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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 413


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 PETER POTTER & [removed] RADIO
	 Phil Harris
	 "Plethora of Stars" reply
	 universal remote timer
	 OTR and folks raised in the TV age
	 RE: FAT MAN discs

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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 95 19:20:23 PST
From: seh@[removed] (Stan Harter)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: PETER POTTER & [removed] RADIO
Message-Id: <m0tJB4j-000Y8BC@[removed]>

Here is a message to me from John Weiser, the owner of KUMU-AM and FM in
Honolulu, where I did the news from 1962-1982 in addition to my "real" job:
 
-0-
 
>From panda@[removed]  Thu Nov  2 09:31:32 1995
To: seh (Stan Harter)
>From: panda@[removed] (John Weiser)
Subject: Re: Peter Potter's Platter Parade
 
PETER POTTER WAS ONE OF AMERICA'S FIRST ACTUAL MUSIC DJ'S  HE WAS ON KLAC,
LOS ANGELES IN THE 1940S (570 KHZ)....I LISTENED TO HIM ALL THROUGH HIGH
SCHOOL IN BEVERLY HILLS.  LATER,  IN THE 50'S HE ALSO HAD A DAILY SHOW ON
KTLA TV CHANNEL 5 IN LOS ANGELES WITH A VERSION OF HIT OR MISS ON MUSIC HE
CALLED "JUKE BOX JURY".
 
MARTIN BLOCK PROBABLY ORIGINATED THE MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM IN NEW YORK, BUT
NEARLY SIMULTANEOUSLY IN LOS ANGELES ON KFWB,  AL JARVIS STARTED EXACTLY THE
SAME SHOW SAME NAME  AND HOSTED IT WITH JOE YOCAM.  IT BECAME VERY SUCCESSFUL
AND HAD AS WELL A TV COUNTERPART  CALLED MAKE BELIEVE BALLROOM ON KABC TV
LOS ANGELES.  AL JARVIS IS 100 PERCENT RESPONSIBLE FOR JOHN WEISER BEING IN
THE RADIO BUSINESS [removed] USED TO CALL ME ON THE SANTA MONICA PIER LIFEGUARD
HEADQUARTERS EVERY MORNING AND PUT ME ON THE AIR BY PHONE FOR BEACH WEATHER.
LATER HE INVITED ME TO KFWB AND TO HIS HOME  AND I GOT THE BUG.
 
IF YOU CAN GET THE PLAYBOY CHANNEL ON YOUR CABLE OR SATELLITE TV,  GO TO THE
AUDIO SUBCARRIER AND PULL IN (FREE)  KLON,  THE LA JAZZ STATION ...
 
GROOVY  [removed] WEEKENDS  NOTHING BUT THE BLUES.
 
ALOHA NO
 
DR. JOHN
 
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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 21:18:42 -0600 (CST)
From: Bruce Toews <bruce@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Phil Harris
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Jack Benny's reputation on his show was that of a stingy miser who 
wouldn't acknowledge his age. In reality, he was a very generous person. 
On Benny's show, Phil Harris had the reputation of being a completely 
irresponsible boozer with a majorly-inflated self-image. On the Phil 
Harris/Alice Phey (SP?) show, he came across as just plain irresponsible. 
Just curious. As he's been one of my favorite characters in both shows, 
what was he really like? Can anyone shed some light? How old was he when 
he died earlier this year? Thanks.

Bruce

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Date: 24 Nov 95 21:45:34 EST
From: Ross/Corinne Learn <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <,OTR@[removed]>
Subject: "Plethora of Stars" reply
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Good Day All:
Just a quick reply to Bruce Rudesill's comments about the quality of talent in
today's "Network Corral".  The note was intended to play up the fact that Benny
was getting some well deserved attention from NBC.  I agree with you that Kelsey
Grammer is NOT even in the same  galaxy of talent that Jack Benny is in. He was
a tad pretentious in comparing himself to Benny.  I have to say though that if
any of the "Stars" of NBC deserves praise it would have to be Phil Hartman.  As
a matter of fact, in considering afterwards who should play Jack Benny in a
boigraphical movie, Hartman would be my choice.  (That should stir some fires).
Bruce and I are in agreement with the sad shape of the entertaiment industry.
In creating the note, I had a certain amount of sarcasm in mind, and in my haste
it came off sounding sincere (regarding the plethora comment).  Good show
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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 20:49:06 -0800 (PST)
From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: universal remote timer
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

There is a device I've been looking for that people swear
is being sold on the east coast. It is a universal remote
control with a timer built in so that you can program a
cassette or DAT to record at a selected time. Several
people said Blockbuster had such a device. But I can't
find one on the west coast. 
Anyone seen such a device in a catalog?

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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 23:23:54 -0700
From: "Deane D McIntyre"  <dmcintyr@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: OTR and folks raised in the TV age
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Gang:
One of the items I have not yet seen discussed in this digest is
how, in general, people raised in the TV age ([removed] born in the 1950's
or later) got interested in OTR. As I was born in 1957 I fit into
this group. As I now realize, many fine OTR shows such as my favourite,
Suspense, were still on the air when I was born, and for a few years
after. However, I have no memory of them from that period. The one-eyed
monster had invaded our household in 1954, and the radio, a 1950 GE
"All-American Five" had been moved to the kitchen to serve as a source
of news and music. After the dinner dishes were washed, it was switched
off for the evening.
When I was about 14 I came across a newspaper published in 1935 when
we were cleaning out the basement. Going through it, I found a whole
page of radio listings. My father saw it and started to talk of the
old days, or growing up in the depression, when he and his brother
would listen to Amos 'n Andy every evening at 7:00, and many other
OTR shows that were in the 1935 listing. After this, I wanted to 
listen to these for myself, and soon I was hooked on OTR. 
CHWO in Oakville, Ont started to broadcast OTR shortly thereafter,
and also the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre started in early 1974. I 
listened to it every evening without fail until I went to
University a few years later. Now, I listen to OTR at 11:00PM
every night over local station CHQR-770 here in Calgary. A perfect
way to end the day. As I type this, I am listening to a 1950 episode
of Dimension X.

How did YOU get hooked on OTR?

Cheers, Deane D McIntyre VE6BPO
dmcintyr@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 12:22:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Minnehan <rminneha@[removed]>
To: 0tr@[removed]
Subject: RE: FAT MAN discs
Message-ID: <[removed]@acme>

Hello [removed]

   Has anyone heard anything from the gentleman who posted the info on his
FAT MAN "records" he was trying to find a home for?  I hope for the sake
of the hobby they don't go to someone who will sit on them, and I
certainly hope this whole thing wasn't a hoax. Anyone have a follow up on
this?

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|Randy Minnehan - rminneha@[removed]|
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