Subject: [removed] Digest V2009 #178
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Date: 9/22/2009 7:53 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 178
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      9-16 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Bill Idelson                          [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      ART Radio Studio 2009                 [ JJLjackson@[removed] ]
      Mel Blanc                             [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      Re: THE ENGINEER botches the opening  [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
      Dollars and sense                     [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      9-17 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Re: The Value of John Dunning's Work  [ Jordan Young <jordanyoung50@sbcglob ]
      Science Fiction Theatre               [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:49:10 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-16 births/deaths

    September 16th births

    09-16-1881 - Jack Harvey - Cleveland, OH - d. 11-9-1954
    writer: "Joan Davis Time"
    09-16-1893 - Alexander Korda - Pusztaturpaszto, Hungary - d. 1-23-1956
    director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-16-1899 - Sam Spewack - Ukraine, Russia - d. 10-14-1971
    writer: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-16-1902 - Philip Reep - d. 1-23-1985
    singer: (Elm City Four) "The Gay Nineties Revue"
    09-16-1903 - Joe Venuti - Lecco, Italy - d. 8-14-1978
    jazz violinist: "Friendly Five Footnotes";"Paul Whiteman Show";
    "Jubilee"
    09-16-1908 - Neil Reagan - Tampico, IL - d. 12-11-1996
    director, announcer: (Brother of Ron) "Dr. Christian"; "Straight Arrow"
    09-16-1910 - Herta Glaz - Vienna, Austria -^ d. 1-28-2006
    mezzo soprano: "NBC Summer Symphony"; "Metropolitan Opera"
    09-16-1911 - Dorian St. George - d. 3-1-2004
    announcer: "Advs. of Charlie Chan"; "Candid Microphone"
    09-16-1911 - Paul Henning - Independence, MO - d. 3-25-2005
    writer: "Burns and Allen"
    09-16-1914 - Allen Funt - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-5-1999
    host: "Candid Microphone"
    09-16-1915 - Cy Walter - Minneapolis, MN - d. 8-18-1968
    pianist: "Piano Playhouse"; "Songs by Sinatra"
    09-16-1919 - Andy Russell - Los Angeles, CA - d. 4-16-1992
    singer: "Your Hit Parade"
    09-16-1919 - Larry Dobkin - NYC - d. 10-28-2002
    actor: Archie Goodwin "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; Ellery Queen "Advs. of
    Ellery Queen"
    09-16-1919 - Ralph Barco - d. 3-19-1993
    orchestra leader: WHK Cleveland, Ohio
    09-16-1921 - Korla Pandit (Juan Rolando) - St. Louis, MO- d. 10-1-1998
    organ: "Chandu the Magician", "Jubilee"
    09-16-1922 - Janis Paige - Tacoma, WA
    actor: "MGM Theatre of the Air"; "Theatre of Romance"
    09-16-1924 - Lauren Bacall - NYC
    actor: Sailor Duval "Bold Venture"
    09-16-1924 - Royce Ryton - Ferring, England - d. 4-14-2009
    playwright: "The Royal Baccarat Scandal"
    09-16-1925 - [removed] King - Itta Bena, MS
    disc jockey: "Boogie for Breakfast"
    09-16-1925 - Charlie Byrd - Chuckatuck, VA - d. 12-1-1999
    jazz guitarist: "Voices of Vista"
    09-16-1926 - Tommy Bond - Dallas, TX - d. 9-24-2005
    actor: Randolph Foster "A Date With Judy"
    09-16-1927 - Jack Kelly - Astoria, NY - d. 11-7-1992
    actor: "Suspense"
    09-16-1930 - Anne Francis - Ossining, NY
    actor: Kathy Cameron "When a Girl Marries"

    September 16th deaths

    01-01-1905 - Richard Keith - NYC - d. 9-16-1976
    actor: Ray Hunt "Myrt and Marge"; Frank W. Brock "Special Investigator"
    01-18-1920 - Constance Moore - Sioux City, IA - d. 9-16-2005
    singer, actor: Gloria Dean "Hollywood Mystery Time"
    01-19-1910 - Jaime Del Valle - d. 9-16-1981
    producer, director: "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar"; "Count of Monte
    Cristo"
    02-26-1920 - Antony Kearey - London, England - d. 9-16-1997
    producer: "The Shetland Wildcat"
    03-06-1942 - David Cleve - England - d. 9-16-2005
    actor: "Out of School"
    03-13-1914 - Glen Gordon - NYC - d. 9-16-1977
    actor: Dr. Fu Manchu "The Shadow of Fu Manchu"
    03-18-1902 - Doris Dalton - Sharon, MA - d. 9-16-1984
    actor: Voice of Romance "Romance"; "One Foot in Heaven"
    06-11-1906 - Frank Woodruff - Columbia, SC - d. 9-16-1983
    director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    06-14-1884 - John McCormack - Athone, Ireland - d. 9-16-1945
    singer: "The Atwater-Kent Hour"; "The Vince Program"
    08-10-1901 - Josef Koestner - Wilmersdorf, Germany - d. 9-16-1990
    orchestra leader: "Ry-Krisp Show"; "Hoover Sentinels Serenade"
    09-07-1910 - Don Ried - d. 9-16-1996
    vocalist: "The Jack Kirkwood Show"
    09-28-1881 - Pedro de Cordoba - NYC - d. 9-16-1950
    actor: John Marshall "Those We Love"; Jose Alvarado "Romance of the
    Ranchos"
    11-05-1887 - Ralph Moody - St. Louis, MO - d. 9-16-1971
    actor: "Gunsmoke"; "Roy Rogers Show"; "Wild Bill Hickok"
    11-28-1906 - Helen Jepson - Titusville, PA - d. 9-16-1997
    singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Show Boat"
    11-29-1912 - Alan Courtney - NYC - d. 9-16-1978
    host: "Calling All Girls"; "Korn Kobblers"
    12-02-1923 - Maria Callas - NYC - d. 9-16-1977
    opera singer: "The Metropolitan Opera"
    12-23-1911 - James Gregory - The Bronx, NY - d. 9-16-2002
    actor: Captain Vincent Cronin "21st Precinct"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:49:15 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Bill Idelson

    I know that during his lifetime Bill Idelson kept involved in the
    entertainment business in various ways.  I don't know whether or not he made
    a full-time living at it, though.  Several years ago I saw him on an episode
    of WILL & GRACE.  And then the other night I was watching a re-run of a
    M*A*S*H episode and Bill was credited as the writer.  Does anyone know if he
    actually did these kinds of things full-time?

    Ted

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:49:25 -0400
    From: JJLjackson@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  ART Radio Studio 2009
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    American Radio Theater will be having it's fifth Radio Studio on Oct. 3-4,
    in Seattle at Pioneer Hall. Ivan Cury and Dave Parker will be with our
    acting  ensemble as we recreate episodes from Sam Spade, Pursuit and a new
    episode of  Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.

    We will be broadcasting it live into the internet on both days. On Saturday
     at 3 pm Pacific (6 pm Eastern) and again at 7 pm pacific (10 pm Eastern)
    we will  be streaming Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Pursuit. On Sunday we
    broadcast at 3  pm Pacific (6 pm Eastern) Sam Spade and a new episode of
    Chuckwagon Tales. You  can listen in at _[removed]_ (http://www
    .[removed])  in the  Fred Bertelson room.

    Hope to see you there!

    Joy Jackson
    American Radio Theater

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:49:38 -0400
    From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
    To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mel Blanc

    With all the talk of Mel Blanc in recent digests, I have to mention that the
    Golden Age of Radio - WTIC has a full hour dedicated to the man of many
    voices. The program, which aired in August, 1974, included an interview and
    excerpts from many radio shows on which he appeared.

    Mel Blanc's ability to create voices for multiple characters first attracted
    attention when he worked as a voice actor in radio. He was a regular on the
    Jack Benny Program in various roles, including Benny's automobile (a Maxwell
    in desperate need of a tune up), violin teacher Professor LeBlanc, Polly the
    Parrot, and Benny's bear, Carmichael.

    Blanc's success on the Jack Benny Program led to his own radio show on the
    CBS radio network, The Mel Blanc Show, which ran from September 3, 1946 to
    June 24, 1947. Blanc played himself as the hapless owner a fix-it shop, in
    addition to a wide range of comical support characters. Go to
    [removed] and look for program number 53.

    --
    Bob Scherago
    Webmaster
    [removed]

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:49:43 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The
    Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in
    high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
    Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
    [removed]
    =======================================

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    THE OVALTINEYS
    1-24-37 "The Talisman"
    BBC Production Ovaltine

    MOLLE' MYSTERY THEATER
    Episode 33 5-26-46 "Goodbye, Darling"
    NBC MOLLE' Fridays 9:00 - 9:30 pm
    HOST: Bernard Lenrow as "Geoffrey Barnes," Connoisseur of Mysteries"

    WHITE FIRES OF INSPIRATION
    1937 "Alice In Wonderland"
    Stars: Joseph Kearns, Howard McNear, Barbara Jean Wong
    CBS Sustained
    Announcer: Art Gilmore
    Music: Wilber Hatch

    LEAVE IT TO MIKE
    Episode 33 1-22-46 "Covert Actions For Boss"
    MUTUAL Sustaining
    Stars: Walter Kinsella, Joan Alexander, Jerry Macy and Hope Emerson
    Announcer: Jack Berry
    Director: Roger Bower
    Writers: Howard Merrill, Alan Sherman
    ==================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

    WHAT'S DOIN' LADIES?
    (ABC) 10/30/47 Daytime Audience participation with Jay Stewart.

    WELCOME TRAVELERS
    (NBC) 1949 Rare Tommy Bartlett broadcast from the Hotel Sherman in
    Chicago. Real-life daytime guests with unusual [removed]

    CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT
    (MBS) 1/20/44 2nd chapter of WW II action, "Suicide Squadron"
    ====================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL

    Challenge of the Yukon - episode # 303  "Return to the Crime"
    originally aired October 1, 1943 on WXYZ, Detroit, The Michigan Radio
    Network
    and via Transcription
    Starring: Jay Michael as Sgt. Preston, Dewey Cole as Yukon King, Bill
    Morgan announcing.
    Sustained
    Special Note: Audio restoration on "Challenge of the Yukon" was done by
    Jerry Haendiges.

    The Lone Ranger - "Trouble on the Railroad" aka "Trestle of Death"
    originally aired January 27, 1939 on WXYZ, Detroit and MUTUAL
    Starring: Earle Graser as The Lone Ranger, John Todd as Tonto, Brace
    Beemer announcing.
    Sponsors: Silvercup Bread (most of the [removed]), Gingham Bread (Western
    [removed]), Merita Bread (Southern [removed])

    The Green Hornet - "Death in the Dark"
    originally aired August 31, 1946 on WXYZ, Detroit and ABC
    Starring: Bob Hall as The Green Hornet, Rollon Parker, Lee Allman, Gil
    Shea, Paul Hughes, Bill Saunders, Elaine Alpert, John Todd, Bob Hite
    announcing.
    Sustained

    The Hermit's Cave aka The Little Theatre of the Air - "Spirit Vengeance"
    originally aired between 1935 and the mid-40's on WJR, Detroit and via
    Transcription
    Starring: Detroit Acting Troupe "The Mummers".
    Sponsor: Olga Coal

    Show World - "Edward Everett Horton is interviewed"
    originally aired January 8, 1940 on WXYZ, Detroit and The Michigan Radio
    Network
    Starring: Dick Osgood hosts, Edward Everett Horton is special guest,
    Fielden Farrington announcing.
    Sustained
    Special Note: Audio restoration on "Show World" was done by Jerry Haendiges.

    Challenge of the Yukon - episode # 304  "King Spots Murder"
    originally aired October 8, 1943 on WXYZ, Detroit, The Michigan Radio
    Network
    and via Transcription
    Starring: Jay Michael as Sgt. Preston, Dewey Cole as Yukon King, Bill
    Morgan announcing.
    Sustained
    ==================================

    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:50:04 -0400
    From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: THE ENGINEER botches the opening signature
     of The Shadow

    John Olsen asks:

>     I was listening to the Shadow episode "The Trail of the Knifer" from
>     February 20, 1949 and was puzzled by the opening signature line that
>     Bret Morrison botched. The organ music swelled upward as usual. Then, at
>     the same moment as always, the volume dropped so Morrison could speak
>     his opening lines, "Who knows that evil lurks in the heart of men?" But
>     there's no Morrison.  No voice of The Shadow.  The organ music continues
>     at low volume until finally after a delay Morrison speaks, "The Shadow
>     knows!" and then there's the famous laugh.

    It seems pretty clear from your description that it was the sound engineer
    who goofed up, not Bret Morrison. The engineer must have have been late in
    throwing the switch to make the filter microhone "live." If Bret had been
    delayed, he would have done the full opening later on in the music. In this
    case, the announcer's mike was live, the organist's was on, but the
    microphone that Bret used in the small booth for his performances as The
    Shadow was not.
    --Anthony Tollin (in the shadows)

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:06 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Dollars and sense

     From: Lance Grider _rangegrider@[removed]_ (mailto:rangegrider@[removed])

>     I find $75  for a single book expensive.

    [removed]

>     I find $50 for a single book [removed];

    [removed]

>     I find $24 for a single used book expensive.

    Whoa.

    Lance, the book MAY BE about the 1930's - 1960's; but we aren't living
    then. I don't know where you shop, but that much book, for that little money,
    is  a bargain from where I [removed]

>     personal pecuniosity in the present economy

    ...and personally, I'm poor.

>     Mr. Dunning is to be saluted for his contribution to the cause; but
>     he is not infallible.

    Who, or what, in this veil of tears is?
    -Craig Wichman

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:12 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-17 births/deaths

    September 17th births

    09-17-1890 - Gabriel Heatter - NYC - d. 3-30-1972
    news, commentator: "News and Comment"; "We, the People"
    09-17-1897 - Charles L. Bates - Villisca, IA - d. 8-5-1937
    organized and accompanied the Rhythm Girls with Paul Whitemen
    09-17-1902 - Esther Ralston - Bar Harbor, ME - d. 1-14-1994
    actor: Martha Jackson "Woman of Courage"; Kathy Marsh "Portia Faces
    Life"
    09-17-1903 - Frank Barton - Chicago, IL - d. 1-11-1995
    announcer: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "One Man's Family"
    09-17-1904 - Jerry Colonna - Boston, MA - d. 11-21-1986
    comedian: "Bob Hope Show"
    09-17-1905 - Dolores Costello - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-1-1979
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Suspense"; "Second Sunday"
    09-17-1907 - Alice Yourman - South Dakota - d. 10-28-2000
    actor: Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"; [removed] Aldrich "Aldrich Family"
    09-17-1907 - Warren Burger - St. Paul, MN - d. 6-25-1995
    chief justice of the supreme court: "We Hold These Truths"
    09-17-1910 - Roberta Semple Salter - Hong Kong - d. 1-25-2007
    researcher: "Hobby Lobby"
    09-17-1914 - Charles Isaacs - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 12-13-2002
    witer: "Al Pearce and His Gang"; "The Texaco Star Theatre"
    09-17-1914 - Lindsay Hardy - Victor Harbor, South Australia - d.
    2-7-1994
    writer: "26 Hours"
    09-17-1915 - John Witty - Bristol, England - d. 1-14-1990
    Began radio broadcasting for the BBC in 1944
    09-17-1916 - Mary Stewart - Sunderland, Durham, England
    author: "Nine Coaches Waiting"
    09-17-1918 - Tom Moore - Meridian, MS - d. 3-31-2007
    executive: President ABC Radio and Television
    09-17-1923 - Hank Williams - Georgiana, AL - d. 1-1-1953
    singer: "Louisiana Hayride"; "Grand Ole Opry"; "Health and Happiness"
    09-17-1925 - Art Baer - NYC - d. 9-17-2006
    producer, director, creator: "The Funny Side Up"
    09-17-1928 - Roddy McDowall - London, England - d. 10-3-1998
    panelist: "Keep Up with the Kids"
    09-17-1929 - Patricia Crowley - Olyphant, PA
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-17-1931 - Anne Bancroft - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-6-2005
    actor: "Image Minorities"
    09-17-1934 - David McRobbie - Glasgow, Scotland
    writer: "Shops"
    09-17-1934 - Robin Ray - North London, England - d. 11-29-1998
    actor, musician: "Robin Ray's Record Review"
    09-17-1941 - Robert Takeo Matsui - Sacremento, CA - d. 1-1-2005
    congressman: Democratic response to President's radio address
    09-17-1943 - Beverly Aadland - Hollywood, CA
    actor: "Whatever Became of . . ."

    September 17th deaths

    01-16-1914 - Roger Wagner - Le Puy, France - d. 9-17-1992
    chorale director: "It's Time for Johnny Mercer"; "America Sings"
    01-25-1881 - Emil Judwig - Breslau, Selisia, Germany - d. 9-17-1948
    writer: "Information Please"
    02-03-1928 - Frankie Vaughan - Liverpool, England - d. 9-17-1999
    singer: "Al Jolson Centenary"
    02-13-1916 - James Griffith - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-17-1993
    actor: "Gunsmoke"
    02-14-1920 - Jack Lesberg - Boston, MA - d. 9-17-2005
    jazz bassist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
    02-16-1884 - Bert Kalmer - NYC - d. 9-17-1947
    lyricist: "You Bet Your Life"
    04-06-1887 - Max Montesole - London, England - d. 9-17-1942
    author of several radio plays
    04-23-1919 - Clifford Kendrick - d. 9-17-1996
    drums: "Bob Skyles and His Skyrockets"
    05-07-1915 - Win Elliot - Chelsea, MA - d. 9-17-1998
    sportscaster, emcee: "Fish Pond"; "County Fair"; "Quick as a Flash"
    05-12-1932 - Tom Aaker - d. 9-17-1999
    newscaster: Rochester, Minnesota
    05-29-1913 - Iris Adrian - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-17-1994
    actor: Abbott and Costello Show"
    06-21-1922 - Wade Denning - Albermarle, NC - d. 9-17-2007
    composer, arranger: "Let's Go On With the Show"
    06-28-1908 - John W. Harrington - NYC - d. 9-17-1974
    announcer: "Just Plain Bill"
    07-18-1913 - Red Skelton - Vincennes, IN - d. 9-17-1997
    comedian: "Avalon Time"; "Red Skelton Show"
    08-09-1902 - Zino Francescatti - Marseilles, France - d. 9-17-1991
    violinist: "Encores from the Bell Telephone Hour"; "Concert Hall
    Program"
    08-15-1909 - Hugo Winterhalter - d. 9-17-1973
    pop-music conductor, arranger: "Johnny Desmond Program"; "Musical
    Showcase"
    08-31-1914 - Richard Basehart - Zanesville, OH - d. 9-17-1984
    actor: "Document A/777"; "Hollywood Star Preview"
    09-06-1918 - Jay Stewart - Summitville, IN - d. 9-17-1989
    announcer: "Great Gildersleeve"; "Hollywood Barn Dance"; "Spotlight on
    Music"
    09-13-1903 - Ken Trietsch - Arcadia, IN - d. 9-17-1987
    musician-singer: (Hoosier Hot Shots) "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
    09-17-1925 - Art Baer - NYC - d. 9-17-2006
    producer, director, creator: "The Funny Side Up"
    10-29-1901 - Akim Tamiroff - Baku, Russia - d. 9-17-1972
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-12-1911 - Claudia Morgan - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-17-1974
    actor: Carolyn Allen Walker Kramer Nelson MacDonald; "Right to
    Happiness"
    11-14-1881 - Clayton Hamilton - NYC - d. 9-17-1946
    writer: "Radio Guild"; "Great Plays"; "Brownstone Theatre"
    11-19-1918 - Spiro Agnew - Towson, MD - d. 9-17-1996
    [removed] vice president: "Meet the Press"

    Ron

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:19 -0400
    From: Jordan Young <jordanyoung50@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: The Value of John Dunning's Work

    No, John is not infallible, nor am I or anyone else who writes books,
    be the subject OTR history or what have you. 100% accuracy is
    virtually impossible, especially when you're going back 50 or more
    years and many of the people involved are no longer with us. Nor do
    the people who are still around to tell the tale have infallible
    memories--though they sometimes have egos that get in the way of the
    truth. It's a minefield out [removed]

    Jordan R. Young

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    Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:51:55 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Science Fiction Theatre

    Attempting to finish the SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE book by end of October,
    which has been previewed on my web-site for the past six months (with over
    200 cool behind-the-scenes photos), a TV series produced by radio pioneer
    Fred Ziv, who produced such radio programs as FAVORITE STORY and I WAS A
    COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI. I just came upon a stumbling block. It appears in one
    letter between Ziv and producer Ivan Tors, that at one time they considered
    doing a radio program based on the Office of Scientific Investigation (OSI)
    which was a fictional government agency that looked into strange phenomena
    and did what they could, scientifically, to save the day, and the world. (The
    OSI also turned up in two episodes of the TV series.)

    The motion picture THE MAGNETIC MONSTER (1954) features a premise about a
    scientist who bombards a metal element with so many particles that it becomes
    alive, devouring all forms of electricity and metal so it could double in
    size every eleven hours. Needless to say, the metal monster continues to grow
    and threatens to destroy the world. This same plot was intended to be reused
    for a radio pilot (cast unknown) but I am not aware of such a pilot, or the
    name of the series. Does anyone know of anything even remotely similar to
    this? I have tons of unaired pilots, but appears to be one that I don't have
    -- or one that wasn't produced but I'd like to hear it if it exists.

    Martin

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