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                          Last Updated 10-28-96

[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 460

Table Of Contents: 

	 Phillip Marlowe Reviews
	 OTR Chat
	 PC Digital Enhancement
	 Orville
	 OldTime TV
	 Re: Cassette storage
	 Fibber as the Seagull
	 payola
	 Re: Digital Enhancement
	 TOPIC ALERT!

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Date: 26 Nov 96 22:25:20 EST
From: "Norman G. Cox" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Phillip Marlowe Reviews
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Phillip Marlowe, Adventures of.  Review #8 of 15
Starring Gerald Mohr.  From the cassette lending library of North American
Archives (NARA)

NARA Cassette 7221 Side A, 3/7/50.  The Monkey's Uncle

Phillip gets a call from a mad Scotsman trying to track down an unusual actor
playing the part of a butler in a night club act.  He runs into a phony English
Lord, a beautiful blond corpse and a weird assortment of other characters.  The
cab driver sounds like a male version of Ms. Nussbaum of Allen's Alley.  "Radio
and Television Life Magazine has this week named our star, Gerald Mohr, as the
best male actor on radio."  This reviewer agrees.  When you hear Gerald on these
shows your hearing an actor at the top of his game.

NARA Casette 7221 Side B, 3/14/50.  The Vital Statistic

When Phillip stops his car at a corner to get a newspaper, a woman jumps in to
escape someone following her.  During this case he gets knocked down a flight of
stairs, finds a woman strangled by a green silk scarf and a simpering dandy gets
murdered.  On one of his trips around town we get to stop off with him for a
nostalgic cup of coffee at a drive in restaurant at the corner of Wilshire and
La Cienega.  This time, just for fun at the end of the show, open Phillip's car
door and slide yourself in along side him, light up a forbidden cigarette and
listen while he wraps up the case for you.  Class A work by all:  Gerald Mohr,
writers, actors and even the musicians.

That's 30 for tonight
NGC 
Norman Cox

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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 96 19:55 PST
From: lois@[removed] (Lois Culver)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR Chat
Message-Id: <m0vSb5S-0009Z0C@[removed]>
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Because Thursday is Thanksgiving and we'll all be "doing our thing", either
in or out of the kitchen, there will be:

                            NO OTR CHAT ON IRC
                              on Thanksgiving

We'll be back at the same place the following Thursday evening at 8 PM EST, IRC
[removed], on the #OTR channel.

Lois Culver

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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 23:44:27 -0500
From: "Read G. Burgan" <rgb@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: PC Digital Enhancement
Message-Id: <[removed]@btc1>
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In answer to Stephen Moore's question about digital enhancement of OTR
programs, I currently use Sound Forge [removed] to remove noise from 16 inch
broadcast transcriptions regularly -- often on a daily basis.  It's Noise
Reduction Plug-In is very good.  You might also consider Tracer
Technologies Dart Pro and Diamond Cut's DCart.  E-mail me privately if you
need further info or want addresses and websites, etc.

Read Burgan

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:14:47 -0500
From: Neubacher@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Orville
Message-ID: <961127001446_706167620@[removed]>

     Yes Jim Jordan "Fibber McGee" did the voice of the sea gull in THE
RESCUERS.

Bill Neubacher
NEUBACHER@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:43:51 -0500
From: vintage@[removed] (Andy Blatt)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OldTime TV
Message-Id: <v01540b00aec1822a6c13@[[removed]]>
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I didn't think there would be much interest in OldTime TV (TV killed
radio?), but The Family Channel broadcasts the black and white GUNSMOKE
episodes (or they did at one time)...You might try searching for the
Nostalgia Channel.  They have a lot of the old black and white programs
including the original DRAGNET episodes (the original 1950's version) with
Barton Yarborough as Detective Ben Romero (1951) and then in 1952 with
Barney Phillips (the guy that plays Seinfeld's father) as Sergeant Jacobs.
The final partner in the original (as opposed to the Dragnet revival in
1967 with Harry Morgan as Friday's partner), was Ben Alexander as Officer
Frank Smith (1952-1959).  The reason I mention all these here is I am not
sure these are all syndicated.  I cannot recall which of these I saw, but
it was definitely Dragnet from 1951-1959 in black and white and
leaving a lot to be desired quality-wise (these may have been kinescopes).
I don't think you need a descrambler to view The Nostalgia Channel if you
can receive it on your home satellite.

Andy Blatt
Vintage Broadcasts

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 06:11:36 GMT
From: hbj@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Cassette storage
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

To the poster who is looking for ideas for storing cassettes, I am using
a large file cabinet with deep drawers. The cassettes are stacked on
their ends, and stand almost up to the upper edge of the drawer. Each
drawer holds about 500 cassettes.
But, what may be even better, are these large book folders which hold
something like 6 or ten cassettes to a side.
Then you can organize your collection even more accurately, using a
label on each book as a reference in your database. If I can find a good
price for these book/folders, I may start using them myself.
Regards


--
Henry Brugsch
Editor of [removed]
hbj@[removed]
[removed]


hbj@[removed]

Net-Tamer V [removed] - Registered

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 96 07:35:12 EST
From: TBARNETT@[removed]
To:   otr@[removed]
Subject: Fibber as the Seagull
Message-Id: <m0vSjCp-000k5fC@[removed]>

To: SMTP    --AHIPC2S  OTR Digest

From:    Tom Barnett
         EDS NAO/VDTO Finance and Personnel Systems Support
         (810)986-0389 (8-226) Internet:TBARNETT@[removed]

Subject: Fibber as the Seagull

Jim Yellen asked if it was Jim Jordan as the voice of the seagul
in THE RESCUERS.

Yes it is, this can also be verified by the book HEAVENLY DAYS.

Tom Barnett
"There are no Ordinary moments." -Dan Millman

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 09:33:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Kinsler <kinsler@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: payola
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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  The "payola" scandals of the l950's were an artifact of early Top-40
radio.  Local disk jockeys were accepting payments from record companies
to play certain records on their shows, it seems.  Precisely why this was
so scandalous wasn't obvious to me then or now, but it was a big deal. 
Dick Clark, who was perhaps the only nationally-known "dj", was somehow
wound up as well.  At least one headline referred to his particular
practices as "Clarkola". 
  Payola resurfaced in the 1970's when it was revealed that dj's were
accepting drugs for airplay time, and there was a similar flap in TV: 
programs were selected for broadcast by network executives on the basis of
the ability of program producers to supply cocaine. 
  
                                    Mark Kinsler

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:22:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Don Strong <dons@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Digital Enhancement
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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It has been my experience so far that digital enhancement is not quite 
affordable for most of us just [removed] I have a very nice computer (Pmac 
8500 with 48meg ram and huge HD) and multiple hundred $$ of sound 
processing/recording software. I don't know what the price of Sound Forge 
is now, but I do believe that you'll have to buy some pricey (at least 
for me) plug-ins to do what you want with it.

I've had some success eliminating tape hiss and correcting off-speed 
recordings, but still haven't been able to take care of the vinyl "pop 
and clicks" yet, although I have been able to reduce them somewhat.

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  Don Strong                                         email dons@[removed]

        

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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:30:12 GMT
From: lgenco@[removed] (Lou Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: TOPIC ALERT!
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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A gentle reminder that this is the OTR Digest --- OTR meaning "Old
Time *Radio*".  As mentioned in both our charter and previous issues,
discussions of old-time TV, old-time movies, and other old stuff not
linked somehow to OTR, is much more appropriate in news or mailgroups
dedicated to those topics.

A copy of the OTR Digest Charter is at my site.


Lou
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