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Date: 9/23/2007 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 273
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Swearing -- at home/Can you & It pay  [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
      Re: Shared Names                      [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
      Re: old radio mags posted on the int  [ FabFicBks@[removed] ]
      Gildy & the Don Rickles               [ Chargous@[removed] ]
      SPERDVAC lunch on 11-10-07            [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
      9-23 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      It pays to be ignorant!               [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
      Just call me Joe?                     [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      Lone Ranger records                   [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
      That is all. Breckenridge             [ "Tony Ditmars" <a1a58032@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:07:17 -0400
    From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Swearing -- at home/Can you & It [removed]

    We were a family of an Episcopal minister (priest).  My brother, sister, and
    I could be heard saying, "darn", "heck", and "shoot."  No one ever corrected
    our mild swearing, but when I got into high school, my classmates commonly
    used "damn" and "hell" and "shit."  Of course, none of those terrible words
    ever came from our radio.  I think our classmates purposely did a lot of
    swearing just to see if they could provoke us.

    Speaking of "Can you top this?" and "It pays to be ignorant", I recall
    hearing one of those shows in my collection.  During the broadcast,
    listeners were invited to send in jokes.  Those used got some small amount
    of cash -- and -- a recording of their joke as it went out over the network!
    There were a few other programs that offered discs/airchecks of the shows
    they contributed to.  Seems like one was a quiz show, and possibly the other
    was "Dr. Christian."  That latter program was written by listeners, so there
    was an especially good reason for offering recordings of the programs.

    Ted Kneebone / 1528 S. Grant St. / Aberdeen, SD 57401
    [removed]

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    Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:04:18 -0400
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Shared Names

    Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed]; wrote:

>     The Don Rickles who announced on all three of those Gildy shows is NOT the
>     Don Rickles we came to know later as that cutting comedian. ...This Don
>     Rickles would come down to the PPB Nostalgia Nights and he revealed he was
>     rather "flustered" by the fact that many people thought (because of his name)
>     he was Don Rickles the comedian. He would laugh about it, but it did bother
>     him a bit.

    I got to meet the TV version of Sgt. Preston in Knoxville a few years
    back. Sgt. Preston was perhaps my favorite radio hero; we had no TV.
    But the images we saw in comics, games and on cereal boxes was the TV
    version, so when we heard the show, at least near the end of its run,
    it was the TV version we pictured in our minds. He was as rugged as
    the character he played. He had been a real backwoods man, bush pilot
    and bronco buster when he was discovered. You can imagine how he felt
    about the exercise guru Richard Simmons purloining his name.

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    Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:04:31 -0400
    From: FabFicBks@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: old radio mags posted on the internet

    I am very much interested in Al Girard's project of  converting old radio
    magazines to digital format and posting them on the  internet.  However, I did
    not see any kind of link to these pages.   Can Al or someone else please
    provide
    a link to whatever has been completed and  posted thus far?

    ---Bob Jennings

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    Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:46:40 -0400
    From: Chargous@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gildy & the Don Rickles

    No, I'm not 100 pct. sure that it's THE Don Rickles.  I heard that he was a
    radio announcer for a period, but that might be wrong.

    I assume that there must not be any scripts available for the period
    1955-57?  I wish there were a log for that period.

    Also, have any other episodes of Rock n Roll Dance Party turned up among
    collectors?  Shame mine was only a half [removed]

    Travis

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    Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:47:02 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  SPERDVAC lunch on 11-10-07

    Hi Everybody,

    a quick note to let you know the deadline of sending in your reservation to
    attend the SPERDVAC lunch at the Sportmen,s Lodge in Studio City California
    is coming up fast.  I need to give them a head count around 11-1-07.
    SPERDVAC is celebrating the 75 birthday of the Jack Benny radio show with a
    re-creation starring Eddie Carroll as Jack Benny, Chuck McCann, Janet Waldo,
    Shirley Mitchell, Gloria McMillan, Tommy Cook, Stuffy Singer, and others.
    We will also have Laura  Leff interview people who work with Jack after the
    show.  You can go to [removed] and print off  the order form.  Take
    care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:47:12 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-23 births/deaths

    September 23rd births

    09-23-1884 - Bill Lawrence - East St. Louis, IL - d. 2-14-1973
    producer, director: "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    09-23-1889 - Don Bestor - Longford, SD - d. 1-13-1970
    bandleader: "Nestle Program"; "Jack Benny Program"
    09-23-1893 - Louis Sorin - NYC - d. 12-14-1961
    actor: Pan Pancho "Cisco Kid"
    09-23-1897 - Walter Pidgeon - East St. John, New Brunswick, Canada -
    d. 9-25-1984
    actor: "Hollywood Calling"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-23-1901 - Frederick Hazlitt Brennan - d. 6-30-1962
    writer: "Shorty Bell" based on Brennan's stories
    09-23-1907 - Rudd Weatherwax - Engel, Sierra County, NM - d. 2-25-1985
    dog trainer: "Lassie"
    09-23-1910 - Elliott Roosevelt - NYC - d. 10-27-1990
    commentary for the Mutual Network (Son of FDR) "Information Please"
    09-23-1913 - Helen Hiett - Tazewell, IL - d. 8-22-1961
    correspondent, newscaster: "Helen Hiett News"; "News Roundup"
    09-23-1913 - Robert Hudson Ballard - Nyack, NY - d. 5-2-1992
    violinist, arranger: "Phil Harris Orchestra"
    09-23-1913 - Stanley Kramer - NYC - d. 2-19-2001
    film director: "Jack Benny Program"; "Stagestruck"
    09-23-1914 - Aileen Burke - d. xx-xx-1992
    author: "Reflex Action"
    09-23-1919 - Ruth Sprague - San Francisco, CA
    actor: "I Love a Mystery"; "Death Valley Days"; "Dog Dramas"
    09-23-1920 - Mickey Rooney - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: Andy Hardy "Hardy Family"; Ralph J. 'Shorty' Bell "Shorty Bell"
    09-23-1927 - Richard Seff - NYC
    actor/writer: "Aldrich Family"; "Brighter Day"; "Road of Life"

    September 23rd deaths

    02-16-1914 - Jimmy Wakely - Mineola, AR - d. 9-23-1982
    country singer: "All-Star Western Theatre"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    02-27-1909 - Carl Frank - Weehawken, NJ - d. 9-23-1972
    actor: Jerry Malone "Young Dr. Malone"; Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"
    03-30-1858 - DeWolf Hopper - NYC - d. 9-23-1935
    host-narrator: (Husband of Hedda Hopper) "Roses and Drums"
    04-05-1917 - Robert Bloch - Chicago, IL - d. 9-23-1994
    writer: "Stay Tuned for Terror"
    04-17-1910 - Ivan Goff - Perth, Australia - d. 9-23-1999
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-19-1900 - George O'Brien - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-23-1985
    actor: "Anchors Aweigh"
    05-07-1890 - Billy House - Mankato, MN - d. 9-23-1961
    actor, comedian: "Al Pearce and His Gang"; "The Laugh Liner"
    06-20-1893 - Edwin Wolfe - d. 9-23-1983
    actor: Curt Bradley "Pepper Young's Family"
    09-12-1894 - Billy Gilbert - Louisville, KY - d. 9-23-1971
    actor: "NYA Varieties"; "Rudy Vallee Rehearsal"
    10-19-1930 - Wally Flaherty - The Bronx, NY - d. 9-23-1998
    host: "Open Line"
    10-27-1918 - Bill Ballance - Peoria, IL - d. 9-23-2004
    talk show host: "Feminine Forum"; "Bill Ballance Show"
    12-28-1905 - Cliff Arquette - Toledo, OH - d. 9-23-1974
    comedian, actor: Thaddeus Cornfelder, "Myrt and Marge"
    12-28-1910 - Murray Burnett - d. 9-23-1997
    writer: "True Detectives Mysteries"
    xx-xx-1881 - Earl Godwin - Washington, [removed] - d. 9-23-1956
    newsman: "Watch the World Go By"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:02:27 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  It pays to be ignorant!

    Some discussion centered around "It pays to be ignorant"
    recently. Roger Bower was a guest on "The Golden Age
    of Radio," Program #41, in August, 1973, with Dick
    Bertel and Ed Corcoran. Mr. Bower was a network
    announcer, and the producer of "It pays to be ignorant."

    You can hear that interview and an excerpt from "It pays
    to be ignorant" at [removed]

    Click on "Golden Age of Radio," then select Program 41.

    Bob Scherago
    Webmaster
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:15:06 -0400
    From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

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    (CBS)   12/2//46   "Meet Me In St. Louis"
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    RADIO PREVIEWS THE MOVIES
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    STRANGE WILLS
    Syndicated    Episode 27    "The Silver Buckles"

    DICK COLE
    Syndicated    Episode 7   1942    "Laura Gets Jealous"

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    Audition    4-20-50    "The Case of the Bookworm"

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    Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:58:20 -0400
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Just call me Joe?

    Kudos to Irene Heinstein for uncovering the real date and place of
    birth for Joe Laurie, Jr as February 24, 1892 in Moscow, thus
    negating his lifelong claim he was born in Manhattan.

    Now if only we'll be able to determine his true birth name.
    Obviously, no Russian father in the 19th century would look into the
    crib and say to his wife, "Ah, Sasha, such a wonderful [removed] shall
    name him Joe Laurie, Jr."

    In all probability, the family modified their names when they came to
    America and were naturalized. So what's your guess on the actual name
    on Joe Laurie Jr's birth (or baptism) certificate stashed away in
    some forgotten Moscow archive?

    My nomination:  "Jozef Mikhail Lorislavich"

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:07:04 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Lone Ranger records
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    I have two Lone Rangershows that must come from records because of their short length. I believe the dates are bogus, but does anyone know anything about these?

     35xxxx Medicine Rock (8 min, 5 seconds) "This is the story that tells how Tonto once saved the Lone Ranger"

     360410 (0499) Finding Silver (6 min, 34 seconds) "This the legend of a man and a horse and how they met."

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    Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:17:19 -0400
    From: "Tony Ditmars" <a1a58032@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  That is all. Breckenridge
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    I'm hoping someone can explain the connection to OTR of this quip. It comes
    from a cartoon released in 1944 "Donald Duck and the Gorilla" where a radio
    announcer gives updates on an escaped gorilla, but ends each
    announcement with "That is all. Breckenridge." I'm guessing this is a takeoff
    from some radio personality or show of the 30s or 40s. Anyone familiar with
    this line?
    Tony Ditmars

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