Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #79
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 3/4/2004 10:18 PM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 79
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Ralph Cooper's Amateur Night Radio B  [ gena tuso <gtuso@[removed]; ]
      HORLICKS [removed] HURRAH     [ Troubadourfilms@[removed] ]
      MP3 CD storage                        [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]
      Holmes and Cocaine                    [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      Re: "Letter From America"             [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
      OTR book review                       [ howard blue <khovard@[removed]; ]
      REPS Showcase 2004                    [ JJLjackson@[removed] ]
      Mutual Mysteries                      [ JJLjackson@[removed] ]
      Alistair Cooke                        [ "Arthur Funk" <Art-Funk@[removed]; ]
      Harry Bartell                         [ "Cynthia Van Cleave" <cvc@[removed]; ]
      3-5 births deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Jake & The Kid                        [ Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed]; ]
      storage of mp3s                       [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
      Storing of MP3's and CD's             [ <tallpaulk@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 01:39:54 -0500
    From: gena tuso <gtuso@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ralph Cooper's Amateur Night Radio
     Broadcast live from The Apollo

    I am working on The Apollo Theater's 70th Anniversary
    Special to be aired on ABC. We're looking for any
    radio broadcasts, preferrably Ralph Cooper's Amateur
    Night Radio Broadcast live from the Apollo. Apparently
    it was aired on WMCA in NYC, starting in the 1930's.
    If anyone knows anything, please contact me at
    gtuso@[removed]

    Thanks!

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 01:43:55 -0500
    From: Troubadourfilms@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  HORLICKS [removed] HURRAH
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    How strange to see a post about Horlicks. I just saw some for sale last
    night. Those interested should check out: [removed]. They
    also
    carry Ovaltine and Bosco. Yum!

    I hope that this helps.

                                                           Rob Hindman

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 02:15:31 -0500
    From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  MP3 CD storage

    I use CD binders which are available at office
    supply stores.  They are available
    to hold up to 300 disks.

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:16:21 -0500
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Holmes and Cocaine

    Kenneth Clarke notes,

>     Was the fact that Holmes occasionally used to smoke cocaine to 'enhance his
>     deductive reasoning skills' ever brought out in the OTR version of "The
>     Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"?

    Actually, in the Holmes stories, his use of cocaine (not by smoking)
    wasn't to enhance his reasoning.  It was to relieve boredom.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:17:04 -0500
    From: Udmacon@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: "Letter From America"

>     This series of talks, which began in 1946 and ran for 2,869programs, holds
>     the English language record, I believe, for longest-running radio broadcast.
>     (Meet the Press, in overlapping radio and TV versions, is a year older.)

    Well, you believe wrong <g>. The "Grand Ole Opry" has been on radio since
    Nov. 28, 1925. And I'm sure there are more examples; the Sophie Zembruski
    program in Waterbury, CT has been on the air since 1934.

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 10:35:49 -0500
    From: howard blue <khovard@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR book review

    The latest edition of a new publication called THE RADIO JOURNAL
    (published by a British association) just arrived at my home.  I was
    pleased to see a review of my book, WORDS AT WAR (about radio's role in
    the World War II effort.)

    A couple of quotes:

    This is certainly a tour de force of research and writing. . . . Blue's
    strength in research lie in covering the ground of most available texts
    and archives and a range of interviews with participants in this story.
    Sadly many of the artists he has investigated are no longer alive.

    Howard Blue book is to be congratulated on the writing and publication of
    his book. He has retrieved a valuable story.

    [removed]

    available at a discount from [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:44:07 -0500
    From: JJLjackson@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  REPS Showcase 2004

    Plans are afoot for Showcase 2004, June 24-27, Seattle Center, Seattle,
    Washington. This year, the Showcase salutes the Mutual Broadcasting System
    and its affliate the Don Lee Network.

    Special guests coming this year include our own Charlie Summers as well as
    Martin Grams, Jr., who will be our OTR historian this year (last year we were
    instructed by Jim Cox). For a listing of the actors who will be attending,
    health permitting, please check our website: [removed].

    There's still tickets at the Advance ticket price: $150 for the full Showcase
    (Thursday afternoon, all day Friday and Saturday).  But the prices increase
    to full ($175) on March 15 (beware the ides of March). So if you want to get
    in before the prices go up, drop me a line (JJLjackson@[removed] or
    REPSshowcase@[removed]) or sign up using the Web-site info.

    Thursday afternoon, we will be sponsoring an acting workshop, presided over
    by Dick Beals and other OTR mentors. This will be a first time event at any
    OTR convention. I plan to learn a lot.

    Friday and Saturday will be full days (9 am to 9:30 pm)--full of panels,
    interviews, and recreations. Shows include: Green Hornet, Adventures by
    Morse, Let George Do It, Superman, Lum and Abner, Shadow, Quiet Please and
    Bob and Ray. Plus a new one from Jim French (Imagination Theater).

    There's still tickets for our bus tour up to the American Museum of Radio and
    Electrity in Bellingham, on Sunday afternoon ($60). This year we will be
    presenting a Jack Benny show at the Museum, using some of our OTR guests and
    local professional actors.  It's a project near and dear to Dick Beals'
    heart, so it's gonna be great.

    Avoid those future regrets by signing up today. I wouldn't want to admit to
    my grandchildren that I didn't attend Showcase 2004.

    Joy Jackson
    Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound
    Showcase chair
    JJLjackson@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:44:55 -0500
    From: JJLjackson@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Mutual Mysteries

    Showcase 2004: okay--you glanced at the previous message.

    One thing we've been doing at the Seattle convention is including new radio
    plays as well as recreations.  Jim French and his Imagination Theater is one
    of the shows--Jim writes a new one each year.  The other new radio show is
    usually a pastiche of shows, dealing with the theme of Showcase.

    This year our theme is Mutual Broadcasting System. And I need a little help.

    The premise of the play is to include references of some of the Mutual
    mysteries or adventure shows that we aren't doing full recreations of.
    Mysteries like: Michael Shayne, ILAM, Nick Carter, Rogues Gallery, Gregory
    Hood, Front page Farrell, Bold venture,
    Challenge of the Yukon, Chandu or others.

    Where I need some suggestions: are there memorable moments or scenes in those
    mysteries or other Mutual shows that stand out in your memory?  I'm only
    newly (past 12 years) into this hobby, so I'm not as widely "read" as others
    on the Digest.

    Let me set the scene of the play, titled "Lost in a Radio Station"

    A radio actor (think Gil Stratton here) has just been mugged outside the
    radio studio--his briefcase, containing his script and ID stolen.  The
    doorman helps him inside, sends him upstairs with the elevator attendant. He
    discovers he can't remember who he is, or what show he's supposed to be in.
    The elevator guy thinks he's joking, and won't tell him. Lets Gil out on the
    studio floor. Gil opens the first door, and is thrust into a radio show. He
    saves the day with one line, and is reminded to get along to his own show
    (but isn't told what it is). This happens two more times with two different
    shows (same actors playing all three shows, but in different roles). The last
    door he opens has his frantic director, who puts him in front of a live
    microphone, with script, and he [removed](surprise ending).

    What are the scenes from those three shows, that he wanders into?

    Joy Jackson
    Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound
    Showcase 2004 chair

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:07:24 -0500
    From: "Arthur Funk" <Art-Funk@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Alistair Cooke

    Art Chimes posted regarding Mr. Cooke's retirement.  I read a piece in
    yesterday's paper about Mr. Cooke.  I was amazed to learn that he had been
    reporting for the BBC on American culture since 1938.  Undoubtedly the
    longest career of anyone in broadcasting, old time or new.

    Regards to all,

    Art

    Art Funk
    Art's Militaria
    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:48:44 -0500
    From: "Cynthia Van Cleave" <cvc@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Harry Bartell
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    I can't say that I'll miss Harry Bartell, because I never really met him.  He
    was just a name on a catalog list to me.

    But I do remember wonderful posts to the Digest from Mr. Bartell, and I
    remember absolutely delightful chats with my #OldRadio friend Harverly.

    He was willing to discuss his career in radio, but he was up to discussing
    almost anything that was going on in the channel.  (If you haven't been there,
    go there.  Any IRC service should be able to connect you to StarLink-IRC, and
    then look for #OldRadio.)  Just because the subject line was old radio, we
    didn't always discuss old radio ...

    I haven't been able to log onto #OldRadio lately due to my schedule, but I'm
    sad to think that I'll never hear (well, "hear"; IRC is text based) from
    Harverly again.

    Nope, I never met Harry Bartell.

    But I'll miss Harverly . . .

    *ChibiBarako sobs a little*

    Cynthia

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:21:14 -0500
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  3-5 births deaths

    March 5th births

    03-05-1882 - Eustace Wyatt - Bath, Somerset, England - d. 10-25-1944
    actor: Lord Percy "Our Gal Sunday"
    03-05-1891 - Chic Johnson - Chicago, IL - d. 2-28-1962
    comedian: "Olsen and Johnson"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
    03-05-1893 - Dorothy Sands - Cambridge, MA - d. 9-11-1980
    actress: Mary Ann Clarke "Barry Cameron"; Margot "Backstage Wife"
    03-05-1900 - Sam Hearn - Jersey City, NJ - d. 10-27-1964
    comedian: Schlepperman "Jack Benny Program, Glamour Manor"
    03-05-1903 - Minerva Pious - Odessa, Russia - d. 3-16-1979
    commedienne: Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum "Fred Allen Show"
    03-05-1908 - Rex Harrison - Huyton, England - d. 6-2-1990
    actor: Rex Saunders "Private Files of Rex Saunders"
    03-05-1920 - Virginia Christine - Stanton, IA - d. 7-24-1996
    actress: "Confession"; "Gunsmoke"
    03-05-1935 - Dean Stockwell - North Hollywood, CA
    actor: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"

    March 5th deaths

    02-18-1907 - Billy de Wolf -  Wollaston, MA - d. 3-5-1974
    actor: "Ginny Simms Show"; "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-31-1922 - Richard Kiley - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1999
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    04-18-1889 - Gene Carroll - Chicago, IL - d. 3-5-1972
    comedian: Lena, the maid "Fibber McGee and Moly"; "Quaker Early Birds"; "Gene
    and Glenn"
    05-12-1894 - Leora Thatcher - Logan, UT - d. 3-5-1984
    actress: Mrs. Kramer "Right to Happiness"
    05-26-1912 - Jay Silverheels - Six Nations Indian Reservation, Ontario, Canada
    - d. 3-5-1980
    actor: Television Tonto
    07-29-1892 - William Powell - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-5-1984
    actor: Father "My Mother's Husband"
    08-02-1915 - Gary Merrill - Hartford, CT - d. 3-5-1990
    actor: Bruce Wayne/Batman "Adventures of Superman"
    09-04-1898 - Harry Salter - Bucharest, Romania - d. 3-5-1984
    conductor: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"; "Lanny Ross Show"; "Mr. District Attorney"
    11-17-1905 - Mischa Auer - St. Petersburg, Russia - d. 3-5-1967
    actor: "Mischa the Magnificent"
    12-02-1906 - Donald Woods - Brandon, Manitoba, Canada - d. 3-5-1998
    actor: Leslie Foster "Those We Love"; "Woolworth Hour"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:22:26 -0500
    From: Pete <pappleyard_ca@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jake & The Kid

    I was just reading that the Jake & The Kid series of
    close to 200 programs ran on radio. I can't remember
    seeing anyone listing the series, have you??
    I would like to purchase or trade so that I might be
    able to hear the stories. Can anyone help??
    pappleyard_ca@[removed]
    Pete

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:22:46 -0500
    From: Jer51473@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  storage of mp3s
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    I was storing mine in a binder such as was described, but as i accumulated
    over 100 of them it dawned on me that constantly slipping them in and out of
    the
    slots was rough on them. I went to Staples, a stationary supply store and
    bought two boxes of slim cd jewel cases with 100 in each box. Now they dont
    get
    as rough of a treatment and i think are better protected. The jewel cases are
    so slim that they take up little space and i  stack them on end like books as
    i
    have been told records and cds should be stacked. Btw each box of 100 cases
    was $[removed] or so and the cases came in translucient colors with 50 blacks and
    10 each of green, red, yellow, blue, and purple. I use the colors to code my
    cds by category with black representing comedy as i have more comedy than any
    other category. I have a Sony box # xs-xz3p that plays mp3s very well and has
    a
    radio, but no cassette player. It sells now for about $[removed] I passed on a
    Sony that played cassettes also and was even cheaper than the set i bought. I
    cant remember the # on it, but i just really liked the looks of the xs-zy3p as
    it is said to have more stability as far as "jolts" and is more moisture
    resistant. Both sets do well with mp3s, probably in the 85-90% range. Most
    newere
    products out now that play cds also play mp3s at the otr bitrate level. I just
    bought 2 Sony dvd players and they play all my otr mp3s.

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    Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 23:23:36 -0500
    From: <tallpaulk@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Storing of MP3's and CD's

    Lynn Wager asked about how list member are storing their CD's and MP3's.

    About a year ago, I paid twenty bucks for a file cabinet at one of those
    surplus office equipment warehouses.  The cabinet is made to store 3X5 index
    cards.

    Since filing cabinets are made for a 3" high index card, not a [removed]" high CD,
    not all cabinets will work.  I took a stack of about a dozen CD's with me to
    make sure.

    I store my CD's in Tyvek sleeves that I purchase from The Polyline
    Corporation.  The sleeves just barely clear the top of the drawers.

    I estimated that I will be able to store 7,500 CD's in this cabinet.  The
    drawers also store my blank CD's, empty sleeves, etc.

    I have used Polyline for many years for blank audio cassettes.  They have a
    good selection of audio-video supplies.  I have no interest - just a
    satisfied customer.  Try [removed]

    Paul Kattelman - Sharonville, Ohio

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