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Date: 10/26/2002 9:03 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2002 : Issue 418
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  FOTR Friday Highlights                [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
  Today in radio history 10/25          [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  RSI and the Shadow                    [ "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@neb. ]
  Rod Serling "Zero Hour"               [ Trinapreston3@[removed] ]
  this old house and thurl ravenscroft  [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
  Eddie Cantor's Family                 [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
  USS STEEL HOUR                        [ CHET <voxpop@[removed]; ]
  Teaching Broadcasting                 [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
  telephone exchange names              [ "Michael Muderick" <[removed] ]
  "War of the Worlds" on radio          [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
  Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Halloween                             [ "ASTON" <aston@[removed]; ]
  Halloween shows                       [ "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@earthli ]
  Need info on MP3 players:             [ "James G. DuPuy" <dupuy@[removed] ]
  War of the Worlds                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  GREAT PICTURES, CHARLIE               [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
  Pennsylvania 6-5000                   [ Alan Chapman <[removed]@verizon. ]

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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:40:55 +0000
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  FOTR Friday Highlights

Folks;

    Another great day at the 2002 FOTR Convention!

    Met LOTS of great subscribers today, during all the [removed] 
daystarted out with a quiz show, then a discussion of OTR today with Dick 
Brescia. Mitch Weisberg went One-On-One with Beverly Garland, Garry Yoggy 
held a panel on the AFRS network, and Anthony Tollin did double-duty with 
panels on Have Gun Will Travel with Martin Grams, Jr. and Gary Yoggy, and 
another on Jack Benny, with Laura Leff. Then Rick Saphire hosted a panel on 
child stars (oddly not including Hal Stone), and the afternoon ended on a 
creepy note with a recreation by the Gotham Radio Players of the Arch Obler 
play, "Chicken Heart."

    This evening, after an excellent dinner with Anthony Tollin, Hal Stone, 
his lovely wife Dorothy, and the beautiful Kathy Garver (eat your hearts 
out, Cissy fans!), we enjoyed the Jack French-directed recreation of an 
episode from The Voyage of the Scarlett Queen, then Tommy Cook in a 
tour-de-force production of "Paul Reverski," an Arch Obler script written 
for Mr. Cook (with your obedient servant in a minor role), ending the night 
with nan Arthur Anderson production of an episode from Lawyer Tucker, 
starring Cliff Carpenter.

    [removed] a day where I worked in a show starring Arthur Anderson, 
an original member of the Mercury Theater, Harlan "Call me Hal" Stone, 
Frank Breese, and the man for whom the script was written (not to mention 
our own Bobb Lynes and the lovely Barbara Watkins), can tomorrow really be 
even better?

          Charlie

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Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:53:24 +0000
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Today in radio history  10/25

 >From Those Were The Days --

1937 - Radio's Stella Dallas made her debut on the NBC Red network.
Stella hung out on NBC until 1955 with Anne Elstner in the title role
for the entire run. Stella Dallas was "A continuation on the air of the
true-life story of mother love and sacrifice, in which Stella saw her
own beloved daughter, Laurel, marry into wealth and society, and
realizing the difference in their tastes and worlds, went out of
Laurel's life."

   Joe

-- Visit my home page: [removed]~[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:54:15 +0000 From: "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: RSI and the Shadow Hi all: Would someone be kind enough to send me the list of Shadow programs that are in the new RSI set? I am a blind guy and can't read the catalog. Thanks. RyanO "Walking Alone and Marching Together." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 23:54:02 +0000 From: Trinapreston3@[removed] To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Rod Serling "Zero Hour" X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Do any of you remember a radio series called "The Zero Hour"? If you do, share some details about the show. I know Rod Serling did a lot of sci-fi and suspense programs, but this program seems to be a rare collection. Very few people sell the entire series and very little is said about the show. I wonder if the new radio show "The Twilight Zone" will borrow some of "The Zero Hour " scripts. I see there's a web site that sells the Twilight Zone radio series. That web site is: [removed] They sell the new series for $[removed] for CD and Cassette is it worth the price? Has anyone heard it on the radio in your city or town? I ask that, because the radio drama is not on any radio stations in my city. My daughter tells me after looking over the web site, that some of the Twilight Zone radio series is the actual scripts of the television show. If anybody knows about some of this information please share with us. Trina, *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:23:39 +0000 From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: this old house and thurl ravenscroft I recall listening to "This Old House" on one of the two geezer radio stations I can get on the car radio a couple of months ago, and I wondered about that marvelous bass singer who doubled with Rosemary Clooney. As Garrison Keillor has pointed out, you can't have gospel music without someone to sing bass, and Mr Ravenscroft was great. And now I find that he was also Tony the Tiger. I am utterly awed by the expertise and experience of the people in this group. Thank you, everyone. Mark Kinsler 512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 740 687 6368 [removed]~kinsler ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:23:48 +0000 From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Eddie Cantor's Family John Henley provided some news and links about Eddie Cantor's family for which I thank him. I was unaware of daughter Janet Gari's show business credentials along with those of her son Brian, Eddie's grandson. I don't think I'm repeating this info and apologize if this has already been posted, but I don't believe I've seen reference to Eddie's relatively high profile son-in-law Robert Clary, married to daughter Natalie, who was born in Paris, and was a Holocaust survivor. He has had a long career which started as a singer on Broadway, most notably in "New Faces of 1952" and he has had a long career as an actor in both film and TV. He is probably most known for his role in "Hogan's Heroes" where he played the French prisoner Lebeau. He also put in many years on soaps as well as films after "Hogan's Heroes". He is 75 and still going strong. ~Irene [ADMINISTRIVIA: He's going strong, alright. He's here at the 2002 FOTR Convention, and I've got quite a few pics of him (and an autograph or two, too). He's going strong, _and_ one heckuva nice guy. --cfs3] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:23:57 +0000 From: CHET <voxpop@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: USS STEEL HOUR ronald staley wrote > The United States steel Hour, or "Theatre Guild on The Air" as it was > often called had Norman Brokenshire in the early 1950's. i remember listening to the uss steel hour religiously as a kid and thinking how guilty i felt because i had never bought even one pound of steel chet norris ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:24:20 +0000 From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Teaching Broadcasting I came across an "Introduction to Broadcasting" course on the Cerritos Community College (CA) web site: [removed] in conjunction with their 10watt radio station at 1700AM. One lecture is on the history of commercial radio with an audio tape by Les Tremayne, another on "How Radio Signals Fly Through The Air", one on laws and regulations, etc. How many schools are there now that actually teach "broadcasting"? Russ Butler oldradio@[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:24:33 +0000 From: "Michael Muderick" <[removed]@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: telephone exchange names I don't know if it's been posted because I don't read the digest fully and regularly, but for those interested in the telephone exchange names of the past, check out: [removed] Michael Muderick ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:24:46 +0000 From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: "War of the Worlds" on radio According to a feature article in today's Los Angeles Times, two LA stations plan to air Orson Wells's show, this coming week - in different formats: Wednesday, 10/30: Syndicated talk-radio host Glenn Beck presents a re-created LIVE version on station KLAC-AM (570) from 5 to 6 PM PST from the studios of Washington DC-located XM Satellite Radio, which will also carry the program for its subscribers. Beck's re-creation will include a cast of a dozen actors, a live orchestra, and foley artists creating sound effects. (Note from Herb: KLAC is online at [removed]; they don't show this program on their schedule as of this date, but I HOPE they broadcast what the 'LA Times' promoted, and do a simulcast on the web; they use Windows MediaPlayer [removed] or later.) Thursday, October 31: 9:00 PM KNX DRAMA HOUR — "War of the Worlds" presented by the Mercury Theatre on the Air. Synopsis: The United States experiences mass hysteria in the original broadcast of the Orson Welles classic. Original airdate: 10-30-38 This is the original. KNX repeats the broadcast at 2:00 - 3:00 AM on Friday morning as a repeat of the 'KNX Drama Hour'. (Note from Herb: KNX is online at [removed]. They always have the previous day's 'Drama Hour' OTR programs available for online listening the next day at their website. Also please note that some of the broadcast programs run "over-time" due to the addition of commercials.) Herb Harrison ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:25:04 +0000 From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Today in radio history >From Those Were The Days -- 1935 - A talented twelve-year-old sang on Wallace Beery's NBC radio show. Judy Garland delighted the appreciative audience. The young girl would soon be in pictures and at the top of stardom. It would be only four years before Ms. Garland (George Jessel gave her the name, thinking it would be better than her own, Frances Gumm) captured the hearts of moviegoers everywhere with her performance as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Joe
-- Visit my home page: [removed]~[removed] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:25:24 +0000 From: "ASTON" <aston@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Halloween X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Chuck Case asked about Halloween programs. I sugested that he tune into [removed] and listen. I am airing THE WEIRD CIRCLE "The Werewolf" and FAVORITE STORY "Frankenstein" now and the program ends Sunday 10-27-02. Everybody airs The Mercury Theater of the Air "War of the Worlds" because of its history and because it was aired October 30, 1938. Well, I do not. I will be airing THE MERCURY THEATER of the AIR #01 07-11-1938 "Dracula" beginning Monday 10-28-02. It will air for 2 weeks. Tune in and listen. Don Aston avpro@[removed] *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:25:13 +0000 From: "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Halloween shows X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Hi Chris! A good third choice would be The Thing On The Fourble Board from Quiet [removed] is an absolute shocker and carries a terrifying punch. For something a little more subtle, but just as chilling, I recommend Orson Welles in The Hitch-hiker written by Lucille Fletcher (of Sorry, Wrong Number fame) there is a Suspense version from 1942 (the one I prefer) and one from The Mercury Summer Theatre On The [removed] sure of the year. Along with War Of The Worlds you might want to listen to [removed] first broadcast from The Mercury Theatre On The [removed] solid effort and quite faithful to the novel. Here are a couple of honorable mentions that feature that master of the [removed] [removed] are from [removed] In C-Minor with Ida Lupino and Present Tense from 1957. I'm sure there will be a lot of others weighing in on this one with their personal [removed] are some of mine. Happy Listening! Scott *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear *** *** as the sender intended. *** ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:55:05 +0000 From: "James G. DuPuy" <dupuy@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Need info on MP3 players: Hi all! I remember a while back that one of you kind people put a URL in with your message that took you to a site that had all the specs to the most popular CD players that would also play MP3 files. I have a RIO SP-90 that seems to be OK. I got it as a referb for $40. I would really love to see that web page again if someone could post it. I have been thinking of gettin a better one as this one does not produce a very loud output. (I think it is only 4 or 5 mw/chan output) and I realley need more as I am hard of hearing. (What did you [removed] :) Thanks all! I don't suffer from insanity, I create and enjoy every minute of it! Mitsy, my yorkie dog says; "I'm so darn cute even I can't stand it!" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:55:15 +0000 From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: War of the Worlds I have just returned from four weeks in Japan visiting my wife's family. The Japanese people know nothing about American radio, but that should not be a surprise. How much do we know about Japanese radio. When it became known that my hobby is collecting old time radio programs, one of my grand nephews asked me about Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast. I found it very interesting that this was the one American broadcast that he heard of. I asked him how he knew about it and he said that he learned about it in school. Of course I have always known about its fame in the [removed] However, I never realized it was taught in Japanese schools. What he found interesting is the fact that I live just a few miles from Orson Welles birthplace and that we come from the same state.
-- Ron Sayles Milwaukee, Wisconsin Make your day just a little better, listen to Olde Tyme Radio! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:56:05 +0000 From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: GREAT PICTURES, CHARLIE More pictures, Charlie -- those were great. Hey, Hal -- I hope one of those glasses was a Jack [removed] Sandy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:55:57 +0000 From: Alan Chapman <[removed]@[removed]; To: <[removed]@[removed]; Subject: Pennsylvania 6-5000 George Aust wrote: > ...Pennsylvania Hotel in [removed] which was Miller's home base. (Cafe > Rouge) I understand that they still have the same number today > although the hotel is now just called the Statler. The hotel was acquired in the mid-90s by Ramada Corporation, renamed Hotel Pennsylvania, and completely renovated in an effort to restore some of the hotel's splendor of the 40s. When you call the hotel's phone number -- 212-736(PE 6)-5000 -- and are put on hold, the background music is ... guess what ... Ah, you guessed it -- Glen Miller's "Pennsylvania 6-5000." Alan -------------------------------- End of [removed] Digest V2002 Issue #418 ********************************************* Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved, including republication in any form. If you enjoy this list, please consider financially supporting it: [removed] For Help: [removed]@[removed] To Unsubscribe: [removed]@[removed] To Subscribe: [removed]@[removed] or see [removed] For Help with the Archive Server, send the command ARCHIVE HELP in the SUBJECT of a message to [removed]@[removed] To contact the listmaster, mail to listmaster@[removed] To Send Mail to the list, simply send to [removed]@[removed]