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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 256


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 Jackson Beck Live
	 Statement of Retraction
	 Expanded Jackson Beck story
	 CBS Mystery Theatre [removed]
	 That beeping Monitor
	 B'cast History Course
	 Victor Borge, Bing Crosby
	 Kellogs Pep
	 Re: [removed] Digest V96 Issue 250 (Resend)
	 Radio Show scripts
	 Radio Before and During the War
	 You know you're an OTR buff [removed]
	 HELP!
	 Suspense on TV

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 10:48:25 -0500 (EST)
From: SAH@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Jackson Beck Live
Message-id: <01I7AK9QCN1U8ZQQOL@[removed]>

   For all those deeply interested in the current questions about
   what Jackson Beck did or did not do recently in commercials and
   in the movies, why not plan to attend the Friends of Old-Time
   Radio Convention in Newark, NJ the third weekend in October.  Its
   very likely that Jackson Beck will be there live and ready to cleary
   up any mysteries.

   + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:56:18 -0400
From: "Ann A. Davenport" <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Statement of Retraction
Message-ID: <199607201156_MC1-74B-259A@[removed]>

Recently, I posted a message regarding the start of a new Buyer's Group
that would have circulated specific programs.  Unfortunately, there were
several things I was unaware of about the source (including the name) of
these programs, and the programs themselves.

After hearing from several individuals, I have decided not to start and
pursue this Buyer's Group.  I am sorry for any inconvenience and distress
that this may have caused anybody.  I have never knowingly caused grief to
anybody in the past and certainly do not intend to start now.

Membership to this group will not be taken or supported.  All persons who
have sent money in will recieve a full refund.  Ted Davenport

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 12:55:15 -0400
From: JRayb71827@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Expanded Jackson Beck story
Message-ID: <960720125514_580989210@[removed]>

  There has been so much comment about Jackson Beck recently that it's time
to fill in some more information that transcends those Thompson Water Seal &
Little Caesar's commercials.  Now past 80 and still at it!  Isn't that great?
   First of all, he was one of the early founding members of AFRA (long
before the "T").  And he had many, many, many acting roles besides his
announcer-narrator duties.  For example, he had leading roles on the Mutual
anthology, "Brownstone Theater."  He was one of those who had the lead on
"The Case Book of Gregory Hood."  Others who played Hood (talk about a Who's
Who) were Gale Gordon, Elliott Lewis, Paul McGrath, Martin Gabel & George
Petrie.  A sidekick was Bill Johnstone, one-time "Shadow."  Jackson was also
the Cisco Kid at one point, as was Jack Mather.  Beck had roles on "Dimension
X;" "The FBI in Peace and War;" was mechanic Tank Tinker on "Hop Harrigan;"
played the lead in the little-known "Joe and Ethel Turp;" was narrator on
"The Man Behind the Gun," a WWII morale booster; played the lead on "Philo
Vance," as did Jose Ferrer; had roles on "Myrt and Marge;" "The Milton Berle
Show;" "The Mysterious Traveler;" "Casey, Crime Photographer;" "CBS Mystery
Theater;" was part of the dramatic cast on "Quick As A Flash;" portrayed
Bluto on "Popeye;" was the druggist on "The Timid Soul," based on a comic
strip; appeared on such other forgettable shows as "The Busy Mr. Bingle,"
Happy Island," (that starred Ed Wynn as King Bubbles), "The Jack Pepper
Show," "A Woman of America," and "Five Minute Mysteries."  All this in
addition to the better-known announcer-narrator jobs on "Superman" and "Mark
Trail."
  That should at least partially fill you in on some of the background of a
true broadcasting Hall of Famer.
                          ----John Rayburn
                            

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 12:47:45, -0500
From: DAVE@[removed] ( DAVID ALLAN   BOUCHER)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: CBS Mystery Theatre [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I notice the program 'logs' that occaisionally move across the OTR
mailing from time to [removed]

Does anyone have a log of The CBS Mystery Theatre?  Naming episodes,
[removed]

Thanks!

Dave in Boston  (E-Mail: Dave@[removed])

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 13:24:08 -0500
From: vintage@[removed] (Andy Blatt)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: That beeping Monitor
Message-Id: <v01540b00ae16d4644beb@[[removed]]>

John Sexton inquired whether anyone has the Monitor [removed] have a
promotional tape from NBC (or a portion of it) that includes the Monitor
"intro" as well as
the sales pitch from NBC.

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 14:40:21 -0500
From: muffin@[removed] (Bob Snee)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: B'cast History Course
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

I am putting together a3 evening course on Radio History for an Elderhostel
in Atlanta, GA.  I would appreciate any input regarding "essentials" that I
might unknowingly overlook.  Also, if Elmo Ellis or Guy Sharper is a
suhscriber to OTR I would appreciate an E mail very much.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Bob Snee

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 13:53:36 -0500
From: Steven Lewis <lewis@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Victor Borge, Bing Crosby
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi Marc!

Victor Borge got his big break in American show business on Crosby's
Kraft Music Hall. He left the Crosby show as a regular in 1942. Many of
the early Crosby KMH programs seem to have vanished; some of the master
discs were tossed out by NBC during WWII to free up new storage space!
Many of the 1942 and early 1943 programs seem to be unavailable. I have
not found a copy of the program you mention from November 12, 1942, and
I can't even confirm who was guest on the show that day. At that time
KMH was only a half hour. I have found the best source for high quality
Crosby tapes to be the Nostalgia company, [removed] Box 82, Redmond WA
98073-0082. They have a massive catalog, including all Crosby programs
after 1943, and many before.

This weekend I posted an extensive radiolog of Bing's broadcasts,
including songs and guests, from 1941 through 1954 at my web site:

[removed]

If anyone can fill in any of the blanks I would appreciate the
information.

Steven Lewis

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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:08:26 -0400
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Kellogs Pep
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

For the person who wanted to know what PEP taste like. Well, it was a flake
like Wheatees or Rasin Brain. As far as the taste, I forget, but I know I
ate a lot of it when I was young.

I ordered a lot of those boxtop premiums.

                                Fred

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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 18:48:40 -0500
From: alburch@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Re: [removed] Digest V96 Issue 250 (Resend)
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

On 15 Jul 1996 13:17:30 CST,
[removed]@[removed] said:

>
> On another subject, does anyone know whet did "Pep" taste 
[removed]
>

As I recall, Kellogg's Pep kinda/sorta tasted like Wheaties.  I 
think I always preferred Pep, though.  Don't remember why.

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*    A L    *       E-MAIL:     *      FAX:   *    PHONE:    *
* B U R C H * alburch@[removed] *(205)737-5423*1-500-EMPORIA *
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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 16:51:34 -0500
From: bensmanm@[removed] (Marvin R. Bensman)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Show scripts
Message-id: <v01540b01ae17049d7b2f@[[removed]]>

I receive a number of requests each year for a public domain source of
radio scripts that teachers could use with their students. I have a few
out-of-print books with scripts in them in my personal collection, but am
unaware of any that might be currently available.

I would like to start a bibliography of books containing scripts that I
could forward when requested. They could then use inter-library loan or, if
in print, obtain what they want.

If any of you know of or have a list of books of radio scripts, please send
to me.

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*Professor Marvin R. Bensman, [removed], [removed]                              *
*Department of Communication; Office Phone: (901) 678-3174 or 678-2565 *
*University of Memphis        Fax: (901) 678-4331                      *
*Memphis, TN 38152                                                     *
*E-mail: BensmanM@[removed]                                       *
*
*
* See: [removed]~[removed]            *

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 15:03:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: toorby@[removed] (Bruce Toor)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Before and During the War
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Recently I came across an interesting paragraph in David Brinkley's 1988
book, _Washington Goes to War_ ([removed]), in which he discusses radio and
its relationship to the New Deal.  Brinkley says: "The big networks tried to
ensure their survival by the most punctilious behavior.  They refused
advertising for beer, wine, liquor, deoderants, depilatories, undertakers,
cemeteries or any financial schemes.  NBC insisted that anyone appearing on
its radio network after 6:00 [removed] wear evening clothes and a black tie.
Nothing whatever--not a sound effect, not a commercial, not the music or any
other element in any program--could be recorded.  Everything from sign-on to
sign-off had to be live. With their generosity with free air time for
politicians, their star entertainers, their war news coverage, their
fastidiousness, they survived."

An obvious exception from the rule that everything be live was the program
"recorded by electrical transcription," for delayed presentation.  In a
marvelous, commercially available 12-cassette collection entitled "America
Before Television," consisting of an entire 18-hour broadcast day from
CBS-owned WJSV in Washington, [removed] on Thursday, September 21, 1939, there
are numerous transcribed programs.  But no recorded jingles or commercials.
The discs were placed in the National Archive because the station management
anticipated that this particular day would be historic and worth
remembering. (I'll leave their reasoning for those who haven't heard the
tapes to discover.) They were right, but for reasons they would never have
dreamed of.  

Mel Allen was mentioned here recently.  His voice is heard on that
collection, as "Melvin Allen," a young CBS staff announcer for a soap opera
on that Thursday morning in 1939. So was Ralph Edwards, who announced two
soaps and Major Bowes' Amateur Hour in the evening.  Arthur Godfrey opened
the day as a staff disk jockey. In the late morning, Robert Trout
interrupted for a special news bulletin.  Some of the soaps were announced
by familiar voices: Ken Roberts, Ford Bond, Del Sharbutt. In the afternoon,
the great Hall of Fame pitcher, Walter Johnson (1887-1946), gave a "play by
play" [re-creation] of a Washington Senators baseball game.  In the evening,
on either side of Amos & Andy, The Joe E. Brown show and The Columbia
Workshop, Elmer Davis and Edwin C. Hill analyzed the news.  The day ended
with a tour of the clubs on 52nd east of Broadway in New York, with Louis
Prima winding up the devening.  The collection is studded with hidden gems
for us geezers, and that's what makes it historic.

Bruce Toor

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 18:08:13 -0400
From: DavidLHsl@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: You know you're an OTR buff [removed]
Message-ID: <960720180813_241996286@[removed]>

  You know you're an OTR buff [removed]
* Your front door squeaks and you refuse to oil it.
* You make Mel Blanc's Maxwell sound effects while driving.
* You're afraid to open your closet.
* You have <insert OTR vendor of your choice here>'s number on your speed
dial.
* You send for premiums announced on the shows you listen to, hoping that the
company is still in business and that the offer is still in effect.
* Your best friend is an undertaker.
* You answer the phone with "Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to [removed]"
* You know the meaning of the word "anthracite."
* The picture tube in your television set goes out, and you consider it an
improvement.
* You wake up your spouse at 3:00 in the morning so you can argue.
* You name your first-born "Snooks."
* You know the names of all the players from the "Who's on First" routine.
* Your doorbell rings the NBC chimes.
* You're still working on your Victory Garden.
* You keep seeing the same hitchhiker.
* You have a personalized license plate that reads "LSMFT."
* You listen to "War of the Worlds" and still think it's an actual newscast.
* You deliberately walk down dark alleys hoping someone will threaten you
with "your money or your life" just so you can use Jack Benny's punchline.
* You get scared and call the police after dialing a wrong number.
* You actually turn out your lights when Arch Oboler tells you to.
* You put "Yours truly, Johnny Dollar" on your expense reports.
* You've taken sides in the Benny/Allen feud.

David Hassell
(BANG!)
Orson Welles: "That was the shot that killed Harry Lime."
(BANG!)
Orson Welles: "...and that was the shot that killed that darned zither
player."
(my own parody of "The Third Man")

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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 18:55:39 -0400
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: HELP!
Message-ID: <960720185539_366029130@[removed]>

In a recent issue of OTR DIGEST, a reader by the name of "J Henley" wrote up
some very interesting information about LUM and ABNER.
Despite repeated attempts to EMAIL him at what I believe he left as an
address,
jhenley@[removed]  *I trieda few variations as well) I have been unable
to contact him. If he reads this please contact me back via EMAIL:
heritage4@[removed]
so I may resend my letter. If anyone else knows the corrrect address, please
EMAIL
with it, Many thanks. 
<<TOM HEATHWOOD - HEITAGE RADIO THEATRE - YESTERDAY-USA>> 
7/20/96 6:55pm EDT.
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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 09:30:04 -0500
From: Marty_Dzik@[removed] (Marty Dzik)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Suspense on TV
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hello:
After listening to a Suspense episode in my collection, they mentioned that
"if you have television in your area" to tune-in to the Suspense show on tv. 
Does anyone have any details on this?  When was is on, time, day [removed] Also
are there any shows available on videocassette?

Thanks!

Marty Dzik
marty_dzik@[removed]



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