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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 114
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      2006 Audio Theatre Workshop           [ Henry Howard <hbhoward@[removed] ]
      The "eyelashes" have it!              [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
      Cincinnati OTR Convention             [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
      Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands     [ Dan Riedstra <[removed]@veriz ]
      4-25 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      cicny wrap-up                         [ Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@yahoo. ]
      Where does he live                    [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]
      Husbands & Wives on OTR               [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      That Harmon Boy!                      [ Wich2@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:15:00 -0400
    From: Henry Howard <hbhoward@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  2006 Audio Theatre Workshop

    For anyone that has ever wanted to produce or be part of
    creating a radio drama, thet time is coming up for the  2006
    Audio Theatre Workshop,  June 18-24, 2006 in West Plains, Missouri.

    Some scholarships are still available, but the deadline to apply
    is May 15. Information is on the registration form.
    The early registration discount ends June 1.  Save money,
    register now.

    You can find more info at [removed]

    This is a unique opportunity to mix, mingle and produce audio theatre.

    We usually have a spread of all ages, from youth to retired.

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    Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:16:18 -0400
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The "eyelashes" have it!
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    Hi Gang:

    As the newly anointed "Mayor of Etherville," I'm happy to report that our old
    pal Jack French had quite a good reason not to be present at the 20th annual
    Cincinnati Old Time Radio & Nostalgia Convention. Y'see, as last year's winner
    of the Agatha Award for non-fiction, he needed to be in Maryland for the
    "Malice Domestic" convention for the mystery literature industry, being held
    the same weekend as Cincinnati, in his official function as the presenter of
    this year's Agatha Award for Non-Fiction.

    When I got back from my convention-centred vacation to Talking Books, I had
    seen that in my absence somebody else had taken over my task of producing the
    audio version of the bi-monthly magazine "Talking Books Topics," which is
    essentially a catalogue of recent Talking Book titles. On page 3 of the latest
    TBT issue (May-June 2006; Volume 72, Number 3) in the "Books for Adults,
    Cassettes--Non-Fiction" section appears this entry;

    Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives RC 58854
    by Jack French
    read by Nicola Daval
    2 cassettes
    History of well-known female crime solvers such as Nora Charles, Pam North,
    Della Street, and Patsy Bowen, who made appearances on old-time radio
    detective and mystery programs. Provides an overview of their shows and
    chronicles their development in films, pulp fiction, and comic books. 2004.
    RC 58854 Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives

    For the uninitiated, "RC 58854" is a catalogue number with the "RC" standing
    for "recorded cassette." Since each cassette contains up to four 88-minute
    tracks each, "2 cassettes" means that the recording contains from 5 to 8
    sides. (I don't know exactly: said book was not recorded here at American
    Foundation for the Blind here in NYC). With this information firmly
    disseminated on this forum, I expect there to be a "run" on audio copies of
    "Private Eyelashes" by Digest subscribers who are eligible to receive Talking
    Books from co-operating libraries. Congratulations  to Jack French, narratrix
    Nicola Daval, and publisher Ben Ohmart over at BearManor Media publications.
    Also, in interest of full disclosure, my name appears in the acknowledgments
    to Jack's outstanding book (even though I was unable to find what he needed
    from "Billy Rose").. This was particularly pleasing to me because after all
    these years working in the production end of Talking Books, which never give
    production credits on the finished recording anyway, I finally, by default,
    got my name into a recorded book production.

    "these books are made for talkin'!"

    (Hon.) Derek Tague
    Mayor, Etherville

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    Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:18:11 -0400
    From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cincinnati OTR Convention

        I got back to Colorado at about 1:30 PM today after a 1200 mile drive.
    Sunday was hot (temperatures in the mid-80's) and muggy; with severe
    thunderstorms and tornado warnings at dusk in the Salina, KS area where I
    spent the night.  Watched a couple of large funnel clouds that nearly
    reached the ground:  when funnel clouds each the ground they become
    Tornadoes.  Today the weather was quite a bit different; temperatures in the
    mid 30's to high 20's with snow in the Denver metropolitan area.

        This was the first year I made it to the Cincinnati OTR Convention.  I
    had a great time!  Many thanks to Bob Burchett and Robert Newman and all of
    the volunteers who made the Convention a most enjoyable experience.

        The format of the Cincinnati Convention allows plenty of time to mix and
    mingle.  On Friday night a dinner for one rapidly became a get together of
    eight Convention Attendees.  I finally got to meet many people with whom I
    have corresponded via e-mail and had not previously met:  Susan and David
    Siegel, Terry Salomonson, Archie H., Jim B., Ryan E., Roger H., Doug H.,
    Woody, Geezer, and others. I also got to see many friends from other OTR
    Convention including Charlie Summers (who was brought by his lovely wife and
    daughter), Hal and Dorothy Stone, Derek T., Ted B., Ken P, Jim W., Joy J.,
    and many others.

        At the end of the Convention, Bob Burchett announced that there will be
    at least one more Cincinnati OTR Convention.  I highly recommend that you
    consider attending next year's Cincinnati OTR Convention: you'll have a
    Great Time!

    Signing off for now,

    Stewart Wright

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    Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:03:44 -0400
    From: Dan Riedstra <[removed]@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands

    Andrew Steinberg wrote:

>     Does anyone know for what years this show ran as Victory Parade of Spotlight
>     Bands, and what years it was known as Spotlight Bands?

     Sorry I'm tardy on responding to this information request as I have been
    away at the Cincy convention. As usual had a great time talking with old
    friends!

     "The Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands" was an offshoot of the original
    program known as "Coca Cola Spotlight Bands" which premiered in November
    1941. That version of the show lasted until May 1942 when it left the air.
    The show was revived on September 21, 1942 as "The Victory Parade of
    Spotlight Bands". Like its predecessor, it featured big name big bands six
    nights a week, but the new wrinkle was that instead of originating from
    nightclubs or radio studios, it originated from Army and Navy camps, bases,
    etc. as well as from sites with war worker presence such as Goodyear Tire
    and the Reynolds Aluminum.

     After the war ended the show moved to three nights a week, and finally
    went back to being called "Coca Cola Spotlight Bands" in April 1946.
    This 1946 version featured three rotating bands each with its own night of
    the week, Guy Lombardo (Monday), Xavier Cugat(Wednesday) and Harry James
    (Friday). The show left the air forever in November 1946 just over five
    years after its beginning.

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    Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:25:00 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  4-25 births/deaths

    April 25th births

    04-25-1887 - Charles E. Fuller - Los Angeles, CA - d. 3-19-1968
    preacher: "Old Fashioned Revival Hour"; "Heart to Heart"
    04-25-1899 - Guinn (Big Boy) Williams - Decatur, TX - d. 6-6-1962
    actor: "Biography In Sound"
    04-25-1900 - Gloria Ann Simpson - Cleveland, OH - d. 10-21-1956
    actor: "The NBC University Theatre"
    04-25-1908 - Edward R. Murrow - Pole Cat Creek, NC - d. 4-27-1965
    newscaster: (This is London) "Edward R. Murrow with the News"
    04-25-1909 - Karl Farr - Rochelle, TX - d. 9-20-1961
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show)
    04-25-1918 - Ella Fitzgerald - Newport News, VA - d. 6-15-1996
    singer: "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"; "Jubilee"
    04-25-1919 - Albert Aley - NYC - d. 1-1-1986
    actor: Hop Harrigan "Hop Harrigan"; Bob James "Stella Dallas"
    04-25-1921 - Robert Q. Lewis - NYC - d. 12-11-1991
    disc jockey, comedian, host: "Arthur Godrey Time"; "Robert Q. Lewis
    Show"

    April 25th deaths

    01-04-1911 - Fred Killian - d. 4-25-1994
    producer, director: "Those Sensational Years"
    01-09-1915 - Anita Louise - NYC - d. 4-25-1970
    actor: "Stars Over Hollywood"
    01-16-1907 - Alexander Knox - Strathroy, Ontario, Canada - d. 4-25-1995
    actor: "Document A/777", BBC
    01-19-1906 - Lanny Ross - Seattle, WA - d. 4-25-1988
    singer: "Lanny Ross Program"; "Maxwell House Show Boat"
    01-22-1878 - Constance Collier - Windsor, Berkshire, England - d.
    4-25-1955
    actor: Jessie Atwood "Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy"
    02-16-1896 - Alexander Brailowsky - Kiev, Ukriane, Russia - d. 4-25-1976
    pianist: "Music America Loves Best"; "New York Philharmonic"
    02-27-1923 - Dexter Gordon - Los Angeles, Ca - d. 4-25-1990
    saxophonist: "Newport Jazz Festival";"White House Jazz Festival"
    03-10-1905 - Richard Haydn - London, England - d. 4-25-1985
    actor: Professor Lemuel Carp "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    06-08-1907 - Roy Lockwood - Bristol, England - d. 4-25-2002
    director: "Valiant Lady"
    07-03-1906 - George Sanders - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 4-25-1972
    host: "High Adventure"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "[removed] Steel Hour";
    "Cavalcade of America"
    07-16-1911 - Ginger Rogers - Independence, MO - d. 4-25-1995
    actor: "Star and the Story"; "Packard Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    07-29-1911 - Florence Freeman - NYC - d. 4-25-2000
    actor: Ellen Brown "Young Widder Brown"; Wendy Warren "Wendy Warren
    and the News"
    08-17-1907 - Bernard Schoenfeld - d. 4-25-1990
    writer: "Brave New World"; "This is Our Eneny"
    09-01-1900 - Don Wilson - Lincoln, NE - d. 4-25-1982
    announcer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Good News of 1941"
    10-01-1903 - George Coulouris - Manchester, England - d. 4-25-1989
    actor: Hugh Drummond "Bulldog Drummond"; Frank Harrison "As the Twig
    Is Bent"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:29:08 -0400
    From: Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  cicny wrap-up
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    I can't say enough good things about the Cincy convention this year.  There's
    something so warm and friendly about this event, that I always leave feeling
    rejuvenated with an increased love for OTR.  I guess that just shows that the
    event is doing what it's supposed to do.  Seeing old friends is always nice,
    and it's especially fun to meet new folks, like Karen from Radio Spirits, who
    is doing a fine job as an ambassador for her employer and Tom Monroe, whom
    I've seen for years and have never spent much time talking to.

                  The highlight though, is always the Saturday dinner, and the
    reasons have nothing to do with the hotel food.  You see, after a couple of
    grade-A recreations, there are several awards given, in honor of Dave Warren,
    Parley Baer, Ezra Stone and Willard Waterman.  Watching your colleagues and
    peers accepting these awards, often tearfully expressing their love for radio
    drama makes you realize just what a great community this is, and how
    important radio is.  Tom Monroe made a particularly poignant speech about
    "giving back" to our hobby by giving others the opportunity to embrace it as
    we have.  It's a critical thing to do if our hobby is to outlive us, and it's
    a goal that I have set for myself.  It's this sort of thing that forces us to
    put aside whatever differences we may have, and to realize that we've got to
    pull together if we want this hobby to continue.  That one weekend in Ohio
    always puts things in perspective for me.

                  Please, join us April 20-21, 2007 for the 21st event.  If  the
    idea of a cozy weekend spent with friends old and new discussing all things
    nostalgia appeals to you, this is without a doubt the place for you to be.
    It's uncomplicated, unpretentious, and generally a whole lot of fun!
    Besides, if we keep coming, Bob has to keep holding them!

      Rodney Bowcock

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    Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:29:31 -0400
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Where does he live

    I know some of you old timers have a super memory,
    something I admire and dont have. Can you  help ??

    I got in a bit of an argument yesterday about a radio
    club that ( as far as I know ) still runs.
    The club is run by a guy Reg Hubner ( i am not sure of
    the spelling ) and is in southern Ontario, Canada.
    I said it was in Sudbury and Jake says I am crazy. Can
    anyone remember ??
    Please, I dont want the full address just the city,
    town or [removed]
    Pete
    pappleyard_@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:18:34 -0400
    From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Husbands & Wives on OTR
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    I know I'm a little late to this thread, but I just remembered:
    Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee were an OTR couple.  Although, the only thing that I
    can find that they appeared together is the April 10, 1966 episode of The
    Eternal Light called "Let There Be Light."  Does anyone know of any other
    radio appearances that they made together?

    On a different note, it was great to meet some of you in Cincinnati!

    Karen Lerner
    Radio Spirits, Inc.

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    Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:18:49 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  That Harmon Boy!

    Dear Folks-

    Just wanted to second Dan  Hughes' sentiments about Jim.

    I, too, was a kid who repeatedly took THE  GREAT RADIO HEROES out of the
    (Defiance)Public Library (along with such other  seminal Pop-Culture classics
    as
    Don Glut's THE FRANKENSTEIN LEGEND.)

    At  NYU, I enjoyed Jim's articles in Monster Mags; and, like Dan, his
    familiar  orange J-carded cassettes were some of the first ones in my
    collection
    (along with a few of Fred Berney's.)

    It was a great pleasure to meet Jim  at FOTR a few years back. Since, he has
    expressed kind words about my own  Radio Drama work (which mean a great deal,
    from such a source,) as well  as honored me with the chance to work with him
    as a book editor (though  that gig is kinda in The Phantom Zone, right [removed])

    He's one of the real  Founding Fathers of our little kingdom; in fact, he's a
    Prince of a  guy!

    All the best,
    -Craig W.

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