Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #365
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Date: 10/8/2003 3:55 PM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2003 : Issue 365
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      The Report of this Death is greatly   [ Wich2@[removed] ]
      OTR Books                             [ dltnkt@[removed] (Dennis/Nancy Town ]
      socony-vacuum                         [ "Donald P. Tuttle" <dobbsi5@[removed] ]
      Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
      Apple Ipod                            [ Jeff Weaver <jweaver@[removed]; ]
      Apple Ipod experience                 [ Michael Mewborn <mmewborn@designgro ]
      10-9 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Elliot Roosevelt mysteries            [ Allen J Hubin <ajhubin@[removed]; ]
      Ultimate History                      [ JayHick@[removed] ]

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:43:04 -0400
    From: Wich2@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  The Report of this Death is greatly Exaggerated!

    From: Art Chimes

>     Radio drama died about 50 years ago ... Himan Brown, though,
>     refused to go to the funeral.

    Dear Art (& co.)-
    Oh Lord, here we go again. Attention: please listen closely:

    RADIO DRAMA IS NOT DEAD.

    Can I get a "amen" here? Barbara? Christian? Martin? Steve? Jack?
    Part of the problem is the SELF-CREATED funeral of the medium, by business,
    art, & broadcast entities that should, & could, nourish this "body" - instead
    of simply proclaiming it a "corpse". The medium, as a medium, is still viable
    - and capable, in caring hands, of doing vibrant work.
    Angrily,
    Craig Wichman
    (Actor/Writer/Producer, Quicksilver Radio Theater)

>     Art Chimes Voice of America

    (One of said entities, which has been offered said programming in the [removed])

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:44:56 -0400
    From: dltnkt@[removed] (Dennis/Nancy Townsend)
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Books

    With such a large crop of new books about OTR coming out I am clening my
    bookshelf off. Here are two I am going to part with  The Cavalcade of
    America 1940 stories from the radio series put out interestingly enough
    by the Milton Bradley Co.  Information Please a game book based on the
    radio program 1939. Contact me off list if interested Dennis

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:45:08 -0400
    From: "Donald P. Tuttle" <dobbsi5@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  socony-vacuum

    a quick google search produces a Supreme Court decision, [removed] v.
    Socony-Vacuum, which gives the history of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.

    = ====
    Donald P. Tuttle

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:45:16 -0400
    From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
    To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Today in radio history

     From Those Were The Days --

    1935 - The O'Neills debuted on CBS. The theme song, Londonderry Air,
    opened the 15-minute soap opera. The O'Neills aired Mondays, Wednesdays
    and Fridays at 7:30 [removed] In 1936 it moved to daytime where it stayed
    until 1943 on NBC's Red and Blue networks and on CBS, too. One of
    radio's original soaps, it was sponsored appropriately by Silver Dust,
    Ivory soap and Ivory soap flakes.

    1935 - Wedding bells pealed for a singer and a bandleader who tied the
    knot, making radio history together. The bandleader was Ozzie Nelson and
    the singer was Harriet Hilliard. They would make the history pages again
    on this very day -- nine years later.

    1944 - The first broadcast of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet was
    heard on the CBS network.

    Joe

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    Visit my homepage:  [removed]~[removed]

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:48:07 -0400
    From: Jeff Weaver <jweaver@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Apple Ipod

>     Does anyone on this list have any experience
>     with the Apple [removed] version 10Gig, 20 Gig

    I have had the 10 gig IPOD for a year. I bought it especially for OTR
    and it works better than any other device I have seen. It is stable
    and plays low bitrates. Designed primarily for audio unlike the
    Archos, it is the best mp3 player on the market. It also plays the
    new mp4 technology which is a lossless compression to a point. Jeff

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:49:26 -0400
    From: Michael Mewborn <mmewborn@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Apple Ipod experience

    First of all I must say I have no connection with Apple or Best Buy.

    Now, I love my 30GB Ipod. I previously had an Archos Jukebox which was good
    when
    it worked. However the Ipod is wonderful! It takes a fraction of the time to
    load
    it using Firewire rather than USB which the Archos unit used. It has a large,
    easily-readable screen which provides useful info. The unit is very easy to
    use.
    It offers true resume. When it is turned off and back on, it picks up exactly
    where it left off.

    I haven't discovered any mp3 settings it won't play, however I haven't
    experimented with it. It recharges through the Firewire cable whenever it is
    attached to a Macintosh computer. (I'm not sure about when it is attached to a
    Windoze box.)

    It offers contact and calendar modules for use as a PDA (I haven't used this
    yet).
    It does have some anti-piracy features built-in. These can be a little
    annoying.
    Overall it is wonderful.

    When my Archos unit quit working for the last time, Best Buy allowed the entire
    purchase price to be applied to the Ipod. I'm so glad I bought the extended
    warranty.

    In short, it's small, lightweight, easy to use and a delight to have. Highly
    recommended.

    Michael

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:49:37 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  10-9 births/deaths

    October 9th births

    10-09-1897 - Robert Armbruster - Philadelphia, PA
    conductor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Advs. of Sam Spade"
    10-09-1912 - Walter Compton - Charleston, SC - d. 12-9-1959
    quizmaster: "Double or Nothing"
    10-09-1915 - Edward Andrews - Griffin, GA - d. 3-9-1985
    actor: Nat "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
    10-09-1915 - Vivian Della Chiesa - Chicago, IL
    singer: (America"s Great Lyric Soprano) "American Album of Familiar Music"

    October 9th deaths

    04-08-1882 - Lulu McConnell - Kansas City, MO - d. 10-9-1962
    comedienne: "It Pays to Be Ignorant"
    10-18-1902 - Miriam Hopkins - Bainbridge, GA - d. 10-9-1972
    actress: "Exploring the Unknown"; "Hollywood Hotel";
    "These Are Our Men"
    11-02-1899 - Glenn Rowell - Pontiac, MI - d. 10-9-1965
    singer, comedian: "Quaker Early Birds"; "Gene and Glenn"

    Ron Sayles
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:35:43 -0400
    From: Allen J Hubin <ajhubin@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Elliot Roosevelt mysteries

    Re "[removed]"'s note on Elliot Roosevelt mysteries, it probably
    should be noted that although the mysteries feature Elliot's
    mother he didn't actually write any of [removed] (maybe
    Donald Bain for the first one or two, then William Harrington)
    were at [removed]

    Al Hubin

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    Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:40:15 -0400
    From: JayHick@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Ultimate History

    The Second Supplement to my Ultimate History is now ready.  Besides more
    circulating shows and program information, it has many more theme songs.
    Cost is
    $[removed] plus $[removed] for P&H.  Cost of the whole book with 2 supplements is $55
    plus $[removed] P&H.  I will have the book and supplements available at the
    convention in 2 weeks.  Jay Hickerson

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