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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 361


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten?
	 Rocky Fortune log
	 Arthur Godfrey themesong
	 Jean Shepherd--sequel to _A Christmas Story_
	 SPERDVAC
	 Paradise for OTR
	 Arthur Godfrey
	 Escape log update
	 Big Jon and Sparkie
	 Re: OTR in Minnesota

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Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 12:14:04 -0600
From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten?
Message-Id: <[removed]@dlogics>

We had just finished dinner with the in-laws the other night, and 
conversation ranged into OTR. They recall that at about the same 
time Jim and Marian Jordan were doing "Fibber McGee & Mollie", they
were also doing a Saturday afternoon show called "Kaltenmeyer's 
Kindergarten". Jim played Mickey Donovan and Marian played Gertie 
Glump.

Beyond that, details get a bit fuzzy. Can someone out there supply
a capsule summary of that show? Do any recordings of it exist?

Andrew C. Green            (312) 266-4431
Adobe Systems, Inc. (formerly Frame Technology)
Advanced Product Services
441 W. Huron               Internet: acg@[removed]
Chicago, IL  60610-3498    FAX: (312) 266-4473

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 13:34:21 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Rocky Fortune log
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                           R O C K Y   F O R T U N E
                           ---------   -------------
 
                                  1953 - 1954
 
 
     First Show: 10-06-53                              Last Show: 03-30-54
     Number Shows: 26                              Audition Show: none
 
 
     Show Description:
 
     ROCKY FORTUNE appeared on NBC for only a short run of 26 shows.  The
     lead character was played by Frank Sinatra, who took a variety of
     jobs and found a variety of problems. Unfortunately, Mr. Sinatra's
     movie career took precidence over a radio career with the success of
     "From Here to Eternity" and this series came to an early end.
 
 
     List Comments:
 
     As with a lot of other shows, the titles on this one vary from source
     to source. Some catalogs only showed titles. One catalog only showed
     dates. As I have done on previous logs, I try to match dates, titles
     and episode numbers as best as possible. Those titles that can't be
     matched follow the last show. All titles found are shown as found
     with the source key for this first pass.
 
 
     List:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
         10-06-53    1  Oyster Opener                            4
                        Oyster Shucker                               8
         10-13-53    2  Steven In a Rest Home                    4
         10-20-53    3  Steward On a Ship                        4
                        Insurance Fraud                            6
                        Ships Steward                                8
         10-27-53    4  Short Order Cook                      1  4
                        Shipboard Jewel Robbery                    6
         11-03-53    5  Pintsized Payroll Bandit              1    6
         11-10-53    6  $100,000 An Hour Messenger            123
                        Messenger Boy                             5
                        Messenger for Murder                       6
                        $100 An Hour Messenger                      78
         11-17-53    7  A Little Jazz Goes A Long Way To      1 3
                           Murder
                        A Hepcat Kills the Canary                  6
         11-24-53    8  Drama Citic's Bodyguard               123 5  8
                        Nursemaid To a Drama Critic              4
                        Murder on the Isle                         6
         12-01-53    9  Art Store Handyman                    123 5  8
                        Parlormaid To a Statue                   4
                        Murder Among the Statues                   6
         12-08-53   10  The Kid And The Carnival              1 3
                        Carnival One Way                           6
         12-15-53   11  Paid Companion                        123 5 78
                        Companion To A Chimp                       6
         12-22-53   12  Department Store Santa                1 3
                        The Plot To Murder Santa Claus             6
         12-29-53   13  Prize Fighter                         123 5 78
                        Prize Fighter Setup                        6
         01-05-54   14  Love And Death                        1 3
                        On The Trail Of A Killer                   6
         01-12-54   15  Ride 'em Cowboy                       1 3
                        Rodeo Murder                               6
         01-19-54   16  Murder In The Museum                  1 3
                        The Museum Murder                          6
                        Museum of Ancient History                    8
         01-26-54   17  Hollywood Or Boom                     1 3
                        Hauling Nitro                              6
         02-02-54   18  Football Fix                          1 3  6
         02-09-54   19  Social Director                       123    8
                        Catskills Cover-up                         6
         02-16-54   20  Too Many Husbands                     123 5  8
                        The Too Much Married Blond                 6
         02-23-54   21  Hit List                              1 3
                        Decoy For Death                            6
                        The Grinder                                 78
         03-02-54   22  Drug Addict                           123 5 78
                        The Doctor's Delemma                       6
         03-09-54   23  Let's Find A Murderer                 1 3
                        Incident In A Bar                          6
         03-16-54   24  The Little Voice Of Murder            1 3
                        Psychological Murder                       6
         03-23-54   25  Rocket To The Morgue                  1 3
                        Rocket Racket                              6
         03-30-54   26  Boarding House Doublecross            1    6
                        (last show)
 
                        Sister Ellie's Dead                    2     8
                        Sister Ellie                              5
                        Sister Ellie is Dead                        7
                        Fresh Corpse                           2  5 78
                        Witness to a Kill                      2  5
                        Witness to a Will                           78
                        Zenith Foundation                      2  5 78
                        Pearl Smugglers                           5
         ??-??-53       Stevan Crandel                              7
                        Double Indemnity                             8
                        Missing Boy                                  8
 
 
     Information Sources:
 
     The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor and 
     club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.
 
         Key  Source
         ---  ------------------------------------------------------------
           1  Edward J. Carr, 216 Shaner Street, Boyertown, PA 19512.
           2  Bob Burnham, BRC Productions, PO Box 2645, Livonia, MI
              48151-0645
           3  Steve Kelez, Radio Showcase, [removed] Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA
              95402
           4  Radio Historical Association of Colorado, [removed] Box 1908,
              Englewood, CO 80150
           5  Ken Mills, Nostalgia Recordings, 907 Maple Ave., Ridgefield,
              NJ 07657.
           6  Radio Memories, 1600 Wewoka St., North Little Rock, AR 72116
           7  Great American Radio, PO Box 504, Genesee, MI 48437
           8  North American Radio Archives (NARA), 134 Vincewood Dr.,
              Nicolasville, KY 40356.
 
     Although I have had favorable dealings with some of the above, to be
     fair to all, this is not an endorsement of them. I receive nothing by 
     mentioning them.
 
 
     Last Update: 10-25-95
 
 
     Although I retain copyright, this log may be freely copied provided
     that the text is unchanged.  Please share it with fellow OTR lovers.
 
     I would greatly appreciate any error corrections or additional
     information. Please send them to: Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road,
     Verona, NJ 07044 or via e-mail to passage@[removed]
 

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 12:37:03 -0700 (MST)
From: Bill Miles <bmiles@[removed]>
To: Oldtime Radio Net <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Arthur Godfrey themesong
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

In answer to Roy Trumbull's question regarding Arthur Godfrey's 
themesong, it was "Seems Like Old Times."  He would sing some of it and 
sometimes whistle it also.

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 11:51:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Rob Spencer <rspencer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jean Shepherd--sequel to _A Christmas Story_
Message-ID: <[removed]@netcom8>

This is not strictly an OTR post, but as there are many Jean Shepherd 
fans here this may be of interest.
	_A Christmas Story_ is one of my favorite movies, and since it 
was released I have been awaiting eagerly its long-promised sequel.  I 
was unaware it had actually been made, until I happened to see a promo 
for it on Showtime: _It Runs in The Family_, with Kieran Culkin, Charles 
Grodin and Mary Steenburgen, directed by Bob Clark.  
	This was a surprise to me, so I assume it may also be to many of 
the Shepherd fans on this list.  As far as I can tell, the movie 
(copyrighted 1994) went straight to video; since it is an MGM production, 
I can imagine it was one of the films sent to limbo when Pathe's 
ownership fell through.
	Is this news to anyone, or am I revealing a shocking cluelessness
to the world? 


Rob Spencer

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 15:35:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Ryan Brewster <impulse@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
cc: otr@[removed]
Subject: SPERDVAC
Message-ID: <[removed]@moose>

How does one join SPERDVAC and what the heck does it stand for, anyhow!? :)

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Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 16:18:12 EST
From: "Wagner, Mahlon W" <xwagner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Paradise for OTR
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

If you want to live in Paradise, it is not Florida, or even Arizona.  Here
in Central New York we are treated to 4 hours of old time radio for 6
nights every week.
	On the public radio station WRVO-FM  ([removed]) and it's two smaller
satellites in Watertown NY and Utica NY we enjoy a great variety.
WRVO is affiliated with the State University of New York at Oswego on the
scenic shores of Lake Ontario.  The station can easily be heard almost as
far away to the west as Rochester NY.  And of course in Syracuse the
station is loud and clear.
	WRVO even has an internet address of wrvo@[removed]
Okay, to some people the fact that we often get 120 inches of snow each
year doesn't qualify as "paradise" but we love our OTR so much that such
things as weather are merely an inconvenience.
	Mahl Wagner, psychology Dept, SUNY, Oswego Ny 13126

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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 07:02:31 +0900
From: rwaite@[removed] (Roy Waite)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Arthur Godfrey
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Arthur Godfrey's theme song on radio was  indeed "It Seems Like Old Times"
written by Jule Styne, I believe.  However when the old redhead broadcast
from his home in Virginia he would use the theme song "The Blue Ridge
Mountains of Virginia" .  Some of the words I vaguely recall:  "In the Blue
Ridge Mountains of Virginia, on the trail of the lonesome pine . . .  "
When Arthur did the talent scouts program, sponsored by Lipton Tea, the
program would begin with a jingle about Lipton Tea, which ended with this
phrase  ". . . here comes Arthur Godfrey, the talent's on the way". Then
they would go into the "It Seems Like Old Times" theme song, and then
applause as Arthur made his appearance  in front of the studio audience.

Which brings me to a question:  what ever happened to Tony Marvin, Arthur's
sidekick for many, many years.  I recall hearing him on the Mutual network
some years ago, in fact there is available a recording of Tony Marvin
announcing on the air after having a two-martini lunch.  It was hilarious.
I believe it is in one of the "blooper" collections.  I believe Frank Bresee
first aired aired it in the 60's on Armed Forces Radio.  Possibly Tony was
fired after that.  Does anyone know -- is he alive?  What's he doing now, etc.

Roy Waite, Tokyo, Japan

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 17:03:00 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Escape log update
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,
 
Virgil Stewart <BOX13S808@[removed]> sent me the missing ESCAPE titles and 
dates. Here they are:
 
10/08/47    Run Of The Yellow Mail
10/29/49    The Blue Wall
06/09/50    The Big Sponge
08/31/50    Your Grandfather's Necktie
11/23/52    Transport To Terror
11/30/52    Pagosa
12/28/52    Nightmare In The Sun
01/04/53    Dangerous Man
05/24/53    The Blue Hotel
06/28/53    One Eigth Apache
 
Thanks much, Virgil. I _did_ see them in Jay Hickerson's log but, since they 
weren't in any catalog I had, I did not want to use Jay's info. I feel that's 
just being fair to Jay. I don't know if these shows are available and who 
might have them. 
 
Frank
 
 

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:00:32 -0500
From: ir002126@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Big Jon and Sparkie
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Recent information from Ken Piletic and others regarding BIG JON and
et al reminded me of something I have been meaning to mention.  This
is comic books.  Someone was interested in pictures of Sparkie.  Well,
I think there were BIG JON & SPARKIE comic books.  Recently I have
gone to some old comic book shows in my area and have found many
related to Old Time Radio.  I have found THE SHADOW, CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT,
BUSTER BROWN. HOWDY DOODY, BOB HOPE, CHARLIE McCARTHY, A DATE WITH
JUDY, THE ALDRICH FAMILY, MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER and many other titles
available.  Usually the cover states that the comics are based on a
radio character.  As everyone knows there are many LONE RANGER, RED
RYDER and other western comics.

Many of these appear to be closely related to stories from the radio
show.  Also, I am sure the copyright holder has viewed and approved
the graphic representation as shown in the comic. I think collectors
of OTR will fing comic books a new and interesting source of
information about Old Time Radio.

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 20:08:28 -0500
From: MTPawckett@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: OTR in Minnesota
Message-ID: <951106200653_14614848@[removed]>

Greetings again!  I am looking for stations that I can pick up in Minnesota
that play OTR.  Please email me at MTPawckett@[removed]

Thank you!

Dave Lind {:o)  (the smiling clown)

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