond. I also
    thought one of the other priests sounded very much like Everett
    Sloane. Couldn't have been, since Mr. Sloane had died the year before
    this movie was made, but I still believe it was a radio voice.

    Unfortunately I'm told the dubbers were not credited. Does anyone
    happen to know the identity of the Sanctum-host like voice of the
    priest? Did a lot of radio actors go into dubbing as radio drama
    faded away? Thanks.

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:17:11 -0400
    From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: <[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
    Theater," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The Glowing
    Dial," Lee Michael's "The RADIO Show" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."
    Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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    =======================================

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    THROUGH THE OPERA GLASS
    Episode 1    7-31-52    "Carmen"
    Very funny spoof on Opera broadcasts

    RADIO CITY PLAYHOUSE
    Episode 32    3-21-49    "Blind Vengence"
    Stars: John Larkin and Elspeth Eric
    Produced, Directed and hosted by Harry W. Junkin
    Writer: George Bellack

    THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP
    Episode 27    8-11-46    "Wilber-the Psychoneurotic Automobile"
    Stars: Sam Wannamaker, Art Carney, Arnold Stang, Ethel Everett, Earl Hammond
    and Enid Markey.

    THE ADVENTURES OF THE FALCON
    Episode 25    2-25-51    "The Case of the Practical Chocker"
    Stars Les Damon as The Falcon and Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett
    Also stars Ann Williams, who was chosen from several drama students at Sarah
    Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    THE GREEN HORNET
    (NBC)   10/4/47   "Graft Crosses A Bridge"

    THE GREEN LAMA
    (CBS)    6/5/49   "The Man Who Never Existed"

    THE TOM MIX STRAIGHTSHOOTERS
    (NBC)   Mid-December, 1941.   "The Mystery of the Border Smugglers"
    Stars Russell Thorson as Tom and Curley Bradley as Pecos.
    ====================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Big John and Steve do a very dubious celebrity impression
    by saying "Judy, Judy, Judy"!
    Featuring five shows, all featuring a famous (or not so famous) Judy.

     Judy and Jane - [Audition Show] "The Marijuana Plot"
    Recorded in 1942 for possible Syndication
    No cast information is available however it is known that Jack Brinkley was
    the announcer.
    The show was written and narrated by Irving Vendig.
    Sponsor: none

     A Date With Judy - "Frank Sinatra"
    originally aired March 20, 1945 on NBC
    Starring: Louise Erickson, Richard Crenna, Myra Marsh, John Brown, Dix
    Davis, Frank Sinatra, Marvin Miller announcing.
    Sponsor: Tums

    The Judy Canova Show  - "Jailed For Breaking Into Cary Grant's House"
    originally aired October 12, 1943 on CBS
    Starring: Judy Canova, Ruby Dandridge, Mel Blanc, Eddie Dean, Ken Niles
    announcing.
    Sponsor: Colgate

    The Abbott & Costello Show - "Judy Canova"
    originally aired January 6, 1944 on NBC
    Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Connie Haines, Elvia Allman, Mel Blanc,
    Freddie Rich and his Orchestra, Judy Canova, Ken Niles announcing.
    Sponsor: Camel Cigarettes

    The Bob Hope Show - "Judy Garland"
    originally aired March 7, 1939 on NBC
    Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Patsy Kelly, Elvia Allman, Skinnay Ennis
    and his Orchestra, Judy Garland, Bill Goodwin announcing.
    Sponsor: Pepsodent
    ==================================

    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

         Jerry Haendiges

         Jerry@[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, 16 Jul 2006 09:17:59 -0400
    From: Clif Martin <martbart@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  loud world

    I thought the audiologist's remark, "men can't multi-task" was a pretty
    creative way to describe the difference in the way aging  male and female
    ears and brains work. But let's not totally blame our inability to hear what
    we want to hear and filter out the junk on our aging ears.  Fact is, TV and
    radio stations and music production facilities do use devices that
    automatically boost up softer. background sounds  to ear splitting levels.
    What used to be "dynamic range," the difference between the softest and
    loudest sounds, now has three levels:  loud, louder and loudest. Listen to
    the play-by play of a sporting event and when the announcer takes a breath
    you'll hear the crowd noise jump up and then sharply drop down with the guy's
    first syllable.  That effect is called "pumping," which is just what it
    sounds like and it's done for the specific purpose of sounding louder than
    the next station so it will grab you as you turn the tuning dial.  I worked
    at a station whose engineer, after cranking all the auto-level devices up
    full tilt, boasted that his station now screams.

    Clif Martin

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:18:24 -0400
    From: Bill KA2EMZ <ka2emz@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  BBC Radio Show about American Forces Network

    Thanks to a heads up from my good friend Geoff Rowlands in Great
    Britain, I have this info to share with you.
    Geoff informed me of a 2 part program available on the BBC's Radio 4
    website regarding the birth of the American Forces Network in Britain,
    "Born on the Fourth of July". The program is available by pointing your
    browser to the following URL-
    [removed]
    Under the A listing of programs scroll down until you see "American
    Forces Network"; the show is very very interesting and contains many
    airchecks of AFN during WWII. The host is Humphrey Littleton
    Thanks again to Geoff for this info.

    Bill Bergadano
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:22:12 -0400
    From: KC0PWA <oldradiotimes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR workshop

    I am planning an hour-long OTR workshop to be
    presented to the general public. I am very interested
    to hear from those of you that have done such
    presentations to contact me off-list with any
    suggestions about how you structured your time and
    what seemed most effective/ineffective in connecting
    with the audience.
    Ryan

    Ryan Ellett, Editor and Wealthy Young Man About Town
    The Old Radio Times
    The Official Publication of the Old-Time Radio Researchers

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:21:08 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Light Western show?

    On Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at 01:02 AM, Ted  wrote:

>     Our re-creation group has been asked to put on a show featuring a "light",
>     almost comedic western program.  It's an adult audience, so we don't want a
>     kids show such as Hopalong or the Lone Ranger.  On the other hand we don't
>     want an adult western such as Gunsmoke or Have Gun, Will Travel.
>       Anyone have any ideas on that type of western show?

    OK, Ted, you've got us scratching our heads.  You want a script from a
    Western show but you insist that it can't be a kids show nor an adult
    show.

    What did you have in mind?  A teen-aged western?  ("Archie Andrews at a
    Dude Ranch") A musical western?  ("Andrew Sisters Eight to the Bar
    Ranch")  A comedy show that went west?  ("Buck Benny Rides Again")

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:17:29 -0400
    From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
    To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Duffy's Tavern :  Audition shows
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    A Radio Spirits collection of Duffy's Tavern episodes begins with the
    audition show. At the end, listeners are encouraged to contact the network if
    they would like to hear more.  How were audition shows handled in general?
    Were some pitched to potential sponsors and others offered directly to the
    public?

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    Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:07:42 -0400
    From: <[removed]@[removed];
    To: Old Time radio Digest  <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Your Truly Johnny Dollar - Suspense mystery

    The more I think, the more confused I get.
    I received two responses from folks concerning the YTJD program which
    did not air on Oct 23, 1956. Both suggested a political show.
    I know there are no absolutes when it comes to broadcast dates [removed]
    I drove the 100 miles today (round trip) to the Louisville Public
    Library to look at the newspapers from that week and sure enough
    Johnny Dollar normally aired on WHAS Radio at 8:15 - 8:30 on week
    nights. There it is listed at 8:15 on Monday 22nd. Tuesday the 23rd
    Suspense aired at 7:30 PM, followed at 8 pm by a half hour program
    simply listed as "Stevenson" so that would have been the 1/2 hour paid
    political program. So I looked at the following night (Wednesday 24th)
    and again no Johnny Dollar instead it was a UN Program in his time
    slot, with Johnny Dollar returning on Thursday 25th. So either folks
    in the Louisville area missed an episode or WHAS was running Johnny
    Dollar on a delayed basis.
    Realizing Suspense ran before the Stevenson political program I looked
    at a OTR dealer for the name of the episode that ran on Tuesday ,
    October 23rd. But according to the Otter log and a couple of OTR
    dealers Suspense ran on  the 18th The Long Night, and the 25th  The
    Man Who Stole the Bible. I do not have either Suspense show in my
    collection, and since WHAS ran the show on a different night, there
    probably would not be a network announcement following the Suspense
    broadcast for the Stevenson show.
    That was my plan.
    So all I can suggest is listen to whatever the show that aired  before
    the Stevenson broadcast on the CBS network and see if they announce it
    as "coming up next." Based on the difference in the Louisville listing and
    the dealers logs.  I can't confirm the Stevenson show was even on the
    network, in place of Johnny Dollar,  it may have been a local or
    regional production.
    I am sure the newspaper listing is correct because the Courier Journal
    newspaper
    was owned by the same folks as WHAS Radio.

    Paul Urbahns
    Radcliff, KY

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