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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 52


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 RE: the year Orson Welles played The Shadow
	 Space Patrol Wool gathering
	 Strange proposal bordering on the philosophical re: azimuth
	 Forgot to Remember WENN
	 Wrong 800 # for Littel Warehouse
	 introduction

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Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 15:03:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Dixon H Chandler <dchandle@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RE: the year Orson Welles played The Shadow
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

A final post from my friend Mike Ogden (hi, Mike), who can read the list,
but not yet post (soon, Mike, soon . . .):

RE:  THE YEAR ORSON WELLES PLAYED THE SHADOW

Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead did 26 episodes of _The Shadow_ for Blue
Coal sponsorship between September 26, 1937, and March 20, 1938.  14 of
these shows are currently available.  After the Blue Coal selling season
ended, Street and Smith, delighted with the success of the new format (The
Shadow participating in the adventures rather than lurking about the edges
as host and narrator), arranged with Goodrich Tires to do a spring/summer
series with totally new scripts.  Welles and Margot Stevenson (replacing
Moorehead) did somewhere between 26 and 28 episodes for Goodrich, of which
only 15 are currently available.  Ultimately, the Goodrich series probably
did more than the Blue Coal series to establish The Shadow's popularity
nationwide.  The Blue Coal series was only heard on 41 stations, mostly in
the new England area and California, while the Goodrich series was
eventually sold to local Goodrich dealerships in over 100 locations across
the country.

Further details of this, and more, will be found in my forthcoming book,
_That Phantom of Phantoms:  Orson Welles as "The Shadow" (1937-38)_. 

Incidently, I'm still looking for sources of information about the Welles
shows, particularly three of the Goodrich episodes for which I have
neither recording nor script:  

"The Old People," "The Voice Of The Trumpet," and "The Mark Of The Bat."

Any help along these lines would be greatly appreciated.


PLEASE NOTE:  Anybody with any information regarding the above can contact me
(dchandle@[removed]) or Mike at:

Mike Ogden
5429 Grove Valley Road
Tallahassee, FLorida  32303

Thanks!

-dc

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"After all, what the hell?"     --Dan Turner        dchandle@[removed]

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Date: 08 Feb 1996 09:12 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <@[removed]:henry@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: Space Patrol Wool gathering
Message-ID: <02081996091250um@[removed]>

I just had a chance to immerse myself in space patrols. Got hold of some
of the latest Rhac releases.
I have about 18 hours of Space Patrols that seem to have come from the
AFRTS, and contain organ interludes.
I was really glad to have those, even though they weren't the ones I
grew up with.
Imagine what it was like to get the originals, with no organ interludes,
and just the sound of wind, and those obnoxious adds.
Well, was like stepping back in time. I was a ten-year-old kid again,
thrilling to the prospect of receiving the special 3-d viewer, the code
belt, and the cosmic smoke gun. Alas, none of that stuff still exists.
It was so crude, and shoddy that it couldn't survive the ravages of hard
play, and time.
Plus, as Space Patrol souvenirs, the stuff was abused to the point of
destruction.
Yet, down the years, for me, this series has the power still to call,
and compel. The writers at the time must have been working over time,
burning the midnight oil. For, it was light years ahead of a lot of
similar programing that came out at that time.
What ever magic, what ever formula they employed to get this show
together every week, really worked, at least for me.
Are there any others out there who still in their minds roam the galaxy
with Buzz Corey, and his slightly brain-damaged cadet?
Far as I can see, the only real skill that Happy had was a dab hand at
gunnery, navigation, and ship maintenance.
Diplomatically, he was a total failure, and his jokes were so bad, it's
a wonder he was never tossed out of an airlock.
Can't figure out how Buzz Corey put up with him so long.
Bet he wanted to promote him out to someone else, or get him into an
office job. But, yet they managed to work together, coming to each
other's aid when necessary.
The series, as far as I can see had only about a half-dozen people
doing all the different parts.
But, must have had all of the marketing forces of Rolston Purina behind
it to come up with all the gadgets, gimmicks, and finally the replica of
the space ship.
What ever happened to that thing? I had heard it finished up in some
junk yard in Ohio. I'd have given my I teeth for that thing.
As it was, I was eating Rolston Rice checks, and wheat checks till I
began to look like one.
I burned the midnight oil for a cool name for Planet x, never did find
out what it was called.
Reveled with everyone else, when Prince Bakeratti's castle got blown to
smithereens.
And, so should perish all good dictators.
Doesn't seem to happen that way, though, does it.
So, where are they all now, Ed Kemmer (or was it Kammeron)? Lin Ozborn
(spell), and Baylor Covach? (spell)
Anyone else want to keep the memory of this incredible series alive?
The internet is the place, since the future that was portrayed in Space
Patrol could, or should be reflected up here.
Perhaps, arguably Star Trek, and Next Generations could be said to owe
some of their visions from Space Patrol, or am I being to simplistic?
Funny, I have traveled to the future, and, if not in reality,
vicariously, with Buzz Corey Cadet Happy and the Space Patrol.

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   Henry Brugsch
   aka hbj elsewhere, CIS: [removed]@[removed], hbj@[removed]
Give me an alias long enough and I'll mail the world

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Date: 08 Feb 1996 09:03 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <@[removed]:henry@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: Strange proposal bordering on the philosophical re: azimuth
Message-ID: <02081996090307um@[removed]>

Ok, here I go again, my favorite hobby horse, azimuth.
I just was wondering, if it might be possible in some cases to recreate
good azimuth by subjecting a badly azimuthed recording, [removed] one that
had been azimuthed originally.
Obviously, it's possible to clean up an original that has been recorded
with the wrong azimuth setting, by setting the playback machine to the
incorrect setting, and rerecording with a properly azimuthed setup.
Ok, so, technically, why can't the same affect be generated from a
recording that has been recorded from a badly azimuthed playback in the
first place.
Seems, that on one level, it should be possible to clean up such a
recording. But I am guessing, that the factors that make up the 2
recording procedures, sort of cancel out any benefit.
So, another question, Has anyone ever tried this?

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   Henry Brugsch
   aka hbj elsewhere, CIS: [removed]@[removed], hbj@[removed]
Give me an alias long enough and I'll mail the world

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Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 10:17:54 -0600
From: Richard Veit <Richard_Veit@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Forgot to Remember WENN
Message-id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                       Subject:                               Time:10:03 AM
  OFFICE MEMO          Forgot to Remember WENN                Date:2/8/96

For those who didn't set their VCR's for episode 3 of "Remember WENN" on
February 7, can anyone tell us if it will be repeated by AMC? Also, am I
correct in assuming that episode 4 will be aired on February 21?

Opinion: after a very promising first episode, I thought the second offering
degenerated into contrived silliness. I hope further shows in the series shoot
more for period flavor and credibility than slapstick.

Thanks for any scheduling information on episode 3 that you can impart!
Dick Veit

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Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 11:25:31 cst
From: "Marty Dzik" <Marty_Dzik@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Wrong 800 # for Littel Warehouse
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

     Hello,
     
     I dialed the 800 number that Andy posted a few days ago regarding 
     "bulk tape" suppliers for "The Little Warehouse".  The company that 
     that 800 number went to was somewhere in Florida and has nothing to do 
     with Bulk Tapes!
     
     I called directory assistance for Independence, Ohio and the number I 
     received was (216)398-0022.  This is not an 800 number, but maybe it 
     will eliminate some calls to the other company in Florida!
     
     Hope this helps.
     
     Marty Dzik
     mdzik@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 08 Feb 96 15:20:20 EST
From: bspro@[removed]
To: http://wwwotr@[removed]
Subject: introduction
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi all, My name is Bill Scherer and have been a OTr collector since
junior High.
It started with The War of the Worlds, Amos and Andy, and Jack Benny. I
was introduced to it through a local university radio station that ran
an OTr show hosted by the chairman of the history department at the
University of North Dakota. To make a long story short, by the time I
went to the University myself, I was the engeneer for his show.
He gave me a good start.  Since then I've been a musician, got married
and have two boys and live in St. Paul and write and produce jingles and
music beds.
If someone would e-mail me with some suggestions for places to purchase
shows I would appreciate it. I only know of a couple.

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