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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 92
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Re: Walgreen's OTRadio CDs [ FabFicBks@[removed] ]
Flac vs. MP3 [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
the travels of mary ward [ Grams46@[removed] ]
Re: Swingin' on the Ether Waves [ "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed]; ]
fred Foy live to take calls on Yeste [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
3-22 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Re: Metal (Type IV) Cassette Tapes [ "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed]; ]
Re: Benny Hour-Long Shows [ "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed]; ]
Arthur Godfrey [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
Groucho Marx [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
TCM short subjects [ "Michael J. Laurino" <mlaurino@[removed] ]
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:45:26 -0400
From: FabFicBks@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Walgreen's OTRadio CDs
In response to the posting about Walgreen's Drug Stores carrying OTRadio
CDs, our local Walgreen's had a whole table of these around Christmas last.
They sold reasonably well. There was nothing there which I did not already
have, but I recommended the sale to several friends who snapped up a dozen
or so
CDs each. The packaging is excellent, and my friends tell me the sound
quality is also excellent. I was at the same store in late January and
didn't
find the display. I asked the assistant store manager where they might be
and
she informed me that they had packaged up the unsold stock and sent it all
back to their regional warehouse.
Apparently OTRadio at Walgreen's is a rotating discount special that
goes from store to store until whatever quantity remains at the warehouses is
finally sold out. It would appear there are no plans to make this a regular
promotion or a regular product line, and from my conversation with the Asst.
Manager here, store employees regard these pump-and-dump discount specials as
more work than they're worth.
She implied that sales were not as good as they had expected. I suppose
this not too surprising. Altho I have convinced some friends to check out
OTRadio shows, and have provided cassettes of all kinds of things for them
free, very few people actually care much about the old programs. It takes a
unique personality to actually develop a collecting taste for the material.
Like me, and you.
---Bob Jennings
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:48:11 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Flac vs. MP3
Folks;
A real-world examination of flac vs. MP3 was posted on my blog at
[removed] - please make any comments you have there on the
blog instead of here on the Digest, since I'd rather a few of us didn't get
into a technical discussion most folks here aren't going to be interested in.
Charlie
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:31:33 -0400
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: the travels of mary ward
i have a couple of 1936 episodes of "the travels of mary ward".
synopsis: mary traveled about shilling for the montgomery ward's catalogue.
was this program the first infomercial?
peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:32:29 -0400
From: "R. R. King" <kingrr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Swingin' on the Ether Waves
SWINGIN' ON THE AIRWAVES: A Chronological History
of African Americans in Radio and Television
Programming, 1925-1955 by Henry T. Sampson is a
two-volume set totaling 1,288 pages.
from [removed]
The title is actually _Swingin' on the Ether Waves_. It's a pretty
interesting book but with a lot of problems -- uncited sources being a
major one. The bulk of it consists of chronologically-arranged
clippings from old newspapers and magazines, many of them from what
was sometimes called "the Race press" -- but these are mostly
presented without annotation and very little context.
Still, there's plenty of things I don't remember seeing elsewhere,
like an Associated Negro Press column discussing the phenomenon of
blacks passing for white over the radio in the 1920s or a photo of the
cast of "John Henry: Black River Giant."
It's definitely worth a look, if you can get it at a reasonable price
(or from a library, like I did) and if you have time to browse over a
thousand pages.
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:58:37 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: fred Foy live to take calls on Yesterday USA
Hi Everybody,
to answer listeners request Fred Foy will be on live Friday 3-30-07 to take
calls from the audience starting at 9 PM Eastern time on Yesterday USA. You
can call (714) 545-2071 to talk to Fred on the air that night, and listen
to the live broadcast at [removed]
Take care,
Walden Hughes
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:16:39 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-22 births/deaths
March 22nd births
03-22-1886 - Chico Marx - NYC - d. 10-11-1961
comedian: Emmanuel Revelli "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel"
03-22-1886 - Thomas J. Cowan - Newark, NJ - d. 11-11-1969
announcer: First voice heard over WJZ
03-22-1887 - William Royale - Rochester, NY - d. 8-9-1940
actor: "Jack Benny Show"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
03-22-1893 - Tito Vuolo - Italy - d. 9-14-1962
actor: Uncle Carlo "The Goldbergs"
03-22-1895 - Joseph Schildkraut - Vienna, Austria - d. 1-21-1964
actor: "Intrigue"; "Best Plays"; "Columbia Workshop"; "Hollywood Hotel"
03-22-1899 - Douglas Stanbury - Canada - d. 12-6-1980
baritone: "Roxy's Gang"; "Kraft Music Hall"
03-22-1904 - Bob Elson - Chicago, IL - d. 3-10-1981
sportscaster, interviewer: White Sox, "Bob Elson Aboard the 20th
Century"
03-22-1905 - Don Dowd - Philadelphia, PA - d. 2-21-1977
annoouncer: "Moon River"; "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club"
03-22-1907 - Bernice Claire - Oakland, CA - d. 1-17-2003
vocalist: "Waltz Time"
03-22-1912 - Karl Malden - Chicago, IL
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Our Gal Sunday"; "Aldrich Family"
03-22-1913 - James Westerfield - Nashville, TN - d. 9-20-1971
actor: "Mystery Theatre"; "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun,Will Travel"
03-22-1914 - Antonio Alfonso - d. 1-xx-1987
sportscaster: WIAC San Jose, Puerto Rico
03-22-1917 - Virginia Grey - Los Angeles, CA - d. 7-31-2004
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-22-1920 - Ross Martin - Grodek, Poland - d. 7-3-1981
actor: Soap Opera "Janice Grey"
03-22-1924 - Bill Wendell - NYC - d. 4-14-1999
announcer: "Ten Troubled Years"; "Biography In Sound"
03-22-1931 - William Shatner - Montreal, Canada
actor: "The Curse"; "No Love Lost"; "The Secretariat"
03-22-1933 - [removed] McCarthy - NYC - d. 8-16-1995
One of the Great Voices of the Great Lakes at WJR Detroit
03-22-1937 - Andy Badale - Brooklyn, NY
composer of radio commercials
03-22-1946 - Jonathan James-Moore - d. 11-20-2005
produced comedy series for BBC radio
03-22-1955 - Veleka Gray - New Orleans, LA
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
March 22nd deaths
02-08-1893 - Ed Fitzgerald - Troy, NY - d. 3-22-1982
host: "The Fitzgeralds"
02-15-1912 - Howard Harris - d. 3-22-1986
writer: "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Amazing Mr. Smith"; "Mr. and
Mrs. North"
03-08-1918 - Sam Donahue - Detroit, MI - d. 3-22-1974
saxaphonist, bandleader: dance band remotes
06-22-1907 - Mike Todd - Minneapolis, MN - d. 3-22-1958
film producer: "Closing the New York World's Fair"
07-13-1906 - Harry Sosnick - Chicago, IL - d. 3-22-1996
conductor: "Pennzoil Parade"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Beat the Band"
07-17-1915 - Cass Daley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-22-1975
comedienne: "New Fitch Bandwagon"; "Cass Daley Show"; "Maxwell House
Coffee Time"
07-23-1891 - Everett Glass - Bangor, ME - d. 3-22-1966
actor: spokesman for "the 21 old men of 10 grammercy park: "I Love
Adventure"
09-05-1908 - Gloria Holden - London, England - d. 3-22-1991
actor: Janet Archer "Meet Corliss Archer"
09-11-1912 - Charles Stark - Reading, PA - d. 3-22-1992
announcer: "Gene Autry's Melody Rance"; "Our Gal Sunday"
10-04-1878 - Arthur Hopkins - Cleveland, OH - d. 3-22-1950
producer: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"
10-07-1870 - "Uncle Dave" Macon - Smartt Station, TN - d. 3-22-1952
banjo player: "Grand Ole Opry"
10-11-1918 - Olive Deering - NYC - d. 3-22-1986
actor: Nita Bennett "Lone Journey"
10-26-1877 - Dr. Max Mason - Madison, WI - d. 3-22-1961
president university of chicago: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
12-16-1900 - Jesse Block - NYC - d. 3-22-1983
comedian: appeared with wife Eve Sully on radio
xx-xx-xxxx - Paul Baron - Baltimore, MD - d. 3-22-1985
bandleader: "Hildegard's Campbell Room"; "Frank Parker Show"
Ron Sayles
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:17:51 -0400
From: "Glenn P.," <C128User@[removed];
To: Old-Time Radio Mailing List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Metal (Type IV) Cassette Tapes
In response to an inquiry regarding Type IV metal audio cassette tapes,
"Mr. Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed]; wrote:
Don't know why not. Call and ask for catalog, and ask when you call.
I have already inquired, and this is their reply:
- --
Production of metal type IV tapes ceased several years ago. There are
still quite a few people out there who would like to find the tapes but
unfortunately I do not have a source. You might search around on eBay, but
I am not aware of any retailer offering them. We talked to several sources
about two months ago and had no success. I'm sorry we couldn't help you.
Susie Brown
National Audio Co Inc.
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:18:02 -0400
From: "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Benny Hour-Long Shows
Laura Leff mentioned the 1956 Xmas special, but didn't he also do a one-hour
Philco Radio Hall Of Fame program as well? I realize, it's not quite the
same as his own program, but it was -his- cast and -his- writers.
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:20:25 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arthur Godfrey
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:02:54 -0400
From: <verotas@[removed];
Unfortunately, the resulting heavy coverage the next day neglected to
point out that Julie never said anything like this, it was this agent.
The damage had been done.
And Julie never repudiated what his agent said? And never apologized
to Godfrey for it? Or had things by that time gone too far?
The result was not dissimilar to the reaction to the infamous
Nixon-Kennedy debate, where most of those polled who listened on over
a radio thought Mr. Nixon won, and those who watched on TV said they
thought JFK won
And I was one of the ones who heard it on radio and thought Nixon
won. I was in high school and had homework to do. On debating
points, Nixon did better. But Kennedy was much better at projecting
his personality on television. I heard later about how bad Nixon
looked, but I didn't realize just how bad he did look until the mid-
1970s, when I finally saw a rerun on television of the first 1960
debate. He really did look ghastly. But by his own account, it was
partly because he, foolishly, didn't think he needed makeup.
Remember the old Hitler/Goebbels technique of "The Big Lie"? Tell it
over and over enough and people think it's the truth. That's what has
happened with this story in the half-century since this occurred.
There are people to this day who insist they saw Groucho Marx
delivering the "I love my cigar" line on TV. I once had an argument
online with someone who was sure she had seen film of LBJ's swearing-
in aboard Air Force One, when the historical record is clear that
there was one still picture taken, and that's all. And as a trial
lawyer, I know very well the unreliability of witnesses' memories.
Unfortunately, neither Mr. Godfrey or Mr. LaRosa came forward with the
true story,
That's the really sad thing about this, since it could have been
nipped in the bud easily if either one of them had come forward.
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:20:04 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Groucho Marx
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:01:52 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
Actually, this is not correct. The earliest shows were indeed live and
therein lay the problem. Groucho simply could not connect with the
contestants. Hesitation ensued on both sides.
Interesting. I've never seen this in any of the sources I've read,
including books by Groucho, his son, and Robert Dwan. I'd be very
interested to know where you get this information from.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:46:32 -0400
From: "Michael J. Laurino" <mlaurino@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: TCM short subjects
"George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed]; noted:
Unfortunately, as far as I am aware there is nowhere you can find out
in advance what short subjects are scheduled for TCM.
TCM doesn't list the shorts on its official schedule, but some considerate
Turner employee regularly posts the titles of upcoming shorts on TCM's
message board, in the "shorts" forum. Another kind soul picks up that
schedule and posts it in the Usenet group [removed], along with her
own effort at identifying each short (not always correct, because so many
shorts have the same title as one or more others). Here's a Google search
that should list the most recent posting first:
<[removed]+shorts
%22&scoring=d>
mjl
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