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	    [removed]   Volume 95 : Issue 439


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 THE FAT MAN partial log
	 "When Radio Was"....Station [removed]!
	 Essential Programs, OTR Collection
	 Just [removed]
	 CRISIS / MACABRE questions
	 Benny's TV studio + WJZ
	 You can't choose your relatives
	 Chandu, The Magician
	 Benny on TV
	 Kemo Sabe
	 Nick at Night
	  Benny TV show

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 11:51:13 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: THE FAT MAN partial log
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

                             T H E   F A T   M A N
                             -----   -----   -----
 
 
                            US Version: 1946 - 1951?
 
     First Show: 01-21-46                             Last Show: ??-??-??
     Number Shows: ??                             Audition Show: none known
 
 
                         Australian Version: 19?? - 19??
 
     First Show: ??-??-46                             Last Show: ??-??-??
     Number Shows: 52?                            Audition Show: none known
 
 
     Show Description:
 
     "There he goes across the street into the drugstore, steps on the 
     scale, height: 6 feet, weight: 290 pounds, fortune: Danger.  Who is 
     it?  THE FAT MAN."  Brad Runyon was the Fat Man, played by Jack Scott 
     Smart.  The series was created by Dashall Hammott and was first heard 
     on the ABC network Jan. 21, 1946.  
 
     J. Scott Smart fit the part of the Fat Man perfectly, weighing in at 
     270 pounds himself.  When he spoke, there was no doubt that this was 
     the voice of a big guy.  Smart gave a witty, tongue-in-cheek performance 
     and helped make THE FAT MAN one of the most popular detective programs 
     on the  air.
 
     Smart also appeared in The March Of Time (early 1930s), the Theater 
     Guild On The Air, Blondie, The Fred Allen Show, and The Jack Benny 
     Program.  
 
     There was also an version made in Australia.  Although not featuring
     J. Scott Smart, it is quite good and readily available.
 
 
     List Comments:
 
     There are two lists below.  Since there are only 10 surviving FAT MAN 
     shows done in the US (except for a few half shows) the first list shows 
     only those complete shows, as offered by various vendors.
 
     The second list is the Australian version.  Broadcast dates and actual
     number of shows are not known.  There were believed to be 52 shows in
     this series.  Episode numbers are from the BRC catalog.  Unknown shows
     will have "?????" in the Title field.
 
     The SPERDVAC catalog listed one CBC show, "Murder is the Medium".
 
 
     List:
 
         US Version:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
         01-21-46    1  "19th Pearl, The"                     12345678
         02-??-46       "Twice Told Secret"                     3
         07-08-46       "Black Angel, The"                    1234567
         09-09-46       "Crooked Horse, The"                  123 5678
         10-03-47       "A Window for Murder"                 123 5678
         ??-??-47       "Murder Plays Hide and Seek"          12345678
         04-01-49       "Murder Wins The Draw"                1 3  678
         07-22-49       "Murder is the Medium"                123 5 78
         01-17-51       "Nightmare Murder, The"               12345678
         09-05-51       "Order For Murder"                    12345678
 
          Australian Version:
 
         Date      Num  Title                                 Src Key
         --------  ---  ------------------------------------  ---------
                     1  Murder Squares the Triangle           1  4
                     2  Murder Plays the Horses               1  4
                     3  Murder Sends a Christmas Card         1  4
                     4  Murder Runs a Want Ad                 1  4
                     5  Murder Wears a False Face             1  4
                     6  Murder Stalks the Dead                1  4
                     7         ?????
                     8         ?????
                     9         ?????
                    10         ?????
                    11  Murder Murder through a Crystal       1  4
                    12  Murder Makes a Ham                    1  4
                    13         ?????
                    14         ?????
                    15  Murder and the Peacock                1  4
                    16  Murder Calls the Undertaker           1  4
                    17  Murder Seeks a Lost Penny             1  4  8
                    18  Murder Makes a Statue                 1  4
                    19         ?????
                    20         ?????
                    21  Murder Rings a Bell                   1  45 8
                    22  Murder Repeats Itself                 1  4  8
                    23  Murder Rides a Wheelchair             1  4  8
                    24  Murder Finds a Coffin                 1  4  8
                    25  Murder for Sale                       1  4  8
                    26  Murder by Mail                        1  4  8
                    27         ?????
                    28         ?????
                    29  Murder Shows an Unfamiliar Face       1     8
                    30  Murder Makes the King's Coffin        1  4  8
                    31         ?????
                    32         ?????
                    33  Murder Makes a Black Moon             1  4  8
                    34  Murder Shows a Phantom Face           1  4  8
                    35  Murder                                1
                    36  Murder Makes Music                    1  4  8
                    37  Murder Writes a Story                 1   5
                    38  Murder Meets an Uncertain Lady        1   5
                    39  Murder Shows a Card                   1
                    40  Murder Makes a Pay-off                1
                    41         ?????
                    42         ?????
                    43         ?????
                    44         ?????
                    45  Murder in the Dark                    1
                    46  Murder Shows Eyes in the Dark         1
                    47  Murder Makes a Broken Heart           1
                    48  Murder Pays Dividends                 1
                    49  Murder Appears Out of the Past        1
                    50  Murder Made Stylish                   1
                    51  Murder Takes a Picture                1     8
                    52  Murder is Forecast                    1
 
                    ??  Murder Makes A Silent Partner            4   8
                    ??  Murder Rejects Itself                     5
                 
 
     Information Sources:
 
     The information above was obtained from the following OTR vendor
     and club catalogs.  Contact them directly for more information.
 
         Key  Source
         ---  ------------------------------------------------------------
          1   Bob Burnham, BRC Productions, PO Box 2645, Livonia, MI 
              48151-0645
          2   Ken Mills, Nostalgia Recordings, 907 Maple Ave., Ridgefield,
              NJ 07657.
          3   Steve Kelez, Radio Showcase, [removed] Box 4357, Santa Rosa, CA 
              95402
          4   Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety And
              Comedy (SPERDVAC), PO Box 7177, Van Nuys, CA 91409-7177
          5   Radio Historical Association of Colorado, [removed] Box 1908, 
              Englewood, CO 80150
          6   Erstwhile Radio, [removed] Box 2284, Peabody, MA 01960
          7   Vintage Broadcasts. 42 Bowling Green, Staten Island, NY 
              10314
          8   Great American Radio, PO Box 504 Genesee, MI 48437
          9   North American Radio Archives (NARA), 134 Vincewood Dr., 
              Nicolasville, KY 40356.
 
     Although I have had favorable dealings with some of the above, to be
     fair to all, this is not an endorsement of them. I receive nothing by
     mentioning them.
 
 
     Last Update: 12-07-94
 
 
     Although I retain copyright, this log may be freely copied provided
     that the text is unchanged.  Please share it with fellow OTR lovers.
 
     I would greatly appreciate any error corrections or additional
     information. Please send them to: Frank Passage, 109 Elmwood Road,
     Verona, NJ 07044 or via e-mail to passage@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 12:05:53 EST
From: bedtime@[removed] ( DAVID ALLAN BOUCHER)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: "When Radio Was"....Station [removed]!
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

-- [ From: Me/Radio * [removed] #[removed] ] --

> >Here is my entry:
> >
> >WSAI 1530 AM Radio (Cincinnati)  Weeknights at 11:00pm.
> 
> 
> Good idea, here is mine also:
> 
> KAAM 620 AM Plano, Tx (Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex) 5000 watts  day -
4500
> watts night. Covearge - North Texas and parts of  Oklahoma.
Weeknights at
> 8:00 pm cst.
> 

...And the hits just keep on comin'!

Add this [removed]

WCAP-Lowell, Mass,  980AM - 9PM weeknights (m-f)
5,000watts Northeastern Massachusetts.

...*someone* should take it upon him/herself to compile this [removed] 
Maybe we can convince Lou Genco to add the list to his WWW [removed]  

Dave in Boston

David Allan Boucher
Magic [removed]
WMJX-Boston

Internet Addresses: WMJX@[removed] - WMJX@[removed]

 WWW:  [removed]
 (Note: all above letters are lower case, except the 'MA'.)

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 14:03:00 CST
From: Bauman_Gene@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Essential Programs, OTR Collection
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hey, thanks to those listing their favorite shows -- this is a super 
help for novice me, to get input (sorry, Alan, me too) from people who 
have large samples to gleen from. It's interesting that certain programs 
keep getting mentioned by otherwise very diverse persons.

I noticed the same coincidence when people were nominating their 
favorite scary shows a while back.

I'm looking forward to seeing what materializes on Lou's page. 


Again, thanks, and can someone input a substitute word for "input"?

Gene

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:23:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Kinsler  <kinsler@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Just [removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@bobcat>

  I must be getting old.  I've been thinking about matters of age, and
life expectancy lately.  I noticed that high-school kids, for example,
often listen to music of the 1960's: about 25 to 30 years old.  That would
correspond to my having listened to music from 1935 or 1940 when I was 18
in 1965.  And I assure you that I didn't. 
  But mostly I've been contemplating the lifespan of old-time radio, as we
call it here, to the length of time we've had television.  Commercial
network radio lasted from 1920 to maybe (here comes trouble) 1958.  38
years.  Television was going pretty strong by, say, 1950.  And here we are
45 years later with no obvious diminution in TV's fortunes. 
   I like radio a lot better than TV.  It coulda worked.  It should 
have survived.  But I suppose there's only so much talent to go around, 
and it went to TV.
                                     Mark Kinsler
                                      being contemplative at the 
                                      expense of [removed]   

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 16:23:58 -0500 (EST)
From: passage@[removed] (Frank Passage)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: CRISIS / MACABRE questions
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi All,

Does anyone know anything about a couple of series, CRISIS and MACABRE?
All I know is CRISIS ran from 1973 through 1977 for about 152 shows and
MACABRE ran for all of 8 shows in late 1961 / early 1962. MACABRE may have
been an AFRS show.

Frank

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 22:13:16 GMT
From: bilj@[removed] (Bill Jaker)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: WMJX@[removed]
Subject: Benny's TV studio + WJZ
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

        I shouldn't take up space that could be occupied by someone's list 
of "essential" OTR to talk about TV production techniques, but may I clarify 
a discussion of the Benny show?  Early TV auditorium studios were converted 
theatres and there might not be room left for an audience if all the stage 
were expanded to make room for the cameras.  Often ramps were built out into 
the auditorium or, as noted, cameras placed on platforms.  When Jack Benny 
was planning his first TV shows someone from CBS tried to quell his unease 
by promising to get him the best TV cameraman in Hollywood.  "I don't care 
how good he is," Jack replied in his inimitable way, "Just as long as he 
isn't too fat.  I don't want to see him."  
        PAGE 2.  On another topic, I'm always glad to hear the big band 
sound come back, in Phiddiladelphia or anywhere.  But on WJZ, at 640kHz?  I 
think you must mean WIP.  WJZ was the call letters of the original 
Westinghouse station in Newark, NJ.  It moved across the river to New York 
in 1923 and was jointly operated by Westinghouse and RCA until the Radio 
Corporation took it over and made it the flagship of the Blue Network.  When 
the Blue became ABC in 1943, WJZ continued to lead the fleet.  In 1953 it 
changed call letters and is now WABC.  Then Westinghouse applied to get its 
original call back and dubbed its Baltimore TV station WJZ-TV.  (Oh yes, 
there had been a WJZ-TV in New York until it, too, changed to WABC).
        Aren't you glad you asked?

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 16:27:30 -0500
From: Bruce Rudesill <lranger@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: You can't choose your relatives
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Dan Reid was the Lone Ranger's nephew and Britt Reid's father. He was also
the founder and publisher of The Daily Sentinel. All the information
relating to the Ranger and Hornet was given in the Hornet's show. There
was a large portrait of the Lone Ranger hanging in Britt Reid's office. It
served to remind him of his illustrious ancestor and of his mission.

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 17:54:55 -0500 (EST)
From: mschmid@[removed]
To: airwaves <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Chandu, The Magician
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

	As Many people will probably point out, a dozen new shows have 
been put into circulation by AVPRO. They are 30" shows following the 13 
week run on Mutual. The new series was on ABC, and the emphasis is on Frank
Chandler the spy, with maybe one magic stunt at the end to wrap up the plot.
The women of the family are pretty much missing, as is Princess Nadji. Bob
pops up occassionaly. The shows sound very rushed, and some are rehashes of
old stories.  All in all, they are pretty poor - this from a Chandu fan.
	I have about a dozen episodes from the 1930's series that are not 
in general circulation because they were recorded from broken disks.  Some-
one glued them to a turntable and dubbed them, but they are *really* noisy
from the clicking- I forget, they might have been from 78's, and some had 3
breaks in them.  A friend of mine is going to run them through a computer 
system and clean them up, although I have been waiting for over a year at 
this point.
	The story concerns an island that has images (wax, petrified?) of 
Nadji and others, and seems to be leading to her secret that prevents her
from marrying Chandu.  I haven't heard these for many years, so my memory
is vague.
	The story behind the source of these is interesting.  Apparently
the disks were auctioned off in lots. Some have been released, others 
haven't been seen since. Anyone have more info on this, or any way to 
track them down? 
	Maximo The Mystic 

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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 18:12:04 -0500
From: stevecap@[removed] (Steven Capsuto)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Benny on TV
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Nick At Nite ought to be a good venue for the JB Show, but I doubt if it
>will show up there.  Except for Van Dyke and ILL, nothing on there is older
>than 1964.

Also, Nick at Nite mostly runs shows that are syndicated by its parent
company, Viacom, or Viacom's subsidiaries (Paramount, MTM, etc.).  Nick gets
a discount, in-house rate on those shows.  I'm not sure who syndicates the
Benny show.

In any case, it was running nightly on superstation WWOR-EMI only about a
year ago.

Unfortunately, no one around here is running the radio series.  In the early
1980s, our local NPR station was running Benny's show in its old
Sunday-evening time slot.  Then a now-defunct AM station carried it for years.
___
Steven Capsuto, Philadelphia
stevecap@[removed]
WEB page: [removed]~[removed]

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Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 18:18:02 -0600
From: bensmanm@[removed] (Marvin R. Bensman)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Kemo Sabe
Message-id: <v01530500acee83339ae0@[[removed]]>

Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of research
for its own sake: A daring and resourceful anthropologist at the University
of Indiana has investigated the tribal background of the Lone Ranger's
faithful Indian campanion Tonto and come up with, if not the facts, at
least some interesting hypotheses. Dr. Martha Kendal had little to go on.
All that is known of Tonto is his name, which is Spanish for "crazy," or
"foolish," and one expression in his own language, "Kemo sabe," which is
reputed to mean "faithful friend" or might be the Spanish "Que Mas Sabe,
"one who knows,"-but if not Spanish, in what Native American tongue? None,
apparently.

However, a 1916 glossary on the Tewa of New Mexico contains the nearly
adjacent entries "Kema" (friend) and "Sabe (an Apache).

Suppose Francis Striker, the LR creator, had read that phamphlet looking
for Indian lore. If her had erred a little on the spelling and a lot on the
meaning, he might have come up with "kemo sabe."

Another hypothesis: Striker visited the Yavapai of Arizona and asked one
how to say "the one who is white." He might then have heard "kinmasabeh,"
which refers not to skin tone but clothing. Still, it's close.

Other approximations in other languages amount to "he is secret,"
"dumpling," "stink beetle," and "red-breasted turtle," none very likely.
Dr. Kendall's research, published a long-time ago in the Smithsonian
magazine, has narrowed the field of possible further research but not
foreclosed it.

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*Department of Communication; Office Phone: (901) 678-3174 or 678-2565 *
*University of Memphis        Fax: (901) 678-4331                      *
*Memphis, TN 38152                                                     *
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Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 00:59:01 +0001 (EST)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Nick at Night
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 08:58:10 -0600
> From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>
> To: [removed]@[removed]
> Subject: Benny TV show
> Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>
> 
> Nick At Nite ought to be a good venue for the JB Show, but I doubt if it
> will show up there.  Except for Van Dyke and ILL, nothing on there is older
> than 1964.

How about George Reeves' Superman?

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

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Date: Sat,  9 Dec 1995 01:12:00 GMT
From: [removed]@[removed] (Marty Tabnik)
To: otr@[removed]
Subject:  Benny TV show
Message-Id: <95120822344417741@[removed]>

(orig. From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed]>)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

JH> Nick At Nite ought to be a good venue for the JB Show, but I
JH> doubt if it will show up there.  Except for Van Dyke and ILL,
JH> nothing on there is older than 1964.

Then I must have *imagined* <BFG>
        The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

I was too young to appreciate this gem when it first aired.
But I made sure to watch (hokay, on tape delay) EVERY show
when Nick@Nite showed'em ALL a few years ago.

[If anyone has contact info for Mr. Hickman, I would appreciate
receiving it via private email.  advTHANKSance.]

Btw, since Nick is owned by Viacom and since Viacom owns most
(if not all) old CBS TV shows
        There may be hope, uh crosby, uh BOB Crosby, uh
                WELL!

I have the Jack Benny TV show on which Der Bingle makes a
guest appearance, along with Ol' SkiNose.  Also have that
LaserLight 5-CD set of Bing Crosby radio shows.  Any here
wanna guess
        What "OTR FIRST" belongs to Der Bingle.
HINT: He really was that lazy. <g>
---
 * SLMR [removed] * A dime saved is a dollar earned.  Clinton wants the rest!

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