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Date: 12/19/2006 6:51 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 355
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Another Gift Guide Incuding OTR       [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Sound Level Meters                    [ <mlhenry@[removed]; ]
      Love stories?                         [ "Paul Adomites" <padomites@ccyberne ]
      Jack Benny time slot                  [ Keith Houdeshell <khowdy@[removed] ]
      Re: German Recordings                 [ James Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Re: Moe Keale                         [ RadioHour@[removed] ]
      12-19 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: "Why the Chimes Rang"             [ "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed]; ]
      "Thanks for the Radio Memories"       [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:45:00 -0500
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Another Gift Guide Incuding OTR

    This time from a newspaper in Pittsburgh -

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:55:39 -0500
    From: <mlhenry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sound Level Meters

    I have a contact who is looking for a vintage sound level meter. These are
    the kinds of devices that were used to measure applause levels on shows like
    "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" and "Queen for a Day".

    Does anyone have any idea where he might be able to find one?

    Thanks.

    -Michael Henry
    Library of American Broadcasting

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    Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:31:54 -0500
    From: "Paul Adomites" <padomites@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Love stories?
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    Our local theater group is going to get to do TWO OTR performances this year
    -- and one will be held on Sunday afternoon so we can attract some senior
    citizens groups. We're excited. One will be the weekend of Valentine's Day, so
    we'd like to do a love story. Can anyone recommend a good one? I wanted to do
    one from Mr. First Nighter, but I think the effects are probably too much for
    our capable but one-man effects crew to handle.
    Would love to hear any suggestions. I usually listen to the scary stuff, so
    I'm having trouble tracking lovey stuff down.
    Offlist replies are welcome, unless you want to share with the group.
    Thanks.
    Paul Adomites

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    Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:02:18 -0500
    From: Keith Houdeshell <khowdy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny time slot

    I recently watched a part of the old movie "paper Moon", in one scene
    Tatum Oneal is lying in bed listening to Jack Benny. I thought this
    was strange, why would a teen age girl go to bed at 7:00.  Later I
    thought that was east cost time, in the central time zone it would be
    8:00 or later. When was the Benny show on in Kansas or wherever the
    movie was set?  Another movie question about the Benny show, in a Sci
    Fi movie about a modern aircraft carrier being transported back in
    time to Dec. 6, 1941  they are listening to a Benny show ( about
    Carmical)  I always thought that was a big mistake, but later
    thinking was they didn't have live broadcasting of network show in
    Hawaii. So when would the Benny show have been on in Honolulu.

    Thanks

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    Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:09:12 -0500
    From: James Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: German Recordings

    Forwarded for Bernard:

    I must have missed the original posting, because I do not understand what
    the member meant with "German Radio Day". Of course, German recordings
    exist but they are not available to the common public if you are not in the
    educational sector. There are excerpts of speeches etc available but
    selected. Nazi material has been forbidden in Germany since the very first
    days of German occupation in 1945 and it is against the law if you possess
    such things, even today.
    In case you are interested in the history of such recordings I'd like to
    invite you to go to my homepage [removed] <[removed];
    where you can find information on various German audio related subjects.
    Bernhard Wichert
    Germany

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    Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:10:00 -0500
    From: RadioHour@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Moe Keale
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    Here is a web site dedicated to Moe Keale. I remember him when he was a
    regular during the last season of Hawaii Five O.

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    Happy Holidays to all!

    Greg

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    Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:55:26 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-19 births/deaths

    December 19th births

    12-19-1882 - Bronislaw Huberman - Czestochowa, Poland - d. 6-17-1947
    violinist: "A Tribute to . . . ."
    12-19-1888 - Fritz Reiner - Budapest, Hungary - d. 11-15-1963
    conductor: "Curtis Institute Musicale"; "Ford Sunday Evening Hour"
    12-19-1894 - Ford Frick - Wawaka, IN - d. 4-8-1978
    baseball comissioner: "Baseball: An Action History"; "Play Ball";
    "Tribute to Babe Ruth"
    12-19-1902 - Ralph Richardson - Cheltenham, England - d. 10-10-1983
    actor: Doctor John H. Watson, "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
    12-19-1907 - Ray Noble - Brighton, England - d. 4-3-1978
    bandleader: "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"
    12-19-1908 - Paul Luther - Aylesburg, Canada - d. 11-xx-1978
    actor, announcer: "The Man Behind the Gun"; "Inside Story"
    12-19-1909 - Ed Auxer - d. 8-21-2004
    disk jockey: WSBT South Bend, Indiana
    12-19-1911 - Clark Dennis - Roscommon, MI - d. 11-15-1992
    singer: "Breakfast Club"; "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Chesterfield
    Presents"
    12-19-1912 - Frank Holliday - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-3-1948
    singer: (The Rockaway Four) "The Gay Nineties Revue"
    12-19-1915 - Edith Piaf - Paris, France - d. 10-11-1963
    singer: "The Big Show"
    12-19-1919 - Benedict Freedman - NYC
    writer: "The Red Skelton Show"
    12-19-1923 - Gordon Jackson - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 1-15-1990
    Freelance actor for the BBC
    12-19-1924 - Rex Barney - Omaha, NE - d. 8-11-1997
    baseball color man: "Game of the Day"
    12-19-1933 - Cicely Tyson - NYC
    host: "Sears Radio Theatre"; Thursday, Love and Hate Night

    December 19th deaths

    01-12-1912 - Sara Berner - Albany, NY - d. 12-19-1969
    actor: Mable Flapsaddle "Jack Benny Program"
    02-01-1922 - Renata Tebaldi - Pesaro, Italy - d. 12-19-2004
    lyric soprano: "Bell Telephone Hour"; "Metropolitan Opera
    02-24-1895 - May Singhi Breen - NYC - d. 12-19-1970
    singer: (The Ukulele Lady) "Sweethearts of the Air"
    02-25-1912 - Wally Ausley - d. 12-19-1994
    play-by-play for the North Carolina State Wolfpack
    04-16-1913 - Les Tremayne - London, England - d. 12-19-2003
    actor: Nick Charles "Advs. of the Thin Man"; Michael Waring "The Falcon"
    05-21-1894 - Kenyon Nicholson - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 12-19-1986
    writer: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    06-01-1901 - John Van Druten - London, England - d. 12-19-1957
    writer: "Radio Guild"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Theatre Guild On
    the Air"
    06-23-1910 - Milt Hinton - Vicksburg, MS - d. 12-19-2000
    jazz bassist: "Town Hall Concert"; "Monsanto Night: Benny Goodman"
    06-27-1912 - Audrey Christie - Chicago, IL - d. 12-19-1989
    actor: Assistant to Peter Standish "Peter Standish, Medical Examiner"
    07-31-1902 - Robert E. Griffin - Hutchinson, KS - d. 12-19-1960
    actor: Wilbur Ramage "Story of Holly Sloan"; Michael West "Bright
    Horizon"
    09-12-1914 - Desmond Llewelyn - Newport, South Wales - d. 12-19-1999
    actor: Archdeacon Erabazori "Nemesis"
    09-25-1875 - Clyde Fillmore - McConnelsville, OH - d. 12-19-1946
    actor: Sam Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"
    10-02-1900 - Barton Yarborough - Goldthwaite, TX - d. 12-19-1951
    actor: Ben Romero "Dragnet"; Doc Long "I Love A Mystery/Adventure"
    11-10-1915 - Bob Shepard - d. 12-19-1993
    announcer: "Pot O' Gold"; "Counterspy"; "Break the Bank"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:56:17 -0500
    From: "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed];
    To: Old-Time Radio Mailing List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: "Why the Chimes Rang"

    On Sun., 17-Dec-2006, at 04:02:32pm EST (-0500 GMT), "Mr. Richard Carpenter"
    <NewsDuck@[removed]; posted to [The Old-Time Radio Mailing List] under the
    subject of "Why the Chimes Rang":

     > I would like to recommend one that may not be on
     > everyone's list: "Why the Chimes Rang" on "The Great
     > Gildersleeve."

    Wow! I remember READING that story, ages and ages ago!!! In fact
    I believe our public library probably still has it -- "Why The
    Chimes Rang And Other Stories". It is indeed a charming tale, if
    it is the story I am [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:50:34 -0500
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Thanks for the Radio Memories"
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    It's such a shame that Ted Davenport has decided to close up shop with his
    "Radio Memories" business. For many years, Ted, his pal Tom Monroe, and their
    traveling companions Bob Burchett and Harold Zeigler (who died this past
    April) were front-and-centre in the FOTR and Cincinnati dealers' rooms with
    their multiple tables. One could always be assured of high quality and
    professional packaging with the RM product.

    Ted and Tom always gave of themselves, and generously donated their wares
    towards  various OTR convention raffles and  auctions. I saw this first-hand
    because for many years,, I was the guy who pulled the winning tickets for the
    annual FOTR raffles held during the banquets. It all started several ago. I
    bought the requisite three raffle tickets (one for two dollars; three for five
    dollars). On the first night, I won two prizes off of three tickets. I felt
    that karmically and cosmologically  I was not destined to win anything else
    the balance of the convention and I really didn't want to spend any more money
    on raffle tickets by the second night. When Jay Hickerson asked for a
    volunteer to rip tickets and draw the winners, I stepped up, figuring I'd be
    exempt from purchasing any more tickets in order to prevent any conflicts of
    interest. The gig last about twelve years.

    One year, I was seated up front at Table #1 along with Edward and Nana Clute,
    Mary Lou Wallace, Dave Zwengler, and William Nadel. When I had gotten back, I
    had seen our table had won a "table prize," [removed], one item for each person
    seated at th e table. Said prize were ten "OTR sampler" packs from the Radio
    Memories table. Each bookcase package contained six tapes of various OTR
    shows--a perfect device for introducing non-OTR friends to the hobby. I had
    noticed that there was a "Sherlock Holmes" tape in my sampler and I asked the
    esteemed Sherlockian/Baker Street Irregular Bill Nadel if he had anything to
    trade for it. Bill offered me a "Green Hornet," and the next thing you know,
    everybody at the table was trading their individual sampler tapes with one
    another around and across the table. With one [removed]

    It seems that each 6-pack had at least one "Lum 'n' Abner" tape therein. If
    there had been a gung-ho "Lum 'n' Abner" fan at Table #1, he would've cleaned
    up, but, alas!, L'n'A had no currency that day and each respective banqueteer
    was (for lack of a better word) "stuck" with his or her own LnA's.

    [OK, OK. I know I have just ticked off and alienated all the "Lum 'n' Abner"
    fans out there in the ether, but, to me LnA is an acquired taste. I just can't
    listen to more than two of them in a row. I've tried! Although I do appreciate
    character-driven comedy, I have just never warmed up to the going-on at the
    Jot 'Em Down Store. I do dig "vic 'n' Sade" immensely.]

    Back to Ted. I know I speak for the entire OTR community when I say that we're
    all going to miss the ubiquity of the multiple Radio Memories tables at the
    entrance to OTR convention dealers' rooms.  For many decades, Ted, you've been
    a archivist extraordinaire. The programmes you've uncovered, the hard work
    you've done, and the appreciation you've gained in OTR collector circles will
    assure your place in the OTR firmament. We all wish you the best of health and
    overwhelming success in your future [removed]'ve earned it

    Godspeed and Merry Christmas, Ted Davenport and Tom Monroe!

    Derek Tague

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