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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2013 : Issue 44
                             A Part of the [removed]!
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                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Cimmaron Rolls                        [ "Don Fisher" <dfisher052@[removed] ]
      Cimarron rolls                        [ "Laura Leff" <president@[removed] ]
      Why Mary stayed home                  [ Michael Berger <[removed]@yaho ]
      need help with Great Gildersleeve bo  [ Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed]; ]
      This week in radio history 14-20 Apr  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Puzzle                                [ <radioaz@[removed]; ]
      an OTR tape collection for the askin  [ Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:49:13 -0400
    From: "Don Fisher" <dfisher052@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cimmaron Rolls

    I was [removed] was Mel Blanc. It's funny, I could hear in my head Dennis
    Day saying it, but as soon as someone said Mel Blanc I thought yes, of
    course, it was Mel. Sorry 'bout that.

    Don Fisher

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    Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:49:19 -0400
    From: "Laura Leff" <president@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cimarron rolls

    Cimarron rolls were done over a series of episodes.  I tracked it as a
    "running gag" in "39 Forever:  Volume 2" to make them easy to find.

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
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    Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:49:26 -0400
    From: Michael Berger <[removed]@[removed];
    To: otr <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Why Mary stayed home

    Listening to another Mary Livingstone fluff on a Benny show last night,
    something occurred to me that may have been covered here before, but still, I
    wonder:

    Every fluff drew a big laugh so her mistakes were actually positives in light
    of audience reaction. But with every fluff came a comic rebuff from Jack. I
    wonder if, despite the outward laughs, Mary developed an inward phobia of
    sorts, and finally decided the only way to handle it was to have her lines
    recorded in advance and dubbed into the show.

    BTW, in reference to an earlier discussion here about whether OTR performers
    routinely dropped script pages on the floor after they were spoken, Mary,
    after a fluff, was asked by Jack in one show to repeat the line. "I can't,"
    she replied, "I threw the page away."

    Michael Berger

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    Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:50:04 -0400
    From: Ben Ohmart <benohmart@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  need help with Great Gildersleeve book
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     Hi, all. I've had a Great Gildersleeve book in mind for a while now, but
    the author who was going to do it has dropped out. I'd still like one, but
    don't have the time to do it myself. I do have material, and photos. But
    I'm
    no expert on the series. Anyone interested in doing one? I'll hand over what I
    have. I do know about Clair's new book (and wish he had come to me first, but
    oh well), though I think it's mostly on the radio
    series. I'm finishing up my
    2nd editions of Walter Tetley, and Paul Frees now. And after doing Frances
    Langford (to complete my Bickersons empire), I'm hanging up my non-fiction
    hat. Of course I have a ton more Baby Snooks and Phil Rapp script books I need
    to edit and get [removed] So much to do!

    Thanks for readin', gang.

    Ben
    Ohmart
    New books on old movies
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    Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:50:20 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  This week in radio history  14-20 April

     From Those Were The Days

    4/17

    1933   Backed by the On the Trail portion of the magnificent Grand
    Canyon Suite, Johnny Roventini, pillbox hat and all, uttered the words
    "Call for Philip Morris" for the first time on radio. The famous phrase
    was said in perfect B flat pitch and tone to perfectly match the
    accompanying music. This "Call for Philip Morris" phrase became one of
    the most famous in all of advertising.

    1935   People gathered around to listen for the first time to what would
    become the ultimate horror show on NBC, Lights Out.

    4/19

    1924   The WLS Barn Dance began airing on WLS.

    4/20

    1935    Your Hit Parade was first broadcast.

    1947   Fred Allen didn't find things so funny when censors cut him off
    the air during his broadcast. Allen was telling a joke about a mythical
    network vice president when he was suddenly taken off the air. One
    moment [removed]

    Joe

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    Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:50:25 -0400
    From: <radioaz@[removed];
    To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Puzzle

    A little puzzle for mid-April.  And, yes, it is definitely radio related.

    Who knows the answer to this?

    45 -- 160 -- 15 -- 110

    Ted

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    Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:56:15 -0400
    From: Bill Jaker <bilj@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  an OTR tape collection for the asking.

    I've been asked to pass along this offer, which could become a substantial
    addition to sonmeone's collection:

                   -- Bill Jaker

    There's a collection of several cartons of reel-to-reel OTR tapes available
    free for the asking from the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County,
    Minnesota.  In the cartons is a mix of familiar network programs, no local
    broadcasts, reaching back into the 1930s.  Anyone interested in building a
    collection on good ol' quarter-inch tape should contact Mark Peihl, archivist
    of the Clay County society, at 218/299-5511, ext. 6734 or by e-mail to
    [removed]@[removed]<[removed]@[removed];.

    I don't know what shipping arrangements would have to be made.  I did explain
    to Mr. Peihl that many collections today are built on digital formats, but
    that there are still collectors who prefer reel-to-reel for audio quality and
    presumed durability.  This could be a real find for any OTR fan, especially in
    the Upper Midwest, and wonderful entertainment during spring blizzards.

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