Subject: [removed] Digest V2001 #277
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 8/27/2001 9:56 AM

To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2001 : Issue 277
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Raymond Edward Johnson                [ khovard@[removed] ]
      Favorite character actresses          [ "mutineer" <mutineer@[removed]; ]
      hits or cracks?                       [ Jer51473@[removed] ]
      Lux Radio Theater                     [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
      just a curiosity question             [ Jon Martin <mart459@[removed]; ]
      Re: two-ton                           [ norman flagg <nflagg@[removed]; ]
      Re: KMOX OTR                          [ RadioCM25@[removed] ]
      Re:OTR Jingles                        [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Longest "Sponsor"                     [ leemunsick@[removed] ]
      Re: OTR spots and slogans             [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Re:My Favorite Husband- Bea Benadere  [ Susan Flewelling <kmm@[removed] ]
      Re: obsolete products                 [ Susan Flewelling <kmm@[removed] ]
      Jeannette Nolan-Dirty Sally           [ AandG4jc@[removed] ]
      PERE LECHAISE                         [ PURKASZ@[removed] ]
      TWO POPULAR SHOWS: DIFFERENT CASTS    [ "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed] ]
      Re: Slogans                           [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Re: Adam Hats                         [ Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed]; ]
      Transferring mp3 files from one disk  [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
      Bea Benaderet                         [ "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyro ]
      NBC CHIMES                            [ Bill Harris <radioguy@[removed]; ]
      "Fat in the can"                      [ "Harold Zeigler" <hzeigler@charter- ]
      Trivia contest                        [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
      Oxydol                                [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      An OTR Primer                         [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
      OTR Show Opens With Sponsor Message   [ "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed]; ]
      Re: Bea Benaderet                     [ "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed]; ]
      Old products                          [ Frank Kendall <efkendall@[removed]; ]
      Cemetery Inquiry                      [ "Robert Fells" <rfells@[removed]; ]
      Re: Slogans                           [ "Susan Olson" <susolson@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:42:17 -0400
    From: khovard@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Raymond Edward Johnson

    I interviewed Raymond Edward Johnson at his home in Connecticut several
    years ago, for my book, Words at War, a hsitory of WW II  era radio
    drama. It was a difficult interview because his speech was quite hampered
    by his illness. He had multiple scerosis for many decades. The disease
    has also struck two members of my family.

     I hope that the obstacles to the promising research that might be able
    to eliminate this horrid disease might be  eliminated in the near future.

    Howard Blue

    [removed] Sorry that I  can't say more now about my  interview with Mr.
    Johnson. I also interviewed the late Erik Barnouw. But I am coming down
    to the wire in preparations to send the manuscript to the publisher and I
     just don't have the time.

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:42:20 -0400
    From: "mutineer" <mutineer@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Favorite character actresses

    During all your nit-picking about who is a "star" actress and who is a
    "character" actress, you got so side-tracked that you forgot to mention Fran
    Allison. Her star clearly burned across two eras.
     In radio days she was Aunt Fannie on the Breakfast Club. She was the young
    gal portraying the old gal. And she pulled it off marvelously. After that
    she was in "Meet the Meeks".
     When TV came along, there she was with Kukla and Ollie, having to do
    totally live dialogue without the benefit of a script.
     In the early days, Kukla, Fran, and Ollie came out of radio in Chicago.
    Fran was a master of creating dialog as she went along.
     How many of your actresses could have come close to matching up with Fran
    Allison?
                                        Jim

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:39:01 -0400
    From: Jer51473@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  hits or cracks?

     Does anyone out there remember playing that game? Boys would open up a
    discarded  Camel cigaret pack and inside the top would be the letter "h" or
    the letter "c". Before opening you would would ask your friend "hits or
    cracks?". The "winner" got to whop the other on the arm, or as we called it,
    give him a "frog". Ah, them were the days!

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:39:37 -0400
    From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
    To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lux Radio Theater

    Recently a local antique mall had  a huge cardboard advertisement for Lux
    Toilet Soap,  "the Beauty Soap of the Stars."  Barbara Stanwyck was
    pictured underneath a bold-faced command, "Vote for the Play You'd Like to
    Hear on October 16, 1944, the 10th Anniversary Show for Lux Radio Theater."

    There were a bundle of return messages attached. All had to be sent to
    Cecil B. DeMille; Box 9; Hollywood 8, California  There was, of course,
    ample space for the nominated play and the voter's postal address.

    It so happened that the play dramatized on October 16, 1944, was "7th
    Heaven," and it featured  Jennifer Jones, Van Johnson, Jean Hersholt, Billy
    Gilbert, and Virginia Gordon.  This also happened to be the very first play
    that Lux Radio Theater presented when it debuted.  Coincidence, or was the
    contest a sham? Anybody know?

    Dennis Crow

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:41:46 -0400
    From: Jon Martin <mart459@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  just a curiosity question

    As an older father (41) of an almost 5 year old, I got hit with an "he's so
    old" today that hit home. Reflecting on it,
    my politics are those of one much older, (I am a patriot - was on
    television recently when I was taped without my
    knowledge (they did ask before showing it) when my son asked what the silly
    flag was (a POW/MIA) flag) when
    going into a county fair. I would not let that one pass and sat him down to
    explain what it meant. A few people grew into a crowd
    that I had not noticed and I got applause at the end. Let's just say "that
    right wing extremist" is how my liberal democrat wife
    explains [removed]) For reference, I consider my self a right wing moderate
    :) (no politician got a "good" rating in my explination)

    Followed up by (applicable to the midwesterners-USA) that I usually say
    that I moved to Schaumburg pre-woodfield. That I remember when
    Higgins Road was two lanes dirt to get to my house. (it is now 6 lanes
    concrete) The one that hit home today was that my four year old said to a
    friend "Dad is so old that he said that he remembers when Tombstone pizza
    was good! (Tombstone pizza was bought out by Kraft who made it a generic
    freezer pizza. - correct me if I am wrong, but I used to enjoy it)
    (currently living in Milwaukee after living in 10 other US states)

    So, since this is the only list out of close to twenty that I read every
    post on, mainly due to the fact that the posts are bright,
    show true intellect, and actually show thought before posting,  I do have a
    question  -
    what is the average age of the people who are on the list?

    I have turned several (young) interns into OTR fans because they appreciate
    "imagination" and actual thoughtful writing that went into
    a lot of radio shows (not [removed]). But my wife is addicted to the TV as
    much as I am to radio. So I was just curious as to the demographics
    of the posters and readers of the group.  (As someone who has been accused
    of being my son's grandfather on too many times)

    Jon Martin

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:43:13 -0400
    From: norman flagg <nflagg@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: two-ton

    Hey Dave

    Sure I remember Two-Ton Baker the Music Maker, composer of: 'The
    Temp-er-a-ture is Goin Up, The Hum-i-di-ty is Goin Down Since My Baby Got
    Back Into Town.' Had I believe a daily fifteen minute show (think it was BBM
    not MAQ but could be wrong) He, along with Garroway and Ernie Simon, bring
    back fond memories of Chicago radio of that period.

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:43:21 -0400
    From: RadioCM25@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:  KMOX OTR

    again tonight, 1120 on the AM dial, 8-12 pm cental daylight time

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:43:55 -0400
    From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:OTR Jingles

    From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];

>     Jim Stokes' montage of radio jingles includes:
>     Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.   Winston has full
>     rich tobacco flavor.   The flavor comes right home to you."

    Those words don't sound quite right.  As a kid at the time of this
    jingle who had no idea of the mechanics of smoking, and now as an avowed
    anti-smoker (living in the heart of Kentucky burley tobacco country), it
    is amazing that I remember the REAL words of this Winston jingle--but I
    do.  The words of this version of the jingle really were:

    Winston tastes good like a (clap-clap) cigaratte should.
    Winston gives you real flavor
    Full rich tobacco flavor.
    Winston's easy drawing, too.
    The flavor comes right through to you.
    Winston tastes good like a (clap-clap) cigaratte should.

    I think they also sometimes used the line "Winston gives you real
    taste".

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:44:25 -0400
    From: leemunsick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Longest "Sponsor"

    Regarding long-term sponsors, this may have been pointed out before.  If
    so, I apologize; horrible lightning storms have invaded the phone lines in
    our rural area and fried my brand new modem, other peoples' PCs, answering
    machines, etc.  So I've not been able to read or respond for some time.

    [removed] one would call the Mormon Church (LDS) a sponsor, which of
    course it is, I think they take the cake.  They're now in their 73rd year
    and something well over 3700 Sunday programs with the Mormon Tabernacle
    Choir.  It's been forced to move from one network to another to syndication
    and so on, and the organist, choir director and narrator have obviously
    changed over that length of time.

    Now carried on NPR or at least some of their affiliates.  But I believe
    this marvelous veteran program has originated from KSL all those
    years.  That has to be a record in anyone's book, except their Executive
    Producer in the Main Office upstairs.

    Lee Munsick   "That Godfrey Guy"

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:45:16 -0400
    From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: OTR spots and slogans

    From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];

>     "It's 9 o'clock.   Do you know where your children are tonight?"

    Here's another one which also doesn't sound quite right.  First of all,
    9 PM is a bit early.  Secondly, I don't think of this as being OTR.  As
    far as I know it specifically started in the early 60s on WNEW-TV as a
    lead-in to their 10 PM news as their prime-time entertainment
    programming ended.  In addition to it being able to be counted towards
    their Public Service requirements, part of the purpose of the
    announcement was to promote their unique (for New York) early starting
    time for the late evening news.  A somber and ominous sounding announcer
    entoned: "It's Ten [removed]  Do YOU know where your children are?"

    Other stations picked up on this, and possibly this New York station had
    gotten the idea from another station, but this is the earliest version I
    know of.  We recently got a DVD of classic British TV public service
    announcements, "Charley Says", and they had an elongated version of this
    from 1976 concerning fireworks safety for Guy Fawkes Day.  They show a
    kid about to fool around with some fireworks while his parents are
    inside watching TV.  The announcer is talking about kids rounding up
    fireworks during the weeks leading up to November 5, and then says
    "Parents, where's your child tonight?"  The father turns to his wife and
    says, "Where's our boy?"  We then see the kid striking a match, lighting
    a fuse, and then BOOM!!!  The picture lights up completely white and
    then cuts to the mother with a concerned look on her face as the words
    "Where's YOUR child tonight?" come on the screen.  Well, MY answer to
    that is, well, he's over there, and over there, and over there, and over
    th. . .

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:45:47 -0400
    From: Susan Flewelling <kmm@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:My Favorite Husband- Bea Benaderet

    On Burns & Allen (at least when it got to television) she played Blanch
    Morton, their next door neighbour and Gracie's best friend.

    Was she the maid in Ozzie & Harriet?  A bell rings that she might have been
    but I'm not sure.

    She was so talented - she was wasted on Petticoat Junction.

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:46:05 -0400
    From: Susan Flewelling <kmm@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: obsolete products

    We discussed Bromo Seltzer, that it was obsolete, but, thinking I'd seen it
    not long ago, I checked the web and it does seem to be still on the market.

    Sometimes I hear commercials for products I've never heard of think, "I'd
    like to try that"! - strange because I never pay any attention to [removed]
    commercials - perhaps its wanting what one can't have!  But the commercials
    on radio were delightful -  - some of the beer commercials are still fun to
    sing along with even if the beer is long gone!

    Susan Flewelling  Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Warning - Pets & People's Mississipi "Rescue"
     [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:46:24 -0400
    From: AandG4jc@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jeannette Nolan-Dirty Sally

        Did anybody catch Jeannette on Gunsmoke this weekend, on TV Land's
    Western Fandamonieum? She played the role of Dirty Sally and what a
    wonderfully funny episode it was! By the way, for those of you who did not
    know, Jeannette had her own series when the character was spun off Gunsmoke.
    But it was canceled due to low ratings but mostly by the main brass at CBS
    who wanted to get ride of any programs that had a tree in it.
    Allen

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:47:00 -0400
    From: PURKASZ@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  PERE LECHAISE

        Yes, that is the final resting place for many a great man or woman in the
    arts and music.
        My favorite spite story involves the construction of the tomb for Fredric
    Chopin in 1842 I think it was.
        The commission was given to a first cousin who had always resented
    Chopin's fame as well as his attitude towards he the cousin, a sculptor of
    some minor local fame.
        When he received the commission, he would wreak his spite in an unusual
    fashion, the headstone would read:
        "Fred Chopin"
        I suppose it gave him some sense of power to have his relative's name
    sounding like a local farmer!
        Sigh.
        The envious will always be with us but they are rarely as humorous as the
    poor sculptor whose name is lost to us whilst Chopin's will survive without
    even the need for a first name!
                    Gwynne

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:47:34 -0400
    From: "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  TWO POPULAR SHOWS: DIFFERENT CASTS

    Owens mentions:

>     The mention of a Lone Ranger Series b/casting from Buffalo, brings to mind
>     two other popular radio series with duifferent casts,  currently circulating
>     in various OTR Libraries:   The Fat Man (from South Africa) and One Man's
>     Family (from Australia.)  Does anyone have any knowledge of other poopular
>     shows with different casts?

    G'Day Owens, The Fatman was also Australian, I have a few episodes, I
    believe we sold it into South Africa as well as other countries.  As far as
    other shows, it would probably be easier to make a list of which ones
    Australia or Grace Gibson didn't reproduce.  If people are interested, I am
    happy to make a list of the ones I know of, but I warn you, it will be a
    very long list, into the hundreds of series. It includes all the Soaps,
    Dramas, Lux, Super Heroes and more.

    I would be very appreciative if people are listening to .mp3's or cassettes
    of shows and they hear at the end that it is a Grace Gibson Production
    (Australian version), to please let me know.  Last night I found a Charlie
    Chan amongst my collection that turned out to be Grace Gibson.  I am trying
    to collect the Australian versions of the various shows.  Also anything at
    all starring George Edwards.

    Ian

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:47:51 -0400
    From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Slogans

    Bill Harris asks, and Stephen A Kallis, Jr. answered:

>     You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth
>     with __________.  [Pepsodent]

    When I was a kid we sang this next line:
    "Oh I know where the yellow goes, the put it into Oleo."
    Think of that next time you use margarine!  Yuck!

>     And what was "it's all vegetable, it's digestible"?
>     [Don't remember that one; a WAG would be Wesson Oil]
>     Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

    Isn't that Crisco?

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:48:44 -0400
    From: Michael Biel <mbiel@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Adam Hats

    From: Grbmd@[removed]

>     I don't recall which of the three letters
>     I lacked -- probably a D or an M -- but I'm pretty sure the company
>     produced darn few covers with that letter.

    ESPECIALLY if they were done by the company which did the recent
    McDonald's Monopoly and Millionaire games!!!

    Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:48:59 -0400
    From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Transferring mp3 files from one disk to another

    Hello, again ...
    Richard, are you trying to copy the MP3 disk directly to another MP3 disk,
    using a CD-R reader and a separate CD-R burner? I use EZ CD Creator myself
    and know that it does allow you to copy from one disk to another, but I
    always had problems with speed differentials between the two recorders, and
    often exhausted the buffer that was supposed to smooth out any speed
    problems, until I finally decided simply to copy the contents of the CD to a
    new file on my hard drive, using Windows Explorer. Then I burned the new CD
    directly from my hard drive, and was able to burn it at 8X without any
    problems at all. You could use a CD-RW disk if you wanted simply to
    experiment, but my EZ CD Creator edition 4 DeLuxe will allow only 2X
    recording speed in that case. Better to take a chance on losing the 50 cent
    cost of a blank CD-R in order to take advantage of the faster recording
    speeds. Hope this helps.
    Jan Bach
    P. S. Remember too that you can record a few mp3 files and then come back
    later and record more; something much harder to do with traditional sound
    "wave" files cut into CD disks. Remember also that (according to the EZ CD
    people) there is no way of varying the order of mp3 files as you can do with
    the standard .cda compact disk files; they always follow the alpha-numeric
    alphabet whatever you do! So if you use a consistent format for the dates of
    multiple shows, they should show up in calendar order on the disk.
    Best,
    Jan Bach

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:49:52 -0400
    From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Bea Benaderet

>     Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:54:05 -0400
>     From: AandG4jc@[removed]

>         One of the other roles she played was the next door neighbor to the
>     Burn's on the Burns & Allen Show but to be honest to you I do not remember
>     the name nor when she appeared on the show.

    She also played the next door neighbor on the TV show.  On TV, the
    name was "Blanche Morton."  Maybe it was the same on radio.  Several
    people played her husband, Harry Morton, the last, and longest-lasting
    of whom, played the role as a supercilious, grandiloquent intellectual.  If
    the Mortons were the Burns' next door neighbors on the radio show,
    how was the husband depicted?

     A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
     15 Court Square, Suite 210          lawyer@[removed]
     Boston, MA 02108-2503           [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:52:55 -0400
    From: Bill Harris <radioguy@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  NBC CHIMES

     "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; writes:

>     Does anyobne know what the notes were for the NBC Chimes?  They were G-E-C,
>     which were the initials of NBC's Parent Company, General Electric.

    It seems to be a popular belief that those notes were chosen because they were the
    initials of the General Electric Company. In all of my research I have found
    nothing in the NBC files that would indicate this to be so. In fact, in my article
    on the history of the chimes, I quote an engineer who was with NBC when the chimes
    came to be and he refutes the claim. At the time of the formation of NBC, General
    Electric was not the only investor in the network, it was owned by RCA (50%),
    General Electric (30%) and Westinghouse (20%). Until something surfaces from some
    NBC file to prove otherwise I tend to think it that the choosing of the notes G-E-C
    and the initials of General Electric was just coincidence. This is all discussed in
    the article.

    Bill Harris
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:53:08 -0400
    From: "Harold Zeigler" <hzeigler@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  "Fat in the can"

    	Hi Anybody,
         I believe the one product missed being named was Crisco.
      Wasn't there a old grade school joke about the" Cisco Kid"  being called
    the "Crisco Kid" because he was fat in the can? Dumb school jokes.
    				Till Next Time,Harold

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:53:15 -0400
    From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Trivia contest

    Stephen A. Kallis wrote:

>     And what was "it's all vegetable, it's digestible"?
>     [Don't remember that one; a WAG would be Wesson Oil]

    My guess is CRISCO.

    Barbara

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:53:43 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Oxydol

    Eric Cooper announces,

>     Beginning about 4 months ago, here in California, I noticed the return
>     of OXYDOL ("Ma Perkins") on the store shelves. A bit pricey though at
>     $[removed] per box!

    The sound byte associated with that cleaning product was a woman's voice,
    saying, "Oooooh, that Oxydol sparkle!"  One comic routine was that a
    person on one of the OTR shows was supposed to have obtained a new job.
    When asked what it was, he said he pinched the girl who said ....

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:53:58 -0400
    From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  An OTR Primer

    RyanO notes,

>     While I have appreciated otr comedy, I never usually purchase it.
>     However, I may have to make an exception.  The Phil Harris show is really
>     quite funny.

    The Phil Harris - Alice Faye show is one of those that has transcended
    its time period.  Even one who didn't live in the period can appreciate
    and enjoy the humor of the shows.  It is one of the better shows to use
    to introduce newcomers to OTR.

    Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:54:19 -0400
    From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  OTR Show Opens With Sponsor Message

    Heh.   Here are some totally-from-memory OTR show openings, where the
    sponsor's name is right up front.   I hope the "researchers" don't get all
    hyper and bent out of shape.    Hey baby, after all, ain't this just for
    fun?   I have a real job besides this, how about you.   :)
        They went something like this --
    - ------------------------------------------------------------
    "All vegetable, digestible Crisco presents Ma Perkins."  (but that old
    chickenfat sure tastes better!)

    "And now Oydoll's own Ma Perkins."

    "Autolight presents (SFX -- SCARY CHIMES) Suspense."

    "The Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California presents Suspense."  (Wouldn't
    a glass taste good right now while we scare the hell out of you?)

    "Rinso (SNARE DRUM ROLL).   The new Rinso with Solium, presents The Amos and
    Andy Show."  (same old soap, just changed the label)

    "Your home-owned, nationally-organized Rexall Pharmacy presents Amos and
    Andy."  (sounds like the mob runs it at the top.  :))

    "Lucky Strike presents the Jack Benny radio program."

    "The Anchor Hocking Glass Company presents Casey, Crime Photographer."
    (who cares, glass is glass)

    "It's Coke Time, with Eddy Fisher."   (back in those days, "Coke" meant Coca
    Cola, folks)

    - -------------------------------------------------------------

    Jim Stokes,
    NaturaLite Pictures, shooting "There's Danger In Romance" in New York in
    September.

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:54:38 -0400
    From: "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Bea Benaderet

    "Allen" wrote:

>     ALSO BEA WAS UP FOR THE ROLE OF ETHEL MERTZ ON I LOVE LUCY, BUT DUE TO

> >     PRIOR COMMITMENTS SHE HAD TO DECLINE.

>       One of the other roles she played was the next door neighbor to the
>     Burn's on the Burns & Allen Show but to be honest to you I do not remember
>     the name nor when she appeared on the show.

    The character's name was Blanche Morton, and Bea played it on the TV show
    during its entire run, 1950-58.  This was, of course, the "prior commitment"
    that prevented her from accepting the role of Ethel Mertz.

    Did Bea ever play Blanche on the radio "Burns and Allen" as well?

    Michael J. Hayde

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:54:48 -0400
    From: Frank Kendall <efkendall@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Old products

    I am enjoying the discussion regarding products and
    their advertising on OTR. I am reminded of an event
    that would shock modern sensibilities that happened
    when I was in elementary school. During recess one day
    we recieved a visit from Johnnie the Phillip Morris
    bellhop who handed out new pennies to all the kids
    with the "call for Phillip Morris" slogan pasted on
    the back.

    My only real regret today is that I didn't save my
    penny. Ought to be worth something now.

    Frank Kendall
    [removed]

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:54:55 -0400
    From: "Robert Fells" <rfells@[removed];
    To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cemetery Inquiry

    In response to Martin Grams, Jr.'s inquiry about a French cemetery that is
    the resting place for many celebrities, Martin is referring to the
    Pere-Lachaise Cemetery near Paris.  I don't know" about the "tons" of
    celebrities interred there, but in addition to Jim Morrison, there is Maria
    Callas, Isadora Duncan, Gertrude Stein, and Alice B. Toklas.  Anybody
    remember Pearl White from the silent film serial?  She's also buried in
    Paris but at Passy Cemetery.

    Incidently, although I'm the last person in the world who should be
    correcting people, the word "cemetery" seems to have the distinction of
    being one of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language.
    There is no "a" in "cemetery,"  [removed], "cemetary."

    Bob Fells

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    Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:55:04 -0400
    From: "Susan Olson" <susolson@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Slogans

>     And what was "it's all vegetable, it's digestible"?

    This would be CRISCO, no?

    And how about:

    For longer, longer life for lovely sweaters, it's wonderful  _______
    ______.

    --Susan Olson

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