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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 390

Table Of Contents: 

	 Clifford Simak
	 Re:  War of the Worlds
	 Re: LONE RANGER
	 Hickerson's HISTORY OF RADIO
	 Re: CLIFF SIMAK/"JOHN REID"
	 Music Till Dawn
	 Looking for pub-domain scripts

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 00:20:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Clifford Simak
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> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 22:34:22 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "John R. Pellatt" <bs206@[removed]>
> To: otr@[removed]
> Subject: S-F AUTHOR CLIFFORD D. SIMAK
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> Can anyone here enlighten me about the works of science fiction writer 
> Clifford D. Simak (what did he write, any biographical information, etc.)
> 
> I'm pretty sure I recognize his name from X MINUS ONE.
 
Yes, he wrote the short story "How-2," published in Galaxy magazine for
November 1954, which was dramatized on X Minus One (Many otr catalogs tend
to list it, incorrectly, as "How To."). Simak began writing science
fiction in the 1930s and was also an editor of the Minneapolis Star.  He
wrote many novels and short stories, generally of an optimistic and
pleasant future.  Raised on a farm, many of his stories have a pastoral
setting.  I don't recall exactly when he died, but I know that he did,
several years ago. 

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 02:20:01 +0000
From: Daevid MacKenzie <mached16@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed], FCharlesSimar@[removed]
Subject: Re:  War of the Worlds
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F. Charles Simar (FCharlesSimar@[removed]) writes:

>   With the anniversary of the broadcast of "The War Of The Worlds",
>   I was curious about what the people's reactions were during or
>   after the broadcast. I have heard of people committing suicide or
>   just going berzerk because of it and of shooting up water towers.
>   Did this really happen?

As far as shooting the water towers, the answer is certainly yes, 
according to Howard Koch's book "The Panic Broadcast" (Koch wrote the 
radio play Welles performed). In fact, one of the water tower episodes 
happened in Grovers Mill, New Jersey, the very town where the first 
Martian landing was set.

The suicides, however, are an exaggerated matter. One newspaper report 
had a woman in Pittsburgh ready to swallow poison but saved at the last 
minute by her husband. No actual deaths were ever confirmed from the 
Welles broadcast, but there were supposedly several resulting from a 
South American Spanish-language adaptation that aired not long after the 
"Mercury Theatre on the Air" production.

paix.
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Date: Tue, Oct 15 1996 05:21:48 EDT
From: Thomas Heathwood <theathwo@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Re: LONE RANGER
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Who was John and who was Dan (senior) ?
<<TOM HEATHWOOD-YESTERDAY-USA>>  10/15/96
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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 07:47:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: James Ouzts <jouzts@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Hickerson's HISTORY OF RADIO
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Responding the the person's inquiry concerning the above publication, I 
have found it to be one of the most detailed--and handy--of books of its 
type.  It is not "good reading" for that is not its purpose.  It is an
amazing collection of information on most of the aired shows on radio 
from its earliest days.   It is among the list of my most-used reference 
works and, to me,  well worth the cost.

Jim


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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 09:15:03 -0400
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: CLIFF SIMAK/"JOHN REID"
Message-ID: <961015091502_543446683@[removed]>

Jim Widner's response re: Clifford D. Simak seems to indicate that Cliff's
major science fiction writings occurred after he had left newspapering.  Not
so.  Cliff worked as Science Editor on the Minneapolis Tribume well into the
1970s, long after producing his most famous works, WAY STATION and CITY.
 Cliff was still a fixture at the Minneapolis Star/Tribune offices after I
left for New York in 1974.  For years, Cliff and I would discuss the old days
of scientifiction and the pulps while we waited for the first printing of the
Sunday paper to arrive up from the pressroom.  (I was then working for The
Associated Press which had their offices in the Star/Trib annex.)  Those
Saturday evenings with Cliff Simak were the greatest fringe benefit of that
job.  I've been very lucky to share working relationships with wonderful (and
talented) people like Cliff, Walter Gibson, Lon Clark, Dwight Weist, Julius
Schwartz, Jack Kirby, etc.  Cliff was one of the nicest (and greatest) of the
many wonderful people I worked with and his warmth and humanity shined
through in his writings.  In his autobiography, Isaac Asimov expressed
disappointment that Cliff's death had been overshadowed by Robert Heinlein's
(less than two weeks later).  Asimov wrote that while Heinlein's literary
works had achieved greater fame, he had no doubt that Cliff Simak was by far
the nicer human being.
     Another member stated that he also always felt that The Lone Ranger's
real name was Britt and was corrected six months ago in the digest.  I just
spoke to Reg Jones last night (the author of THE MYSTERY OF THE MASKED MAN'S
MUSIC) and Jones stated that he has listened to a thousand LONE RANGER radio
shows and read an additional thousand scripts and never run across any
mention of "John Reid."  "John Reid" isn't mentioned in the 15th or 20th
anniversary origin broadcasts or in the first three television shows.  I've
heard persons insist that they heard the name mentioned on those shows but
repeated listenings confirm that the name was never mentioned on the origin
shows.  Perhaps someone mistakenly thought they had heard that name when they
actually heard Brace Beemer cry out "Dan!"  "Dan" and "John" might be
mistaken for one another especially on radio where one doesn't have the
luxury of rewinding the tape.  Reg Jones knows a lot more about the Lone
Ranger than I do, and in years past Lone Ranger experts Dave Holland and Fran
Striker, Jr. have agreed with me and the statements Reg Jones just made.
 (Holland has read all 3000+ radio scripts.)  Almost all of the later RANGER
recordings survive.  Until someone produces a recording that I can listen to
that confirms that the Lone Ranger was called "John," I'll go on believing
that Fran Striker intended that Reid's identity be forever buried at Bryant's
Gap with his brother and friends.  The 1981 LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER movie
(mistakenly) tried to create an human alter ego for the Ranger ala
Christopher Reeve's Clark Kent or Zorro's Don Diego.  Unlike Superman, Zorro
or Batman (who live day-to-day as Clark Kent, Don Diego Vega and Bruce
Wayne), THE LONE RANGER is the only identity and he ceased living as anyone
when he was transformed by the events at Bryant's Gap.  The narration of
the15th anniversary show suggests that THE LONE RANGER was transformed at
Bryant's Gap to become the amalgamation of all six Texas Rangers and became
something more than just the man he had been.  I like that. 
"Hi Yo Silver Away" -- Anthony Tollin   

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 8:18:50 -0400
From: "MACHARG, KEN" <kmacharg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Music Till Dawn
Message-ID: <D1706332017E1B00@[removed]>

     Hello. I'm just back after a 7 month absence from this group while 
I was on furlough in the [removed] So, I'm coming into the midst of the 
discussion on Music Till Dawn. I used to listen to this show on WJR, 
and if I remember correctly it was also on WBBM and primarily on other 
CBS 50,000 watt stations. I have two records produced by the program, 
one of which has the original "That's All" theme which was produced 
especially for the program. Currently there is a Christian network 
which is syndicating an all-night program with the same name, but using 
very soft Christian music. Best wishes to all. --Ken MacHarg

Kenneth D. MacHarg  
Casilla 17-17-691  
Quito, Ecuador
Kmacharg@[removed]
FAX: 593-2-447-263                        
Phone: 593-2-466-808

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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:48:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Henry A. Campbell-Ickes" <hacickes@[removed]>
To: OTR mailer <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Looking for pub-domain scripts
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Dear all --
The theatre group at my church is full of young folks who haven't a clue 
about what went on with radio much before 1960, so I'd like to expose 
them to radio drama as an exercise (and a challenge to them to do it with 
only their voices).

So -- can anyont point me toward a source of scripts that are in the 
public domain?  Or, is such a use of them considered to be permissible 
without worrying about that?

And --  if the group decides that they want to do some of that material 
*outside* group meetings (but still at church functions), do different rules 
apply?

Thanks for you help!

Hank Campbell-Ickes




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