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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2013 : Issue 129
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Mae West as Eve [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
Patti Page Commercials [ "Ron McBride" <rmcbride30@[removed] ]
Tune into Yesterday newsletter [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
The lost Orson Welles tapes [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:39:30 -0500
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mae West as Eve
1937 The Federal Communications Commission was a bit upset with NBC.
The FCC scolded the radio network for a skit that starred Mae West. The
satirical routine was based on the biblical tale of Adam and Eve but
West's "suggestive" reading was not to network standards. So, following
its scolding by the FCC, NBC banned Miss West from its airwaves for
several years. Even the mere mention of her name on NBC was a no-no, it
is said.
I have a recording of that skit, and listening to it today, it's hard to
tell what the fuss was about. To me the most suggestive thing about the
skit is at the end, when Adam (Don Ameche) is seeing Eve for the first
time after eating the forbidden fruit. While it isn't mentioned in the
skit, listeners generally knew the story, in which at that point they
were both naked.
I think West got a raw deal. West delivered the lines that were written
for her, in the character that she always portrayed. The writers wrote
Mae West-type lines, obviously knowing how she would read them. The
people who hired West to play the part had to have been familiar with
her screen character and expected her to deliver the lines exactly as
she did. She did what she was hired to do, and it caused an uproar.
Somebody had to be blamed, so they blamed the most convenient person.
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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:39:37 -0500
From: "Ron McBride" <rmcbride30@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Patti Page Commercials
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Per her 2008 memoir, Patti Page did indeed get her name from the Page Milk
company. There was a Patti Page before Clara Ann Fowler but when Patti
began singing on the program sponsored by Page Milk, she became the new
"Patti Page". When she left Tulsa for Chicago, she asked if she could
retain the name and surprisingly the company agreed. Can you imagine that
happening today? Jack French, I would suggest you email KTUL radio station
in Tulsa ([removed]). That is the radio station that broadcast the Page
Milk-sponsored broadcast. It's probably a long shot, but you might get
lucky.
Ron McBride
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:39:43 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Tune into Yesterday newsletter
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Hi. The Christmas edition of ORCA's Tune into Yesterday newsletter is now
available. It includes an article about Sir Winston Churchill's private
collection of broadcast discs, and the Supplement is full of current news
from the archives. A sample copy is available from membership sec John
Wolstenholme at :
ORCA, PO Box 1922, Dronfield, S18 8XA, England.
Annual
membership is eight pounds UK, or twenty US dollars, which also gives you
access to our vast lending library of old programmes.
Cheers ! Graeme
Stevenson ( Editor: Tune into Yesterday )
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:39:51 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The lost Orson Welles tapes
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Hi. A two-part documentary coming up on BBC Radio 4:
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Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )
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