Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #136
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Date: 5/2/2005 10:20 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 136
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      5-1 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@VintageRad ]
      children's records/happy prince       [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
      Suspense and Mason Adams              [ "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@sbcglob ]
      A really Keen idea                    [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      Batman? Oh really?                    [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
      mason adams                           [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
      Bob and Ray Make NYC Radio Appearanc  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
      5-2 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 14:04:18 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-1 births/deaths

    May 1st births

    05-01-1888 - Anna Appel - Bucharest, Romania - d. 11-19-1963
    actress: Mrs. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"
    05-01-1892 - Howard Barlow - Plain City, OH - d. 1-31-1972
    conductor: "March of Time"; "Voice of Firestone"
    05-01-1894 - Sam McGee - d. 8-21-1975
    guitarist: (Performed with the "Fruit Jar Drinkers") "Grand Ole Opry"
    05-01-1906 - Rose Hobart - NYC - d. 8-29-2000
    actress: "Nightbeat"
    05-01-1907 - Kate Smith - Washington [removed] - d. 6-17-1986
    singer, emcee: (Songbird of the South) "Kate Smith Revue"; Kate Smith Speaks"
    05-01-1916 - Glenn Ford - Quebec, Canada
    actor: Christopher London "Advs. of Christopher London"
    05-01-1918 - Jack Paar - Canton, OH - d. 1-27-2004
    comedian: "Jack Paar Show"; "Take It or Leave It"
    05-01-1919 - Dan O'Herlihy - Wexford, Ireland - d. 2-17-2005
    actor: Nicholas Lacey "One Man's Family"
    05-01-1919 - John Meredyth Lucas - d. 10-19-2002
    film director, producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    05-01-1922 - Louie Nye - Hartford, CT
    comedian: "Louie Nye Show"
    05-01-1933 - Joan Hackett - NYC - d. 10-8-1983
    actress: "CBS Mystery Theatre"

    May 1st deaths

    05-12-1910 - Gordon Jenkins - Webster Groves, MO - d. 5-1-1984
    conductor, composer: "Everything for the Boys"; "Bob Burns Show"
    06-30-1904 - Glenda Farrell - Enid,  Oklahoma Territory - d. 5-1-1971
    opposing pitcher: "Quizzer's Baseball"
    09-15-1919 - Nelson Giddings - NYC - d. 5-1-2004
    writer: "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon"
    11-05-1878 - Henry M. Nealy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-1-1963
    emcee: (The Old Stager) "Philco Theatre of Memories"; "Fitch Bandwagon"
    12-14-1911 - Spike Jones - Long Beach, CA - d. 5-1-1965
    bandleader: "Bob Burns, The Arkansas Traveler"; "Spike Jones Show"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 14:04:24 -0400
    From: "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi friends,

    	Here is this week's line-up for the week of 5-1-05 on my Olde Tyme
    Radio
    [removed] Featuring Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio Theatre," Big John
    Matthews and Steve Urbaniak's "The Glowing Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same
    Station" broadcasts, being broadcast on demand 24/7 in high quality
    streaming RealAudio at [removed]

    Past archived broadcasts are also available there.

    We look forward to having you join us!

    	Jerry

    Here's this week's lineup:

    SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges

    THE THIRTEENTH JUROR
    Episode 1 4-23-49 "What Really Happened To John Wilkes Booth"
    Stars: Vincent Price
    NBC Sustained
    Stories of Unsolved Mysteries

    NBC LITTLE THEATER
    Episode 1 11-10-49 "One Brief Moment"
    Stars: Gerald Mohr, Betty Lou Gerson
    NBC Sustained

    THE ABE BURROWS SHOW
    5-22-48 "The Purple Phantom"
    Music: Milton DeLugg
    Announcer: Bob Lemond
    CBS Listerine

    BEST PLAYS
    Episode 22 11-30-52 "Rope"
    Stars: Hurd Hatfield and Victor Jory
    Author: Patrick Hamilton
    =======================================

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood

    BING CROSBY ON RADIO
    A delightful collection of program excerpts with Bing and guests like: Bob
    Hope, Frank Sinatra, Fibber McGee & Molly, Judy Garland and Jack Benny.

    MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
    (Synd&ABC) 11/11/46 "Nightmare"

    BOB AND RAY
    CBS-9/3/59
    ========================================

    THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John Matthews and Steve Urbaniak

     Red Ryder - "The Range War"
    originally aired February 26, 1942 on the Blue Network West
    Starring: Reed Hadley, Franklin Bresee, Art Gilmore announcing.
    Possible Sponsor: Langendorf Bread (no commercials or sponsorship heard)

    Gunsmoke - "The Buffalo Hunter"
    originally aired October 24, 1953 on CBS
    Starring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Richard Beals, Tom Tulley, John
    Dehner, Jack Edwards, Ken Peters announcing.
    Sponsors: Sugar Krinkles and Post Toasties

    The Six Shooter - "Red Lawson's Revenge"
    originally aired October 25, 1953 on NBC
    Starring: James Stewart, Shirley Mitchell, Leoni Ledoux, Paul Richards,
    Barney Phillips, Hal Gibney announcing.
    Sustained

    Frontier Gentleman - "The Cat Man"
    originally aired August 10, 1958 on CBS
    Starring: John Dehner, Martha Wentworth, Charlotte Lawrence, Joseph Kearns,
    Barney Phillips, Harry Bartell, Bud Seawell announcing.
    Sustained

    Have Gun, Will Travel - "The Monster Of Moon Ridge"
    originally aired March 8, 1959 on CBS
    Starring: John Dehner, Ben Wright, Lawrence Dobkin, Virginia Christine, Jess
    Kirkpatrick, Jeanne Bates, Hugh Douglas announcing.
    Sponsors: Fitch Dandruff Remover Shampoo and the Rambler Ambassador V-8
    ====================================

    Please feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for upcoming
    shows.

                Jerry Haendiges CET <Jerry@[removed]; 562-696-4387

      [removed]  The Vintage Radio Place
      Largest source of OTR Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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    Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 18:49:41 -0400
    From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  children's records/happy prince

    I have just gotten a bunch of children's records that somebodyis putting
    on a site every week.  This one I was waiting for, the happy prince, but
    I was surprised and pleased because Orson Welles used his radio play, not
    changed or written down for children.  Whether this was because it was
    not strictly a children's record or he was just lazy I don't know, but I
    appreciate that he presented the fairy tale as he adapted it and as Oscar
    Wilde wrote it without changing it in any way.  I just thought it was a
    great thing to do and an easy way to put out a story from radio and
    release it, I guess on two 78 RPM records.  Kurt

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    Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:50:33 -0400
    From: "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Suspense and Mason Adams

    Jerry Purvis asked:

>     ......the 1962 Suspense episode "The Lost Ship"
>     really started my interest in OTR. While
>     listening to it again, I thought the main character sounded
>     a lot like Mason Adams. Can anyone verify if that's him?

    Mason Adams did do some Suspense programs after the show moved to New
    York in late August of 1959 but I don't think The Lost Ship was one of
    them. Some of his shows are:

    The Beetle and the Bottle, 9-20-59
    Re-Entry, 11-1-59
    Dynamite Run, 12-6-59
    Talk About Caruso, 3-20-60
    A Statement of Fact, 9-18-60

    Paul Thompson

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    Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:51:22 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  A really Keen idea

    Silly me, I wondered if we could possibly find 10 folks who would grab a
    half-price deal on a unique OTR volume, thereby turning the concept into
    reality.  If you recall, 10 people had to sign up for "Mr. Keen, Tracer of
    Lost Persons:  A Complete History and Episode Log of Radio's Most Durable
    Detective" to make those $65 books available at 50% off.  While I don't
    normally get directly involved in sales transactions of my own wares, I know
    a good buy and I had heard from some that the tome was out of their
    financial clutches.  (Keep in mind we authors have zero input into setting
    the prices.)

    So I brought it to your attention -- and lo and behold, there were 10 orders
    in less than 12 hours, with several more added daily every day since!  Many
    of you appreciate a good value, too.

    I don't plan to mention this again and McFarland & Co. will withdraw the
    offer in a few days.  If you're interested and haven't responded yet, get in
    touch with me quickly.  The half-price sale ($[removed] + $[removed] s/h, total ppd.
    price $[removed]) ends this week.  I need to hear from you pronto if you'd like
    to be in on it.  I have no reason to think that it will be repeated any time
    in the future so you'd best act now.

    The hardbound book, released last year, is 364 pages including text and
    photos, with a detailed log of the 1,690 broadcasts in addition to a
    chronology and seven chapters, one of which surveys the breed of the aural
    sleuth.

    Let me hear from you within the next couple of days if you want to get in on
    a really Keen deal.  This is absolutely the final call.  I expect to turn in
    the orders by week's end.

    Jim Cox
    otrbuff@[removed]

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    Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:51:39 -0400
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Batman?  Oh really?

    Today's issue of The Washington Post contains a short obituary on Mason
    Adams, together with a reprint of a publicity picture of him from TV's
    "Lou Grant."

    One line caught my eye in the middle of the obit: "His distinctive,
    often fatherly, voice was first heard in the 1940s and 1950s radio
    serials, including 'Batman' and "Pepper Young's Family'."

    Pretty amazing, considering Batman never made it to radio, except for
    an infrequent, supporting role on "The Adventures of Superman."

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

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    Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 23:51:59 -0400
    From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  mason adams

    I am saddened as everybody is by the death of Mason Adams, but mention of
    Grand Central station brings back an especially vivid memory of how good
    he was.  The utter contempt in his voice at times in that show, balanced
    by his utter awe at the end was one of the best uses of voice in radio
    that I know of.  As everybody knows, Smuckers and Cadbury had his
    distinctive mark as well, and Lou Grant was also a good place for him to
    do his work quietly and well.  I believe he was in a number of CRMT
    shows.  Another great loss to the OTR community of one of the best radio
    performers I will ever hear.  Kurt

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    Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 07:35:22 -0400
    From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bob and Ray Make NYC Radio Appearance

    According to today's Daily News, several Bob & Ray segments will be heard
    tonight (Monday) on WNYE ([removed] fm) beginning at 6:30 [removed]

    Sean Dougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 08:22:40 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  5-2 births/deaths

    May 2nd births

    05-02-1878 - Roy Atwill - Syracuse, NY - d. 2-6-1962
    actor, comedian, composer: "The Fred Allen Show"; "The Fred Waring Show"
    05-02-1885 - Hedda Hopper - Hollidaysburg, PA - d. 2-1-1966
    actress, columnist: Portia Brent "Brenthouse"; "Hedda Hopper Show"
    05-02-1892 - Bruno Wick - Krefeld, Germany - d. 11-xx-1979
    actor: Ming the Merciless "Flash Gordon"; Mr. Fowler "The Goldbergs"
    05-02-1895 - Lorenz Hart - NYC - d. 11-22-1943
    lyricist: "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and Sanborn Hour"; "Railroad Hour"
    05-02-1902 - Brian Aherne - King's Norton, England - d. 2-10-1986
    actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"
    05-02-1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-1979
    actress: Elsa Banning "Big Sister"
    05-02-1903 - Sylvan Levin - Baltimore, MD - d. 8-10-1996
    conductor: "Sinfonietta"; "Brownstone Theatre"; "Let's Go to the Opera"
    05-02-1904 - J. Anthony Hughes - NYC - d. 2-11-1970
    actor: Bob Drake "Betty and Bob"
    05-02-1905 - Sidney Skolsky - NYC - d. 5-3-1983
    newspaper columnist: "Songs by Arlen, Stories by Skolsky"; "Bromo Seltzer
    Program"
    05-02-1907 - Pinky Lee - St. Paul, MN - d. 4-3-1993
    comedian: "Hoagy Carmichel Show"; "Carefree Carnival"
    05-02-1916 - Robert Grapperhaus - d. 12-xx-1960
    sound effects: "One Man's Family"; "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Duffy's Tavern"
    05-02-1918 - Frank Milano - d. 12-15-1962
    animal sounds: "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders"

    May 2nd deaths

    01-21-1902 - Smith Ballew - Palestine, TX - d. 5-2-1989
    singer: "The Ipana Troubadors"; "Shell Chateau"
    01-30-1911 - Hugh Marlowe - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-2-1982
    actor: Ellery Queen "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; Jim Curtis "Brenda Curtis"
    02-01-1908 - George Pal - Cegled, Austria-Hungary - d. 5-2-1980
    film producer, director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    02-25-1910 - Wini Shaw - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-2-1982
    actress: Air Trailers "Good News of 1935 and In Caliente"
    03-20-1918 - Jack Barry - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 5-2-1984
    actor: "It's the Barrys"
    04-30-1926 - Lou Cioffi - d. 5-2-1998
    news reporter: "The Warning Bell"; "Big News of 1957/58"
    08-17-1909 - Larry Clinton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-2-1985
    bandleader: "Larry Clinton's Musical Sensations"; "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
    09-15-1899 - Dr. Milton Eisenhower - Abilene, KS - d. 5-2-1985
    doctor: (Brother of Ike) "Second Seagram's Symposium"; "Meet the Press"
    10-03-1911 - Michael Hordern - Berkhamsted, England - d. 5-2-1995
    actor: Gandolf "The Lord of the Rings"
    10-28-1895 - Herb Butterfield - RI - d. 5-2-1957
    actor: Clarence Wellman "Halls of Ivy"; Hunter Glenn "One Man's Family"
    xx-xx-1903 - Dudley Williamson - Above Discovery, AK - d. 5-2-1948
    emcee: "What's the Name of the Song?"; "Queen for a Day"
    --
    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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