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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 66
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Martin Grams & LP                     [ benohmart@[removed] ]
      Maxwell Anderson                      [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
      Re: Martin Grams and Let's Pretend    [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
      Re: Let's Pretend Book & Martin Gram  [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
      Cream of Wheat                        [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@VintageRad ]
      "Howie Wing" 1938 audio copies disco  [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
      Out-of-Print OTR books                [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:56:57 -0500
    From: benohmart@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Martin Grams & LP

    Hi, Howard. Just putting your mind at rest about Martin Grams' ethics. He doesn't get
    any $ for Let's Pretend books sales. In fact, he donated the log for the LP book for the
    mere cost of research, which was pretty damn generous and singularly refreshing in the
    book trade. Not trying to hammer the point, but he's actually helped me and a lot of
    other authors of the books I publish by doing a Lot of fact checking and editing (where
    does he get the time?) for no other compensation than the sheer love of radio. If there's
    ever to be a patron saint of radio, this is the guy who should be nominated first.

    Ben Ohmart

    Old radio. Old movies. New books.
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:14:38 -0500
    From: Rentingnow@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Maxwell Anderson
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    I am friends with the granddaughter of Maxwell Anderson, the  playwrite.
    Does anyone know of any radio writing that he did.

    There was a version of Mary Queen of Scotts but I don't know which  one.
    Would like to get a copies of any of his work that was  available.

    Larry Moore

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    Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:16:14 -0500
    From: BryanH362@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Martin Grams and Let's Pretend

    Howard Blue wrote regarding the Let's Pretend book :

>     Martin identified Derek Tague as one of the two fans who contributed to the
>     log

    <snip>

>     but failed to identify himself as the other contributor.
>     But it would have been more appropriate and ethical if

    <snip>

>     Martin disclosed his own interest in it as a contributor.

    Can we be a little careful with  these kinds of posts.  I understand the
    point but it may have had less to do with ethics and more in the way of not
    tooting his own horn and avoiding the self promotion that we see a lot of on
    this digest.

    It's not as if OTR authors are making a fortune writing these books . It is
    done more for the love of the hobby and should be received for the service
    that
    it truly is.

    Therefore , I try to cut them all a little slack.

    Bryan

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    Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:15:20 -0500
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Let's Pretend Book & Martin Grams
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    In the informal medium of a mailing list, I interpret Mr Grams actions in not
    referring to his own contributions to a book, as modesty.

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    Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:16:05 -0500
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Cream of Wheat

    Craig Wichman commented:

>     Anent LET'S PRETEND: I do have a hazy memory of Arthur [Anderson] remarking
>     that the
>     show was indeed correctly called "NILA MACK's Let's Pretend," at least in
>     some [removed]

    Funny you should mention that.  Anent one of my very earliest unhazy
    memories from when I was growing up* I remember asking a couple of
    little friends of mine one Saturday, "Did you listen to Cream of Wheat
    this morning?"  I thought the title of the show was "Cream of Wheat" --
    which surely should have made the sponsor happy, although frankly I
    couldn't stomach that hot lumpy cereal.  Quite a few years later I was
    reading a magazine article that mentioned the CBS program "Let's
    Pretend" -- which I'd heard of but couldn't remember ever listening to
    -- and its sponsor, and then it dawned on me "Oh, that was 'Cream of
    Wheat'!"

    Years pass again, and I am grown to manhood (more or less) and
    collecting old-time radio shows.  I get a tape of "Let's Pretend" and as
    the show begins what do I hear Uncle Bill Adams say?  "It's the Cream of
    Wheat program -- 'Let's Pretend'."  Aha!  Now I see what confused my
    five-year old mind. I probably thought that "let's pretend" was just the
    phrase at the start of a story from the land of make-believe.

    --Bill Jaker

    [removed] * much of that growing up was done in Springfield Gardens, a
    section of the Borough of Queens in New York City, not to be confused
    (as the post office frequently did) with Springfield, NY, which is
    upstate at the northern end of Otsego Lake.  (Sorry, I couldn't let the
    Springfield thread go by without a [removed])

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    Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:16:17 -0500
    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 2-27-05 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

    Virginia Haskins Memorial Tribute

    THE RAILROAD HOUR
    Episode 228  2-9-54  "Miss Liberty"
    Stars: Virginia Haskins, Gordon MacRae, Hanley Stafford

    THE TEXACO STAR THEATER
    Episode 98  9-22-46  Guest Star: Virginia Haskins
    Stars: James Melton

    THE CHICAGO THEATER OF THE AIR
    Episode 8  12-10-49  "Mignon"
    Stars: Virginia Haskins, David Polari, Donald Graham, Bruce Foote, Everett
    Clark, Maurice D. Copeland
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood

    ESCAPE
    CBS    10/22/47    "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar A. Poe.

    THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE
    NBC    NBC/AFRS    4/1/45 "Raising A Pig" Stars Harold Peary.

    PLANET MAN
    (SYND)    1950    The second episode of this transcribed Sci-Fi show -
    "Rocket From Earth/"
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    THE GLOWING DIAL with Big John Matthews and Steve Urbaniak

    This Week's Glowing Dial Program Schedule:

     Jeff Regan, Investigator - "The Gambler and His Lady"
    originally aired December 11, 1948 on CBS West Coast
    Starring: Jack Webb, Herb Butterfield, Jack Petruzzi, Sidney Miller, Mary
    Lansing, Laurette Fillbrandt, Bob Stevenson announcing.
    Sustained

    Mr. and Mrs. North - "The Wheel of Chance"
    originally aired June 30, 1953 on CBS
    Starring: Alice Frost, Joseph Curtin, Joe King announcing.
    Sponsor: Colgate Palmolive Peet Co.

    The Thin Man - "The Adventure of the Passionate Palooka"
    originally aired July 6, 1948 on NBC
    Starring: Claudia Morgan, Les Tremayne, Ed Herlihy announcing.
    Sponsor: Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer

    The Saint - "The Schizophrenic Psychiatrist"
    originally aired September 18, 1949 on MUTUAL
    Starring: Vincent Price, Betty Lou Gerson, Jeanne Bates, Frank Gerstle, Bill
    Conrad, Barney Phillips, Merrill Ross announcing.
    Sponsor: Ford Motor Company (commercials excised from this episode)

    Mr. District Attorney - "The Case of the Desert Killer"
    originally aired circa 1952 thru Frederick Ziv Syndication
    Starring: David Brian.
    Sponsor: varied according to market
    ====================================

    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: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:17:14 -0500
    From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
    To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  "Howie Wing" 1938 audio copies discovered!

    Kathy Hammel, an OTR fan from Sherman Oaks, CA, and her husband
    recently wandered into an old record
    store during a trip to Sacramento.  They'd gone in to look for a 45 rpm
    plastic insert to show Kathy's young
    nephew who'd never seen one.  They did find an insert, but also came
    away with three original disks
    containing six 15 minute episodes of the popular 1938 aviator hero
    series, "Howie Wing" of which no audio copies had ever surfaced in the
    past 67 years!

    The disks, transcribed by World Broadcast System for syndication under
    the sponsorship of Kelloggs,  were in fine condition, as was another
    disk Kathy found at the same store which contained six cuts of some
    short Kelloggs' cereal commercials from that era. The writer of the
    "Howie Wing" series was Wilfred G. Moore, who with Robert Burtt, also
    wrote "Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen" and "Captain Midnight."

    Jerry Haendiges is now in the process of converting Kathy's discovery
    to CDs, which Kathy will provide to the hobby through the OTR groups to
    which she belongs. She will also provide an episode to Jim Widner,
    which he will post on his web site for anyone's access.

    Jack French
    Editor: RADIO RECALL

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    Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:16:59 -0500
    From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Out-of-Print OTR books
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    Anthony Tollin writes:

>     What's out there on Bill Johnstone at the moment is pretty sketchy, though I

    did three long phone interviews with him that I've incorporated in a planned
    book on THE SHADOW, a follow-up to THE SHADOW SCRAPBOOK.

    It's nice that my pal Tony is doing a follow-up book, but what I'd like to
    know
    is if there is ever any chance of having the original "Shadow Scrapbook,"
    co-written
    by Walter Gibson and Anthony Tollin, re-issued. I saw a copy of the original
    book from the late 1970s going for about $[removed] at the last FOTR. Will there
    ever be a chance that this great tome will once again be made available to
    newer
    OTR fans at a more affordable, less collectible-oriented price? Or, do there
    exist,
    at present, any bureaucratic hang-ups with Conde' Nast [or whomever owns
    "The Shadow"] that would prevent this from imminently happening?

    The Buxton/Owen, Dunning, & Terrace texts have all seen recent updates and/or
    re-releases. I wish I could say the same thing about "The Shadow Scrapbook,"
    as
    well as some of my other favourite OTR books , including:

    --the two books of Paul Rhymer's "Vic 'n' Sade scripts: "The Best of Vic 'n'
    Sade,"
    and "The Little House Half-Way up on the Next Block."
    --"The Jack Benny Show," by Milt Josephsberg, the best first -hand acciunt
    about
    said programme not only because it provides a linear history of the show, but
    also
    delves into the realm of  theory as Mr. J  explains Jack's comedic
    techniques.
    --the Fred Allen canon, viz. "Treadmill to Oblivion," "Much Ado ABout Me,"
    and
    "Fred Allen's Letters."
    --all those books of light humour from the 1930 and 40s  that F. Chase Taylor
    wrote
    as his alter-ego Colonel Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle.
    --George W. Trendle's autobiography in which he overstates his part in taking
    credit
    for creating "The Lone Ranger"..only because Anthony had to pay an
    astronomically
    high price for a copy at the last FOTR.
    --that big fat rectangular book about "The Lone Ranger" by Dave Holland.

    Yours in the stacks,

    Esoteric Derek

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