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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2020 : Issue 33
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Fibber claims to have seen a passeng  [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 13-19 Sep  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Fibber and Pigeons                    [ Archie Hunter <y_know_archie@yahoo. ]

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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 23:58:42 -0700
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fibber claims to have seen a passenger pigeon

Alan/Linda Bell wrote:
"Fibber claims to have seen a passenger pigeon. I'll bet that someone reading this knows which episode it was and will let me/us know. I'd love to know how that one played [removed]"

Episode 551 4-27-48.  Here's a link to my Log:
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Jerry Haendiges
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 08:18:36 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 13-19 September

 From Those Were The Days

9/13

1931   Vaudeville star Eddie Cantor was heard for the first time    on 
NBC. The Chase and Sanborn Hour became one of the most popular radio 
shows of the 1930s.

1937   The first broadcast of Kitty Keene, Inc. was heard on the NBC Red 
network.

9/14

1936   NBC presented John's Other Wife for the first time. Actually, 
John's other wife was not his wife at all. She was his secretary.

9/15

1934   NBC presented The Gibson Family to American audiences. The 
program was the first musical comedy drama to be broadcast. Ernest 
Whitman and Eddie Green were featured members of the cast and were 
billed as "network radio's only colored comedians." The show originated 
from the studios of WEAF in New York City.

9/18

1927   The Columbia Broadcasting System was born on this day in 1927. 
CBS broadcast an opera, The King's Henchman, as its first program.

1948   The Original Amateur Hour returned to radio on ABC, two years 
after the passing of the program's originator and host, Major Bowes. 
Bowes brought new star talent into living rooms for 13 years.

9/19

It was just an average day this day in 1932, when Just Plain Bill was 
first heard on CBS. It was "The real life story of people just like 
people we all know." The 15 minute show (Monday through Friday at 7:15 
[removed]) was all about (just plain) Bill Davidson and his daughter, Nancy, 
who lived in (just plain) Hartville. Since Bill was the town barber, 
everybody came to him with their problems    and Bill helped them 
straighten things out.

Instead of playing the usual organ, as a first, Hal Brown played 
harmonica and whistled the Just Plain Bill introduction music (Darling 
Nellie Gray). Hal also handled the closing theme (Polly Wolly Doodle) in 
the same manner.

The show, created by Frank and Anne Hummert, who also came up with Mr. 
Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, Little Orphan Annie, Amanda of Honeymoon 
Hill, Front Page Farrell, John's Other Wife, Mr. Chameleon, Our Gal 
Sunday and many other radio dramas, later moved to NBC. Just Plain Bill 
chalked up 23 years on the air, until 30 September, 1955. A few of the 
Just Plain Bill sponsors over the years were Kolynos toothpaste and 
Clapp's baby food.

Joe

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:22:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: Archie Hunter <y_know_archie@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fibber and Pigeons

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The episode in question is 48-04-27 and is readily available from several
sources, including Radio Spirits.
It is quite a good episode and Fibber makes a fuss as only he can. I won't
tell you the outcome for fear of spoiling it for you.
Archie

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