Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #63
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Date: 2/22/2007 7:41 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 63
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Regarding Hal Stone                   [ "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed] ]
      Re: Hal Stone                         [ IreneTH@[removed] ]
      About Hal!                            [ Trinapreston3@[removed] ]
      Hal Stone                             [ Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed] ]
      Re: Olan Soule                        [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
      My last correspondence with Hal       [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
      SINATRA OTR ON THE AIR                [ "Sandy Singer" <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
      More information regarding Hal Stone  [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      clear channel, WLS "Stand By"         [ <verotas@[removed]; ]
      Hal Stone                             [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:16:14 -0500
    From: "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Regarding Hal Stone

    After reading Charlie's diegest entry on Hal Stone, I feel that I too have
    lost someone, yet my only exposure to Hal was his professional and
    to-the-point comments in the Digest.

    I am sure that if the man behind the comments was anything like the comments
    he made, he would have been an outstanding friend to anyone who knew him
    personally.

    My condolences to his family, friends and the OTR community.

    John C. Abbott

    Note:
    No Trees were harmed in sending this message.
    However, some electrons along the way were inconvenienced.

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:21:54 -0500
    From: IreneTH@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Hal Stone

    What terrible news.  Hard to take in.  Hal was such a vital person and I'll
    miss him a lot and his lively writing style.  Is there an address where we
    can send condolences?

    Irene

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: To take a little of the pressure off of Dorothy (Mrs. Hal) at
    this most difficult time, please send condolences to:

    [removed] Communications
    Attn. Mrs. Dorothy Stone
    [removed] Box 587
    York, PA  17405-0587

    I will forward them off to her twice a week.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:57:34 -0500
    From: Trinapreston3@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  About Hal!
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    I am sorry to hear Hal past away.  I recall Hal answering a question to one
    of my OTR Digest post.  I felt that was very kind of him to send me a personal
    e-mail regarding my question and he was quite pleased to answer my question.
    I felt great to know that I came that close to a radio star.  I felt a feeling
    of close attachment to radio past I never had the opportunity to know,
    because I wasn't born then.  The feeling I got that day was like a 12 year old kid
    that was very excited to receive a fan club letter.  I'll never forget that.
    Thanks Hal!

        Trina,

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:59:12 -0500
    From: Larry Gassman <lgsinger@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Hal Stone

>     Not more than a week ago, I remember seeing a post from Hal on the
>     OTR Digest mentioning that he was going in for a little surgery and
>     that he'd be back in no time. Well, unfortunately this was not to be.

    My wife Melinda had a guide dog when I was chairing SPERDVAC
    conventions and whenever we would go out to relieve her dog, Hal
    would be out early in the morning walking.  He never went by without
    stopping to pet Davina and to say hello.
    He was a very kind man and will be missed for so many reasons.
    Our condolences go out to Dorothy and to his family.

    Larry Gassman

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:15:35 -0500
    From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Olan Soule

      This is far out but wonder how Olan Soule would have done as Batman in the
    prime time Batman series. It would have been even more comedic in the role
    with Soule instead of Adam West. I remember him as Barney's choir director
    on Andy Griffith Show. Soule just didn't look like a superhero to me.

      Not until today did I know he has 203 acting credits at
    [removed] Am finding out as time goes by that many of the
    character actors on TV shows were old time radio veterans.

      Andrew Godfrey

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:16:50 -0500
    From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  My last correspondence with Hal

    Hal's last note here discussed his first name, and how he would have been
    pleased with a "manly" name like Biff, Rocky, or Tim.
    I sent him this note:
    - ----------
    Rocky, fine.

    But Biff brings to mind a golden-haired pretty-boy surfer.  Or George
    Carlin's sportscaster, Biff Barf.

    And Tim?  All I can think of is that [removed] Boyle spoof that goes,

    "Woof Woof!"
    "What, Lassie?  Timmie fell in the well?"
     "Woof Woof"
     "And he broke his leg?"
    "Woof Woof"
    "You're right, Lassie!  Let's get the rope and pull him out!"

    ---Dan

    [removed]  Break a leg, buddy.
    - ----------
    And he sent me this note back:

    "You forgot my favorite cartoon strip when I was growing up.

    "Tim Tyler's Luck". He was always running around in the jungle rescuing
    half naked big breasted women whose blouses were always torn to shreds
    by the thorny vegetation.

    And also in the comics, "BIFF!" was the word they inked in when some
    smart ass (anyone we know) got punched in the jaw.

    Hang loose

    Hal"

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:17:34 -0500
    From: "Sandy Singer" <sinatradj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SINATRA OTR ON THE AIR

    My Sinatra show comes alive, one more [removed] at Noon, Central,
    and can be heard streaming on the Internet at [removed]  click
    the 'listen' button.  First show features clips from OTR -- Major
    Bowes, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Sinatra's first radio appearance, etc.

    Hope you'll join [removed]

    [removed]
           Sandy
    [removed]
    [removed]
    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:28:23 -0500
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  More information regarding Hal Stone

    Folks;

       Dorothy (Hal's wife) asked me to let you know she appreciates all the good
    wishes that have been pouring in. Hal's wishes were that no services of any
    kind be held; in the sincere hope that this does not violate these wishes, I
    hope anyone interested stops by Lois Culver's IRC chatroom this evening, 8:00
    pm EST, 5:00 PST where we'll hold an informal celebration of Hal; bring your
    own bottle and stories. For information, contact me (and forgive that I'll be
    sending out a form letter with instructions, it's understandably a bit busy
    around here today).

       Instead of flowers, Dorothy has requested donations be made to the
    American  Heart Association's Research Fund - see:

    [removed]

       ...for your local chapter's address. And again, condolences may be sent to:

    [removed] Communications
    Attn. Mrs. Dorothy Stone
    [removed] Box 587
    York, PA  17405-0587

       I will forward them off to her twice a week.

             Charlie

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:37:30 -0500
    From: <verotas@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  clear channel, WLS "Stand By"

    With all this talk about clear channel stations (small c's) I am reminded of
    WLS  and its impressive  "Stand By!"  radio weekly magazine published in the
    1930s by the Prairie Farmer Station in Chicago.

    Generally speaking, most of their covers I've seen were printed in Black ink
    on Red and Black bleed background, each week with a different one of their
    key personnel featured in a very fine, professional large BW photo taking
    close to half a page.

    But I recall in my collection seeing issues with the covers printed in
    several other color combinations.  One I remember for St. Patrick's week was
    Green (surprise!) and Black (although I saw another green and black issue
    which was NOT tied to either Paddy's Day or Christmas).  I also remember
    Yellow and Black and Orange and Black (just not the same as the Red, but
    close).  How about Blue?  Fuchsia?  Burnt Umber (salute to fine art issue?).
    Just kidding.

    Interesting thing is, in addition to coverage of their own people such as
    George Goebel - later Gobel  but already 'Lonesome George'), Patsy Montana,
    and Pat Buttram,  StandBy!  carried items and  upcoming news about,
    appearances and chatty gossip on many other personalities carried by both CBS
    and NBC.  So apparently they aired both as well as their own substantial
    originations, all heard throughout the Midwest.  As one might imagine in the
    1930s, FDR appeared with some regularity along with other news makers of that
    decade.

    Interesting stuff - vaguely reminiscent of the larger and more comprehensive
    "Radio Guide" which sired "TV Guide" and a whole slew of other imitators.

    I'm curious - Has anyone seen OTHER COLOR  StandBy!  covers?  Many thanks.

    Lee Munsick

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    Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:38:08 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hal Stone

    They say it's not what you take with you but what you leave behind.  I
    suspect postings about Hal Stone's charming and often hilarious personality
    will flood the Digest for the next few days, revealing just how much fun he
    was to hang around with.  I chatted with him a number of times over the
    phone, and he always closed the call with a dirty joke that he was never
    ashamed of telling, but made sure his wife was not in the room at the time.

    Whether it was the one evening he appeared on stage wearing the Jughead
    crown when he played Jughead for an Archie Andrews recreation in Cincinnati,
    or the day he sat on stage and commented, "oh, heck, he's dead now anyway so
    I'll tell you how I really felt about that gorilla . . .", his attendance
    and mannerisms at the old-time radio conventions certainly will be missed.
    He wasn't a celebrity, he was family.

    I am assuming someone will have a board for display at Cincinnati in April
    so people who want to bring pictures can tack them to the board.  I'll be
    bringing one to share.

    MG

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