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Date: 9/20/2012 6:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 152
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Re: Remember WENN DVDs                [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      Remember WENN DVDs                    [ Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@sbcgloba ]
      Remember WENN on DVD                  [ John Doyle <johnhdoyle@[removed]; ]
      Re: Adrian John Doe                   [ John Abbott <mraastro@[removed]; ]
      Remember: WENN and Lucy               [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]
      9-20 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Yiddish radio on Bob Edwards Show     [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]

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    Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:59:43 -0400
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Remember WENN DVDs

    Regarding the comments I've received about my mention of the DVD collection
    of "Remember WENN" -- I apologize for not knowing that the commemorative
    edition of DVDs, which was commercially released around 2006, would not
    still be manufactured. Presumably they sold out. (But if they did, wouldn't
    that have been an indication to the record producers of the series'
    popularity and encourage them to make some more?)

    I had no idea so much time had passed!

    Jan Bach

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    Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:01:40 -0400
    From: Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Remember WENN DVDs

    Bob Keller asks about "Remember WENN" [removed] The last time I did an internet
    search, I found this site:

    [removed]

    However, as I understand it, these are bootlegs and not official DVD
    releases. The price has dropped quite a bit since I last looked - from
    $[removed] to $[removed] My info is that only bootlegs like these are available at
    this time, and they may be copies from VHS tapes. I have heard that they are
    pretty good copies, though, and some may include the intros with the AMC
    host. What was his name?. Its too early in the [removed]

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: There are a bunch of websites selling this same 14-disc set,
    for roughly the same price. Most of these websites look a
    [removed] me, so check into the sites before providing your
    credit card information.  --cfs3]

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    Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:01:53 -0400
    From: John Doyle <johnhdoyle@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Remember WENN on DVD

    Hi folks,

    A quick search for the series turned up this site that looks promising:

    [removed]

    John Doyle

    6:50 AM
    9/19/2012

    The Complete series for*REMEMBER WENN*!

    All Uncut Episodes 1-4 Seasons on 14 DVDS
    - Excellent video and audio quality
    - 100% in chronological order
    - Commercial free and unedited
    - This box set contains all 14 Dvds with Custom Artwork.
    - These Dvds are region free so they will play on any Dvd player
    Worldwide and Dvd-Rom, X-Box or PS2 worldwide.
    These are brand new,in stock and ready to [removed] Sale for a Limited
    Time only.

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    Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:20 -0400
    From: John Abbott <mraastro@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Adrian John Doe
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    With regard to Dick's question

>     Who was Adrian John Doe? He shows up as a writer on YTJD  and some other
>     mystery shows. Could this be a real name?

    According to the script, Adrian Gendot (which could sound like "John Doe")
    was the writer of the YTJD program "The Silent Queen Matter". To the best of
    my knowledge, based on a review of all the scripts available, Mr. Gendot only
    wrote this one Johnny Dollar program.  I woul love to know if he wrote others
    for whom the writer is "unknown"

    John C. Abbott
    Author of  "The Who is Johnny Dollar Matter"

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    Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:26 -0400
    From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Remember: WENN and Lucy

    The question posited here about the retr-OTR TV series from the 1990s
    "Remember WENN" reminded me of last night's (18th) ABC News "20/20" special
    in which Barbara Walters and Peolple Magazine counted down the "greatest TV
    shows of all time"  and in which somebody callously referred to the current
    favourite "Mad Men" as being AMC's first originally produced series. WRONG!
    That honour belongs to Rupert Holmes's "Remember WENN."

    SPOILER ALERT: if you hadn't seen last night's special:

    "I Love Lucy" was proclaimed the greatest TV show of all time. It was nice to
    see Digest-er & OTR convention (FOTR, SPERDVAC, etc.) re-creation director
    Gregg Oppenheimer representing his father Jess, the creator of "I Love Lucy"
    & its radio forerunner "My Favorite Husband," and talking about "Lucy's"
    historical and cultural significance.

    Way to go, Gregg! This, in turn, reminded me of an incident in which a
    co-worker asked me if a client named "Greg" spelled his name with one "G" or
    two. I replied, "Two 'G's,' one in the front and one in the back." Said
    co-worker remarked, "What I meant was if he used two 'G's' at the end on his
    name." Another contentious butt-in-sky co-worker chimed in with words to the
    effect of "Our Greg has one 'G' at the end. Nobody named Greg spells his name
    with two 'G's."

    I replied "Hmm, I have a friend named Gregg Oppenheimer who spells his name
    with two 'G's' at the end. His father created this little TV show from the
    1950s you might've heard of. ..." [Think of Dana Carvey's Church Lady "could
    it be SATAN!" shtick] "What was the name of that little TV show Jess
    Oppenheimer created? It's right on the tip of my tongue. Maybe you've heard
    of ... I LOVE LUCY!"

    Apologies from the ether for all the CAPITALIZATION in this posting,

    Derek Tague

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    Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:37 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-20 births/deaths

    September 20th births

    09-20-1869 - George Robey - London, England - d. 11-29-1954
    music hall singer: "Music Hall"
    09-20-1885 - Jelly Roll Morton - Gulfport, MS - d. 7-10-1941
    jazz musician, songwriter: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin
    Street"; "Americana"
    09-20-1896 - Si Wills - Pennsylvania - d. 10-3-1977
    writer: (Husband of Joan Davis) "Joan Davis Time"
    09-20-1898 - Charlie Dressen - Decatur, IL - d. 8-10-1966
    baseball manager: "Tops in Sports"; "Brooklyn Dodgers Locker Room
    Interviews"
    09-20-1899 - Elliot Nugent - Dover, OH - d. 8-9-1980
    actor: "Best Plays"; "United States Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    09-20-1908 - Lowell Hawley - Lynden, WA - d. 5-6-2003
    screenwriter: "Art Baker's Notebook"
    09-20-1911 - Frank De Vol - Moundsville, WV - d. 10-27-1999
    conductor: "Rudy Vallee Drene Show"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Dinah
    Shore Show"
    09-20-1912 - John W. Loveton - d. 1-17-1997
    director: "The Shadow"; "Mr. and Mrs. North"; "Court of Missing Heirs"
    09-20-1912 - Ron Cochran - d. 7-25-1994
    newscaster: "Sounds of the World"; "Feature Project"
    09-20-1917 - Joe King - Birmingham, AL - d. 12-15-2009
    announcer: "Songs By Morton Downey"; "Walk A Mile"
    09-20-1917 - Red Auerbach - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-28-2006
    legendary baskeball coach: "The Inside Track"
    09-20-1918 - Gordon Heath - NYC - d. 8-27-1991
    actor: "New World A' Coming"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-20-1918 - Peg Phillips - Everett, WA - d. 11-7-2002
    actor: "Studio One"; "The Big Show"
    09-20-1919 - Francis Heflin - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-1-1994
    actor: (Sister of Van Heflin) "Aunt Jenny"; "Big Sister"
    09-20-1921 - Dan Barton - Chicago, IL - d. 12-13-2009
    actor: "This Is Your FBI", "Horizons West"
    09-20-1924 - Michael Hardwick - Leeds, England - d. 3-4-1991
    author: Adapted Sherlock Holmes for radio
    09-20-1925 - Joan Barton - d. 8-27-1976
    actor: Cashier "Meet Me at Parky's"
    09-20-1928 - Dr. Joyce Brothers - NYC
    psychologist: "Monitor"; "Ask Dr. Brothers"
    09-20-1929 - Anne Meara - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-20-1929 - Henry Livings - Northern England - d. 2-20-1998
    dramatist: "After the Last Lamp"; "A Most Wonderful Thing"
    09-20-1937 - Tom Tresh - Detroit, MI - d. 10-15-2008
    baseball player: "Tops In Sports"

    September 20th deaths

    03-12-1912 - Paul Weston - Springfield, MA - d. 9-20-1996
    conductor: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Paul Weston Orchestra"
    03-16-1897 - M. Barnard Eldershaw - Darlington, Australia - d. 9-20-1956
    writer: "The Watch on the Headland"
    03-22-1913 - James Westerfield - Nashville, TN - d. 9-20-1971
    actor: "Mystery Theatre"; "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun,Will Travel"
    04-25-1909 - Karl Farr - Rochelle, TX - d. 9-20-1961
    singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show)
    05-05-1907 - Benny Baker - St. Joseph, MO - d. 9-20-1994
    character actor: "Jack Benny Program"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    05-25-1917 - Jimmy Hamilton - Dillon, SC - d. 9-20-1994
    jazz clarinetist: "One Night Stand"; "A Date with the Duke"
    07-18-1893 - Richard Dix - St. Paul, MN - d. 9-20-1949
    actor: "Eveready Hour"
    08-16-1899 - Glenn Strange - Weed, NM - d. 9-20-1973
    singer, actor: "Arizona Wranglers"
    08-28-1910 - John F. Holbrook - Cameron, WI - d. 9-20-1978
    announcer, director: "The Bickersons"; "The Dinah Shore Show"
    10-10-1918 - Paul Dubov - Illinois - d. 9-20-1979
    actor: Frank Race "Advs. of Frank Race"
    11-11-1909 - Rad Robinson - Bountiful, UT - d. 9-20-1988
    singer: (Member of the King's Men) "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "King's
    Men"
    12-11-1882 - Fiorello La Guardia - NYC - d. 9-20-1947
    NYC mayor: "Douglas Corrigan Parade"; "This Is New York"; "Reads the
    Funnies"
    12-30-1894 - Vincent Lopez - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-20-1975
    bandleader: "Luncheon with Lopez"

    Ron

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    Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:03:48 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Yiddish radio on Bob Edwards Show

    Folks;

       Apologies for being so late on this (I'm running behind as [removed]).
    Earlier this week on The Bob Edwards Show on [removed] satellite
    radio, Bob interviewed Henry Sapoznik, an award winning Klezmer musician and
    Yiddish expert whose collection of 1920s-60s Yiddish radio programs are being
    archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. They
    don't play as much as I wanted to hear, but it's an interesting interview
    about a part of OTR that isn't generally discussed.

       You can purchase the show on Audible, listen on-demand with an
    Internet account (even a demo account) for the next few days, or drop me a
    note if you want to hear it.

             Charlie

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