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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 193


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Mr. Kitzel
	 Captain Midnight Badges
	 Cheap tapes from Cincinnati
	 Redmond Nostalgia
	 JOHN BROWN
	 John Brown
	 re: Cartoons to OTR - I owe WB
	 Re: John Brown
	 Re: John Brown
	 Re: Walter Tetley
	 Re: John Brown

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 00:31:19 -0600
From: bigsteve@[removed] (Steve Darnall)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mr. Kitzel
Message-Id: <v01530501add19ddaa850@[[removed]]>

In response to Andrew Green's inquiry about Mr. Kitzel:

I've often wondered about Artie Auerbach's history myself, but I do know
that the Kitzel character had been around the block a few times before
arriving at Jack Benny's show. (I think the same thing was true of the
Sportsmen Quartet, who had sung for awhile on both the Judy Canova and Mel
Blanc shows before devoting their lives to Lucky Strikes). I know Kitzel
appeared on a few Abbott & Costello shows and I've even heard him on a 1940
Al Pearce Show.

Sorry to hear the appalling errors in "Same Time, Same Station." I had a
similar beef with Erik Rhoads' book (anybody who can write about radio's
golden age without once consulting "Tune In Yesterday"...WELL!), and as I
recall, both authors (or their publishers) offered the "we'll fix it in the
second printing" line. Hard to believe they had to have these things
pointed out to them by mere laymen (makes me think I should start knocking
on the doors of publishers with my own OTR book.)

Nurse, where's my shot?

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 07:22:09, -0500
From: KVHM65A@[removed] (MR CLYDE P ANKENBAUER)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Captain Midnight Badges
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

A few months ago I posted a note here that REPLICAS of
Captain Midnight decoder badges were available from Klutz
Press; 2121 Staunton Court; Palo Alto, CA 94306.

I didn't know at that time that they were unavailable
because they were out of stock.  I'm sorry if you tried to
order them and were disappointed, but try again, I
understand that they are back in stock.

The price is two for $[removed] plus $[removed] S&H.  Phone number is
415-857-0888 (fax: 800-524-4075)

Clyde in Cincinnati

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 09:07:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: "John H. Collins" <collins@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cheap tapes from Cincinnati
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Bob Roach talks about a vendor in Cincinnati who sells cheap, poor 
quality tapes.  I had a similar experience with mail order tapes from 
Hello Again, Radio from Cinicinnati.  Never again.  The same goes for 
Vintage Broadcasts of Staten Island.  -John Collins

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 14:27:34 GMT
From: "[removed] Hinkel" <hinkel@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Redmond Nostalgia
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        Has anyone out there done any business lately with Redmond
Nostalgia, [removed] Box 82, Redmond, Washington 98023-0082?  I have been a
steady customer with them for over 10 years until I had to curtail my tape
collecting last year.  This past January I once again placed an order for
tapes.  I have always been generally satisfied with their service and tapes,
and an order would always arrive within 4 to 6 weeks.  After sending in this
last order, I patiently waited and after nine weeks I still did not receive
my order.  I wrote a letter asking them to check to see if possibly it was
misplaced or if it was sent, to see what happened to it in shipment.  I know
they did receive my order because my money order was cashed two weeks after
it was sent.  I again patiently waited for a reply but after four more weeks
I still did not receive an answer.  I wrote again with the same request to
check on the order made in January.  Once again four more weeks have gone by
and no reply.
        It has now been a total of four months and I am still in the dark as
to what happened to my order and why there was no reply to both of my
inquiries.  If I did not know of the past integrity of Redmond Nostalgia, I
would believe that I was being "stiffed" on the order.  Does anyone out
there have any idea what's going on up there in Washington State?  They have
always been good in the past but now I feel like I have been "had", which is
hard for me to believe.  I wish someone out there could shed some light on
this strange situation.  You may e-mail me direct.  Thanks in advance.

Hank Hinkel

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:47:03 -0400
From: Robert Kirk <kirk@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: JOHN BROWN
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

On  Tue, 28 May 1996 16:57:39 -0700  PETER GRECO <pgreco@[removed]> said:

>HI,
> IN REPLY TO DAVID'S E-MAIL ABOUT JOHN BROWN,JOHN BROWN ALSO PLAYED 
>IRMA'S BOYFRIEND AL,ON MY FRIEND IRMA. [...]

Interesting,  I'd vaguely thought Al was played by Sheldon Leonard/Reynolds
(I could never keep the two names straight). Maybe Sheldon X was the
producer or I just associated the name with the  character type. Anyway,
it was always fun to listen to Al call his associate every episode with,
"This is Al, [removed] a problem".

Bob Kirk

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 10:45:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: lev@[removed] (S or A Levene)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: John Brown
Message-Id: <v01530501add1ce7627cc@[[removed]]>

John Brown also played Thorny in the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, but
most memorably he was "Broadway", the storyteller in the excellent Damon
Runyon Theater series and he really created a wonderful Runyonish,  Guys &
Dolls-ish character, speaking always in the present tense, as Runyon wrote
the original stories.  He was perfect.  I'd never heard of his
blacklisting. How sad.
Sam Levene

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Date: Wed, 29 May 96 12:31:24 EST
From: DAVID_KINDRED@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: re: Cartoons to OTR - I owe WB
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

     John Henley <jhenley@[removed]> wrote:
     
     >>A partial list:  "Your best friend wouldn't tell you"; "Beeeee-Ohhhhh!"; 
     "Whatcha doin' mister, huh, whatcha doin' huh mister huh?"; "That's a, I 
     say, that's a joke, son!  Ya keep missin' 'em!"; "So round, so foim, so 
     fully-packed;" "When you hear the tone it will be [removed]"; "Don't ever 
     DOOOO that!"; "I hope I hope I hope I hope"; and many, many others.  Not to 
     mention the many caricatures, not only from films but also radio. 
     "Stuuuudents!"<<
     
     John, I, too, grew up on these cartoons (age 28); however, I don't 
     understand all of these references. Would you mind educating me? I love WB 
     cartoons and would love to know to what ads or events these phrases refer.
     
     --David Kindred
       Damascus, MD 

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 13:32:54 -0400
From: JanBach@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: John Brown
Message-ID: <960529133254_403054220@[removed]>

Hello, again --
Back writing on the list after lurking and skulking (a Vic and Sade
espression) for several months --
Charles' reply to Bruce Rudesill about the history of Mel Blanc's character
Sylvester reminds me that he recycled one of his own characters for his short
lived radio show in the late forties; the stuttering voice of the character
Zookie (sp?), some kind of helper for Mel, was originally used as Mel's "Sad
Sack" character on several episodes of a wartime [removed] Show, perhaps Command
Performance or G. I. Journal (anyone know?) The characters' (both of them)
humor was based on the single joke that they would try several times to
pronounce a word and, when that failed, come up with a synonym for the word
they were trying to say. Always got a laugh in those pre-PC days.
Later,
Jan Bach

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 13:37:40 -0400
From: JanBach@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: John Brown
Message-ID: <960529133739_403057146@[removed]>

Hello again --
(Sorry that my last submission was labelled "Re: John Brown" as well, when it
should have been labelled "Re: Mel Blanc.")
John Brown may have been blackballed by the McCarthy Hearings, but he didn't
have a long period out of work -- he died in 1957 at the age of 53. I wonder
if his death was hastened by the epithet of "Commie" with which McCarthy
labelled him. It must have been difficult for such an in-demand and talented
supporting actor to adjust suddenly to unemployment.
Anyone wishing to see John Brown in what may be his only movie role should
rent the Danny Kaye movie on video, "Hans Christian Anderson."  John Brown
played the schoolmaster (principal?) who had Danny thrown out of his teaching
job. John was a good deal more portly than I imagined him as Digby O'Dell!
Later,
Jan Bach

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 13:41:59 -0400
From: JanBach@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Walter Tetley
Message-ID: <960529134158_403060017@[removed]>

Hello again --
In OTR 192 Charles Ulrich wrote:
<He did not appear in any of the Gildersleeve films or the TV series.
Sorry, Charles. It is true that Walter didn't appear as Leroy in the
Gildersleeve films of the early forties, but he DID appear in *Gildersleeve
on Broadway* playing -- what else? -- a jive-talking bellboy. An earlier, and
larger, role for Tetley was as one of the youngsters in *They Shall Have
Music* which featured Jascha Heifetz as a concert violinist (nothing unusual
there) and Walter Brennan as an orchestra conductor (VERY unusual!)
Later,
Jan Bach

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 23:13:58 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Marcus Antonsson <marc-a@[removed]>
To: Old time radio digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Re: John Brown
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Another great role of Brown's was as Judy's father on a date with Judy, He
also appeared on Ozzie and Harriet, Dummon runyon theater, A day in the
life of Dennis Day, and Duffy's tavern. He is one of my favorite comedy
actors and hope we'll hear more about him. Was John Brown his real name?

Marc

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