Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #158
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Date: 4/29/2002 9:03 AM

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                                The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                                  Volume 2002 : Issue 158
                             A Part of the [removed]!
                                     ISSN: 1533-9289

                                     Today's Topics:

      Red Skelton                           [ otrbuff@[removed] ]
      OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK SCHEDULE      [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
      1938 BBC video clips                  [ "Robert Angus" <rangus02@[removed]; ]
      OTR Friar Roasts                      [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      OTR index                             [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
      Re: Doctor I. Q.                      [ otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
      Re: Doodletown Fifers theme           [ Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed]; ]
      Doodle Town Fifers                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
      Cincy Con                             [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
      Re: Converting MP3 Files              [ ADeTol1@[removed] ]
      Bill Conrad's 12 Days of Christmas    [ "james hunt" <jameshunt@[removed] ]
      1937-38                               [ Chris & Carla White <cncwhite@ricon ]
      Jack Benny: Theme and Colmans         [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
      10" Reels for sale                    [ doug kosmonek <dougkosmonek@[removed] ]
      Dunning book available from NLS       [ "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@neb. ]
      Secrets of Scotland Yard              [ "Jamie Kelly" <[removed]@[removed] ]
      Like a Sturgeon                       [ Derek Tague <derek@[removed]; ]

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:41:42 -0400
    From: otrbuff@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Red Skelton

    One of my favorite radio (and later, TV) comedians was Red Skelton, an
    artist who has received less than charitable acclaim from an occasional
    published scribe or two.  Despite that, my perception is that Skelton
    usually came across as a hilarious performer in the epoch in which he
    appeared, and invariably must have been a warm, compassionate human
    being.  It was thus a measure of satisfaction that -- while watching
    CBS's 50th anniversary tribute to Hollywood's Television City Saturday
    night -- we heard an assistant stage manager (on the job since 1954)
    speak of the "really nice people" that made up the CBS entourage, and
    without reservation claim "the most universally loved man in this
    facility was Red Skelton."  It was confirmation enough of a long-held
    suspicion.

    Jim Cox

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:41:49 -0400
    From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK SCHEDULE

    Here's The OTRN schedule for the week starting Sunday, 4/28/02  at:
    [removed]           High Quality Streming audio 24/7

    SAME TIME SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges
    This week Jerry salutes the 50th Anniversary of GUNSMOKE.  The show includes:
    1. Gunsmoke  - Audition Show   7/13/49   with Howard Culver  as "Mark" Dillon.
    2. Gunsmoke  - Episode #1 - 7/26/52   "Billy The Kid"
    3. Gunsmoke  - Spisode #115 - 7/3/54  "Word of Honor"
    4. Gunsmoke  - Episode #480 - 6/18/61   Final Show of series - "Letter of the
    Law"

    HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
    1. THE HERMITS CAVE  (Synd. 1940-43)  "The House on Lost Bluff"
    2. THE CINNAMON BEAR MYSTERY - or "More About Buddy Duncan" with
        listener/collector guest:  John Mayer. from Knoxville, TN.
    3. (Excerpt)  The Cinnamon Bear  - Episode #1
    4. THE WORLD ADVENTURER'S CLUB  - Episode #31 - 1932
    5. CHARLIE CHAN   10/8/36  Two episodes of "Colonel Willoughby's Records
        of Death"

    Enjoy --      Tom & Jerry

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:42:10 -0400
    From: "Robert Angus" <rangus02@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  1938 BBC video clips
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    Ihope this isn't too far off target, or already known to many of you, but
    there is a fascinating site at [removed], which includes VERY
    short TV clips from the Olympia Radio show of 1938.  Problem is that my
    RealPlayer doesn't reproduce the audio, if there is any.  And does anybody out
    there know how to store a freeze-frame RealPlayer image?

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:42:37 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR Friar Roasts

    During the Cincy convention, I caught up with a friend who, like me, has
    been looking for the old Friar Roasts from the forties and fifties.  I have
    always been meaning to ask around, but since he told me the recent weekend
    that if I come across some more, let him know, I figured now's a better time
    than any.

    Does anyone have any Friar Roasts - or Stag Parties as they are called - in
    thier OTR collections?  I'd be more than willing to trade or pay.
    Martin

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:42:54 -0400
    From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  OTR index

    To any interested party:

    I am in the midst of completing a project this week and I am in search of a
    hard-working and fast service person who has plenty of free time to do an
    index on a soon-to-be-published book.  It's not a thick book at all, about
    200 pages, maybe less and there isn't that many names on each page.  I'm
    willing to pay, give acknowledgement for doing the entire index, and a
    complimentary copy.
    Looking for someone who can have the index completed within a week or two.
    I can forward the manuscript via downloaded file, so their computer must be
    able to accept files.
    (In order to prevent a TON of e-mails from flooding my e-mail provider,
    please don't reply to this advertisement after 11:00 pm Tuesday evening - I
    know i'll have recruited someone by then.)

    Long live OTR!
    Martin

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:43:11 -0400
    From: otrdsiegel@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re:  Doctor  I.  Q.

      Many OTR fans collect books, magazines and RADIO RELATED GAMES as well as
    audio of old programs.
       Anyone who might be interested in acquiring one such "Radio
    related" game,  DR. I. Q. JUMP (a puzzle game) for a very modest price should
    contact me for details.
        Dave Siegel

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:43:42 -0400
    From: Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Doodletown Fifers theme

>     Al Girard relayed the question:

>     "What show's theme was by the Doodletown Fifers?"

>     >From the Old Time Radio Theme page found at:

    <[removed];

    Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show [Chase and Sanborn]
    Theme 1: Big Show, The [from the 1918 musical "Head Over Heels"] Jerome
    Kern

    Theme 2: Kingdom Coming [arranged like "Happy Days Are Here Again"]
    used 10 years later in "Doodletown Fifers" by Sauter-Finegan
    Traditional Civil War tune arranged by Ray Noble

    Gerry Wright
    ZoneZebra Productions
    San Francisco

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 14:58:07 -0400
    From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Doodle Town Fifers

    In answer to Al Girard's query. Doodle Town Fifers was the theme to "Sauter
    and Finnigan".
    --
    Ron Sayles

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:38:51 -0400
    From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Cincy Con

    Stephen Jansen just posted his reflections about the Cincy Con and had some
    nice things to say about Bob, Rosemary and me. For which I thank him.

    Now it's my turn to say some nice things. Steve did a great job playing the
    dumb jock on "Our Miss Brooks".

    And his Sister (Whose name he neglected to mention) played a great
    "Veronica" on Archie. But there was an added bonus. It's called type
    casting. She was as good looking as the Veronica in the comic book.
    And Steve is a good looking young man as well. (The Reggie Mantle type).
    It obviously runs in the family.

    It's great to see such nice young people interested in OTR.

    Hope to see them both (and work with them again) at future OTR events.
    Particularly his Sister. She is gorgeous folks. If I were only 50 years
    [removed] and then discovered "she" wasn't his wife. :)

    Best to you both

    Hal(Harlan)Stone
    Jughead

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 18:45:09 -0400
    From: ADeTol1@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Re: Converting MP3 Files

    Bruce wrote:

>     A recent posting asked about the availability of software that could transfer
>     MP3 (CD) files to regular CD's (for playback in a car's CD player). I am
>     sure that there are others, out there (including myself), who would also be
>     interested in knowing the answer.

    Adaptec Crate CD is the software that comes bundled with most of the CD R
    Drives.  will convert the MP3 format to CDA automatically. You merely
    highlight the CREATE AUDIO CD button and the select the files you wish to
    copy as an audio CD that will play on any CD player.  The audio CD will only
    be able to handle less than seventy minutes of real time, so you will have to
    be careful when you select the files.  An MP3 CD can hold about fifty hours
    of OTR that is recorded at 24 bps or about twenty hours of music recorded at
    128 kps.

    I purchased a portable Rio Volt SP90 at Best Buy for $80 after rebate.  It
    handles MP3 and as standard Audio CDs.  It also handles the WMA format which
    is even more condensed than MP3.  It comes with ear phones, but you can also
    plug into any receiver with input jacks.  There is also an attacment that
    will play it in the tape player of a car.

    Andy

    [ADMINISTRIVIA: Um, I _think_ he means Roxio Easy CD Creator (Roxio is the
    software subsidiary of Adaptec), which is available only for Windows. Mac
    users generally use Roxio Toast, but there are bunches of other CD burner
    software packages for various operating systems out on the market.

    It's always a _really_ good idea to carefully read the manual of whatever
    software you've received with your burner or purchased seperately. Thwy all
    try to convince you that the software is "easy to use," but I have yet to
    find any software that didn't have quirks that required a manual read to
    understand.   --cfs3]

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:01:30 -0400
    From: "james hunt" <jameshunt@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Bill Conrad's 12 Days of Christmas

    I have  recently  relistened to an interview broadcast originally over
    "Yesterday  USA"-in February- with Bill Conrad's
    son, Christopher.
    He is telling about a 45 rpm record his dad made-at his own expense- and
    gave to family and friends of
    himself  reading his version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" which the  elder
    Conrad  had written.
    "Too blue (material )to be broadcast", Chris labels it hilarious-a classic.
    It was not-never intended-for public release.
    If anyone has this , i would be willing to cut a deal for a copy.
    Thank you.
    Don

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:40:04 -0400
    From: Chris & Carla White <cncwhite@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  1937-38

    Hi,

    I have a hobby of going through different years of the old time radio era
    and collecting and looking at things from each year. I am currently on
    1937-38 time period. I am looking for things from that time period such as
    movies, books, newsreels, information about it etc. If anyone knows where I
    can get some of these things please contact me.

                              Bryant White

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 20:46:15 -0400
    From: JackBenny@[removed]
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  Jack Benny:  Theme and Colmans

    To Irene's question about when the Colmans appeared on the Jack Benny
    Program, the dates are (pencils up):

    12/9/45
    12/23/45
    2/3/46
    4/14/46
    5/5/46
    11/17/46
    2/16/47
    4/27/47
    11/9/47
    2/1/48
    3/28/48
    4/25/48
    5/9/48
    10/24/48
    1/16/49
    3/6/49
    11/13/49
    10/29/50
    2/18/51
    4/15/51
    10/28/51

    And on TV:  11/4/56 (rerun on 6/14/59)

    Also, we just found a reference to the Colmans being Jack's neighbors in a
    show from 4/14/40.  Although Ronald Colman has a line, it is fairly obviously
    done by another actor.

    = ==============================
    And to the question about Jack's theme song, it isn't really something that
    he "came up with."  Like so many Benny mainstays, it just happened to happen.
     The story goes that Jack had toyed with the number on air.  When he went
    into a nightclub soon thereafter, the orchestra noted his entrance by
    breaking into a chorus of "Love in Bloom".  Similar things continued to
    happen, and without ever intending it, Jack and "Love in Bloom" became
    inextricably linked.  He always noted that although he liked it as a song, he
    didn't like it as his theme song.  He once noted, "'Can it be the breeze that
    fills the trees with rare and magic [removed]'  That sounds more like it
    should be the theme song of a dog than a comedian!"

    --Laura Leff
    President, IJBFC
    [removed]

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    Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 22:00:35 -0400
    From: doug kosmonek <dougkosmonek@[removed];
    To: [removed]@[removed]
    Subject:  10" Reels for sale

        Hello,

        I have for sale  (7)   10" Empty Metal reels. Excellent condition.
    Cost is $14 for the reels plus $7 shipping.  Total is $21  [removed]
    Contact me via e-mail if interested.

    Thanks

    Doug Kosmonek

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    Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 01:57:21 -0400
    From: "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@[removed];
    To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Dunning book available from NLS

    Hi all:
    This message is for those who are blind and unable to read.  John Dunning's
    book, "On the Air," is now available from the National Library of Congress's
    talking book program.  The order number is RC 48459.  If you don't have
    access to the talking book program, contact your state library services to
    find out how to become a member so you can check out this great book.
    Remember that you need a special recorder to play it.
    RyanO

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    Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:50:24 -0400
    From: "Jamie Kelly" <[removed]@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Secrets of Scotland Yard

    Hi,
    Secrets of Scotland Yard was produced by Towers Of London in the early
    1950s. Their were at least 75 half hour episodes produced. I've not seen any
    Logs or written informatio  apart from adds  in the Listener In magazine for
    weekly broadcast on 3DB and other stations round Australia.
    Melbourne radio station 3DB had the biggest transcription library in the
    southern hemisphere and sent discs of this series all over Australia ant to
    NZ.
    Its possible this series was also broadcast on Radio Luxembourg as Towers of
    London produced many shows that were broadcast by them. Harry Owen towers
    produced shows in America, the UK and Australia.
    Their are no credits given at the end of each episodes apart from the credit
    given to Clive brook.
    I'm sure other episodes of this series would exist apart from the couple I
    have.

    Jamie Kelly
    Melbourne Australia

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    Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:50:32 -0400
    From: Derek Tague <derek@[removed];
    To: <[removed]@[removed];
    Subject:  Like a Sturgeon

    Hi Gang:

      Being relatively new to the OTR Digest, I'd like to thank all the
    participants who answered my question (re: Theodore Sturgeon/radio
    adaptations) with such alacrity, expediency,  enthusiasm, & overall
    scholarliness.  Thanks & "write if you get work!"

    Derek Tague

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