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Date: 12/11/2017 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2017 : Issue 82
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Bob & Ray questions               [ Chuck Olson <jacksonharbor@hotmail. ]
      Twilight Of Midnight                  [ <skallisjr@[removed]; ]
      Re: George Gobel                      [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Re: Fred Allen                        [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
      Prohibition                           [ "lfeagan@[removed]" <lfeagan@fro ]
      Family Theater                        [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:33:51 -0500
    From: Chuck Olson <jacksonharbor@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Bob & Ray questions

    Thanks folks for answering about the late 1950s early 60s CBS radio network
    programs.

    I was actually alive then but wasting my (4 year old) time watching Beany &
    Cecil and similar TV shows :)

    The archive Bob and Ray CBS shows are roughly 15 minutes long, just about
    perfect for listening to while walking a mile, briskly.

    Chuck

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    Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:34:19 -0500
    From: <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Twilight  Of Midnight
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      Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed]; notes

>     1949   After a decade on radio, Captain Midnight was heard for the final

    time. Put your secret decoder badges away now, kids.

    The Fall season of 1949 was different in format than the previous
    seasons.  /Captain Midnight/ originally was a 15-minute adventure serial.
     In the Fall season, the format changed to half-hour stories, complete in
    one episode.  The actor playing Captain Midnight changed.  Throughout the
    serials, the part was played by Ed Prentiss;the half-hour programs had
    Paul Barnes in the title role.  Because of the new format,no "secret
    messages" were ever sent at the close of the programs.
    The "decoder badges.," called Code-O-Graphs, were in badge form fro 1941
    trough 1946.  They changed format to pocket items from  1947 through
    1949.

    Stephen Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:35:19 -0500
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: George Gobel

>     According to B and R biographer Dave Pollock, Bob and Ray's CBS show was part
>     of an early evening endeavor calld COMEDY BLOCK.  This included ... and I
>     believe,
>     a spot with Garry Moore. ...  and monologues from George Gobel.

    No Gary Moore, at least not while I was [removed];<194>>  And no George Gobel
    either.  I remember him doing monologs on NBC's Monitor on Saturdays.
    Since his television shows were on NBC, it's not surprising that his
    radio appearances were there, and not on CBS.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed] 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 Newton, MA 02459
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    Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:36:14 -0500
    From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Fred Allen

>     1953   Fred Allen returned from semi-retirement to narrate Prokofiev's
>     classic, Peter and the Wolf, on the Bell Telephone Hour on NBC.

    Fred Allen no longer had a regular weekly show at that time, partly on
    doctor's orders, and partly because of falling ratings during his last
    season with competition from a game show on ABC and the rise of
    television, but he did make many appearances in both media.  He
    guest-hosted the comedy quiz show "Two for the Money" once or twice, and
    that was when I first saw him.  He also made an appearance on the Howdy
    Doody show, though I didn't see that until relatively recently, when I
    saw it as an "extra" in a 40-episode DVD set of Howdy Doody shows.  He
    appeared on Jack Benny's radio and TV shows a few times, and he became a
    regular panelist on "What's My Line?" until his sudden death in 1956.

    When he died, our TV wasn't working, and as a result, we were all
    sitting in the living room, listening on the large wood-cabinet radio
    (which now graces my own living room) to a special tribute to Fred Allen
    on radio.  I seem to remember Herb Shriner, the regular host of "Two for
    the Money," emceeing the tribute, but I can't remember who else was there.

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed] 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 Newton, MA 02459
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    Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:36:22 -0500
    From: "lfeagan@[removed]" <lfeagan@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Prohibition
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    I was wondering if there were shows sponsored by alcoholic beverages that had
    to quickly find new sponsors when Prohibition was enacted?
    Leslie Feagan

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    Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:59:26 -0500
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Family Theater
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    I enjoyed Anne Walker's mention of "The Littlest Angel," as narrated by
    Loretta Young on Family Theater. Has anyone who has heard this show noticed
    that Loretta is very emotional and close to tears near the end of the show,
    having a problem keeping her composure until the program is finished?

    Jan Bach

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