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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 138
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Mp3 Boomboxes [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]
A LONG LOST FAVORITE SHOW!! [ "John E. Sexton" <jsexton@[removed]; ]
Ultimate MP3 player? [ Richard Carpenter <sinatra@ragingbu ]
Jack French and Private Eyelashes [ "Ivan G. Shreve, Jr." <iscreve@comc ]
Radiogoldindex [ "Tom van der Voort" <evan@[removed] ]
4-21 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Harry Babbitt [ Gsgreger@[removed] ]
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 02:06:04 -0400
From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mp3 Boomboxes
Is anyone aware of a boombox that plays mp3 CDs and has
true resume? I have a Sony that has resume, but it only resumes
at the beginning of the last show that was played.
Al Girard
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:34:40 -0400
From: "John E. Sexton" <jsexton@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: A LONG LOST FAVORITE SHOW!!
When I was a young kid I remembered listening to the HALLMARK HALL OF
FAME and one episode feature as I recall- featured DEAN STOCKWELL in the
roll of "KIM" (the classic story written by Rudyard Kipling). I have
never seen it offered on CD or cassette in any [removed] I think of it,
I don't believe I've seen anyone offer any of the Hallmark Hal of Fame
shows
on CD. I wonder why???? Does anyone besides myself remember the story
"KIM"
when it was on OTR?? Thanks,John (jsexton@[removed])...[removed] if anyone
write me direct please list the name "KIM" or "OTR" in the subject line
as I get so much SPAM, I could make everyone a Spam Sandwich :)
Best,John
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:35:15 -0400
From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Ultimate MP3 player?
I think I have found the ultimate (and most
expensive) way to listen to OTR -- with the Cambridge
Soundworks 740 CD/MP3 radio, which lists for $399 but
is sometimes available as an open-box item for $100
less (that's what I bought).
You can operate this one from your easy chair, using
a credit-card sized remote. It plays files as low as
30 kbps and has true resume, providing you remember to
shut the thing off in CD mode (I haven't forgotten
yet). It also has an auxiliary input, so you can use
a Rio Volt or the like as a second OTR device.
The FM radio produces a sound that may be even more
glorious than that of the Bose Wave Radio, but the
Soundworks' AM radio is weak. One day I will get a
Terk AM Advantage antenna for it.
I, of course, have no affiliation with Cambridge
Soundworks, or Terk for that matter.
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:39:09 -0400
From: "Ivan G. Shreve, Jr." <iscreve@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jack French and Private Eyelashes
If the Digest will so indulge me, I'd like to throw in my two cents with a
review of Jack French's outstanding new book, PRIVATE EYELASHES, as well.
I finally got an opportunity to sit down with it last night and enjoy it in
more detail, as opposed to some earlier "skimming." It is one heck of a
page-turning read, meticulously detailed and infused with a sly,
tongue-in-cheek sense of humor (nothing turns me off more than a dry, dusty,
academic work, I can assure you). If you haven't snatched up a copy of this
book yet-and we have now heard that it was the hit of Cincy, "selling like
wildcakes," as Ed Gardner once remarked on a DUFFY'S TAVERN episode-then the
best thing for you to do would be to remain anonymous because I'm not above
resorting to public shaming. (And I will, too!)
The book is dedicated to his lovely wife Cathy, but Jack also thanks the
various old-time radio historians/researchers who have devoted tireless
effort to providing both modern-day and future OTR fans with the rich,
detailed history of Radio's Golden Age. (Among those mentioned: John
Dunning, Jim Cox, Elizabeth McLeod, Jay Hickerson, Martin Grams, Jr. Thomas
DeLong, Jim Harmon and Stewart Wright.) I would also lift a glass to these
fine people as well; many of which have written books and articles that
occupy essential space on shelves in my old-time radio library. (Let's face
it, without their contributions-my blog would pretty much be a big honkin'
blank area, with a sign reading "Space For Rent.") Their work is the "nerve
center" of old-time radio, and without them someone would be forced to pull
the plug on its life-support system.
In e-mail correspondence, Martin Grams, Jr. once related an experience he
had at one of the OTR conventions in which a couple of individuals came by
his table, picked up his book on INNER SANCTUM, thumbed through it and then
dismissed it with "all I need is an episode guide and I can get that off the
web." In my opinion, that is very, VERY wrong-for me, learning about the
history of these great programs provides the necessary fuel for my lifelong
passion of The Hobby; it should, then, come as no surprise that whenever
someone publishes a book that traces the origins and background of these
series that I feast on it voraciously like buzzards on carrion.
So order a copy, already! Otherwise, the people I mentioned earlier just
might stop writing--and that would just make me cranky. :-)
Ivan
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OTR Ramblings and Musings at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear:
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:39:39 -0400
From: "Tom van der Voort" <evan@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radiogoldindex
Gerry Wright's mention of Dave Goldin's website as a valuable tool for
tracking down detailed information on OTR shows bears repeating. Because
Goldin has more than 80,000 shows in his data base, it can be used as a de
facto radio log source in the absence of a more comprehensive effort. I
understand that the site received over 130,000 hits in the month of March
alone, so obviously the word is getting out.
Tom van der Voort
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:00:47 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-21 births/deaths
April 21st births
04-21-1898 - King Calder - MD - d. 6-28-1964
actor: James Anderson "Second Mrs. Burton"; Will Stevenson "Barry Cameron"
04-21-1905 - Ted Osborne - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 2-12-1987
actor: Dr. Carough "Dr. Kildare"; Professor Whiz the Owl "Cinnamon Bear"
04-21-1907 - Beatrice Kay - The Bronx, NY - d. 11-8-1986
singer: "Gaslight Gayeties"; "Beatrice Kay Show"
04-21-1911 - Leonard Warren - The Bronx, NY - d. 3-4-1960
singer: "Voice of Firestone"; "Telephone Hour"
04-21-1915 - Anthony Quinn - Chihauha, Mexico - d. 6-3-2001
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Your Radio Theatre"
04-21-1919 - Don Cornell - NYC - d. 2-23-2004
singer: "Sammy Kaye's Sunday Serenade"; "Fountain of Fun"
04-21-1932 - Elaine May - Philadelphia, PA
comedienne: "Mike Nicholes and Elaine May"; "Monitor"
April 21st deaths
01-02-1904 - James Melton - Moultrie, GA - d. 4-21-1961
singer" "Palmolive Hour"; "Telephone Hour"; "Harvest of Stars"
02-21-1933 - Nina Simone - Tyron, NC - d. 4-21-2003
singer: "Voices of Vista"
03-03-1890 - Edmund Lowe - San Jose, CA - d. 4-21-1971
actor: Sergeant Quirt "Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt"
05-03-1902 - Walter Slezak - Vienna, Austria - d. 4-21-1983
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Best Plays"; "Studio One"; "Columbia Workshop"
06-09-1890 - Leslie Banks - West Derby, England - d. 4-21-1952
actress: "Theatre of Romance"
08-13-1904 - Charles "Buddy" Rogers - Olathe, KS - d. 4-21-1999
bandleader, actor: (America's Boyfriend) "Twin Stars"; "Pick-A-Date"
08-21-1908 - Bob Jellison - IA - d. 4-21-1980
actor: Oswald Ching "Story of Mary Marlin"; Buster Gunn "Great Gunns"
08-29-1906 - Joe Sawyer - Guelph, Canada - d. 4-21-1982
actor: Sergant 'Biff' O'Hara "Rin-Tin-Tin"
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Ron Sayles
For a complete list:
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:49:33 -0400
From: Gsgreger@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Harry Babbitt
Thanks to Rich Pratz for the report of singer Harry Babbitt's April 9 death
in issue 137. April 9th just happened to be my 62nd birthday.
I fondly remember Harry Babbitt's fifteen minute musical show, "The Second
Cup of Coffee Club," playing on mom's kitchen radio in Portland, Oregon every
morning before I left for school during much of the 1950's. The show was
broadcast from 7:45 to 8:00 and I think it originated at KNX, Los Angeles. I
can still hear the announcer: "It's the Second Cup of Coffee Club, with Harry
Babbitt, Billy Wardell, Art Wenzel and me, I'm Johnny Jacobs." Wardell
harmonized the vocals, Wenzel played the accordion and, of course, Jacobs was
the announcer. Try as I might, I can't recall all of Babbitt's catchy theme
song, but it began like this: "A cup of coffee a second with you, we'll be
together we'll never be blue."
Ah, the memories.
Gordon Gregersen
La Grande, Oregon
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