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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 403

Table Of Contents: 

	 H. L. Gold
	 That's All
	 Reflections on FOTR
	 RealAudio [removed]
	 Hi-Fi VCR
	 Re: Casebook of Gregory Hood
	 Re: Musical War of the Worlds 
	 Big Joe
	 Jack Benny's well gesture.
	 Re: Treasure Island Recreation
	 Book
	 Re: JACK BENNY/DICK BEALS/PARLEY BAER & ARTHUR ANDERSON
	 Radio Stars On Parade
	 Music Till Dawn
	 Return of the Jedi
	 Horatio Hornblower Log

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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 23:35:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: H. L. Gold
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 13:10:37 -0400
> From: Bigkids@[removed]
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Molle Mystery Theater
> Message-ID: <961020131037_547201381@[removed]>
> 
> Some years ago I taped an interview for broadcast, with the late H. L. Gold.
> You may recognize his name -- he was best known as the founding editor of
> Galaxy Science Fiction, the Galaxy SF Novels, and Beyond Fantasy Fiction
> magazine.

I recognize his name, all right.  But I don't think he's "late" yet.

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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: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:56:53 -0500
From: Sammy <rharris@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: That's All
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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Here in Dallas they played That's All from the Gleason [removed]
Gleason Presents That [removed] was re-released on cd a while back and
still may be [removed] check with someplace like tower records in
[removed] you can't find it email me and we can work some kind of [removed]

Jack

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 03:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Reflections on FOTR
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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	Well, I'm back from a very hectic 4 days in the scenic Newark Holiday
Inn, another convention under my belt, mostly missed!  Some day I hope to see
the video to find out what happened.  Even after the dealers rooms 
closed, I found myself dozing off during the recreations - I guess the habit
of using OTR as bedtime material has something to do with it, as well as 
pigging out just before the performances just naturally causes drowsiness.
This is by no means a reflection on the creative people involved - maybe 
we should have the recreations BEFORE dinner. I loved The Canterville Ghost,
just as I enjoyed Arsenic and Old Lace last year. It really gave the guests
a chance to show their acting abilities, perhaps more so than so-called fan
favorites.
	One correction: I produced the Gotham Players Dick Tracy 
(whatever that means); the director was Steven M Lewis (one of the three 
Steve Lewises in the OTR hobby, the one in the NYC area).
	The other panel I was involved with was Minorities in Radio, which
someone found disappointing.  My involvement was basically to assemble a 
number of representative clips in order to stimulate discussion.  
	This panel grew out of the sometimes rancorous discussion on the 
suitability of Amos and Andy for a bunch of white guys to recreate in the 
1990s (my opinion was and is that it is inappropriate and patently offensive
in this day and age).  The thrust of this panel, as I understood it from 
Mitch Weisberg, who moderated, was to demonstrate that radio was a mirror
of the society from which it came.
	I also am happy to have been able to finally get Maurice Ellis to the 
convention to honor his contributions to radio.  He was one of the very 
few black actors to work in the field.  Outside of the comedians, the only
other name that comes to mind is Juano Hernandez.  Mr. Ellis, as I feared,
did not have much memory of those days (he is 91). There are only 2 
references to his radio work in the Buxton/Owen book, and he denies that
he was ever in one of them (Huckleberry Finn). He also had no recollection
of Orson Welles bumping him from the lead in Macbeth to play in blackface for
a group of critics, although Bill Nadel, who first told me that story, still
insists that it is true.  Bill, who, by the way, was another Rockford Award 
winner this year for all the work he has done as a researcher and for  
convention work over the years, has placed Maurice Ellis as one of the few 
previously unidentified voices in an Orson Welles Shadow broadcast released
last year by Great American Radio. Perhaps Anthony can provide the title.
	It was great meeting so many people whom I've had only computer and
mail contact with this last year, and expect next year's convention to be 
even bigger and better!
	I was also pleased to meet many people who were there for the 
first time, due to the outreach on my show and in the press.
	Thanks to Jay Hickerson and all the committee for another great year.
	And now that it's over, if I owe anyone tapes, answers, or 
anything else for the past month or so, this is a good time to remind me.
Thanks, Max Schmid

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 03:08:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: RealAudio [removed]
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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	In last week's Radio World magazine, there was a report praising 
the new version of RealAudio, which was developed in part by Dolby 
Laboratories.
	They tested it by broadcasting it over a classical station (KING in
Seattle) for 17 minutes direct from a WWW server.  No one in the audience 
reacted, leading to the conclusion that there was no discernable 
difference in the quality of the signal. 

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 03:11:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Hi-Fi VCR
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

	To add my experience to the debate: while this form of archiving might
be suitable for personal home use, playing back from the same machine, I have
found that tapes sent to me in this format are difficult to impossible to 
track properly for playback, even on a sophisticated machine.  I still prefer
reel-to-reel to any other format.

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 03:12:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Re: Casebook of Gregory Hood
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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	I have the first dozen shows of this series with Gale Gordon, and I am 
aware of some of the Elliot Lewis shows also being available.

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 03:17:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Re: Musical War of the Worlds 
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

	Well, I thought I had the LP handy, but from memory, it was released
sometime in the 70s, and featured Richard Burton narration, with music by
the London Philharmonic, or some similar orchestra.  Details when I find 
the record.

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 03:21:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Big Joe
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

	All the discussion of Music 'Til Dawn reminded me of another show that
my father regularly listened to in late-night hours in the mid to late 50s.
I would sometimes wake up, and listen to these shows with him when I was a
wee lad.
	Big Joe had a deep husky voice, and took calls from people in trouble,
dispensing advice and possibly services, a little like Queen For a Day, 
if memory serves.  Does anyone remmember this?  Who he was, or where it 
originated?  I was maybe five at the time, and it's one of my first radio 
memories.

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 01:14:18 -0700
From: joseph@[removed] (joseph)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny's well gesture.
Message-Id: <v01530501ae91cf9674a4@[[removed]]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Did the radio audience know about his "[removed]" hand gesture before the TV
series? Or was it just the timing of the pause.

Joseph M

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 06:33:02 +0000
From: "George S. Cole" <gscole@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Treasure Island Recreation
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The Saturday afternoon recreation of "Treasure Island", directed by 
Arthur Anderson and starring Elliot Reid; Dick Beals; and Jackson 
Beck, was one of the finest recreations ever done at FOTR. This was 
truly the outstanding event at an outstanding convention.  

Attendeešs also enjoyed two excellent Lone Ranger presentations -- one 
a new script and the other a recreation of the 20th anniversary show 
-- both starring John Hart who played the part on TV.  It was great to 
see Ralph Bell and Bob Dryden reprise their roles from 48 years ago in 
a "Mysterious Traveler" episode.

George S. Cole 

George S. Cole

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:04:26 -0400
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Book
Message-ID: <961022080426_1581740195@[removed]>

Greenwood has just published Command Performance, USA! A Discography compiled
by Harry Mackenzie.  It has 280 pages and is $75.  It has a complete
discography of all 415 Command Performances.  It also has a complete index of
that show.  Also Mail  Call and G I Journal are included with just about all
of their shows listed with cast and songs.  An index is also provided for
Mail Call

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:37:25 -0400
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: JACK BENNY/DICK BEALS/PARLEY BAER & ARTHUR ANDERSON
Message-ID: <961022083724_130905951@[removed]>

Jack Benny's ace writing team recyled plenty of gags and his audience loved
it.  A lot of Benny's humor depended upon the audience being on the edge of
their seat waiting for the punchline they new was coming.  The classic
example: "Your money or you life?" (long pause) "I said, your money or your
life?"  "I'm thinking it over."  "Si, Sy, Sue" and "Anaheim, Azusa and Cuc
... amonga" were repeated many times on radio and TV with slight variations
to keep the gags fresh.  Jack Benny and his writers understood that audiences
enjoyed being in on the material and the jokes and his long pauses allowed
the audiences to relish the wait for the punchline they expected.
     Dick Beals worked for three years on the Lone Ranger cast (1948-1951, I
believe) and played many roles including "Dan Reid."  Of course he later
played the title role ("Billy the Kid" on the first episode of radio's
GUNSMOKE.
     Parley Baer was and is the voice of the Keebler Elf;  Up until a few
years ago, Arthur Anderson portrayed Lucky, the Lucky Charms leprechaun, for
29 years.  -- Anthony Tollin 

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:43:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Radio Stars On Parade
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

"Radio Stars On Parade" - RKO, 1945

Starring:

Francis Langford
Wally Brown & Alan Carney
Ralph Edwards
Skinnay Ennis and his Band
Don Wilson
Tony Romano
The Town Criers
The Cappy Barra Boys
Rufe Davis
Robert Clarke
Sheldon Leonard
Max Wagner
Ralph Peters

Not exactly an All-Star cast of radio's golden days. Edward's program
Truth Or Consequences figures prominently in the story.

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 8:20:09 -0400
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Music Till Dawn
Message-ID: <45C06C32017E1B00@[removed]>

******************* Start of Forwarded Message *****************

To my knowledge, one can still pick up a copy of the theme by calling 
one of
the 50,000-watt clear channel stations which carried it.  Or by calling
American Airlines.  I had a friend who had the album put out by AA, but 
the
theme, which was the first cut, was shortened--compact--and did not 
sound
like the one we heard on the radio.

******************* End of Forwarded Message *******************

     I have two albums put out by American Airlines for Music Till 
Dawn. One has "That's All" in the version used as the theme, the other 
has another arrangement of "That's All". That may explain why the album 
mentioned here contains a version which does not sound like the theme. 
--Ken

Kenneth D. MacHarg  
Casilla 17-17-691  
Quito, Ecuador
Kmacharg@[removed]
FAX: 593-2-447-263                        
Phone: 593-2-466-808

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:31:47 GMT
From: [removed]@[removed] (Hinkley, H. K.)
To: otr@[removed] (OTR Digest)
Subject: Return of the Jedi
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Just got the Holiday 1996 edition of the Wireless catalog in the mail -- 
they have the "Return of the Jedi" "Original Radio Broadcast" on cd and 
cassette for $[removed] and $[removed] respectively.  They offer the complete "Star 
Wars" Radio Trilogy on cd for $[removed] or cassette for $[removed]

I asked my local Public Radio station if they planned to carry "Jedi";  the 
station manager said simply "no". 

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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:17:23 +0000
From: "[removed] Hinkel" <hinkel@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Horatio Hornblower Log
Message-ID: <[removed]@LOCALNAME>
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Upon talking with another collector at the OTR Convention in Newark, it was
suggested that I post my Horatio Hornblower log on the Digest for any
Hornblower fans.

        Horatio Hornblower
        Staring Michael Redgrave

#1      Horatio Deals With A Mad King
#2      Horatio Captures The "Natividad"
#3      Shakey Alliance With "El Supremo"
#4      Battle Against "El Supremo"
#5      "Lydia" Sinks The "Natividad"
#6      Damaged "Lydia" Heads For Panama
#7      Return To The Fleet
#8      Return To Sea
#9      Protecting The Convoy
#10     Disguised As A French Ship
#11     Guerilla Action
#12     The Spanish Fail To Attack
#13     Takes On The French Fleet
#14     Mutiny On The "Flame"
#15     Disguised As The "Flame"
#16     Courtmartial Of Barry McCool
#17     Capture Of Le Harve
#18     Acting Governor Of Le Harve
#19     Barbara Joins Horatio
#20     Napoleon Returns
#21     Napoleon Is Defeated
#22     A Prisoner In 1811
#23     Meets Marie And Escape
#24     Horatio Captures A Ship
#25     Rejoining The Fleet
#26     Horatio Is Court Martialed
#27     Into The Baltic
#28     Chasing The Blanche Fluer
#29     Alliance With Russia
#30     Reception With The Czar
#31     Attack On Fort At Fisher's Half
#32     Port Of Riga
#33     Delaying The French
#34     The French Are Stopped
#35     The Duel
#36     The Spanish Leave Napoleon
#37     Hornblower's First Command
#38     Prisoner Of The French On The "Peek"
#39     With The 43rd Marines
#40     Spain Becomes Neutral
#41     Exam For Lieutenant
#42     Quarantine For Plague
#43     Chasing The "Papillion"
#44     Command Of The "La Mouch"
#45     Prisoner And Rescue Of Spanish
#46     First Meeting With Bush
#47     Planning Mutiny On The "Renoun"
#48     First Attack On Haiti Fails
#49     Attack On Haiti Fort
#50     Yellow Fever
#51     Fighting The Spanish On The "Renoun"
#52     Promoted To Captain Of The "Retribution"

According to Jay Hickerson's Ultimate History of Radio Programs, the shows
ran at different time periods and on three different networks  between July
1952 to May 1957 and listed 43 plus shows.

While talking with Penny Fabb, the OTR fan and collector from England and
probably the best "authority" on the series, she said that there were 52
programs in the series.  There were no actual titles to each show and Penny
used Hornblower's opening statement as her titles to identify each show.
The program titles in my log listed above are based on story content of each
show or titles from other collectors lists.

Penny said the series was produced by Harry Towers and his Towers of London
syndicate and was not broadcast over BBC.  Penny also told me that the
Hornblower series, like the other Tower Productions, The Black Museum, The
/Scarlet Pimpernal, and The Third Man, was broadcast over Radio Luxenburg.
The BBC was not interested in doing the Hornblower series.

Penny has been trying to collect the entire series for many years and was
only able to gather 48 shows from collectors both in England and the United
States.  She was very surprised and pleased to find that I have all 52 shows
and that she was finally able to complete her collection.

Anyone interested in further information on the Horatio Hornblower series
can contact me by e-mail.

Henry R. Hinkel
hinkel@[removed]




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