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                           The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                             Volume 2001 : Issue 392
                        A Part of the [removed]!
                                ISSN: 1533-9289


                                Today's Topics:

 Re: The Planet Man                    [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
 Vertical Or Horizintal?               [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
 Home Recording Disks Revealed         [ "[removed]" <swells@[removed]; ]
 Favorites and Chemicals               [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
 Teams                                 [ "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed] ]
 Re: Mutual's "illegal" pearl harbor   [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
 Re: CBS/D-Day                         [ "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@hotmail ]
 HOME RECORDING/COMPACT DISCS          [ "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
 Re: Mutual's "illegal" broadcast      [ "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed] ]
 IMDb radio credits                    [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
 Roses and Drums                       [ "Mike Antonucci" <[removed]@ho ]
 Home recording disks                  [ "Frank Phillips" <frankphi@hotmail. ]
 Home Recording Discs                  [ GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@ ]
 CBS D-Day coverage                    [ "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed]; ]
 Fibber McGee and Molly Christmas Sho  [ Bryan Wright <bswrig@[removed]; ]
 Jughead and the Kids                  [ Grbmd@[removed] ]
 Re: Great chemistry!                  [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
 Gillette Cavalcade o'fSports: Help!!  [ "Chris Chandler" <chrisc@[removed]; ]
 Ross Dolan and the Lady in Blue       [ Gary McDole <gmcdole@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 13:55:49 -0500
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: The Planet Man

On 12/9/01 1:12 PM OldRadio Mailing Lists wrote:

The Archives has 16 shows from this series in our collection, currently
being heard by our members in our Round Robin CD set #6. Our copies of the
shows came from a long-time collector, now deceased, who originally
transferred the shows from disks back in the late 1970's. He didn't,
unfortunately, document the producing company or anything else about the
disks themselves, but he did make excellent transfers of the shows.

One Long Time Collector who handled this series -- who I suspect is the
same Long Time Collector you're thinking of -- used to include pictures
of disc labels in his printed tape catalog supplements, back in the good
old days when we used to eagerly watch the mail for such things -- and in
one of these supplements, there's a good clear picture of a "Planet Man"
label, revealing that the series was a syndicated program produced by an
organization called Palladium Radio Productions, Inc. The graphics of the
label appear to be early-1950s vintage -- with a logo which superimposes
a drawing of a microphone against a TV screen. The only identifying
number in the picture visible may or may not be a matrix number -- PM-003
-- but I suspect it's simply code for Planet Man Episode 003. There were,
judging from the catalog listing, 78 episodes in the complete series, in
a 15-minute serial format.

The subject matter appears to have been comic-book-type kiddie science
fiction, with Dantro The Planet Man, Chief Enforcer of the League of
Planets, fighting the evil Marston of Mars with the help of intrepid
young cadets Billy and Jane. It sounds very much like a Captain Video
swipe translated to radio.

Elizabeth

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 14:42:20 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Vertical Or Horizintal?

Bob Noble, trying to determine who of OTR is still among us, notes,

Often names of OTR stalwarts are mentioned and I have to stop and
think: "are they still with us or not?" Usually I can do a search on my
favorite media site, imdb ([removed]) -- the Internet Movie
Data Base.

Another source that might be useful in such research is the Who's Alive
and Who's Dead website -- [removed] -- which
even breaks it down by medium, last time I checked.  Of course, since a
personality might have been active in more than one medium, it might be
helpful to check whatever they may have been in if a search is initially
inconclusive.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 14:42:38 -0500
From: "[removed]" <swells@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Home Recording Disks Revealed

Funny you should mention this, I actually have a couple of these old discs.
The ones I have are rather small and have recorded programs on them but the
quality is rather poor, or should I say very poor. I am not for sure if
larger versions of these existed or were even financially conceivable for
home use in that time but they are rather neat.
Shawn

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 14:42:36 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorites and Chemicals

Kenneth Clarke, responding to a question about favorites, notes,

I honestly believe, however, that selecting favorites, in anything, is
rather like a parent publicly admitting which is his or her favorite
child.

So true.  I don't think anyone can be objective about something
subjective. :-)

Kenneth also asks,

My question for the members of the mailing list, while we're on the
subject of favorites, is what acting teams (comedy or drama) had the best
chemistry when on the radio?

The scholarly Elizabeth gave several good examples, but I can add my
opinion:

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in Bold Venture.  They had the best
chemistry in every medium, IMHO.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 15:14:30 -0500
From: "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Teams

Kenneth Clarke asks "what acting teams (comedy or drama) had the best
chemistry when on the radio?"

In my book, it would have to be Jim and Marion Jordan.  As Fibber and Molly
you could feel the chemistry.  Even in other series, like Suspense, it was
there also.
If you consider them as a team I would also nominate the Gunsmoke cast:
William Conrad, Parley Baer, Howard McNear and Georgia Ellis.  They just
seemed to mesh together naturally.

Roby McHone

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:08:12 -0500
From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Mutual's "illegal" pearl harbor broadcast

"Eric Cooper" <ejcooper2001@[removed]; writes:

CBS Radio actualy broadcast parts of the speechmaking until they obeyed Sam
Rayburn's order to stop. Was it Raymond Gram Swing or Albert Warner who
reported from Washington that day on CBS.

It was Warner on CBS. I have the aircheck from when Chuck Schaden ran it on 
WNIB/WNIZ Chicago on the 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:08:49 -0500
From: "Dave Walter" <fredallenfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: CBS/D-Day

"Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed]; writes:

On the recordings of CBS D-Day coverage (mine are an edited edition from 
the Wireless public radio catalog, 6 hours on 4 cassettes), there are
several background noises on the shortwave feeds from England. Can someone
shed light on what they may be?

During the reading of Communique #1, what sounds like an English announcer 
can be heard faintly in the background as the timing warning is given. 
Several years ago, I bought a 2-tape set of highlights of BBC coverage of 
the final year-plus of the War, and I was pleasantly surprised to hear what 
sounds like a line check of that announcer (whose name I've unfortunately 
forgotten) reading Communique #1 for the BBC. I suspect what took place here 
was that the BBC announcer was in a London studio while the reading of the 
Communique that was heard on CBS and NBC came directly from SHAEF, and that 
there was some line bleed-over as both were being fed to the BBC's shortwave 
transmitting facilities.

There is a series of seven beeps, similar to the BBC time signal. Might the
feed have come from BBC Overseas Service instead of from the frequency used
by SHAEF - Supreme HQ, Allied Expeditionary Force?

Dr. Biel is probably the better to answer this than me, but I believe this 
was indeed the BBC Overseas Service shortwave signal, as carried by both NBC 
and CBS.

During the feed of the pre-recorded speeches by leaders of occupied
countries (around 4 am, Eastern War Time), came a beedle-beedle-beedle-like
sound. Could that be facsimile?

Again, this is personal speculation, but I think this may have actually been 
a jamming of the BBC signal by the Nazis. I have a copy somewhere around 
here of the final program of the American Broadcasting Station in Europe, 
and on it several examples of signal jamming used against it by the Nazis 
were presented. I recall one of the examples sounding very similar to the 
beedle-beedle-beedle underneath the speeches by the exiled national leaders.

I heard Bob Trout comment that there was difficulty getting audio to the
monitor speaker in CBS News Studio 9. Any information about why this may
have been?

I believe this was actually more to do with internal wiring at CBS' 
headquarters at 485 Madison Avenue in New York. I suspect Dr. Biel would 
have further information on this point as well.

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:25:52 -0500
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: HOME RECORDING/COMPACT DISCS

In answere to today's (Sunday) posting about home recording on compact
discs.  This is way from being a new thing.  Secretaries during the 30's and
40's used compact dics recordungs, which werre very flexible vynil, to type
memos, letters, etc. that their bosses dictated. This was the next step up
>from the dicta-phone with the familiar "goose-neck" microphone, of the 20's.
 We have one such compact disc vintage recorder on display in our Musuem,
recently moved near Laurel, MD.

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:10:20 -0500
From: "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Mutual's "illegal" broadcast

Albert Warner broadcast for CBS that day (Dec. 7) from WJSV, the network's
Washington O&O in the Earle (later and now Warner) Theater near the National
Press Building.

I've followed this thread but am not clear as to what was ordered cut off -
Pres. Roosevelt's address asking a declaration of war or what followed?

According to Frank Harden and Jackson Weaver's "On The Radio", for a time
after 1943 microphones were not allowed on the House floor. Jackson did his
first broadcast from that chamber not from the chamber but from a room
immediately adjacent. In fact, he was holding the air for Bryson Rash who
was off getting info. When air time came, Jackson - who was a short fellow -
was on a stepladder looking through a transom. Rash didn't return for some
time and Jack had to ad lib. Then Rash came back long enough to hand him
some notes which were apparently legible only to Bryson Rash, so Jack was
forced to keep ad libbing.

Mutual may have had Raymond (Gram) Swing, Fulton Lewis jr, and/or Cedric
Foster on the air that day.

Macandrew

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:10:46 -0500
From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: IMDb radio credits

Although a comment in #391 suggests otherwise, performances in
radio/theater/recordings and
voiceovers for TV commercials can be listed at the Internet Movie
Database by posting in
certain sidebar categories, such as "other works" and "biography."
Anyone with an interest in
OTR can post such info on the IMDb (as long as the performer has other
TV/film credits). The brief "other works" item I wrote re Dennis Potter
shows how specific airdates can be added. Someone with enough patience
could add lengthy lists of radio credits to the IMDb.

Note radio in the Paul Frees biography:
[removed],+Paul
Mel Blanc recordings in "other works":
[removed],+Mel
Radio announcer/voiceover credits for filmmaker Joseph Marzano:
[removed],+Joseph
Fred Allen: [removed],+Fred+(I)
Dennis Potter's last work on BBC Radio (with airdates):
[removed],+Dennis
Radio play in 1999 by W. Watts Biggers:
[removed],+W.+Watts
Stan Freberg as radio host: [removed],+Stan
Phil Harris on NBC radio: [removed],+Phil+(I)

Although none of these examples show links, it is possible to easily
link "other works" to other
IMDb pages by adding very simple coding that looks like this: 'Alice
Faye' (qv) or _Buck Benny
Rides Again (1940)_(qv).

Bhob @ PRE-FUSE @ [removed]

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:11:00 -0500
From: "Mike Antonucci" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Roses and Drums

Hello again from someone who hasn't written often but always enjoys learning
>from all the folks in this group. Does anyone know of a show which was on in
the early thirties called "Roses and Drums" which was, I believe, a
fictional Civil War story. My mother enjoyed it as a girl and I told her if
any shows were available someone in this group would know. I checked Radio
Spirits but it's not listed in their catalog. Thanks much, Mike

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:11:30 -0500
From: "Frank Phillips" <frankphi@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Home recording disks

I missed the first part of the thread on home recording disks, but it is a
subject I think of fondly.

My dad bought a combination am/shortwave radio with PA mike and 78 rpm
record player and cutter in 1947. I played with that thing for years during
my childhood and we finally sold it in a yard sale when my mother died in
the 1980s. I suppose we gave it away compared to its collectible value.

Does anyone know if there was a time limit on using the blank disks before
they became too old and would not record? Dad had some blanks and I tried to
record on them to no avail.

The unit was about the same size and weight as a fully loaded footlocker.
Fortunately, Dad made some recording os music and news off the radio which I
transferred to cassette tape while in high school. He also recorded my
cousin singing and giggling, which is a great family trasure.

Frank

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:12:07 -0500
From: GEORGE WAGNER <gwagneroldtimeradio@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Home Recording Discs

    I began my radio collection back in the early
1960s by purchasing home recording discs at rummage
sales and the like and then scouring them for radio
snippets.
    To this day, in fact, one Cincinnati "antique"
dealer puts such discs aside for me, which I then
purchase for 60 cents apiece.

    By the way, I learned a new word recently which
members of this list may appreciate -
archaeoacoustics. Archaeoacousticians are people
searching for sounds that may have been ACCIDENTALLY
recorded BEFORE the invention of the phonograph! The
best known example of this is the theory that the
background sounds in an artist's studio may have been
preserved in his (her) brush strokes through the wet
paint.

    George Wagner
    GWAGNEROLDTIMERADIO@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:13:40 -0500
From: "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: CBS D-Day coverage

Robert Paine <macandrew@[removed]; wrote:

There is a series of seven beeps, similar to the BBC time signal.
Might the feed have come from BBC Overseas Service instead of from the
frequency used by SHAEF - Supreme HQ, Allied Expeditionary Force?"

That's my guess as well, since that long segment originated as a BBC
broadcast and there is an announcement at the end for "the Home and Overseas
Service of the BBC" that got through before CBS cut away.  It wouldn't have
made sense to feed that on the SHAEF circuit since the Overseas Service was
already broadcasting it on shortwave.  (The BBC time signal was six "pips,"
as they are known in the UK; they didn't start using seven pips until the
1970s when "leap seconds" started to be used, and at that point the last pip
was lengthened.)

During the feed of the pre-recorded speeches by leaders of occupied
countries (around 4 am, Eastern War Time), came a beedle-beedle-beedle-
like sound. Could that be facsimile?"

Entirely possible, and that's the same thought I had when I heard it.  It
would be interesting if somebody with access to serious DSP horsepower were
to filter out the voice and noise and then decode the fax transmission!

Some feeds from England had something similar to a tone that used to be
called hetrodyne, as though another station near the frequency was
tuning and de-tuning the adjacent frequency. Could this have been an
Axis station purposely interferring with the Allied transmission to the
[removed]"

That seems doubtful to me, since AFAIK the Axis powers only jammed
broadcasts aimed at their people or listeners in occupied countries.  Hitler
wouldn't have gained much, if anything, by preventing Americans from hearing
Ed Murrow or George Hicks.

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:21:08 -0500
From: Bryan Wright <bswrig@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fibber McGee and Molly Christmas Show

Hi, All.

Last night, I was listening to the Fibber McGee and Molly Christmas episode
>from December 20, 1949 in which Fibber is trying to decorate his house for
Christmas. The recording I have comes form the Radio Spirits 20-tape
Christmas collection. The sound is good and the show is enjoyable, but it
seemed to end very abruptly. In what seems like the middle of the plot,
Teeny shows up at the McGee's with some carolers and they sing Ken Darby's
musical version of "The Night Before Christmas." Immediately at the end of
the song, an announcer comes on saying "This Is NBC, The National
Broadcasting Company," the chimes sound, and a local WMAQ ID is given and
the recording ends. Was anything edited out? There are no closing words from
Fibber McGee and Molly, no final Glo-Coat announcement, no end-of show
audience applause, no nothing. I'm wondering, was the show just running over
its time limit (I didn't time it), or was the show intended to end this way,
or did Radio Spirits edit something out? Does anyone have another recording
of this broadcast NOT from Radio Spirits?

Thanks, and Happy Holidays!
Bryan Wright

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:23:10 -0500
From: Grbmd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jughead and the Kids

Hal Stone wrote:

Bob and I got along very well "off Mike", respected each others
contributions to the success of the show, and knew instinctively how
to "Play off" each other, proper timing when "feeding" each other the
lines, (so as not to step on laughs), all the while clowning around
together for the benefit of the studio audience.


I can believe the part about your performing for the studio audience, because 
I remember well the wild laughter coming so often from the kids in the 
audience.  (Yes.  I'll have to admit it.  I also listened to your show.)

You could tell the audience was full of youngsters from the sound of the 
laughter.  So you, Hal, can take pride in knowing that you entertained young 
people who would someday grow up to be the leaders of this nation.  Like 
members of Congress.  Wait a minute.  Strike that.  You shouldn't have to 
shoulder *that* responsibility.  Make it our police and fire fighters.

Spence

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:25:23 -0500
From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Great chemistry!

Thanks to Elizabeth McLeod for stepping up to the plate and 
providing some (12) OTR teams who had great chemistry 
throughout their time on radio together.  Here are a few more:

1. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.  Their portrayals of 
Slade Shannon and Sailor Duvall in "Bold Venture" is among
the best I've ever heard.  If there are any new members to the list, 
I'd suggest you check this program out.

2. Eve Arden and Jeff Chandler.  As Connie Brooks and bashful 
biologist Philip Boynton on "Our Miss Brooks", their portrayals are 
delightful.

3. Jim and Marion Jordan.  Their roles in OTR's "Smackout" and 
"Fibber McGee and Molly" are among the best comedic acts ever.  
This is especially evident when she (as Molly) brings Fibber McGee
back to reality after his ego starts to inflate.  Marion's portrayal of 
Teeny (the little girl next door) is terrific.

4. William Bendix and Paula Winslowe.  Their role as Mr. and Mrs.
Chester A. Riley on "The Life of Riley" provided  a refreshing
lightheartedness
regarding the lives of the average family.

5. George Burns and Gracie Allen.  One of the best comedy acts on radio.
Ever since they first performed together in 1929, their audiences knew 
these two had what it took to make it.  Their crisp repartee combined
with good writers, made the "Burns and Allen Show" one of the best ever.

6. Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.  "The Edgar Bergen and Charlie 
McCarthy Show" was a staple on OTR for many years.  Edgar was often
the butt of many of Charlie's jokes, yet he always managed to get in his 
own 'zingers' from time to time.  Many people would tune in just to
discover what outrageous witticisms would be bantered between these
two each night.

7. J. Carrol Naish and Alan Reed.  Their portrayals of Italian immigrant 
Luigi Basco and his friend and mentor Pasquale on "Life with Luigi" were 
funny without being condescending.  

8. Fred Allen and Portland Hoffa.  This married couple began every trip
down Allen's Alley on "The Fred Allen Show"  with dialogue which set the 
comedic tone for the rest of the show.  They were among the best pairings
of a married comedy team ever.

9. Lucille Ball and Richard Denning.  As Liz and George Cooper on "My
Favorite Husband", they set an example for the rest of programs of this 
type.  Lucille Ball used what she learned playing Liz Cooper to develop 
the Lucy Ricardo character on  "I Love Lucy" many years later.  

10. Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead.  One of the most enduring and 
memorable pairs to play Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane on  "The Shadow".
That is, with the exception of 

11. Bill Johnstone and Margot Stevenson. These two took the established 
roles of Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane and brought their own style 
to them.  Not an easy task considering the portrayals of Welles and
Moorehead.

12. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.  Their portrayals of Sherlock Holmes 
and Dr. Watson on OTR's "Sherlock Holmes"set the standard for any 
subsequent portrayals of this duo.

13. Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost.  These  two were the quintessential
Pam and Jerry North of  "Mr. and Mrs. North".  Other than the screen
portrayals of  William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles
("The Thin Man") in the movies, this pair was the most enjoyable crime
fighting couple.

14. Don Ameche and Frances Langford.  These two were, I MHO, the best 
John and Blanche Bickerson ("The Bickersons") ever.  They took what might
have remained nothing more than a comedy skit on another show and 
parlayed it into a program of it's own with characters who the listening
public of the time could easily relate to.

15. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.  Together they made a career out of
making us laugh.  Not an easy feat, since Lou Costello had a penchant
for making changes in the script at the last minute.  Their "Who's on
First" routine is part of radio history.  I doubt that there are other
comedic teams now who could take the same routine and do it the justice
as Bud and Lou.

Kenneth Clarke      
         

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:26:12 -0500
From: "Chris Chandler" <chrisc@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Gillette Cavalcade o'fSports:  Help!!!

I'm working at cataloging a run of what I believe are uncirculated 1930s and
'40s sports [removed] least I HOPE they are, after all this freakin'
work!  haha

In any [removed]'m doing fine with the dates, events, recording sources,
[removed] some of these NAMES are driving me [removed] am far outside my
field of expertise with this stuff, so anybody who can help, please jump in.

Looking specifically for correct names, spellings, or any info on:

A sportcaster named Brian (or Bryan) Field  He is apparently the prime CBS
sports announcer at the time this material picks up in 1935--he calls all
the Kentucky Derby races, etc.  His presence carries over to the beginning
of Gillette sponsorship of the races in [removed] after what's obviously a
disastrous call of that May's Derby, he vanishes, replaced by Clem
[removed] to turn up again in the late 1950s, in sort of an elder
stateman role.

Also, does anybody know anything about the actual "Gillette Cavalcade of
Sports"?  I'm familiar with Ted Husing, Clem McCarthy, [removed] looking for
the correct names of a couple of the [removed] sounds like "George
Walsh"...another is "Fred Capanella"...there's also one that sounds like
"Matt O'Lowry"...and finally a "Bill Korom", who was the Gillette Announcer
and apparently a longtime sportswriter, but who left broadcasting to become
President of Churchill Downs!

Any of those names even close?  Any info would be appreciated!!

Chris

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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:25:54 -0500
From: Gary McDole <gmcdole@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Ross Dolan and the Lady in Blue

At 01:25 AM 12/9/01 -0500, Jim Cox  otrbuff@[removed] wrote:

there is a handful that radio historiographers
have been unable to sufficiently document. Most of these aren't known to
have any lingering recordings

Ross Dolan, Detective - 1947-48, MBS

Ross Dolan was the name of the private detective main character in "I Deal
In Crime," which ran from 1946 to 1947 on ABC.  Three episodes are
available on the Internet as .mp3s.  Though this is purely a guess, "Ross
Dolan, Detective - 1947-48, MBS" sounds like a subsequent change of
network  and title.

Lady in Blue - 1951, NBC

At least two episodes of this are also available in .mp3 form on the
Internet, each 12 minutes or so in length, for 5/5/51 and 5/12/51.  I
downloaded them a while back and listened to about the first five minutes
of the 5/5 episode, which struck me as so very very bad (and I'm not
talking about the sound quality) that I couldn't bring myself to listen to
the rest.

Gary in Berkeley

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