Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #331
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Date: 10/14/2004 7:42 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2004 : Issue 331
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      SPERDVAC convention                   [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      Heritage Radio Theatre                [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
      Live 365                              [ Thom Bray <tb@[removed]; ]
      Re: The Passing Of Barry Hill         [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      Gotham Players, FOTR 2004, Featured   [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Re: Barry Hill                        [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
      re: vanity plates                     [ Dan <teac35@[removed]; ]
      Re: Barry HIll                        [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
      Request for December 1943 Info        [ "passage@[removed]" <passage@[removed] ]
      Re: Duffy's Tavern                    [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
      Suspense "All Hallow's Eve"           [ Trinapreston3@[removed] ]
      clear channel                         [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Re: Duffy's Tavern                    [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
      Barry Hill interview to be aired      [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      10-15 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Barry Hill                            [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      Phil Harper                           [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
      Barry Hill                            [ JayHick@[removed] ]
      Barry Hill                            [ Mk247@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:53:49 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  SPERDVAC convention

    It is always such a pleasure to discover that an actor or actress from the
    golden age of radio is still with us. We experienced that pleasure today
    when we learned that Winifred Wolfe, who played Teddy on One Man's Family,
    is planning to come to the SPERDVAC convention on Saturday, November 13. The
    connection was made through Gregg Oppenheimer. I believe that at this point
    she has no idea how many people remember her and will be thrilled to meet
    her!

    Hope to see a lot of you there!

    Barbara

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:54:03 -0400
    From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Heritage Radio Theatre
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    Our show this week is all about LIGHTS OUT and includes that famous clip of
    "The Dark" from 1937.
    Heritage Radio Theatre - 24/7 streaming audio at:
    [removed]
    Thru Saturday 10/16.    <<Tom Heathwood>>

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:54:18 -0400
    From: Thom Bray <tb@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Live 365

    Thanks to those who contacted me and gave opinions of Live 365.  I'm
    testing a Live365 stream of OTR; I currently have a mix of programs
    running including Benny, Harry Lime, X-Minus One, etc.  On Thursday
    from 12-1:30 PM PDT I have a 90 minute block of classic westerns
    playing.

    If you have a chance, come by and listen:

    [removed]

    I'd love to hear your comments; email me off list.

    Kind Regards

    Thom Bray

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:55:54 -0400
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: "DIGEST, Postings" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: The Passing Of Barry Hill

    Dear Jay,
         Susan and I did know Barry Hill.
          I did some trades with him before he moved from England to America
    and we actually met him for the first time when we visited Great Britain
    several years ago.
         We had a number of opportunities to renew our friendship as Barry
    attended many an FOTR event. He would speak with great pride of his new
    home in the U. S. and was always happy to talk about his daughter, who I
    understand loved horses.
         Barry was known as one of the founders of the British radio
    collector's group and no doubt some of those members knew him quite well.
        Age 55 is far far too young for anyone to pass on, particularly someone
    with both a dIstinguished past in the hobby and a bright future.
    Dave Siegel

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:37:52 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Gotham Players, FOTR 2004, Featured in "The
     Forward"

    The Forward, New York's largest Jewish newspaper, ran a great feature article
    on The Gotham Radio Players and their upcoming 2004 Friends of Old Time Radio
    Convention live performance of "The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto."

    Since the digest's own Steven M. Lewis, director of the players, hasn't seen
    fit to post the article despite the fact that he was quoted extensively in
    it, I'll take the liberty of doing so myself.

    The article includes a link to Charlie's site and quotes from Gotham Radio
    Players Producer Max Schmid of WBAI as well.

    For those who missed the WBAI performance of this show last April, next
    week's FOTR Convention is going to be another chance to see a magnificient
    show masterfully performed.

    Good seats are still [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:05:59 -0400
    From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Barry Hill

    Last night I got an email from Jay Hickerson about the death of Barry Hill.
    I'm still in a state of shock from the news. 55 is much too young.

    I first met Barry at the first FOTR convention a number of years ago. I had
    purchased some reel to reel tapes from another dealer. One of the reels was
    defective and I was trying to reach the dealer to get a replacement. Since
    this was my first year at the convention, I didn't know the names of the
    dealers and did not know the name of the dealer I purchased the reels from.
    Jay suggested that I call Barry.

    Although I did not buy the reels from Barry, when I called him he said he
    had the same shows that were on the reel that I had, so he said he would
    send me a copy of the shows. He didn't have to do this. I had not bought
    anything from him that year and he never asked for anything in exchange. He
    just wanted to make sure that I would not have any bad feels about a
    purchase I had made at the convention, even though he was not involved in
    any way.

    That is the kind of person Barry was. Over the years I always enjoyed
    walking into Barry's dealer room and just talking. During the convention
    there are times when things get slow for dealers and we would just talk. We
    would talk about technical issues of audio or about certain radio shows. It
    was just enjoyable to spend some time with him.

    Ellen enjoys Dr. Who and started buying Barry's sets of Dr. Who. In fact it
    was just about a week ago that she said she would have to do an inventory
    of the shows she had, so that she would know what new shows to buy from
    Barry when we went to NJ.

    I'm going to miss Barry.

    Fred

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:06:52 -0400
    From: Dan <teac35@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  re: vanity plates
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    My grandfather told me this tid bit - and I haven't checked to it's
    authenticy, but didn't a cast member of Jack Benny have a vanity plate that
    had a Yiddish word that meant (cleaned up for obvious reasons) "Kiss Me".
    Dan

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:54:15 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Barry HIll

    At 11:34 PM 10/13/2004, you wrote:

>     passed away today at the age of
>     55; the cause was a heart attack.

    Wow, thanks for the info. My wife got real interested in his material last
    year when I bought a bunch of stuff from him. She is very, very into
    British drama and besides the BBC, it was a real boon to her to get some of
    the old programs.

    He will be missed. He was a fellow Ohioan (settled from Britain, of
    course). Barry had a premier collection of British material and I often
    referred people to him.

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:55:19 -0400
    From: "passage@[removed]" <passage@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Request for December 1943 Info

    Hi All,

    Can anyone help this guy ("Aaron Caughran" <acamera@[removed];)?

    - ----
    I am writing a short story about December 1943 and the radio is
    one of the central characters in my story. <snip> I have looked
    at the local library for radio schedules and there was a section
    called "Radio Programs by the Clock"; but, it did not run every
    day. <snip>

    Do you know where I can find the program schedules for the month
    of December 1943?

    I have started looking for Movie-Radio Guide.   Would you know
    a good place to buy a Radio Guide or some one who I could get
    photo-copies of one from?

    - ----

    You can reply directly to him.  Thanks!

    Frank

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:18:12 -0400
    From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Duffy's Tavern

>     Rest assured, Jazzy, it's a stellar cast. The performance will undoubtedly
>     bring a tear to your eye. (Tears of Joy I hasten to add. :)

>     When you get to SPERDVAC, make sure you come up and introduce yourself.

>     Hal(Harlan)Stone
>     Jugs

    I most certainly will do that.  I am quite excited to be attending my first OTR convention and I'm
    thrilled that you'll be doing a Duffy's script.

    I was born in 1953 so its really fascinating for me to learn about shows like Duffy's that were
    entertaining my parents and grandparents before I was born.   Duffy's is definitely one of my
    favorite comedies.  I love the way musical numbers are worked into the plotlines, like when Cass
    Daley sang Eddie Green's composition "A Good Man is Hard to Find" or when Ed Wynn led the Duffy's
    Gang in Archie's reworking of "Carmen".

    I'm also just discovering Baby Snooks.  Fanny Brice is so funny!  I even love her Jello
    commercials, they really put Bill Cosby's spokesperson role into historical perspective!

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:42:42 -0400
    From: Trinapreston3@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Suspense "All Hallow's Eve"
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    I have a question about an episode of Suspense title "All Hallow's Eve."  I
    heard this on a web site in 2000, this web site it has been shut down for
    couple of years so I can't tell you the web address.  I believe this episode
    centers on a man in a shop during Hallow's Eve.  I don't have the suspense
    air date,
    but I think it aired in October in the 1950s.  I tried to look for the
    airdate myself and I didn't have any luck.  I only came across the TV Series
    Suspense air date that is listed as October 1953.  My question is are there
    two
    versions "All Hollow's Eve"?  One made for TV and the other for radio?  This
    suspense radio version is hard to find.  Is it a rare suspense?  Does anyone
    own a
    copy of the radio version?  Can anyone share some knowledge of this episode.
    I
    think it's a Halloween theme Suspense.

    Trina,

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:23:07 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  clear channel

>     There are a few other heritage "clear channel" stations (not the company
>     name) with AM signals that do the same thing with 50,000 watts of power.
>     Jack Eigan doing radio interviews from the Chez Paree in Chicago used to
>     tell his WMAQ listeners he "reached 38 states and Canada," and got phone
>     calls from them, too.  As did Norm Nathan, late-nights on WBZ-Boston.  A
>     few
>     more strong signals on the AM dial today include: WWL-New Orleans, WOR and
>     WABC-NYC, KSL-Salt Lake City, WBBM and WLS-Chicago, WWVA-Wheeling, WVA.

    Ah, yes.  And here I live: apparently Lancaster, OH is at the center of some
    sort of AM Bermuda Triangle.  Everything interferes with everything else,
    day and night.  WCBS in New York gets wiped by WLS from Chicago.
    Conversely, WBBM in Chicago generally gets hit with WABC in New York.  WBZ
    will occasionally make an early-morning appearance, perhaps due to the
    difference in local sunrise times between here and Boston (I'm not sure that
    makes sense.)

    I'm sorry to report that at last listening, the great WWVA seemed to have
    turned to a format of odd talk and religious shows powered by diet
    supplements and Gold Bond Medicated Powder.

    In Columbus and Cleveland, the big sellers in the '60's were WCFL (for
    Chicago Federation of Labor) at 1000kc, and CKLW, across the lake in
    Windsor, Ontario.

    Radio life was better when I lived in Pittsburgh.  One local station had a
    good OTR program (which is how I got interested in it to begin with) and
    several other stations with similar programming came in quite reliably.  I
    believe that KQV, 1410kc in Pittsburgh, still broadcasts Stan Freberg's OTR
    show, but it's a highly-directional station with low power.

    I read somewhere that the Beatles grew up listening to broadcasts from WABC
    in New York.

    M Kinsler

    still scanning the dial in hopes of OTR: none is available here.

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:41:13 -0400
    From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Duffy's Tavern

>     Not to worry Jazmaan. I might even play that part myself. Is it [removed] if
>     Eddie sounds like "Jughead"? :)

    Well, not to step on your casting toes, but since you asked - -  wouldn't "Jughead" be better
    suited to playing "Finnigan?"

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:20:55 -0400
    From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barry Hill interview to be aired

    When I read the shocking news last night in the digest of the loss of Barry
    Hill, I immediately called my daughter Leah.  She said that she had been
    hoping to see him next week at FOTR, and gave me a suggestion about a
    tribute.   I had already been planning to discuss FOTR again on my hour
    with Walden Hughes on YesterdayUSA this coming Sunday night at 10:30
    Eastern, this time with Derek Tague giving us additional information.  Leah
    reminded me that she had recorded an interview with Barry at last year's
    FOTR for a class project.  She has located the un-edited mini-disc and
    tells me it is about 8 minutes long and discusses his background in OTR and
    interest in attending FOTR and the other OTR conventions.  She will be
    working on getting it converted to MP3 to send out to Walden in California,
    and hopefully Derek, Walden, Leah, and I will be able to present this
    recording on the program this Sunday night.  We've asked Martin Grams, Jr.
    to come on also but have not yet gotten confirmation.  And hopefully we
    might be able to find a place to fit the recording into the schedule at
    FOTR.

    But do tune in at 10:30 PM Eastern Sunday at  [removed]

    Michael Biel   mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:21:07 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-15 births/deaths

    October 15th births

    10-15-1879 - Jane Darwell - Palmyra, MO - d. 8-13-1967
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-15-1881 - P. G. Wodehouse - Guildford, Surrey, England - d. 2-14-1975
    author: (Jeeves and Wooster) "Forecast"; "Stagestruck"
    10-15-1893 - Ina Claire - Washington, [removed] - d. 2-22-1985
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    10-15-1896 - Joe Sanders - Thayer, KS - d. 5-14-1965
    bandleader: (The Ole Left Hander) "Nighthawks Frolic"
    10-15-1898 - Ransom Sherman - Appleton, WI - d. 11-26-1985
    actor: Uncle Dennis "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Hap Hazard "Hap Hazard"
    10-15-1900 - Fritz Feld - Berlin, Germany - d. 11-18-1993
    actor: "NBC Uinversity Theatre"; "Nightbeat"; "Advs. of the Saint"
    10-15-1900 - Mervyn LeRoy - San Francisco,CA - d. 9-13-1987
    film director: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Songs By Sinatra"
    10-15-1903 - William "Wild Bill" Elliott - Pattonsburg, MO - d. 11-26-1965
    actor: Wild Bill Elliott "Wild Bill Elliott"
    10-15-1908 - Robert Trout - Wake Country, NC - d. 11-14-2000
    commentator: "Headlines & Bylines"; "Robert Trout with the News Til Now"
    10-15-1917 - Jan Miner - Boston, MA - d. 2-15-2004
    actress: Ann Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "Lora Lawton "Lora Lawton"
    10-15-1918 - Robert Lee - Elyria, OH - d. 7-8-1994
    writer: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
    10-15-1921 - Robert Rockwell - Chicago, IL - d. 1-25-2003
    actor: Philip Boynton "Our Miss Brooks"
    10-15-1926 - Jean Peters - Canton, OH - d. 10-13-2000
    actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"

    October 15th deaths

    05-07-1900 - Ralph Truman - London, England - d. 10-15-1977
    actor: John H Watson "BBC Home Theatre"
    05-21-1923 - Rick Jason - NYC - d. 10-15-2000
    actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    07-09-1917 - Ted Steele - Hartford, CT - d. 10-15-1985
    bandleader: "Ted Steele's Studio Club"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
    09-25-1905 - Carl Hoff - Oxnard, CA - d. 10-15-1965
    bandleader: "Al Pearche and His Gang"; "Your Hit Parade"
    10-09-1916 - Jack Boyle - IL - d. 10-15-1965
    actor: Andy Gump "The Gumps"
    10-13-1918 - Cornel Wilde - NYC - d. 10-15-1989
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    11-11-1899 - Pat O'Brien - Milwaukee, WI - d. 10-15-1983
    actor: Dan Carson "Dan Carson"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Family Theatre"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:21:38 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barry Hill

    I was saddened to read that Barry Hill passed away. I always enjoyed
    visiting with him at FOTR (and once at SPERDVAC). Barry and I shared two
    memorable events. The first was in 1988 when we were both awarded the Allen
    Rockford Award at FOTR and became friends, and the second was performing
    together in a DUFFY'S TAVERN recreation with the Dave Warren Players.  I was
    cast as Miss Duffy and Barry played the guest role Basil Rathbone had
    played. I remember it was a really fun show to do and Barry did a wonderful
    job. It will be strange not to see his smiling face there at FOTR next week.
    He'll be missed!

    Barbara

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:22:12 -0400
    From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Phil Harper
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     This was written by Jim French regarding  the passing of Phil (Harry Nile)
    Harper. It is reprinted here with his permission. I share his feelings about
    this fine and talented man.
            Larry Albert

    I'm sorry to have to report that Phil Harper, the actor who was Harry Nile,
    passed away October 10th at his home in Seattle. He was 64. The loss of this
    big, warm-hearted man is devastating to me, to his scores of friends and
    relatives, and will be felt by thousands of Harry Nile radio fans. Phil had
    been ill for several years with diabetes and heart disease, but he continued
    to tape his radio shows and record commercials, never missing a broadcast.
    Phil had portrayed Harry Nile, the hard-luck private eye, since the series
    began almost 30 years ago. In fact, before the show became a series, I cast
    him in that role in a one-hour radio mystery, and never considered anyone
    else. Phil understood the character from the very beginning. Rehearsals and
    broadcasts of each Harry Nile show were more fun and relaxed with Phil's
    irrepressible wise-cracking. When we taped before a live audience, he always
    had a joke to tell in the warmup. And on occasions when he fluffed and had to
    repeat a line,
     he usually made some hilarious self-deprecating remark that made the
    audience howl with laughter, and I'd have to wait until they calmed down
    before we could continue. But Phil's acting talent wasn't confined to the
    Harry Nile role alone; he made many other appearances not connected with the
    Nile character, and he was superb in all of them. Oddly, Phil didn't consider
    himself much of an actor, until the nationwide popularity of The Adventures
    of Harry Nile became too obvious for him to deny. By then, Phil had developed
    the instinct for the role that made it almost unnecessary to direct him; he
    knew exactly how a line was meant to be read. I have always attributed any
    success of "The Adventures of Harry Nile" in very large part to the big bear
    of a man who took my dialogue and turned it into a real person. As an actor
    and as a friend, he will be missed for a long, long time.

                      Jim French

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:43:58 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barry Hill

    Marilyn Hill, Barry's widow, mentioned this Society as Barry's favorite.
    Leia, his daughter, is studying to be a veterinarian at Ohio State and
    emailed me
    this message.  Donations should be made to this Humane society.  Jay

    My name is Leia Hill and I am Barry's daughter.  My mum wanted me to
    e-mail you the contact information for the Parkersburg Humane Society, the
    address is:
    Parkersburg Humane Society
    PO Box 392
    Parkersburg WV 26102

    I really appreciate your phone call to my mum and if you need to contact
    her please feel free to call the house or to e-mail me and I will pass any
    messages along.  <[removed]@[removed];

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    Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:36:01 -0400
    From: Mk247@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barry Hill

    Barry was a uniquely kind and generous soul with a strong intellectual bent.
    He had a ready wit and appreciated hearing or sharing a good joke.  He was
    very generous with his extensive knowledge of radio programs, sound
    processing, or electronic equipment.  He was proud of his family and shared
    pictures of his home and proud dad tales of his daughter. So many of us
    looked forward to seeing him.  He will be sorely missed.

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