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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 120
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
[removed] [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
4-15 births/.deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Say Goodnight Gracie is Memphis [ seandd@[removed] ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@VintageRad ]
Arthur Anderson (and Faithful Compan [ Wich2@[removed] ]
Radio Drama on NPR [ James Meadows <walthamus@[removed]; ]
OTR Students [ Alan/Linda Bell <alanlinda43@yahoo. ]
real radio shows [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
The [removed] Online Archive [ Roger Lorette <roger@[removed]; ]
4-16 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
bean counters [ "Mike Hobart" <zines50@[removed]; ]
Arthur Godfrey at FDR funeral [ Lee Munsick <damyankeeinva@earthlin ]
reasonable facsimile [ Partridge <rpartrid@[removed]; ]
Voice of Firestone [ JayHick@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:08:19 +0000
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: [removed]
Folks;
Apologies for the last few days; I have the server set up to wait for
me to connect before releasing the issues, and I've been having _sreious_
trouble connecting thanks to the broken WiFi in the hotel. (Those who have
seen me lying on the lobby floor working on the computer can vouch for the
fun [removed]) I haven't been able to get photos uploaded, and the blog
entries are woefully inadequate; my apologies to all.
It'll straighten everything out in the next few days, and anything that
got "lost in the shuffle" will be reentered into the Digest then. I'm also
behind in answering admin email (problems with sub/unsubscribing and the
like), which I'll also catch up with on Monday.
Charlie
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:42:14 +0000
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-15 births/.deaths
April 15th births
04-15-1900 - Eddie Garr - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-3-1956
actor: (Father of Teri Garr) "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
04-15-1907 - Theodore Granick - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-21-1970
moderator: "American Forum of the Air"
04-15-1915 - Hans Conried - Baltimore, MD - d. 1-5-1982
actor: Professor Kropotkin "My Friend Irma"; Schultz "Life with Luigi"
04-15-1933 - Roy Clark - Meherrin, VA
country/western singer: "Town and Country Time"
April 15th deaths
02-22-1926 - Kenneth Williams - Islington, England - d. 4-15-1988
actor: the Snide "Hancock's Half Hour"
03-24-1910 - Richard Conte - Jersey City, NJ - d. 4-15-1975
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; "Hollywood
Star Playhouse"
04-01-1886 - Wallace Beery - Kansas City, MO - d. 4-15-1949
host: "Shell Chateau"
04-17-1918 - John Hess - Chicago, IL - d. 4-15-2004
writer: "The Human Adventure"
06-02-1909 - Martin Ashe - Bradford, IL - d. 4-15-1991
actor: "Grand Central Station"
06-04-1881 - Clara Blandick - Hong Kong (on a ship in harbor) - d.
4-15-1962
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
07-23-1920 - Christopher Lynch - County Limerick, Ireland - d.
4-15-1994
singer: "Voice of Firestone"
09-18-1905 - Greta Garbo - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 4-15-1990
actress: "Kate Smith Show"
09-22-1915 - Arthur Lowe - Hayfield, Derbyshire, England - d.
4-15-1982
actor: Captain George Mainwaring "Dad's Army"
12-13-1939 - Moe Keale - Niihau, HI - d. 4-15-2002
local disc jockey
12-15-1926 - Rose Maddox - Boaz, AL - d. 4-15-1998
country singer: "Faron Young Show"; "Country Hoedown"
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Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:42:42 +0000
From: seandd@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Say Goodnight Gracie is Memphis
There is a review of Say Goodnight, Gracie along with an interview with
star Frank Gorschin in today's Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
[removed],1426,MCA_518_3700843,[removed]
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:42:55 +0000
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi friends,
Here is this week's line-up for the week of 4-10-05 on my Olde Tyme Radio
[removed] Featuring Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio Theatre," Big John
Matthews and Steve Urbaniak's "The Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same
Station" broadcasts, being broadcast on demand 24/7 in high quality
streaming RealAudio at [removed]
Past archived broadcasts are also available there.
We look forward to having you join us!
Jerry
Here's this week's lineup:
SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges
THE RUGGLES
Audition Episode 1 12-18-57 "The Driver's Test"
Stars: Charlie Ruggles, Lurene Tuttle, Hanley Stafford, Olin Soule, Sammy
Ogg, Margaret Carey.
Announcer: Roy Royan
FAMILY THEATER
Episode 304 1-21-53 "A Kind Of Treasure"
Hostess: Natalie Wood
Stars: Walter Brennan and Vivi Janiss
Author John McGreevy
THE RUGGLES
Audition Episode 2 12-19-57 "A Strict Schedule"
Stars: Charlie Ruggles, Lurene Tuttle, Hanley Stafford, Olin Soule, Sammy
Ogg, Margaret Carey.
Announcer: Roy Royan
THE SIGNAL CARNIVAL
Audition Show 2-9-41 "Looking For Waldo"
NBC SIGNAL OIL COMPANY
HOST: Johnny Frasier
STARS: Jack Carson, Vera Vague, Kay St. Germain
MUSIC: Gordon Jenkins Orchestra, The Signalaires
THE TOMMY RIGGS AND BETTY LOU SHOW
8-19-46
=======================================
HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
THE CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE
CBS 3/17/40 Orson Welles and guest, Jackie Cooper present a special
dramatization of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Firm"
SMILIN' ED'S BUSTER BROWN GANG
CBS 9/13/52 "Little Fox's Moose Hunt"
BLACKSTONE, THE MAGIC DETECTIVE
MBS 10/31748 "The Educated Dummy"
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THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John Matthews and Steve Urbaniak
This Week's Glowing Dial Program Schedule:
The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "The Courtship Of Elliott Lewis"
originally aired September 25, 1953 on NBC
Starring: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roose, Anne
Whitfield, Walter Tetley, John Hubbard, The Sportsmen, Jacqueline Fontaine,
Bill Forman announcing.
Sponsor: RCA
The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "Little Alice's First Date"
originally aired October 9, 1953 on NBC
Starring: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roose, Anne
Whitfield, Walter Tetley, John Hubbard, The Sportsmen, Gil Stratton Jr.,
Bill Forman announcing.
Sponsor: RCA
The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "A Night With Phil Harris"
originally aired December 4, 1953 on NBC
Starring: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roose, Anne
Whitfield, Walter Tetley, John Hubbard, The Sportsmen, Bill Forman
announcing.
Sponsor: RCA
The Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show - "A Trip To The Moon"
originally aired November 13, 1953 on NBC
Starring: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Jeanine Roose, Anne
Whitfield, Walter Tetley, John Hubbard, The Sportsmen, Bill Thompson, Ed
Kemmer, Lyn Osborne, Bill Forman announcing.
Sponsor: RCA
====================================
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for upcoming
shows.
Jerry Haendiges CET <Jerry@[removed]; 562-696-4387
[removed] The Vintage Radio Place
Largest source of OTR Logs, Articles and programs on the Net
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:43:06 +0000
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Arthur Anderson (and Faithful
Companions) Rides Again!
Dear Derek & gang-
From: "Derek Tague" derek@[removed]
"...to my pal Craig Wichmann,"
(Just one "N" please; my family's been here from Germany a LONG time- and
we're not pretentious, like those TodDs of Kentucky!)
"artistic director and "anchor"
(Should I steal a page from Hal here, & draw all kinds of "sinking"
comparisons?)
"of the NYC-area ... group the Quicksilver Radio Theatre:
Hey, I finally get it! ... "Quicksilver" is an alternate
name for the chemical element "mercury," and, hence, Craig's repertory
company's name was devised as a in-joke and in tribute to Orson and his
fellow "Mercurians." Clever.
(Bingo, Derek! Perhaps TOO clever- in our 10 years of existence, probably
half a dozen folks have tumbled to that!)
And now the ("late, just confirmed") news:
REAL Mercurian Arthur A. will appear live on 1160 WOBM-AM, tomorrow morning
(Saturday) at 8:40am. He'll be speaking about the upcoming OTR
mini-recreation/talk that he'll be giving on Tuesday the 26th in Tom's
River- where he'll
be joined by Ol' Quicksilver Craig, and my wife, New York City Opera's
Bernadette Fiorella.
You Joisey area folks, tune in / come over!
Best,
-Craig
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:44:08 +0000
From: James Meadows <walthamus@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio Drama on NPR
I missed a few entries, so I've only read the
replies to the question about why NPR doesn't do radio
drama.
But they sound pretty much on the money to me. I've
worked in public radio in central Illinois since the
1980s. At times, I've seen program directors who liked
radio drama (or comedy) and went out of their way to
program it. (One example is Frank Thomas, an OTR
collector who aired both old time radio and new radio
drama, while working at WCBU in Peoria Illinois in the
1970s and '80s).
But even with the best possible programming,
broadcast stations --- even public stations committed
to more specialized audiences --- face big
difficulties in reaching the audience that wants to
hear the programming.
Finding the right timeslot is extremely tricky, with
other shows with established audiences competing for
those same slots. Promoting the shows is also hard ---
most marketing of radio these days promotes the whole
station and its format, not individual shows. And, as
I think someone noted earlier, people aren't used to
listening to drama on the radio, and identifying those
who would like to do so is difficult.
NPR and other public radio organizations have done
a lot for radio drama over the years. The
contributions have ranged from the esoteric (like much
of the dramas on "Earplay") to the broadly popular
(such as the radio adaptations of the first three
"Star Wars" movies). Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home
Companion", with its comedy skits and monologues is
probably the most widely heard programming of this
type (note that the show comes from American Public
Media, not NPR). But this is a two-hour program with a
strong host and lots of music. Radio drama in
half-hour and hour formats is harder to get over to
listeners.
Perhaps the best way for radio drama to find an
audience --- whether through public broadcasters or
other ways --- will be through satellite radio
channels that specialize in the programming, and
on-demand transmission methods, such as podcasting.
These methods reach a national, even a global audience
with programming at any hour of the day. In stating
that, I'm assuming that the audience for radio drama
is a specialzed one --- so specialized that public
radio stations can't reach them efficiently. But I'd
be interested in arguments to the contrary.
Jim Meadows
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:44:29 +0000
From: Alan/Linda Bell <alanlinda43@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR Students
My college class, Media and Society, focuses on OTR. I recently played the
"Kitty's Injury" episode of Gunsmoke, first the radio version, then the TV.
We had an interesting discussion about the differences, but out of about 25
present on that day, only three expressed a preference for the radio
version. I was a little surprised, but not very. The TV version was a
half-hour black and white, and frankly I thought that more would have
dreamed up a more impressive imaginary experience than the OTTV version
gave them.
One student seemed to sum it up for the class. He's nearly a straight-A
student, obviously very bright, eager, hard worker, etc. He said that he
just doesn't have the practice at listening and found it easy to dose off a
little while the radio version was on. But he remained awake and alert for
the TV version. Lots of nodding heads accompanied his comments.
There were several students who were majoring in film and video, and I
said, basically (sort of tongue-in-cheek), if you guys couldn't come up
with something better than that old TV show, then you ought to change your
majors. MY internal version kicked the TV version's ass. But then another
student commented that if he'd read the script for the show rather than
heard it, he'd probably have come up with a better imagined version.
Dimensional listening, as Susan Douglas calls it, seems to be largely a
lost skill.
Alan
--
_______________
Alan/Linda Bell
Grand Rapids, MI
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:44:47 +0000
From: "Mark Kinsler"
<kinsler33@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: real radio shows
Here's the really big question. Could a radio station program a half hour
show in drive time (5-9AM and 3-7pm) and get listeners along with
advertisers. The answer is YES! Is there a broadcaster (or broadcast group)
brave enough to try? The answer: When the price of gas rolls back to a $[removed]
a gallon!
Well, that's what I was getting at. But there may be some hope. The
competition from iPods, Internet stations, and satellite broadcasting is
really tearing up broadcast radio, and they've been forced to look at some
new ideas. Music playlists have gotten longer and more regionalized to
maintain interest, but this will go only so far. Talk radio has saturated
its market. So new ideas might yet be forthcoming.
M Kinsler
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:45:08 +0000
From: Roger Lorette <roger@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The [removed] Online Archive
I don't want to use this forum to promote my online Old Time Radio
archive. However, my ISP has recently changed my IP address so anyone
trying to access the archive using the old address will encounter a "site
not found" error.
I've corrected the "re-directs" for the domain and anyone using the link
[removed] will now find the site.
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:45:45 +0000
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-16 births/deaths
April 16th births
04-16-1889 - Charles Chaplin - London, England - d. 12-25-1977
actor: "Dodge Brothers Hour"
04-16-1895 - Mischa Mischakoff - Proskourov, Russia - d. 2-1-1981
violinist: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "NBC String Trio"
04-16-1897 - Milton J. Cross - NYC - d. 1-3-1975
announcer, commentator: (The Voice of the Met) "General Motors
Concerts"
04-16-1898 - Marian Jordan - Peoria, IL - d. 4-7-1961
commedienne: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten"
04-16-1904 - Fifi D'Orsay - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 12-2-1983
singer: "Folies De Paris"; "This Is Your Life"
04-16-1913 - Les Tremayne - London, England - d. 12-19-2003
actor: Nick Charles "Advs. of the Thin Man"; Michael Waring "The
Falcon"
04-16-1914 - John Hodiak - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-19-1955
actor: L'il Abner "L'il Abner"; Butch Cavendish "Lone Ranger"
04-16-1918 - Spike Milligan - Ahmednagar, India - d. 2-27-2002
comedian: Eccles the Idiot, Miss Minnie Bannister, Count Moriarty
"Goon Show"
04-16-1921 - Peter Ustinov - London, England - d. 3-28-2004
actor: "Freedom Forum"; "Mitch Miller Show"; "In Any Direction"
04-16-1924 - Henry Mancini - Cleveland, OH - d. 6-14-1994
orchestra leader: "Family Theatre"; "Voices of Vista"
04-16-1930 - Herbie Mann - NYC
jazz flutist: "Voices of Vista"; "Sounds of Freedom"
04-16-1931 - Edie Adams - Kingston, PA
singer, actress: "Stewart Foster Show"
04-16-1935 - Bobby Vinton - Canonsburg, PA
singer: "Christmas Seal Campaign"
April 16th deaths
01-05-1916 - Alfred Ryder - NYC - d. 4-16-1995
actor: Sammie Goldberg "The Goldbergs"; Carl "Easy Aces"
03-25-1908 - Sir David Lean - Croydon, Surrey, England - d. 4-16-1991
screenwriter, film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
08-15-1885 - Edna Ferber - Kalamazoo, MI - d. 4-16-1968
author: "Cavalcade of America"; "Cables from Lisbon"; "Campbell
Playhouse"
09-10-1904 - Emery Deutsch - Budapest, Hungary - d. 4-16-1997
conductor: "Arabesque"; "Let's Pretend"
09-13-1924 - Scott Brady - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-16-1985
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-16-1919 - Andy Russell - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-16-1992
singer: "Your Hit Parade"
12-07-1892 - Fay Bainter - Los Angeles, CA, - d. 4-16-1968
actress: "Nobody's Children"; "Cavalcade of America"
12-16-1946 - Robert Urich - Toronto, OH - d. 4-16-2002
salesman: WGN Chicago, Illinois
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:46:08 +0000
From: "Mike Hobart" <zines50@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: bean counters
Richard Fish has some unhappy things to say about the results of letting
accountants run creative organizations.
A similar situation back in the 1970s led to the axing of a long-running
series of YEAR'S BEST SF anthologies edited by Brian Aldiss and Harry
Harrison. New people at the publishing corporation looked at their
figures and agreed their book made a bit of money every year -- but if
they cut all the books that made a little money, maybe they could buy a
book that would make a _lot_ of [removed]
Same sort of thinking in a different medium.
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:47:34 +0000
From: Lee Munsick <damyankeeinva@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Arthur Godfrey at FDR funeral
Regular readers here will recall that for years, I have been seeking the
complete recordings of the CBS/WTOP coverage of the Franklin Roosevelt
funeral activities, sixty years ago on April 14, 1945. Recently a source
at the Library of Congress told me that the National Archive had an audio
cassette of WWII broadcasts which was sold at their shop in College
Park. I have been unable to find it listed at this time.
In addition, the National Archives online catalog of WWII recordings lists
a tape of Arthur Godfrey at the FDR funeral cortege that is described as
being half an hour long. I am uncertain whether this is the same coverage
of the funeral procession, or whether it is coverage of the actual funeral
service in the Capitol. Also don't know if all of it is in the WWII
cassette, although I doubt it. I also wonder if there was a religious
service in Washington which was aired?
Either way, I am interested in both or all. The coverage probably includes
a number of other CBS reporters scattered around Washington, perhaps with
John Charles Daly among them. I was told many years ago by friends at the
Library of Congress that the broadcast of the funeral cortege went on for
quite some time as it wended its way through the city, probably from Union
Station to the Capitol. Then there was the memorial service/funeral itself.
We're all familiar with the clip from Edward Murrow's "Hear It Now" 1945
album, which ends with Mr. Godfrey becoming emotional, and after calling
for a blessing on Harry Truman, he suddenly sobbed "We return you now to
the studio". It was that outburst and the public reaction to it which
really brought Mr. Godfrey to the attention of the CBS suits in New York,
notably among them Frank Stanton, who brought Mr. Godfrey to the network
headquarters, and started his extra-Washington career. Interestingly, Mr.
Godfrey professed embarrassment for the rest of his career for losing
control, and asked CBS never again to ask him to do news coverage. Regular
listeners recall that he often blubbered on his programs over various
emotional situations. In spite of all this, the very last thing included
in his final CBS broadcast in 1972, was that clip from "Hear It Now"!
I have been told by several broadcasting folk that there was no air person
at the studio to pick it up, so the engineer (presumably using the talkback
line) threw it back to Mr. Godfrey, who somehow recovered and
continued. Theoretically, somewhat like Herb Morrison at the Hindenburg
disaster in Lakehurst. Except that the FDR coverage was live, whereas "It
burst into flames!" and "Oh, the [removed]" was not.
I am hoping that some readers will have in their collections at least the
National Archives (now called NARA) cassette, and will be kind enough to
copy it for me. And just maybe, maybe please? someone has the extended
coverage? I shall of course be happy to reimburse the costs for copying
and sending to me. Then I can share with all my readers. I am also
thinking of including a CD in the book when it comes out, assuming I can
get clearance from CBS et al.
Please contact me off-list at:
damyankeeinva@[removed]
Happy day-after-taxes!
Many thanks for your interest and help. Bestus, Lee Munsick
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:48:29 +0000
From: Partridge <rpartrid@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: reasonable facsimile
On old time radio what constituted a "reasonable facsimile" as an
alternative to box tops or some other proof of purchase. Was this required
by law?
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Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:49:03 +0000
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Voice of Firestone
Can anyone help the father of Jackson Cherry. Please respond to Jackson
<jcherry@[removed];
PER A CONVERSATION YOU HELD TODAY WITH MY FATHER, PLEASE PROVIDE ME THE
REBROADCASTS OF "VOICE OF FIRESTONE" (RADIO AND/OR TV) FEATURING THE IRISH
TENOR, CHRISTOPHER LYNCH. THANK YOU.
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