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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2012 : Issue 140
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Mel Blanc Interviews                  [ otrguru@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
      8-27 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Phyllis Diller, Jim McGeorge, and an  [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:16:24 -0400
    From: otrguru@[removed]
    To: DIGEST OLD RADIO <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Mel Blanc Interviews

    In a recent Old-Time Radio Digest Joe Mackey pointed to a Mel Blanc interview
    where Mel spoke mostly of his Warner Bros. voices and not much of his radio
    work.  For my "Those Were The Days" radio program I had the pleasure of
    interviewing Mr. Blanc twice, first in 1971 for 27 minutes and again in 1988
    for 51 minutes.  He spoke extensively of his radio work on the Benny program
    and other shows, as well as his WB voices and his book, "T-that's Not All,
    Folks."

    You may hear those conversations anytime when you visit my website,
    [removed]  When you get there, go to "Interviews" and click on
    "Mel Blanc."

    The interviews are among more than 200 we had with the stars of the Golden
    Age of Radio.  All are available 24/7 along with many articles and features
    about the glory days of radio.

    Chuck Schaden

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:16:47 -0400
    From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
    To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

    Hi Friends,

    Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
    may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
    Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
    Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios," Charlie St George's "Make Believe
    Ballroom Time" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."  Streamed in
    high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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    *Many New Programs have been added to our High-Quality mp3 catalog at: *
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    Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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    OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

    *Gracie Allen For President*

    THE EDDIE CANTOR SHOW
    "It's Time To Smile"
    Episode 2 10-9-40 "9th Year On Radio"
    Summer Replacement For: "Town Hall Tonight"
    Announcer: Harry Von Zell
    Music: Bobby Sherwood's Orchestra
    With: Dinah Shore
    NBC Sal Hepatica-Bristol Myers Mondays 7:30 - 8:00pm

    CHARLIE MCCARTHY SHOW
    "The Chase And Sanborn Program"
    Episode 408 9-1-46 Guest: James Stewart
    Stars: Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Anita Gordon, Pat Patrick
    Host: Jim Ameche
    Music: Ray Noble Orchestra
    NBC Chase and Sanborn Coffee Sundays: 8:00 - 8:30 pm

    THE GENE AUTRY SHOW
    "Melody Ranch"
    Episode 52 12-29-40 "Preview For The Film Melody Ranch"
    Stars: Gene Autry, Ann Miller, Gabby Hayes, Mary Lee
    CBS Wrigley's Doublemint Gum

    THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW
    Episode 26 3-27-40 "GRACIE ALLEN FOR PRESIDENT" Part 5
    This is the fifth of a 14-part mini series, which we will be airing over
    the next 8 weeks.
    CBS HINDS HONEY AND ALMOND CREAM Wednesdays 7:30 - 8:00pm
    STARS: George Burns and Gracie Allen
    WITH: Frank Parker
    ANNOUNCER: Truman Bradley
    MUSIC: Ray Noble's Orchestra
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    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

    SCREEN DIRECTOR'S THEATER
    2-20-49 "Prisoner of Zenda"
    Stars: Ronbald Coleman, Benita Hume

    PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
    1-24-56 "Mental Telepathy"

    EASY ACES
    1-21-43
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    SAME TIME, SAME STATION

    Our actor of the Month is Jackson Beck. We begin with two episodes of
    Superman. Jackson Beck is the announcer.

    SUPERMAN
    Golden Homing Pigeon from 04/10/44 Episode (0331).

    SUPERMAN
    The Atomic Energy Gun from 09/14/44 Episode (0444).

    The Radio community received some sad news this week. On 08/14/2012 we
    lost Rosemary Rice. In her memory we'll play
    ARCHIE ANDREWS
    from 05/11/46 Poison Candy.

    DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT
    from 07/09/49 Episode (1) Relief Supplies. The program stars Brian
    Donlevy as Steve Mitchell.
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    CLASSICS & CURIOS

    "Echoes of Songs and Laughter"

    Episode 42

    TRAILBLAZER BLUES, WESTERN SWING, & THE DOUGHBOYS ARE ON THE AIR!

    Let's go from the Browsers to the Blazers this week with a few vintage
    authentic cowboy, country, bluegrass, blues, and western swing
    trailblazers, such as Flatt & Scruggs, Bob Wills, Jimmy Rodgers, Gene
    Autry, Tex Ritter. Opry pioneer favorite DeFord Bailey, the historic
    Lewis Family, and Smokey Montgomery and the Light Crust Doughboys, plus
    today's Sons of the San Joaquin. Trailblazing country bluegrass, blues,
    and rag tunes are featured, such as "California Blues," "Maggie Blues,"
    and "Hale's Rag," along with classic cowboy songs like "I've Got Spurs
    That Jingle Jangle Jingle" and "Purple Sage in the Twilight. "What Makes
    Bob Holler?" makes a fun curio for "trailblazer" western swing fans. And
    we'll hear brief comments and a performance by old timer Uncle Jimmy
    Thompson who plays "Flying Clouds," usually thought to be the very first
    "WSM Grand Ole Opry" performance. This was a pre-civil war tune that
    Jimmy heard as a boy and which, as he tells us, "gets down in people's
    heels, and they can't keep from dancin'." Jimmy, who once won an eight
    day marathon fiddle contest in Dallas, claimed that he could "fiddle the
    bugs off a tater vine" and that he knew at least 1000 fiddle tunes. And
    another old timer on our second show probably knew 1000 banjo tunes.
    We'll hear a couple of them as we turn on our radio and hear, "The Light
    Crust Doughboys are on the Air!" Radio audiences in Arkansas and Texas
    waited for those words each day back in the 1930's in anticipation of
    joyful and touching songs from a group that is still going strong in
    Texas today. The 2 programs we hear now are from 1936 recorded on studio
    tapes that Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery gave me to share with you before
    his passing in 2001 at the age of 88. Young Smokey, who replaced Bob
    Wills and was known as Junior at the time of these broadcasts, later
    went on to lead the group for some 60 years as he shared his love for
    positive traditional music and Texas Swing with Dixieland touches.
    Showcased now are tunes like "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (originally
    dating from 1836, the year of Texas Independence), "Open Up Them Pearly
    Gates for Me," "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby," "Dinah," "Limehouse Blues,"
    and "My Pretty Quadroon." Smokey was as good a friend and person as he
    was a banjo player, and that was the best. He plays "Yes, Sir, That's My
    Baby" on each of these broadcasts, almost as if he knew it was one of my
    Mother's favorite songs. I can testify that both Smokey and my Mom came
    "before the Lord with joyful songs." (Psalm 100:2)
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    Make Believe Ballroom Time

    Episode 5

    In December 1946 Tommy Dorsey was one of eight big band leaders who shut
    down their bands for good. They believed the big band era had come to a
    close. Two tears later, Tommy Dorsey began a come-back aimed at "the
    kids of America who deserved a chance to dance to the big bands again".
    This program starts with the Dorsey band of 1946 with Tommy broadcasting
    from Los Angeles with his special [removed] Ellington. The program
    goes on to 1953 with the Dorsey band "alive and well" in New York City
    broadcasting from The Stattler Hotel on NBC. You'll find all this with
    facts about Tommy and stats about the year [removed] you know the
    microwave oven was introduced at that time? Check us out on " It's Make
    Believe Ballroom Time"
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    If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

          Jerry Haendiges

          Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
          The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
          Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on
    the Net

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:16:45 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  8-27 births/deaths

    August 27th births

    08-27-1871 - Theodore Dreiser - Terre Haute, IN - d. 12-28-1945
    writer: "The Heinz Magazine of the Air"
    08-27-1872 - Mary Anderson - Lidkoping, Sweden - d. xx-xx-1964
    director of the [removed] department of labor's  women's bureau: "Commando
    Mary"
    08-27-1882 - Samuel Goldwyn - Warsaw, Poland - d. 1-31-1974
    panelist: "People's Platform"
    08-27-1896 - Morris Ankrum - d. 9-2-1964
    actor: "Shakespeare Festival"; "Campbell Playhouse"; "A Report to the
    Nation"
    08-27-1899 - C. S. Forester - Cairo, Egypt - d. 4-2-1966
    poet, biographer, novelist: "Keep 'Em Rolling"; "Words at War";
    "Theatre Guild On the Air"
    08-27-1900 - Gene Burdette - Chicago, IL - d. 10-3-1968
    producer, director: "Luck of the Irish"
    08-27-1901 - Al Ritz - Newark, NJ - d. 12-22-1965
    comedian: (The Ritz Brothers) "Hollywood Hotel"
    08-27-1901 - Roger Pryor - NYC - d. 1-31-1974
    actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Summer
    Symphony"
    08-27-1905 - Frederick O'Neal - Brooksville, MA - d. 8-25-1992
    actor: "New World A-Coming"
    08-27-1908 - Frank Leahy - O'Neill, NE - d. 6-21-1973
    football coach (Notre Dame): "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Bill Stern
    Colgate Sports Newsreel"
    08-27-1908 - Lyndon Baines Johnson - nr. Stonewall, TX - d. 1-22-1973
    [removed] president: "Meet the Press"; "World's Fair Holiday"
    08-27-1911 - Paul West - Nebraska - d. 6-15-1998
    scriptwriter: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    08-27-1916 - Larry Thor - Lundar, Manitoba, Canada - d. 3-15-1976
    actor: Danny Clover "Broadway Is My Beat"
    08-27-1916 - Martha Raye - Butte, MT - d. 10-19-1994
    comedian: "Tuesday Night Party"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild
    Theatre"
    08-27-1916 - Vicki Vola - Denver, CO - d. 7-21-1985
    actor: Shanghai L'il DeVries "Jungle Jim"; Edith Miller "Mr. District
    Attorney"
    08-27-1918 - Peter Winter - Birmingham, England - d. 6-xx-1985
    author of many radio plays
    08-27-1921 - Leo Penn - d. 9-5-1998
    actor, film director: "Family Theatre"; "Hollywood Calling: George
    Fisher Interviews"
    08-27-1925 - Carter Stanley - Stratton, VA - d. 12-1-1966
    bluegrass singer: (The Stanley Brothers) "Farm and Fun Program"
    08-27-1926 - Pat Coombs - London, England - d. 5-25-2002
    comedian: Nola "Hello Playmates"
    08-27-1929 - Dick Vosburgh - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 4-18-2007
    writer: "Breakfast with Braden"
    08-27-1930 - Jack Gallahue - NYC - d. 8-27-2007
    wrote radio plays and scripts before becoming a Jesuit
    08-27-1936 - Anne Whitfield - Oxford, MS
    actor: Phyllis Harris "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; Sandy Carter
    "Woman in My House"

    August 27th deaths

    01-06-1913 - John S. Wilson - Elizabeth, NJ - d. 8-27-2002
    commentator: "The World of Jazz"
    01-21-1919 - Jinx Falkenburg McCrary - Barcelona, Spain - d. 8-27-2003
    hostess: "Hi! Jinx"; "Tex & Jinx"; "Weekend"
    01-24-1914 - David Gaines - d. 8-27-2006
    sound techncian: Mercury Theatre
    02-03-1902 - Lillian Hardin Armstrong - Memphis, TN - d. 8-27-1971
    pianist: "New Orleans Creole Jazz Band"
    02-13-1919 - Joan Edwards - NYC - d. 8-27-1981
    singer: "Chesterfield Presents"; "Your Hit Parade"
    02-27-1917 - George Mitchell - Falkirk, Scotland - d. 8-27-2002
    gospel music: "Cabin in the Cotton"
    03-21-1912 - Suzanne Kaaren - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2004
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
    04-26-1924 - Harold Jack Bloom - NYC - d. 8-27-1999
    writer: "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
    05-14-1907 - Dick Bentley - Melbourne, Australia - d. 8-27-1995
    actor: "Gently, Bentley"; "Navy Mixture"
    05-25-1892 - Bennett Cerf - NYC - d. 8-27-1971
    narrator, panelist: "Biography in Sound"; "What's My Line?"
    06-02-1913 - Burt Farber - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-27-2005
    orchestra leader: "Curtain Time"
    06-14-1906 - Patricia Brox - Winchester, KY - d. 8-27-1988
    singer: (Brox Sisters) "A Tribute to Irving Berlin
    06-30-1894 - Phillips Carlin - NYC - d. 8-27-1971
    announcer: "Palmolive Hour"; "Atwater Kent Hour"
    07-26-1902 - Gracie Allen - San Francisco, CA - d. 8-27-1964
    comedian: "The Adventures of Gracie"; "The George Burns and Gracie
    Allen Show"
    08-03-1906 - James Thieran Biggs - Richwood, OH - d. 8-27-1996
    radio and telegraph operator: WVZ
    08-27-1930 - Jack Gallahue - NYC - d. 8-27-2007
    wrote radio plays and scripts before becoming a Jesuit
    08-28-1915 - Tol Avery - Texas - d. 8-27-1973
    actor, announcer: "Pat Novak for Hire"; "Richard Diamond, Private
    Detective"
    09-20-1918 - Gordon Heath - NYC - d. 8-27-1991
    actor: "New World A' Coming"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-20-1925 - Joan Barton - d. 8-27-1976
    actor: Cashier "Meet Me at Parky's"
    09-27-1933 - Greg Morris - Cleveland, OH - d. 8-27-1996
    actor: "Voices of Vista"
    12-11-1911 - Sam Levenson - NYC - d. 8-27-1980
    humorist: "Arthur Godfrey Show"; "City Club Forum"
    12-27-1910 - Bob Arnold - Asthall, England - d. 8-27-1998
    actor: "In the Cotswolds"; "The Archers"

    Ron

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:29:32 -0400
    From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Phyllis Diller, Jim McGeorge, and an unfortuante
     09/30 anniversary

    Last night (26th), OTR programmer Max Schmid played over his "Golden Age of
    Radio" show on WBAI-FM (NYC) an episode of the radio edition of Groucho
    Marx's comedy-quiz programme "You Bet Your Life" from circa 1958. Max played
    this in tribute to the recently passed Phyllis Diller who appeared as part of
    a two-person contestant team. Ms. Diller was reportedly making her first
    national radio appearance as part of a second set of male and female
    contestants.

    In the show's first team, a gentleman  contestant was introduced as James
    McGeorge, who said he wrote comic books for a livelihood. Some of the
    characters he wrote for were Bugs Bunny, Elner Fudd, Tweetie Bird, and Andy
    Panda.

    Would anybody out there in the ether happen to know if this "James McGeorge"
    might be  "Jim McGeorge," a performer who gained a modicum of fame in the
    1960s as a cartoon voice-over artist and as an impressionist who specialized
    in doing a "Laurel & Hardy" act with him essaying the role of Stan Laurel and
    OTR convention favourite Chuck McCann playing Oliver Hardy?

    Finally, it just occurred to me that we will all be coming up on the fiftieth
    anniversary of Sunday, September 30th, 1962 -- a date accepted by most OTR
    fans as being the true end of the OTR era as this was the day CBS cancelled
    its final two "dramatized" hold-outs form the golden age: "Suspense" and
    "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar." Like in 1962, 09/30 falls on a Sunday this year.

    Will any OTR hosts/producers on satellite-, Internet, and/or terrestrial-
    radio be doing any programming to mark this sad anniversary date?

    Youth wants to know? Students?

    Derek Tague

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