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	    [removed]   Volume 96 : Issue 54


Articles in this issue of [removed]:

	 RE:Amos 'n' Andy
	 Favorite OTR "snippets"
	 Vote for sound snippet
	 Kate Smith Hour
	 The Top Tunes of 1936
	 The Top Tunes of 1936
	 AM radio antenna booster
	 re: Introduction
	 Tape & my vote for otr sound bite
	 Re: favorite sound

	 voting for sound snipits
	 david adams
	 Re: Agnes Moorehead
	 azimuth
	

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 22:58:23 -0500
From: TLHOOVER@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RE:Amos 'n' Andy
Message-ID: <960209225822_317785151@[removed]>

I have a video tape of Amos 'n' Andy Antomy of a controvercy and tapes of
1929 broadcast.  Anyone interested in communitating about these please E-mail
me.

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:10:25 -0500
From: DavidLHsl@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Favorite OTR "snippets"
Message-ID: <960209231023_419021522@[removed]>

  Lou requested suggestions for best OTR "snippets."  The criteria I'm using
is to choose excerpts which appear frequently, as opposed to something that
only happened in one episode.  Here's my list:

Category 1: Famous show openings
 * "Hen-REEE!!!  Henry Aldrich!"  "Coming, mother!" (Aldrich Family)
 * squeaking door on Inner Sanctum
 * the melody whistled at the beginning of The Whistler, along with intro
 * the William Tell Overture excerpt which opens The Lone Ranger
 * "Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat.  Archie the manager
speaking; Duffy ain't here." (Duffy's Tavern)
 * "These Lights Out stories are not for the timid soul.  So we tell you
calmly, but sincerely, that if you frighten easily, turn off your radio now."
(Arch Oboler on Lights Out)
 * "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?  The Shadow knows! (evil
laugh)" (The Shadow)
 * "A tale well calculated to keep you [removed] (cue dramatic music) Suspense!"
(Suspense)
 * "Countdown for blastoff: X minus five (beep) .. four (beep) ... three
(beep) ... two (beep)... X minus [removed] fire!" (X Minus One)

Category 2: Character signatures
 * "How do you dooooo?" (Bert Gordon as the Mad Russian, on Duffy's Tavern
and The Eddie Cantor Show)  (Note: I choose this as my favorite clip out of
all the ones listed in all categories.)
 * "Now cut that out!" (Jack Benny)
 * "Oh, Mister Allllllllllllllllen!!!!!" (Portland Hoffa on Fred Allen's
show)
 * "This is Ray Goulding reminding you to write if you get work."  "This is
Bob Elliott reminding you to hang by your thumbs." (Bob and Ray)
 * "So help me, I'll clip him!  I'll mowwwwwww him down!" (Charlie McCarthy)
 * "Wonderful world!" (Cedric Weehunt on Lum and Abner)
 * sound of John Bickerson's snoring (The Bickersons)
 * Gildersleeves' laugh (The Great Gildersleeves)
 * the Shadow's laugh, and I would include clips of Orson Welles, Bill
Johnstone, and Brett Morrison played one by one for comparison
 * "Perhaps I can help."  "Who's that?"  "It is I, Digby O'Dell, the friendly
undertaker!" (Life of Riley)
 * "What a revoltin' development!" (Chester Riley on The Life of Riley)
 * "Yours truly, Johnny Dollar." (Johnny Dollar on, well, you know, right
after he gives the grand total on his expense report)

Category 3: Advertising jingles and network identification
 * "Foooooor, he's a Jello good fellllow; for he's a Jello good felllllllow.
 So rich, so creamy and mellllllllllOOOOOOOOW!!!!!  J-E-L-L-OOOOOOOO!" (Henry
and Homer singing on The Aldrich Family, a sound which can neuter most
animals within 50 yards)
 * "This is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company. (pause, followed by the
NBC chimes)"
 * "(bobwhite whistle) Rinso white!  (bobwhite whistle) Rinso bright!  Happy
little washday song!" (advertising on the Amos and Andy show)
 * "LSMFT!  LSMFT!  Lucky Strikes means fine tobacco.  So firm, so round, so
fully packed." (advertising on the Lucky Strikes Program starring Jack Benny)

  Finally, thanks to those who answered my queries on Cedric's age and on
Sen. Claghorn/Foghorn Leghorn.

David Hassell
(an OTR quote here would be redundant, don't you think?)

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:11:47 -0500
From: BanjoBud@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: Vote for sound snippet
Message-ID: <960209231146_218546685@[removed]>

May I respectfully suggest Goodman Ace saying, after his wife Jane came up
with one of her great malapropisms, "Isn't that awful?"

Bud

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:32:55 -0700
From: Barry Mishkind <barry@[removed]>
To: otr@[removed], broadcast-programming@[removed]
Subject: Kate Smith Hour
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>Date: Fri, 09 Feb 96 22:07:36 0000
>From: Martin Kaynan <mkaynan@[removed]>
>Organization: Sundial Company
>To: barry@[removed]
>Subject: Kate Smith Hour
>X-Url: [removed]
>Content-Length: 126
>
>We are having a trivia discussion and are trying to find the name of the
announcer of the 
>Kate Smith Hour.
>
>Can you help?
>
>
>
>
>
Barry

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 04:35:16 GMT
From: bilj@[removed] (Bill Jaker)
To: billhar@[removed]
Cc: otr@[removed]
Subject: The Top Tunes of 1936
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Nineteenthirtysix was a little before my time, but reference to a 1938 
Variety Radio Directory reveals that among the top tunes of '36 (for your 
museum display) were "Stompin' At the Savoy", "Goody Goody", "There's a 
Small Hotel", "Bye Bye Baby", "Pennies from Heaven" and the perfect theme 
song for remembering that time, Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood".  
Ellington was one of the biggest names in jazz and the emerging swing era, 
along with Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Louis Prima, Wayne King ("the waltz 
king"), Ray Noble, Xavier Cugat and lots and lots of others.  Have fun!

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 04:35:00 GMT
From: bilj@[removed] (Bill Jaker)
To: billhar@[removed]
Cc: otr@[removed]
Subject: The Top Tunes of 1936
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Nineteenthirtysix was a little before my time, but reference to a 1938 
Variety Radio Directory reveals that among the top tunes of '36 (for your 
museum display) were "Stompin' At the Savoy", "Goody Goody", "There's a 
Small Hotel", "Bye Bye Baby", "Pennies from Heaven" and the perfect theme 
song for remembering that time, Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood".  
Ellington was one of the biggest names in jazz and the emerging swing era, 
along with Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Louis Prima, Wayne King ("the waltz 
king"), Ray Noble, Xavier Cugat and lots and lots of others.  Have fun!

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:38:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Kinsler <kinsler@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: dhughes@[removed]
Subject: AM radio antenna booster
Message-Id: <[removed]@bobcat>

> 
> From: Dan Hughes <dhughes@[removed]>
> In response to the query from the guy wanting to hear WMAQ from Wisconsin: 
> several years ago, POPULAR ELECTRONICS printed an article on how to build
> your own AM radio antenna booster.  You can buy a commercially-made unit

Thanks for posting this:  I think a lot of people would be interested.  
Could you post the month and year of the particular issue so that those 
of us with access to library copies of PE could have a look at it?  If 
it's simple enough and I have time, I'll post the essentials of the 
device on this OTR list.  
                                  Mark Kinsler

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:20:33 -0600
From: Marty Dowell <mdowell@[removed]>
To: "'otr@[removed]'" <otr@[removed]>
Subject: re: Introduction
Message-ID: <[removed]@[removed]>

OTR:09
	It's great to find such a group of kindred spirits.  First of all, my 
name is Marty, and I'm in my late twenties.  I have a degree in 
accounting, but I'm working in the composition department of our local 
newspaper. Strange, I know.  Needless to say, not much money, but the 
job is fun.  20
	I had often heard the phrase, "Theatre of the mind," but never knew 
just what it [removed] one day, while in a record store, I looked 
into a bin, filled to the max with budget cassette buys, and found a 
"Shadow" episode.   At that moment the often heard phrase came to mind, 
and I decided to find out if I could unravel its elusive meaning.  That 
night, I turned out the lights, hit the play button on my tape machine 
and crawled under the covers.  From the first note of the  spine 
tingling theme music  to the Shadow's cryptic laugh, I found myself on 
that mythical stage and realized radio's ability for enchantment.  Since 
that day  I've enjoyed  many of its fine offerings ranging from drama, 
comedy and horror.
	My radio interest primarily are programs like "I Love A Mystery," "The 
Shadow," "Lights Out," "Superman," "Jack Benny,"....etc.   To be honest, 
I like too many to list.   I have very few episodes from "I Love A 
Mystery" and would like to find as many complete stories as possible.  I 
do have a question.  Recently, I've heard that many of the Carton  E. 
Morse "I Love A Mystery" scripts are being performed for the "Cassette 
Audience."  Would any of you know anything about this? 20
	I look forward to the day when many lost episodes will find their way 
back and entertain our imaginations once more!
	Well, I guess that's all I can think to say at the moment.  See ya!

					Marty   

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 22:08:55 -0800
From: AndyBlatt@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Tape & my vote for otr sound bite
Message-ID: <960209220854_24620496@[removed]>

My experience has been that most of the tape that was backcoated
with flat black on top, brown shiny color on the bottom will generally
experience severe squeal/squeak problems tape.  The tapes I have had trouble
with are used Ampex, similar Shamrock and much DAK tape.  Used 641, the
Capitol tape mentioned and Scotch tapes (new and used).  Just stay away from
the reddish Scotch tape (I think it's known as "150", I'm not sure).  This
tape shows up when you buy used bulk reels.

New topic:

***Is it possible to do a montage of great sound bites of OTR?
All the choices mentioned are [removed]'ll give it some thought.

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 01:39:53 -0500
From: SeptSev@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: favorite sound
Message-ID: <960210013951_140546079@[removed]>

[removed]
My vote on favorite sound snippet would be Jack Benny's "Now cut that out!"
Thom Bray

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Date: 10 Feb 1996 14:38 GMT
From: Henry Brugsch <@[removed]:henry@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Cc: 
Subject: voting for sound snipits
Message-ID: <02101996143801um@[removed]>

All time favorite, and for me most evocative, the Grand Central Station
opener. Specifically, the description with sound accompaniment of the
train thrashing its way towards New York City.
Next, "from the wild vast reaches of space Missions of daring in the
name of inner planetary justice! Travel into the future with Buzz
Corey, Commander and Chief of the Space Patrol!!"
whoooooosh!!!
third, the introduction to X-1.
(guess you can see where my priorities lie. (g>)
                                             regards

-----
   Henry Brugsch
   aka hbj elsewhere, CIS: [removed]@[removed], hbj@[removed]
Give me an alias long enough and I'll mail the world

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 11:20:07 -0500
From: VernSchroe@[removed]
To: otr@[removed]
Subject: david adams
Message-ID: <960210112006_218773670@[removed]>

Here is one that may stump the experts. Does anyone remember the David Adams
program?  It was a 15 minute serial broadcast on WBBM, 780, Chicago at 6:00PM
Chicago time in the middle or late 1930"s. The announcer was a very young
Olan Soule.
A newspaper called the "Bayport News" was published and sent by request. I
still have Vol  1, No 1.  It was a nautical program about the sea and ships. 

Does anyone remember this or have any info about it?

Thanks,  Vern

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 09:08:17 -0800
From: dennisdm@[removed] (Dennis F DeMarco )
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Agnes Moorehead
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

>From reading recent posts here, I notice that some people are saying 
that Agnes Moorehead played Margo in the Goodrich series while someone 
else says that it was another actress. I know "The Shadow Scrapbook" 
mentions that Moorehead plays the role. Does anyone know a definitive 
source against which I could check this?

Thanks,

Dennis

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 12:08:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Kinsler <kinsler@[removed]>
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: azimuth
Message-Id: <[removed]@bobcat>

Someone asked about the correction of defects in a tape recording 
descended from an azimuthally-challenged ancestor.  Theoretically, you 
can't, at least by conventional analog methods.  The situation is this:
A tape, whose magnetic variations should look like |||||||||, is recorded 
on a machine with a tilted head.  That makes the variations look like 
/////////.  When a machine whose head is _not_ tilted reads this tape, 
its gap, which looks like |, tends to bridge the ////////// variations on 
the defective tape.  The effect is that the higher frequencies are not 
read, and it sounds like the treble control has been turned way down.  
All of the high notes could be heard if the tape was read with a head 
which was similarly tilted, like /.  So far, so good.
  The question: suppose someone has made a _copy_ of a ///////// tape by
reading it with a machine whose head isn't tilted (|) and writing the
resulting signal to a tape on another machine.  The new tape will have 
been recorded with a defective signal.  Can the original signal quality 
be recovered?  
  Well, no.  The high-frequency information will have been lost.  It 
could possibly be restored somewhat if the signal from the daughter tape 
was treated by using some sort of statistical prediction algorithm on 
it, but who knows if it would really be the same?

                                Mark Kinsler

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 14:24:06 -0500
From: alabok@[removed] (Bob Jennings)
To: otr@[removed]
Message-Id: <[removed]@[removed]>

Hi Everybody;
        I just want to take the opportunity again to remind everybody about
the 7th Annual Radio Classics Live, a recreation of the golden days of
radio, which will take place on Friday and Saturday March 29 & 30, 1996 in
Brockton Mass.
        All proceeds of this event go to support the Peg Lynch Scholarship Fund.
        A number of talented otr personalities will be on hand to help with
the recreations include Peg Lynch herself, Dick Van Patten, Rosemary Rice,
Fred Foy, Arthur Anderson, Don Buka, and sound effects wizard Barney Beck
handling the special sound effects.  Local Boston radio personalities Jess
Cain, Frank Fitz, Ken Meyer, Norm Nathan and Marion Wroble will also
participate.
        Friday's event will be held at the auditorium on the Massasoit
Community College campus in Brockton, beginning at 7:30 and will present
recreations of The Lone Ranger, Ethel & Albert, Duffy's Tavern, and I
Remember Mama.
        Saturday's show will take place at the Holiday Inn (just around the
corner from the Massasoit College campus) and will feature a buffet dinner
with shows including recreations of The Thin Man, Sorry Wrong Number from
Suspense with Rosemary Rice, a completely new and different Ethel & Albert,
and Let's Pretend: Rumplestilskin.
        The cost of the Friday show is $[removed], the Saturday show & buffet
dinner is $[removed], or a combination ticket to both performances is $[removed]
        Checks should be made out to the Massasoit Foundation and sent to
Prof. Bob Bowers, Massasoit Community College, One Massasoit Blvd.,
Brockton, MA 02402.
        For additional information and dirctions call 508-427-1234.
        This is always a great show with tremendous recreations of classic
radio shows and a chance to meet and talk with the otr personalities
afterwards.  I hope you can plan to come to the 7th annual event, it will be
well worth your time, and remember, all proceeds do to support the Peg Lynch
Scholarship Fund.

        ---Bob Jennings

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