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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2009 : Issue 104
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                 [removed]
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Query from the [removed]             [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
      Family Guy?                           [ "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed] ]
      She wasn't a bottle babe              [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      More OTR on the Net                   [ Richard Carpenter <newsduck@[removed] ]
      6-4 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      THE NANA PUZZLE                       [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      6-5 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Irna's kin dies                       [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
      OTR-Family Guy                        [ MGiorgio1@[removed] ]

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:47:28 -0400
    From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Query from the [removed]

    Folks;

       Received this question on the website; please note I took the liberty of
    editing it somewhat, so any mistakes are mine, not the original authors.
    Also, please copy the list on any responses, as it may be of interest to some
    of us here, as well.

             Charlie

    - -- begin forwarded text

    From: Lucie Kropackova <Etheline@[removed];

    Hello,

    My name is Lucie Kropackova,please excuse my wrong English, I'm not a
    native [removed] I have a specific question to you - [removed] better said we
    (another czech supporter and czech represantive on Les Amis d'Edith Piaf)
    are very interested in madame Edith Piaf, a list of a lot of interesting
    recornings of madame Piaf was sent to [removed] and we would like to know if
    we can get some copies, especially this: Versailles 28/10/1948

    ... Please,could you help us, we can offer you some not edited concerts
    (Monte Carlo, Geneve , Cassis, Chaumont
    etc) And of course we would pay all [removed] Please if you have any
    recordnigs where is appeared the vocie of Madame Piaf, please, let us [removed]

    ...reply at my email Etheline@[removed] or you can
    contact right Mr. Krebs, who can tell you more about Madame Piaf,her
    recordning or about
    activity of Les Amis, his email address is : krebspetr@[removed] , write
    to him especially if you would be interesed in madame Piaf's rare
    recordnigs.

    --- end forwarded text

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:47:41 -0400
    From: "Holm, Chris " <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Family Guy?

    In Digest #103, Derek Tague asks:

>     and 2) the last five notes of the TV cartoon "Family Guy"
>     ("he's a fam-lee guy") sounds like the first five notes
>     of the Jell-O radio jingle ("J-E-L-L-O")?

    This might not be completely crazy.  The very first few episodes of the
    show's first season had titles like "Death Has a Shadow" and "Mind over
    Murder," with the intention of having them resemble OTR show titles
    (these titles were unrelated to the plot of the show).  If I remember
    the DVD commentary correctly, I believe show creator Seth MacFarlane
    mentioned Suspense specifically.  This practice was dropped after a few
    episodes since they started confusing which title went with which show.

    Obviously, MacFarlane has at least a casual familiarity with some OTR.
    However, the bulk of the cultural references in Family Guy appear to be
    to movies and TV from Seth's own childhood.

    -chris holm

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:47:43 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  She wasn't a bottle babe

    Charlie North brings up the health issues affecting Marian Jordan, a matter
    of record on this forum many times over the years.

    In researching "The Great Radio Sitcoms"
    ([removed]), a book that
    was more fun to write than maybe any other I have done, I ran across this:
    "The Jordans' daughter, Kathryn, age 17 in 1937 when this occurred, spoke on
    a British Broadcasting Corporation series ... about her mother and father's
    career.  She confirmed to the public for perhaps the first time that Marian
    Jordan had suffered a severe nervous breakdown.  Placed in a psychiatric
    facility for therapy and care, at the peak of her illness she was suicidal.
    When Marian was able to return home, she continued therapy until she was
    able to return to the show.  It didn't happen overnight.  It had been
    announced that she would rejoin the cast when the show resumed following a
    summer break in the fall of 1938.  But Marian wasn't up to it.  Not until
    the broadcast of April 18, 1939, in fact, did she permanently reappear, her
    absence lasting about 18 months."

    There is a little more discussion in regard to Marian's absence and return
    to the program in my book.  Speculation about her sudden disappearance
    ranged from fatigue, rheumatic fever, alcoholism and a host of presumptive
    causes.  Think how the cable networks would have handled this had they been
    in business then.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:47:45 -0400
    From: Richard Carpenter <newsduck@[removed];
    To: Old Radio <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  More OTR on the Net

    One of the newer OTR shows, "The Old Parlour Radio" is broadcast on several
    Canadian radio stations and also on the Internet. The host, Loran Fevens,
    usually presents two programs per hour-long show and gives a little history
    of the programs as well. The easiest way to listen is to go to [removed]
    and click on "CJLS Audio Vault" at the right center of the page. A pop-up
    window will then give you the last four shows. While there, you might also
    want to stream Fevens' "Sentimental Journey" show, which presents really good
    music from the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
    Meet my blogs: [removed] (for travel fun) and
    [removed] (for yawns)

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:47:56 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-4 births/deaths

    June 4th births

    06-04-1881 - Clara Blandick - Hong Kong (on a ship in harbor) - d.
    4-15-1962
    actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Campbell Playhouse"
    06-04-1888 - Ivy Litvinov - England - d. 4-14-1977
    author: "Information Please"
    06-04-1891 - Erno Rapee - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-26-1945
    conductor: "Roxy's Gang"; "General Motors Concert"
    06-04-1900 - Dan Golenpaul - NYC - d. 2-13-1974
    producer: "Information, Please"
    06-04-1901 - Carlton E. Morse - Jennings, LA - d. 5-24-1993
    writer, producer, director: "One Man's Family"; "I Love A Mystery"
    06-04-1906 - Richard Whorf - Winthrop, MA - d. 12-14-1966
    actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Jack Benny
    Program"
    06-04-1906 - Vinton Haworth (Hayworth) - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-21-1970
    actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Michael Shayne "Michael Shayne"
    06-04-1907 - Rosalind Russell - Waterbury, CT - d. 11-28-1976
    actor: "Four-Star Playhouse"; "Silver Theatre"
    06-04-1912 - Jess Barker - Greenville, SC - d. 8-8-2000
    announcer, actor: "Guest Star"; "Proudly We Hail"
    06-04-1917 - Charles Collingwood - Three Rivers, MI - d. 10-3-1985
    newscaster: CBS News UN Correspondent/White House Correspondent
    06-04-1917 - Helen Wood - Clarksville, TN - d. 2-8-1988
    actor: Elaine Dascomb "Those We Love"
    06-04-1918 - Howard Culver - Colorado - d. 8-5-1984
    actor: Steve Adams/Straight Arrow "Straight Arrow"; "Free lance"
    06-04-1919 - Robert Merrill - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-23-2004
    singer: "An Evening with Romberg"; "Robert Merrill Show"
    06-04-1920 - Fedoro Barbieri - Trieste, Italy - d. 3-4-2003
    opera singer: "Metropolitan Opera"
    06-04-1921 - Don Diamond - Brooklyn NY
    actor: "Confession"; "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "NBC University Theatre"
    06-04-1921 - Harvey Bullock - Oxford, NC - d. 4-24-2006
    writer: "Breakfast with Burrows"
    06-04-1921 - Tom Bigler - Terentum, PA - d. 3-2-2007
    disk jockey: WILK Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
    06-04-1923 - Elizabeth Jolley - Birmingham, England - d. 2-13-2007
    writer: "Little Lewis Has Had a Lovely Sleep"
    06-04-1924 - Dennis Weaver - Joplin, MO - d. 2-24-2006
    actor: Look Magazine Commercial "Have Gun, Will Travel"
    06-04-1927 - Phil Rammacher - d. 3-6-2003
    drums: "The Hoagy Carmichael Show"
    06-04-1940 - Lassie (Pal) - North Hollywood, CA - d. xx-xx-1958
    actor: "Lassie Show"

    June 4th deaths

    01-12-1902 - Joe E. Lewis - NYC - d. 6-4-1971
    comedian: "Midnight to Dawn in New York and London"
    01-19-1908 - Ish Kabibble (Merwyn Bogue) - Erie, PA - d. 6-4-1994
    comedian: "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"
    01-21-1915 - Ray Erlenborn - Denver, CO - d. 6-4-2007
    sound effects, actor: "Burns and Allen"; "Anderson Family"
    02-09-1937 - Clete Boyer - Cassville, MO - d. 6-4-2007
    baseball player: "Tops in Sports"
    02-10-1893 - Bill Tilden - Germantown, PA - d. 6-4-1953
    tennis player: "Information Please"
    03-10-1919 - Lorna Thayer - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-2005
    actor: "The Hallmark Hall of Fame"
    03-11-1898 - Dorothy Gish - Massillon, OH - d. 6-4-1968
    actor: Texaco Star Playhouse"; "[removed] Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-17-1902 - Jimmy Grier - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-4-1959
    orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
    04-02-1919 - Tom Hubbard - d. 6-4-1974
    actor: Sergeant Cadet Stripes "Starr of Space
    04-19-1915 - Betty Winkler - Berwick, PA - d. 6-4-2002
    actor: Joyce Jordan "Joyce Jordan, [removed]"; Rosemary Levy "Abie's Irish
    Rose"
    04-21-1930 - Alec Gregonzi - London, England - d. 6-4-2006
    actor: Fred "Hancock's Half Hour"
    04-27-1931 - James Barrett - Detroit, MI - d. 6-4-2006
    actor: Dan Reid "The Lone Ranger"; The Green Hornet"
    05-15-1890 - Menasha Skulnik - Warsaw, Poland - d. 6-4-1970
    actor: Mr. Cohen "Abie's Irish Rose"; Uncle David "The Goldbergs"
    05-27-1919 - Ray Montgomery - d. 6-4-1998
    actor: Noel Chandler "Dear John"
    06-05-1915 - Alfred Kazin - Brownsville, NY - d. 6-4-1998
    author, teacher, literary critic: "Invitation to Learning"
    06-12-1916 - Ivan Tors - Budapest, Hungary - d. 6-4-1983
    producer: "Bud's Bandwagon"
    07-15-1905 - Shirley Povich - Bar Harbor ME - d. 6-4-1998
    sports columnist: "World Series Preview"; "Sonny Liston vs. Cassius
    Clay"
    07-16-1911 - Sonny Tufts - Boston, MA - d. 6-4-1970
    actor: "Harold Lloyd's Comedy Theatre"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
    07-17-1926 - Doyle Bladon - d. 6-4-2006
    disk jockey: KFOR Lincoln, Nebraska
    07-25-1907 - Jack Gilford - NYC - d. 6-4-1990
    comedian: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    07-26-1901 - Serge Koussevitzky - Vyshni Volocheck, Russia - d. 6-4-1978
    symphony conductor: "Boston Symphony Orchestra"
    07-29-1877 - William Beebe - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-4-1962
    author: "Information Please"
    07-29-1913 - Stephen McNally - NYC - d. 6-4-1994
    actor: "Ford Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "Lux Radio
    Theatre"
    08-02-1912 - Gwen Plumb - Sydney, Australia - d. 6-4-2002
    scripter, actor: "Big Sister"; "Blue Hills"
    08-16-1895 - Lucien Littlefield - San Antonio, TX - d. 6-4-1960
    actor: "Hollywood On the Air"
    09-09-1882 - Clem McCarthy - East Bloomfield, NY - d. 6-4-1962
    sportscaster: The Kentucky Derby
    10-12-1903 - Josephine Hutchinson - Seattle, WA - d. 6-4-1998
    actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:47:59 -0400
    From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
    To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  THE    NANA    PUZZLE

    I am trying to learn as much as I can about a company identified
    as:  NANA that syndicated radio programs.

    Any information that subscribers  might be able to provide regarding
    the company: ownership, how and with whom it did business, programs
    (Big Sister and others) that may have been produced and distributed
    by them, would be most helpful.

    Dave Siegel

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:48:01 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  6-5 births/deaths

    June 5th births

    06-05-1890 - George Briegel - Scranton, PA - d. 5-12-1968
    wrote theme music for radio
    06-05-1891 - Prosper Buranelli - d. 6-19-1960
    writer: Assistant to Lowell Thomas
    06-05-1898 - William Boyd - Hendrysburg, OH - d. 9-12-1972
    actor: Hopalong Cassidy "Hopalong Cassidy"
    06-05-1906 - Margaret Rawlings - Osaka, Japan - d. 5-19-1996
    actor: "Gigi"
    06-05-1907 - D'Artega - Silao, Mexico - d. 1-20-1998
    conductor, composer: "Enna Jettick Melodies"
    06-05-1908 - Craig Rice (Georgiana Ann Randolph) - Illinois - d.
    8-28-1957
    writer: "Murder and Mr. Malone"
    06-05-1908 - Edward James - d. 3-6-1995
    creator of "Father Knows Best"
    06-05-1910 - Herb Vigran - Fort Wayne, IN - d. 11-29-1986
    actor: Sad Sack "Sad Sack"; Hector Smith "Father Knows Best"
    06-05-1912 - Dan Ocko - d. 8-29-1991
    actor: Killer Kane "Buck Rogers of the 25th Century"; "Sergeant Muggin
    "Inspector Thorne"
    06-05-1914 - J. Donald Wilson - d. 1-26-1984
    creator, writer, producer: "The Whistler"; "Advs. of Nero Wolfe";
    "Dark Venture"
    06-05-1915 - Alfred Kazin - Brownsville, NY - d. 6-4-1998
    author, teacher, literary critic: "Invitation to Learning"
    06-05-1916 - John Raby - NYC - d. 3-xx-1957
    actor: Jerry Forester "A Brighter Day"; Sinjun Harris "Our Gal Sunday"
    06-05-1917 - Frances Burgio - Baltimore, MD
    singer, pianist: "Girl with a Million Melodies"
    06-05-1920 - Cornelius Ryan - Dublin, Ireland - d. 11-23-1974
    d-dat war correspondent, novelist: "Hearing Highlights"
    06-05-1922 - Gordon "Specs" Powell - NYC - d. 9-15-2007
    jazz drummer: "Music 'Til Midnight"; "All-Star Sextette"
    06-05-1925 - Bill Hayes - Harvey, IL
    singer, actor: "Arthur Godfrey Time"
    06-05-1928 - Robert Lansing - San Diego, CA - d. 10-23-1994
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    06-05-1940 - David Brudnoy - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-9-2004
    radio personality WBZ Boston, Massachusetts
    06-05-1945 - June Gable - NYC
    actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    06-05-1961 - Mary Kay Bergman - Los Angeles, CA - d. 11-11-1999
    voice actor: commercials for radio

    June 5th deaths

    01-26-1918 - Vito Scotti - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-5-1996
    actor: "Romance"; "Broadway Is My Beat"
    02-06-1911 - Ronald "Dutch" Reagan - Tampico, IL - d. 6-5-2004
    panelist, actor: Hollywood Byline"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
    03-17-1877 - Edwin M. Whitney - Parma Center, NY - d. 6-5-1957
    actor: Captain Jimmy Norton "Harbor Lights"; Judge Whipple "Real Folks"
    07-14-1915 - Jack Gregson - Spokane, WA - d. 6-5-1988
    announcer, emcee: "Jack's Place"; "Live Like a Millionaire"
    07-22-1918 - Buddy Black - Huntington, PA - d. 6-5-1990
    announcer: "Chuck Foster and His Orchestra"
    08-26-1911 - Hal Gibney - Woodland, CA - d. 6-5-1973
    announcer: "Draget"; "The Six Shooter"; "Tales of the Texas Rangers"
    09-06-1901 - Joseph Vitale - NYC - d. 6-5-1994
    actor: "Great Plays"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
    09-11-1862 - O. Henry (Wm. Sydney Porter) - Greensboro, NC - d. 6-5-1910
    short story writer: Several of his works adapted for radio
    09-13-1925 - Mel Torme - Chicago, IL- d. 6-5-1999
    actor, singer: Joe Corntassel "Little Orphan Annie"; "Torme Time";
    "New Mel Torme Show"
    09-22-1926 - Sybil Trent - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-5-2000
    actor: "Let's Pretend"; Thelma "As the Twig is Bent/We Love and Learn"
    10-21-1927 - Ray Brenner - California - d. 6-5-1995
    writer: "The Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"
    10-30-1911 - Milton Lieberthal - d. 6-5-1989
    writer: "The Sheriff"
    11-01-1871 - Stephen Crane - Newark, NJ - d. 6-5-1900
    author: Many of his works were adapted for radio
    11-05-1891 - Vinton Freedley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-5-1969
    host: "Theatre USA"
    11-07-1910 - Charles Carroll - Jackson, MI - d. 6-5-1978
    actor: "Margo of Castlewood"; "Valiant Lady"
    11-11-1887 - Roland Young - London, England - d. 6-5-1953
    actor: Cosmo Topper "Advs of Topper"; William "Johnny Presents"
    12-20-1902 - Max Lerner - Ivenitz, Minsk, Russia - d. 6-5-1992
    editorial director, commentator: "PM"
    12-30-1911 - Jeanette Nolan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-5-1998
    actor: Nicolette Moore "One Man's Family"; Mrs. Hudson "Advs. of
    Sherlock Holmes"

    Ron

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:48:12 -0400
    From: <otrbuff@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Irna's kin dies

    One of drama mama Irna Phillips' two adopted children has died.  Variety
    reports that Katherine Phillips Hughes, who penned "A World Apart," a
    daytime serial carried by ABC-TV from March 30, 1970 through June 25, 1971,
    died May 12 at Brentwood, Calif.

    Her TV narrative mirrored the life story of Katherine's famous mother who
    was hired as story editor for it upon leaving "As the World Turns" after 14
    years following a dispute with Procter & Gamble.  Some speculated that
    helping Katherine secure a place in the industry was her mom's real reason
    for departing her favorite serial.

    Katherine, 65, is survived by her brother.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:48:15 -0400
    From: MGiorgio1@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR-Family Guy

    Derek mentioned the Jell-O radio jingle/Family  Guy theme  similarity.
    There's other connections to OTR in Family Guy (not   a place one would
    expect
    them, but creator Seth McFarlen seems to be  heavily  into all types of
    popular
    culture).  The first episode of  the series is  title "Death Has a Shadow,"
    though the title has nothing  to do with death or  shadows.  When the
    series
    was beginning, he  named the episodes, randomly,  using titles from the
    series  Suspense.  Watch carefully, there are plenty  of other examples out
     there.

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