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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 358

Table Of Contents: 

	 TDK vs Maxell
	 TDK,  Yesterday USA
	 Jack Benny Biography
	 Re:wrestling
	 Cassettes
	 Bruce Rudsill, the Shadow, and Superman
	 Wrestling Themes on OTR
	 JOHNNY MERCER
	 ADMINSITRVIA: Airwaves Web Page Down
	 Seeking stories in _Radio news_ of the 1920's

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 10:05:44 -0700
From: [removed]@[removed] (Donald Dortmund)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: TDK vs Maxell
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  Announcer: The great Cassette debate rages on! Listen now for 
  a word from Chicago!
  
  DON:  I have switched from TDK to Maxell and I find the Maxell tapes
   an acceptable replacement for the TDKs. Maxell still has the 5 screw 
  shell, and larger labels too! Maxell used to have a "collect the points 
  promotion", where you would get free tapes for 1000+ points. I don't know 
  if it is still going, but the points are still on the label sheet.  (The 
  only thing I have not confirmed is the running time. (The TDK C60s I've 
  tested have 31:20 on a side.)
  
  MY cost on a C60, Maxell is .59 and the TDK recently increased to .65 

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 10:24:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dan Hughes <dhughes@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: TDK,  Yesterday USA
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I won't buy any cassettes I can't open.  So much for the new TDK.  Hope 
enough others feel this way to cause TDK to rethink their new shoddiness.

I finally downloaded RealAudio (there's a brand new version [removed] out that 
is easier to set up than the previous versions were).  Fought my way 
through the ether, and finally connected up with the old-time radio 
broadcasts on Yesterday USA (I think that's what it's called; I could be 
wrong).  They bill themselves as "24-hour-a-day old-time radio," but from 
what I've heard so far they are more like "24-hour-a-day-rambling by Bill 
Bragg."  I've tuned in to the station five times, and three of those 
times I found Bill talking.  And talking and talking.  My very first 
connection got me 40 minutes of Bill (he was still talking when I signed 
off).  Is this a fluke of tuning on my part, or is it always like that?

Guess you can call me Mr. Curmudgeon today.  Golly, I'm usually a pretty 
upbeat guy!             ---Dan in IL

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 10:26:34 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dan Hughes <dhughes@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny Biography
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The day after the Jack Benny Biography aired on A&E, I asked this group 
if anyone could dub me a copy or lend me the tape.  A respondent offered 
to send me his copy so I could dub it.  I have lost that person's email 
address--could he please drop me another note?   Thanks so much.

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 12:21:33 -0400
From: Neubacher@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:wrestling
Message-ID: <960928122133_532138805@[removed]>

The only thing I remember about wrestling on OTR are the Cauliflower McPug
sketches on the Red Skelton show.  He would use the wrestlers down at the Gym
as examples of people more punch drunk then he was.  Example:
 Cauliflower:   Everytime a pretty girl comes into the gym, the wrestlers
holler, whistle, and slide down the bannisters.

Announcer:  What's so strange about that?

Cauliflower:  There's no bannesters in the gym.

Bill Neubacher

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 13:37:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Cassettes
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I agree with Max that the TDKs are a good deal for collectors and just as
affordable as bulk tape.

Right now it looks a lot like it depends on where you live. Sam's Club is a
branch of Wal-Mart and sells bulk packages of TDK. 16 tapes to a bundle for
about $[removed] for C-60s and $[removed] for C-90s. I'm guessing that these are a deal
between Sam's and TDK. I took a look and they have four screws. But they're
TDK and come with labels and 'J' cards and the hard plastic box. The price
works out to less than seventy cents a tape. Works for me.

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 14:19:06 -0400
From: Bigkids@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bruce Rudsill, the Shadow, and Superman
Message-ID: <960928141905_295692542@[removed]>

Many thanks for Bruce Rudsill for confirming (and correcting) my
recollections of the "Bud Smith" Superman sequence. I certainly messed up the
Lois Lane/Jimmy Olsen/Lex Luthor/etc., part of it. But the overall story line
made an impression on me almost 50 years ago that remains vivid to this day
-- what a tribute to the writers and the cast of that show!

(Aside to Bruce: Any chance of your dubbing a copy of that sequence for me?
I'll send a check, of course, for all costs involved. I'd also be interested
in any Superman sequence involving the guest appearances of Batman and Robin.
If you're willing -- I'd appreciate the favor, but if you're too busy, don't
be shy about just saying no. To avoid cluttering the Digest, please reply to
<Bigkids@[removed]>)

Whoops, didn't mean to bring Nancy Reagan into this thing.

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Bruce is also right about the radio Shadow versus the pulp Shadow. But in
fact, there were several other manifestations of the Man of Darkness -- comic
books, movies, Big Little Books, etc. My favorite film Shadow was Victor
Jory. Another half-century-old memory. And the comic book version, as drawn
by [removed] Powell (a leading Street & Smith pulp illustrator) had a wonderful
look to it.

This version derived mainly from the radio Shadow, and when he used his
powers of invisibility the comic book image turned a ghostly pale blue, with
only dotted lines defining its features. It really worked very nicely!

Dick Lupoff

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 20:47:53 EDT
From: jjyellen@[removed] (James J Yellen)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Wrestling Themes on OTR
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

     Max came up with a real challenge with his request for OTR shows
with a wrestling theme. There are two episdoes of my all time favorite
show, The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show, that may fit Max's needs. 

November 27, 1949 Phils buys a lady wrestler
December 4, 1949 Phil gets rid of the lady wrestlet

     In the first episode Phil confides to Frankie Remley that he has
$500, and gives it to Remley to invest. Frankie comes back having bought
the one year contract of a lady wrestler, the Masked Mangler.
    For the second episode, it turns out that wrestling by women is
illegal in California so the woman, Myrtle Nagurski, works as Phil's
housekeeper.

     Speaking of shows with a theme, I was just listening to an episode
of Ellery Queen (3/27/43) called the Adventure of the Circus Train. It
may have been mentioned before as a show with a train theme. But if there
are any Circus buffs out there, this show would fit there too. And not
only that, the murder weapon is a man's shoe, so if there are any shoe
[removed] kidding.

Jim 

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 19:21:31 -0700
From: Bigbands <bigbands@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: JOHNNY MERCER
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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To readers of the Old Time Radio List, I am an avid collector of the works
of JOHNNY MERCER. I have just completed an update of my holdings of CD's,
LP's and Sheet Music(no 78's)....(95K-43 pages) in e-mail text format. If
you would like to have a copy just e mail me, and mention this posting on
the OTR list.

Regards,

Steve Taksler
Princeton Jct., [removed]
bigbands@[removed]
The Home of Cabaret Singers,Big Band Sessions,
and most of all the Lyrics of Johnny [removed]

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 21:45:08 -0500 (CDT)
From: wdp (AIRWAVES MEDIA)
To: otr@[removed] (Old Time Radio)
Subject: ADMINSITRVIA: Airwaves Web Page Down
Message-Id: <m0v7BsS-000k4SC@[removed]>
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Due to human error on the part of my web-host's technical staff,
[removed] has been pointed at a blank web page over which I
have no control.  Until the support team <term used loosely> get
things straightened out, or until I get on a new server,OTR ONLINE
(the web version of OTR DIGEST) will be found at the following URL.

[removed]~wdp/OTR_ONLINE

While [removed] is a stable server, other factors prohibit me from
setting up lonmg-term shop here.  I have a promise of a great server
sometime in October, until then I will make due with what I have.
There should be no disruptions in service to the OTR digest because of
this problem at the web site.

Thanks for your cooperation.   And thanks to Greg Gulik <greg@[removed])
who has allowed me use of his system in the interum.  World Wide
Access ([removed]) is the largest ISP in Chicagoland and one of the best
run systems I have ever dealt with.  If you are in need of a Chicago
net presense (or just a stable newsfeed whatever) drop Greg a line.
He runs a tight and together ship.


William Pfeiffer
Administrator: Old Time Radio Digest
wdp@[removed]
Web: [removed]

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Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 22:52:48 -0700 (MST)
From: "STEPHEN DAVIES, MT. ROYAL COLLEGE" <SDAVIES@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Seeking stories in _Radio news_ of the 1920's
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	I would like to lead my weekly story discussion list
	into some radio topics for a change.  I am looking 
	for copies of stories described as having appeard in
	_Radio news_ in 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1927.

	If anyone has access to this magazine, I would appreciate
	hearing from them off-list.  I am only looking for
	copies of the stories, so I can turn them into
	electronic texts (in accordance with Canadian copyright).

					Stephen Davies
					Gaslight coordinator
					SDavies@[removed]




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