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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 50
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Jack Benny In the News                [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      2-16 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Synergy, & all like [removed]           [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      SPERDVAC issue?                       [ Illoman <illoman@[removed]; ]
      Cincy Convention                      [ [removed]@[removed] ]
      A hobby assessment                    [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
      Lone Ranger questions                 [ "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed] ]
      OTR Symposium 2nd article             [ JJLjackson@[removed] ]
      Suspense                              [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      the hobby                             [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      Re: broadcast days                    [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
      series badly in need of sound upgrad  [ Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@yahoo ]
      OTR pops up in strange places         [ Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed] ]
      Roy J. Snell                          [ <whhsa@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:25:08 -0500
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny In the News

    Stamp coverage from The Chicago Tribune:

    [removed],1,[removed];ctrack=1&cset=true

    And an article about "grave rubbings" that mentions him:

    [removed];SubSectionID=38&ArticleID=1020&TM=[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:25:33 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-16 births/deaths

    February 16th births

    02-16-1884 - Bert Kalmer - New York, NY - d. 9-17-1947
    lyricist: "You Bet Your Life"
    02-16-1893 - Katherine Cornell - Berlin, Germany - d. 6-8-1974
    actress: "Tribute to Ethel Barrymore"; "Victory Clothing Collection";
    "Kate Smith Sings"
    02-16-1896 - Alexander Brailowsky - Kiev, Ukriane, Russia - d. 4-25-1976
    pianist: "Music America Loves Best"; "New York Philharmonic"
    02-16-1900 - Albert Hackett - New York, NY - d. 3-16-1995
    playwright: "Star Spangled Theatre"
    02-16-1901 - Chester Morris - New York, NY - d. 9-11-1979
    actor: Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"; Great Merlini "Great Merlini"
    02-16-1902 - Leif Eid - d. 3-28-1976
    nbc bureau cheif: Washington, Ottawa and Paris
    02-16-1903 - Edgar Bergen - Chicago, IL - d. 9-30-1978
    ventriloquist: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    02-16-1903 - Norman Shelley - d. 8-22-1980
    actor: John H. Watson "Corner In Crime, Saturday Night Theatre"
    02-16-1904 - George F. Kennan - Milwaukee, WI - d. 3-17-2005
    post world war two diplomat: "Meet the Press"
    02-16-1909 - Hugh Beaumont - Lawrence, KS - d. 5-14-1982
    actor: Appeared on radio in 1931
    02-16-1909 - Jeffrey Lynn - Auburn, MA - d. 11-24-1995
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Hallmark Playhouse:' "MGM Theatre of the
    Air"
    02-16-1910 - Del Sharbutt - Ft. Worth, TX - d. 4-26-2002
    announcer: "Hobby Lobby"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Victory Theatre"
    02-16-1910 - Jerry Lester - Chicago, IL - d. 3-23-1995
    actor: John Benson "Life of Mary Sothern"
    02-16-1914 - Jimmy Wakely - Mineola, AR - d. 9-23-1982
    country singer: "All-Star Western Theatre"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"
    02-16-1915 - Carlotta Dale - Ardmore, PA
    vocalist: "Music for Moderns"; "Rhapsody in Rhythm"
    02-16-1915 - Dorothy Lovett - Providence, RI - d. 4-28-1998
    actress: Libby Collins "Lux Radio Theatre"
    02-16-1915 - Leah Ray - Norfolk, VA - d. 5-27-1999
    vocalist: (The Phil Harris Band) "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    02-16-1917 - George Neise - Chicago, IL - d. 4-14-1996
    actor: "The Judy Canova Show"; "The Man Called X"
    02-16-1920 - Patty Andrews - Minneapolis, MN
    singer (Andrews Sisters) "Andrews Sisters Revue"
    02-16-1926 - Vera-Ellen - Cincinnati, OH - d. 8-30-1981
    actress: "Martin and Lewis Show"; "Tony Awards"; "Bud's Bandwagon"
    02-16-1932 - Gretchen Wyler - Bartlesville, OK
    singer-actress: "Sounds of Freedom"

    February 16th deaths

    01-19-1932 - George Mann MacBeth - Lanarkshire, Scotland - d. 2-16-1992
    poet, producer: BBC Radio
    02-09-1912 - Bob Hannon - Chicago, IL - d. 2-16-1993
    singer: "American Melody Hour"; "Waltz Time"
    03-18-1911 - Smiley Burnette - Summum, IL - d. 2-16-1967
    host, comedian: "Smiley Burnette Show"; "Hollywood Hotel"
    04-12-1914 - Ken Williams - Canada - d. 2-16-1984
    actor: Brian Wells "David Harum"
    05-04-1909 - Howard Da Silva - Cleveland, OH - d. 2-16-1986
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Forecast"; "Suspense"
    07-03-1920 - Louise Allbritton - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 2-16-1979
    actress: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "This Is My Best"; "Cavalcade of
    America"
    08-01-1912 - Ronnie Kemper - Missoula, MT - d. 2-16-1997
    bandleader: "Ronnie Kemper"; "Horace Heidt Orchestra"
    09-29-1907 - Richard Harkness - d. 2-16-1977
    newscaster: NBC network, occassionally filled in for [removed] Kaltenborn
    11-30-1915 - Brownie McGhee - Knoxville, TN - d. 2-16-1996
    blues guitarist, singer: "New World A' Coming"; "This Is Jazz)

    Ron Sayles
    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:59:25 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Synergy, & all like [removed]

    From: "Derek Tague" derek@[removed]

>     I'd  like to add the names of some other New York-based actors
>     who appeared on  (Theater Five) ... What do all these folks have in common?
>     They've all  been
>     invited guests at FOTR conventions in New Jersey at one time or  another

    Well, You Little Old Seminar Maker, you - any chance they  could come again,
    and discuss that gig officially? I speak, of course, as  someone not - (ahem)
    - uninterested in "After-OTR Drama."

    In fact, if  Charlie will allow me to get tangential for one second, I'd like
    to invite  the kind folks here to contact me off-list, if they'd like to see
    an Independent  Film that I acted in recently that involved the services of
    several members of  Quicksilver Radio Theater.

    Best,
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:00:17 -0500
    From: Illoman <illoman@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SPERDVAC issue?
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>     Think SPERDVAC here, folks.  We really don't want to see that sad
>     case repeated any time soon.

    Could you explain what you mean by this?

    thanks,
    Mike

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:00:46 -0500
    From: [removed]@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cincy Convention

    I plan on being in Cincinnati this year and have been to at least 3 out of the
    last 4 conventions. Prior to that I did not know about it. If you are outside
    the OTR network you never hear about it, and I always assumed that was the way
    the two Bobs wanted it. Not too big.
    The hotel is nice and well located, easy to find and free parking. Plenty of
    entertainment and eating options for spouses or relatives that do not like OTR
    that much. So you can bring the whole family and they can go shopping or site
    seeing while you are at the convention. The dinner is good and reasonably
    priced.
    However I do know at least two folks that cannot go this year because of the
    dates selected, and previous commitments. I realize this may have been on
    purpose but I have the flyers for the last 4 years and the convention keeps
    slipping back further in April:

    2003  April 11 and 12th (2nd weekend of the month)
    2004  April 16 and 17th (3rd weekend of the month)
    2005  April 15 and 16th (3rd weekend of month)
    2006  April 21 and 22nd  instead of 14th and 15th which is Easter weekend.

    I do not know what weekend it was held on prior to 2003 but this maybe a factor
    for some folks.

    See you in Cincy!

    Paul Urbahns
    Radcliff, KY

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:00:59 -0500
    From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  A hobby assessment

    I respectfully submit another element of the OTR hobby -- groups the
    re-enact shows using the original scripts.

    Ted

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:26:39 -0500
    From: "Jim Nixon" <ranger6000@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lone Ranger questions

    Bethany Rutledge asked a few questions relating to the Earle Graser Lone
    Ranger programs from the 1938-39 era in a recent posting.  As has been
    mentioned here before, Tonto's horse White Feller was phased out when the
    first Republic serial hit the theaters in mid-1938 and fans could clearly
    see that Tonto (Chief Thundercloud, the actor) rode a paint.  Tonto's new
    horse was named "Scout" in Program 87, 8/5/38.
    As for Bolivar and Hacksaw, those two rascals were featured in four early
    episodes, but do not reappear.  Instead, Fran Striker gives us Pete Lacey
    and Pedro Martinez, two down-on-their-luck cowboys who also get into a
    series of misadventures.  These two last long enough to get into a TV
    episode.
    As for the Ranger's disguises, Striker got more sophisticated as the years
    rolled on.  Early disguises were not described in any detail.  One can
    imagine a fake mustache, perhaps, or dark pigment applied to the face to
    make the Ranger look more weather-beaten.  In one 8-part series in
    June-July, 1939, Tonto disguises his masked friend so perfectly that he
    passes for "Wild Bill Riley", a famous stage driver, so that Earle Graser
    can take his annual two-week vacation.  Jay Michael doubles as the Lone
    Ranger and actually gets to holler "Hi Yo Silver" once.  Presumably, George
    W. Trendle hear him and put a stop to it at once!
    Chief Thundercloud (a coincidence of names with the actor in the serial) was
    a recurring character throughout the entire run of programs.  He was
    supposedly Tonto's tribal chief, and he helps the masked man and his
    companion out of many scrapes.  His tribe must have been nomadic, because he
    appears all over the west at various times.
    Bethany has much to look forward to for many, many programs to come in the
    series.

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:09:26 -0500
    From: JJLjackson@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Symposium 2nd article
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    COMING SOON:   March 18, 2006
    The Third Accessible World OTR Symposium will be on the air from 10 am to 2
    pm, Pacific Standard Time.

    An old-time-radio convention that's free!
    All you need is access to a computer and a pair of headphones to be part of
    the 3rd edition of the OTR Symposium. You can sit in your favorite armchair
    and
    listen to people talk about those fascinating days when radio was something
    to cherish.

    We're hard at work tying down the loose ends of the program, but here are the
    highlights:
    "   Frank Bresee will be talking about the golden days of radio
    "
    In a Salute to radio dealers, who have kept this hobby alive, we'll be
    chatting with Jerry Haenndiges
    "
    Hang out with the First Ladies of Comedy--Janet Waldo, June Foray, Shirley
    Mitchell and possibly others
    "
    Just the facts, Ma'am--memories of Dragnet with Herb Ellis, Peggy Weber and
    Michael Hayde
    "
    Jim Cox shares insights into Game shows; and
    "
    Going Gang Busters with Ron Staley.

    We are building an internet community of OTR enthusiasts with a couple of
    list-serves.
    Please join us for those:
    The Old-Time-Radio Announce List:
        for program information, date and time of the next symposium, and how to
    connect to it.

    OldTimeRadioAnnounce-subscribe@[removed]

    OTR Symposium Discussion List:
    We encourage interested parties to post to it--ask questions, share
    information,
    and suggest topics to cover.

    OldTimeRadioDiscussion-subscribe@[removed]

    If you were fortunate to be a part of the Second Symposium, you know how
    special they are. If you missed it, here's your chance to listen in.

    Stay tuned!

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    Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:09:51 -0500
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Suspense

    Can anyone help?

    Found a reference to you and old time radio and was wondering if you might
    help me with an episode title from long ago. I heard a radio program in the
    1960's (perhaps a 'Suspense' episode or some other like mystery show) but I
    can't
    remember the episode title.  Here's a synopsis of the episode:

    Hours after sending her boyfriend in search of gasoline, a girl is rescued
    from her stranded car by police. Though cautioned not to turn around, she
    does .
    . . and sees her boyfriend's lifeless body hanging from a tree branch above
    the car.

    Any help locating this title or any versions/variation in titles is
    appreciated.

    Thanks

    Dave

    chicago@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:16:51 -0500
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  the hobby

    Hi Everybody,

    reading both Martin and Jim observation on the health of the hobby has
    inspirer me to add my thaughts.  I would add to the list the lending library
    of OTR clubs to the list.  This is a very good way to obtain materials at a
    very low cost for the fan.  I believe this is a very important year for all
    the convention.  Many will base there future convention on this year turn
    out.  If we lose a few more after this year.  I think it would be a good
    idea that some of the major OTR clubs combined there resources in helping to
    put on two convention a year.  One for the East coast, and one for the West
    coast.  Some of the clubs have strong volunteers, but  do not have a large
    treasury, while other OTR clubs are short in volunteers but are in very good
    financial shape.  If the OTR clubs would support a joint effort we could
    keep the convention around for more years.  I would be happy to get involve
    in this kind of movement.  Take care,

    Walden

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    Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:17:39 -0500
    From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: broadcast days
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    In a message dated 2/15/06 6:38:53 PM Central Standard Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

>     it's hard to believe that nobody else--as far as I know--attempted to
>     replicate this concept over the past 60 + years. Does anybody know of any
>     other similarly preserved broadcast days?

    Other than the CBS/NBC D-Day broadcasts?  I'm told there is an entire day of
    broadcasting from a San Diego TV station preserved from 1978--it was brought
    to my attention because there was a daytime "Hollywood Squares" preserved as a
    result.  And didn't someone on this list mention something about a 1950s day
    being preserved, or at least a CBS network feed day?

    I'd love to find out that someone preserved an entire 1950s day, sign-on to
    sign-off, in either radio or TV.  Perhaps even more tedious than the 1939 or
    D-Day recordings but I'd still listen.

    Dixon

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    Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:27:33 -0500
    From: Rutledge Mann <cliff_marsland@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  series badly in need of sound upgrade/series
     that aren't so common anymore

    Hi,

    I'm extremely quality conscious, but some series are
    just impossible to find in really nice sound.  Most of
    these are ones that were released in the 60s/early
    70s. Some series are:

    Blackstone, the Magic Detective
    It's a Crime, Mr. Collins
    Mystery is My Hobby (found a few decent sound ones,
    not many)
    Danger With Grainger  (Aus series, the ones floating
    around in the [removed] are in dreadful 42nd generation
    sound)
    That Strong Guy (DWG clone)
    Mike Hammer

    I'm sure there's more, but it's kind of frustrating.
    I like Mystery is My Hobby.

    ALso, there's series that were easier to find 15 years
    ago than now, like Charlie Chans from 1936 (Landini
    and misc. eps - very hard to find lo-gen).

    Trav

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    Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:27:48 -0500
    From: Steve Kostelecky <doyasteve@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR pops up in strange places

    Don't know if anyone noted, but my wife pointed out to
    me that in the Mutts comic strip the week of Jan.
    30-Feb. 3 the groundhog waiting to see his shadow is
    named Lamont.

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    Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:52:25 -0500
    From: <whhsa@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Roy J. Snell

    Dear Folks;

    Peace.

    I am researching Roy J(udson) Snell, a prolific author of children and teen
    series books from the early 20's until the end of the second world war. It
    has been noted that he wrote some Jack Armstrong-The All American Boy radio
    scripts as well as featured on a nationwide feature from the studios of WBBM
    Chicago on March 29, 1938. The presentation was on a "Eddy Guest" program
    sponsored by Household Finance Company. I would like to substantiate this
    info and even locate a copy of the show. I am hopping that someone in the
    "digest" could help.

    Manituwah,

    Bill

    Hope to see many of you in Cincinnati in April. Straight Arrow is on the
    way!!!

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