Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #43
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 43
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Okeh Laughing Record                  [ "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@hotm ]
  Oldies                                [ "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed]; ]
  Things That Go Bump In The Night      [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
  Tickle Song                           [ "George M. Kelly" <gkelly1@[removed] ]
  Jack Paar, 1938 and WOTW              [ "Tim Lones" <timl2002@[removed] ]
  Laughing, laughers, etc.              [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
  Eddie Cantor For President 1932       [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
  World's Greatest Old Time Radio Show  [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  Brothers Marx and Ritz                [ JJJ445@[removed] ]
  Benny House                           [ "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed]; ]
  AM radio transmitter                  [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
  Laughing Record                       [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
  1-31 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Lesley Woods                          [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Good Guy and Good book Alert          [ "Michael Kurtenbach" <mkurtenbach@h ]

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:52:19 -0500
From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Okeh Laughing Record

This turns up on the Dr. Demento show from time to time.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:00:20 -0500
From: "D. Fisher" <dfisher@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Oldies

I just ran across a web site that maybe some of you know about but if you
don't you might find interesting.

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Don Fisher

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:43:14 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Things That Go Bump In The Night

John Mayer notes,

Which brings up, come to think of it, a thread I'd not responded to
just before I got bounced off the list due to some server issue: the fact
that the American public is actually, in my view, becoming MORE
superstitious as we move into the 21st Century.

Well ... that's hard to say.  Admittedly, there's a lot of interest in
questionable disciplines such as various forms of fortune telling, but
there was enough of it in the past that the OTR series, The House Of
Mystery, hosted and narrated by "Roger Elliot" (John Griggs) was aired to
debunk stories of the paranormal.

Speaking analytically, I'd say that the paranormal has received a lot
greater exposure in the media for several reasons.  One is that everybody
likes an entertaining story, and one suspends disbelief for the sake of
entertainment.  Someone seeing, say, Freddie Versus Jason, is unlikely to
believe that either Freddie or Jason actually exists, but may nonetheless
be entertained by the flick.  One good supernatural program, Chandu, the
Magician, was popular in the 1930s and the 1940s, and while its content
was a bit simplified (doing everything mystical by invoking "the power of
the three times three"), it covered a lot of territory.

But are we *more* superstitious as a culture than before?  I suspect not.
 IMHO, some level of superstition is likely to be present in even the
most sophisticated and enlightened society.  A newscast indicates that
someone notable has died, and even otherwise enlightened folk will say,
"I wonder who's next?  These things happen in threes."  But these sort of
folk said the same things fifty years ago.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:43:32 -0500
From: "George M. Kelly" <gkelly1@[removed];
To: OldRadio Mailing Lists <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Tickle Song

I am not familiar with the laughing song; however, a man in my hometown used
to perform a song on local radio and later on television in which he would
laugh as he sang about being tickled.  I assume that this owner of a
furniture store in Tupelo, Mississippi, did not write this song.  Does
anyone know anything about the "tickle" song?

George Kelly

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 21:56:00 -0500
From: "Tim Lones" <timl2002@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Jack Paar, 1938 and WOTW

To clarify further on Sunday, Oct. 30, [removed] "small CBS affiliate" where
Jack worked at the time was WGAR in Cleveland where he was announcing at the
time of War of the Worlds.

Tim Lones
Canton, Ohio (Jack Paar's Birhtplace)

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:06:52 -0500
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Laughing, laughers, etc.

This is sort of a combination of the Laughing Record (which I have in 78rpm
form), hearing one's own voice, recording others' laughs, etc.  But it borders
on being off-topic, so I'll try to be brief.

I live in the San Francisco area, and there is a magical place in the city
called the Musee Mechanique.  It is a collection of mechanical devices through
the ages, ranging from orchestrions to card-flipping peep shows to
fortune-telling Madame Olgas.  One of their finest items was once a regular
attraction at
"Playland" near what is now The Cliff House by Seal Rock.  It [removed]
Sal.

For a quarter (or maybe 50 cents with inflation), you can still have Laughing
Sal laugh at you.  She is an approximately 8' hag who jerks her torso
violently while you hear an old recording of a woman laughing uncontrollably.
(For
more information, see [removed]~[removed],
although
the recording does her no justice.)  Sal is the stuff that children's
nightmares are made of, and I constantly marvel at the fact that the
mechanism is
still operational with all that rough shaking.  I have also wondered who the
probably long-dead woman is still laughing away inside Sal.

--Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:07:47 -0500
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Eddie Cantor For President 1932
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Hi Gang:

     Since an early age, I have always been fascinated by mock presidential
campaigns. I guess it all started with the efforts of Pat Paulsen and his
[removed] (Straight Talking American Government) Party on the Smothers Bros.
programmes.

     Once at an FOTR convention, I asked Eddie Cantor's grandson--and leading
EC archivist--Brian Gari if his grandfather's 1932 "campaign" was the first
mock presidential campaign. Brian, at the time,  believed it was but I later
learned that Andy Gump in "The Gumps" comic-strip ran for [resident in 1924.

     However, while trying to search my mind, the only other OTR-fueled
"campaign"  I could think of was Gracie Allen's in 1940. Can anybody out
there help me think of any others? Also, I'd also like to know if there were
any mock campaigns that pre-date Andy Gump's. Since these would, more than
likely, pre-date the OTR, we'd run the risk of going "off-topic." Therefore,
maybe it'd be best to contact me off-list derek@[removed] for those.

     [CONTRIBUTRIVIA: Please refrain from overt political discussions if you
join in on this thread. I'm positive ListMaster Summers will greatly
appreciate that].

Yours in the ether,

Derek Tague

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:15:33 -0500
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  World's Greatest Old Time Radio Shows mix up

I regularly get radio shows from Media Bay's
subsidiary, "the World's Greatest Old Time Radio
Shows" (in sets of two 60 minute tapes) and most
recently received "The Cavalcade of America" and
"Lights Out." The interesting thing was that they put
the "Lights Out" episodes on the tape labeled for
"Cavalcade" and vice versa. I was curious as to how
many others who receive these shows received the same
mix up.

Rick

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:05:28 -0500
From: JJJ445@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Brothers Marx and Ritz

Is anyone aware of all three Marx Brothers appearing on a radio program at
the same time? I'm wondering about a program beyond some of the movie
promotional ones put out by MGM. I know they appeared individually on "You
Bet Your
Life", but all three at the same time?

In the same regard, did the Ritz Brothers ever do any radio work?  Although
most of their work was of the pratfall variety, they did do some
tongue-twister
type dialogue that would work on radio. I recall that my mother would not let
me go see any of their movies because she was afraid I would adopt some of
their zany antics.

Speaking of zany antics, does anyone recall the title and stars of a movie in
which the premise was the hero had to act crazy for a period of time in order
to inherit some money? That was another movie I wasn't allowed to see. Maybe
she'll relent and let me see it now.

John Jensen
Federal Way, WA

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:24:15 -0500
From: "Bill Scherer" <bspro@[removed];
To: ""old-time radio digest">" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Benny House

Hi all,
Well as it turnes out I missed something in what I heard on the radio, and
our former anchor didn't buy the Benny house.
They did say, though, that the building where he works was where the Benny
radio show was done.
I called them yesterday to get my facts straight.
Sorry for leading us astray.
Bill

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:08:30 -0500
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  AM radio transmitter

I received this note on another newsgroup and thought there may be some
OTR folks interested:

This is somewhat left of center, but I get so much out of
it (I use it every day) I thought I should pass it [removed]
it's an $18 kids toy called the Wild Planet Radio DJ, and
it's a decently powered legal home AM transmitter that
broadcasts on 1610 (which can be convereted to another
frequency with a different crystal). Coupled with Winamp
and the various crossfader and limiter plug-ins, you can
really feel like you have your own station in your house,
which, especially considering the state of radio, is nice.

I did a quick Google search and found several sources.  Here's one:
[removed]
Looks like a toy, but it has an input jack for your computer or CD or
whatever, and it even comes with a patch cord to make the connection.

---Dan

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:14:51 -0500
From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Laughing Record
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Speaking of laughing records, does anybody recall a 45 record in 1958, on the
Jubilee label, called: "Delicious" by Jim Backus & Friend?It starts out with
soft music in the background, and the clinking of two cocktail glasses and
starting out with this lady lush, exclaiming,"Um Delicious!"Then if I recall,
as Jim Backus is getting tippsy, replies in his best Mister Magoo voice, "You
want some more?" With that she breaks up, and says in her raspy voice, "You
mean, Delicious?" They keep this up throughout the record as they continue to
get smashed and the laughter keeps getting more louder and more riotious as
she responds each time, "Delicious," and he answers back in his Magoo
[removed] those who have not heard this gem, it is a [removed] is infectious to
a point that you cannot help from breaking up with [removed] Backus on
Johnny Carson's Tonght Show in the 1970's, said she was a lady truck-driver
who was sitting in the audience. They tried to audition several Hollywood
actresses,
 but could not find one that had that kind of voice, until they heard this
unknown lady truck-driver in the audience [removed] wholeheartedly agreed
to go into the recording studio to record her part .She then walked out of
the studio before they could get her name, to pay her. They never heard from
her [removed] 1958, it got heavy play on radio [removed] have a near mint
copy of that record. A real classic!

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:57:02 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  1-31 births/deaths

January 31st births

01-31-1892 - Eddie Cantor - NYC - d. 10-10-1964
singer, comedian: (Banjo Eyes) "Eddie Cantor Show"; "Chase & Sanborn Hour"
01-31-1902 - Tullulah Bankhead - Huntsville, AL - d. 12-12-1968
actress, hostess: "Johnny Presents"; "Big Show"
01-31-1913 - Maurice Manson - d. 9-25-2002
actor: Reverend McArthur "One Man's Family"
01-31-1915 - Garry Moore - Baltimore, MD - d. 11-28-1993
host, comedian: "Garry Moore Show"; "Camel Caravan"; "Take It or Leave It"
01-31-1919 - Jackie Robinson - Cairo, GA - d. 10-24-1972
sportscaster: (Baseball Hall of Fame) "Jackie Robinson Show"
01-31-1921 - John Agar - Chicago, IL - d. 4-7-2002
actor: "Big Show"
01-31-1921 - Mario Lanza - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-1959
singer: "Mario Lanza Show"
01-31-1923 - Carol Channing - Seattle, WA
actress-singer: "Stagestruck"; "Arthur Godfrey Show"
01-31-1923 - Joanne Dru - Logan, WV - d. 9-10-1996
actress: (Sister of Peter Marshall) "Lux Radio Theatre"
01-31-1929 - Jean Simmons - London, England
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"

January 31st deaths

01-07-1889 - Robert Hilmar ([removed]) Baukhage - La Salle, IL - d. 1-31-1976
commentator: "Four Star News"; "News and Comments"
05-01-1892 - Howard Barlow - Plain City, OH - d. 1-31-1972
conductor: "March of Time"; "Voice of Firestone"
08-23-1897 - Ray Perkins - Boston, MA - d. 1-31-1969
emcee, singer: "National Amateur Night"; "Show of the Week"; "Nickel Man"
08-27-1882 - Samuel Goldwyn - Warsaw, Poland - d. 1-31-1974
panelist: "People's Platform"
08-27-1901 - Roger Pryor - NYC - d. 1-31-1974
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre Guild on the Air"; "Summer Symphony"
11-08-1909 - Scotty Wiseman - Ingalls, NC - d. 1-31-1981
singer: (Lulu Belle and Scotty) "National Barn Dance"; "Boone County Jamboree"
12-18-1890 - Edwin H. Armstrong - NYC - d. 1-31-1954
inventor: FM radio

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:57:55 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Lesley Woods

During some of my research for the birth/death list I came across the name of
Lesley Woods. She played among other things Mary Wesley on "Boston Blackie"
and Margo Lane on "The Shadow." She passed away on August 2, 2003, was that
noted on the list or did I just miss it? If not I would like to take this
moment to acknowledge the fact. She was born August 22, 1910 so she didn't
quite make it to 93 years old.

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:34:47 -0500
From: "Michael Kurtenbach" <mkurtenbach@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Good Guy and Good book Alert

I have been a lurker for a couple for years now, but finally have to say
something.  First off, this list is the greatest and fully realize how much
effort Charlie puts into it (being 2nd generation computer "geek" myself)
and want to say THANKS!

  Second, the reason I want to say something is because of Hal Stone.  I
received his book several months ago and have to say what a great read it
is.  It is a great first person perspective on the way radio was and he
sticks to the subject of radio.  His book is so good, that I even
recommended it to my Mom!  I had asked for him to sign the book. When I got
it, there was a note from him saying how my address brought back a lot of
memories for him.  I had thought this was his signing, but Nooo, the inside
of the book was also signed.  Here was a guy that I have never met going out
of his way to do this and a big name star at that!  I believe he still has
some books left and they can be found at:

[removed]

Thanks for your time and this list, Mike

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