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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2006 : Issue 365
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Where's Appleton?                     [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
      James Bond, Suspense and Cisco Kid    [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Hoagy Carmichael                      [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      Roy Rogers And Dale Evans             [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      Eddie Green                           [ Illoman <illoman@[removed]; ]
      X Minus One                           [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      12-30 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re:Fessenden                          [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]
      The Cisco Kid and anachronisms of th  [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Sid Raymond                           [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
      Re: Fessenden                         [ Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@sbcglo ]
      Recketts Program?                     [ doug kosmonek <dougkosmonek@[removed] ]
      Crosley Book                          [ David Phaneuf <dwphaneuf@[removed]; ]
      Milton Berle                          [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      This week in radio history 31 Decemb  [ "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@adelphia ]

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:36:05 -0500
    From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Where's Appleton?

    On Wednesday, December 27, 2006, at 12:18 PM R. R. King wrote
    (concerning the Fessenden fuss):

>     Here's a mention of it in a syndicated article about KDKA's tenth
>     anniversary by Robert Mack as it appeared in the November 1, 1930
>     Appleton (OH) Post-Crescent:

    I suspect any native Badger on the Digest will be able to tell King
    that Appleton (and its daily newspaper, The Post Crescent) are not in
    Ohio.  Both the city and its proud newspaper are now, and have always
    been, in Wisconsin.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL (also not in Ohio)
    <[removed]>

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:18:01 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  James Bond, Suspense and Cisco Kid

    It was noted on the Digest:

>     Fun to note, that Ian Fleming, in the James Bond novels, described 007,
>     as resembling, the [removed]

    The reference to Bond looking like Hoagy Carmichael was featured in two
    novels.  The first was CASINO ROYALE, chapter 8, when Bond dressed to get
    ready for the high-stakes card game.

    "As he tied his thin, double-ended, black satin tie, he paused for a moment
    and examined himself levelly in the mirror.  His grey-blue eyes looked
    calmly back with a hint of ironical inquiry and the short lock of black hair
    which would never stay in place slowly subsided to form a thick comma above
    his right eyebrow.  With the thin vertical scar down his right cheek the
    general effect was faintly piratical.  Not much of Hoagy Carmichael there,
    thought Bond, as he filled a flat, light gunmetal box with fifty of the
    Morland cigarettes with the triple gold band."

    The second and only othe reference to Carmichael was in Fleming's third Bond
    novel, "MOONRAKER".  Chapter 14 dealt with Gala Brand's daily routine for
    Sir Hugo Drax, and was cleverly written (though lack of prose) to describe
    her job performance in extreme detail - and then paused briefly in the
    middle of the chapter for her to describe Bond, a visitor from the Service
    sent to oversee the project's security, which suggested her romantic
    thoughts about Bond.  Quoting:

    "He could probably shoot all right and talk foreign languages and do a lot
    of tricks that might be useful abroad.  But what good could he do here
    without any beautiful spies to make love to.  Because he was certainly
    good-looking.  (Gala Brand automatically reachd into her bag for her vanity
    [removed] examined herself in the little mirror and dabbed at her nose with a
    powder puff.)  Rather like Hoagy Carmichael in a way."

    Best Bond novel ever written by Fleming was his first, CASINO ROYALE,
    incidentally.  It comes recommended.  Prose and story is excellent, and one
    of the ten best reads.

    Regarding SUSPENSE, the James Cagney episode, no record has yet appeared on
    eBay so the value of such an item remains unknown.  There is no doubt the
    Auto-Lite commercials for the record would not be featured as the drama
    itself was transcribed and the commercials were broadcast "live" on the air.

    THE CISCO KID (and I am referring to the radio series, NOT the novels or
    books) did take place in the west, but when I refer to "the west" I mean the
    location, not the date setting.  The series took place at the same time
    frame as the radio series was broadcast (the 1950s) but featured more
    ranches and tumbleweeds than city skyscrapers.  It was not uncommon to hear
    a Hopalong Cassidy or The Cisco Kid radio episode featuring a telephone or
    an automobile because the series took place during the 1950s, but young
    children were romanced on the idea that it took place in today's wild, wild
    west.

    If one wants to see an odd ball that doesn't fit in the genre, there is a
    Bob Steele B-western from the early 1930s that actually has a rescue from a
    Goodyear blimp!

    Martin

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:23:35 -0500
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Hoagy Carmichael
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    I remember Hoagy Carmichael voice on The Flintstones. But didn't Ann Margaret
    do acting and singing parts on that show later on? Or was someone parodying
    her voice?If so, she would be another show business celebrity to lend her
    talents to that show.

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:30:55 -0500
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Roy Rogers And Dale Evans
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    Roy Rogers was actually married 3 times. I beleive it was before he married
    Arlene. It was a very short [removed] books on Roy don't even mention it.
    I have at least one large book that came out in the last 20 years that goes
    into some detail on [removed] don't have access to the book at the [removed] I
    do I will share the information with you.

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:31:54 -0500
    From: Illoman <illoman@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Eddie Green

    On Dec 29, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Irene wrote:

>     "Two changes have been made in the cast of  'Duffy's Tavern' which is
>     broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company radio network on
>     Fridays at 9:30 [removed]  Sid Raymond has replaced Charlie Cantor as Finnegan,
>     while Sam Raskin has taken over the role of the waiter formerly played by
>     Eddie Green."

    Speaking of Eddie Green, he's another unsung hero of radio. I am a
    huge Duffy's Tavern fan, but really feel the show went downhill after
    Eddie passed away. If anyone knows of any in depth information on mr
    Green, I would appreciate it. To his credit, Ed Gardner gave Eddie
    some of the funniest lines in the show, and Eddie always delivered.

    Mike

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:30:33 -0500
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  X Minus One
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    "Dimension X" had some great Science Fiction such as "Knock" The Martian
    Embassy" snd "Mars Is Heaven."The Mysterious Traveler" also had some good
    ones like "The Last Survivor,"" Behind The Locked Door" or "Woman Of The
    Mountain,""Fire From The Sky" and "Planet Zithious."

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:18:57 -0500
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  12-30 births/deaths

    December 30th births

    12-30-1884 - Hideki Tojo - Tokyo, Japan - d. 12-23-1948
    prime minister: War Time Broadcasts
    12-30-1885 - Ed Jerome - NYC - d. 9-10-1959
    actor: Harry Blackstone "Blackstone, the Magic Detective"; Gregory
    Allen "Rich Man's Darling"
    12-30-1894 - Vincent Lopez - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-20-1975
    bandleader: "Luncheon with Lopez"
    12-30-1899 - Michael Raffetto - Placerville, CA - d. 5-31-1990
    actor: Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"; Jack Packard "I Love A
    Mystery/Adventure"
    12-30-1900 - Everett Marshall - Lawrence, MA - d. 4-xx-1965
    singer: "Broadway Vanities/Varieties"
    12-30-1903 - Owen Crump - d. 2-13-1998
    producer: " The Grouch Club"
    12-30-1911 - Jeanette Nolan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-5-1998
    actor: Nicolette Moore "One Man's Family"; Mrs. Hudson "Advs. of
    Sherlock Holmes"
    12-30-1912 - Hugh Griffith - Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales - d.
    5-14-1980
    actor: "Under Milk Wood"
    12-30-1912 - Nancy Coleman - Everett, WA - d. 1-18-2000
    actor: Alice Hughes "Young Dr. Malone"
    12-30-1914 - Bert Parks - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-2-1992
    emcee, announcer: "Break the Bank"; "Stop the Music"; "Double or
    Nothing"
    12-30-1922 - Bert Holland - d. 3-8-1980
    actor: Emmett "Shorty Bell"
    12-30-1927 - Bernie Barrow - NYC - d. 8-4-1993
    actor: "Golden Door"
    12-30-1931 - Skeeter Davis - Dry Ridge, KY - d. 9-19-2004
    country/western singer: "Grand Old Opry"
    12-30-1936 - Sandy Koufax - Brooklyn, NY
    baseball legend: "Tops In Sports"

    December 30th deaths

    04-07-1919 - Ralph Flanagan - Lorain, OH - d. 12-30-1995
    bandleader: "Chesterfield's ABC of Music"; "Let's Go Show"
    05-23-1910 - Artie Shaw - NYC - d. 12-30-2004
    bandleader: "Melody and Madness"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
    06-28-1902 - Richard Rodgers - Long Island, NY - d. 12-30-1979
    composer: "ASCAP On Parade"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and
    Sanborn Hour"
    08-22-1909 - Julius J. Epstein - NYC - d. 12-30-2000
    screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-26-1894 - Glenn Hunter - NYC - d. 12-30-1945
    actor: "Roses and Drums"
    09-28-1906 - Jack Meakin - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-30-1982
    music: "Abbott and Cosetello Show"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Honest
    Harold"
    10-06-1901 - Leslie Arliss - London, England - d. 12-30-1987
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    11-18-1900 - Don Quinn - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 12-30-1967
    writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Halls of Ivy"
    12-07-1905 - Charles Magnante - d. 12-30-1986
    accordionist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family"; "Singin' Sam"; "Tony and
    Gus"
    12-14-1934 - Johnny Moore - d. 12-30-1998
    lead singer: (Member of The Drifters) "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
    12-24-1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman - Johnston, PA - d. 12-30-1946
    Composed "At Dawning," used as theme for "The Brighter Day."
    12-28-1908 - Lew Ayres - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-30-1996
    actor: Dr. James Kildare "Dr. Kildare"

    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:19:32 -0500
    From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Fessenden

    A website dedicated to the history of early radio includes a chronology
    from "History of Communications Electronics in the United States Navy",
    Linwood S. Howeth, 1963. Howeth had access to Naval records for this
    official publication (prepared under  the  auspices  of
    Bureau of Ships and Office of Naval History). These two entries appear in 1906:

    Fessenden transmitted speech from Brant Rock, Mass., which was received at
    Macrahanish, Scotland. He utilized a 500-cycle spark transmitter. (Nov.)

    Fessenden transmitted music and speech from Brant Rock, Mass., by means of
    the 80-kc. alternator provided by the General Electric Co. These
    transmissions were received by ships off the Virginia coast. (24 Dec.)

    [removed] (chronology page)

    [removed] (title page - the entire book is online)

    The website is fun to get lost in for radio equipment enthusiasts.

    [removed]

    Note:  Despite the "US" top domain name, the website owner is not, as far
    as I can determine, affiliated with the US Government.

    Don

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:22:09 -0500
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Cisco Kid and anachronisms of the Old West

>     Also, in an episode of the Cisco Kid called "The Cisco Kid's Sister"
>     automobiles and telephones are in use. I listened to this show
>     growing up - in fact, I was a proud member of the Cisco Kid Triple S
>     Club - and I'd always thought that the stories took place in the old
>     west. Was this an experiment to make the series more accessible to
>     "modern" kids?

    I don't think so.  I was surprised at this myself, though it was in perhaps
    1952 or so.  A lot of the Old West was still pretty wild up through the
    1930's.  And while Pancho Villa's troops were on horseback, he himself rode
    the plains in a Dodge touring car.

    One of my favorite pictures was not intended to be an anachronism, but it
    sure looked like one.  It seems that after World War I, the manufacturers of
    the Thompson sub-machine gun found themselves with quite a bit of excess
    stock.  While Chicago gangsters were reliable customers, the firm decided to
    expand its customer base by selling their guns to farmers and ranchers in
    western states.  And so there is this advertisement, lauding the Thomson
    machine gun as a handy means of protecting your property.  To illustrate,
    there was a picture of a rancher, in ten-gallon hat and the rest of the
    familiar cowboy uniform, standing on the veranda of his porch blasting away
    at Mexican banditos in the distance with a machine gun.

    You also might recall that the TV series of Lassie featured a telephone
    system.  (I don't know about the radio version, if there was one.)  Most
    towns had telephone systems by perhaps 1900; there is a large selection of
    telephone equipment in my 1908 Sears catalog, and the telephone dates back
    to about 1880 anyway.  And it was in about 1908 that mass-production of the
    Model T Ford began in earnest, and these were sold all over the nation.

    After all that, I do not know what the backstory of the Cisco Kid actually
    was.  I always thought he was kind of the Lone Ranger, but he had a fancier
    outfit, at least on TV.

    M Kinsler

    who just downloaded a copy of "Happy Trails" from iTunes and discovered that
    Roy Rogers really couldn't sing very well.  It must have been Dale and/or
    the Sons of the Pioneers who did most of the real work.

    512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 43130 740-687-6368
    [removed]

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:22:54 -0500
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Sid Raymond

    Alan Chapman asked about Sid Raymond and possible
    appearances in OTR.

    >From "The Golden Age of Radio" - Program 55:
    ([removed])

    Sid Raymond, who got his start in radio on the Major
    Bowes Original Amateur Hour, replaced Charlie Cantor
    as Finnegan on  Duffy's Tavern. An actor, comedian,
    impersonator and variety performer, Sid Raymond
    performed in variety, radio, cartoons, television,
    commercials, and motion pictures. Sid Raymond has
    dedicated his life to a craft that took him from the Catskill
    Mountains to the front in WWII, from summer stock to
    Broadway, and from Madison Avenue to Hollywood.
    Along the way he married, raised two daughters, and
    never gave up the desire to entertain. In a career spanning
    seven decades, Sid Raymond persevered at his craft, with
    a passion for performing that kept him going as an actor,
    from gig to gig, in spite of hard times, heartbreak, and virtual
    obscurity. The recent film, "Sid at 90:" by Howard Weinberg,
    not only portrays a journeyman actor but also honors the
    organizations-Screen Actors' Guild, Actors' Equity and
    AFTRA-that sustained him.

    "Sid at 90:" presents actor/comedian/impersonator Sid
    Raymond, a bit player in vaudeville, radio cartoons, theatre,
    television drama, commercials and hollywood movies, who
    is still acting - and looking for work. An inspiration for actors,
    older Americans, and anyone with a passion, this documentary
    profile challenges assumptions that celebrity defines success.

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:23:07 -0500
    From: Don Shenbarger <donslistmail@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Fessenden

    Sorry for the second post. In the chronology listing already mentioned in
    my first message is this note for 1900:  "Prof. Reginald A. Fessenden,
    while in the employ of the [removed] Department of Agriculture, accomplished the
    first radio transmission and reception of speech."

    Don

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    Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:23:30 -0500
    From: doug kosmonek <dougkosmonek@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Recketts Program?
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    Hi Everyone,

      I'm wondering if anybody can help me date a show I have in my collection.

    It's called the Recketts? program. From listening to it I have found out
    this.

    It is a syndicated once a week morning show. It is 12:30 in length,
    Roy Fox is the host, with Denny Dennis and Mary Lee as vocalists.
    I have done the usual searches and have come up with information on
    all three artists, but no mention of the show anywhere.

    Can anybody help?

    thanks

    Doug

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    Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:52:06 -0500
    From: David Phaneuf <dwphaneuf@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Crosley Book

    I was browsing through Sam's Club and noticed that the
    new bio on the Crosley brothers, entitled "Crosley" is
    available for $[removed] (regular retail price $[removed])  I
    think that's a great bargain for anyone interested in
    WLW Radio and other Powell Crosley enterprises.

    I saw it in [removed] don't know about
    distribution outside of Cincinnati.

    Dave Phaneuf

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    Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:52:23 -0500
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Milton Berle

    Can anyone tell me who was the voice of Martha who only said "yes" in the
    skits with the couple Sam and Martha Harris?  For some reason I had always
    thought Berle was doing the voice but someone recently said it wasn't he.

    Thanks and Happy New Year, everyone.

    Barbara

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    Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:33:40 -0500
    From: "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: "otrd" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 31 December to 6
     January

    >From Those Were The Days --

    12/31

    1940 - As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP (the
    American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry was
    prevented from playing any ASCAP-licensed music. The ban lasted for ten
    months. An ASCAP competitor, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) made giant
    strides, expanding to include 36,000 copyrights. Many radio stations had to
    resort to playing public domain songs, such as marches and operas, to keep
    their stations on the air. Even kids songs were played over and over again
    until the ban was lifted. One of the most popular songs to be played was
    Happy Birthday to You; which was performed in many different languages just
    to get past the ban. The original song is now, in fact, a copyrighted piece
    of music, though it wasn't at the time.

    1947 - Roy Rogers, 'the King of the Cowboys', and Dale Evans were hitched in
    marriage. They rode off into that sunset together for over fifty years.

    1951 - The Wild Bill Hickok show came to an end this day. Guy Madison (Wild
    Bill) and Andy Devine (sidekick, Jingles) starred on the Mutual network show
    (as well as in the syndicated TV version).

    1/1
    1923 - The first broadcast of the Rose Bowl was beamed in Los Angeles over
    KHJ.

    1925 - Lucrezia Bori and John McCormack of the famous Metropolitan Opera in
    New York City made their singing debuts on radio this day. The broadcast
    over WEAF encouraged others to sing on radio.

    1927 - The very first coast-to-coast network radio broadcast of the Rose
    Bowl was made. Graham McNamee provided the play-by-play on NBC.

    1930 - The Cuckoo Hour, was heard for the first time on the NBC Blue
    network.

    1/2

    1921 - The first religious broadcast on radio was heard, as Dr. [removed] Van
    Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh,
    Pennsylvania.

    1959 - CBS dropped the curtain on four soap operas. Our Gal Sunday, This is
    Nora Drake, Backstage Wife and Road of Life all hit the road for good.

    1/4

    1928 - NBC debuted one of radio's first variety shows. The Dodge Victory
    Hour starred Will Rogers, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra and singer Al
    Jolson. The cost to produce this one show was $67,600.

    1932 - NBC Red presented The Carnation Contented Hour. The show continued on
    network radio for 19 years as a showcase for top singers and musicians.

    1935 - Bob Hope was first heard on network radio as part of The Intimate
    Revue with Jane Froman, James Melton and the Al Goodman Orchestra.

    1/5

    1935 - Phil Spitalny's All-Girl Orchestra was featured on CBS this day on
    the program, The Hour of Charm. (And who can ever forget Evelyn and her
    magic violin? -ed)

    1940 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got its very first
    demonstration of FM radio. The new medium, free of interference, static, and
    noise in thunderstorms, was developed by Major [removed] Armstrong. The first FM
    transmitter was put in operation in 1941.

    1/6

    1941 - A young actor appeared for the first time in a new program on CBS
    titled, The Home of the Brave. Along with others in the cast, this was
    Richard Widmark's radio debut.

    1950 - Ronald Coleman starred as the president of Ivy College in The Halls
    of Ivy.

    1974 - CBS radio returned to dramatic programming at night with the first
    broadcast of Radio Mystery Theatre, hosted by [removed] Marshall. The program
    debuted on 218 CBS network stations.

    Joe

        PS: I want to thank those who over the past year have corrected and
    added more information to the history series.
        Happy  New Year everyone.

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