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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 343
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      My OTR Christmas list for [removed]  [ "Bob Watson" <crw934@[removed]; ]
      Hopalong                              [ Jim Harmon <jimharmonotr@[removed] ]
      Johnny's Call                         [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
      The Fourth Wise Man                   [ Karen Lerner <kareneflerner@[removed] ]
      Radio interviews about new OTR book   [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      1st Broadcast of "The Cinnamon Bear"  [ crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow) ]
      12-7 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Finding The Ranger                    [ "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@m ]
      Colgate-Palmolive-Peet                [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]

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    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:36:09 -0500
    From: "Bob Watson" <crw934@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  My OTR Christmas list for [removed]

    It's around this time of year that I wish for things that are impossible to
    find or, at best, very rare finds.  This year, I would like to find under my
    Christmas tree:

    1.    A Southern Atlantic edtiion of Radio Guide for the week including Dec
    7th, 1941.  Actually, while having the issue in my hot little hands would be
    great, I would be perfectly happy if there was a website with said issue on
    the internet that I could access at will.  I'm still having a ball reading
    the ones posted on OTRRG, which does include a few Southern Atlantic issues.

    2.    CD's, or mp3's of complete broadcast days of important historical
    days, such as the first few days of Sept 1939, [removed] 1941, (NBC coverage
    already exists of this, but would love to have CBS and Mutual), and the days
    just prior to and after the end of WW2.

    3.    The lost Mutual episodes of Superman, including the first appearance
    of Kryptonite and the complete story arc with the first appearance of Batman
    and Robin.

    4.    And finally, and this isn't exactly OTR related, but I am going to
    include it anyway.  I wish someone would open up an airtight container
    somewhere out west and discover that it is the lost Thorpe footage from the
    first few weeks of filming of The Wizard of Oz.

    Happy Holidays, everybody!

    Bob

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    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:36:28 -0500
    From: Jim Harmon <jimharmonotr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hopalong
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    Hopalong Cassidy in its earliest TV program incarnation did contain original
    narration by William Boyd, and re-editing to cut the one hour-plus theatrical
    movies into a thirty minute format, allowing time for commercials. My opinion
    is that this would constitute an original program. So the radio series would
    have come to broadcasting AFTER the first TV series. -- JIM HARMON

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    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:49:36 -0500
    From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Johnny's Call

    Grant asked what the last word was in Johnny's call
    for Philip Morris.  Not sure to what he is referring.
    Per an old time radio commercials web site the phrase
    is:

    "Call For Philip
    MMMMMooooorrrrr-rrrraaaaaiiiiisssss!!!!!"

    You can listen to Johnny's page here:

    [removed]

    Anne

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    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:49:59 -0500
    From: Karen Lerner <kareneflerner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Fourth Wise Man
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      Have any of  you ever heard of a Christmas broadcast called The Fourth Wise
    Man.  Someone mentioned it to me the other day and I remember having seen a
    made for TV movie with that title, but have never heard of a radio broadcast
    with that title.  If anyone has any thoughts it would put my mind to rest!

      Karen Lerner
      Radio Spirits

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    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:50:29 -0500
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Radio interviews about new OTR book

    Anyone wanting to learn more about the new OTR book, "Radio and the
    Jews :The Untold Story of How Radio Influenced America's Image of
    Jews, 1920s-1950s" by David and Susan Siegel may wish  to tune in
    this Saturday, December 8th  to two taped interviews.

    XM Satellite Radio
    Interviewed by Greg Bell, host of the Radio Classics program
      4pm ET, XM Radio Channel 108

    [removed]
    Interviewed by Walden Hughes, host of Thanks for the Memories program
    11:15pm ET
    (see the web site for instructions on how to listen to the program)

    Both interviews cover the wide range of programs discussed in the
    book, from comedy and drama, to soap opera, religious programs,
    children's series, World War II programs and many post-war mainstream
    programs that had Jewish themes on specific episodes, [removed],. Suspense,
    Studio One, Mr. District Attorney, Dr. [removed]

    Susan Siegel

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    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:51:42 -0500
    From: crow8164@[removed] (Dennis Crow)
    To: [removed]@[removed] (Old Time Radio Digest)
    Subject:  1st Broadcast of "The Cinnamon Bear"; Buddy
     Duncan

    It is Christmas season and many of us are enjoying "The Cinnamon Bear."

    The first broadcast of "The Cinnamon Bear" occurred on Friday, November 26,
    1937, in most markets.  It ran daily except Sunday until Christmas Day
    (Saturday, December 25, 1937).  This was the recommended timeline for the
    initial year of the series.  The program continues to be aired somewhere in
    the United States and Canada every Christmas.  An actual survey was made in
    1991, fifty-four years after the program was introduced, and at the time,
    ninety-two radio stations carried the show.  All of the major radio markets
    were covered, including Chicago and Portland, Oregon, where "The Cinnamon
    Bear" has run the most often.  It is safe to say that the golden age of
    dramatic radio will never die as long as Paddy O'Cinnamon revives his search
    for the silver star.  It is arguably the last program of its kind still
    running.

    That we still have recordings of golden age radio at all is largely due to
    preservationists like Seattle-based First Generation Radio Archives, a
    non-profit organization dedicated to locating old radio disks and
    re-engineering them in near perfect sound.  Their website tells about how
    "The Cinnamon Bear" enjoyed a second life due to a striking discovery. It is
    located at [removed]

    Paddy O'Cinnamon was four inches high; the actor who played him stood four
    feet, eleven inches, and had appeared in 135 one reel slapstick comedies by
    1919.

    Bud Duncan, known as "Buddy" by fans of "The Cinnamon Bear," was one-half of
    the "Ham and Bud" team, the other half being the more famous silent screen
    star, Lloyd Hamilton.  Together, they have an impressive filmography as
    detailed by the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDb).

    This year, Buddy's most famous character, Paddy O'Cinnamon,  has turned 70!
    As we salute Paddy  by continuing to enjoy his Maybeland adventure, may we
    remember Mr. Duncan, who died on November 25, 1960, at age 77.

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 22:43:18 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-7 births/deaths

    December 7th births

    12-07-1879 - Rudolf Friml - Prague, Bohemia - d. 11-12-1972
    operetta composer: "Railroad Hour"; "Chicago Theatre of the Air"
    12-07-1888 - Heywood Broun - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-18-1939
    theatre critic: "Author, Author"; "Fleischmann's Yeast Hour"
    12-07-1892 - Fay Bainter - Los Angeles, CA,  - d. 4-16-1968
    actor: "Nobody's Children"; "Cavalcade of America"
    12-07-1904 - Bob Brown - NYC - d. 2-14-1988
    announcer: "Vic and Sade"; "Quicksilver"; "This Amazing America"
    12-07-1905 - Charles Magnante - d. 12-30-1986
    accordionist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family"; "Singin' Sam"; "Tony and
    Gus"
    12-07-1906 - Fred Stewart - Atlanta, GA - d. 12-5-1970
    actor: "The Columbia Workshop"
    12-07-1908 - Beatrice Churchill - d. 12-13-2006
    actor: Betty Drake "Betty and Bob"
    12-07-1909 - Arch Oboler - Chicago, IL - d. 3-19-1987
    writer: 'Lights Out"; "Adam and Eve skit on Bergen/McCarthy"
    12-07-1910 - Charles Baltin - d. 11-9-1992
    newscaster: WHOM Jersey City, New Jersey
    12-07-1910 - Rod Cameron - Calgary, Alberta, Canada - d. 12-21-1983
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"
    12-07-1912 - Louis Prima - New Orleans,LA - d. 8-24-1978
    jazz trumpeter: "You Can't Have Everything"; "Songs by Sinatra"; "The
    Navy Swings"
    12-07-1915 - Eli Wallach - Brooklyn, NY
    actor: "Eternal Light"
    12-07-1918 - Hurd Hatfield - NYC - d. 12-25-1998
    actor: "Best Plays"; "Crime Does Not Pay"
    12-07-1918 - Randy Atcher - d. 10-9-2002
    disk jockey: WKLO Louisville, Kentucky
    12-07-1920 - Frances Gifford - Long Beach, CA - d. 1-22-1994
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    December 7th deaths

    01-12-1916 - Jay McShann - Muskogee, OK - d. 12-7-2006
    jazz pianist and bandleader: "Jubilee"; "Jazz Alive"
    02-27-1910 - Joan Bennett - Palisades, NJ - d. 12-7-1990
    actor: "Ford Theatre"; "MGM Theatre of the Air"; "Skippy Hollywood
    Theatre"
    03-06-1904 - Hugh Williams - Bexhill-on-Sea, England - d. 12-7-1969
    actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    03-25-1919 - Jeanne Cagney - NYC - d. 12-7-1984
    actor: (Sister of James Cagney) "Movietone Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"
    04-01-1884 - Laurette Taylor - NYC - d. 12-7-1946
    actor: "The Everedy Hour"
    04-17-1897 - Thornton Wilder - Madison, WI - d. 12-7-1975
    writer: "This Is My Best"
    06-07-1891 - Alois Havrilla - Pressov, Hungary - d. 12-7-1952
    announcer: "Campbell Soup Orchestra"; "Jack Benny Program"
    06-23-1914 - Nat Hiken - Chicago, IL - d. 12-7-1968
    creator, director, writer: "Magnificent Montague"; "Texaco Star Theatre"
    07-01-1913 - Dolph Nelson - d. 12-7-1981
    actor, director: "Captain Midnight"; "Art Linkletter's House Party"
    07-04-1883 - Rube Goldberg - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-7-1970
    cartoonist: "Famous Comic Artists"; "The Shell Show"; "Biography in
    Sound"
    07-12-1895 - Kirsten Flagstad - Hamar, Norway - d. 12-7-1962
    opera singer: "General Motors Concerts"; "Metropolitan Opera"
    08-07-1904 - Dr. Ralph Bunche - Detroit, MI - d. 12-7-1971
    activist: "The Big Show"
    09-27-1918 - Barclay Allen - d. 12-7-1966
    pianist/composer: "Freddy Martin, His Singing Saxophone and His
    Orchestra"
    09-29-1910 - Bill Boyd - Fannin County, Texas - d. 12-7-1977
    singer: (Cowboy Ramblers) WRR Dallas, Texas
    09-30-1911 - Jerry Scoggins - Mount Pleasant, TX - d. 12-7-2004
    singer: (Member of the Cass County Boys) "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"
    12-15-1901 - Gail Bonney - Columbus, OH - d. 12-7-1984
    actor: "Family Theatre"; "Joan Davis Time"; "NBC University Theatre"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:11:10 -0500
    From: "thomas heathwood" <HeritageRadio@[removed];
    To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Finding The Ranger
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    Wonder if anyone has information on a LONE RANGER episode I am searching for.
    Story is of phony indians
    who rob a stage coach.  I would appreciate the date of this episode.
    Tom Heathwood - Heritage Radio Theatre / The Olde Tyme Radio Network

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    Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:04:08 -0500
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Colgate-Palmolive-Peet

>     Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:56:48 -0500
>     From: <otrbuff@[removed];

>     Both series, plus a third -- a weekly primetime effort telecast
>     from July 4, 1951 to Jan. 12, 1955 on NBC-TV -- were underwritten
>     completely by Colgate-Palmolive-Peet, by then primarily for its
>     newest innovations: mar-vel-ous Vel dishwashing powder and
>     fab-ulous Fab laundry detergent.

    Ah, yes.  I remember Colgate toothpaste and Palmolive soap, but I
    always wondered what "Peet" was.

    And I remember one episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour back in the
    1950s, where a representative of the sponsor was asking Dean Martin
    and Jerry Lewis whether they used the sponsor's products.  And Jerry
    Lewis replied, "Oh yes.  Every five minutes we brush our teeth with
    Fab."

    --
    A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
    Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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