Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #212
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 8/6/2006 8:48 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 212
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Walmart MP3 Boombox               [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]
      Jack Webb and Julie London            [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]
      home audio MP3                        [ Scott Benson <alchemy541@[removed] ]
      Sunday on The Golden Age of Radio     [ Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed]; ]
      Fibber's Laundry Comes Back           [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
      GERALD [removed] SMITH                     [ "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@veriz ]
      The wrong sesquicentennial            [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      More Jackson Beck                     [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      Re: Schwarzkopfs                      [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      The Hermit                            [ "Don and Kathy Dean" <dxk@ezlinknet ]
      8-6 births/deaths                     [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: Bob Hope in Ohio                  [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson        [ tchambless@[removed] (by wa ]
      Don't Touch that Dial                 [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 12:08:25 -0400
    From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Walmart MP3 Boombox

    At 08:58 AM 8/4/2006, I wrote:

>     Finding these in the stores is catch as catch can. It is often out of
>     stock. It is no longer on their website. The radio was supplied by Lenoxx
>     Electronics Corp. and their website is gone, so they may be out of
>     production or out of business. The model # is Cd-2086. It's made by
>     somebody in China, so there may be an alternate source.

    I was wrong about the Lenoxx website. It does exist and the radio is still
    shown as being available.

    [removed]

    Their note says they also sell through Family Dollar and Dollar General stores.

    There is at least one "liquidator" selling one Ebay.

    Don Shenbarger

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 12:56:44 -0400
    From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Webb and Julie London

    About 35 years ago there was a cover story for TV
    Guide regarding Emergency, a Jack-Webb-produced TV
    show.  I remember the line in the story about Julie
    London.  Basically, it said (to paraphrase) that he
    didn't hire her just for her reading ability; he hired
    her for her lines.
    I'm not sure if he was married to her at the time, but
    not sure if that particular description can be
    directly attributed to Jack Webb.

    Andy Blatt

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 14:48:18 -0400
    From: Scott Benson <alchemy541@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  home audio MP3

         I have been reading the information on the "durabrand" mp3, but do
    you have a recommendation for a home component? I am looking to swap out
    my Denon multi disc player, it's 10 years old and getting a little
    creaky :)  So I am in the market for something that will play the OTR
    shows. I prefer a multi player. My Toshiba dvd player only plays a few
    shows, but has the nice feature of remembering where it left off- a
    definite plus.

    Thanks,
    Scott

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 14:49:11 -0400
    From: Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Sunday on The Golden Age of Radio

    August 06, 2006

    In commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima 61 years ago today, we
    will present
    two rather rare programs, slipped to me by an inside source at ABC News.

     From 9/12/46, the fourth of four parts of a reading of John Hersey's
    "Hiroshima",
    which had just been released in the New Yorker. Among the readers: Raymond
    Edward Johnson, Joan Alexander, Joseph Julian, and Ann Seymour.

    Also: from August 06, 1946, a program to remember the fist anniversary of the
    bombing, called "Unhappy Birthday" featuring a linking folk song by performed
    by Josh White. Somewhere in the cast is Karl Malden, and Clifton Fadiman
    narrates.  This may be from a series called "The Quick or the Dead", if there
    was such a thing (not to be confused with the NBC documentary "The Quick
    AND the Dead").

    Also in the line-up, our weekly episode of ESCAPE 8/15/48 #61
    "The Fugitive"; and The CBS RADIO WORKSHOP 3/17/57 "The Endless
    Road".

    The show airs in NYC over WBAI [removed] FM from 7-9 pm, and can be heard
    live over the internet at [removed]  - note that we have several
    new streaming options - try them all!

    And if you miss it live, the shows are archived for 2 weeks (when the damn
    thing works!) at [removed]

    Hope you can tune in!   -Max Schmid

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 15:40:58 -0400
    From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fibber's Laundry Comes Back

     The Fibber McGee Program "Dinning Out" (01-25-44)   takes place in the
    middle of World War II. Sure fire jokes  in those days were about finding an
    apartment, Nylon stocking, shortages of cigarettes and meat and services
    like laundry. There were shortages of labor and laundry was not vital to the
    war effort . More people were using laundries be cause people working in war
    plant that were working around the clock and had not time to do laundry. So
    getting laundy back was reason to celebrate. A bit exorerated, but the
    audience could sympathize because they have been there. In those day people
    often ate out because you didn't have use ration stamps.
    By the way that show was their maid Beulah's first day as the maid. Beulah
    was an actor, Marlin Hurt.
    Frank McGurn

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 15:49:29 -0400
    From: "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  GERALD [removed] SMITH

        I'm doing research for current radio  related project and while I have
    sufficient PRINT data on hand regarding this notorious 1930's bigot and
    ally of Father Coughlin, I lack any audio of him.

          If any subscriber either has   a audio clip (preferably from a
    broadcast) or know where one may be acquired I should like to hear from you,

         Another friend of bigotry during the1930's was Henry Ford senior. Most
    of his negative views appeared in PRINT  in a DEARBORN newspaper.

         I   If any one has access to an audio of  Mr Ford expressing some of
    his views, please contact me.

    DAVE

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:04:28 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The wrong sesquicentennial

>     Keith Houdeshell asked about the broadcast date for Bob Hope's Cleveland
>     Sesquicentennial show.

>     My personal log shows the date of this broadcast to be March 19, 1946.
>     Should this prove to be wrong, I am prepared to deny under oath that I ever
>     wrote this.

    Aha.  The original post said _Ohio_ Sesquicentennial.  1946 would have
    indeed been the Cleveland Sesq., the city having been laid out in 1796 by
    one Moses Cleaveland of Litchfield, Connecticut.

    Connecticut soldiers who fought in the American Revolution were paid by
    Congress with promises of land in the West.  So they obtained a promising
    area along the southern shore of Lake Erie and sent Mr Cleaveland out to
    survey streets and such.  The land was logically named the Connecticut
    Western Reserve, and the city was a great success.  Later on, Connecticut
    sold the Western Reserve to the new state of Ohio.

    You can trace the boundaries of the old Western Reserve by listening to
    people speak.  Residents of the Cleveland area speak in the rather flat
    accent of central Connecticut. Natives of the rest of the state tend toward
    a slight twang like that of Len Slye, born near Cincinnati and later known
    as Roy Rogers.  Radio networks favored the Cleveland accent, pronouncing it
    Standard American English or some such, and trained everyone to sound like
    they were from either Cuyahoga County or nowhere, depending on your opinion
    of the idea.  I have heard that at one time a good many radio announcers
    were from the Cleveland area.

    I told you there was a radio connection here.

    M Kinsler

    born in Cleveland and now in Lancaster, at the edge of Appalachia.

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 20:29:12 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  More Jackson Beck
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    After I had posted that Jackson Beck, for 67 years, held AFRA/AFTRA card
    membership #2,  Lee Munsick, the daparting Sage of Appomattox, posited:

>     So who was number 1?  And perhaps even run down the first ten or so?

    Wasn't George Heller # 1?

    Jeff David, Kevin Scullin, and other good friends of Jack Beck often recounted
    the story of what Beck always said when he, himself, was asked the inevitable
    question "Who was  1?"... Jackson would usually reply to the effect of "I
    don't know, I was standing in the back of the hall when they started signing
    up people for memberships, and some son-of-a-b---h who was sitting in the
    front row got to the podium [removed]"

    One has to say the preceding in Jackson's older, gruffer voice to appreciate
    fully the story.  It reminds me of the 1998 FOTR convention when Anthony
    Tollin was directing the 5-part concluding episodes of the "Superman Vs. Atom
    Man" story arc in commemoration of Supes's 60th anniversary.  These five parts
    were serialised at various times over the three days of the convention.
    Unfortunately, the mimeographed copies from whatever archive these scripts
    originated were somewhat "muddy."

    During Jackson's first episode, he was doubling as both the announcer and  as
    Perry White, who had a problem with the word "Metropolis" being that this
    formidable word was split & syllabicated between two lines.  Jackson got
    through it and, breaking character, exclaimed "I can't read this g-------d
    script!" which brought the house down.  Only the curmudgeonly Jackson Beck
    could have gotten away with that.  If I'm not mistaken, this bit of notoriety
    has surfaced on the FOTR 30th anniversary 2-DVD set put together by Fred
    Berney.

    In that day before the pervasiveness of laptop computers, the indomitable
    Maggie Thompson, OTR fan and publisher of the Comic Buyers' Guide industry
    publication, came to the rescue, and as legend goes, pretty much barged into
    an office at Holiday Inn-North and commandeered an electric typewriter so that
    there would be cleaner re-cast copies for the balance of the convention.
    Brava, Maggie.

    1998 was Jackson Beck's last convention. I miss him.

    Ether!

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 21:44:09 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Schwarzkopfs

    Thanks Derek Tague for the nice Schwarzkopf  puzzler:

    You wrote:

    So just what is the relationship between Mme. Schwarzkopf &
    Schwarzkopf-fils?.
    Would this mean that Elisabeth and Schwarzkopf-pere were siblings and that
    he
    might have been born in Germany or Austria?
    ====================
    This relationship is considered an urban legend

    My  research seems to confirm that it is a myth.  I can't find a way to make
    Elisabeth an aunt, or even a distant aunt,  of  H. Norman Jr or Sr,  but
    I'll let you decide based on the facts of my research.  H. Norman Jr. is a
    3rd generation American.

    Unknown Schwarzkopf, born in Germany, immigrated to US before 1870
    His son, J[ulius] George Schwarzkopf, born 1870 in NJ [1920 census] died
    1930
    His son H[erman]. Norman Schwarzkopf  Sr., born 1895  NJ [1920 census] died
    1958
    His son H[erman] Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. born 1934 in NJ

    Elisabeth - born 1915 - father; Friedrich Schwarzkopf

    Irene

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    Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 00:59:35 -0400
    From: "Don and Kathy Dean" <dxk@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Hermit

    My favorite all time favorite horror program on radio in the '40's
    was The Hermit or sometimes called The Hermit's Cave. As a
    youngster at the time living in southern Ohio, I listened to him on
    a Sunday night on WJR. Toby Grimmer was the voice of the
    Hermit and as far as I'm concerned he was the best. I have all
    the series on tape that are in circulation.

    While doing a search on Google for more information on The
    Hermit, I found there were quite a few others who did the voice
    of The Hermit. On the west coast there was John Dehner, William
    Conrad, Mel Johnson (all on the west coast). Somehow, it's hard
    for me to picture either John Dehner or William Conrad doing the
    Hermit. On the east coast or at least out of Detroit, there was
    John Kent, Charles Penman, Klock Ryder and Toby Grimmer.
    Would I be right in saying Toby was the first?  I recorded an interview
    that WJR did with him at a nursing home in Detroit on July 6, 1978.
    It last's about 12 minutes and he tell's how he was picked to do
    the voice of the Hermit. They were having a 95th birthday party
    for him at the nursing home. He said he was born March 5, 1881,
    served in the Spanish-American War, was in vaudeville, and also
    sings one of the songs that he wrote.

    For more info on The Hermit go to the site below where you can
    also listen to 6 complete episodes of The Hermit.

    [removed]

    Also, it always opened (at least the Detroit version) with the announcer
    saying The Mummer's and The Little Theatre of The Air presents
    The Hermit. Does anyone have more infomation on this group? It
    seems they worked on most all the radio programs emanating from
    the Detroit area such as The Lone Ranger, Sergeant Preston Of The
    Yukon, etc. as their voices were easy to recognize.

    Don Dean N8IOJ

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    Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 00:59:44 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-6 births/deaths

    August 6th births

    08-06-1881 - Leo Carrillo - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-10-1961
    actor: Pedro "Grapevine Rancho"; "Four Frightened People"; "Good News
    of 1939"
    08-06-1881 - Louella Parsons - Freeport, IL - d. 12-9-1972
    commentator: "Hollywood Hotel"; "Louella Parsons"
    08-06-1886 - Billie Burke - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-14-1970
    comedienne: "Billie Burke Show"; Mrs. Featherstone "Gay Mrs.
    Featherstone"
    08-06-1888 - Arthur Fields - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-29-1953
    singer: "Old Man of the Mountains"; "Pipe Smoking Time"
    08-06-1892 - Victor Rodman - Arkansas - d. 6-29-1965
    actor: Jerry Payne "Those We Love"
    08-06-1894 - Jack Kirkwood - Scotland - d. 8-2-1964
    actor: Jack Williams "Saunders of the Circle X"; Uncle Jim "Hawthorne
    House"
    08-06-1900 - Tony Parenti - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-17-1972
    jazz clarinetist: "WNYC, NY Jazz Festival"
    08-06-1903 - Henry Burbig - d. 12-14-1980
    dialect comedian: "Burbig's Syncopated History"; "Vitaphone Hour"
    08-06-1911 - Lucille Ball - Celoron, NY - d. 4-26-1989
    comedienne: Liz Cooper "My Favorite Husband"; Lucy Ricardo "I Love Lucy"
    08-06-1915 - Jim Ameche - Kenosha, WI - d. 2-4-1983
    actor: Jack Armstrong "Jack Armstrong"; Jim West "Silver Eagle"
    08-06-1917 - Robert Mitchum - Bridgeport, CT - d. 7-1-1997
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "So Proudly We Hail"
    08-06-1921 - Ella Raines - Snoqualmie, WA - d. 5-30-1988
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Red Cross Show"
    08-06-1922 - Jackie Kelk - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-5-2002
    actor: Jimmy Olsen "Advs. of Superman"; Homer Brown "Aldrich Family"
    08-06-1923 - William B. Williams - Babylon, NY - d. 8-3-1986
    disc jockey: Leading New York DJ for more than 40 years at WNEW
    08-06-1925 - Barbara Bates - Denver, CO - d. 3-18-1969
    writer: "Just Plain Bill"; "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"
    08-06-1933 - Beverly Wills - California - d. 10-24-1963
    actor: (Daughter of Joan Davis) Fluffy Adams "Junior Miss"

    August 6th deaths

    01-24-1916 - Jack Brickhouse - Peoria, IL - d. 8-6-1998
    sportscaster: Chicago
    02-10-1914 - Larry Adler - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-6-2001
    harmonica player: "Forecast"
    02-19-1893 - Cedric Hardwicke - Stourbridge, England - d. 8-6-1964
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "BBC Home Theatre"; Winston Churchill "These
    Four Men"
    02-21-1929 - James Beck - Islington, North London, England - d. 8-6-1973
    actor: Private Joe Walker "Dad's Army"
    03-17-1930 - Grover C. Mitchell - Whatley, AL - d. 8-6-2003
    trombonist: "Count Basie and His Orchestra"; "Bring Back the Bands"
    03-25-1914 - Robert Rounseville - Attleboro, MA - d. 8-6-1974
    singer: "The Voice of Firestone"
    04-08-1930 - Dorothy Tutin - London, England - d. 8-6-2001
    actor: "Before the Party"
    04-17-1903 - Gregor Piatigorsky - Yekaterinoslav, Russia - d. 8-6-1976
    cellist: "Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra"; "The Pause that
    Refreshes  . .  On the Air"
    04-17-1923 - Harry Reasoner - Dakota City, IA - d. 8-6-1991
    reporter: CBS News Washington
    05-17-1902 - Fausto Cleva - Trieste, Italy - d. 8-6-1971
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Metropolitan Opera Auditions"
    08-15-1898 - Monroe Upton - d. 8-6-1990
    announcer, writer, comedian: KFRC San Francisco
    08-29-1898 - Preston Sturges - Chicago, IL - d. 8-6-1959
    film producer, writer, director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-15-1906 - Kathryn Murray - Jersey City, NJ - d. 8-6-1999
    hostess: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"
    10-01-1909 - Everett Sloane - NYC - d. 8-6-1965
    actor: Frank Kennelly, "21st Precinct"; Alfred Drake "This Is Nora
    Drake"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 00:59:57 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Bob Hope in Ohio

     > I was listening to a Bob Hope show and want to know it's broadcast
     > date.  The show was from Cleveland, with lots of local and Ohio
     > references. He mentions the Ohio Sesquicentennial Which would have
     > been 1953 , he also makes references to "the Lost Weekend" and [removed]
     > Fields which would place it in the late 40's.

    That would most likely have to be the March 19, 1946 show. When the
    governor Frank Lausche is on (he was governor from 1944 to 1957) he
    refers to not having to run for election again until "next fall."  He
    was just re-elected in 1946 and wouldn't start electioneering until fall
    of 1947. The fifties election was in 1952 and then again in 1954. There
    is also a reference to John W. Bricker, who ran for governor last in
    1942. He was no longer involved in Ohio politics in the fifties.

    Finally, Skinny Ennis is on that show and in the fifties it was Les
    Brown.  Also the sponsor in the fifties was Chesterfield Cigarettes, not
    Pepsodent.  And Frances Langford and Jerry Colonna were on the show in
    the forties as regulars, not the fifties.

    Now, what is really odd, is that the Ohio Sesquicentennial was not until
    1953, as statehood was March 1, 1803, so I am not sure what that
    reference is. And there is also a reference to the ending of war time
    restrictions. I believe they ended in 1946.

    Any other Ohio'ans have any ideas?

    Jim Widner
    Dayton, OH

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    Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 01:05:02 -0400
    From: tchambless@[removed] (by way of Charlie Summers)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson

    Everyone,

    I am trying to locate any old recordings of Drew Pearson and Jack
    Anderson's radio programs which aired in the late 40s and early 50s.  I
    know this is not necessary funny or entertaining, but they did have an
    audience -- at least before TV became common.

    Appreciate any leads or help!

    Have a good weekend,

    Tim Chambless

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    Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 10:46:52 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Don't Touch that Dial

    On Monday, August 7 from midnight to 3 am Tuesday, Don't Touch that Dial,
    the old-time radio show        hosted Bobb Lynes and me on KPFK Los Angeles,
    will be a little different than usual. We'll be
    joined by guest host Glenn Robison who will present recording artists and
    big bands who had their own programs or were guests on many of the old-time
    radio programs of the 1920s and 1930s. Tune in KPFK [removed] FM Los Angeles,
    [removed] FM Santa Barbara or listen to the live stream at [removed]

    You can hear Glenn weekly on his own show, Rapidly Rotating Records, Sunday
    evenings at 6 Pacific on KISL-FM [removed] Avalon (Catalina Island), rebroadcast
    Saturday evenings at 6, and available via Real Player at
    [removed] for seven days following each show.

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