Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #351
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Date: 11/1/2004 9:41 AM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 351
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Stanich Award                         [ benohmart@[removed] ]
  Mad Magazine+                         [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]
  Bill Johnstone                        [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
  WOTR parodies outlawed on NBC.        [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  Re: A&A Music Hall                    [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
  HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE                [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
  Duffy's First Reader                  [ "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; ]
  Another Review of "Say Goodnight Gra  [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
  Fred Allen's reply to Eagle incident  [ otrdig2@[removed] ]

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:47:54 -0500
From: benohmart@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Stanich Award

To those who don't yet know: Jack French, a Fairfax, VA author, won the Stanich 
Award on October 23, 2004 at the 29th Annual Friends of Old Time Radio convention in 
Newark, NJ.  The Awards Committee primarily cited his new book, "PRIVATE 
EYELASHES: Radio's Lady Detectives" in presenting this honor to him. It is given 
annually to the writer who has contributed most significantly to vintage radio literature. 
French's book covers 44 network radio series that featured a feminine sleuth in the lead 
or co-lead.  

The award is named for Ray Stanich, a pioneer in radio research and a compiler of logs 
of surviving audio copies. Stanich Award winners in past years have included Frank 
Buxton & Bill Owen, co-authors of the first comprehensive work on the golden age of 
radio, "The Big Broadcast", and John Dunning, radio historian from Colorado, whose 
opus "On the Air" is the most detailed encyclopedia of network radio.  

Ben Ohmart

Old radio. Old movies. New books.
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:39:55 -0500
From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Mad Magazine+

Does anyone remember the Mad Magazine competitor,
Cracked?  Hardly much of a competitor and second-rate,
even in the 1980's to Mad.  By then I was reading the
National Lampoon.  Is that still in existence?  Tim
Matheson I heard had rescued it and then I suspect it
lost subscribers as they went more conservative.

I had heard complaints about the quality of the
programming (audio, sonically and content) on
satellite radio.

Derek Tague:  Thanks for the mention.  I am still
involved in oldtime radio but I am keeping a low
profile as far as conventions, due to the sheer
magnitude of preparing for them, the expense of being
there and also family commitments.  I had heard about
ed carr and Gary Kramer not attending.  Bob Burnham
was there after a long absence and he was the only one
selling cassettes and sold quite a few as a result.
Everyone else seems to have passed over that format
for other formats or DVD's.

The car manufacturers have already sounded the death
knell for cassettes.  Most cars (Toyota is a notable
exception) do not have cassette players available even
as an option.  They'd prefer to push the satellite
radio option because they probably make more money on
it.

Andy Blatt

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:43:49 -0500
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Bill Johnstone

Ron Sayles wrote:

02-07-1908 - Bill Johnstone - Paisley, Scotland - d. 11-1-1996
actor: Lamont Cranston/Shadow "The Shadow"; Sam Young "Pepper Young's
Family"

I was surprised to see that Bill Johnstone died in Scotland. (Presuming
I'm interpreting that correctly--it's closer to his death date than his
birth date.) Had he moved there when he retired? Or did he perhaps die
on vacation?

Kermyt

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:44:49 -0500
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  WOTR parodies outlawed on NBC.

Derek Tague asked

if other OTR programmes made reference to, commented
upon, or, perhaps, hazarded a parody of WOTW in the days and weeks that
followed. I refuse to believe that Fred Allen remained silent about this
one.  Did Lum 'n' Abner and/or Amos 'n' Andy weigh in on WOTW?

They did not, and there was a very good reason--they were ORDERED not to.
In the NBC Central Files now at the Library of Congress, there are several
copies of a telegram which was sent out to all NBC executives.  I don't
have the text at hand but I think I did print it out in the digest many
years ago.  It said something to the effect that there were to be no
mentions, comedic or otherwise, to Columbia's recent Martian broadcast
incident.  We do not wish to risk further bothering an already enraged
audience.

Rumor has it that this was sent out in response to a question by Fred Allen
if they could parody WOTW,

When I do find the text, which includes the author, date, and full list of
those who received it, I'll report on it here.

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:26:01 -0500
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: A&A Music Hall

On 10/31/04 9:47 AM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

In the late 1950's I listened to The Amos & Andy Music Hall. I understand
that
precious few of the shows are available to the OTR enthusiast. If this is
true, will someone please comment on why so few shows are now available.

Most, if not all, of the A&A Music Hall programs do survive on original
master tapes, but they're unlikely to ever be made available due to
rights issues. CBS owns the copyright to the series (and will continue to
own that copyright until 2067), but the master reels are not in CBS's
possession. So even if the rights were licensed, there'd be no way to
actually issue the programs without another set of negotiations and
another licensing agreement with the owner of the reels.

Further complicating the situation are the rights issues involved with
the music content of the program. Approximately half of each program is
made up of commercially-released phonograph records of the day, and
reissue rights for each of these recordings would have the be negotiated
separately with each individual rightsholder if these programs were to be
reissued intact.

Elizabeth

"The Original Amos 'n' Andy" -- Coming in Spring 2005 from McFarland & Co.
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:12:21 -0500
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE
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For those who asked, our show of (week of) October 3rd will be
repeated this week (through Saturday 11/6) because of the technical problems
encountered by some listeners when originally
aired at The Olde Tyme Radio Network:
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It features:  The Green Hornet; On Your Mark and The Lone Ranger.
<<Tom Heathwood>>

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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 07:39:19 -0500
From: "Doug Leary" <doug@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Duffy's First Reader

Thanks to the several list readers who pointed me to sources of the Duffy's
Tavern Reader. I bought a copy from ABE Books and have enjoyed every word
and picture. Funny reading, which I will enjoy and share with friends again
and again over the years.

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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 07:39:40 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Another Review of "Say Goodnight Gracie"

The Lexington Herald Leader interviews Jamie Farr about his role in "Say
Goodnight, Gracie."

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:36:13 -0500
From: otrdig2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Fred Allen's reply to Eagle incident
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I am familiar with the eagle incident on Fred Allen's show on 40-03-20 , but what was this?
 
99687B2  "ALLEN'S REPLY TO NBC ABOUT EAGLE INCIDENT"      25  03-25-40  : 2:10  PORTRAYED BY: Dawes Butler

Based on the date, it would seem to not have been broadcast on Fred Allen's show. Please reply to the list.
 
Andrew

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