Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #63
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Date: 2/19/2004 11:57 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 63
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Long John Nebel                       [ "Donald & Kathleen Dean" <dxk@ezlin ]
      2-19 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: Ransome Renwick                   [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
      Jan Miner                             [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      LOWELL THOMAS                         [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
      HADACOL                               [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
      Bob Bailey                            [ DanHaefele@[removed] ]
      Omega 3                               [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
      Jan Minor                             [ "Harry Machin Jr" <harbev5@earthlin ]
      Back in The [removed] (for all of you   [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      The Jungle Queen                      [ "Michael Murphy" <mmurphy@[removed]; ]
      Castoria and Fish Oil                 [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
      2-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:05:12 -0500
    From: "Donald & Kathleen Dean" <dxk@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Long John Nebel

    Hi gang:

    I enjoyed reading Lee Munsick's experience with Long John Nebel.
    It reminded me of the book I got at a used book sale at a library in
    Menasha, Wisconsin. It's called Long John Nebel written by
    Donald Bain with an introduction by Jackie Gleason. I have not
    read the book yet. I have glanced through it and it does have about
    25 photos in it. I also have a 33 1/3 album which runs 40 minutes
    called Long John Nebel reveals at last The Flying Saucer Story.
    Here are flying saucer reports the Air Force won't talk about!!!
    Authentic first hand interviews revealing saucer contacts.
    This was produced by American Music Library in 1966. I have
    listened to this and it is very interesting. Something you would
    probably hear on the late night radio show with Art Bell.
    Does anyone know if these are worth anything?

    Don Dean - N8IOJ

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:05:22 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-19 births/deaths

    February 19th births

    02-19-1893 - Sir Cedric Hardwicke - Stourbridge, England - d. 8-6-1964
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "BBC Home Theatre"; Winston Churchill "These Four Men"
    02-19-1902 - Eddie Peabody - Reading, MA - d. 11-7-70
    banjoist: (The Banjo King) "National Barn Dance"
    02-19-1911 - Merle Oberon - Calcutta, India  - d. 11-23-1979
    actress: "Orson Welles Theatre"; "Stars Over Hollywood"
    02-19-1924 - Lee Marvin - NYC - d. 8-29-1987
    actor: "Dragnet"

    February 19th deaths

    08-17-1900 - Quincy Howe - Boston, MA - d. 2-19-1977
    newscaster: "Quincy Howe: Comment"
    08-25-1904 - Alice White - Paterson, NJ - d. 2-19-1983
    actress: Blondie Bumstead "Blondie"
    09-23-1913 - Stanley Kramer - NYC - d. 2-19-2001
    film director: "Jack Benny Program"; "Stagestruck"
    10-20-1913 - "Grandpa" Jones - Niagra, KY - d. 2-19-1998
    country singer, banjoist: "Grand Ole Opry"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:52:32 -0500
    From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Ransome Renwick

    On 2/18/04 3:05 PM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

>     I recently came across this notice in the BOSTON EVENING
>     TRANSCRIPT for Sep. 20, 1929, p. 11: "Ransome Renwick, cold, shrewd,
>     analytical and unemotional, the first fictional detective ever created for
>     radio will make his debut in a new detective story serial entitled Mystery
>     House which will begin over WEAF tonight at 10:30". I couldn't find anything
>     about this first fictional radio detective in any of the radio reference
>     books. Anybody know anything about this program?

    This was indeed the first self-contained network program with continuing
    characters in a detective/mystery theme. It was a creaky old-dark-house
    melodrama written by one Finis Farr, who was a fascinating story in
    himself -- he was still in his early twenties when he landed at NBC after
    spending several years as a newspaperman in Cincinnati, where he had very
    likely heard "The Step on the Stair," the first radio mystery serial,
    aired in 1927 over WLW. After leaving NBC in the mid-thirties, he became
    a ultra-right-wing magazine journalist -- and after WW2, he spent more
    than fifteen years as an operative for the CIA.

    In any event, Farr was certainly more interesting than "Mystery House" --
    it was a trite serial about the Strange Goings On in the gloomy Denby
    mansion in New York. Young gadabaout bachelor/heir Richard Brooke had
    moved into the mansion, and had incurred the enmity of the mysterious
    Professor Montegle, overlord of a band of murderous cutthroats, who had
    used the mansion as their base of operations, and who thus plotted to
    frighten Brooke into leaving by arranging to have the house "haunted by
    the ghost of Old Man Denby." Brooke, in turn, enlisted the aid of his
    friend, the famed criminologist Ransome Renwick, in an attempt to get to
    the bottom of the secrets surrounding the Mystery House.

    It was exactly the sort of overwrought "that picture on the wall has
    moving eyes" hokum which had already been done to death in novels, plays,
    short stories, and silent pictures, (and which would eventually find its
    ultimate and definitive expression in the adventures of Scooby Doo) but
    it made quite an impression on listeners during the winter of 1929-30.
    While no recordings exist, the February 1930 "Radio Digest" includes a
    short-story adaptation of one of the episodes.

    Elizabeth

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:53:32 -0500
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jan Miner

    In "The Great Radio Soap Operas" (McFarland, 1999) I wrote this piece about
    Jan Miner:

    For most of the run of Hilltop House, the peerless actress Jan Miner
    portrayed Julie Erickson Paterno Nixon.  This widely celebrated thespian,
    veteran of stage, film, television and radio, was born in Boston on October
    15, 1917.  She entered New York radio in 1946 via a local station in
    Hartford, Connecticut.  A short time later, Miner landed the title role in
    Lora Lawton.  She gained running parts in Boston Blackie, Perry Mason, I
    Love Linda Dale and Casey, Crime Photographer.  Appearing regularly in My
    Secret Story and Radio City Playhouse, she was in the big-screen releases of
    Lenny and The Swimmer.

    On Broadway, Miner was in Watch on the Rhine.  Her television credits
    included The Robert Montgomery Playhouse.  In 1997 she appeared on the AMC
    cable series Remember WENN.  Miner is also remembered by millions as Madge
    the manicurist, the product spokesperson on long-running TV commercials
    aired internationally for Palmolive dishwashing liquid.  There's a touch of
    irony in that, for Palmolive was the original sponsor of Hilltop House.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:53:54 -0500
    From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  LOWELL THOMAS

    Just guessing, but the 'kicker' stories were given to Lowell sight
    unseen.  When he started to break-up, there was nothing funnier on radio.

    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:54:04 -0500
    From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  HADACOL

    With all the talk about liquid health aids, I'm surprised nobody has
    brought up one of radio's most incredible advertising campaigns, for
    Senator Dudley LeBlanc's liquor loaded [removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:00:35 -0500
    From: DanHaefele@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bob Bailey

        Kermyt Anderson asked recently if we could supply Bob Bailey's radio
    credits besides his two best-known series.  About ten years ago I was
    recording 78
    rpm records of Mayor of the Town (which had belonged to writer Jean Holloway,
    the program's creator) for SPERDVAC and found Bailey is on one of the 1942
    shows, without credit.  [We all seem to know his distinctive voice, but credit
    would have been nice too.]  The broadcast aired over CBS on 10-7-1942 and can
    be found on selection 1571 of SPERDVAC's Archives Library.

          On Armed Forces Radio (or perhaps it was a rebroadcast) Bailey hosted
    some type of DJ show.  SPERDVAC has a transcription disc of one broadcast and
    one day I'll get the time to transfer it for us all to enjoy.  Sorry, I don't
    have the disc nearby and can't recall the series.

         In a while SPERDVAC will have another Bob Bailey  broadcast which will
    interest the many Johnny Dollar fans.  I have located an AFRTS rebroadcast of
    the long-missing final chapter of "The Sea Legs Matter."  For years OTR fans
    have had the first four episodes, but no one seemed to have the fifth and
    concluding broadcast of the story.  For years I've wanted to drive over to the
    Thousand Oaks, CA Public Library to look at the script and  write about how
    the
    story ends.  But I never got around to that project.  Instead, I'm taking
    some of
    the clicks and pops out of AFRTS' 1958 rebroadcast of the 1956 show.  Then it
    will go into the SPERDVAC library.

    Dan Haefele
    DanHaefele@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:14:01 -0500
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Omega 3

>     So -- if you fear or dislike fish - you should be taking fish oil
>     capsules, which of course means cod liver as well as other oils,
>     such as salmon oil which is popular in health food stores.

    Well, this really is off-topic now, but maybe I'll be forgiven as my
    comment is very short: Omega-3's are, indeed, very important to our
    health - I'm currently taking a course on nutrition - but there are
    vegetable sources, the most readily available being flaxseed oil in
    liquid or capsule.

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    Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 22:01:57 -0500
    From: "Harry Machin Jr" <harbev5@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Jan Minor

    I was sorry to hear of the death of Jan Minor.  But, besides the
    decades that I enjoyed her on radio, I had the great pleasure
    of seeing her on stage at the St. Louis Repertory Theater.  She
    was, indeed, an outstanding actress.

    Harry Machin Jr
    harbev5@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:42:33 -0500
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Back in The [removed] (for all of you "gee,
     why don't they bring back Radio" [removed])

    Dear Folks-
    With thanks to those of you who tuned in to Quicksilver Radio Theater's THE
    BLUE CARBUNCLE over the holidays, and the to TWILIGHT ZONE episode "The
    Dummy" before that, here's an invite to another trip "past that signpost up
    [removed]"

    THIS SATURDAY, FEB. 21st, at 6PM (Eastern Time)

    Webcast on YesterdayUSA
    [removed]

    THE TWILIGHT ZONE -
    "King Nine Will Not Return"

    A new radio production of ROD SERLING'S classic tale (based upon a real WWII
    event)
    Adapted by award-winning science fiction author DENNIS ETCHISON
    Directed by CARL AMARI / Engineered by ROGER WOLSKI (Falcon Picture Group)
    Hosted by STACY KEACH; starring ADAM BALDWIN; and featuring a great Chicago
    cast,
    with CRAIG WICHMAN (in two roles)

    (Added Note: I'll also be appearing live with host BILL BRAGG, at the same
    place on your "Web Dial", this Friday, Feb. 20th, at 10AM Eastern, discussing
    this and other audio dramas)

    As those of you who have heard previous episodes know, this is a wonderfully
    produced series. And I feel blessed to have had a chance to perform Serling's
    classic, humane stories. I hope you enjoy KING NINE - and if you do, let the
    producers know, at [removed]
    And as always, I welcome honest reviews of my own work.
    All the best,-
    Craig

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    Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:43:30 -0500
    From: "Michael Murphy" <mmurphy@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  The Jungle Queen

    Hello, my name is Michael Murphy and I teach high school in Greenville, SC.
    This is my first post. Basically, I'm kind of desperate. I've been in
    consultation with Michael Henry at the Library of American Broadcasting and
    he suggested I talk to you folks. Here's the situation.

    I work with the speech program at our school. We have two seniors who are
    competing in duo interpretation. They're doing really well and have a good
    chance of qualifying for nationals. However, in order for them to go to
    nationals they have to have the source of the piece of literature they're
    performing in order to prove that they didn't make it up or write it
    themselves. We're only a few weeks away from competition time. We need to
    find the original source information but haven't been able to. All we know is
    that it is a radio drama sketch from some time ago. We don't know when it was
    done, who performed it, where it was performed, the original network, the
    studio, none of that. All we know is that is entitled "The Jungle Queen".
    It's a 5-10 minute comedy sketch involving a few characters.

    Here's the gist. A guy named John winds up in the jungle and is about to be
    eaten by cannibals. At the last minute he is rescued by the jungle queen,
    named Lola. Lola's sidekick is the monkey Cheetah. So happens that Lola is
    the daughter of Tarzan and Jane and has lived in the jungle all her life.
    Lola and John fall in love. But, when the opportunity comes for John to go
    back to civilization, he dumps Lola and leaves her. John's friend Michael
    comes looking for her and is of course captured by the cannibals. Lola is
    about to rescue Michael when she finds out he is John's friend. Michael is
    lunch meat, so to speak.

    That's about it. Can any of you please help us out? Any idea where this came
    from or where we could find out where it came from? My e-mail is
    mmurphy@[removed] if you want to contact me directly. Thanks in advance for
    your help. Take care.

    Michael Murphy

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    Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 08:44:06 -0500
    From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Castoria and Fish Oil

    Glen Schroeder asked if anybody remembered Castoria(a laxative for kids)
    and what otr shows they may have sponsered.  Well I don't remember them
    on the the radio, but I do remember the stuff.  It was great! My mother
    quit buying it because as a three to five year old I used to find it in
    the ice box (and later the refrigerator) and drink the whole bottle
    down. I loved it, but it never did have the expected results on me!

    For the past year or so I have been taking fish oil capsules, and the
    only difference I've noted is that when getting up out of my chair(my
    beloved lazyboy recliner), I no longer have to stand still and wait for
    the pain of everything settling back into place before I start walking.
    While that part is great, all the young chicks still call me "SIR", that
    is if they notice me at all.  There must be something else I could take
    for that.

    George Aust

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    Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:56:32 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  2-20 births/deaths

    February 20th births

    02-20-1906 - Gale Gordon - NYC - d. 6-30-1995
    actor: Mayor LaTrivia "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Osgood Conklin "Our Miss
    Brooks"
    02-20-1906 - Richard Himber - Newark, NJ - d. 12-11-1966
    bandleader: "Studebaker Champions"; "Your Hit Parade"
    02-20-1909 - Barry Wood - New Haven, CT - d. 7-19-1970
    singer, host: "Million-Dollar Band"; "Your Hit Parade"
    02-20-1913 - Tommy Henrich - Massillon, OH
    sportscaster: "Tommy Henrich Show"
    02-20-1914 - John Charles Daly - Johannesburg, South Africa - d. 2-25-1991
    newscaster, emcee: "What's My Line"; "CBS Is There"; "Columbia Workshop"
    02-20-1914 - Nadine Conner - Compton, CA - d. 3-1-2003
    singer: "Show Boat"; "Kraft Music Hall"
    02-20-1919 - Dick Wesson - ID - d. 1-27-1979
    announcer: "Space Patrol"
    02-20-1928 - Amanda Blake - Buffalo, NY - d. 8-16-1989
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Escape"
    02-20-1937 - Nancy Wilson - Chillicothe, OH
    singer: "Here's to Veterans"; "Spots for the National Guard"

    February 20th deaths

    04-07-1897 - Walter Winchell - NYC - d. 2-20-1972
    news-gossip caster: "Lucky Strike Dance Hour"; "Jergens Journal"
    06-01-1898 - Edward "Cookie" Fairchild - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
    conductor: "Johnny Presents Ginny Simms"; "Eddie Cantor Show"
    09-04-1928 - Dick York - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 2-20-1992
    actor: Billy Fairfield "Jack Armstrong/Armstrong of the SBI"
    10-07-1905 - Andy Devine - Flagstaff, Arizona Territory - d. 2-20-1977
    actor: Jingles P. Jones "Wild Bill Hickok"; Mose Muich "Lum and Abner"; "Jack
    Benny Program"
    11-08-1913 - Robert Strauss - NYC - d. 2-20-1975
    actor: Doc Prouty "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Pa Wiggs "Mrs. Wiggs of the
    Cabbage Patch"
    11-14-1910 - Rosemary De Camp - Prescott, Arizona Territory - d. 2-20-2001
    actress: Nurse Judy Price, "Dr. Christian"
    12-07-1904 - Clarence Nash - Watonga,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 2-20-1985
    actor: (voice of Donald Duck) "Mickey Mouse Theatre of the Air"; "Burns and
    Allen"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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