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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 434

Table Of Contents: 

	 BORIS KARLOFF FOR KIDS
	 Beatrice Kay, Will Aubry
	 Himan Brown's comments
	 Ballad of Lost C'Mel
         I love a Mystery

	 mailto:otr@[removed]
	 per H. Brown's comments
	 ADMINISTRIVIA:  [removed] update

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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 17:20:06 -0500 (EST)
From: "John R. Pellatt" <bs206@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: BORIS KARLOFF FOR KIDS
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According to the book I mentioned last posting, KARLOFF--THE LIFE OF 
BORIS KARLOFF by Peter Underwood, BK did quite a bit of radio for kids. 
On pg 139 we read that in 1950 he told childrens' stories on an unnamed 
New York city radio station, as a children's DJ, on a weekly basis. "For 
half an hour from one of NY's largest radio stations, Karloff told 
stories, posed quizzes and spun records, which he chose [removed]"

Around 1956 he made a series of childrens' records (pg 144) "...and his 
rendering of HAPPY TIMES RECORDS with TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION, 
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW and RIP VAN WINKLE are little [removed] 
he also recorded Kipling's THE JUNGLE BOOK and some Shakespeare".
                                                           
A man of many, many talents and a genuine love of children.

John Pellatt, TORONTO

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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 15:01:18 -0800 (PST)
From: BURT WILSON <futurecon@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Beatrice Kay, Will Aubry
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I believe Beatrice Kay recorded for Columbia.  She was on a radio show
coming out of San Francisco in the late '40's called, I think, "Gaslight
Gayieties" and it starred Will Aubry.  If anyone has any copies of these
programs, I would be very interested.  Aubry, by the way, used to do bang-up
imitations of Bert Williams, especially on the "I mix mine myself" song.
She did record an album (or two) for Columbia and I have been waiting for
the CD, but not so far.  As a pieceof trivia, I remember seeing a bronze
relief plaque of Aubry on the wall of the San Francisco Press Club.  
Burt Wilson

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Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 18:36:19 -0500
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Himan Brown's comments
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First off, let me say that I enjoyed the comments made by various
individuals reacting to the comments from Mr. Brown posted at the CBS Radio
Website. For the most part I agree with the reactors.

I do think that one of the points Hi Brown is trying to make is that in
order for radio to be vital as it once was, we need infusions of new radio
drama. Stations that broadcast nothing but otr are not contributing to this
vitality either. I think that otr has a place both nostalgic and historic
(to pull in Chris Chandler's comments), but I do not think that, as Mr.
Brown alludes, we cannot expect radio drama to return based strictly on the
strength of interest in otr. 

I don't agree with Mr. Brown that otr is living in the past. I do think
there are lots to be gotten from listening to otr and I do not feel that
much of the current new radio drama is always all that good. There is a lot
of otr that in terms of content quality is not all that good. The shows are
fun to listen to, enjoyable, but not always all that well done. I felt
quite a bit of CBS Radio Mystery Theatre was not always well done either. 

Most actors today do not know how to emote on the strength of their voices.
They are very body-language conscious as most of us are. For this reason I
think much of the modern radio drama is not always that well done. There
are exceptions, however. If modern radio drama is going to succeed, one
needs this "other attribute" in actors. Listen to likes of some of the
radio re-creations with original radio actors versus re-creations by newer
actors. For me there is no comparison. 

I really do not think this country will see radio drama the way we saw it
in the 30's, 40's and 50's. But I do think there is a place for it to be on
radio stations. I think it could be sponsored on a modest scale. But radio
stations need to take some chances and until they do, we will continue to
only get our drama mostly from the cassettes we buy.


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Jim Widner                      INTERNET: jwidner@[removed]
Dayton, OH                      WWW: [removed]


                                                 

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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:46:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Ron Hare <ronhare@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Ballad of Lost C'Mel
Message-Id: <v03007802aeaa8ebe3511@[[removed]]>
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Frank Passage's log reminded me how good the Sci-Fi Radio series was.
Excellent stories from the golden era of science fiction, and very good
production quality.

But, Part 1 of Lost C'Mel is not really missing. I have both parts, My
airchecks are not in stereo, because my reception of KALW San Francisco is
marginal. This is one of the better stories in the series.

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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 19:39:12 -0800
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: I love a Mystery
Message-Id: <[removed]@pcl1>

I was a kid in the 40's and still a kid at 60. I listened to I Love a 
Mystery toward the end of WWII at 10:30 PM when I was supposed to be asleep.
I had removed the speaker from the table radio and removed the pilot light 
to make it appear off and by adding wire I was listening to the radio with 
the speaker under the pillow. Mom would check in on me to see that the 
radio was off and I was sleeping. In the morning I would put the speaker back inside the 
cabinet. The cabinet was a brown phenolic as I remember it and the back cover had 
some venting but it didn't reveal the tube filament glow. This OTR Web site 
has been the only connection to the classics of radio and I wonder if there 
is a web site for radio as the [removed] Internet Movies Data Base. Most 
radio personalities were also in films and I have found biographies on 
most of them. But who was Doc and some of the other characters that took 
into the bat infested Mayan ruins or was that Aztec???? I have been a fan 
of Stan Freberg since I was a teenager ‡(1949-1955) and loved his unusual 
wit and his music. The Yellow Rose of Texas was my favorite. Did he ever 
slaughter that one. :) Stan Freberg's OTR episodes are broadcast Sat. and 
Sunday nights. He hasn't had a ILAM on it yet. I found him on Seattle's 
KIRO AM and earlier Jim French does a pair of mysterie just before Mr. 
Freberg's show.  If you have a source of a database on old radio characters 
that is on the Internet, I would love to know. I am medically retired for 
the last …ˆ years now and somewhat new to the WWW. I have Ham Radio and I 
post technical stuff to Fido on BBS's as well as some Internet electronic 
oriented sites.  Thanks for any responce. Gene
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Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 19:55:23 -0800
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: mailto:otr@[removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@pcl1>

The previous note I wrote I had intended for Frank Mallory. Had I realized 
that this was for re-posting as a follow up I would have omitted a large 
part. If you wish, post it in part about the devious means I used to listen 
to one of my favorite radio shows. Thanks Gene  [removed]@[removed]
.s

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Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 20:41:00 -0700
From: Chet Cox <chcox@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: per H. Brown's comments
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Nice comments by Chris Chandler, re: H. B.'s statement that OTR is mere
nostalgia.  It need only be said that a book, play, OTR show, or ANYthing
is new if you haven't read, seen, heard, snorted, or rubbed it in your
bellybutton before.

..gotta go read this new play by [removed]
*jeep!
~~~~Chet
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Quote of the day:  "I learned that you best proceed carefully in this work,
because whatever decision you make has far-reaching ramifications and

affects the lives of many people."
           ----President Gordon B. Hinckley

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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 02:34:26 GMT
From: lgenco@[removed] (Lou Genco)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA:  [removed] update
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>
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A recent addition to my page might be of more or less interest to
y'all:

*	Added a pointer to the University of Maryland libraries, where
is archived over 1300 scripts from OTR and old TV.

My WWW page was also given The Award of Excellence by ProgramONE Radio
Network, and later won a position in  ProgramONE Online Service's Hall
of Fame.

The [removed] site now has several search engines:  The Humongous
OTR Database, a local search engine, and two net-wide search engines.
Use the local search engine to find OTR topics -local- to my site.
The search engines and the OTR FAQ may answer many of your questions
about OTR!


Lou
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