Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #319
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 10/17/2005 10:18 PM

To: [removed]@[removed]

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 319
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      GOODBYE, THE BOOK                     [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
      OUR MISS BROOKS                       [ <cooldown3@[removed]; ]
      Sergeant Preston                      [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      Afterwards and Forewards              [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      10-17 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Bring your books to Newark            [ "Jim Cox" <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Joe Pyne                              [ "Ronnie Wise" <rwise@[removed]; ]
      Angela Lansbury                       [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      James Brady Remembers Edward R. Murr  [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Anything worth [removed]               [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      Good Night and Good Luck              [ chris chandler <chrischandler84@yah ]
      "Stand By"                            [ "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed] ]
      Re: Holy Moley, plenty of foley?      [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
      Liberace                              [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Arthur Anderson and Fred Foy on The   [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Re: Mp3, Total Recorder question      [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]
      Spaceship Radio Plugs FOTR            [ seandd@[removed] ]
      give away at FOTR                     [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      Burgess Meredith FBI file             [ "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed]; ]
      Science Fiction Question              [ Jason Thompson <jason@[removed] ]
      Duffy's Tavern                        [ Illoman <illoman@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:13:56 -0400
    From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  GOODBYE, THE BOOK

    Bruce Jenkins has just informed me, his book about his father, Gordon
    Jenkins, Goodbye, will be in the stores by November 11th.  This is an
    incredible read--promise--you will enjoy every page!

    [removed]
               Sandy
    [removed]
            [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:14:28 -0400
    From: <cooldown3@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OUR MISS BROOKS

>     running episodes of "Our Miss Brooks" on Saturday nights around
>     11:00 PM (Eastern Time, of course),

    If they have enough of the episodes they can run it for approximately 3
    years.

    Several friends of mine and I have completed gathering Our Miss Brooks and
    are now sending out to all who helped a complete set

    All the listers here who assisted will get the 184 episode set. All shows
    identified and dated thanks to a script collection so no more undated
    titles.

    Thanks again to all of you who helped,
    Patrick

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:14:54 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sergeant Preston

    Kathy Grams asked:

>     i am looking for a few recordings  for a  sgt. preston fan.   can  anyone
>     suggest a good place to buy  cds?

    Hey Kathy, why not give your friend a membership in SPERDVAC instead? We
    have HUNDREDS of Sergeant Prestons, first generation, on CD or cassette.
    Your friend could listen to them til the cows come home. :)

    Barbara

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:06:05 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Afterwards and Forewards

    Craig Wichman wrote,

>     ...so - if anyone gives a darn, I'll sign it [the
>     Afterward for "It's That Time Again  2!"]. On the back of the last page. In
>     tiny handwriting.

    If the line is too long to wait for Craig, I'd be happy to sign the Foreward
    to "Private Eyelashes" while you're waiting. :)

    It was a real honor to be asked by Jack French to write the Foreward. And
    congratulations again to Jack for such a successful book!

    Barbara

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:06:13 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-17 births/deaths

    October 17th births

    10-17-1893 - Spring Byington - Colorado Springs, CO - d. 9-7-1971
    actress: Lily Ruskin "December Bride"
    10-17-1903 - Irene Noblette Ryan - El Paso, TX - d. 4-26-1973
    actress: "Tim & Irene Sky Road Show"; "Royal Crown Revue"
    10-17-1905 - Jean Arthur - New York, NY - d. 6-19-1991
    actress: "Ford Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-17-1914 - Jerry Siegel - Cleveland , OH - d. 1-21-1996
    co-creator (with Joe Shuster): "Advs. of Superman"
    10-17-1915 - Arthur Miller - New York, NY - d. 2-10-2005
    writer: "Cavalcade of America"; "The Doctor Fights"
    10-17-1917 - Marsha Hunt - Chicago, IL
    actress: Blanche Bickerson "Charlie McCarthy Show"; "Document A/777"
    10-17-1918 - Rita Hayworth - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-14-1987
    actress: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Bob Elson on Board
    the Century"
    10-17-1920 - Montgomery Clift - Omaha, NE - d. 7-23-1966
    actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"; "Ford Theatre"
    10-17-1923 - Barney Kessel - Muskogee, OK - d. 5-6-2004
    jazz guitarist: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"; "Just Jazz"
    10-17-1926 - Julie Adams - Waterloo, IA
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-17-1927 - Tom Poston - Columbus, OH
    comedian: "Arthur Godfrey Show"

    October 17th deaths

    02-01-1904 - S. J. Perelman - New York, NY - d. 10-17-1979
    humorist: "Information, Please"; "Author! Author!"; "Railroad Hour"
    02-13-1919 - "Tennessee" Ernie Ford - Bristol, TN - d. 10-17-1991
    singer: "Tennessee Ernie Ford Show"
    03-03-1902 - Ruby Dandridge - Memphis, TN  - d. 10-17-1987
    actress: Mammy Brown "Gallant Heart"; Geranium "Judy Canova Show"
    03-28-1915 - Jay Livingston - McDonald, PA - d. 10-17-2001
    composer: "Hollywood Calling-George Fisher Interviews"
    04-01-1895 - Alberta Hunter - Memphis, Tn - d. 10-17-1984
    blues singer: "Jazz at the Simthsonian"
    04-10-1902 - Mark Warnow - Monastrischt, Russia - d. 10-17-1949
    conductor: "We, the People"; "Your Hit Parade"
    05-04-1909 - Ed Max - Georgia - d. 10-17-1980
    actor: Mr. Gallagher "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen"; Executioner Blotto
    "Cinnamon Bear"
    12-11-1911 - Beecher Pete Kirby - Sevierville, TN - d. 10-17-2002
    dobro, guitar, banjo player: (Member Smokey Mountain Boys) "Grand Ole Opry"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:06:42 -0400
    From: "Jim Cox" <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Bring your books to Newark

    Someone on this list suggested that authors should advise readers if they'll
    be in attendance at the FOTR convention this week in Newark and thereby let
    folks know to bring their books for signing.  Count me among the group; I'll
    be delighted to sign your books.  While I won't have texts for sale there,
    Jay Hickerson usually has an author's newest volume (published within the
    last year) in limited quantities which in my case is "Music Radio:  The
    Great Performers and Programs of the 1920s through Early 1960s," just
    released.  If you'll also bring along your copy of any of the following,
    I'll be delighted to autograph it for you:

    "The Great Radio Soap Operas"
    "The Great Radio Audience Participation Shows"
    "Say Goodnight, Gracie:  The Last Years of Network Radio"
    "Radio Crime Fighters:  Over 300 Programs from the Golden Age"
    "Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory:  The Programs and Personalities of
    Broadcasting's Most Prolific Producers"
    "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons:  A Complete History and Episode Log of
    Radio's Most Durable Detective"

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:01:46 -0400
    From: "Ronnie Wise" <rwise@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Joe Pyne
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    Thanks to everyone who responded to my request about the work of the late Joe
    Pyne. A number of collectors had some interesting examples of his work. Plus
    it's been great to be able to communitate with people who love radio. -- Ron
    Wise

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:49:46 -0400
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Angela Lansbury
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    In a message dated 10/16/05 11:18:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     10-16-1925 - Angela Lansbury - London, England
>     actress: "NBC University Theatre"

    If you want to mention a second show for Angela, don't forget she also
    appeared on "Suspense."

    Dixon

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:49:59 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  James Brady Remembers Edward R. Murrow

    Crain's New York Business columnist James Brady writes about radio reporter
    Edward R. Murrow in this week's column.

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:17:55 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Anything worth [removed]

    Dear Rutledge, & gang-

    From: Rutledge Mann _cliff_marsland@[removed]_
    (mailto:cliff_marsland@[removed])

>     ...one can clean up the
>     show, if one knows how to do it  [removed]

    Yep. Of course, the operative word is "right."

    I  respect where some Grand Old Men who loath "restoration" are coming from;
    when I  got serious about this stuff, about 25 (!) years ago now, the very
    word was  considered dirty. But there is a NIGHT AND DAY difference between
    properly done  digital work, and the early "restorations" like bad false
    stereo,
    terrible  slight echo rolled in to fill out thin sound, and excreble
    "equalization-" that  even in the case of folks like Radio Spirits, who
    generally knew
    better,  sometimes resulted in "surface noise removal" that was just the
    laying
    of a  muffled blanket over the sound.

>     Shows should sound like the First  Gen people's
>     (well, most of their sets at least), or  Terry
>     Salomsonson's

    Ditto, and ditto, and - don't leave out Ed  Carr!

    Best,
    -Craig

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:39:32 -0400
    From: chris chandler <chrischandler84@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Good Night and Good Luck

    Sean Dougherty posted this Detroit Free Press review
    of the new [removed]

    [removed]

    OK this is the one that finally sent me over the top.
    haha  Full of platitudes, factual errors, and the
    usual tiresome grass-was-greener-50-years-ago routine.

    However, it does point up what I've found to be the
    most interesting aspect of the reaction to the movie,
    and I wonder what some of you guys think explains it.

    The reviews have been positively and perhaps
    predictably glowing.  I haven't seen it yet, but by
    all accounts the thing is quite well-produced and
    enacted.  But of course it never stops there. "The
    right movie at the right time!" gushes (ironically)
    the New York Post.  That's political polemic, not film
    criticism.

    Alternately, a review on [removed], a prominent
    conservative blog which played a big part in downing
    Dan Rather, found "Morrow" (sic) appearing to be "a
    hack".  That is equally ignorant, of course.

    Even on this list, we see comments implying Gilbert
    Seldes' Murrow criticism can't be trusted because he
    once impugned Jack Benny!  And, a couple weeks ago,
    the reaction to the very first link to a critical
    article here: someone compared the author to
    "O'Brien".

    Finally, there is the response of the *media* critics
    to the film, versus the movie critics. Unexpectedly,
    and literally for the first time in decades, we are
    getting a genuine, honest reappraisal of the Murrow
    legacy--and the results aren't following the usual
    party line.  Neal Gabler (a reliable liberal and
    brilliant media analyst) wrote in the New York Times
    that far from symbolizing a better era, Murrow
    actually helped *begin* the cult of personality and
    opinion that's led directly to O'Reilly and Limbaugh.
    On [removed], Jack Shafer (also hardly a firebrand
    Republican), described the journalistic controversy
    that followed the Murrow broadcast.  That stuff's not
    new to people on this list, but it's likely
    eye-opening to most 'civilians'.

    So what's the deal??  Why the so-passionate reaction?
    Why can't people leave politics out of discussions of
    what is, at bottom, a piece of entertainment?  Why
    can't movie reviewers stick to what they know, and
    resist pontificating (usually ludicrously) upon the
    glory days of the golden years, versus the
    supposedly-sorry current state of broadcasting?  Why,
    after all these years, can't others acknowledge that
    critics of Murrow might have had a point?   "Quiz
    Show" didn't inspire this type of almost vicious back
    and forth--
    why does this?

    chris

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:17:04 -0400
    From: "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Stand By"

    "Stand By," a weekly magazine published by WLS, Chicago, was published from
    1935 to 1938. It not only reported on the activities and programs of WLS and
    its staff, it also ran items about the radio world in general. I've been
    assembling a collection of "Stand By" and am enjoying the tidbits. As the
    [removed]

    '"Monroe Silver, whose 'Cohen At the Telephone' recordings have made him
    loved by thousands of Americans, made his first appearance on a
    coast-to-coast radio network, Saturday, Oct. 16th, when he broadcast during
    the Alka Seltzer hour of the WLS National Barn Dance. He did one of his
    famous skits."  --OCT 23, 1937

    "NBC Engineers worked for a week stringing wires to the Lake Arrowhead
    mountain home of Grace Moore so she could speak for a minute and 10 seconds
    on the opening General Motors program. Miss Moore is convalescing at her
    Lake Arrowhead home after a four months' illness"-OCT 23, 1937

    "Everett Mitchell-announcer on the 'National Farm & Home Hour' purposely
    omitted his usual phrase, 'it's a beautiful day here in Chicago,' for three
    consecutive days. Listeners sent in 5,000 letters asking what was wrong. It
    seems that most everyone is interested in 'talking about the weather.'"
    --OCT 23, 1937

    BILL KNOWLTON

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:56:56 -0400
    From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re:  Holy Moley, plenty of foley?

>     However a "foley artist" is only employed in movie or TV show production.

    Didn't there used to be a Foley artist on 'Grand Ol' Opry' on the radio?

    Thanx,

     B. Ray

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 14:09:43 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Liberace
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           I noticed that there was a listing for George Liberace in the 'births
    and deaths' section of a recent mailing list.  Was he the twin brother of
    Lee Liberace, the more flamboyant and better known pianist?  If so,
    why wasn't there a listing for him there?
    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:56:29 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Arthur Anderson and Fred Foy on The Leonard
     Lopate Show

    Arthur "Lucky" Anderson and Fred "Return with Us Now"  Foy, two stalwart
    Friends of Old Time Radio Convention special guests, will appear on WNYC
    Radio's Leonard Lopate Show ([removed] FM) tomorrow Tuesday October 18 beginning
    at 1:00 [removed] EDT.

    The show is streamed over the Internet at [removed].

    This is a Broadway/entertainment themed program.  Today they are interviewing
    Charleze Theron but they get the real stars tomorrow.

    Listen in and then come meet them in person at the Holiday Inn North in
    Newark New Jersey this weekend!

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: The Leonard Lopate Show (two hours) is also available on
    XMPR, XM Satellite Radio Channel 133, at 4:00pm in the East, 1:00 pm in the
    West; rerun the following morning at 3:00 am East, Midnight in the West.
    --cfs3]

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:56:46 -0400
    From: Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Mp3, Total Recorder question

    I'd like to record my reel to reel tapes onto my computer. They're 4 track
    I believe the term is. Turn the balance one way you hear one show, turn it the
    other way hear another show.

    Does anyone know if it is possible to record the tape as is in Total Recorder,
    or any other program, and then break the two stereo components into two parts
    so
    you don't have to record each track by itself?

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:33:06 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Spaceship Radio Plugs FOTR

    Science Fiction website [removed] plugs the Friends of Old Time
    Radio Convention with a description of the all-star recreation of "Tom
    Corbett, Space Cadet."

    [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:33:19 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  give away at FOTR

    Hi Everybody,

    if you are attending FOTR this week please come over to the Yesterday USA
    broadcast area and sign up with Kim Bragg for the three three drawings of
    Old Time Radio show that we will give away  during the convention.  Take
    care,

    Walden Hughes

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:12:41 -0400
    From: "HOWARD BLUE" <khovard@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Burgess Meredith FBI file

    I've successfully placed the FBI files of Orson Welles and William Robson
    with two people who can make use of them. I still have two other files left
    over from my research for WORDS AT WAR (Scarecrow Press --- see
    [removed] )

    If anyone can make good use of the files on the following people, please
    contact me:

    Burgess Meredith and writer Peter Lyons (he wrote for Cavalcade of America
    etc.)

    Howard Blue
    Khovard@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:14:48 -0400
    From: Jason Thompson <jason@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Science Fiction Question

    Hello,

    I'm a collector (who isn't these days, of one thing or another) of
    contemporary spoken word and radio drama, specifically Joe Frank. I'm
    one of the original founders of the Frankophiles Joe Frank List (now
    defunct).

    I've been contracted to write a short article on the topic of Science
    Fiction radio broadcasts and their influence on modern serialized
    science fiction on radio and podcasts.

    If there are knowledgeable science fiction radio drama collectors out
    there who would be willing to answer a few questions about the genre,
    specifically regarding X Minus One, Dimension X, 2000 Plus and
    especially regarding BBC productions, which I am having a hard time
    finding information about, I'd love to have an opportunity to email a
    few questions.

    This isn't a paying gig, so all I have to offer is my thanks. And
    hopefully the opportunity to bring an awareness of OTR to an
    appropriate audience - without making any glaring errors. The OTR
    community seems pretty friendly and the subject isn't well documented
    in mainstream media.

    Thanks in advance.

    I can be contacted directly at:

    	scifiwriter@[removed]

    Jason Thompson

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    Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:15:19 -0400
    From: Illoman <illoman@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Duffy's Tavern

    I am a huge fan of this show. I have been collecting as many of the
    shows as I can find, and am interested in obtaining any memorabilia
    anyone may have related to this show.

    I am also still looking for photos of Eddie Green or Charlie Cantor if
    anyone can help.

    Thanks a lot!
    Mike

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