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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 155
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Spike Jones Coverage [ seandd@[removed] ]
RIP Frank Gorscin [ seandd@[removed] ]
Arizona Personalities [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
You forgot the jingle! [ "Gary Dixon" <argy@[removed]; ]
Sealtest Ice Cream [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
Re: Frank Gorshin [ Larry Eischen <leisch5063@sbcglobal ]
Frank Gorshin [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
OTR from Carthage, Texas [ Bhob <bhob2@[removed]; ]
Sealtest [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
Mary Margaret McBride [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
John Brown Photo [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
Sealtest [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
Sealtest Ice Cream [ James Meadows <walthamus@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@VintageRad ]
5-19 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Arizona OTR connection [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
Ed Murrow Movie [ seandd@[removed] ]
Re: Sound effects film [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:29:08 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Spike Jones Coverage
A great article about Spike Jones and his City Slickers from today's Contra Costa (CA) Times.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:29:11 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RIP Frank Gorscin
The star of "Say Goodnight Gracie," Frank Gorshin, has died at age 72.
It's gets pretty sad when we aren't just eulogizing OTR actors but their
impersonators as well.
As a person who made significant contributions toward keeping the memories of
those great OTR stars alive past their time, he will be missed.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 18:04:45 -0400
From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arizona Personalities
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How about Marty Robbins fron Glendale, Arizona.
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 18:11:14 -0400
From: "Gary Dixon" <argy@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: You forgot the jingle!
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It amazes me that everybody who has posted his (or her) opinion about Sealtest
products has completely ignored the one line slug jingle that usually came at
the conclusion of every Sealtest radio or television ad:
"GET THE BEST---GET SEALTEST!"
I think this was on the billboards too?
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 18:27:34 -0400
From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sealtest Ice Cream
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I have old World War II "Life" magazines that have old Sealtest Ice Cream ads
in them. So, it had to be sold on a national basis, too. Yes, there was an
old radio show, called "Sealtest Variety Theatre." Most dealers have at least
4 or 5 of these shows on CD's.
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:02:30 -0400
From: Larry Eischen <leisch5063@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Frank Gorshin
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The late Frank Gorshin can be seen in robably on of his final performances in
the May 19 episode of CSI on CBS. Hope they do a little dedication on it.
Larry
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:22:55 -0400
From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Frank Gorshin
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Wasn't Frank Gorshin just great doing the best Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas,
and Richard Widmark impersonations? I cracked up every time he did them on
"Johnny Carson's Tonight Show '"and "Ed Sullivan's" [removed] always thought he
looked a little bit like Richard [removed] the late 1950's he played the
part of Lynn Osborn's pal in the zany Sci-Fi flick, "Invasion Of The
Saucermen." If you remember, the little Saucermen injected alcohol into their
victims with needles in their fingertips. They also couldn't stand bright
lights which caused them to burn up and [removed] Osborn as you recall,
was "Cadet Happy' on radio and TV, on "Space Patrol."He always wore a flattop
and had a turned up pixiest [removed] bless Frank Gorshin wherever he [removed]
was one of the best! And Don't forget Jackie Vernon! His "A Wet Bird Doesen't
Fly At Night" will always remain with us as a true comedy classic. They all
have left us too soon!
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:24:03 -0400
From: Bhob <bhob2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR from Carthage, Texas
Passing along this item as requested:
From: Donald Pitchford <donniepitchford@[removed];
To: Donnie Pitchford <chstv@[removed];, CHSTV CHSTV
<chstv@[removed];
Subject: AN INVITATION
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:14:31 -0700 (PDT)
If you're a history teacher, a history buff, or a fan of older "popular"
music, you may like this series we produce. If you know of someone who
enjoys this, please pass the information along. Thanks!
D. Pitchford / CHS-TV
=======================
CHS-TV will offer their 17th eight-hour "Golden Age of Radio Marathon"
program on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The collection of vintage
sounds will be broadcast five times. Listeners are invited to tune in
Charter Cable Channel 22 at 7:30 [removed] and 4:00 [removed] on Thursday and
Friday, and again at noon on Saturday. The broadcast will also be
streamed over the Internet at [removed] for those who have
access.
The Carthage High School video technology and broadcast journalism
students will be announcing music from the 1920s through 50s, and every
half hour or so a vintage radio program will be heard. The audience can
expect to hear "Hop Harrigan," "Fred Allen" (with guest Frank Sinatra),
"Tarzan of the Apes," "Suspense" ("Donovan's Brain" starring Orson
Welles), "The Life of Riley" (starring Jackie Gleason, substituting for
an ailing William Bendix), "Dick Tracy," "Father Knows Best" and "The
Shadow" (another Orson Welles show). All these shows originated during
the 1930s through 1950s.
A schedule will be posted soon at the following address:
[removed]
These broadcasts are part of the classes' study of the history of
broadcasting, and additionally offer the students experience in
research, script writing, announcing and audio editing. The program
collects eight of the most recent weekly broadcast being aired by KZQX
Radio in Chalk Hill, Lake Cherokee, Longview, Kilgore and Hallsville.
For more infor mation, readers may check the KZQX website at
[removed] and "tune in" via the Internet every Sunday at 8:30 [removed] to
hear the new one-hour editions of "The Golden Age of Radio." KZQX also
airs an old time radio episode at 8:00 [removed], immediately prior to the
CHS-TV show.
Donnie Pitchford
CARTHAGE INDEP SCHOOL DISTRICT
mailto:chstv@[removed]
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:06:48 -0400
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sealtest
I grew up with Sealtest ice cream (among other brands), so it at least USED
to be available in Michigan.
--Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:18:30 -0400
From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mary Margaret McBride
On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 08:08 AM, Walden Hughes wrote:
I interviewed Susan Ware today about her new book on Mary Margaret
McBride,
Yesterday I heard an interview of Susan Ware on NPR by a lady
broadcaster who shall remain nameless. This interviewer, who claimed to
have over 25 years of broadcast experience, repeatedly told Ware that
she had never heard of Mary Margaret McBride.
Sometimes the people outside this hobby have some blank spaces on OTR
stars. One of the reviewers of my book, PRIVATE EYELASHES, who is a 60
year old successful mystery writer of novels and short stories,
displayed the same blank spaces. In one part of her review, she writes:
"Most of the lady [removed] he describes are unfamiliar today--both the
shows and the actors. Even French's nominee for the all-time best
series, Candy Matson, YU 2-8209 is probably unknown to most people."
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:28:44 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: John Brown Photo
<[removed]@[removed]; commented:
John Brown was one of my very favorites in the many
supporting roles he filled.
So click here for a photo of John during his heyday.
[removed]
CAB
---
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:29:18 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sealtest
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 23:10:48 -0400
From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
Of course, I could do a search on Alta Vista, but then I'd miss
some of the fun of reminiscing.
So I think I'll have some of that fun right now. What I remember is the "Sealtest Big Top" at
noontime on Saturday on CBS-TV. It began with a clown who looked vaguely like Howdy
Doody's Clarabell, with a flashing light on his nose which read "CBS Presents." Then he put
his head down, and on the top of his head, it said, "Sealtest Big Top." The ringmaster was
Jack Sterling, and the show originated from WCAU-TV in Philadelphia. Yes, there WAS
another Philadelphia origination to the network before American Bandstand.
Later in the show, that clown participated in "Clown Corner" with other clowns. And I seem
to recall reading somewhere that the clown in question was Ed McMahon.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210
lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503
[removed]
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:46:05 -0400
From: James Meadows
<walthamus@[removed];
To:
[removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sealtest Ice Cream
Peoria Illinois, where I lived for several years,
had a Sealtest ice cream plant until the 1980s. After
it closed, there were plans to use the building for a
disco named "The Ice Cream Factory". As I remember it,
they even put the new signs on the building, but the
deal fell through at the last minute, in a dispute
with the city over parking.
I haven't noticed Sealtest in stores here in central
Illinois recently, but then, I haven't looked.
Jim Meadows
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:46:17 -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 5-15-05 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
MR. FEATHERS
Episode 3 11-23-49 "The Woman In The Case"
Stars Parker Fennelly
SECOND CHANCE
7-26-55 "Mrs. Black"
Host: Johnny Olson
HINDENBURG ARRIVAL
5-9-36 "The Hindenburg Arrival In The United States"
Live coverage of the first transcontinental flight of The Zepplin Airship
Hindenburg"
=======================================
HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
THE CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE
CBS 5/26/39
Orson Welles stars with guest, Cornelia Otis Skinner in "The Things We Have"
FRONT PAGE FARRELL
NBC 6/20/49
David and Sally are on the job in this episode of "The Case of the Fatal
Smile"
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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: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:46:33 -0400
From: Ron Sayles
<bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-19 births/deaths
May 19th births
Happy 99th birthday Bruce Bennett (Herman Brix)
05-19-1870 - Wright Kramer - Somerville, MA - d. 11-14-1941
actor: Walter Jamison "Showboat"
05-19-1894 - Henry Busse - Magdeburg, Germany - d. 4-23-1953
orchestra leader: "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Spotlight Bands"
05-19-1906 - Bruce Bennett - Tacoma, WA
actor: "Proudly We Hail"
May 19th deaths
02-09-1891 - Ronald Colman - Richmond, Surrey, England - d. 5-19-1958
actor: William Todhunter Hall "Halls of Ivy"; "Jack Benny Program"
02-12-1867 - Joe E. Howard - NYC - d. 5-19-1961
singer, composer: "Gay Nineties Revue"
03-14-1913 - Jay Barney - Chicago, IL - d. 5-19-1985
actor: Bugsy O'Toole "The Romance of Helen Trent"
03-31-1915 - Henry Morgan - NYC - d. 5-19-1994
comedian: "Here's Morgan"; "Henry Morgan Show"
06-14-1907 - Nappy Lamare - New Orleans, LA - d. 5-19-1988
jazz guitarist: "The Bob Crosby Show"
07-29-1869 - Booth Tarkington - Indianapolis, IN - d. 5-19-1946
writer: "Maude and Cousin Bill"
08-19-1902 - Ogden Nash - Rye, NY - d. 5-19-1971
poet: "Three Ring Time"; "Kaleidoscope"
11-16-1916 - Daws Butler - Toledo, OH - d. 5-19-1988
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"; "Stan Freberg Show"; "That's Rich"
11-21-1904 - Coleman Hawkins - St. Josephs, MO - d. 5-19-1969
tenor sax: (Father of the tenor sax) "Saturday Night Swing Club"
12-12-1913 - Winston Burdette - Buffalo, NY - d. 5-19-1993
newscaster: (protege of Edward R. Murrow) "CBS World News Round Up"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:59:32 -0400
From: Andrew Steinberg
<otrdig1@[removed];
To:
[removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arizona OTR connection
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Tom Mix died in a car accident near Florence Arizona in October 1940.
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:23:12 -0400
From:
seandd@[removed]
To:
[removed]@[removed]
Subject: Ed Murrow Movie
A movie is being made about Edward R. Murrow.
Details can be found at the website of New York NPR affiliate WNYC.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
[removed]
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 16:00:36 -0400
From: Brent Pellegrini
<brentpl@[removed];
To:
[removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Sound effects film
There is a movie demonstration of sound effects for a western
at this website. It's called Behind the Mike. It looks like
it is from the 1930's.
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