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[removed] Digest				Volume 96 : Issue 315

Table Of Contents: 

	 undated shows
	 Staring at the radio
	 GENE? Shepherd
	 The Demise of Radio
	 Space Patrol/Lone Ranger
	 Watchng Radio
	 Re: Jimmy Durante
	 78 records
	 Wendy Warren & the News
	 Recent updates at [removed]
	 Cassettes getting stuck

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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 12:42:59 -0500
From: Joe Salerno <jsalerno@[removed]>
To: "'OTR LIST'" <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: undated shows
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I have acquired some programs without dates. If someone out there can =
help supply dates I would appreciate it. The description is in the =
attached file. Thanks, everybody!

Joe Salerno

 
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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 14:02:48 EDT
From: jjyellen@[removed] (James J Yellen)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Staring at the radio
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

Ken Piletic wrote:


"  I don't know anybody who 
watched the radio.  Where did this notion come from?  Possibly from a 
Norman Rockwell painting? "

and I agree. My family never sat around staring at the "faint yellow
glow" of the radio dial. That's a thing out of [removed] nuclear
family sitting around the radio staring at it and listening to every work
of [removed], half the time I don't even watch the TV screen when it's
on, just listen and look up occasionally when warranted.

Jim Yelled 

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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 14:02:48 EDT
From: jjyellen@[removed] (James J Yellen)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: GENE? Shepherd
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

A note to Ron Hare

"GENE SHEPHERD - Talks about trains"

Shep spells it JEAN. Remember the story of his elementary teacher who
told him that he couldn't use his nickname and would have to use his
given name Eugene? That's probably the only time Jean's Old Man visited
the school to straighten out the teacher that the boy's name is JEAN, not
Eugene.


Jim

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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 14:02:48 EDT
From: jjyellen@[removed] (James J Yellen)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Demise of Radio
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

>From JRayb

"Enough, already!  It appears we may have to re-name the Digest
"Psychology
101."  Is it necessary to keep on analyzing what did or did not happen to
OTR.  Can't we just accept it for what it is and get on with more
entertaining subject matter?  I'm sorry but theories on what may or may
not
have occurred lose their charm after I've waded through days and days of
"psych.""

I agree! Talkies killed silent movies. TV killed radio drama. Technology
advances!!

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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 14:44:55 -0400
From: John Koppel <[removed]@[removed]>
To: OTR Digest <otr@[removed]>
Subject: Space Patrol/Lone Ranger
Message-ID: <199609021445_MC1-93F-3086@[removed]>

Hi everyone!
                        
I have just recently received some shows of Space Patrol.  It is a pretty
entertaining show.  My question is, can anyone tell me how long it was the
air for and was it mainly a kids show?

Another question:

This question might have already been posted here, but here it goes.  When
Earle Grasser of the Lone Ranger was killed, did the show go off the air
for any time or was the transition to Brace Beemer pretty smooth?

Much Thanks,

John

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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 14:50:53 -0400
From: "Read G. Burgan" <rgb@[removed]>
To: <[removed]@[removed]>
Subject: Watchng Radio
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I agree with Ed McConnell's comments about watching radio.  I grew up in
the late 40's and early 50's listening to radio, and I certainly did not
spend my time staring at the radio.  One of the chief distinctions between
television and radio is that radio allowed you to carry on other activities
while listening.  I would listen while putting together picture puzzles,
playing with Lincoln log sets, erector sets, playing with the electric
train, etc.  Mother would listen while making meals, cleaning house, etc. 
One instinctively learned to do physical tasks while at the same time
following the radio story line and creating a wonderful world of mental
pictures.

Read Burgan

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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 11:58:46 -0700
From: dlock@[removed] (DL)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Jimmy Durante
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Arguments about the origin of Mrs. Calabash aside, I'd like to note 
that Jimmy Durante wasn't exactly suffering for catchwords or phrases.  
"Um-briago," and "I gotta million of 'em" come readily to mind. Plus a 
myriad of malapropisms.

Dick Lochte

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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 15:19:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: barrym <barrym@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 78 records
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> Please bear with me here, inasmuch as this is not really OTR. But I figured
> some on this forum might have some advice.
> 
> One of my aunts recently died at age 92, and my father is going through her
> "stuff" and has come up with a lot of old 78-rpm records. He asked me if he
> should just toss 'em, or would they be of any value to anyone. I'm quite
> certain that *none* are OTR transcriptions.
> 
> Is anyone here either a collector of 78's or perhaps can recommend a
> newsgroup or Listserv group dedicated to the subject?
> 
> I'm not looking to making any money on this, just hate to throw anything
> away that someone might want.
 

My mother has my dad's collection of 78's and she told me 20 years
ago she had them appraised at some large figure.  I forget the
number but it was in the 10's of thousands of dollars for about
2000 records.  I'm sure not all are that valuable but you never
know.  I'd take a close look if I were you.

Barry

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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 16:57:01 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Wendy Warren & the News
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A. Joseph Ross wrote:
>The thread about female detectives reminds me of a show I think I heard
>only once or twice in the early 1950s.  It was on in the afternoon, I
>think on a five-day-a-week schedule.  It was about Wendy Warren, who was a
>female radio news reporter.  The program was about her adventures as such,
>but at the end, after the last commercial, the announcer would say, "And
>now, Wendy Warren and the News," and Wendy Warren would actually come on
>for a few minutes and read that day's news.
>
>Or at least that's how I remember it.  In all the years I've been into
>otr, I don't think I've ever seen any mention of the program, tapes
>available, or appearances on any otr radio broadcasts.  Does anyone else
>remember this program?
>

I have several of these on tape. It was a soap opera tied around news
reporting. What actually happened was that real news would be read by a real
news reader, then he would ask Wendy what the news for the ladies was for
that day. She would begin, then move into the world behind the scenes of
news and into the daily soap.

Interesting tie-in to say the least.

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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1996 22:10:33 -0500
From: Lou Genco <lgenco@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Recent updates at [removed]
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Recent updates at my old-time radio page include:

     summarizing the "essential programs" votes so far, and improving the
voting page somewhat

     expanding the "favorite soundbytes" page (where you can list your
favorite OTR soundbyte) so it includes RA files of some of the nominated
soundbytes.

     adding more programs and sound files to the "Weekly OTR Program" page,
as well as adding a -second- page with even more info and sounds related to
weekly OTR programs.

     updating some pages to make them more LYNX - friendly, for the folks
who use text-based browsers

Don't forget to drop by the new site, and leave a note in the Old-Time Radio
Bulletin Board!

Lou
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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 23:53:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "'A. Joseph Ross'" <lawyer@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cassettes getting stuck
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> Tape eating is almost always caused by one thing.  The take-up
> reel is not exerting enough force to keep up with the capstan.  The
> cause is usually a belt or other drive component associated with the
> take-up reel getting stretched, dirty or both.  So the capstan feeds
> tape out, and there is no take-up action and the tape winds around the
> capstan [removed] well you know the rest.

I've had problems with some tapes that get stuck even when using a brand
new cassette deck.  My mother has had this problem with a number of
cheaper cassettes after she bought her new Sony cassette deck a couple of
years ago.  I keep buying the cassette repair kits at Radio Shack and
changing the cases and hubs of the cassettes.  But sometimes even that
doesn't help.  One cassette recently that I looked at had the takeup real
stuck.  It wouldn't move at all until I forced it by turning it with a
screwdriver.  Then it moved fine, and I was able to continue playing the
cassette.

So, the question is, what is it that goes wrong with a cassette that makes
it get stuck, even in a well-functioning cassette player?

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