Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #363
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Date: 10/6/2003 10:29 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 363
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      mp3 player                            [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
      My Friend Irma!                       [ Trinapreston3@[removed] ]
      Great Ceasar's Ghost                  [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
      Don't buy a rio volt 150!!            [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
      Orson Welles and Socony               [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Re:Larry Dobkin on Star Trek          [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Unidentified subject!                 [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
      Unidentified subject!                 [  ]
      Re: Worlds Greatest                   [ "Michael Adams" <michaeladams@peopl ]
      BBC Radio shows                       [ "William Bernhardt" <willbern@minds ]
      Re: Dunning/Cox Books                 [ Christopher Werner <werner1@globalc ]
      Lux Radio Theater                     [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
      10-7 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:09:47 -0400
    From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  mp3 player

    In today's digest (reading it October 5, it said

>     Subject:  MP3 player
>     Circuit City has the Rio Sonic Blue portable CD/MP3 player (SP150) on
>     sale thru Saturday (Oct 11) for $[removed] with a $30 rebate; final price
>     $[removed]
>     I think I've read good things about this machine on this board?

    Well, certainly not from me.  I have one of those machines and think it
    is the worst one they have put out.  It doesn't have the usual firmware
    so you can't upgrade it, it doesn't have an adapter and I wouldn't pay
    even $29 for it.  I presently am using an iRiver player which was $59 and
    is a much better machine, and much more worth the money than the Riovolt
    SP150.  However, that is just my rather biassed opinion.  Kurt

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    Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 20:10:45 -0400
    From: Trinapreston3@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  My Friend Irma!
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    I was listening to My Friend Irma Christmas show called "Irma's Christmas
    Party" dated 12/22/53 I believe, and I notice that some of the main characters
    such as Al, and Jane were not heard.  I heard names such as Joe who is Irma's
    boyfriend and Kay who is Irma's roommate on this episode.  In the episode
    Richard who was Jane's love interest is now Kay's.  Can somebody tell me when
    these
    two characters were introduce to My Friend Irma.

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    Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:28:12 -0400
    From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
    To: "OTR List" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Great Ceasar's Ghost

    I see Heritage Radio Theatre is streaming GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST, 3-8-46
    an Audition Show.

    This was Perry White's fav expression on the classic Superman TV series.
    I've often wondered at the origin of this, was it from OTR?

    Joe Salerno

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    Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:28:40 -0400
    From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Don't buy a rio volt 150!!

    danhughes@[removed] called our attention to a sale on
    the Rio Sonic Blue portable CD/MP3 player (SP150) at
    Circuit City, ending with "I think I've read good
    things about this machine on this board?"

    You've read many good things about the original Rio
    Volt (SP100), but whatever you do, don't buy the
    SP150!! Not for OTR, at least. It does not have a true
    resume feature, which means that if you stop in the
    middle of a show, when you turn the player back on
    again it will start at the beginning of the episode.
    Also, the firmware on that particular unit is not
    upgradeable. If you're looking for a portable cd
    player that's great for OTR, buy the iRiver iMP-150,
    which is basically the same as the original Rio under
    the hood. Amazon is currently selling this for sixty
    bucks with free shipping. (I have no affiliation with
    any of these companies, I just hate to see somebody
    buy a Rio Volt 150 and return it three days later, as
    I did this spring.)

    Kermyt

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    Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:29:34 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Orson Welles and Socony

    Ruk77@[removed] asked:

>     I was searching the net about orson welles and one sight mentioned a radio
>     drama called Socony Vacuum. Does anyone know about this series? was it a
>     radio drama? I have not seen any of these radio programs. Do any still exist?

    Sounds like someone put a little inaccuracy on the web.  I doubt "Socony
    Vacuum" was the title of a radio drama.  Socony was the name of a company
    that sold oil and automotive parts, and is best known publicly as MOBIL OIL.
      Mobil sponsored numerous radio programs including a form of Screen Guild
    Theater, Information Please, and We, The People.  What they probably meant
    to say was that Welles was on a program sponsored by Mobil Oil.
    Martin

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 00:12:58 -0400
    From: BryanH362@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:Larry Dobkin on Star Trek
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    I have seen Larry Dobkin in quite a few series over the years as a guest
    star.  One of the most memorable for me is from a 1971 episode  of  Mission
    Impossible.  This is where
    Dobkin plays  a Colonel  in apartheid  Africa  who  is turned  completely  ,
    utterly  and inexplicably  black  by Jim Phelps and the magic tricks of the
    IMF.  Dobkin's  performance
    made this scenario  completely believable.

    I had a chance to ask Dobkin about this show at a REPS  OTR convention and he
    told me
    "that's certainly not one I am inclined to forget ! "

    Bryan

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:32:42 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

     From Those Were The Days -

    1937 - Hobby Lobby debuted on CBS. The host was the dean of American
    hobbyists, Dave Elman. The show's theme was The Best Things in Life are
    Free. Sponsors included Fels Naptha soap, Hudson paper products and
    Colgate Dental Creme.

    Joe

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    Visit my homepage:  [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:33:01 -0400
    From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:

    Ryan Osentowski asked about a vendor that is billing him for tapes. I did a
    Google search.
    I found this entry at the website for the Metropolitan Washington Old Time
    Radio Club:

    "<[removed];Radio Spirits Inc. under the title of
    "World's Greatest Old Time Radio Shows", has organized the equivalent of a
    radio "book club". It's a system where you get some to start, and then they
    send you more unless you instruct them not to. Their initial offering is
    fairly generous; when you purchase your first two CDs, they give you two
    more free, plus a sturdy binder to keep them in. You can phone them at
    800-606-0709 during normal business hours (EDT) or write them for info at
    [removed] Box 9214, Central Islip, NY 11722."

    Hope this helps,

    Herb Harrison

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:33:46 -0400
    From: "Michael Adams" <michaeladams@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Re: Worlds Greatest
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    They Send monthy packets of audio cd,s (2-6 cd's) of old radio programs along
    with an information card giviving a Bio of the actors or history of the
    program. Cost is around $[removed] to $[removed] a month. The cd's have nice paper
    labels in cardboard holder with photos and program [removed] also be sending
    cassettes. There was a rumor that they were associated with Radio Spirits?.
    Starts out with an offer for free Cd's plus a giveaway just pay postage . Hope
    this helps.

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:07:49 -0400
    From: "William Bernhardt" <willbern@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  BBC Radio shows

    Does anyone know a good source for MP3 versions of BBC Radio dramas?  I know
    a few places that sell some, but not many.  The Sci-Fi Guy used to be my
    best source, but he seems to have gone out of business (his website is
    gone).  Can anyone else help?  Thanks

    William Bernhardt

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:44:36 -0400
    From: Christopher Werner <werner1@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Dunning/Cox Books

    Ron Sayles recently uttered:

     > Dunning"s book is

>     often referred to as the "Bible" of Olde Tyme Radio." If that be the case then
>     maybe we can say that Dunning"s books are the Old Testament and Cox"s books
>     are the New Testament.

    To which Barbara Watkins replied:

>     Back in the 1980s we used to say that The Big Broadcast was the Old
>     Testament and Tune In Yesterday was the New Testament.

    So this raises several [removed]

    What books are considered Apocryphal?

    Where does one place Jay Hickerson's 'Ultimate History of Network Radio
    Programming and all Circulating Shows [including post-1961 programs]' and
    works by Martin Grams Jr. Perhaps the equivalent of 'Numbers' or 'Acts' or
    (in the case of post-1961) 'Revelation'??

    Or perhaps they are different interpretations? Cox is NKJV and Dunning is
    KJV? Omart? Tolin? Schwartz & Reinehr? Goldin?
    Barabas must be Psalms, it's sooo thick.

    And then I hear [removed] "In the [removed]"

    Sigh.

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:00:32 -0400
    From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Lux Radio Theater

    Hi Everybody,  I would like to find coppies of the below Lux Radio Theater
    shows.  Thank you for any help,

    Walden Hughes

    1.  1-3-38
    2.  1-17-38
    3.  2-7-38

    4.  6-6-38

    5.  12-7-53

    6.  4-5-54

    7.  5-10-54

    8. 6-14-54
    9.  9-14-54

    10.  1-11-55

    11.  2-15-55

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    Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:25:34 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-7 births/deaths

    October 7th births

    10-07-1870 - "Uncle Dave" Macon - Smart Station, TN - d. 3-22-1952
    banjo player: "Grand Ole Opry"
    10-07-1889 - Clarence Muse - Baltimore , MD - d. 10-13-1979
    singer: "Paducah Plantation"
    10-07-1898 - Alfred Wallenstein - Chicago, IL - d. 2-8-1983
    conductor: "Virtuosos"; "Voice of Firestone"
    10-07-1905 - Andy Devine - Flagstaff, Arizona Territory - d. 2-20-1977
    actor: Jingles P. Jones "Wild Bill Hickok"; Mose Muich "Lum and Abner"
    10-07-1914 - Alfred Drake - The Bronx, NY - d. 7-25-1992
    singer: "Best Plays"; Broadway Matinee"; "The Ford Festival of American Music"
    10-07-1917 - June Allyson - The Bronx, NY
    actress: "Hallmark Playhouse"; "NBC Star Playhouse"; "Harold Lloyd Comedy
    Theatre"
    10-07-1918 - Helmut Dantine - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-3-1982
    actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Silver Theatre"; "Theatre of Romance";Suspense"
    10-07-1926 - Diana Lynn - Los Angeles, CA - d. 12-18-1971
    actress: "Theatre Guild on the Air"

    October 7th death

    01-31-1921 - Mario Lanza - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-7-1959
    singer: "Mario Lanza Show"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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