Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #268
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Date: 9/18/2007 4:18 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 268
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

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                                     Today's Topics:

      Father Knows Best                     [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
      legitimate Fat Man ep. or mistake?    [ Chargous@[removed] ]
      Every thing old in new [removed]       [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      MANC correction                       [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      9-18 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Fred Allen                            [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
      Struts and Frets                      [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      scary show from childhood             [ "Libby Hall" <[removed]@[removed] ]

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    Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:16:14 -0400
    From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Father Knows Best

    A (long) while ago I groused that I had made a mistake in buying
    a "Father Knows Best" collection from First Generation Radio
    Archives ... not that they weren't fine technically; they were.
    It was just that the shows were from the first of the series.
    Man, was it bad ... as I said then, Jim Anderson was a
    first-class self-centered whiny jerk.

    Good news! FGRA is offering low-generation CDs of the series from
    1953-54. Now this is the Anderson family as I remember them ...
    more in line with the personas of the TV series that was to
    follow.

    (Usual disclaimer applies - I have no connection with FGRA other
    than being a customer.)

    Bob Cockrum

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    Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:16:36 -0400
    From: Chargous@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  legitimate Fat Man ep. or mistake?

    While perusing some more old newletters on [removed], I've been reading
    through Bob Vito's "Stay Tuned"., published by "Sound Tapes of the
    Past".  In the Sept '71 issue he mentions Frank Bresee releasing a copy
    (and he, Bob Vito, having a copy) of a half (second half) episode of a
    7-2-48 episode of The Fat Man.  I can't find this episode - does it exist?

    I *think* Bob Vito was the gent I got a lo-gen cassette of "Graves of
    Whamperjaw Texas", when I was trying to track down the lowest gen copies
    possible of ILAM shows.  This was in c. 2000 - if it's the same Bob Vito,
    does anyone know if he's still around?

    Travis

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    Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:18:00 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Every thing old in new [removed]

    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." (mailto:mmargrajr@[removed])

>     The 2nd Annual  Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention is over ... number of
>     attendees was larger  than last year ...

    Congrats, M & M.

>     Don and Mary Ramlow ... Ken Stockinger ... Derek Tague ...  Terry Salomonson
>     ... Charlie Summers

    Hail, all - see you soon.

>     two old-time radio recreations ... old-time radio  history

    Glad to hear that continues under your big umbrella.

>     The cost of admission was donated to the Johns Hopkins Sidney  Kimmel
>     Comprehensive Cancer Center.  A total of $1,[removed] was  raised

    That is really wonderful.

    The first forty years of Network Radio fandom have been a success. Here's  to
    the next forty; the farther it's primary era recedes into the past, the more
    this little gem of an American medium demands preservation, & a living
    celebration.

    Best,
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:18:13 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  MANC correction

    I posted an error in the last posting.  The amount of money raised for Johns
    Hopkins was $4,[removed]  I switched the 4 and 1 by accident.
    Martin

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    Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:27:38 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-18 births/deaths

    September 18th births

    09-18-1873 - Charles K. Field - Montpelier, VT - d. 9-1-1948
    host: (Cherrio) "Cherrio"; "Arco Birthday Party"
    09-18-1886 - Powell Crosley, Jr. - Cincinnati, OH - d. 3-28-1961
    owner of WLW radio station in Cincinnati
    09-18-1894 - Willard Robison - Shelbina, MO - d. 6-24-1968
    orchestra leader: (Evangelist of Rhythm) "Plantation Echoes"
    09-18-1905 - Eddie Anderson - Oakland, CA - d. 2-28-1977
    actor: Rochester Van Jones "Jack Benny Program"
    09-18-1905 - Greta Garbo - Stockholm, Sweden - d. 4-15-1990
    actor: "Conquest"
    09-18-1910 - Joe "Curley" Bradley - Coalgate, OK - d. 6-3-1985
    actor, singer: Tom Mix "Tom Mix"; "Singing Marshall"
    09-18-1916 - Samuel Badillo - d. 9-27-1992
    newscaster: WIAC San Juan, PR
    09-18-1917 - June Foray - Springfield, MA
    actor: Junie "Smile Time" "Stan Freberg Show"; "It's a Great Life"
    09-18-1920 - Jack Warden - Newark, NJ - d. 7-19-2006
    actor: "Stagestruck"
    09-18-1929 - Phyllis Kirk - Syracuse, NY - d. 10-20-2006
    actor: "MGM Musical Comedy Theatre"
    09-18-1932 - Patricia Roe - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-18-1939 - Frankie Avalon, Philadelphia, PA
    singer: "Frankie Avalon Show"

    September 18th deaths

    01-07-1888 - Myrtle Vail Damerel - Joilet, IL - d. 9-18-1978
    actor: Myrtle Spear "Myrt and Marge"
    02-27-1905 - Franchot Tone - Niagara Falls, NY - d. 9-18-1968
    actor: "Arch Oboler Plays"; "Free Company"; "Knickerbocker Playhouse"
    03-03-1900 - Edna Best - Hove, East Sussex, England - d. 9-18-1974
    director: "Sherlock Holmes"; "Silver Theatre"
    05-15-1890 - Katherine Anne Porter - Indian Creek, TX - d. 9-18-1980
    author: "NBC University Theatre"
    05-31-1879 - Frances Alda - Christchurch, New Zealand - d. 9-18-1952
    soprano: "Atwater Kent Hour"
    06-01-1890 - Frank Morgan - NYC - d. 9-18-1949
    actor: Thaddeus Q. Tweedy "Fabulous Dr. Tweedy"
    07-08-1917 - Pamela Brown - London, England - d. 9-18-1975
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre On the Air"
    07-14-1904 - Annabella - La Varenne Hilaire, Val-de-Marne, France -
    d. 9-18-1996
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-10-1915 - Jack Lester - Oklahoma - d. 9-18-2004
    actor: Sky King "Sky King"; ""Whistlin' Jimmy Steele"
    08-23-1902 - Charles Paul - NYC - d. 9-18-1990
    organist: "Kate Smith"; "As the Twig is Bent"
    08-24-1896 - Cyril Armbrister - d. 9-18-1966
    producer, director: "Chandu the Magician"; "Strange As It Seems";
    "Terry and the Pirates"
    09-04-1914 - Leonard Sterling - d. 9-18-1992
    announcer: "The Brighter Day"; "We Are Always Young"
    09-10-1917 - Jean Ruth Hay - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-18-2004
    disc jockey: "Reveille with Beverly"
    09-27-1893 - Phil Cook - Coldwater, MI - d. 9-18-1958
    comedian: "Radio Chief"; "Quaker Oats Man"; "Morning Almanac"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:33:54 -0400
    From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Fred Allen
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           I was happy to hear about Fred Allen's book "Treadmill to Oblivion"
    being re-released.  He also wrote another book titled "Much Ado About
    Me" which I was fortunate enough to find at a second hand book store.
    It chronicles his life from birth, his various jobs, and his rise to fame on
    radio.  It provides a unique backstory regarding this very talented radio
    performer.

    Another OTR Fan,

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:46:40 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Struts and Frets

    I have been rereading Harry Bartell's wonderful recollection of his
    time spent in radio, "Struts and Frets," which appeared in this
    digest a couple of years ago. What a delight to read. In his
    recollection he mentions the fact that he worked with Abigal Van
    Buren of "Dear Abby" fame. Does anybody know if any of these shows
    exist? I have been collection old time radio shows for almost 40
    years and have yet to come across one.

    Ron Sayles
    Keeper of the LIST

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: For those new to the Digest, Harry's columns are archived at
    [removed]  --cfs3]

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    Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:41:24 -0400
    From: "Libby Hall" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  scary show from childhood

    Sometime around, I think, 1948 I heard a radio show that absolutely
    terrified me. It was about a man who had one hoof and one foot. I can't even
    remember what he did (murder people I guess) but it was the sound of him
    slowly approaching that was so scary to a seven-year-old. I'm sure the sound
    effect was very simply done - all you'd need would be an open hand and the
    knuckles of a closed fist alternatively 'walking' on a flat surface. Does
    anyone remember this show?

    Libby Hall
    (now in London, but grew up in New York)

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