Subject: [removed] Digest V2007 #113
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 4/11/2007 4:18 PM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 113
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Cisco Kid                             [ Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed] ]
  [removed] And ARCHIE               [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
  Tom Potter                            [ "david rogers" <david_rogers@hotmai ]
  Pabst-ett                             [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
  ABS                                   [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]
  4-11 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Gotham Radio Players present NICK CA  [ StevenL751@[removed] ]
  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
  Morro Castle                          [ James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed] ]
  Bloopers to be presented on Canadian  [ "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@[removed] ]
  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Nig  [ "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:49:47 -0400
From: Melanie Aultman <otrmelanie@[removed];
To: OTRDIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Cisco Kid
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Would someone please enlighten me as to why the introduction to the TV Cisco
Kid says something about O'Henry's Robin Hood?

  thanks,
  Melanie

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:50:45 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  [removed]  And ARCHIE

The fellas who ran Filmation, Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer, were
terrifically nice, decent people.

Even at the height of their company's network success, in the late '70s,
I can remember being surprised, when visiting them, that these two
studio honchos SHARED an office.  (It was a large office, mind you, but
[removed])

They were already supplying several hours of programming for the
networks, and had just completed a deal for the FLASH GORDON animated
movie (that led to the series), which ran on NBC.

But there's a mystery that's never quite been cleared up:

Bob Hastings had worked with Filmation within the last couple of years,
on the aforementioned SUPERBOY, but was not asked, obviously, to supply
the voice of [removed]

I asked Bob at one of the OTRs in the early '90s, and he seemed unsure
as to the reason, as well!

Jim Burns

PS:  It was in that same conversation that Bob revealed a fascinating
BATMAN nugget, about the sensational, syndicated Warners 1992 cartoon
series. Mark Hamill did a terrific job as the Joker, but press
announcements originally heralded Tim Curry in the role.  Bob said he
recorded at least a couple of episodes, with the Brit.    So, somewhere,
perhaps sitting in a vault, are at least a few performances, of Curry,
as the Clown Prince of [removed]

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:41:59 -0400
From: "david rogers" <david_rogers@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Tom Potter
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   This may have been commented on but I can't remember it.

   I have been reading the first of the Tom Corbett books and it struck
   me how similar he is to Harry Potter.  It struck me more than the
   radio show.  Three friends go away to school, how they fight and then
   get on together.  They play mercuryball etc.
   Is it just me or does anyone else see a connection?
   Love as always, David Rogers

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:42:26 -0400
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Pabst-ett

Sometime back we had a discussion about Pabst-ett, which was one of the
sponsors of The Great Gildersleeve.  I'm not sure it was ever resolved.

Recently I was listening to a Gildersleeve episode and again became curious
about just what that product was.  So, I e-mailed the Kraft company and got
this reply:

"Pabst-ett was a type of process cheese and was originally a part of the
Phenix Cheese Company. Phenix Cheese Company and Kraft Cheese Company merged
in 1928 and so Pabst-ett cheese became a part of Kraft with that merger.
Pabst-ett process cheese was on the market into the 1960s when it was
discontinued. I hope that this information is helpful."

So, there you have it.  Right from the horses, err, the cows, umm, well
right from the company.

Ted

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:42:34 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: <[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" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in high-quality audio,
on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
[removed]
=======================================

SAME TIME, SAME STATION

Happy Easter!

THE BING CROSBY SHOW
Episode 26    4-2-53    Guests: Rosemary Clooney, Joe Venuti
CBS GENERAL ELECTRIC
Thursdays 9:30 - 10:00
HOST: Bing Crosby
ANNOUNCER: Ken Carpenter
MUSIC: John Scott Trotter Orchestra, Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
PRODUCERS: Bill Morrow, Murdo McKenzie

THE ALAN YOUNG SHOW
Episode 25    4-4-47   "Buying Stock"
NBC BRISTOL MYERS
Fridays 8:30 - 9:00pm
STARS: Jean Gillespie, Ed Begley, Jim Backus, Diane Courtney

GREAT PLAYS
Episode 83    4-13-41    "The Servant In The House"
Stage play by Charles Rann Kennedy

==================================

HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

NIGHTBEAT
NBC    5/25/51    "Fear"
stars Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone.

THE RED SKELTON SHOW with RED SKELTON
CBS    6/3/51    "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

RADIO PREVIEWS THE MOVIES
1934 - Warner Brothers present RKO - 1934    "The Gay Divorcee"
stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Betty Grable.

====================================

THE GLOWING DIAL

   The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - "The April Fool's Day Adventure"
originally aired April 1, 1946 on MUTUAL
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Harry Bartell announcing.
Sponsor: Petri Wines

Bob Hope Show - "Eddie Cantor"
from El Monte High School in El Monte, California
originally aired April 1, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, Barbara Jo Allen (Vera Vague), Trudy
Erwin, Desi Arnaz & His Orchestra, Eddie Cantor, Wendall Niles announcing.
Sponsor: Pepsodent

Boston Blackie - "The Wayward Bus Driver"
originally aired April 1, 1947 in SYNDICATION
Starring: Richard Kollmar.
Sponsor: varied according to market

My Favorite Husband - "April Fool's Day"
originally aired April 1, 1949 on CBS
Starring: Lucille Ball, Richard Denning, Ruth Perrott, Gale Gordon, Gerald
Mohr, Jack Edwards, Jerry Hausner, Bob Lemond announcing.
Sponsor: Jell-O

==================================

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: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:42:53 -0400
From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  ABS
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Hey, I seem to remember reading about the Amalgamated Broadcasting System
which Ed Wynn created and founded and poured a lot of money into.  Could this
be the ABS that is listed on the mike?  That network existed only for five
weeks in 1933, so maybe the date of the photograph is not correct?  Ed Wynn
poured his money and time into the project, starting with the owned WBNX (now
WADO) and personally losing $300,000 of his own money (in 1933 dollars)
before the financial loss and his absence took its toll on the company.  He
had envisioned 100 stations being affiliated with ABS but it never happened.
The competition was too great and there was too much to lose.  It was rumored
later on that Ed Wynn had a hand in founding 1130 WNEW (Ed Wynn) (now WBBR)
but that cannot be confirmed.

Andy Blatt

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:43:01 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-11 births/deaths

April 11th births

04-11-1880 - Bernardino Molinari - Rome, Italy - d. 12-25-1952
conductor: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"
04-11-1893 - Dean Acheson - Middletown, CT - d. 10-12-1971
[removed] secretary of state: "Building the Peace"; "The United Nations Today"
04-11-1893 - Lou Holtz - San Francisco, CA - d. 9-22-1980
comedian: "Fleischmann Hour"; "Kraft Music Hall"
04-11-1893 - Pat Flanagan - Clinton, IA - d. unknown
sportscaster, announcer: CBS Network, WBBM in Chicago
04-11-1902 - Quentin Reynolds - NYC - d. 3-17-1965
author: "Britain Speaks"; "Quentin Reynolds"; "Keep 'Em Rolling"
04-11-1904 - Paul McGrath - Chicago, IL - d. 4-13-1978
actor, host: Host "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; Robert Allison "My Son
Jeep"
04-11-1907 - Paul Douglas - Philadelphia, PA - d. 9-11-1959
announcer, sportscaster, actor: Lawyer Feldman "Meyer the Buyer"
04-11-1909 - Sylvia Picker - NYC - d. 9-25-1981
actor: Suzy "Box 13"
04-11-1910 - Jim Britt - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-31-1980
sports commentator: "Dateline Boston"
04-11-1911 - Bob Dixon - Stamford, CT - d. 8-22-1998
announcer: Edward R. Murrow: created the phrase "Listen to Murrow
tomorrow"
04-11-1911 - Robert Saudek - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 3-13-1997
television producer: Established the Museum of Television and Radio
04-11-1912 - John Larkin - Oakland, CA - d. 1-29-1965
actor: Perry Mason "Perry Mason"; "Dimension X; " Ford Theatre"
04-11-1921 - Dorothy Shay - Jacksonville, FL - d. 10-22-1978
singer: (Park Avenue Hillbilly) "The Spike Jones Show"
04-11-1921 - Toni Darnay - Chicago, IL - d. 1-5-1983
actor: Evelyn Winters "Strange Romance of Evelyn Winters"

April 11th deaths

01-31-1905 - John O'Hara - Pottsville, PA - d. 4-11-1970
author: "Information, Please"; "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
02-11-1908 - Hiram Sherman - Boston, MA - d. 4-11-1989
actor: "Les Miserables"; "Mercury Theatre on the Aie"
03-09-1920 - Jerry Byrd - Lima, OH - d. 4-11-2005
steel guitarist: "Country Music Time"; "March of Dimes"
03-24-1895 - Paul Specht - d. 4-11-1954
bandleader: Made very first broadcast of dance Music 9-20-1920 WWJ
Detroit
04-02-1878 - Leo Curley - NYC - d. 4-11-1960
actor: Ed Jackson "Backstage Wife"; Mike Shaw "Tom Mix"
05-08-1928 - John Bennett - London, England - d. 4-11-2005
actor: "John Bennett Programme"
05-11-1907 - Kent Taylor - Nashua, IA - d. 4-11-1987
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
06-15-1894 - Leo Cleary - Massachusetts - d. 4-11-1955
actor: Bailiff "His Honor, the Barber"
06-26-1907 - Ynez Seabury - Oregon - d. 4-11-1973
actor: Libby Collins "Lux Radio Theatre"
06-27-1905 - Sydney Mason - NYC - d. 4-11-1976
announcer, actor: "Famous Jury Trials"; "Johnny Presents"
08-03-1905 - Dolores Del Rio - Durango, Mexico - d. 4-11-1983
actor: "Hollywood on the Air"
09-29-1903 - Ted de Corsia - Brooklyn, NY - d. 4-11-1973
actor: Flip Corkin "Terry and the Pirates"; Dan McGarry "McGarry and
His Mouse"
10-23-1904 - Oliver Barbour - d. 4-11-1968
producer, director: "Life Can Be Beautiful"; "Parker Family"; "When a
Girl Marries"
11-27-1904 - Florence Lake - Charleston, SC - d. 4-11-1980
actor: (Sister of Arthur Lake) Tess Terwilliger "David Harum"
12-17-1903 - Erskine Caldwell - Morland, GA - d. 4-11-1987
playwright: "Information, Please"; "Short Story"
12-27-1900 - Pauline Alpert - d. 4-11-1988
"Whirlwind Pianist": "Log Cabin Inn"; "Rhythm and Rhyme"
xx-xx-1882 - Joseph King - d. 4-11-1951
announcer: "Mr. and Mrs. North"; "A Report to the Nation"

Ron Sayles

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:57:27 -0400
From: StevenL751@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Gotham Radio Players present NICK CARTER,
 MASTER DETECTIVE

The Gotham Radio Players are joining  with the makers of New Post War Old
Dutch Cleanser in bringing back to the  airwaves one of the most resourceful
and
daring characters in all detective  fiction, NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE.

Originally a character  from the pulp novels, NICK CARTER was one of the most
popular of the radio  detectives, on the air continuously from 1943 to 1955.
The coming Sunday  the Gotham Radio Players will be presenting a LIVE
recreation of one of Nick's  most exciting adventures, "The Case of the
Bloodstained
Alibi".  This lost  episode has not been heard since it's original broadcast
in 1948.

You can  hear us this Sunday on:

"The Golden Age of Radio"
Sunday, April  15
7:00 PM (Eastern)
WBAI, [removed] FM in the NYC area
Worldwide over the  Internet at [removed].

You will also be able to listen to an  archive of the broadcast at WBAI's
website for about 2 weeks  afterwards.

So mark your calendars, and don't forget to tune us in live  this coming
Sunday at 7:00 PM (eastern), for "The Case of the Bloodstained  Alibi".

Steve Lewis ([removed] Steven M Lewis)
director, Gotham Radio  Players

The mission of the Gotham Radio Players is to bring new  productions of
classic radio programs of the 1930's, 40's and 50's to the  airwaves of
today, as
well as showcase original scripts written by emerging  audio dramatists. The
Gotham Radio Players are featured regularly in live  performances on WBAI-FM,
which are rebroadcast on other radio stations across  the country, and can be
heard worldwide via the Internet.  We also appear  annually at the "Friends of
Old Time Radio" Convention, and at other  performances in the NYC metropolitan
area.

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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:12:02 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!

Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!

For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!

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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:18:45 -0400
From: James H Arva <wilditralian@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Morro Castle

04-11-07

Lee Munsick mentioned that he was enjoying his read about the burning of
the Morro Castle.  If he likes, I can put him in e-mail contact with my
wife's Uncle Jerry who -- as an 18-year-old kid -- was the relief radio
and switchboard operator on that fatal cruise.  He wound up forced off
the stern by flames and spent the night in the water with two girls, one
of whom couldn't swim.  He gave her his life jacket and, in the morning,
they were picked up by a fishing boat -- the Paramount -- a half mile off
the coast of Sea Girt, NJ.  He had to stay in the NYC vicinity for 18
months to participate in those hearings.

He's had an interesting life otherwise.  He worked at NBC studios in NYC
... flew for the Army in the South Pacific during WWII ... outfitted
Eddie Rickenbacher's Eastern Airlines planes with radios and flew for him
as a captain ... set up all the nav radio through the corridor for th
Berlin Airlift, and flew missions ... was chief engineer for the Armed
Forces Network for all of Western Europe after the war.  At 91, he's
still quite lucid ... and bowls on Friday nights ... is an active ham
radio operator ... and works with his computer.

Regards,

Jim Arva

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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:16:54 -0400
From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@[removed];
To: "oldtime radio digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Bloopers to be presented on Canadian Radio
 audio Chat Room this Friday.

            Hi Friends,
We invite you to come to: [removed] and enter on the audio Canadian Radio
Chat Room on Friday at 7 pm Eastern time.  We shall feature Bloopers in
Canadian Radio presented by Michael Morrison, noted Canadian oldtime radio
collector.  hope to see you there.
Robert Acosta
boacosta@[removed]

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Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:02:51 -0400
From: "Bob Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand
 with the Big Bands"

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 four complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and two "One Night Stands."

We present new shows every week or so. The current four
programs will be available on line at least until the morning of
April 18, 2007.

"The Golden Age of Radio"

Program 50 - May, 1974 -  Arnold Moss

One of the many unsung character actors we recognize but
don't know the name, Arnold Moss was a gem of an actor
best suited for villainy. He was another of the aristocratic
types who were most often cast in such roles as dukes, earls,
counts and the like. He was a Shakespearean actor and they
most often seem to fit that mold. It is very difficult to believe
he was a New Yorker and not of British descent. Of medium
height and build with a stern looking face, baggy, lived-in eyes
and one of the most charming resonant, bass voices in all of
show business he created many memorable roles.

He narrated for various symphony orchestras occasionally
and provided the voice of God for the Chicago Lyric
Opera's production of "Paradise Lost." He also worked
as staff announcer for CBS radio. The [removed] State Department
sent him on a world tour as an ambassador of theatre. He also
taught theatre at several universities. His son, Jeffrey Moss,
was a writer and co-creator of TV's "Sesame Street."
Arnold Moss died on December 15, 1989 in New York City
at age 79.

Program 51 - June, 1974 - Arnold Stang

As one of American radio's busiest and best-known character
actors during the 1930s and '40s, Stang almost single-handedly
invented the modern comic persona now popularly called a
"nerd," years before that term was coined. Think back to a
familiar character you've seen and heard many times on classic
radio and TV-a gangly, smart-aleck "egghead," typically named
Seymour or Stanley, with round spectacles, an oversize bowtie,
buckteeth, and a high-pitched voice with a heavy Brooklyn
accent-and chances are you're thinking of Arnold Stang.

"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"

Program 3 - February 9, 1971 - Ray Conniff (First time on
this website)

Joseph Raymond Conniff  was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts,
and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music
arranging from a course book.

After serving in the [removed] Army in World War II (where he worked
under Walter Schumann), he was hired by Mitch Miller, then head
of A & R at Columbia Records as their home arranger, and he
worked with several artists, including Rosemary Clooney, Marty
Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie
Ray. He wrote a top 10 arrangement for Don Cherry's "Band of
Gold" in 1955, a single that sold more than a million copies.

Program 4 - April, 1971 - Artie Shaw, Part 1

This week's show is the first of two parts: Arnold Dean interviews
and plays the music of Artie Shaw.

In the "Big Band Era" there was no bigger star in the music universe
than Artie Shaw. The jazz clarinetist and bandleader's rendition of
Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" was one of the best-known songs
of the 20th century. Shaw's recording of "Begin the Beguine" sold
millions.

"Begin the Beguine" transformed the clarinet virtuoso into a pop
star. Among the string of women he married were movie stars
Lana Turner and Ava Gardner. "You run into a party and (a)
woman comes up to you. She's the most beautiful creature you
ever saw and says, 'I like you and why don't we get together?'
What are you going to say, 'No'? You'd have to be an idiot. . ."

Read more at our website.

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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