Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #126
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Date: 4/8/2004 6:59 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 126
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Cincinnati Opportunity                [ allherenow@[removed] ]
  Very Wild Bill                        [ Richard Carpenter <sinatra@ragingbu ]
  Just Plain Bill                       [ "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@charter. ]
  OTR Programs Depicting Life in Colon  [ "robert kayer" <rkayer@[removed]; ]
  Wayne & Shuster                       [ Mark Reesor <mrees@[removed]; ]
  Sponsored by Kolynos                  [ "Paul M. Thompson" <beachcomber@com ]
  4-9 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Dr. Who?                              [ seandd@[removed] ]
  Jack Benny questions                  [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]

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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 21:26:40 -0400
From: allherenow@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Cincinnati Opportunity

About a year ago there was a discussion of storage devices for OTR cassettes.
I have a limited number of wooden crate type boxes with separate sections to
hold a total of 100 cassettes. These can be hung on a wall or stood upright
on a flat surface.   Since I now store my cassettes in antique library card
catalogues, I no longer have use for these wooden boxes.  I will be driving
to Cincinnati and if anyone would like to purchase one or more of these for a
nominal price (some are new and not even out of the boxes) please contact me
offline.

Tom K if you are still interested and coming to Cincinnati let me know.

Lennell H-M

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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 21:38:57 -0400
From: Richard Carpenter <sinatra@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Very Wild Bill
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Those who have been posting items about Wild Bill Hickcock may be interested
to know that he is on TV again -- on HBO's new series "Deadwood." But be
warned: This is not your father's Wild Bill Hickcock. This guy drinks and
gambles and swears -- my how he swears!

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Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:23:17 -0400
From: "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Just Plain Bill
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"Just Plain Bill" was the series featuring Bill, the barber (the original name
of the series was "Bill the Barber" -- at least, in the planning stage) and
his daughter Nancy and her husband, David, in the premium from Kolynos tooth
paste.  There are a number of reference works for further details.
    Jim Harmon

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 00:16:44 -0400
From: "robert kayer" <rkayer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTR Programs Depicting Life in Colonial
 America

Quite a few members of my local Historical Society are OTR fans. A number of
us will soon be participating in a reading/discussion group focusing on the
French/Indian War, which, of course, took place in colonial America.

I would like to request the assistance of our esteemed group in answering a
question that was recently presented to me; are there any OTR programs
available, fictional stories or in documentary form. that would illustrate
what life was like in colonial [removed] I would guess that some episodes of
"Cavalcade of America" might be a possibility, though I don't know if this is
true. Any suggestions or recommendations as to how we might locate/obtain a
few programs to add an interesting new dimension to our discussions would be
greatly appreciated.

[removed] Last year we used episodes from 'Mr President' supplementing the
discussions of books on Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt. Not only
interesting, but resulted in a few new OTR fans, as well.

Thanks.

Robert Kayer

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 00:33:47 -0400
From: Mark Reesor <mrees@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Wayne & Shuster

Sorry, I'm a little behind in my Digest reading! Jim Widner mentioned
one of my favorite W&S sketches 'I was a TV addict' ("the story of a
man's fight against the demon TV - based on the best selling novel 'I
was a pusher for General Electric'") but he had the antidote wrong; the
substitute he found for TV was rock and roll. This sketch had some great
lines; my favorites: "I've got a 21" Philco on my back;" "hey mister,
can I have 15 cents? 15 cents? Coffees only a dime. Who wants coffee - I
want to buy a TV Guide!" and "then the room began to swim with the
strangest creatures - mice, rabbits, ducks, squirrels - and then the
awful truth dawned on me, I was having Disney spells!"

Mark Reesor

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 04:27:31 -0400
From: "Paul M. Thompson" <beachcomber@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Sponsored by Kolynos

Bruce Whitehill (thru Jay Hickerson) inquired:

I have a jigsaw puzzle that was a Kolynos advertising premium
that pictures Bill & Nancy with (son?) David in a barbershop or
pharmacy, but does not identify the program.

That would be the long running and very popular soap opera
Just Plain Bill. The main character was Bill Davidson who ran
a barber shop in the fictional small town of Hartville. Nancy was
his daughter.

A pharmaceutical company by the name of Whitehall Pharmacal
sponsored the program with Kolynos toothpaste being the key
product featured.

Paul Thompson

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:57:46 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-9 births/deaths

April 9th births

04-09-1894 - Mary Pickford - Toronto, Canada - d. 5-29-1979
actress: "Mary Pickford Dramas"; "Parties at Pickfair"
04-09-1897 - John B. Gambling - Norwich, England - d. 11-21-1974
host: "Your Personal Program"; "John B. Gambling Club"
04-09-1898 - Paul Robeson - Princeton, NJ - d. 1-23-1976
singer: "Pursuit of Happiness"
04-09-1900 - Allen Jenkins - NYC - d. 7-20-1974
actor: "Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-09-1903 - Ward Bond - Denver, CO - d. 11-5-1960
actor: "Screen Director's Playhouse"
04-09-1911 - Jim Bannon - Kansas City, MO - d. 7-28-1984
announcer, narrator: "Joe Penner Show"; "Eddie Bracken Show"
04-09-1921 - Frankie Thomas - NYC
actor: Tom Corbett "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"

April 9th deaths

02-17-1908 - Staats Cotsworth - Oak Park, IL - d. 4-9-1979
actor: David Farrell "Front Page Farrell"; Mark Trail "Mark Trail"
05-28-1902 - "Little" Jack Little - London, England - d. 4-9-1956
singer: (Cheerful Little Earful) "Little Jack Little Show"
06-30-1896 - Wilfred Pelletier - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-9-1982
conductor: "Roses and Drums"; "Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air"
11-12-1911 - Clay Bryant - Madison Heights, VA - d. 4-9-1999
baseball analyst: "Baseball with Clay Bryant"
--
Ron Sayles
For a complete list:
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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:15:42 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Dr. Who?

Here's an article on Dr. Who that mentions the long-running audio version of
the program.  It's NTR but since Charlie likes SF he'll probably let it post.

:)

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

DOCTOR Who and the Fandom of Fear
Reason Online - USA
... new Doctor Who novels, comics, animated webcasts, and even old-time-radio
style audio ... programs that, rather than starring themselves or their
friends as the ...
<[removed];

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 20:49:04 -0400
From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Jack Benny questions

A member of another OTR group posted the following questions about running
jokes on the Jack Benny show. [see below]

I wonder if Laura Leff can help.  I know that 'Greenberg on Third' was at
least for one time the password to Jack's vault.    I also recall that when
Jack was tuning in the World Series on the radio he thought he had finally
found the station but when the announcer said 'Greenberg on Third' he
realized it was the previous year's series.  I too am curious as to its
origin.
-Irene

<<If there are any Jack Benny experts out there, I have a question.

I have been listening to a lot of Jack Benny shows lately. It is my
favorite comedy show, running a bit ahead of the Great Gildersleeve.
Anyway, one of the parts of the Benny show that I really like is the
running gags that went for years, never failing to get a laugh from
the audience.

There are two of the running gags from shows in the mid to late
40's that I either do not have or have yet to hear their origins.
The first is when Jack or someone will be tuning the radio and come
to a commercial for `Sympathy Soothing Syrup' being read by
Frank Nelson and with the word `sympathy' being drawn out and
overly emphasized. Jack will react and the audience will howl. It
could be that the audience is just reacting to Nelson's reading
coupled with Jack's visual, but I suspect that there is more that
I am missing.

The second running gag is a repeated reference to "Greenberg on
third."  I presume that Greenberg is Hank Greenberg, who was an
all-star baseball player in those years but other than that, nothing
clicks with me.

If there is someone out there who can fill in the background, I'd
appreciate [removed];>

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