Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #275
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 7/19/2002 5:53 PM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 275
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      BOB BAILEY                            [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      WVTF                                  [ "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@delphiau ]
      Re: whistling opening                 [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      Magicians in OTR                      [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
      radio                                 [ nicoll <nicoll@[removed]; ]
      Paul Harvey                           [ Tsunami1000@[removed] ]
      Fibber and Doc's phone numbers        [ "Danica L. Stein" <danicas@baymoon. ]
      MP3 Player for OTR                    [ "Gerber, Barry" <bg@[removed]; ]
      FDR humor                             [ "Thomas Mason" <batz34@[removed] ]
      Devil's Scrapbook                     [ John <glowingdial1@[removed]; ]
      Re: Hastings & Rice                   [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      Re: Deprived George                   [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      FDR thanks you!                       [ Petersenharris2@[removed] ]
      Commercials                           [ "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@hotm ]
      Magicians on OTR                      [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
      Re: Bob Bailey                        [ "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-self ]
      Griff's "Good Health to All from Rex  [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
      seeking Sarah Fussel credits          [ bloodbleeds@[removed] ]
      Re: Stan Freberg                      [ StevenL751@[removed] ]
      Redux: commercials                    [ Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed] ]
      Little people in old time [removed]    [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:20:12 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  BOB BAILEY

    In a message dated 7/19/2002 12:50:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
    [removed]@[removed] writes:

    << Kaleidoscope >>
        Well, Mike Ray has certainly created a mystery with that very moving
    tribute to Bob Bailey, some say the greatest 'Johnny Dollar' of them all.
        Having been a Hollywood actor on radio, TV and films for more than 30
    years and privy to some of the workings in that gritty, back-stabbing world
    of personality conflicts and ego-driven manipulations, I can attest for the
    poignancy of Mr. Ray's letter.
        It does not surprise me that Bob Bailey ended up a forgotten man in the
    home promised for all us Guild members up in Lancaster, if that's where he
    was.
        What does surprise me though is the reference Mike made to the 'clamming
    up' of several colleagues when interviewed about the 'lost' years of Bob
    Bailey?
        It surprises me somewhat to say the least as most performers are more
    than willing to talk about a deceased colleague in only the best light and
    with all due credit.
        What was he, a 'Commie' or something?
        Is there really a 'lost' period here and how can we learn more?
        I am very intrigued and even went to all my sources to find info on the
    [removed], a few honorariums and some listing of his credits and even a
    few photos but no info!
        if only we had Johnny Dollar on hand to do some real research.
        Family members? Friends?
        Please, we are eager to know.
        As Arthur Miller once said in his immortal play "Death of A Salesman,"
        "Attention must be paid."
                             <A HREF="[removed],+Michael+C.">
    Michael C. Gwynne</A>

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:20:36 -0400
    From: "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  WVTF

    In #273, Lee Munsick wrote:

>     Thank God for the Virginia Tech NPR stations which
>     carry classical music from 9 am to 4 pm every
>     weekday, and another FMer in North Carolina which
>     is all music and not NPR!

    When I was a student at Virginia Tech (92-97), I spent a lot of time
    listening to this public radio station (WVTF) - especially the semester that
    I didn't have a TV.  I enjoyed the music and Morning Edition/All Things
    Considered, but some of the other programming (like New Dimensions) sucked.
    I even wrote to them a couple of times asking them to add OTR to the
    broadcast schedule.  I never had any success, but did recieve a couple of
    nice replies telling me listener input is important and inviting me become a
    member.

    -Chris Holm

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:21:05 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: whistling opening

    Apparently, there has been a thread recently about OTR programs that opened
    with a whistle. I could have sworn that the topic came up some time ago,
    because I recall chiming in with my entry way back when.

    For most of the run of the Archie Andrews show, the opening was the ringing
    of the telephone. (Ha! Maybe that's what I recall responding to previously).

    HOWEVER: during the Swifts Premium Franks sponsorship, they changed the
    program opening to the sound of "Archie" whistling the opening bars of the
    Swifts Jingle. (four notes repeated twice) "Tweet, Tweet-tweet, Tweet".

    Then, the SFX of a window opening from a distance, and "Jughead" calls out
    "Hi, Archie. wadda ya want?

    And then Archie delivers his standard  "C'mon out Jughead, It's a matter of
    life or death!"

    To which Jughead gives his trademark response " Aw! Relax [removed]!

    I've been out of town for 10 days, so the timeliness of this response
    probably stinks.  Oh Well!

    Hal(harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:46:13 -0400
    From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Magicians in OTR

              One OTR story that I remember which had a
    magician in it was titled "The Great Gandolfo".  I
    think it was an episode of  "The Adventures of
    Sherlock Holmes", but can't say for sure.

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 15:46:28 -0400
    From: nicoll <nicoll@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  radio

    To view the following films go to;
    [removed]   and scroll down.

    Radio and Television 1940
    Producer: Holmes (Burton) Films, Inc.
    Sponsor: Vocational Guidance Films, Inc.
    View of the radio industry as it existed in 1940, showing potential
    occupations at every level. Introduces the new industry of television,
    emphasizing its need for specially skilled workers. Useful imagery of the
    electronic media in the pre-World War II era.
    Radio at War ca. 1944
    Producer: Ganz (William J.) Co.
    Sponsor: Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
    Communications and communicators facilitate World War II

    Will Nicoll

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:03:09 -0400
    From: Tsunami1000@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Paul Harvey
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    I am certain all of the readers know who Paul Harvey is.   Here, in my humble
    opinion, is an articulate and outstanding gentleman of the finest caliber!
    I think he is something like 103 years old and still going strong, and I grew
    up listening to this great commentator in the late 60s and early 70s (I think
    he once had a weekly midday TV appearance).   My question to all OTR and
    likewise Radio Fans of America, does anyone collect Paul Harvey's recordings
    and airings?   If so, I would dearly like to make contact with those
    individuals for two reasons:   1).   Possibility of honoring Mr. Harvey with
    a fan club of his own, and; 2).   I want to obtain copies of those
    recordings, and I have lots to offer in trade either in cassette, mp3, or wav
    formats.  Please let me hear from you, even if you have only a small portion
    of airchecks from Mr. Harvey.
         As an after commentary, I only wish that should I live so long, I could
    be as robust and charming as Paul Harvey!
        Thanks, James Faulkner, Tucson

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:04:06 -0400
    From: "Danica L. Stein" <danicas@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Fibber and Doc's phone numbers

    Dennis Crow was close, but the McGee's new dial phone number was Wistful
    Vista 4366. (That's OK, Dennis, I knew what you meant!)

    Doc Gamble's car phone number was XD 7187.

    --Danica

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:30:59 -0400
    From: "Gerber, Barry" <bg@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  MP3 Player for OTR
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    I'm new to this list, so I don't know if it has been mentioned, but the SONY
    D-CJ500 CD WALKMAN PORTABLE works wonderfully with OTR MP3 files recorded at
    very low frequency levels. I often listen to OTR late at night when going to
    bed. The D-CJ500 has a great single play feature that plays only the MP3
    file I have selected. After that, it shuts off. That means I can fall asleep
    knowing that the unit won't play on until morning or whenever I wake up.
    Also, if I press the play button, the D-CJ500 starts the same MP3 file again
    and all I have to do is press and hold down the play button to fast forward
    to the last place I remember in the file. While fast forwarding, the device
    plays a little sampled sound, making fast forward easy. If I'm awake when
    the MP3 I'm listening to finishes, all I have to do is press the play button
    to move to the next MP3 file. If I stop in the middle of an MP3 file,
    pressing the play button starts up right where I left off. The D-CJ500 has
    enough memory so that it spins the CD for a few seconds, buffers up lots of
    sound and then stops spinning. Great battery saver. The unit runs 24 hours
    on two AA batteries. Cost about $100.

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:34:48 -0400
    From: "Thomas Mason" <batz34@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  FDR humor

    Nowadays, if you quiz young people about past presidents or even the very
    recent ones, they know little of who they are or were.  I just remember when
    we were in school in the forties we were very aware of FDR and what was
    going on in the world.  I remember a joke we were passing around in school
    that was a take-off on the old Lucky Strike commercial of LSMFT (Lucky
    Strike Means Fine Tobacco).....we changed it to reflect FDR's longevity in
    [removed]"[removed]'s Start My Fifth Term."  Odd what you can
    remember at times.
    Tom Mason

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:36:35 -0400
    From: John <glowingdial1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Devil's Scrapbook

    Hi folks, was wondering if our otr experts can answer this one.  I recently
    downloaded a show which was labeled as a Hermit's Cave (maybe).  Upon
    listening to the open it did have HC sound effects and the opening dialogue
    was exactly as the Hermit did it but the show seemed to be called The
    Devil's Scrapbook.  A deep-voiced fellow came on saying he was the devil and
    came to Earth every Monday night to tell his stories.  Any info on this one
    would be appreciated.
    Thanks in advance, John W. Matthews
    [removed]
    glowingdial1@[removed]

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:16:41 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Hastings & Rice

    Don Dean recalls some TV credits of my good buddies Bob Hastings and
    Rosemary Rice, and asks;

>     Does any one know of other television shows, radio programs or movies
>     that these two wonderful people were in?

    Actually, Don, if I told you all I know about the background of those two,
    there would be no reason for you to buy my book. I devote many pages to
    those two, and cover their careers (Pre and Post) "Archie Andrews" in some
    detail. I also include some insight into their personal lives as well.

    The book will probably go to the printers in a few more weeks.

    This shamefaced commercial announcement was brought to you by;

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:19:09 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Deprived George

    In a recent posting, Georgie Porgie noted:

>     I'm going to tell you something now that you should keep to yourselve.
>     I wouldn't want Hal Stone to hear about this,  but I never heard the
>     Archie show either at least as far as I remember, and I still haven't
>     heard it  to this day.

    That's why they make copies on Cassettes and CD's, you silly! :)

>     My mother did not believe in boys sitting around
>     the house when they should be outside getting into trouble.

    Yea! tell me about it. My mother made me go into [removed] and appear on dumb radio
    programs.
    I can't tell you how many Saturday Morning pick-up baseball games I missed
    playing in.

>     and remember not a word to Hal.

    What can I say. Someone snitched. You're in deep doo-doo with me.

    semi-regards

    Hal(harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:50:36 -0400
    From: Petersenharris2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  FDR thanks you!

    This is the researcher working on the documentary for the White House
    Historical Association.  You guys have been great!  A mammoth help!  You've
    done your country quite a service.  And now, I have [removed]

    I'm looking for the recordings [removed]

    1) A George Burns and Gracie Allen show from March 31, 1939 - FDR calls Gracie

    2) Bergin-MCarthy host the President's Birthday Ball on January 31, 1943 -
    Great, funny stuff!

    3) "Hollywood for Roosevelt" - a 1940 program where Groucho, Lucilel Ball and
    Humphrey Bogart come out to support the President's reelection.

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:00:02 -0400
    From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Commercials

    Hell All:

    Lee Munsick wrote:

>     I frankly don't understand why anyone in the business thinks the listeners
>     pay any attention to commercials when they are grouped together in runs of
>     8 or 10 so the talk show host can run to the bathroom

    A good point.  This is even more true on music format radio.  There must be
    6 or 8 music stations in my area that I can listen to with some enjoyment.
    Once a 5 minute run of commercials begins I usually just switch to another
    station.

    I can report one bit of progress though.  One FM music station in my area
    now runs top of the hour newscasts.  Up till now I had to remember to switch
    to an AM news/ talk station to hear a newscast and often forgot to do so.
    Now I can set my radio to that station, particularly while driving, and I'll
    hear the news without having to remember to change the station.  I even
    listen to some commercials on that station, because I'm likely to forget to
    forget to change back to it.  I just wish they'd advertise as "the music and
    news station".  I bet they'd get great ratings.

    George

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:00:12 -0400
    From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Magicians  on OTR

              I just located another OTR program titled
    "Omar, Wizard of Persia" which might fit the bill
    of magicians/wizards on OTR.  For that matter,
    I've got the "Lux Radio Theatre" version of "The
    Wizard  of OZ".

              Weren't there some others as well?  Seems to
    me that there was "Chandu, the Magician", "Blackstone
    the Magician", and "Mandrake, the Magician" as well.
    I could be wrong, however,  but I doubt it.

    Kenneth Clarke

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:00:31 -0400
    From: "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-selfhelpbikeco@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Bob Bailey

    Mike Ray recently spoke of Bob Bailey in a very touching tribute.  I know
    exactly how he feels.  Bailey was an actor that for some reason that I
    can't explain touches me in ways that few other actors have.  He managed
    to make Johnny Dollar a real person in the minds of so many of us, and he
    gave the character something that most other radio detectives didn't
    [removed] and real personality.

    I always feel very sad whenever I'm listening to a show and I realize
    that just a few years after that episode aired, that his career ended so
    prematurely.  He would easily rank near the top of my list of actors that
    I wish I could've been around to meet.

    It's hard for me to put into words the way I feel, and I certainly can't
    do it as well as Mike Ray did, but I know exactly how he feels, because
    I, and probably thousands of others, feel the exact same way.

    rodney.

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:00:35 -0400
    From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Griff's "Good Health to All from Rexall"
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    It seems I'm coming in at the tail end of the Rexall Drug stores/programs
    thread.  I'm just wondering if there has been a mention of Griff Barnett,
    the actor who was the voice of the friendly druggist type spokesperson
    for the company?

    I have a photo of Griff taken  prior to his assignment in that capacity. I
    displayed it previously in my "Calling All Cars"  OTR actors series.

    It's at:

    [removed]

    CAB

    ---
    Conrad  A. Binyon
    Encino, CA
    Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:00:44 -0400
    From: bloodbleeds@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  seeking Sarah Fussel credits

    I believe Sarah Fussel specialized in voices for little boys on radio. I have one picture of her.
    Does anyone have a bio on her, or credits?

    Thanks.

    Ben Ohmart

    The Bickersons Scripts book!
    [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:09:48 -0400
    From: StevenL751@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Stan Freberg

    In a message dated Fri, 19 Jul 2002 2:35:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
    OldRadio Mailing Lists <[removed]@[removed]; writes:

>     From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
>     Subject:  Stan Freberg

>     I believe there was another record containing bits from his radio show.  I
>     seem to recall,
>     when I heard it, that it included a bit where he was trying to sell his show
>     to a sponsor.

    You are correct.  A 2-record "best-of" set was issued of "The  Stan Freberg
    Show".  Many of the same skits and songs also appeared on Stan's studio
    recordings, but these 2 records were definitely excerpts from the radio show,
    complete with audience reaction.  The two records were later reissued
    separately as "Volume 1" and "Volume 2".

    Interestingly, the lengthly "Incident at Los Voroces" skit that appears on
    the record is the version that Stan had originally recorded and intended to
    broadcast but was then censored by CBS.  At the last minute he had to
    assemble a new audience and re-record the entire show, using a watered down
    version of script for the final sketch.  But when the record albums were
    being assembled he used his original version.

    Steve Lewis

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:18:03 -0400
    From: Harry Bartell <bartell@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Redux: commercials

    Irene Heinstein wrote:

>     Harry Bartell said he wasn't important enough to be paid for doing
>     commercials.

    Not so. He said "personal endorsements." There was nothing wrong with
    commercials that a good check couldn't cure. She also wrote:

>     Is it true, Mr. Bartell that you and Bruce had a real affection for one
>     another?

    Not that I can recall.

>     And also----And while we've all been picking your memories I'm curious as to
>     what your memories of Sidney Greenstreet (as Nero Wolfe) are. Was he really
>     as much of a complainer as has been written.

    My memory of Mr. Greenstreet is of a fat man sitting at his own table while
    everyone else was at a standing microphone, and acting as though the other
    people in the cast sorta got in his way. Of course that was a very long time
    ago and I could be wrong.

    Harry Bartell

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    Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:38:15 -0400
    From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Little people in old time [removed]

    Ben asked about little people (midgets, dwarves, etc.) on old time radio.
    One of the most sensitive broadcasts I have ever heard using a midget as the
    main character was a Quite Please episode, called "Little Fellow."  It
    starred (as did all the QP shows) Ernest Chappell.  Chappell was far from
    being a midget himself, but he did a fine job of portraying the little man.
    Date of the Mutual show was 12/17/47.

    Ted Kneebone/1528 S. Grant [removed], SD 57401/605-226-3344
    OTR: [removed]

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