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Date: 4/24/2006 4:15 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 113
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Jim Harmon, Dave Warren               [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
  The Convention was great              [ Chargous@[removed] ]
  4-24 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Broadcast Days                        [ Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@y ]
  Cincy report 1                        [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
  Popeye                                [ Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@y ]
  20 Years Ago Today: A Night In The L  [ Tom Barnett <[removed]@earthlink. ]
  HATS OFF TO BOB BURCHETT              [ "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@veriz ]
  This Is The Army stage show & Easter  [ "Steve Dillie" <sjdillie@[removed] ]
  CINCINNATI CONVENTION                 [ "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed] ]
  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Nig  [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:04:51 -0400
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jim Harmon, Dave Warren

If you haven't yet found Steve Thompson's blog, you should check it out.
His last two posts have been about OTR:  April 21 is a tribute to Dave
Warren, and April 23 is about Jim Harmon's tape collection:
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:05:16 -0400
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The Convention was great

Hi all,

The convention was super - was glad to see everyone.  I was glad the Radio
Researchers had a presence there.  Bought a lot of great stuff, and I even
bought a couple cassettes, which is a rarity for me.  It was fun to see
Derek win Mayor of Etherville.  Bob Hastings, Hal Stone, Rosemary Rice, and
Fred Foy were professionals as usual - they made it look so
effortless.  There were a couple new faces too in the actors'
department.  Ed Clute, a true gentleman, provided great music.  The
"amateur" actors were also super too!  Anyone go to Club Roxzzzz
afterwards?, lol.  (nightclub in the hotel.).

Anyway, thank you everyone for making it a great experience.

Hid speakers in the empty space behind my new RCA-810K1 console, and I
think that'll be pretty appropriate to play OTR on.

Travis

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:05:29 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-24 births/deaths

April 24th births

04-24-1894 - Norman Sweetser - d. 8-xx-1980
director: "Just Plain Bill"; "Stella Dallas"
04-24-1905 - Robert Penn Warren - Guthrie, KY - d. 9-15-1989
author: (All the King's Men) "NBC University Theatre"
04-24-1906 - William "Lord Haw Haw" Joyce - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-3-1946
propagnadist for Nazi Germany during World War II: Hung for treason
04-24-1910 - Albert Zugsmith - Atlantic City, NJ - d. 10-26-1993
film producer/director: "Bud's Bandwagon"
04-24-1924 - Marilyn Erskine - Rochester, NY
actor: Gail Carver "Lora Lawton"; Janey Brown "Young Widder Brown"

April 24th deaths

02-03-1924 - Leslie Stevens - Washington, [removed] - d. 4-24-1998
film director: "Stagestruck"
02-13-1908 - Lennie Hayton - NYC - d. 4-24-1971
conductor: "Your Hit Parade"; "Ipana Troubadors"
03-06-1885 - Rosario Bourdon - Longuereil, Canada - d. 4-24-1961
conductor: "Cities Service Concert"; "Great Personalities"
06-17-1913 - Bob Allen - Allendale, OH - d. 4-24-1989
singer: (Hal Kemp Band) "Phil Baker Show"; "Calling America"
07-17-1906 - John Carroll - New Orleans, LA - d. 4-24-1979
actor: "Hello Mom"; "Suspense"
08-03-1904 - Clifford Simak - Millville, WI - d. 4-24-1988
writer: "Dimension X"
08-21-1890 - Bill Henry - San Francisco, CA - d. 4-24-1970
commentator: Chief CBS Correspondent
10-02-1898 - Bud Abbott - Asbury Park, NJ - d. 4-24-1974
comedian: "Abbott and Costello Show"
10-29-1897 - Hope Emerson - Hawarden, IA - d. 4-24-1960
actor: Henrietta Topper "Advs. of Topper"; Elsie the Cow "Happy Island"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:05:41 -0400
From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Broadcast Days
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    Hi everyone,
           I'd like to obtain copies of the following partial broadcast days:
     WEAF 8/10/45 (Approx 9 hrs total)
     NBC Red and Blue 12/7/41 (Approx 10 hrs each)
           Would anyone be able to tell me where I could purchase (not
looking to trade) CD copies (Audio or MP3) of these broadcasts?
         Please contact me off-list. Thanks as always!
                                          Ken Stockinger

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:04:39 -0400
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Cincy report 1
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First and foremost, my family is more grateful than can be expressed in
words for the Dave Warren Award that was presented to us last night.
Thank you everyone; we will cherish it forever.

When we attended our first Cincinnati convention 10 years ago, Karen was
11 years old and was cast as 12-year-old Sally in a Lone Ranger episode
with Lone Ranger announcer Fred Foy.  This year, Fred was back, as was
that Lone Ranger episode.  And Karen reprised her role as 12-year-old
Sally.  (The reason this particular show was chosen is that it was the
only one in which Fred played the Lone Ranger in the original run of the
program - Brace Beemer had laryngitis and could not talk, and Fred
stepped in for him).

So the thrill of playing Sally again, and then winning the Dave Warren
Award, was easily the high point of her year.  And as so often seems to
happen, the low point of the year immediately followed.

Less than a half hour after the award presentation, she began feeling
queasy.  Queasy became nauseous, nauseous became frightenly ill.  She was
up all night (as were her parents), and early this morning we took her to
an Urgent Care center.  They told us to take her to the hospital
emergency room.

I hate emergency rooms!  We waited maybe 45 minutes to see a nurse, Karen
lying on the floor in pain in the rest room, as others who had arrived
before us were seen first - a sprained thumb, a sore [removed]

I could go on, but the bottom line is that evidently it is a particularly
nasty flu.  They gave her an IV that took about an hour to drain into
her, and then some medicine to take later.  She was feeling a bit better
as we drove home.  She slept most of the way, and finally at about 5:30
pm we pulled into our driveway.

Karen will write her annual Cincinnati Convention Report, but it may be a
few days late this time.  Meanwhile, if you'd like to peruse past
reports:

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And if you'd like to drop her a line, her email is (of course):
jackbenny39@[removed].

---Dan

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:05:53 -0400
From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Popeye

  While perusing the Net a few days ago, I saw a blurb
about 16 previously uncirculated Popeye episodes being
found. The ET's were said to be in pretty poor shape,
and they were being restored? Have these shows ever
been released, or is there talk that they will be
soon? Thanks.
                        Ken

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:06:35 -0400
From: Tom Barnett <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  20 Years Ago Today: A Night In The Life of
 Dennis Day

20 years ago (my how time flies) I had the rare and fortunate opportunity to
meet and spend time with Dennis Day. I met Dennis on his personnal appearance
tour he was on and I wrote a short article about it that appeared in the
print OTR Digest (June, 1989). I still remember the how funny he was when he
wasn't singing (could easily have been a great stand up comic) and the
strength and power of his voice as he voiced the tunes that made him famous.
Looking back on that night I still can't believe it happened. I have wanted
to update the piece I wrote but haven't made time for it - so I present it
exactly as it was written 20 years ago.

A Night in the Life of Dennis Day
By Tom Barnett

On April 22, 1986 a dream came true. I, like most fans of old time radio, am
a fan of the "Jack Benny Show." A die hard fan is more like it I try to get
every show I can find and listen to them constantly. My dream is to have been
around to have met the entire cast of the show. However, in 1986, the only
surviving cast members were Phil Harris, Frank Nelson, and Dennis Day. My
chances of getting to California to meet any of them were next to none. But
luck was on my side in the spring of 1986 because in Windsor, Canada on a
personal appearance tour came Dennis Day.

My Mom was watching a local television talk show, and saw Dennis on it. My
Mom knew this would mean the world to me. So she called the station for the
name of the club where Dennis was appearing, the Top Hat. I was to call the
club that night after Dennis' show to speak with him.

I called at 10:30 that night and as put on hold until Dennis finished signing
autographs. When the phone was picked up again, someone said "There's some
kid on the phone wants to talk to you." I was about to explode and was
sweating like crazy. Dennis said Hello and I could hardly bring myself to
speak. The humming and distortion of the phone line made sound exactly as if
he were on the radio program. It was incredible! I talk about my interest in
him and the old Benny series. Dennis was surprised at my age (only 16) and
seemed as eager to meet me , as I was to meet him. He asked me over to his
show the following night, he took my name said he would be looking out for me
at the door.

My Dad and I went over to Canada from Detroit the next night. I was in a cold
seat with excitement. When we arrived I couldn't wait to get in. As we opened
the door, I saw Dennis Standing there at the coat check counter. That moment
is frozen in my mind. I had seen him so many times on television and now here
he was right in front of me. In color! I couldn't believe it ! Dennis said
"You must be Tom Barnett, eh?" That broke the ice and we began to talk.

He looked down at my bag that I was clutching. I had brought along a lot of
Jack Benny Shows and Dennis Day shows on tapes and LP's in hopes of getting
them autographed. Dennis chuckled and asked, "you're a big collector are
you?" I nodded. Dennis went on, "I remember back in 1970 when Jack and Mary
decided not to renew their copyrights on those shows, because Jack didn't
think they would ever be popular again." My Dad, Dennis, and I talked until
Dennis excused himself to prepare for the show. He told my Dad and I that he
had a special front table reserved for us. He saw my Dad carrying his video
camera and told him he would get a good shot from that spot.

When the show started, Dennis was full of energy. He danced and hopped,
strutted around like the young kid he always portrayed. I recognized about
half of the songs he sang, such as Macnamara's Band, Danny Boy, etc. The rest
I was unfamiliar with but enjoyed just the same. In between the songs he
would tell his favorite jokes and stories and used all sorts of dialects.

A little ways into the show he stopped and talked about the Jack Benny
program. He did this for the benefit of "a young man here tonight who is a
radio buff." He began talking about the old series, and went through the
characters and made comments on each. Dennis also reminisced about first
getting his job on the Benny show. The band made some noise to get Dennis on
track again. But he was talking about auditioning for Jack Benny, and nothing
could stop him.

"Jack sent me put (for an audition) He gave me round trip ticket to go to
California on the train. I'll never forget it. It was the Golden State
Limited, and I went out from the Bronx. I'd never been west of the Hudson
before. I thought there were still Indians in Chicago." Dennis went on, "I
auditioned for his writers and producers. And after I did, they told me to
wait around a couple of days, so I did. Then got a call from Jack Benny, and
I went down to his office. You know that's when I got the feeling that I knew
I would be the new singer on his radio program. Not when I signed the
contract mind you, but when Benny took back the other half of the train
ticket."

After the show he signed copies of his albums, as well as autographs. Finally
he came over and sat down at our table. We talked for another half an hour.
He was a very interesting person and very friendly. He looked at my
collection and smiled saying " it's good to see the younger generation using
their imagination again." He autographed his album for me, and a copy of one
of my favorite radio Jack Benny episodes (Dennis' Psychiatrist 11/28/54)

Unfortunately, the evening ended. Dennis and I exchanged addresses because he
wanted to send me some shows to add to my collection. He was very sincere and
very friendly, I can't say enough about him. That night was one of the
biggest in my life. I want to thank my Mom, Dad, and especially Dennis Day.
It was a time I will always remember.

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:47:29 -0400
From: "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@[removed];
To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  HATS OFF TO BOB BURCHETT

    For years each time I ran into Bob at FOTR in Newark he would ask me
when I was going to attend the Cincinnati Convention and for years, like
the die hard BROOKLYN DODGER fan that I am, my answer would be: "WAIT TILL
NEXT YEAR".

      Whether It was a guilty conscience or the fear that this year could
be my last opportunity to "test the reliability of Bob's claims" my wife
and I decided to make the TREK  from our home in the Northern suburb of NYC
(a mere 13 hour drive) to the Ramada Inn headquarters of this year's CINCY
CONVENTION.

     The convention turned out to be everything that Bob said it would be
and [removed] addition to getting an opportunity to get together with lots of
old friends (John Edwards, Ken Piletik, Tom Monroe, Martin Grams, Fred
Bernie, Bob Burnham,  Barbara Davies, Derak Tague,  Jerry WillIimson,
Charlie Summers Dan Riedstra and a dozen or so other nice folks whose faces
we always seem to recognize without always being able to put a name to the
face) I also got to make several new friends including (I hope) Stewart
Wright and Hal Sampson among others.

     The guests, Msrs Stone, Hastings and Foy & Ms Rice were their usual
friendly and approachable selves. The programs, while fewer than those at
FOTR, were quality events. The dealer room offered wonderful choices
(including "PLUG HERE" the 4 radio books offered by
www,[removed]
"CASEY/WITCH'S TALE/ETERNAL LIGHT/RESOURCE GUIDE TO GOLDEN AGE OF
RADIO)  and was busy buy busy.

     Going out to dinner with a "gang" of attendees on Thursday  and Friday
were as the LYRiCS TO THE SONG GOES: "GOOD FOLKS GET TOGETHER" is unique to
the CINCY CROWD.   During the Saturday evening banquet our most gracious
host demonstrated a humanity that made me proud to include him as a friend
and, of course, seeing the organizer who my wife and I call Santa (with a
TRIMMED BEARD well enough to be greeted fondly by a room full of cheering
[removed] all of what I have rambled on upon is just the tip of
the iceberg of the experiences that my wife and I shared and for which we
both TIP OUR HATS TO BOB BURCHET FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.

     If, like me, YOU LOVE OLD TIME RADIO but have put off attending this
convention I strongly urge you to PLAY THE PETER PAN GAME by some how
sending the message to Bob to once more host a get together in
[removed] DON'T REGRET missing another year of attendance.

DAVE SIEGEL

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:23:58 -0400
From: "Steve Dillie" <sjdillie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  This Is The Army stage show & Easter Parade

I recently watched "Easter Parade" on a two DVD set that came out in the
past year.  Two items of interest.  On disk 2 there is a radio version of
"Easter Parade" with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire.

On either the movie audio commentary or on one of the extra features, there
was a story about the fundraising stage show "This Is The Army" in London.
During the show, the Queen requested the singing of the song "Easter
Parade."  Irving Berlin led the audience in singing the song, but was
surprised to hear the audience sing different lyrics in one spot.  The UK
publisher had changed the lyrics.

The original song lyrics are "On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue, The photographers
will snap us, And you'll find that you're In the rotogravure. "  The UK
lyrics are "To the Park we'll go, Round Rotten Row, The photographers will
snap us, And then you'll be seen in the smart magazine."

I do not know if the story is true or not.  On one hand it seems hard to
believe Irving Berlin would not know of lyric changes, but on the other hand
when you write so many songs it may be possible to loose track of worldwide
distribution.

Regards,

Steve Dillie, [removed]
Wheeling, IL 60090-6965
sjdillie@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:32:09 -0400
From: "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  CINCINNATI CONVENTION
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APRIL 20, 21, 07 ARE NEXT YEAR'S DATES. START PLANNING NOW!!!

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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:02:35 -0400
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand"

The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].

Each week we feature three complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We present new
shows every week or so. The current three programs will be
available on line at least until the morning of  May 1, 2006.

Program 38 - May, 1973 - Hamilton O'Hara

Our guest this week is Ham O'Hara, CBS sound effects man.
We met Mr. O'hara in his studio in the basement of his
Connecticut home where he demonstrated all manner of
recorded and "live" sound effects.

Sound effects in radio broadcasting did not leap full-grown
into this new medium in the 1920s. In its infancy, radio
then was evolving from what was primarily a military
communication tool into a vast system of popular
entertainment, culture and news.

By the 1930s, there were plenty of drama shows, most
of which required realistic sound effects. The sounds
basically fell into two broad categories: a) those that
advanced the action or helped move the story line, and
b) background or mood setting sounds. And all of these
were produced with a combination of manual and recorded
sounds.

Program 39 - June, 1973 - Tony Marvin

Tony Marvin, the mellifluous radio and television announcer
who proclaimed "It's Arthur Godfrey time!" over the airwaves
in the 1940s and '50s, grew up in New York City.

His big break came during a stint as a mechanic in the mid-
1930s. As he serviced a limousine, the owner heard him
singing and offered to pay for a vocal teacher for him. The
result was a scholarship for a year's study with an MGM
voice coach.

Marvin joined CBS in 1939 as an announcer and a newsman,
working on reports from such war correspondents as Edward
R. Murrow and William L. Shirer.

In 1945, Marvin was approached by Arthur Godfrey to take
over as announcer on his popular radio show. He made the
role his own for nearly 14 years, enduring through Godfrey's
two television variety shows. More a sidekick than a cut-and-
dried announcer, he was famous for his resonant bass voice,
his ability to warm up an audience and his sophisticated
banter with Godfrey.

"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" With Arnold Dean

Teddy Wilson (Part 1) - September, 1974

Theodore Shaw Wilson (1912-1986) grew up in Tuskegee,
Alabama, and briefly studied music at Talladega College.
After working in Chicago with Jimmie Noone, Louis
Armstrong, and others he moved in 1933 to New York to
join Benny Carter's band. He played informally with Benny
Goodman in 1935 and officially joined Goodman's trio the
following year, thereby becoming one of the first black
musicians to appear prominently with white artists. Wilson
remained with Goodman until 1939, playing on many of the
latter's small group recordings and also on recordings under
his own name with other important swing musicians, above
all Billie Holiday and Lester Young. After leaving Goodman
he briefly led his own big band (1939-40), and thereafter
worked primarily as a leader of small ensembles and as a
soloist. Around 1950 he was an instructor at the Juilliard
School in New York, an early instance of the recognition
of jazz by an important conservatory.

In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."

Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed  Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970;  Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.

Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music.  In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.

Bob Scherago
Webmaster

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