Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #136
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Date: 4/18/2004 10:18 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 136
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Google's web alerts                   [ Lee Munsick <leemunsick@[removed] ]
  Re: Banana Oil                        [ Steve Salaba <philmfan@[removed] ]
  Warsaw Ghetto                         [ khovard@[removed] ]
  Private Eyelashes praises             [ benohmart@[removed] ]
  Re:Pearl Harbor                       [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 4/18-24    [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  All-Star Western Theater & Mary Ford  [ Gerald Wright <gdwright@[removed] ]
  9/11/01 coverage                      [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
  The Cincy Con is [removed]           [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
  XM Radio                              [ George Aust <austhaus1@[removed] ]
  Re: Glenn Miller Day                  [ "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed]; ]
  Some Early Cincy Pics                 [ "Jeff Quick" <jeffquick@[removed]; ]
  Ben Ohmart                            [ "Ivan G. Shreve, Jr." <iscreve@comc ]

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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:43:12 +0000
From: Lee Munsick <leemunsick@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Google's web alerts

Friend Ted Kneebone informs us about this new Google service.  Thanks 
Ted!  I gather it will sort of surf for one on current Internet info.

There is a thing called  [removed]  which has a free service I find 
enormously helpful.  Checks spelling of unusual words and names (in that 
sense, it really IS a spell checker, not just a lexicon), definitions, 
historical references quotes, sources, synonyms, antonyms, meanings of 
words, etc.

If you want total encyclopedic references, there is an expanded version for 
which there is a fee.

I have no connection with Guru, just find it helpful.  It places an icon in 
your tray at which you can click at any time when on line, to use the 
service.

Free services usually bother me as perhaps being Spy Ware or Email 
gleaners, but I am told that this is not such.

Bestus, Lee Munsick

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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:43:33 +0000
From: Steve Salaba <philmfan@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Banana Oil

At 4:30 PM -0400 4/17/04, Elizabeth McLeod wrote:

 >"Banana Oil" was early-1920s slang meaning "rubbish, nonsense, or
 >claptrap," and was one of many catchphrases popularized by New York
 >Journal cartoonist Milt Gross.

Speaking of this, I'd like to recommend a little-seen independent film
called "Man of the Century". It came out a few years ago and is now
available on DVD. Its in Black & White and the main character is a
wise-cracking 1920s/1930's style newspaper reporter. Except he's living in
the 1990s and the humor comes from his attitudes toward today's world and
the culture clash that ensues. The actor certainly got the characterization
right! This film might remind you of a lot of old time radio & movie
characters. And he *does* use the phrase "Banana Oil" as well as plenty of
other old expressions.
-- Steve Salaba ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:43:57 +0000 From: khovard@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Warsaw Ghetto I am away from home, but I want to underscore Seve Lewis' message about the broadcast of a production on WBAI tomorrow, of Morton Wishengrad's unique radio play about the Warsaw Ghetto. It has not been done since the 1940's. The script is featured in Erik Barnouw's classic book "Radio Drama in Action" I also discuss the unique circumstances of its production in "Words at War" Howard Blue [removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:44:23 +0000 From: benohmart@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Private Eyelashes praises Having heard great compliments from those on and off this list, I thought I'd share some initial reviews on Jack French's new book, "PRIVATE EYELASHES: Radio's Lady Detectives." Ron Lackmann, OTR historian and author, writes: "I just couldn't put it down. It was such fun to read and so informative. I learned a lot of things that I didn't know." Nan Cinnater, a reviewer for the bulletin, "Books To Watch Out For", commented: "It's just chock full of fascinating [removed] mystery lovers, radio lovers, and film buffs for that [removed]" Jim Snyder, OTR columnist, will have his review in the May issue of "The Illustrated Press", the publication of the OTR Club of Western NY, in which he says: "Jack is one of the most knowledgeable historians in the radio field and that knowledge is always backed up by careful research. PRIVATE EYELASHES is down-to-earth and enjoyable, as well as informative." Visit [removed] for a complete rundown on the book. Ben ------ Voice of The Haunted Mansion, Boris Badenov, The Pillsbury Doughboy & more [removed] - the official biography ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:44:35 +0000 From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re:Pearl Harbor Don Shenbarger asked -- > It would be interesting to me to learn more about early location broadcasting. Check out [removed]#news which has some short clips of news bulletins from around the country. Joe
-- Visit my slightly updated (1/1/04) homepage: [removed]~[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:44:46 +0000 From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: This week in radio history 4/18-24 From Those Were The Days -- 4/19 1924 - The Chicago Barn Dance began airing on WLS. 4/20 1935 -- Your Hit Parade was first broadcast. 1947 - Fred Allen didn't find things so funny when censors cut him off the air during his broadcast. Allen was telling a joke about a mythical network vice-president when he was suddenly taken off the air. One moment [removed] 4/21 1940 - Take It or Leave It, was first heard on CBS on this day. Bob Hawk offered contestants a top prize of $64. No, there were no lovely parting gifts or consolation prizes that we could find. Losers just left. 1949 - The prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for Broadcasting was presented to You Bet Your Life star, "The one, the only, Groucho (Marx)." This was the first time the honor had been awarded to a comedian. 4/22 1940 - The first all-Chinese commercial radio program was broadcast over KSAN in San Francisco, CA. 1946 - Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg arrived at WEAF in New York City with an entertaining morning show called, Hi, Jinx. 4/24 1949 - Dick Powell starred in Richard Diamond, Private Detective on NBC. The show stayed on the air for four years. 1955 - X-Minus One, a show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC. Joe
-- Visit my slightly updated (1/1/04) homepage: [removed]~[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:45:35 +0000 From: Gerald Wright <gdwright@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: All-Star Western Theater & Mary Ford aka Colleen Summers X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain McCoy wrote thus: I was listening to an episode of All star Western theater. It featured a singer named Colleen Summers. Is this the same woman who was later Les Paul's wife and fellow artist and a great singer in her own right? Is there a date for this program airing? From J. David Goldin's web site: <[removed]; an excellent resource for OTR research All-Star Western Theatre. January 1946. CBS Pacific net, KNX, Los Angeles aircheck. "Billy The Kid". Sponsored by: Weber's Bread. Mary Ford (billed as Colleen Summers), Monty Montana (host), Tex Ritter, Dennis Moore, Foy Willing and The Riders Of The Purple Sage, Cottonseed Clark (announcer). Note: I have a date of July 11, 1946 for the "Billy the Kid" episode which is the audition episode for the series. Colleen Summers was Mary Ford's birthname, and she would not become Mrs. Les Paul until Dec. 29, 1949. Gerry Wright ZoneZebra Productions San Francisco *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 21:46:43 +0000 From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: 9/11/01 coverage > On 9-11 I didn't get to experience the reporting of the [removed];nbsp; I was > spending my morning climbing down from the 78th floor of Tower One of > the World Trade Center, and then running from the falling buildings, > always accompanied by my guide dog, "Roselle". My God. Glad you made it out of there. > The media has, in part, catered to an audience which wants to know first > hand what is [removed];nbsp; On 9-11 some networks went too far by showing > jumpers from the upper tower [removed];nbsp; Common sense finally prevailed. > The fact that those shots even aired for a brief time shows that the > prevailing view of the press was that people would want to see them. Decisions like that had to be made very quickly, and there were no precedents to follow. My sense is that, as in most disaster reporting on both radio and television, the directors and reporters simply followed their news and artistic instincts without asking for a lot of permission. Those shots of the people falling slowly past the background of that enormous building still chill [removed];nbsp; I don't think we need to be protected from something that important. It was equally appropriate to not show the people after they hit the ground. I don't recall seeing or hearing anything even remotely inappropriate in the 9/11 coverage. M Kinsler ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 01:02:23 -0400 From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: The Cincy Con is [removed] Folks; The Cincinatti Old-Time Radio and Nostalgia Convention is over, but as a reminder there are photos and my thoughts on the con at [removed] - I have the pics in the "More" section of most of the entries so as not to slow-down page load of the main page; just click the "(more)" link on the entries you want to follow. Charlie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:06:08 +0000 From: George Aust <austhaus1@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: XM Radio With the recent discussion of XM radio, I thought that I'd report that I bought a new car last week and it has XM radio. I never thought that I'd pay for radio programing and in fact the XM came with the package of On Star and the navigation system. But I thought I'd give it a try and I'm impressed. Even though there scores of channels that I'll never listen to, the 40's channel provides really good quality music from that decade. I haven't listened to the OTR programing much yet but it sure will be nice driving across the country this summer listening to commercial free radio. Oh yeah, the car also plays DVD's (but not when the car is moving) so I can take a few along for traffic jams and other times we are stuck in the car. George Aust ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:07:01 +0000 From: "Brian L Bedsworth" <az2pa@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Re: Glenn Miller Day > I'm looking for the four hour Glenn Miller Day broadcast over WNEW from > June 5, 1945. I know that this is available on MP3 but I don't know where. In any of the three "main" OTR usenet groups, as well as the two major 1940s groups, as soon as I upload it. (Like, as I type this.) Let me know off-list if you need some help downloading these. > Part of this broadcast went over NBC and possibly other networks also. > Martin Block was the MC and it was a star-studded affair. The posted files include some notes from the original encoder of the broadcast (yes, NMR) expanding on these themes. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:07:13 +0000 From: "Jeff Quick" <jeffquick@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Some Early Cincy Pics The Cincy convention is now officially over & we just returned home to Indianapolis. Thanks to Bob Burchett, Robert Newman & all involved for putting on a spectacular show. My wife attended for the 1st time this year & got a warm reception from all the regulars at the show. She commented on how so many people went out of their way to make her feel welcome. I threw up a few convention photos for anyone interested: [removed] If anyone has any more pics, send them via e-mail & I'll get them posted up. Jeff Quick ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:07:25 +0000 From: "Ivan G. Shreve, Jr." <iscreve@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Ben Ohmart Hey! Lookit! A newspaper article about our very own Ben Ohmart! FINDING new words for old voices Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA ... Instead, he's writing about the men and women who created the most memorable voices in old-time radio, early movies and cartoons, and he's publishing similar ... <[removed]; Ivan ---- OTR Ramblings and Musings at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: [removed] -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2004 Issue #136 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. 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