Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #16
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 1/16/2002 9:03 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 16
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Cherrios Packages at Raley's          [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
      Re: Whitfield Connor                  [ "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed]; ]
      Tello-Test                            [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
      GODFREY, THE SHY GUY/FIRST PAYCHECK   [ "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
      Tape to MP3 transfer                  [ "Peter H. Vollmann" <vollmann@hawai ]
      Re: Whitfield Connor                  [ Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed]; ]
      Marilyn Monroe                        [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
      RE: Thank You Harlan Zinck            [ Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed]; ]
      Inner Sanctum novels                  [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ lois@[removed] ]

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:38:50 -0500
    From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Cherrios Packages at Raley's

    B. J. Watkins commented on locating the "Lone Ranger Cherrios Packages" - I
    found a large display at my local Raley's Supermarket in Reno (also in
    Northern CA).  It is two large boxes of Cherrios packed in plastic
    shrink-wrap with a souvenir lunchbox in the middle.  They did a terrible
    reproduction of the graphics from the original, IMO, the "masked man" looks
    blurred, fuzzy and over-inked.  General Mills should have more of a
    "command" of his marketing troops.  I passed on purchasing [removed] I like
    Cherrios!!
    Russ Butler   oldradio@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:16:08 -0500
    From: "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re: Whitfield Connor

    John Edwards wrote:

>     As a long time collector of OTR I came across the name Whitfield Connor
>     [removed]  He seemed like a very good radio actor. What other shows did
>     he star in or appear in.

    Connor did a few DRAGNET episodes, most notably as the distraught father of
    the slain child Stevie Moreheim, in the 1951 broadcast of ".22 Rifle for
    Christmas."  He can also be seen in the second DRAGNET TV episode (also
    notable as Barton Yarborough's final screen performance), as "The Big
    Actor," which is available on VHS from Moviecraft.

>     He reminds me a little bit of Bob Bailey.

    Funny; when I first heard him on DRAGNET, I thought it was Vic Perrin.

    Michael J. Hayde

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:16:33 -0500
    From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Tello-Test

    Bryan asked why they called the radio quiz show "Tello-Test"...and, I'm
    thinking because the telephone was used to call-in to win the money!!

    The answers to the questions to be asked were
    posted at a sponsor's location (driving shopping traffic into the store)
    every week, the display was moved within the store occasionally (inviting
    shoppers to see the rest of the store), you tuned in to Tello-Test, heard
    the question and dialed the
    telephone to be the first with the correct answer.

    I've forgotten if the Tello-Test host asked callers
    a preliminary question to qualify, or if it was just
    the first call with the correct answer that won.  Anybody know??

    Russ Butler  oldradio@[removed]

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:17:17 -0500
    From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: GODFREY, THE SHY GUY/FIRST PAYCHECK

    There was one time when Godfrey really made a risque' statement on the air.
    He was broadcasting from Hawaii, and mention that he just bought a brand new
    Criss-Craft Launch.  He was describing all the nice features of it,
    including the cabin area.  And it went something like this:...."and the
    cabin of this wonderful launch is very nice, it has a really delightful
    sleeping area. It can accomadate 6 persons (slight pause).....12 if you are
    [removed]!"  Lee, I told you this story when you visited the GRB
    Meeting a few years ago, remember?  And don't forget, fellow posters, The
    Old Redhead got his start at WFBR in Baltimore, the same station where I put
    in a few years. His salary was $[removed] per week, then after about 6 months he
    got a raise to $[removed] (WFBR donated the carbon copy of  his first payroll
    receipt to our Museum).  He moved on to Washington [removed] and the NBC Network,
    where he made a name for himself narrating President Roosevelts Funeral.

    Owens

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:47:15 -0500
    From: "Peter H. Vollmann" <vollmann@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Tape to MP3 transfer

    A great big thanks to all the fine folk who replied in answer to my question
    about transferring tape recordings to computer files. I will contact you
    off-list with any questions and will send a progress report.
    Peter from Hawaii

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:28:08 -0500
    From: Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Re: Whitfield Connor

>     John Edwards asked about other appearances of Whitfield Connor:

    A quick survey of my colleciton of radio logs found the following:

    Crime Classics (1954)
    NBC University Theater (1949)
    On Stage (1952)
    Suspense (1954, 1959)
    Tales of the Texas Rangers (1951-52 several episodes)
    This is Your [removed] (1950-51, several episodes)

    (year or years that Whitfield appeared)

    Whitfield Connor
    b. 3 Dec 1916 - Rahdowney, Ireland
    d. 16 July 1988 - Norwalk, Connecticut (lung cancer)

    Gerry Wright
    ZoneZebra Productions
    San Francisco

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:28:13 -0500
    From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject: Marilyn Monroe

    Regardless of what one thinks of Marilyn Monroe, she deserves better
    treatment than she received in Monday's Digest.

    Her famous radio appearance in 1952, when she just about wed the
    delightfully "infamous"  Charlie McCarthy, reminds one her  comedic talent,
     which the [removed] Postal Service memorialized in their "Legends of Hollywood"
    series. She was the first celebrity so honored in 1995.

    There are many websites dedicated to Marilyn Monroe. In one of those,  B.
    Holdrick honors her by excerpting a quote from Leonard Gershe's famous
    play, BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE.

    "A butterfly lights beside us, like a sunbeam, and for a brief moment, its
    glory belongs to our world and then it flies on. And though we are sad to
    see it go, we are happy to have ever seen it at all."

    I prefer to remember Marilyn Monroe  this way.

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:05:31 -0500
    From: Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: RE: Thank You Harlan Zinck

    "Robert  J.  McKee" <mckee137@[removed]; writes:

>     I have been lurking around this list for some time now thanks to Mr.
>     Zinck's making me aware of it's existance.

    Gosh, Bob, I'm glad you appreciate my referring you to the list, but that's
    about all the credit I can take here. It's the subscribers to this list -
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    Biel, and the many other knowledgeable folks who read and post here - that
    really make the Digest the joy it is to read and receive each day.

    Speaking of the joys of the Digest, this would probably be a good time to
    suggest that the subscribers who enjoy receiving this on-line publication
    also consider supporting it financially. At the end of each Digest, Charlie
    Summers - our host and tireless overseer - always runs the following
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    I cannot encourage all of you enough to visit the link and contribute
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    Thanks, Charlie - and thanks to all of you for making this the valuable
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    Harlan

    Harlan Zinck
    First Generation Radio Archives
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    Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 22:37:20 -0500
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: Inner Sanctum novels

    Small plea to all your nostalgia collectors:

    I have managed to acquire a lengthy list of Inner Sanctum novels from 1930
    to 1972.  Simon & Schuster, a publishing house based in New York, published
    on a regular (monthly) basis, mystery novels using the Inner Sanctum name on
    the cover, [removed] "An Inner Sanctum Mystery."
    That means 12 books a year.

    I am in the midst of completing the list, hopeing to have every IS book
    documented.  Sadly, my primary source ran dry and I've got about 80% of the
    list completed (some years I only have 10 or 9 books documented so I know
    there are a few more needed).  Collectors of pulps admit it's a hard sell,
    as most publications were never documented or listed as "Inner Sanctum
    Mysteries," just under title and author.

    So in the hopes that someone out there has ANY Inner Sanctum novels in their
    private collection (no doubt a few people on this digest have purchased and
    collected a few for their personal use), could they e-mail me a title and
    author of the book?  From the title and author, I can work from there to get
    all the other info I need.  But with small holes here and there . . .

    Can e-mail me personally.
    Martin
    mmargrajr@[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 04:52:00 -0500
    From: lois@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject: #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

    A weekly [removed]

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