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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 369


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 RE: SPERDVAC and other misc.
	 Duffy's tavern
	 Misc.
	 The diving frogman
	 Don Maris is alive and well
	 Cohen on the Telephone
	 Exploring Tomorrow

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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 20:08:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Minnehan <rminneha@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: RE: SPERDVAC and other misc.
Message-ID: <[removed]@acme>

Hi [removed]

   I just wanted to respond to the on going debate regarding the
surcharges to Canada and volunteering for SPERDVAC. The postage rates are
not that much higher and the "paperwork" (a simple customs sticker) not
too time consuming as to justify over charging someone just because they
live north of the border. Instead of working the problem out and charging
the actual extra money needed, SPERDVAC is only discouraging Canadian otr
fans from joinning.

   As for volunteering for anything in SPERDVAC, I don't think it is
possible for Chris in Ottawa to run the electronic catalog as suggested.
Unless you live in southern California cannot be a volunteer in charge of
anything.  A year or so back, I volunteered to be a cassette librarian for
one of the lending libraries.  I was told by several by several board
members that they would rather have a library closed than have a librarian
clear across the country from them. I'm not sure if there is simply an age
barrier that resists change, or an just a Southern California "thing"
hangup, but I think this is a poor policy. I'm almost surprised they allow
us "outsiders" to be a part of their club. But there again, they don't
want to turn down our money.

   And speaking of SPERDVAC and money (don't stop me now, I'm on a roll!),
have any other SPERDVAC members wondered what they do with all the money
collected from memberships and the lending libraries?  Once a year they
publish a financial report detailing their "income" for the past [removed]
they make a ton from the lending libraries, much, much more than it costs
to maintain the libraries and add the very limited amount of titles added
to the catalog each year. (Last year only a few pages of shows were
added). I know they have costs running the club and upkeep for the lending
libraries, but they have added thousands of dollars to their savings
account, while also raising the cost of the lending libraries more than
the postage rate was raised.  I know they just bought a space for storage
and they need money for that odd "rainy day", but I for one would like to
see them beef up the lending libraries in a big way. I don't like paying
for the monthly meetings and the annual convention which are never out of
southern California anyway (there is that location hangup again!). I don't
know for sure, but I would imagine there are more SPERDVAC members outside
of southern California, anyone know for sure? Perhaps there is a need for
a nationwide otr club that is responsive to all it's members.  

   And please, no flames.  I'm only venting my views here. And don't say
"love 'em or leave 'em" either. Yes, I am thankful that SPERDVAC has
lending libraries and as a member, I enjoy borrowing tapes from them. I
only wish, like I have already stated, that they would use some of this
"extra" money they make each year to subtantially increase the lending
libraries, which is a majour source of income anyway.  Anyone agree with
me, or am I alone with this plea?

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|Randy Minnehan - rminneha@[removed]|
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Date: Tue, 07 Nov 95 21:50:38 -0500
From: welsa@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Duffy's tavern
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

My info on Duffy's Tavern being transcribed from Puerto Rico is sketchy. 
Perhaps folks with a better understanding of the situation can help more.  But, 
from what I understand Ed Gardner moved to Puerto Rico to take advantage of 
a 10-year (at least I think it was 10-year) tax break to encourage commercial 
development in PR.  I'm not sure just what years these were.  That's the 
basics.  I am not aware of any other shows being transcribed that way, but 
there could well have been some.
    
    BTW, I recently saw an old kinescope of an episode of the TV version of 
Duffy's Tavern.  Talk about a show that didn't translate well to the tube--it 
was really bad.  And, the tavern looked absolutely nothing like I always 
pictured it (a bow to the necessities of live TV).
    
     
***From Madison WI--67 square miles surrounded by reality***
___
* UniQWK [removed] * The Windows Mail Reader

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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 23:40:06 -0500
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Misc.
Message-ID: <951107233950_16023747@[removed]>

The winner of the second annual FOTR script writing contest was James Nixon
of North Reading, [removed] Maris has been to our last 2 conventions.  His
address is Box 200725, Arlington, TX [removed] Godfrey, as mentioned in
my Ultimate History, had three theme songs.  The earlier ones at different
times were "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" and "Beautiful Dreamer."  "Seems
Like Old Times" by Carmen Lombardo and John Jacob Loeb was written in 1946
and used extensively by Godfrey in his radio and tv [removed] Hickerson

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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 23:48:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Kinsler  <kinsler@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The diving frogman
Message-Id: <[removed]@bobcat>

I had a diving submarine that was similar to one poster's toy frogman in
that it came in a serial box and was supposed to repeatedly dive and then
surface.  The reason yours didn't work is that you used baking soda in 
it.  You were supposed to use baking powder, which is different.   I 
tried both in my submarine--my mother came to my rescue with baking 
powder.  I don't know why we would have had any: my mother was never 
known to bake anything.
                                    Mark Kinsler

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Date: Tue, 07 Nov 95 18:07:46 EST
From: platecap@[removed] (Bob B)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Don Maris is alive and well
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Someone wondered what become of Don Maris.
I can assure you, Don is alive and well and I had a very pleasant chat
with him at the recent Newark [removed] convention.

Don sold his OTR business, Remember Radio several years ago, but still
has a strong interest in old time radio and collectables; has had
several collectables shows in Texas.

I don't have his address at my fingertips at this moment but I'm sure
someone else will post it here as it isn't that big of a secret.

Bob Burnham; BRC Productions; [removed] Box 2645; Livonia, MI 48151
voice (313) 277-3798;  fax (313) 277-3095; internet platecap@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 00:15:19 +0001 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cohen on the Telephone
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 11:12:00 -0800 (PST)
> From: roy547@[removed] (Roy Trumbull)
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Duffy, Kitzel
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> On the subject of Kitzel, there was a series of 78
> comedy records called Cohen on the Telephone that
> went back to the thirties. Some would consider them
> anti-semetic, but the humor was so dry that I suspect
> a Jewish comedy writer behind them.

I remember my father telling me about Cohen on the Telephone.  What he 
repeated was something like, "Last night de vind came and blew down de 
shuttah.  No, I didn't say 'shut-up,' I said de shuttah.  I'm not 
svearink at you!"  It sounded to me like Jewish humor that Jews 
definitely enjoyed.

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 00:32:44 +0001 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Exploring Tomorrow
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 95 21:00 EST
> From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: X Minus One episodes
> Message-Id: <m0tCzoe-000JcKC@[removed]>
> 
> There were probably around 14-16 Exploring Tomorrow shows that had their
> open/close cut off or missing and which someone hacked on the X Minus One
> intro/outro.  The best way to identify those are by the very way you
> mention, Alan. Listen for the "folksy" narration between acts - that's John
> Campbell, or listen for his theme song - "As Time Goes By."

I've heard several "Exploring Tomorrow" shows, and I met John Campbell a
number of times before he died in 1971, and "folksy" is the last 
description I'd think of for him.  He reminded me more of an MIT nerd 
grown older.  Which he was, having attended MIT in the 1930s.  The story 
goes that he had to leave MIT because he couldn't master German and 
finished his degree (in physics) at Duke.  He was a brilliant and 
opinionated intellectual, and a clear communicator, but I never would 
have called him "folksy."

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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                                      617/367-0468
15 Court Square                                   lawyer@[removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2573                    [removed]~lawyer/
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