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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2007 : Issue 226
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Robert A. Heinlein on Radio           [ Richard Fish <fish@lodestone-media. ]
      This week in radio history 5-11 Augu  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      remember?                             [ "Eunice Newport-Arbeiter" <eunicear ]
      Re: [removed]                       [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Re: Heinlein redux                    [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
      Last Shadow broadcast.                [ "Scott A Eberbach" <saeberbach@eart ]

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    Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 00:08:47 -0400
    From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Robert A. Heinlein on Radio

    Heinlein's writing style, cinematic and full of good dialog, makes
    adaptation very easy. He famously had a really rough time in Hollywood
    during the making of his only movie, "Destination Moon," which was
    adapted from his juvenile novel, "Rocket Ship Galileo." His account of
    this travail was published much later. After that experience, though, he
    refused to let any of his works be adapted for film or video during his
    lifetime (d. 1988) or any other medium -- except radio.

    The Dimension X & X Minus One adaptations of Heinlein's short stories
    were quite good, although in "Green Hills of Earth" they did replace the
    central character's musical instrument. Heinlein had it an accordion,
    but the show made it a guitar.

    (Probably just as well. Remember the old joke? "Welcome to Heaven,
    here's your harp." "Welcome to Hell, here's your accordion.")

    Heinlein's widow Virginia lived her last years in Florida, and got to
    know Brad Lineaweaver of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. ARTC got her
    permission to adapt some Heinlein pieces, which they did (IMHO) very
    very well. These include "The Man Who Travelled In Elephants" (starring
    Harlan Ellison, no less!), "Solution Unsatisfactory," and, especially
    wonderful, "The Menace From Earth."

    [removed]  if you want more info.

    Richard Fish
    longtime Heinlein fanatic

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: My personal favorite Heinlein adaptation was not OTR, but
    rather an "El Fiendo" production for NPR of "By His [removed]" starring
    Richard Dreyfuss -- whatever it is that most OTR actors acquired by the
    massive amount of work, that thing that is so rare in contemporary voice
    actors, Dreyfuss had in this production. His dialog is [removed] and
    [removed] to most MAD (Modern Audio Drama) and even considering
    the necessity of Dreyfuss talking to himself consistantly throughout the
    performance, it's one of the precious few "contemporary" programs I count
    among my personal all-time favorites.

    I only mention this here because Mr. Fish was kind enough to introduce me
    electronically to Yuri Rasovsky (the afore-mentioned fiendo), something for
    which I still owe him. If Mr. Rasovsky ever makes this production
    commercially available, buy it.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 10:21:14 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history 5-11 August

     From Those Were The Day --

    8/5

    1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA did the first play-by-play broadcast of a
    baseball game. Harold Arlin described the action as the Pirates beat
    Philadelphia 8-5.

    1935 - Backstage Wife was first aired, on MBS.

    8/6

    1928 - One of radio's first serials, Real Folks, debuted on NBC.

    1939 - After becoming a success with Ben Bernie on network radio, Dinah
    Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue network. Dinah sang every
    Sunday evening.

    8/7

    1949 - Martin Kane, Private Eye was first heard on Mutual. William
    Gargan starred on the Sunday afternoon program.

    8/9

    1942 - CBS debuted Our Secret Weapon. The program featured Rex Stout,
    who countered lies being broadcast by the Axis powers through shortwave
    radio.

    8/11

    1909 -- The international distress call, SOS, which replaced CQD (All
    stations -- distress!), was first used by an American ship (the
    Arapahoe, out of Cape Hatteras, NC) on this day.

    Joe

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    Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:58:37 -0400
    From: "Eunice Newport-Arbeiter" <eunicearb@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  remember?
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    Does anyone remember "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"?  It was in the
    1930's that I listened to him.  Yes, I'm old, very old!   But I still remember
    the theme song, "Wave the flag for Hudson Hi, boys."etc. etc. Guess he was my
    first boy-friend.  eunicearb@[removed].

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    Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:22:53 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: [removed]

     > Weren't there also BBC radio adaptations of some of Heinlein's stories?
     > I seem to recall a RED PLANET [removed]

    Though it might have some omissions, a very, very well done guide to
    Science Fiction on British Radio
    is by Penny Fabb and she does not list any Heinlein. Her book runs from
    1927-2004 and my knowledge
    of Penny would be to say, if she doesn't list it, most likely it was not
    British radio.

    BTW, Joe Ross didn't mention the version of "Requiem" done on "Beyond
    Tomorrow" which is still up for
    grabs as to whether it was broadcast.

    There was also a television series in the fifties called "Out There"
    which featured Heinlein:

    Misfit - November 1951
    Green Hills of Earth - December 2, 1951

    Jim Widner

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    Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:25:44 -0400
    From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Heinlein redux

    I forgot to mention one other Heinlein on radio drama -

    "By His Bootstraps" on Yuri Raskovsky's 2000X

    Jim  Widner

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    Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:31:44 -0400
    From: "Scott A Eberbach" <saeberbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Last Shadow broadcast.
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    Hi All!

    In response to Gord's query on the Shadow's last broadcast that would be
    12/26/54 entitled Murder By The Sea. The episode entitled Can The Dead Talk
    was broadcast on 03/19/39 and was the last broadcast of the 1939 - 1939
    season. And, as we all know, the Shadow returned the following season.
    Virtually all the shows except for The Vengence of Angela Nolan broadcast on
    06/27/54 is all that exists from the 1950's at this time. Hope this helps!

    Scott

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