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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 472


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 B. Mize & BBC programs
	 re: That's What I Like
	 Christmas songs by Jewish writers
	 Re: Dean Martin's Passing
	 That's What I Like About The South -- all the words
	 [removed]
	 OTR Radio Premiums
	 Re: NYC museum mentioned otr Digest V95 #467
	 Mel Torme's Chestnuts
	 Re: Dean Martin and OTR
	 tape head alignment
	 Mel Torme
	 ADMINISTRIVIA: Old-Time WWW page updates
	 Re:Superadio Problem
	 Dean Martin
	 Happy '96 from BRC

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 09:15:02 -0500
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: B. Mize & BBC programs
Message-ID: <951226091501_79073126@[removed]>

With Bill Mize' interest in Dickens shows and BBC info, might try the
following:
   There's a catalog from BBC Direct, Freepost (SL 1899), Marlow, Bucks., SL7
2XB.  THe publisher is BBC Enterprises, Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12
OTT.
   Also, there are recordings of pre-war radio broadcasts through Connoisseur
Cassettes, 58 Francis Avenue, Southsea, Hants., PO4 OHN.
   I don't know anything about either of these but it might be worth a try.
 This info was supplied to Lou Genco's WWW site by Andrew Emmerson.  He might
be able to fill you [removed] Email address is listed as
midshires@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 95 07:26:53 PST
From: "Bates, Robert" <rbates@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: re: That's What I Like
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

There's a compact disc comprised of two Phil Harris albums available from 
Collector's Choice music (1-800-923-1122). (I have no connection with this 
company.)  It includes "That's What I Like ...," "The Thing," etc. I have this 
album at home, and will try and transcribe the lyrics tonight.

Rob

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:58:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Kinsler  <kinsler@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Christmas songs by Jewish writers
Message-Id: <[removed]@bobcat>

Well, let's see: "White Christmas" was written by Irving Berlin.  The
music to "O Holy Night" was written by some French guy who was Jewish. 
Hell, "The Sound of Music" was written by Rogers and Hammerstein, both of
whom had live through Hebrew school.  Jews (I am a rather unmusical
specimen of same) write a lot of songs.  I suppose it sort of makes up 
for a certain lack in the visual arts: Thou shalt not make unto thee a 
graven image and all that.  Besides, Christmas songs are fun to write.  

                              Mark Kinsler

                              who decorated The Beloved 1964 Econoline Van
                              with Christmas lights this year.  

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:08:03 -0500
From: LBohall@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Dean Martin's Passing
Message-ID: <951226120802_79123229@[removed]>

Someone posted a note to the OTR #471 about Dean Martin's passing, with a
disclaimer that it really didn't pertain to OTR. However, Dean and Jerry had
an OTR show back in the 40's, so I'm sure that Dean's death is worth note in
OTR Digest. I know that his main work was on the screen, but, like most stars
in his era, he also worked on radio. All of his fans (radio, [removed] and movie)
will mourn his [removed]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:36:27 -0500
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: That's What I Like About The South -- all the words
Message-ID: <951226123626_24017796@[removed]>

Hi Gang -                   December 26 - 1995 -- 11:30 AM cst 

In a previous issue, someone asked for the words to "That's What I Like 
About The South. 

I saw several references to Tom Lehrer's stanzas from "I Wanna Go Back 
to Dixie" in subsequent issues, but not the "original" Phil Harris words.

I copied these words as I heard them from my recording:

That's What I Like About The South
     
     Won't you come with me to Alabammy
     Let's go see my dear ol' Mammy
     She's fryn' eggs and broiln' hammy
     
     That's what I like about the South
     
     Now, there you can make no mistakee
     Where those nerves are never shakey
     Ought to taste her layer cakee 
     
     That's what I like About the South
     
     She's got baked ribs and candied yams
     Those sugar cured virginia hams 
     Basement full of those varied jams 
     
     And that's what I like about the South
     
     Hot cornbread and black-eyed peas
     You can eat as much -  as you please 
     Cause it's never - out of season 
     
     That's what I likie about the South 
     
     Don't take one, have two
     They're dark brown and chocolate too 
     Suits me - they must suit you
     
     'Cause that's what I like about the south
     
     It's a-way, way down where the cane grows tall 
     down where they say you all
     Walk on in with that Southern drawl 
     
     'Cause that's what I like about the south
     
     'ts Down where they have those pretty queens 
     keep a-dreamin' those dreamy dreams 
     let's sip that absenth in New Orleans 
     
     That's what I like about the South
     
     Here come ol' Bob with all the news 
     got the boxback coat and the button shoes 
     but he's all caught up with his union dues 
     
     And that's what I like about the South 
     
     Here Come ol' Roy - down the street 
     Hoe can't you year those scufflin' feet 
     He would rather sleep than eat 
     
     And that's what I like about the South 
     
     Now every time I Pass Your Door 
     You act like you don't want me no more 
     Why don't you shake your head and sigh
     
     And I'll go walkin' right on by 
     
     gone on - on, and on, and on 
     Honey, when you tell me that you love me,
     then how come you close your eyes? 
     
     Did I tell you about the place called Doo Wah Ditty
     It ain't no town and it ain't no city 
     It's just awful small but awful pretty
     
     Well, Doo Wah Ditty 
     
     I didn't come here to criticize 
     I'm not here to sympathize   
     But don't call me those no-good lies 
     
     'Cause a lyin' gal I do dispise  
     
     You love me like I love you
     Send me fifty PDQ  
     Roses are red and violets are pink
     
     I'm o' get all fifty I don't think 
     
     She's got back bones and buttered beans
     Hamhocks and turnip greens 
     You n'me n' New Orleans 
     
     And That's what I like about the South 
     
                                 Lyrics as sung by Phil Harris 
     
I think Jack Benny was right.  It IS a silly song. -- But I like it. 
     
      "... The land of the boll weevil 
           where the laws are medieval ..."

                                 Lyrics as sung by Tom Lehrer


Happy New Year ---  Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois 
kenpiletic@[removed] 

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:50:15 EST
From: bedtime@[removed] ( DAVID ALLAN BOUCHER)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

-- [ From: Me/Radio * [removed] #[removed] ] --


> >Does anyone have a log for the CBS Mystery Theatre?
> 
> I have an old "Memories of Radio" Catalogue from Dick Judge in
Rochester
> (anyone know if Dick's still around and in business?)  The catalogue
> includes all CBS RMT's including original airdate, title and stars. 
It's
> the only full log I've ever seen for the series.

Do they charge for this catalog?  Or can I get it free?  Does anyone
know the address/phone number for "Memories of Radio - Dick Judge" in
Rochester?

Thanks!

Dave

David Allan Boucher
Magic [removed]
WMJX-Boston

Internet Addresses:  WMJX@[removed]

 WWW:  [removed]
 (Note: all above letters are lower case, except the 'MA'.)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 13:02:42 -0600
From: bechtell@[removed] (Linwood G. Bechtel)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Radio Premiums
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

One of the current posts mentions radio premiums. Good Luck ! Those premiums 
that you and I sent our box tops and lid liners in [removed] big bucks these 
days. A short time ago I thought it would be fun to collect some of these 
items, especially the ones that I remember ordering back in the mid-forties. 
First, they are very difficult to find and second if you are fortunate 
enough to find one be prepared to sell your house if you want to buy it ! I 
know this was fifty years ago but WOW, the prices of these things are out of 
sight. I would just like to have a Captain Midnight ovaltine shaker or a 
Superman atom ring or something of that sort to set along side of my old 
radio but, [removed]

Jerry in Illinois

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 95 19:22 GMT
From: midshires@[removed] (Andrew Emmerson)
To: otr@[removed]
Cc: midshires@[removed]
Subject: Re: NYC museum mentioned otr Digest V95 #467
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

In-Reply-To: <[removed]@[removed]>
>This is a museum that should not be missed when in NYC

Aaargh! Yes, but please put us out of our misery by posting their postal 
address and phone/fax numbers. At 4,000 miles distance it's rather 
difficult getting hold of this information. If anyone needs contact 
points on old-time broadcast resources in Britain, I'll be pleased to 
help out.
--Andy (in Northampton, England).

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:38:02 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mel Torme's Chestnuts
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

The "Christmas Song" (its actual name)  better known as
Chestnuts roasting on an open [removed] written on a
hot day in July in Los Angeles one year. Mel Torme
and his collaborator knocked it out rather quickly based
upon a tune one of them had already worked out.
It takes a good tin-pan-alley Jew to write good xmas songs.
Witness Irving Berlin and White Christmas.
The motive for such songs was that they have a long
shelf life and bring good royalties. Mel was getting
at least a $100,000/year for the Xmas Song some years
ago. I believe he finally sold his rights.

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 18:09:21 -0500
From: MVHaas@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: jnestero@[removed] (johnnesteroff)
Subject: Re: Dean Martin and OTR
Message-ID: <951226180918_99575419@[removed]>

   Ah, but Dean Martin *is* OTR!  Martin and Lewis got their big break when
they were featured in the "My Friend Irma" movie. They also had a weekly show
on NBC from 1949 to 1952 called (oddly enough) "The Martin and Lewis Show."
 I've got a show from 1951 guest-starring Bing Crosby; there are probably
more available. 

Best -- Merlin Haas

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 16:54:57 -0800
From: Platecap@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: tape head alignment
Message-ID: <951226165412_21183761@[removed]>

Henry Brugsch makes some good points about keeping your machines in good
repair.

One of the biggest sources of quality problems with old time radio shows we
have is either head mis-alignment or other machine problems.

If your machine does not have proper tension, OR the tape guides (especially
on reel machines) are out of alignment it can have the same effect as worn or
mis-aligned tape heads.  If it's a 1/4 tracked reel, the left channel will be
muffled or muddy soonest, and the right channel may have a thin or hollow
sound.  The heads may be OK, but the tape is "skewing" from the proper path &
not making good contact with the heads.

If you can catch your fingernail in a groove on the head(s) in the area the
tape passes across, your heads may be near the end of their life.  If there
is a dark line that runs perpendicular to where the tape runs, the head is
bad and needs replacement.

The ONLY proper way to align a tape head is with a professional alignment
tape such as those made by Nortronics.  These tapes are expensive (around
$70), but if you want to do it yourself, the only way.  You can also check
speed accuracy (pitch) with one of these tapes if you have a Frequency
Counter.  Cassette decks are notoriously OFF PITCH even when brand new
straight from the factory.  

If you aren't technically inclined, visit your friendly service center for
help.   It'll be less expensive than buying the items noted above unless you
happen to have them already. 

-Bob Burnham / BRC Productions / [removed] Box 2645 / Livonia, MI 48151
platecap@[removed] / platecap@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 95 20:35:45 
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Mel Torme
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

In regards to the request fromMarv Kausch concerning Mel Torme.  I wrote to Mel
Torme at two addresses, asking for an autograph, and received signed materials,
and note, and an autographed picture from each of the following addresses:

Mel Torme  
c/o Prappas Company
9201 Wilshire Blvd. Ste 204
Beverly Hills, CA  90210

Mel Torme
c/o International Ventures, Inc.
23734 Valentine Blvd. Ste  202
Valencia, CA  91355

Mel Torme was on an interview show a couple of months ago, promoting his
biography, and he was asked the very question you pose.  How did you come up
with The Christmas Song.  His response was rather interesting.  He arrived a a
friend's house and they started thinking of a list of Christmas symbols and the
song fell together, in about a half an hour.  Sounds like it was almost by
accident.  A lot of the really great things in the world seem to happen that way.

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 20:14:02 -0600
From: lgenco@[removed] (Louis Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Old-Time WWW page updates
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Recent updates to my page include:
     * The Jan 1996 RHAC catalog (both as a separate file and in the
Humongous OTR Database) (The Humongous OTR Database now holds over 73,000
records)
     * Addition of a self-scoring OTR Trivia Quiz
     * Addition of an Old-Time Bulletin Board
     * Continued updates of the "Essential Program List" ballot.
     * Some "good deals" from sponsors

The hardware folks have promised me relief if there are a significant number
of FTP access problems.  Let me know if things work for -you-.

Lou
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WWW page on "Old Time Radio":                   [removed]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 23:14:10 -0500
From: GMO414@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:Superadio Problem
Message-ID: <951226231409_99775338@[removed]>

Everybody bragged so much about the GE Superadio III that Santa brought me
one for Christmas.  Now I find that the SRIII won’t take a common 1/8" mono
adapter in the headphone jack, you have to buy a special adapter from GE.
 I’ve tried Radio Shack and Best Buy, but the generic adapters just don’t
work!  Can anyone tell me why the generics won’t work?  Is their an adapter
other than GE brand that works?  Ineed to get a Radio Shack 1/8"splitter and
mono earplug to work!  Thanks for any help you can give me.

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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 00:06:03 +0001 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dean Martin
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 22:36:17 -0800 (PST)
> From: jnestero@[removed] (John Nesteroff)
> To: otr@[removed]
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> 	This isn't really concerning [removed] maybe it is maybe it 
> isn't but for those of you who haven't heard Dean Martin died in his home 
> today, December 25th, of old age.

Well, actually it was acute respiratory failure.  He wasn't all that 
old.  To George Burns, he was just a youngster.

Actually, I remember a brief connection between Dean Martin and otr.  
Just a little bit of a skit on some comedy-variety TV show around 1957 or 
so.  As the skit opens, a "typical American family" is about to begin its 
evening of watching television.  "What shall we watch?" says the father.  
"Who cares, so long as it's television!" says one of the children.

And no sooner does the father turn on the TV than there is a flash of 
light, and the TV dies.  The family doesn't know what to do to pass the 
time.  "Let's talk," says the father.  And they can't think of anything 
to talk about.  "I know," says the father.  "Let's play the radio."  
"Radio, what's that?" says the girl.  The father goes to the closet and, 
from the shelf, takes down an old cathedral-type radio and blows billows 
of dust off it.  "Agh, take it away, it'll bite me!" says the girl.  
"Don't be afraid of it," says the father.  "Sounds come out of it."  As 
he is tuning it in, the girl strokes the radio and tries out the word 
"radio."  The father says, "I wonder who's on radio these days?"

As the camera closes in on the radio speaker, the scene dissolves to Dean 
Martin, holding a microphone in his hand, and singing.  When he finishes, 
and the radio show breaks for a commercial, the people around him say how 
wonderful it is to have him still in radio.  "You woudn't ever leave 
radio and go into =television= would you?" they ask, spitting out the 
word "television."  "No, never," replies Dean Martin.

Unfortunately, that's all I remember.  I think the rest of the sketch was 
about someone trying to entice Dean Martin into television, but I can't 
remember any more of it.  I also don't remember what show it was, though 
I think it may have been whatever summer variety show replaced Perry Como's 
Saturday night show for the summer in 1957 or 1958.

======================================================================
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
======================================================================

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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 95 19:24:16 EST
From: platecap@[removed] (Bob B)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Happy '96 from BRC
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Just a quick word to wish our old time radio friends new and old the
best for the New Year.

Our Holiday OTR supplement was re-named Winter and there are boxes of
them still sitting at the front door waiting to be taken to the post
office.

Needless to say, 1995 was another action packed year for old time radio
fans.  There were many [removed] the Newark convention was [removed]

Some of the Collectors' Network shows were also great [removed]
One memorable one was with Barry Hill, Art Cervi, Bob Proctor and Terry
Salomonson.  The new NARA News issue, by the way, announces Barry Hill
as the new cassette librarian. Barry is a tremendously dedicated
collector.
One of the low points of the year was the controversy involving another
OTR dealer -- which began right here.  No further comment.  I don't
think much was accomplished in the long run, other than bringing to the
foreground some important issues that concern us [removed](see my column in
NARA News for a related discussion).
The other low point was one of the clubs' poor judgement as to content
of their newsletters.  No further comment needed. Those who have been
reading this list know what I'm referring to.

That's it for [removed] Cheers for the New Year!
-Bob

Bob Burnham; BRC Productions; [removed] Box 2645; Livonia, MI 48151
voice (313) 277-3798;  fax (313) 277-3095; internet platecap@[removed]

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