Subject: [removed] Digest V2008 #216
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Date: 9/12/2008 10:18 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2008 : Issue 216
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Komodo Dragon - It's the Sign         [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
      Friends of Old Time Radio Convention  [ seandd@[removed] ]
      Art Gilmore                           [ Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed]; ]
      Radiola and Sandy Hook Reocrds        [ Neal Ellis <bstenor@[removed]; ]
      9-11 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
      Re: Howdy Doody                       [ <georgewagner@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:24:33 -0400
    From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Komodo Dragon - It's the Sign
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    Hi Gang -

    I'm reading back issues of the digest again.  Joe Webb's mention of  the
    Komodo Dragon routine by Bob and Ray reminded me of my experience at the
    Washington National Zoo.

    I have in my collection, a much longer version of Bob and Ray's "Komodo
    Dragon" skit from a radio broadcast than the one available on Bob and Ray's
    commercial disc(s).   In the longer version, the repeated lines about  the Komodo
    Dragon get funnier and funnier the longer you listen.

    In 1974, I was in Washington, [removed] for several weeks.  One  weekend I decided
    to go to the National Zoo to see if there really  were two Komodo Dragons
    there.  Yes, they were there.  The interesting  thing is the SIGN on the exhibit.
     The sign is almost word-for-word the  script of Bob and Ray's routine.
    Apparently Bob and Ray kept reading  the sign over-and-over-and-over.   Other
    visitors to the zoo must have  wondered why I was laughing at the sign.
    Remember, a Komodo Dragon  can knock most enemies senseless with one whack of its
    tail.

    Happy Taping -  Ken Piletic  - Streamwood, Illinois  and Alma, Arkansas

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    Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:25:14 -0400
    From: seandd@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Friends of Old Time Radio Convention 2008
     Publicity
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    Check out the coverage of the 2008 Friends of Old Time Radio Convention in
    yesterday's New York Daily News by the intrepid David Hinckley.  I know we've
    had a bunch of sign-ups to the mailing list at [removed] in the last 24
    hours, so people are reading [removed], David's information was a little out of
    date so he reported that Peg Lynch is coming (she isn't any longer, sad to
    report).  Charlie has been great about updating the guest list and program on
    the website, so if you ever question the veracity of something reported in
    these articles, you can always check there (or with me).That said, a lot of
    excitement is
    planned.

    [removed]

    SeanDougherty
    SeanDD@[removed]

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    Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:25:40 -0400
    From: Ken Greenwald <kgradio@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Art Gilmore

    Tom Rose emailed:

>     Funny, as great as LaFontaine was (and is), when I think of movie trailers,
>     only one name comes to mind:
>     Art Gilmore

    There may be some who are unaware that Art Gilmore is very much alive and
    doing quite [removed] in his mid 90s!
    Tall, over 6 feet, soft spoke in person, and quite a gentle man, Art has had
    one of the longest radio or voice over careers of almost any radio
    personality.
    Though I haven't talked to him lately, I heard that he is still doing voices
    for presentations from the church he attends.
    He has been happily married for well over 50 years (I took photos for his
    50th wedding anniversary).

    He also co-authored a book on radio announcing that was used for years in
    colleges as THE definitive book on the subject.

    Pacific Pioneer Broadcasts had for a long time recorded the history of every
    person they could find who worked in radio and television.
    These interviews were conducted by Les Tremayne for years, and to listen to
    Art Gilmore unfold his story of radio is a wonderful step into the past.
    I only wish PPB would release all the interviews to the public for it is,
    indeed, an amazing history of one of the greatest eras in America.

    Ken Greenwald

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    Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:25:56 -0400
    From: Neal Ellis <bstenor@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Radiola and Sandy Hook Reocrds

    Does anyone have a discography of the Radiola and Sandy Hook releases?

    Neal Ellis
    Old Time Radio On MP3

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    Vintage TV and Radio News
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    Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:25:48 -0400
    From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  9-11 births/deaths

    September 11th births

    09-11-1862 - O. Henry (Wm. Sydney Porter) - Greensboro, NC - d. 6-5-1910
    short story writer: Several of his works adapted for radio
    09-11-1878 - Charles Harrison - d. 2-2-1965
    tenor: CBS Staff 1927-1928, had musical program on NBC 1935
    09-11-1887 - Gus Arnheim - Philadelphia, PA - d. 1-19-1955
    orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
    09-11-1889 - Bill Comstock - Syracuse, NY - d. 6-22-1979
    actor: Tizzy Lish "Mirth Parade"
    09-11-1895 - Harry Tobias - NYC - d. 12-15-1994
    songwriter: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    09-11-1896 - Robert S. Kerr - Ada, Oklahoma Territory - d. 1-1-1963
    governor oklahoma: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
    09-11-1899 - Jimmie Davis - Quitman, LA - d. 11-5-2000
    Louisiana's Singing Governor: "Songs By Sinatra"
    09-11-1908 - Elisebeth A. Heisch - Madison, WI - d. 8-17-2003
    writer: "The Cinnamon Bear"
    09-11-1908 - Ray Beals - Missouri - d. 1-23-1983
    newscaster: KVGB Great Bend, Kansas
    09-11-1909 - Anne Seymour - NYC - d. 12-11-1988
    actor: "Mary Marlin "Story of Mary Marlin"; Francie Nolan "Tree Grows
    in Brooklyn"
    09-11-1909 - Kenneth Banghart - Paramus, NJ - d. 5-25-1980
    announcer: "Archie Andews"; "Lora Lawton"; "Robert Shaw Chorale"
    09-11-1912 - Charles Stark - Reading, PA - d. 3-22-1992
    announcer: "Gene Autry's Melody Rance"; "Our Gal Sunday"
    09-11-1912 - John Masterson - Spokane, WA - d. 2-4-1995
    producer: "Queen for a Day"; "Bride and Groom"
    09-11-1913 - Eugenia Rawls - Macon, GA - d. 11-8-2000
    actor: "We, The People"; "Molle Mystery Theatre"
    09-11-1915 - Athena Lorde - NYC - d. 5-23-1973
    actor: Maggie Sprague "Young Widder Brown"; Sherry "Front Page Farrell"
    09-11-1915 - Jack Fascinato - Bouvier, MO - d. 12-25-1994
    conductor,composer: "Guest Star"; "Johnny Desmond Show"
    09-11-1923 - Betsy Drake - Paris, France
    actor: Muriel Blandings "Mr. and Mrs. Blandings"
    09-11-1926 - Lee Richardson - Chicago, IL - d. 10-2-1999
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-11-1928 - Earl Holliman - Delhi, LA
    actor: "Hollywood Radio Theatre"
    09-11-1936 - Roger Barkley - Minnesota - d. 12-21-1997
    actor: "Empire of the Air"

    September 11th deaths

    01-04-1881 - Norman Field - Montreal, Quebec, Canada - d. 9-11-1956
    actor: Glen Hunter "One Man's Family"
    01-14-1909 - Brenda Forbes - London, England - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: "Campbell Playhouse"; "Theatre Guild on the Air"
    02-04-1912 - Erich Leinsdorf - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1993
    conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Pioneers of Music"; "Musicians
    Off Stage"
    02-12-1915 - Lorne Greene - Ottowa, Canada - d. 9-11-1987
    host Western Night: "Sears Radio Theatre"
    02-16-1901 - Chester Morris - NYC - d. 9-11-1979
    actor: Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"; Great Merlini "Great Merlini"
    02-17-1897 - Harry Tugend - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1989
    writer: "The Fred Allen Show"
    02-26-1912 - Dane Clark - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-11-1998
    actor: Perry 'Quiz' Quisinberry "Passport for Adams
    03-05-1893 - Dorothy Sands - Cambridge, MA - d. 9-11-1980
    actor: Mary Ann Clarke "Barry Cameron"; Margot "Backstage Wife"
    04-08-1937 - Bernelda Wheeler - Saskatchewan, Canada - d. 9-11-2005
    worked as a disc jockey in Churchill, Manitoba
    04-11-1907 - Paul Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-11-1959
    announcer, sportscaster, actor: Lawyer Feldman "Meyer the Buyer"
    05-17-1916 - Jameson Brewer - Sentinel Butte, ND - d. 9-11-2003
    writer: "The Hardy Family"
    05-23-1898 - Frank McHugh - Homestead, PA - d. 9-11-1981
    actor: Fairchild Finnegan "Phone Again Finnegan"
    06-07-1909 - Jessica Tandy - London, England - d. 9-11-1994
    actor: Liz Marriott "Marriage"; Mildred Rogers "Of Human Bondage"
    07-19-1889 - Max Fleischer - Vienna, Austria - d. 9-11-1972
    cartoonist: "Popeye the Sailor"
    08-21-1923 - Chris Schenkel - Bippus, IN - d. 9-11-2005
    sportscaster: "Campy's Corner"; "11:30 Clubhouse"
    09-04-1898 - Charlie Cantor - Worcester, MA - d. 9-11-1966
    actor: Clifton Finnegan "Duffy's Tavern"; Levy Soloman "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    09-13-1896 - Laidman Browne - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England - d.
    9-11-1961
    actor: Sherlock Holmes "Corner in Crime"
    09-15-1915 - Al Casey - Louisville, KY - d. 9-11-2005
    guitarist: "One Night Stand"; "New World A' Coming"; "Eddie Condon's
    Jazz Concert"
    10-18-1914 - Louise Fitch - Iowa - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: Dale Locke "Manhattan Mother"; Carol Evans Martin Brent "Road
    of Life"
    10-18-1914 - Louise Lewis - Iowa - d. 9-11-1996
    actor: "Broadway Is My Beat"
    11-12-1922 - Kim Hunter - Detroit, MI - d. 9-11-2002
    actor: "Medicine USA"; "Philco Radio Playhouse"; "CBS Radio Mystery
    Theatre"
    12-06-1898 - Eric Sagerquist - Karlstad, Sweden - d. 9-11-1944
    orchestra leader/violinist: "First Nighter"; Romantic Melodies"
    12-08-1898 - Francis Scott Basch - d. 9-11-1997
    news commentator: WAAT Jersey City, New Jersey
    12-23-1903 - Milton Alfred - d. 9-11-1968
    sportscaster: WICA Ashtabula, Ohio

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:26:51 -0400
    From: <georgewagner@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Howdy Doody

          I discovered Howdy Doody here in Greater Cincinnati in February or
    March, 1949, when I was seven. (It was the original circus motif with Bob
    Smith still in jodhpurs and pith helmet, not yet "Buffalo Bob".)

         The program didn't appear on radio here until around three years later,
    when I was already growing too old to any longer really enjoy it.

         There is in circulation, by the way, at least one episode of the early
    1940s local radio show a HOWDY DOODY-less Bob Smith did from Buffalo, New
    York.

         Sincerely,

         George Wagner
         georgewagner@[removed]

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