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Date: 10/14/2004 7:42 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 331
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  SPERDVAC convention                   [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
  Heritage Radio Theatre                [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
  Live 365                              [ Thom Bray <tb@[removed]; ]
  Re: The Passing Of Barry Hill         [ David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed] ]
  Gotham Players, FOTR 2004, Featured   [ seandd@[removed] ]
  Re: Barry Hill                        [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
  re: vanity plates                     [ Dan <teac35@[removed]; ]
  Re: Barry HIll                        [ Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed]; ]
  Request for December 1943 Info        [ "passage@[removed]" <passage@[removed] ]
  Re: Duffy's Tavern                    [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
  Suspense "All Hallow's Eve"           [ Trinapreston3@[removed] ]
  clear channel                         [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
  Re: Duffy's Tavern                    [ "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@ya ]
  Barry Hill interview to be aired      [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  10-15 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Barry Hill                            [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
  Phil Harper                           [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
  Barry Hill                            [ JayHick@[removed] ]
  Barry Hill                            [ Mk247@[removed] ]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:53:49 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  SPERDVAC convention

It is always such a pleasure to discover that an actor or actress from the
golden age of radio is still with us. We experienced that pleasure today
when we learned that Winifred Wolfe, who played Teddy on One Man's Family,
is planning to come to the SPERDVAC convention on Saturday, November 13. The
connection was made through Gregg Oppenheimer. I believe that at this point
she has no idea how many people remember her and will be thrilled to meet
her!

Hope to see a lot of you there!

Barbara

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:54:03 -0400
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Heritage Radio Theatre
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Our show this week is all about LIGHTS OUT and includes that famous clip of
"The Dark" from 1937.
Heritage Radio Theatre - 24/7 streaming audio at:
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Thru Saturday 10/16.    <<Tom Heathwood>>

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:54:18 -0400
From: Thom Bray <tb@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Live 365

Thanks to those who contacted me and gave opinions of Live 365.  I'm
testing a Live365 stream of OTR; I currently have a mix of programs
running including Benny, Harry Lime, X-Minus One, etc.  On Thursday
from 12-1:30 PM PDT I have a 90 minute block of classic westerns
playing.

If you have a chance, come by and listen:

[removed]

I'd love to hear your comments; email me off list.

Kind Regards

Thom Bray

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:55:54 -0400
From: David Siegel <otrdsiegel@[removed];
To: "DIGEST, Postings" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: The Passing Of Barry Hill

Dear Jay,
     Susan and I did know Barry Hill.
      I did some trades with him before he moved from England to America
and we actually met him for the first time when we visited Great Britain
several years ago.
     We had a number of opportunities to renew our friendship as Barry
attended many an FOTR event. He would speak with great pride of his new
home in the U. S. and was always happy to talk about his daughter, who I
understand loved horses.
     Barry was known as one of the founders of the British radio
collector's group and no doubt some of those members knew him quite well.
    Age 55 is far far too young for anyone to pass on, particularly someone
with both a dIstinguished past in the hobby and a bright future.
Dave Siegel

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:37:52 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Gotham Players, FOTR 2004, Featured in "The
 Forward"

The Forward, New York's largest Jewish newspaper, ran a great feature article
on The Gotham Radio Players and their upcoming 2004 Friends of Old Time Radio
Convention live performance of "The Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto."

Since the digest's own Steven M. Lewis, director of the players, hasn't seen
fit to post the article despite the fact that he was quoted extensively in
it, I'll take the liberty of doing so myself.

The article includes a link to Charlie's site and quotes from Gotham Radio
Players Producer Max Schmid of WBAI as well.

For those who missed the WBAI performance of this show last April, next
week's FOTR Convention is going to be another chance to see a magnificient
show masterfully performed.

Good seats are still [removed]

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:05:59 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Barry Hill

Last night I got an email from Jay Hickerson about the death of Barry Hill.
I'm still in a state of shock from the news. 55 is much too young.

I first met Barry at the first FOTR convention a number of years ago. I had
purchased some reel to reel tapes from another dealer. One of the reels was
defective and I was trying to reach the dealer to get a replacement. Since
this was my first year at the convention, I didn't know the names of the
dealers and did not know the name of the dealer I purchased the reels from.
Jay suggested that I call Barry.

Although I did not buy the reels from Barry, when I called him he said he
had the same shows that were on the reel that I had, so he said he would
send me a copy of the shows. He didn't have to do this. I had not bought
anything from him that year and he never asked for anything in exchange. He
just wanted to make sure that I would not have any bad feels about a
purchase I had made at the convention, even though he was not involved in
any way.

That is the kind of person Barry was. Over the years I always enjoyed
walking into Barry's dealer room and just talking. During the convention
there are times when things get slow for dealers and we would just talk. We
would talk about technical issues of audio or about certain radio shows. It
was just enjoyable to spend some time with him.

Ellen enjoys Dr. Who and started buying Barry's sets of Dr. Who. In fact it
was just about a week ago that she said she would have to do an inventory
of the shows she had, so that she would know what new shows to buy from
Barry when we went to NJ.

I'm going to miss Barry.

Fred

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:06:52 -0400
From: Dan <teac35@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re: vanity plates
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My grandfather told me this tid bit - and I haven't checked to it's
authenticy, but didn't a cast member of Jack Benny have a vanity plate that
had a Yiddish word that meant (cleaned up for obvious reasons) "Kiss Me".
Dan

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:54:15 -0400
From: Jim Widner <widnerj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Barry HIll

At 11:34 PM 10/13/2004, you wrote:
passed away today at the age of
55; the cause was a heart attack.

Wow, thanks for the info. My wife got real interested in his material last
year when I bought a bunch of stuff from him. She is very, very into
British drama and besides the BBC, it was a real boon to her to get some of
the old programs.

He will be missed. He was a fellow Ohioan (settled from Britain, of
course). Barry had a premier collection of British material and I often
referred people to him.

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:55:19 -0400
From: "passage@[removed]" <passage@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Request for December 1943 Info

Hi All,

Can anyone help this guy ("Aaron Caughran" <acamera@[removed];)?

- ----
I am writing a short story about December 1943 and the radio is
one of the central characters in my story. <snip> I have looked
at the local library for radio schedules and there was a section
called "Radio Programs by the Clock"; but, it did not run every
day. <snip>

Do you know where I can find the program schedules for the month
of December 1943?

I have started looking for Movie-Radio Guide.   Would you know
a good place to buy a Radio Guide or some one who I could get
photo-copies of one from?

- ----

You can reply directly to him.  Thanks!

Frank

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:18:12 -0400
From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Duffy's Tavern

Rest assured, Jazzy, it's a stellar cast. The performance will undoubtedly
bring a tear to your eye. (Tears of Joy I hasten to add. :)

When you get to SPERDVAC, make sure you come up and introduce yourself.

Hal(Harlan)Stone
Jugs

I most certainly will do that.  I am quite excited to be attending my first OTR convention and I'm
thrilled that you'll be doing a Duffy's script.  

I was born in 1953 so its really fascinating for me to learn about shows like Duffy's that were
entertaining my parents and grandparents before I was born.   Duffy's is definitely one of my
favorite comedies.  I love the way musical numbers are worked into the plotlines, like when Cass
Daley sang Eddie Green's composition "A Good Man is Hard to Find" or when Ed Wynn led the Duffy's
Gang in Archie's reworking of "Carmen".  

I'm also just discovering Baby Snooks.  Fanny Brice is so funny!  I even love her Jello
commercials, they really put Bill Cosby's spokesperson role into historical perspective!

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:42:42 -0400
From: Trinapreston3@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Suspense "All Hallow's Eve"
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I have a question about an episode of Suspense title "All Hallow's Eve."  I
heard this on a web site in 2000, this web site it has been shut down for
couple of years so I can't tell you the web address.  I believe this episode
centers on a man in a shop during Hallow's Eve.  I don't have the suspense
air date,
but I think it aired in October in the 1950s.  I tried to look for the
airdate myself and I didn't have any luck.  I only came across the TV Series
Suspense air date that is listed as October 1953.  My question is are there
two
versions "All Hollow's Eve"?  One made for TV and the other for radio?  This
suspense radio version is hard to find.  Is it a rare suspense?  Does anyone
own a
copy of the radio version?  Can anyone share some knowledge of this episode.
I
think it's a Halloween theme Suspense.

Trina,

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:23:07 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  clear channel

There are a few other heritage "clear channel" stations (not the company
name) with AM signals that do the same thing with 50,000 watts of power.
Jack Eigan doing radio interviews from the Chez Paree in Chicago used to
tell his WMAQ listeners he "reached 38 states and Canada," and got phone
calls from them, too.  As did Norm Nathan, late-nights on WBZ-Boston.  A
few
more strong signals on the AM dial today include: WWL-New Orleans, WOR and
WABC-NYC, KSL-Salt Lake City, WBBM and WLS-Chicago, WWVA-Wheeling, WVA.

Ah, yes.  And here I live: apparently Lancaster, OH is at the center of some
sort of AM Bermuda Triangle.  Everything interferes with everything else,
day and night.  WCBS in New York gets wiped by WLS from Chicago.
Conversely, WBBM in Chicago generally gets hit with WABC in New York.  WBZ
will occasionally make an early-morning appearance, perhaps due to the
difference in local sunrise times between here and Boston (I'm not sure that
makes sense.)

I'm sorry to report that at last listening, the great WWVA seemed to have
turned to a format of odd talk and religious shows powered by diet
supplements and Gold Bond Medicated Powder.

In Columbus and Cleveland, the big sellers in the '60's were WCFL (for
Chicago Federation of Labor) at 1000kc, and CKLW, across the lake in
Windsor, Ontario.

Radio life was better when I lived in Pittsburgh.  One local station had a
good OTR program (which is how I got interested in it to begin with) and
several other stations with similar programming came in quite reliably.  I
believe that KQV, 1410kc in Pittsburgh, still broadcasts Stan Freberg's OTR
show, but it's a highly-directional station with low power.

I read somewhere that the Beatles grew up listening to broadcasts from WABC
in New York.

M Kinsler

still scanning the dial in hopes of OTR: none is available here.

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:41:13 -0400
From: "jazmaan@[removed]" <dmf273@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Duffy's Tavern

Not to worry Jazmaan. I might even play that part myself. Is it [removed] if
Eddie sounds like "Jughead"? :)

Well, not to step on your casting toes, but since you asked - -  wouldn't "Jughead" be better
suited to playing "Finnigan?"

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:20:55 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Barry Hill interview to be aired

When I read the shocking news last night in the digest of the loss of Barry
Hill, I immediately called my daughter Leah.  She said that she had been
hoping to see him next week at FOTR, and gave me a suggestion about a
tribute.   I had already been planning to discuss FOTR again on my hour
with Walden Hughes on YesterdayUSA this coming Sunday night at 10:30
Eastern, this time with Derek Tague giving us additional information.  Leah
reminded me that she had recorded an interview with Barry at last year's
FOTR for a class project.  She has located the un-edited mini-disc and
tells me it is about 8 minutes long and discusses his background in OTR and
interest in attending FOTR and the other OTR conventions.  She will be
working on getting it converted to MP3 to send out to Walden in California,
and hopefully Derek, Walden, Leah, and I will be able to present this
recording on the program this Sunday night.  We've asked Martin Grams, Jr.
to come on also but have not yet gotten confirmation.  And hopefully we
might be able to find a place to fit the recording into the schedule at
FOTR.

But do tune in at 10:30 PM Eastern Sunday at  [removed]

Michael Biel   mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:21:07 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-15 births/deaths

October 15th births

10-15-1879 - Jane Darwell - Palmyra, MO - d. 8-13-1967
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-15-1881 - P. G. Wodehouse - Guildford, Surrey, England - d. 2-14-1975
author: (Jeeves and Wooster) "Forecast"; "Stagestruck"
10-15-1893 - Ina Claire - Washington, [removed] - d. 2-22-1985
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-15-1896 - Joe Sanders - Thayer, KS - d. 5-14-1965
bandleader: (The Ole Left Hander) "Nighthawks Frolic"
10-15-1898 - Ransom Sherman - Appleton, WI - d. 11-26-1985
actor: Uncle Dennis "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Hap Hazard "Hap Hazard"
10-15-1900 - Fritz Feld - Berlin, Germany - d. 11-18-1993
actor: "NBC Uinversity Theatre"; "Nightbeat"; "Advs. of the Saint"
10-15-1900 - Mervyn LeRoy - San Francisco,CA - d. 9-13-1987
film director: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Songs By Sinatra"
10-15-1903 - William "Wild Bill" Elliott - Pattonsburg, MO - d. 11-26-1965
actor: Wild Bill Elliott "Wild Bill Elliott"
10-15-1908 - Robert Trout - Wake Country, NC - d. 11-14-2000
commentator: "Headlines & Bylines"; "Robert Trout with the News Til Now"
10-15-1917 - Jan Miner - Boston, MA - d. 2-15-2004
actress: Ann Williams "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "Lora Lawton "Lora Lawton"
10-15-1918 - Robert Lee - Elyria, OH - d. 7-8-1994
writer: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
10-15-1921 - Robert Rockwell - Chicago, IL - d. 1-25-2003
actor: Philip Boynton "Our Miss Brooks"
10-15-1926 - Jean Peters - Canton, OH - d. 10-13-2000
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"

October 15th deaths

05-07-1900 - Ralph Truman - London, England - d. 10-15-1977
actor: John H Watson "BBC Home Theatre"
05-21-1923 - Rick Jason - NYC - d. 10-15-2000
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"
07-09-1917 - Ted Steele - Hartford, CT - d. 10-15-1985
bandleader: "Ted Steele's Studio Club"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"
09-25-1905 - Carl Hoff - Oxnard, CA - d. 10-15-1965
bandleader: "Al Pearche and His Gang"; "Your Hit Parade"
10-09-1916 - Jack Boyle - IL - d. 10-15-1965
actor: Andy Gump "The Gumps"
10-13-1918 - Cornel Wilde - NYC - d. 10-15-1989
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-11-1899 - Pat O'Brien - Milwaukee, WI - d. 10-15-1983
actor: Dan Carson "Dan Carson"; "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Family Theatre"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:21:38 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Barry Hill

I was saddened to read that Barry Hill passed away. I always enjoyed
visiting with him at FOTR (and once at SPERDVAC). Barry and I shared two
memorable events. The first was in 1988 when we were both awarded the Allen
Rockford Award at FOTR and became friends, and the second was performing
together in a DUFFY'S TAVERN recreation with the Dave Warren Players.  I was
cast as Miss Duffy and Barry played the guest role Basil Rathbone had
played. I remember it was a really fun show to do and Barry did a wonderful
job. It will be strange not to see his smiling face there at FOTR next week.
He'll be missed!

Barbara

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 17:22:12 -0400
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Phil Harper
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 This was written by Jim French regarding  the passing of Phil (Harry Nile)
Harper. It is reprinted here with his permission. I share his feelings about
this fine and talented man.
        Larry Albert

I'm sorry to have to report that Phil Harper, the actor who was Harry Nile,
passed away October 10th at his home in Seattle. He was 64. The loss of this
big, warm-hearted man is devastating to me, to his scores of friends and
relatives, and will be felt by thousands of Harry Nile radio fans. Phil had
been ill for several years with diabetes and heart disease, but he continued
to tape his radio shows and record commercials, never missing a broadcast.
Phil had portrayed Harry Nile, the hard-luck private eye, since the series
began almost 30 years ago. In fact, before the show became a series, I cast
him in that role in a one-hour radio mystery, and never considered anyone
else. Phil understood the character from the very beginning. Rehearsals and
broadcasts of each Harry Nile show were more fun and relaxed with Phil's
irrepressible wise-cracking. When we taped before a live audience, he always
had a joke to tell in the warmup. And on occasions when he fluffed and had to
repeat a line,
 he usually made some hilarious self-deprecating remark that made the
audience howl with laughter, and I'd have to wait until they calmed down
before we could continue. But Phil's acting talent wasn't confined to the
Harry Nile role alone; he made many other appearances not connected with the
Nile character, and he was superb in all of them. Oddly, Phil didn't consider
himself much of an actor, until the nationwide popularity of The Adventures
of Harry Nile became too obvious for him to deny. By then, Phil had developed
the instinct for the role that made it almost unnecessary to direct him; he
knew exactly how a line was meant to be read. I have always attributed any
success of "The Adventures of Harry Nile" in very large part to the big bear
of a man who took my dialogue and turned it into a real person. As an actor
and as a friend, he will be missed for a long, long time.

                  Jim French

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:43:58 -0400
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Barry Hill

Marilyn Hill, Barry's widow, mentioned this Society as Barry's favorite.
Leia, his daughter, is studying to be a veterinarian at Ohio State and
emailed me
this message.  Donations should be made to this Humane society.  Jay

My name is Leia Hill and I am Barry's daughter.  My mum wanted me to
e-mail you the contact information for the Parkersburg Humane Society, the
address is:
Parkersburg Humane Society
PO Box 392
Parkersburg WV 26102

I really appreciate your phone call to my mum and if you need to contact
her please feel free to call the house or to e-mail me and I will pass any
messages along.  <[removed]@[removed];

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:36:01 -0400
From: Mk247@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Barry Hill

Barry was a uniquely kind and generous soul with a strong intellectual bent.
He had a ready wit and appreciated hearing or sharing a good joke.  He was
very generous with his extensive knowledge of radio programs, sound
processing, or electronic equipment.  He was proud of his family and shared
pictures of his home and proud dad tales of his daughter. So many of us
looked forward to seeing him.  He will be sorely missed.

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