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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2005 : Issue 171
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Two Comments from Issue 157           [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
      of interest to Roy Rogers radio show  [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      festus                                [ Grams46@[removed] ]
      Virtual Oldtime Radio Convention Jun  [ "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@[removed] ]
      Re: [removed]              [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
      Man in Black / Suspense               [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed] ]
      gunsmoke blacksmith                   [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
      Barney Fife                           [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
      XM Radio                              [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
      Re: Festus . . . Hephaestus?          [ "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed]; ]
      Breakfastime kiddie show              [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]
      Re: Various Observations              [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
      Walden Hughes June 3rd, 4th and 5th   [ BryanH362@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 10:40:51 -0400
    From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Two Comments from Issue 157
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    Hi Gang -

    I'm still catching up on past (archived) issues of the  digest, and I have
    comments on two items from issue number 157:

    - -- Item number one ---

    In issue 157, George Tirebiter asks:
    "...  I suppose there is a "World News Roundup  -Morning Edition" as well,
    but I don't think I've ever heard it.  Has  anyone?"

    Yes there was, and yes I did.  It was simply "World  News Roundup", this was
    in the 1940s and early 1950s after World War  Two.  During the war (and
    before the US was involved), the CBS program was  known as "The News From
    Europe",
    and it ran 15 minutes every day.  There  apparently was no "evening edition"
    during those years.

    - -- Item number two ---

    In the same issue, James Faulkner mentioned how Tom  Mix was killed.
    James heard "... via some elders in Tucson, Mr. Mix  was very  intoxicated.
    He was driving a CHORD (sic) automobile,  and something ran across  the road,
    and he lost control. ..."

    The way I heard it, Tom Mix was literally killed by a  suitcase.  When his
    Cord automobile suddenly stopped (whatever the reason),  his suitcase, which
    had
    been on the deck behind him, slid forward and struck him  on the back of the
    head killing him.

    Happy Taping -  Ken Piletic -- Streamwood, Illinois

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:28:12 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  of interest to Roy Rogers radio show fans

    Google found this for me. I don't know how long this will be up.

    [removed]

    I haven't heard the CD and have no financial connection to this project.

    Joe Salerno

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 12:28:39 -0400
    From: Grams46@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  festus

    Derek Tague writes:

>     If memory serves me  correctly, Festus on "Gunsmoke" was a blacksmith. Is
>     there a possibilty  that the name was devised as being derived from that of
>     Hephaestus, pronounced heh-FES-tus, the Greek name of the Roman deity Vulcan,
>     who, of course, was the god of fire and  metal-working?

    newly was a blacksmith.
    festus the  deputy was named after a roman governor of judea  named festus in
    the Bible  - 25th chapter of acts.
    peace from kathy
    Support our troops - end the  war
    John 3:16

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 13:38:31 -0400
    From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Virtual Oldtime Radio Convention June 9

    Hello Friends,
    We hope that you will be able to participate in our Virtual Convention "The
    oldtime Radio Symposium."  This Symposium will be held at 5-9:30 Central
    Time  pm on Thursday June 9.  All you need is a computer and a microphone in
    order to participate.  Featured Presenters will be Mr. Chuck Schaden, host
    of "Those were the Days," [removed] Mr. Ed Walker, blind newscaster and host
    of "The Big Broadcast," [removed]; Mr. Jack French, Author: "Private
    Eyelashes: Lady Detectives in Oldtime Radio." Mr. Ronald Staley will discuss
    Gangbusters and its Impact on Organized Crime in America.    Finally, Mr.
    Bill Sparks at [removed]  will discuss his accessible web site for
    all.  A discussion period will be held afterward commencing at 8 pm,Central
    Time,  moderated by Miss  Joanie leonard, great OTR Fan.  For more
    information regarding accessing the site, please write to: boacost
    a@[removed].  Thank you, Robert Acosta

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:32:55 -0400
    From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: [removed]

    On Thursday, June 2, 2005, at 09:45 AM, my friend Derek Tague wrote:

>     If memory serves me correctly, Festus on "Gunsmoke" was a blacksmith.
>     Is there a possibilty that the name was devised as being derived from
>     that of Hephaestus, pronounced heh-FES-tus, the Greek name of the Roman
>     deity Vulcan, who, of course, was the god of fire and metal-working?

    Was Festus a blacksmith?  That ain't the way I heard it, Sonny.

    As memory serves, Burt Reynold's character Quint Asper was the Dodge
    City blacksmith on the GUNSMOKE TV series when the character of Festus
    was introduced.  Reynolds played the Native American blacksmith from
    1962-65, while Ken Curtis costarred as Festus Haggen from 1964-75.
    --Anthony Tollin

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:40:24 -0400
    From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Man in Black / Suspense
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    When did the "Man in Black" stop introducing episodes of Suspense?

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 14:41:31 -0400
    From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  gunsmoke blacksmith

>     If memory serves me correctly, Festus on "Gunsmoke" was a blacksmith. Is
>     there a possibilty that the name was devised as being derived from that of
>     Hephaestus, pronounced heh-FES-tus, the Greek name of the Roman deity
>     Vulcan, who, of course, was the god of fire and metal-working?

    I don't think Festus was a blacksmith--my impression is that he was sort of
    a retired cowboy.  The only featured blacksmith I recall on Gunsmoke was
    Quint Asper, a heroic figure who was often shirtless and sweat-drenched at
    his forge. (Ow.)  He was played by a young Burt Reynolds, and I suspect that
    he was added to improve the ratings of the show amongst female viewers.

    M Kinsler

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 16:22:15 -0400
    From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Barney Fife
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    Don Knotts indeed got his start on radio prior to appearing on television on
    the old "Steve Allen Tonight Show" as one of 3 characters who played the Man
    On The Street, in the mid to late 1950's. He was known as "K. B. Morrison
    'who worked in a dynamite factory. '[removed]"n his name stood for "Ka-boom."On
    the radio after he got out of the service, after World War II, he was around
    20 some years [removed] started on WOR in NYC in 1949 as "Windy Wales, The
    Teller Of Tale Tales" on "Bobby Benson And His B-Bar- Riders."He sounded very
    much like he did later on in"Andy Of Mayberry" as Deputy Barney [removed]
    worked both with Ivan Cury and later ,Clive Rice as Bobby Benson.

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:46:38 -0400
    From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
    To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  XM Radio

    Charlie, thanks for all the info on XM Radio.  I saw that one of my favorite
    shows, Whad'Ya Know, a PRI show which is carried on one of the public radio
    stations in the Bay Area, is now being carried on XM Radio.  Give it a
    listen if you haven't already.

    I'm very impressed with the programming.  But I'm rarely in my car.
    Irene

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:59:49 -0400
    From: "Candy Jens" <candyj@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Festus . . . Hephaestus?

    [removed]                  [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]

>     If memory serves me correctly, Festus on "Gunsmoke" was a blacksmith. Is
>     there a possibilty that the name was devised as being derived from that of
>     Hephaestus, pronounced heh-FES-tus, the Greek name of the Roman deity Vulcan,
>     who, of course,  was the god of fire and metal-working?

    Great connection, but Quint Asper (Burt Reynolds) was the blacksmith, from
    '62 to '65.  I think Festus was just a deputy, no other job mentioned, as I
    recall.
    Candy Jens

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:14:09 -0400
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Breakfastime kiddie show

    Speaking the other day with author Herm Botzow about his book
    "Windgalore Farm", which tells of his childhood on a farm in Ohio, I was
    very curious about the following passage describing a radio program from
    1946:

    >From 7:30 to 7:45 AM, "Happy Hank" of WTAM blessed the northern Ohio

>     airwaves with a radio show for us kiddies as we prepared for school.  To the
>     delight of mothers near and far, Happy Hank impersonated a deep-voiced
>     gremlin named "Froggie" who inspected each child with a buzzing magic eye
>     that

    somehow entered each house to see if the school children were properly
    dressed.  In their innocence, the younger kids lived in fear of Froggie's
    buzzing eye.  And each morning Froggie would admonish little Tommy for untied
    shoes or tiny Suzie for not wearing her boots.  For Alice [a cow who liked
    to hear the radio at milking time] however, Froggie's buzzer meant permission
    to adjourn to lush pastures covered with morning dew.

    This recollection has been verified insofar as Herm Botzow did find the
    "Happy Hank" listing in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. But he remembers
    little else about the program. "Froggie" seems to have been inspired by
    the character from Smilin' Ed's gang, which began in 1944. But the magic
    eye may be a precursor of Big Jon's magic spyglass on "No School Today",
    which originated from the other end of Ohio, at WSAI in Cincinnati.

    Does anybody know anything about Happy Hank circa 1946 on WTAM, the NBC
    station in Cleveland? (Everything that Botzow recalls is in the above
    paragraph). Even more, does anyone know of any other children's program
    that aired during what is now called "morning drive"? Morning is the
    busiest time of the day and
    the radio could actually make you late for the school bus. Every once in
    a while Howdy Doody made a brief guest appearance on Buffalo Bob Smith's
    wakeup show on WNBC. Later, of course, television would turn into the
    babysitter of choice in the morning. But who was Happy Hank, and was he
    the radio pioneer he appears to have been?
                                                            --Bill Jaker

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    Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:27:12 -0400
    From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Various Observations

    Derek Tague wrote:

>     If memory serves me correctly, Festus on "Gunsmoke" was a
>     blacksmith. Is there a possibilty that the name was devised as being
>     derived from that of Hephaestus, pronounced heh-FES-tus, the Greek
>     name of the Roman deity Vulcan, who, of course, was the god of fire
>     and metal-working?

    I never watched the show on TV that much, but it's funny what sticks
    in one's mind: I believe the blacksmith character on that show was
    named Dooley, a clean-cut young fellow who never really looked like a
    blacksmith to me, and who sometimes served as a secondary hero.
    Anyhow, it wasn't Festus. Though your theory still sounds like a good
    one; Biblical and classical names were once far more common than
    today. I guess they were names chosen by folks who [removed]

    "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed]; wrote:

>     ...but the most bizarre thing on the list was when he said that if
>     you needed your wife spanked let George do it. There must have been
>      public outcry because I don't ever remember hearing that mentioned
>     again in the opening introductions.
>       Was surprised this even got by censors if there were censors back then.

    Somehow I don't think this would have raised much of an outcry.
    You'll recall that Ricky Ricardo used to spank his wife Lucy on a
    regular basis in full view of everyone on that other medium. It does
    seem bizarre to modern eyes, or even to old eyes grown modern. It's
    evidence of how our culture evolves, or, sometimes, devolves.

    Cnorth6311@[removed] wrote:

>     I  was listening to a Hoppy episode, and I recognized California's
>     voice. Of  course, it was Andy Clyde, the old fellow who almost
>     bankrupted Mayberry.

    Kids, of course, all loved Andy Clyde, if not from the Saturday
    westerns, then from the Hopalong Cassidy records we played over and
    over. It's hard to imagine children today, in our world of 500 TV
    channels and video games, listening to the same story over and over
    until they can almost recite it verbatim. And, in the process,
    attempting to imitate each voice, particularly California's: "Consarn
    it, [removed]"

>     Speaking of Mayberry. Do you think The Andy  Griffith show could
>     have been successful on OTR. Would Barney for instance have  been as
>     funny on OTR, as he was on TV?

    I think so; there wasn't usually a lot of action on the show, mostly
    folksy conversations, so I suspect it would have been like Lum and
    Abner with a larger ensemble.

    BTW, I got to hear the late Howard Morris speak near Knoxville a few
    years ago, and, when he invited questions from the audience, I asked
    him what it had been like working with Parley Baer on radio and TV,
    and about Mr. Baer's current state of health. That's when I learned
    it is a faux pas to ask one star about another when he's inviting
    questions about himself.

    Hmmm. I seem to have made a lot of references to TV here. Sorry; I'll
    try to mind my manners a bit better in the future.

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    Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:00:22 -0400
    From: BryanH362@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Walden Hughes June 3rd, 4th and 5th
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    Hi Everyone

    listed below are the highlights of Walden Hughes Yesterday USA weekend
    program heard live Friday at  7:30 pm PDT , Saturday  9:30 pm  PDT  and
    Sunday at
    9pm PDT.

    Notice the time change for both  Saturday and Sunday night.  Walden will be
    at a fund raiser for the Lions  Club and  will be celebrating is 39 birthday
    on
    Sunday 6-5-05.

    The program can be heard live via the internet at [removed]

    Friday 6-3-05

    A.  Classic Interview : Frank Bresee  interviews .  Carlton E. Morse whose
    birthday was June 4th . He would have been 104.

    B.  One Man's  Family from 1945

    C.  I Love A Mystery from the early 1940s

    D.  Other OTR

    Saturday 6-4-05

    Walden should be on the air around 9-30 PM west Coast time which would be
    around [removed] PM East Coast time and [removed] PM TX time.

    A.  A new monthly feature--- Walden talks to Larry Gassman and brings people
    up
    to date with Larry and John Gassman. This week  memories of OTR conventions
    like REPS.

    B.  Martin Grams talk about Ellery Queen radio show.

    C.  two  Bing Crosby shows

    D.  an archive interview with Carlton E. Morse part II.

    E.  Quiz Kids  from November of 1950.

    F.  Information Please

    Sunday 6-5-05

    Walden should be on the air around 9 PM West Coast time which is 12 AM East
    Coast time.

    A.  no Laura Leff spot for this week

    B.  Mike Biel

    C.  Mike Rapchak with Marny Nixon who was the singing voice for many movie
    stars in movie musicals

    D.  Phil Harris and Alice Faye

    E.  Our  Miss Brooks

    F.  Lux Radio Theater from 1-5-53

    G.  Fibber McGee and Molly 4-18-50

    H.  Great Gildersleeves from 4-19-50

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