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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 320

Table Of Contents: 

	 Re: watching radio
	 Re: Jerry Colona
	 Re: Cliff Edwards
	 Introduction
	 unsubscribing
	 Theme songs?
	 LEMAC, Koury, and More
	 Radio Mystery Theatre
	 Norman Corwin at Museum of TV & Radio
	 Jack Benny Log
	 another train show
	 Railroad Shows
	 CBS Radio Mystery Theater, etc.
	 re:more train shows

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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 14:44:19 -0500
From: Steven Lewis <lewis@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: watching radio
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As a child I would listen to radio -- usually sportscasts or talkshows
-- while I did my homework. Seldom did I 'watch' the radio, except when
some particular dramatic moment arose ... such as Mickey Mantle stepping
to the plate or Jo Jo White shooting in the winning point in another
Jayhawk victory. More recently, though, I find it difficult to get into
sportscast over the radio. I'm afraid I have gotten so spoiled at having
an image to watch that I have lost part of my imagination.

Steven Lewis
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 20:40:34 +0100 (BST)
From: hbj@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Jerry Colona
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Interesting, my spell checker didn't bleep! I just realized I don't have
any of his material in the house.
I thought he was one of the funniest people on the air. He had a special
style about him.
But, does anyhone remember a kids record called Jerry's Troley, or
"Jerry comes off the troley?"
Was this mad cap troley line run with animals. I remember elephants
pussing a defective motor car up the hill, and the animals climbing into
it, to coast down, again. But, unfortunately, the brakes were damaged,
or Colona forgot to put them in.
Anyway, it's not good the results. (g>)
I remember being slightly terified by the thing. Wonder if anyone on the
list has it/remembers it.
How about it, Ron? (g>)
Regards


henry Brugsch [removed]
hbj@[removed]

`[1;30;46mNet-Tamer V [removed] Beta - Registered

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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 17:46:04 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Cliff Edwards
Message-ID: <960905174603_195128693@[removed]>

I received a well-documented and detailed letter from the Disney people after
Cliff Edwards had died "forgotten and impoverished." It was mailed to me upon
my letter of outrage to them when I heard of Cliff's alledged state.

It was an injustice to Disney; they subsidized him and made him comfortable
in his final days, and they geve proof on what they did for him in their
letter to me.

I have several Edwards appearances on "Eyes Aloft", a World War II West Coast
show beamed thirty minutes weekly to sky watchers and filter center workers
from 1943 to 1944. I have dozens of these shows, rescued from glass acitates
stored at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Recently, I  dubbed off
cassettes of the show, featuring many Hollywood personalities who donated
their hours of aerial observation to the Army Air Corps' Fourth Fighter
Command, to WRVO, Oswego NY.

BILL KNOWLTON, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE", WCNY-FM, SYRACUSE NY

PS: 82 year old Lee Moore, the "Coffee Drinking Nighthawk" of WWVA, Wheeling,
WV for 25 years and star of the still-running WWVA Jamboree, will appear
Sunday, Sept 15th at the Del-Se-Nango Fiddlers' Haven, McDonough NY (near
Oxford and Cortland), at 1 [removed] Lee's in bad health and we ask all fans of
this OTR country personality to turn out. showtime: 1 [removed] 

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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:21:38 -0300
From: "Stephen Moore" <moores@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Introduction
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello everyone.

I have been on this list and off again and back on.  It is odd how OTR
seems to pull on one's heart.

I have a question I hope is appropriate to the list.  My collection of
tapes and records is, to say the least, dis-organized.

I would enjoy seeing tips from others on how they catalog and maintain
their collections.  I am working on a Microsoft Works application for
looking after my personal collection, and so any ideas on what is, and is
not important, would be apprectited!

Thanks, and keep up the great posts on OTR!!

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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 18:01:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: danged@[removed] (Dan Gediman)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: unsubscribing
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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Could some kind soul remind me how to unsubscribe to this list. I have lost
my file with that information. 

Many thanks!
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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 20:21:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Betty Jean Davis <betdav@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Theme songs?
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My wife is cataloging our record collection and has come across the 
venerable Longine Symphonette records of OTR theme songs. It is not well 
documented material, and we are trying to find the composers of the 
following theme songs.  If you can help, please e-mail me.

"Contented" (Carnation Hour)
Bell Waltz (Telephone Hour)
Andante Cantabile (The Road of Life)

also,

"Love in Bloom" and "Thanks for the Memory" are listed on the jacket as 
BOTH being by Leo Robins and Ralph Raingin  (sp?)

Thanks for any help you can give.

Walter W. Davis
Corpus Christi Tx

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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 21:39:19 -0400
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: LEMAC, Koury, and More
Message-ID: <960905213919_278353655@[removed]>

Hi Gang -             September 5 - 1996 -- Thursday - 7:50 PM cdt 

A couple of "quickie" comments regarding postings in recent issues: 

"Gunsmoke" [removed]   
It is very possible that the original title for the theme could 
have been "The Old Trail" as Arlene points out.  I know that when I
first met Rex Koury after an organ concert he gave, he called it 
"Gunsmoke",  and indeed it is called "Gunsmoke" on the LP record which 
I bought from him (Yours Sincerely, Rex Koury -- National Custom Recording
# 12-994).  This was in 1971, and the program had long been off radio 
by then.  The title certainly could have been "The Old Trail" in 1951, 
but by 1971 people were calling it "Gunsmoke" so he might have re-titled
it.  According to the liner notes, "Gunsmoke" was composed by 
"Spencer-Koury".  Anybody know who Spencer is (was)?  Rex Tells the story 
of how he (Koury) composed the theme almost on the spur of the moment 
(while shaving) when he realized that the progam was ready to go on the 
air but had no theme song.  

"LEMAC".....
The Lemac (Camel Spelled Backwards) was the gimmick of "The Bob Hawk Show" 
Camel Cigarettes was the sponsor.  Bob Hawk was billed as "Your Lemac Man" 
and (as I recall) if the contestant "lit up a Camel" by answering 
questions to C-A-M-E-L, he/she became a "Lemac" and got to sit in the 
"LEMAC BOX".  At the end of the show All the LEMACS were pitted against 
each other to answer a tough question to become "LEMAC OF THE WEEK".
Does anybody have any "Bob Hawk" shows to trade?  I don't believe I have
any in my collection. 

"The Sixty Four Dollar Question".....
The $64 question (gimmick) was used on "Take It or Leave It" with Phil 
Baker.  The first question was worth $1.  The second $2, then $4, $8,
$16, $32, and finally $64.  At any time, the contestant could "Take it"
and end the game.  If the contestant missed a question, he/she would 
"Leave it" (no money).  The Phil Baker program was sponsored by Eversharp 
(later Eversharp-Shick).    

"Vinegar Tapes" 
Sounds like Joe Salerno's tapes might be starting to Hydrolize.  There are 
several fixes (see the many articles on "Squeaky Tape" from previous 
issues), but they are all temporary.  The final solution is that after 
the tapes have been baked or wetted with any of the various remedies, 
the material MUST be copied to another tape immediately, before the 
"master" tapes hydrolize again.  Then dispose of the old masters.

Sterling Holloway ....
Didn't he have something to do with Hortense the Elephant in a cartoon?
I seem to remember hearing his voice while the picture showed Hortense 
sitting on a bird nest, and the tree was bent to the ground.  The only
line I remember is, "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.  An 
Elephant's Faithful One-Hundred Percent".  I know, I [removed] It's not otr.

See you in Newark --- Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois 
kenpiletic@[removed] 

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Date: 05 Sep 96 23:11:02 EDT
From: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Radio Mystery Theatre
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Sorry folks, but I had to put my 2-cents in here.  I caught what must have been
the tail end of the run of the RADIO MYSTERY THEATER when I was away at college
in 1982.  I started to listen because it was the only radio drama I could find
on the air in Worcester, MA.  Now I was already a big OTR fan at that point, and
the RMT just didn't measure up.  When the show was good, it could be really
good.  But much more often than not, the scripts were just uninteresting or
plain dumb.  Maybe the show was better in it's earlier days, but my honest
reaction as a teenager who was also an experienced OTR buff was that it was
stuff like that which gave radio drama a bad name.

Steve Lewis  

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Date: 05 Sep 96 23:11:13 EDT
From: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Norman Corwin at Museum of TV & Radio
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Legandary radio writer Norman Corwin will be appearing at a seminar at the
Museum of TV & Radio in New York City:

"NORMAN CORWIN AND THE ART OF RADIO:  For over sixty years Norman Corwin has
been recognized as one of the most acclaimed writers, producers, and directors
in the field of radio drama.  During his career he has worked with many of the
top names in Hollywood to produce some of the most provocative radio programs
ever heard, earning him the title of "America's unofficial poet laureate."  Now
eighty-six, Corwin continues to create popular programs heard on public radio.
He will discuss his lengthy career and his views on the art of radio."

Friday, November 8th.  12:30-2:00pm.

Tickets are on sale now for Museum members, and go on sale to the public this
Tuesday.  They're $12 each ($10 for members).  You can purchase tickets at the
Musuem lobby, or order them through TicketMaster.

Incidentally, in the Musuem's second-annual "Radio Festival", which lasts 2
weeks and features 9 seminars, this is the only seminar devoted to some aspect
of radio drama.

Steve Lewis  

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Date: 05 Sep 96 23:11:32 EDT
From: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Jack Benny Log
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

I've just been catching up on two weeks worth of [removed]

Someone was looking for a good Jack Benny log - I can recommend the one compiled
by Gary A. Dunn and John and Larry Gassman.  It lists broadcast dates and a
thumbnail plot description for the entire run of the series, 1932-1958.  For the
repeat shows (1956-58) it also lists when the show was originally broadcast.
There is also a chronological listing of Benny guest appearances on other shows.
It runs about 80 pages.  You can get more info from Larry Gassman at Box 1163,
Whittier, CA, 90604

Steve Lewis  

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Date: 05 Sep 96 23:11:22 EDT
From: Steve Lewis <[removed]@[removed]>
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: another train show
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

For the reader who is looking for shows taking place on a train:  One of my
favorite of the existing I LOVE A MYSTERY serials is "Bury Your Dead, Arizona".
Both the opening several and closing few episodes of this 15-episode story take
place on a train.

Steve Lewis  

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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 23:48:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: "The Cruisin' Quartet" <tenor@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Railroad Shows
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There is a great Jean Shephered program that where he talks about being on
a troop train.  This story was also in one of his books.  I think it was
"In God We [removed] Others Pay Cash."

This was one of his WOR programs that were later syndicated on a tape
bicycle basis (before sat.) by NPR.

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Date: Thu,  5 Sep 1996 23:54:13, -0500
From: UGTH94A@[removed] (MR TED   KNEEBONE)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: CBS Radio Mystery Theater, etc.
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
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   I have been catching up on reading OTR Digest and now have a few observations.
   1.  Watching the radio.  As a kid, we had one radio in the house. A
large console RCA, long gone. It had a sort of square dial which was
lighted by several small bulbs. It gave off a cheerful yellow glow, but
that wasn't all. You had to READ that dial to know where to tune in the
stations. If there had been no light, locating stations would have been
difficult. It had four bands: long wave, medium wave (AM), and two
shortwave bands. Shortwave has fascinated me for all my years; I still
occasionally tune in.
   I do remember occasionally turning off the lights in the living room and
looking at the dial while listening. In fact, once when my family was in
the house, I lit a candle and set it on top of the radio and listened to
INNER SANCTUM. The effect was spookier than usual. But at age 8 I was not
about to do that when home alone.
   During WW2 we didn't buy much of anything new. It was usually second
hand, either given to us, or Dad bought it at a second-hand store. On one
occasion while I was about 10, Dad brought home a radio for my room, shared
with my brother. It was a long Radiola with a separate speaker on top, sort
of an arch. It had a lighted dial, too, but not nearly as interesting as
the one in the living room. The delightful thing about it all was that I
had a radio I could listen to when I didn't want to hear what the rest of t
he family were listening to. On Wednesday evenings I had the joy of
listening to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henry Weber. The
NY Philharmonic on Sunday, followed by Toscanini and the NBC Symphony. Ben
Grauer, his announcer, made this concert as exciting as a sports broadcast
would be to a sports fan.
   2. CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Twelve years is a long time for a radio
drama show to have lasted, especially in the 70s & 80s. Himan Brown was the
director and the casts included stars of radio, television, the theater.
The scrips were well written. The continuity was what established the show
for radio listeners:  it had an intro, a regular host (EG Marshall), bridge
music, sfx, an extro, and commercials.  Radio shows of lesser quality seem
to lack that cohesion that keeps the show together, and moving along. The
acting was excellent. These were top quality shows. And SEVEN nights a
week! Nobody, no radio show, except maybe newscasts, was on seven nights a
week. I own about 30 of them, many taped when they were first aired. They
were not all great shows, but I don't recall any that I would rate less
than good.  And I do hope that someone with some vision will re-syndicate
them. Better yet, why couldn't some enterprising person or group get Himan
Brown back on the job to do a new series?
   While I am on the subject of good OTR, I think one example of an
excellent short-run modern radio drama series was "Bradbury 13."  The
craftsmanship of old time radio was there, but there was some undefinable
quality that made this outstanding in a different way than the CBSRMT. And
why isn't there another set of 13 shows being produced by Bradbury and
company? He wrote enuf short stories that there could be a fairly
long-running sci fi series, akin to Dimension X & X-1, akin but different
and more modern.
   3. Network radio studios. I have never witnessed the destruction of
network radio studios, but I do have a recording of "Farewell to Studio 9"
from CBS radio on August 17, 1964. Quality is variable and I'm not sure
it's complete. (Anyone have a good copy of that program they would be
willing to swap?) The host interviewed a number of WW2 newscasters and
others who performed in Studio 9. I think the entire building was scheduled
to be destroyed. There was a lot of nostalgia on that program.
   Thanks for listening and be sure to tune in tomorrow for another
exciting episode of "Uncle Ted's Story Time."

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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 08:54:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAX SCHMID <mschmid@[removed]>
To: airwavesOTR <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: re:more train shows
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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A few more train shows have come to mind, one jogged by a recent post.  
There was another Corwin show which took place on a train called "Home 
For the Fourth".  This reminds me of a few PSAs during war year Vic & Sade
episodes reminding travellers to give up their seats for servicemen on 
Christmas leave.
	Another show aboard a runaway train is one of the 2 existing episodes
of "Armstrong of the SBI (Scientific Bureau of Investigation)"  which was a
half-hour spin-off of Jack Armstrong.  The episode is called "Clear the 
Tracks".
Is anyone tired of this thread yet?  -Max
Oh and one more - Didn't The Frontier Gentleman travel from week to week 
on a train?




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