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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 341
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
12-4 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Fibber's closet [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
Baton Rogue Article on OTR [ seandd@[removed] ]
We also serve, who only [removed] [ Wich2@[removed] ]
New Web Address for Monitor Beacon [ jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed]; ]
Favorites "Yours Truly" Jhonny Dolla [ jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed]; ]
Re: Just Like Radio! [ David Phaneuf <dwphaneuf@[removed]; ]
Re: Just like radio [ Martin Fass <watchstop@frontiernet. ]
Blackhawk on OTR? [ Bruce Rosenberger <bmr3d@[removed]; ]
12-5 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 01:01:19 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-4 births/deaths
December 4th births
12-04-1889 - Buck Jones - Vincennes, IN - d. 11-30-1942
actor: "Hoofbeats"
12-04-1889 - Isabel Randolph - Chicago, IL - d. 1-11-1973
actor: Rhoda Harding "Dan Harding's Wife"; Mrs. Abigail Uppington
"Fibber McGee and Molly"
12-04-1903 - Cornell Woolrich - NYC - d. 9-25-1968
writer: "Radio City Playhouse"; "Starring Boris Karloff"
12-04-1910 - Mary Hunter - Bakersfield, CA
actor: Marge "Easy Aces"; "Against the Storm"
12-04-1915 - Allan Jackson - d. 4-26-1976
newscaster for the CBS network for 32 years
12-04-1921 - Deanna Durbin - Winnipeg, Canada
singer: "Eddie Cantor Show"
12-04-1930 - Harvey Kuehn - West Allis, WI - d. 2-28-1988
baseball great: "Tops in Sports"
December 4th deaths
01-13-1910 - Jack Mercer - d. 12-4-1984
actor: Popeye "Popeye the Sailor"
06-19-1917 - Robert Karnes - Kentucky - d. 12-4-1979
announcer: Started his career in his native Kentucky
06-20-1897 - Bob Howard - W. Newton, MA - d. 12-4-1986
pianist-singer: "Calsodent Presents Bob Howard"; "Sing It Again"
08-13-1895 - Bert Lahr - NYC - d. 12-4-1967
comedian: "Hildegarde's Raleigh Room"; "Manhattan at Midnight";
"Royal Vagabonds"
09-01-1887 - William Daly - Cincinnati, OH - d. 12-4-1936
condctor: "Raleigh Review"; "Voice of Firestone"
09-07-1903 - Margaret Landon - Somers, WI - d. 12-4-1993
author: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-12-1916 - Ed Binns - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-4-1990
actor: "This Is My Story"
10-08-1897 - Rouben Mamoulian - Tiflis, Georgia, Russia - d. 12-4-1987
film director: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
11-22-1913 - Benjamin Britten - Lowestoft, Suffolk, England - d.
12-4-1976
composer: "Columbia Workshop"; "An American in England"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 01:01:36 -0500
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fibber's closet
I hope I'm not dreaming. I recall several years back seeing a list on a
website of the things the NBC sound effects department used in making
Fibber's closet. I also thought I read that they were quite fussy about
what they used.
But now I cannot find this information. I used several web search engines
and am coming up blank.
Does anyone know if such a website exists? Or does anyone have the
inventory of closet items?
Ted
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 08:29:49 -0500
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Baton Rogue Article on OTR
The Baton Rouge Advocate covers the joy of listening to old time radio in a
recent edition.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:14:47 -0500
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: We also serve, who only [removed]
Dear Jim & gang-
From: otrbuff@[removed]
... we were flipping through the TV channels and caught part of
a PBS presentation called "Great Presentations" featuring two-plus-hours of
"South Pacific." ... there was a full orchestra behind them, the cast held
scripts of the narrative ... What a concept if we could only have fare
like this regularly!
We do have more and more of such here in NYC - and likely, elsewhere?
If memory serves, this "Concert Version" style series has been running at
City Center for years.
And, there are several groups who do various forms of what is sometimes
called "reader's theater," that, when you put a bit of music or sfx in the
mix,
fits the bill you speak of.
(Here's one: [removed])
Merry merry,
-Craig
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:14:05 -0500
From: jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: New Web Address for Monitor Beacon
December 4, 2006
Dear Old Time Radio Digest Readers:
I wish to advise you that as of December 2, 2006 the
Website maintained by Dennis Hart devoted to the
memory of NBC's Monitor network radio's last great
program which aired at the end of radio's golden age
and for thirteen more years has a new address. The
new Email address is [removed] this is a
wonderful site, readers can learn about the programs
history and can hear sounds of Monitor including the
famous Monitor Beacon as well as other sounds. Each
month you can hear full hours or half hours of the
program. This month you can hear an hour of Sunday
night Monitor hosted by NBC news man Frank Magee from
December 31, 1961. When one listens to Monitor it
makes one realize how great network radio once was and
how today it leaves much to be desired.
Many Thanks
Jim Taylor
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:17:50 -0500
From: jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorites "Yours Truly" Jhonny Dollar
Episodes with 5 of the 6 acters and favorite serialized story and two half
hour programs with Bob Bailey
December 4, 2006
Dear Old Time Radio Digest Readers:
I am making a Christmas present for a friend of mine.
She likes Old time Radio programs on Tape.
This year I am making a collection of Yours Truly
Johnny Dollar programs. I would like readers feedback
as to their favorite YTJD episodes in particular their
favorite two stories with each of the six actors who
played Johnny Dollar
In the case of Bob Bailey their favorite five part
story and two half hour story. I want to give Connie
a representative sample of the series to show why YTJD
was such a great program. I will keep your
suggestions on file for this year as well as later
Christmas gifts.
Many Thanks
Jim Taylor
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 19:30:03 -0500
From: David Phaneuf <dwphaneuf@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Just Like Radio!
I have to agree with Jim Cox. The South Pacific
performance on Public Television was splendid!
(Although my favorite country singer Reba was mis-cast
for the role, IMHO -- she just didn't fit as far as
I'm concerned) Nonetheless it was fun, and just as I
imagined Old Radio to have been like. Even Baldwin's
momentary getting lost in the script was great and
added to the show's enjoyment. Ever since I first saw
South Pacific on stage in a small dinner theater
venue, I've been enchanted by the Bali Hai song, and
can't help singing it over and over ad nauseum. Public
Television's performance got me doing it again!
[removed] KNOCK KNOCK
Who's there? SAM AND JANET
Sam and Janet who? SAM AND JANET [removed]
sorry, I couldn't resist.
Dave Phaneuf
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:48:57 -0500
From: Martin Fass <watchstop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Just like radio
This version of "South Pacific" was first aired on the PBS Great
Performances series last April, and is available on a DVD.
--Martin Fass
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:49:23 -0500
From: Bruce Rosenberger <bmr3d@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Blackhawk on OTR?
A friend wrote to me asking if I knew where to get the Blackhawk Old
Time Radio show as he'd like to surprise his father with it for
Christmas. I responded to tell him that I'd never heard of a Blackhawk
radio show and was he sure there was such a thing before I presented the
query to this knowledgeable group of folks. His response was that his
father often sings the theme song. Good enough clue for me!
Can anyone tell me more? An more importantly, can anyone help with a
place that might sell same?
Thanks,
Bruce
check out my latest podcasts at:
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:53:32 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 12-5 births/deaths
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December 5th births
12-05-1886 - Rose Wilder Lane - De Smet, SD - d. 10-30-1968
writer: (Daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder) "Hallmark Hall of Fame";
"Helen Hayes Theatre"
12-05-1890 - Fritz Lang - Vienna, Austria - d. 8-2-1976
film director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
12-05-1892 - Al Boasberg - Buffalo, NY - d. 6-18-1937
writer: "Jack Benny Program"
12-05-1901 - Grace Moore - Jellico, TN - d. 1-26-1947
opera singer: "General Motors Concerts"; "Speed Show"; "Vicks Open
House"
12-05-1901 - Walt Disney - Chicago, IL - d. 12-15-1966
actor: Mickey Mouse "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"
12-05-1903 - Fred Van Deventer - Tipton, IN - d. 12-2-1971
newscaster, panelist: "Vandeventer and the News"; "Twenty Questions"
12-05-1904 - Harold Huber - NYC - d. 9-29-1959
actor: Hercule Poirot "Hercule Poirot"; Fu Manchu "Shadow of Fu Manchu"
12-05-1906 - Otto Preminger - Vienna, Austria - d. 4-23-1986
actor, film producer, director: "Fun In Print"; "Listen to the People"
12-05-1906 - William Spier - d. 5-30-1973
producer, director: "Advs. of Sam Spade"; "Suspense"
12-05-1907 - Reid Kilpatrick - Michigan - d. 8-11-1983
host: "Quiz of Two Cities"
12-05-1912 - Hans Wolf - Hamburg, Germany - d. 8-5-2005
conducted operas and symphonies for radio
12-05-1918 - Ralph Blizard - Kingsport, TN - d. 12-3-2004
fiddler: At age 12 formed "The Southern Ramblers"; Appeared on many
Tri-cities radio stations
12-05-1922 - Alan Freed - Johnstown, PA - d. 1-20-1965
disc jockey: "Moondog Show"; "Alan Freed Show"; "Camel Rock and Roll
Party"
March 5th deaths
02-18-1920 - Howard Rodman - New York - d. 12-5-1985
writer: "The American School of the Air"
03-09-1914 - Fred Clark - Lincoln, CA - d. 12-5-1968
actor: "This Is Your FBI"; "Amos n' Andy Show"
04-05-1910 - Jim Alderman - d. 12-5-1992
newscaster: Dallas, Texas
05-06-1900 - Dave Elman - Park River, ND - d. 12-5-1967
emcee: (The Dean of American Hobbyists) "Hobby Lobby"
05-08-1915 - John Archer (Ralph Bowman) - Lincoln, NE - d. 12-5-1999
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; "Gateway to Hollywood"
06-18-1897 - Henry Wadsworth - Maysville, KY - d. 12-5-1974
actor: Alabama Randall "Jane Arden"
07-24-1802 - Alexandre Dumas - Aisne, France - d. 12-5-1870
writer: "The Count of Monte Cristo" based on Dumas' novel
09-15-1923 - Arvell Shaw - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-5-2002
jazz bassist: "Floor Show"; "Damon Runyon Memorial Concert"; "Jubilee"
10-12-1907 - Bob Ancell - d. 12-5-1988
disk jockey: WTVN Columbus, Ohio
11-03-1912 - Gilbert Mack - NYC - d. 12-5-2005
actor: Impy the Midget "Cloak and Daggeer"; "This is My Story"
11-29-1917 - George Walsh - Cleveland, OH - d. 12-5-2005
announcer: "Gunsmoke"; "Music Til Dawn"
12-07-1906 - Fred Stewart - Atlanta, GA - d. 12-5-1970
actor: "The Columbia Workshop"
12-18-1904 - Montana Slim - Guysborough, Novia Scotia - d. 12-5-1996
singer: Had his own show on CBS
Ron Sayles
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