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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 301
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Tom Mix tradition [ Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@erols ]
This week in radio history 2-8 Octob [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Exclusivity of Call Letters [ "Arthur Funk" <art-funk@[removed]; ]
Jack Kerouac and THE SHADOW (on topi [ Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@earthlin ]
Jack Benny in Baghdad [via email] [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
Lifebuoy Soap in Iraq. [ "Richard Langham" <mrlifebuoy@hotma ]
10-2 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Re: the CBS "bong" [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
Kerouac and radio [ <whhsa@[removed]; ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed] ]
OTR Wedding Bells [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 21:27:25 -0400
From: Jack & Cathy French <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Tom Mix tradition
It's difficult to imagine the continued interest in Tom Mix (the movie
star) and the Ralston Straight Shooter program that kept his name on
air for over 17 years.
If you use Google or Yahoo to search Tom+Mix+Radio, one of the first
hits you'll get is an article I wrote on that radio series several
years ago, but it still contains my current email address. So not a
week goes by that I do not get one or two unsolicited emails from
strangers somewhere in the 50 states, asking me a Tom Mix question.
The most repeated ones concern the name of his horse (Tony), his
side-kick (Old Wrangler in the early days, Sheriff Mike Shaw in latter
shows) and where to get copies of the programs (contact Jim Harmon at
<jimharmonotr@[removed];)
But by far, the most common question is: What are the words to the
commercial sung at beginning of the program? To that, there is no one
answer since the show was on the air so long and the words varied over
the years. After the introduction of Shredded Ralston, this cereal was
sung about during warmer months, while Instant or "Hot" Ralston was
extolled during the colder months. Of course, the commercial was always
sung to the tune of "When the Bloom is on the Sage" (When It's Round-Up
Time in Texas.)
So for those of you who would like to serenade your special some one
across the breakfast table tomorrow, here's one popular version of
Ralston's singing commercial:
When it's Ralston time at breakfast
Then it surely is a treat
To have some rich full flavored Ralston
Made of golden western wheat!
Wrangler says it is deeeelicious
And you'll find 'fore you're through
With lots of cream
It sure tastes keen.
It's tops for breakfast too!
Ask your mother in the morning
Serve you up a steaming plate
It's a grand hot whole-wheat cereal
And the cowboys think it's great!
Once you try it,
You'll stand by it.
Tom Mix says it's swell to eat.
Jane and Jimmy too (Or "Take a tip from Tom")
Say it's best for you (Or "Go and tell your mom")
Ralston Cereal can't be beat!
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 21:45:30 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 2-8 October
From Those Were The Days --
10/3
1901 - The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated on this day.
After a merger with Radio Corporation of America, RCA-Victor became the
leader in phonographs and many of the records played on them. The famous
Victrola phonograph logo, with Nipper the dog, and the words "His
Master's Voice", appeared on all RCA-Victor phonographs and record labels.
1946 - Dennis Day started his own show on NBC. Dennis, a popular tenor
featured on The Jack Benny Show, played the same (type) naive young
bachelor he played on the Benny show. A Day in the Life of Dennis Day
aired for five years.
10/4
1948 - Gordon MacRae hosted the premiere of a radio classic. The
Railroad Hour debuted on ABC. The theme song was I've Been Working on
the Railroad and the show was sponsored by -- get ready -- America's
Railroads.
10/5
1930 - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra was first heard on the air
over CBS from Carnegie Hall. The Sunday afternoon concerts set CBS back
$15,000. Not per week, but for the entire season!
1930 - This was a big day for CBS. Following the orchestra broadcast
(above), Father Coughlin, The Fighting Priest was first heard on network
radio. He lit up the airwaves with oratory that aired into the early
forties. He was first heard on WJR Detroit in 1926.
1934 - The first major network radio show to originate from Hollywood
aired on this day. Hollywood Hotel was heard on CBS and was heavily
promoted as being the first to broadcast from the West Coast of the [removed]
1947 - A small Northern California company got a major boost from Bing
Crosby. The first show recorded on tape was broadcast on ABC. 'Der
Bingle' was so popular, that his taped show promoted wide distribution
of the new magnetic tape recorders that would become broadcast classics
-- the venerable Ampex 200.
1952 - After an 11-year run, Inner Sanctum, the legendary mystery
series, was heard for the final time. We'll never know if they oiled
that squeaky [removed] (Of course there is the story of a staffer who did
actually oil the door before one [removed] ed)
10/6
1937 - Hobby Lobby debuted on CBS. The host was the dean of American
hobbyists, Dave Elman. The show's theme was The Best Things in Life are
Free. Sponsors included Fels Naptha soap, Hudson paper products and
Colgate Dental Creme.
10/7
1922 - The first radio network -- of sorts -- debuted. It was a network
of just two stations. WJZ in Newark, NJ teamed with WGY in Schenectady,
NY to bring the World Series game direct from the Polo Grounds in New
York. Columnist Grantland Rice was behind the microphone for that broadcast.
1939 - Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy was heard for the first time on CBS
radio. Tom Hopkins, Kate's husband, was played by eventual Beat the
Clock host Clayton 'Bud' Collyer. The 15-minute radio drama was written
by Chester McCraken and Gertrude Berg (writer and Emmy Award-winning
actress of The Goldbergs, a popular radio and TV series in the 1940s &
1950s). The announcer for the four-year run of Angel of Mercy was Ralph
Edwards of future This is Your Life fame. And the sponsor was Maxwell
House of coffee fame.
1940 - Portia Faces Life debuted on the NBC Red network. This radio soap
opera centered around the life of Portia Blake Manning, an attorney and
a widow with a young son. Portia Faces Life was extremely popular, and
therefore, had many sponsors -- none of which were soap. The sponsors
included Post Toasties, Grape Nuts Flakes, Grape Nuts Wheat Meal,
Maxwell House coffee, Jell-O desserts and La France bleach.
10/8
1935 - The O'Neills debuted on CBS. The theme song, Londonderry Air,
opened the 15-minute soap opera. The O'Neills aired Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 7:30 [removed] In 1936 it moved to daytime where it stayed
until 1943 on NBC's Red and Blue networks and on CBS, too. One of
radio's original soaps, it was sponsored appropriately by Silver Dust,
Ivory soap and Ivory soap flakes.
1935 - Wedding bells pealed for a singer and a bandleader who tied the
knot, making radio history together. The bandleader was Ozzie Nelson and
the singer was Harriet Hilliard. They would make the history pages again
on this very day -- nine years later.
1944 - The first broadcast of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet was
heard on the CBS network.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:53:27 -0400
From: "Arthur Funk" <art-funk@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Exclusivity of Call Letters
Please permit a brief off-topic question. WFLA 970 AM radio is one of the
oldest stations in Tampa and I listen to it occasionally while driving. The
other day I was scanning on my car radio and came across another WFLA AM 540
in (if I recall correctly) Orlando. I always thought call letters were
exclusive to one station in one market on AM and one on FM. Out of
curiosity I googled tonight for WFLA radio and found reference to yet
another WFLA in Tallahassee. How can it be that there are duplicate call
letters in multiple markets? I know some on this list are in the radio
business and can perhaps reply to me off-list. Thanks.
Art Funk
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:41:28 -0400
From: Anthony Tollin <sanctumotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jack Kerouac and THE SHADOW (on topic)
Jack Kerouac's third novel, DOCTOR SAX, grew out of his childhood love for
THE SHADOW MAGAZINE and Walter Gibson's novels. (As I recall, Kerouac does
mention the radio series, but expresses a definite preference for Gibson's
pulp crimebuster.) The title character of Doctor Sax, black-cloaked and
slouch-hatted, is himself an homage to The Shadow.
BTW, there was an audio book of DOCTOR SAX released a couple years ago, but
it's actually a reading of Kerouac's unfilmed DOCTOR SAX screenplay. I
found it disappointing because they insisted on reading Kerouac's staging
notes and sound effects rather than adapting them to the audio medium and
actually performing them. Apparently, someone was determined not to delete
a single word written by the great Beat author, even if it was just stage
notes. I wish they had dared convert the screenplay into a true audio play
or radio show.
Jack Kerouac also paid tribute to The Shadow and, I believe, Old-Time-Radio
in a 1959 PLAYBOY article titled "Origins of the Beat Generation."
--Anthony Tollin (who years ago in the Orient learned a strange and
mysterious secret ,,,)
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:11:31 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Jack Benny in Baghdad [via email]
In addition to Ken Meyer's "Operation: A Bit of Home" suggestions about
sending OTR CD discs to the [removed]
I don't know the specs of our soldiers' email connections in Iraq, but I'm
thinking that at least some of them have high-speed access, with CD-burning
capabilities. I wonder if we could send some OTR programs as MP3 file
"attachments" with emails to troops' email addresses. Then the recipients
could forward the files via email to other units, and/or burn the OTR
programs to CDs for other troops to hear.
Coments/suggestions/criticisms?
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:12:17 -0400
From: "Richard Langham" <mrlifebuoy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Lifebuoy Soap in Iraq.
Subject: Lifebuoy Soap in Iraq
After reading the message from Mr. Meyer dated 30 September 2005 in the
Digest about some items needed by the US troops in Iraq, I contacted him and
offered to send some of the Original Red Lifebuoy (spelt BUOY not
BOUY ) soap.
(NOT the Coral or Classic Scent versions )
I have 2 sizes the 85g ([removed] approx) and the 25g (convenience / sports )
size, which is about one third larger than normal hotel soap. (These can be
seen on my web site [removed] )
Conrad Binyon (1st October 2005 ) also mentioned that Lifebuoy Soap use to
be available from your PX stores too.
As I am sole supplier of The Original Red Lifebuoy Soap to the UK and USA
now, and I am not supplying the PX stores, this will be the only way to get
Red Lifebuoy Soap out there.
Those of you who know The Original Red Lifebuoy Soap will know it is ideal
for a climate such as they have in Iraq.
Mr. Meyer has kindly accepted my offer to send a small supply there.
I need to know how (and the cheapest way) to send this shipment from
London.
I expect Mr. Meyer will have an address I can send it to.
I will send what I can or if anyone has family serving in Iraq and would
like a personal small soap shipment to them from me, please e-mail me with
full details at: richard@[removed]
Kind regards,
Richard Langham
(30 years at Abbey Road Studios - Friend of the stars !!!)
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:12:26 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 10-2 births/deaths
October 2nd births
10-02-1890 - Groucho Marx - New York, NY - d. 8-19-1977
comedian: "Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel"; "Blue Ribbon Town"; "You Bet Your
Life"
10-02-1893 - Roy Shield - Waseca, MN - d. 1-9-1962
conductor: "Design for Listening"; "RCA Victor Show"; "Eternal Light"
10-02-1896 - Bob Burns - Van Buren, AR - d. 2-2-1956
comedian: (The Arkansas Traveler) "Kraft Music Hall"; "Bob Burns Show"
10-02-1897 - Jess Kirkpatrick - Illinois - d. 8-9-1976
actor: Harry Henderson "Beulah"
10-02-1898 - Bud Abbott - Asbury Park, NJ - d. 4-24-1974
comedian: "Abbott and Costello Show"
10-02-1900 - Barton Yarborough - Goldthwaite, TX - d. 12-19-1951
actor: Ben Romero "Dragnet"; Doc Long "I Love A Mystery/Adventure"
10-02-1900 - Cecil Roy - St. Paul, MN - d. 1-26-1995
actress: (Girl of a Thousand Voices) Junior Fitz "Ma Perkins"
10-02-1904 - Graham Greene - Berkhampstead, England - d. 4-3-1991
writer: "Lives of Harry Lime"; "Studio One"; "NBC University Theatre"
10-02-1909 - Alexander Raymond - New Rochelle - d. 9-6-1956
cartoonist: Created Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim
10-02-1911 - Jack Finney - Milwaukee, WI - d. 11-14-1995
writer: "Cloud Nine"
10-02-1914 - Charles Drake - Bayside, New York City, NY - d. 9-10-1994
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Screen Director's Playhouse"
10-02-1915 - Chubby Wise - Lake City, FL - d. 1-6-1996
musician: "Town and Country Time"
10-02-1934 - Peggy Joan Moylan - Sag Harbor, NY
singer: (The Moylan Sisters, Angels of the Airwaves) "Moylan Sisters"
October 2nd deaths
02-10-1913 - James Monks - d. 10-2-1994
actor: Jim Brandon "The Avenger" I. A. Moto "Mr. I. A. Moto"
02-26-1906 - Madeleine Carroll - West Bromwich, England - d. 10-2-1987
actress: "The Circle"; "NBC Radio Theatre"; "Stage Door Canteen"
03-01-1904 - Paul Hartman - d. 10-2-1973
actor: "Tony Awards"
03-28-1912 - Frank Lovejoy - The Bronx, NY - d. 10-2-1962
actor: Randy 'Lucky' Stone "Nightbeat"; Bill Weigand "Mr. and Mrs. North"
06-11-1920 - Hazel Scott - Port of Spain, Trinidad (Raised: [removed]) - d.
10-2-1981
singer, pianist: "Free World Theatre"; "New World A-Coming"
07-14-1912 - Woody Guthrie - Okemah, OK - d. 10-2-1967
songwriter, singer: "Pursuit of Happiness"
07-18-1909 - Harriet Nelson - Des Moines, IA - d. 10-2-1994
actress: Daisy June "Red Skelton Show"; "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
09-29-1907 - Gene Autry - Tioga, TX - d. 10-2-1998
singer, actor: "National Barn Dance"; "Melody Ranch"
11-17-1925 - Rock Hudson - Winnetka, IL - d. 10-2-1985
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 11:05:10 -0400
From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: the CBS "bong"
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In a message dated 9/30/05 10:19:06 PM Central Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:
but the BONG goes back to the 40's. I heard it on cassette tapes of
Kate Smith Speaks and Arthur Godfrey Time.
I've heard it at least once each on "My Favorite Husband" and "Escape."
Dixon
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 15:39:28 -0400
From: <whhsa@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Kerouac and radio
Dear Folks;
Peace.
I was interested with the remarks concerning Jack Kerouac. I was stationed
in New Jersey in the early 60s and often did leave time in New York City,
where the "beats" were the new wave. Early-on I was fascinated with Kerouac'
s lyrical writing demonstrated in his second novel, On The Road, however my
favorite was Doctor Sax. In Doctor Sax there is a character very much like
The Shadow. Recently Kerouac's movie script of Doctor Sax and The Great
World Snake was released on 2 cds with the script in book form. This book
movie was recorded emulating a radio play with the music used as both
background and sound effects. If you liked Kerouac you will like this, but
as OTR it is not! Kerouac was very much into the immersed in the culture
icons of his time - [removed] pulp magazines, radio and jazz were included in his
work.
Bill
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 15:39:44 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <Jerry@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you may
listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio
Theater," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The Glowing
Dial," Lee Michael's "The RADIO Show" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."
Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
Aviation On The Radio
AIR STORIES OF THE WORLD WAR
Episode 1 7-19-32 "Ace Without a Country"
HOWIE WING, A SAGA OF AVIATION
Episode 77 1938 "Getting Serum To Randolph Field"
This is a series for which, up until now, all episodes were thought to be
lost. Thanks to Kathy Hammel finding these "lost" shows, you may now hear
what no one else has in nearly 70 years. That's Kathy in the picture to the
left.
ANN OF THE AIR LANES
Episode 7 1936
SPEED GIBSON OF THE INTERNATIONAL SECRET POLICE
Episode 7 1936
HOP HARRIGAN
Episode 1294 09-18-47 "Chris Can't Swim"
SKY KING
6-30-47 "Prince Aron-Sibi"
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT
Episode 170 10-20-39 "The Perada Treasure" Chapter 4
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
COMMAND PERFORMANCE
4/7/42 with hostess: Betty Grable - Starring Jack Benny, Harry James and
his Orch., Judy Canova.
THE DANNY KAYE SHOW
CBS 3/1/46 with Danny's special guests: Orson Welles, Georgia Gibbs.
"The Wife of O'Reilly"
EASY ACES
(Undated - ? 1943) Jane Ace stars in an episode called "Giving A Bridge
Lesson" featuring Teddy Bergman/Alan Reed (Fred Flintstone) Written by
Goodman Ace who also wrote the Kaye show.
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Suspense - "The Butcher's Wife"
originally aired February 9, 1950 on CBS
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Harlow Wilcox announcing.
Sponsor: Autolite
Special Note: Audio restoration on "Suspense" was done by Jerry Haendiges.
Click here to take advantage of his audio restoration services.
I Was a Communist for the [removed] - "The Red Octopus"
originally aired June 10, 1953 via Frederick Ziv Syndication
Starring: Dana Andrews.
Sponsor: varied according to market
My Friend Irma - "The Lonely Hearts Club"
originally aired January 26, 1948 on CBS
Starring: Marie Wilson, Cathy Lewis, John Brown, Hans Conreid, Gloria
Gordon, Bea Benadaret, Frank Bingman announcing.
Sponsor: Lever Brothers (Swan Soap)
Special Note: Audio restoration on "My Friend Irma" was done by Jerry
Haendiges.
Click here to take advantage of his audio restoration services.
Our Miss Brooks- "The Wishing Well Dance"
originally aired June 12, 1949 on CBS
Starring: Eve Arden, Jane Morgan, Richard Crenna, Jeff Chandler, Leonard
Smith, Gloria McMillan, Gale Gordon, Bob LeMond announcing.
Sponsors: Palmolive Soap, Lustre Creme Shampoo
Special Note: Audio restoration on "Our Miss Brooks" was done by Jerry
Haendiges.
Click here to take advantage of his audio restoration services.
The Great Gildersleeve - "Studying For Advancement"
originally aired October 22, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Harold Peary, Walter Tetley, Louise Erickson, Lillian Randolph,
Earle Ross, Richard LeGrand, Pauline Drake, Willis Bouchey, John Wald
announcing.
Sponsor: Kraft Foods
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The RADIO Show
The Adventures of Superman
"The Super Sleuth" Ep. #1016 (Pt 1 of 8)
Starring Clayton "Bud" Collyer, Julian Noa, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck
(narrator), Dan McCullough (announcer). Mutual Broadcasting System, July 22,
1946, sponsored by Kellogg's Pep.
2005 RHOF Pioneer Nominee: "The Great Gildersleeve"
Starring Hal Peary, Earle Ross, Lurene Tuttle, Lillian Randolph, Walter
Tetley. NBC, May 21, 1942, sponsored by Kraft Foods.
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If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.
Jerry Haendiges
Jerry@[removed] 562-696-4387
The Vintage Radio Place [removed]
Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net
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Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 15:40:13 -0400
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR Wedding Bells
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Hi Gang:
Many of you subscribers already might know this by now, but I'd like to
congratulate the Digest's own Martin Grams Jr on his recent nuptials. Martin &
Michelle were married this past 15th September and have since adopted two
small kittens.
I rode out to the Cincinnati OTR convention with Marty this past April when he
told me about his upcoming wedding. I told him that the gang there would want
to celebrate this news by saying "Knowing Rodney [Bowcock], he'll want to
stage a bachelor party in your honour." Martin begged off and swore me to
secrecy as he only wanted a handful of folks to know.
My reaction? It was just as well. Being that we're all OTR fans, we might be
required to use the "theatre ofi magaination"
and envision a hired girl popping out of a cake. Where would the fun be in
that!
Congrats, Martin & Michelle,and continued publishing & nostalgia-convention
success all around!
Your pal in the ether,
Derek Tague
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