Subject: [removed] Digest V2002 #454
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 11/25/2002 7:37 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

------------------------------


                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2002 : Issue 454
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK SCHEDULE for  [ HERITAGE4@[removed] ]
  Today in radio history                [ BH <radioguy@[removed]; ]
  Parley Baer                           [ "hughes1" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
  Re: cataloging                        [ "JP" <bickersons@[removed]; ]
  Knock On Any Door                     [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
  Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Re: Cataloging                        [ Frank Kendall <efkendall@[removed]; ]
  ADVENTURES IN CHRISTMAS TREE GROVE    [ "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed]. ]
  Parley Baer                           [ "mike ray" <mikeray42@[removed]; ]
  WNAX is 80 years old !                [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
  Parley Baer [removed]                    [ leemunsick@[removed] ]
  Andy Griffith on radio                [ Jmeals@[removed] ]
  Link about satillite radio            [ "Nemesis@[removed]" <nemesis@[removed] ]
  Parley Baer                           [ ArtsMilitaria@[removed] (Arthur Fun ]
  Parley is missed!                     [ "Marcus Antonsson" <[removed] ]
  Parley Baer                           [ badaxley@[removed] ]
  Another about Parley                  [ "Lois Culver" <lois@[removed]; ]
  Howard Blue's trip                    [ "Nik Kierniesky" <kierniesky@superp ]

------------------------------

Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 23:02:49 -0500
From: HERITAGE4@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK SCHEDULE for week
 starting: 11/24/02

Here's this week's offerings from Tom & Jerry / The Olde Tyme Radio Network
at:
[removed]
New programs every Sunday in streaming audio (high-end) for 1 week.

Thanksgiving Week

HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE with Tom Heathwood
1. OUR MISS BROOKS     CBS   11/27/49  "Where to Go for Thanksgiving Dinner?"
stars Eve Arden as Connie Brooks, along with all her favorite cast.
2. LUM AND ABNER   CBS   [removed]  "A Special Thanksgiving Dinner"
3. MATINEE WITH BOB & RAY   Excerpt  from original WHDH (Boston) electrical
transcription of Thanksgiving Monday - 11/21/48 -  Bob Elliott and Ray
Goulding,
with Bill Green and  Ken Wilson.

SAME TIME, SAME STATION with Jerry Haendiges
1. ANTHOLOGY   - 11/21/54   "The Story of Thanksgiving"   starring Agnes
Moorhead and The Fred Waring Glee Club.
2. THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE   11/24/50  - "The Terrified Turkey Caper"
starring Steve Dunn and Lurene Tuttle.
3. THE QUIZ KIDS    11/21/48   "Thanksgiving Poem"   Joe Kelly is the
Quizmaster.
4. THE JIMMY DURANTE-GARY MOORE SHOW   10/22/48   "Thanksgiving
Pilgrim Opera"

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving !!    --     Tom & Jerry

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:09:44 -0500
From: BH <radioguy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Today in radio history

Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed]; posted:

1926 - Network radio was born. 24 stations carried the first broadcast
from (bong-bing-bong) NBC, the National Broadcasting Company. The
program was a gala 4½-hour broadcast from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in
New York City. Two remote pickups were also on the program. Opera star
Mary Garden sang from Chicago and Will Rogers presented a humorous
monologue from Independence, Kansas. Charles Lindbergh was among the
luminaries who attended the broadcast.

Finally catching up on back issues of the Digest.
First, a bit of useless trivia, NBC and I share the same birthday.
And second, just a point of curiosity, since Lindbergh made his
famous flight in 1927 which made his name a household word, was he
really well known before that such that he would be called a
luminary? In 1926 he was flying air mail, he had a reputation as
being a cautious and capable pilot, but I doubt that would make
him a celebrity. I would imagine that before his famous flight if
you asked the average person on the street about Charles Lindbergh
they would ask "Charles who?"

Bill H. - I don't need the Shadow to cloud my mind, I can to that
all by myself.

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:10:19 -0500
From: "hughes1" <hughes1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Parley Baer

Frank Bresee called me today and we are going to make this Friday night show
a tribute show to Parley Baer on Yesterday USA, featuring a interview Frank
did with Parley, and radio show with Parley.  I was thinking while I read
the last two OTR digest about the night when Parley stop the show with a
grate performance on the SPERDVAC recreation of Johnny Dollar.  He and Peg
Lynch work so will together too.  Take care,

Walden Hughes

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:08:54 -0500
From: "JP" <bickersons@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re:  cataloging

Recently I downloaded and have been using "KoolGuy's ListMaker" to catalog
my zip disks.  It came recommended by several people as a must have for CD
lists.  Very easy to use and quite configurable.

[removed]~[removed]

It is un-crippled shareware with a modest request for $[removed]

Ruby

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:09:58 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Knock On Any Door

George Aust and others have mentioned not having to lock doors at night,
or even when on short vacations.  I'll go one better: when I bought a
house in Maynard, Massachusetts, in the early 1970s, I found out that the
front door didn't even have a lock.  The house had been built in the
1920s.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:10:40 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Today in radio history

>From Those Were The Days --

1920 - The first play-by-play coverage of a football game was broadcast
by WTAW radio in College Station, TX. Texas University beat the Aggies
of Texas A&M, 7-3.

1944 - CBS presented The FBI in Peace and War for the first time. It
became one of the longest-running crime shows on radio -- lasting 14
years.

1945 - A spoof of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, [removed] Pinafore, was
broadcast on The Fred Allen Show. The spoof was titled, The Brooklyn
Pinafore. Joining actress Shirley Booth in the skit was baseball great
Leo 'The Lip' Durocher.

1960 - Radio actors were put out of work when CBS radio axed five
serials (soap operas) from the airwaves. We said so long to The Second
Mrs. Burton (after 14 years), Young Doctor Malone, Whispering Streets
(after eight years), Right to Happiness (after 21 years) and Ma Perkins
(after 27 wonderful years.) In 1940, the high point for these radio
programs, there were as many as 45 on the air each day.

  Joe

--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:10:50 -0500
From: Frank Kendall <efkendall@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Cataloging

Dick Backus asked for a program to catalog OTR
programs. I use a program called MPEG Audio
Collection. It's great and it's free. Find it at
[removed].

Frank Kendall

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:11:40 -0500
From: "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  ADVENTURES IN CHRISTMAS TREE GROVE

I guess it is the right time of the year for this find.

One of the Australian Collectors had a great week last week.  In two
seperate hauls he raked in over 500 16" Australian Transcriptions.  Now
those of you who know how hard it is to find Australian Transcriptions will
realise just how fantastic those finds are.  I thought I was good finding
158 in one hit, but then he had to go and top me :)

In amoungst the find were these [removed] transcriptions and we would like to know
a little more about them if someone could assist with information.

The first is called "Adventures in Christmastree Grove" and it is a complete
serial of 15 episodes.  The label is a picture of a clown, and details are,
created and presented by Kasper-Gordon Studios. Produced by Mertens & Price
inc. LA Calif.

Discussions with Def8 indicated that the series may be 1936.

The second [removed] find was a disc of "Unsolved Mysteries" ep 1 & 2 on RCA
label.

At this stage these look to be the only [removed] series in the discoveries.

You can count on it that we are all looking very hard :)

Ian Grieve
Australian OTR Group

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:30:03 -0500
From: "mike ray" <mikeray42@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Parley Baer

I've just heard the sad news of the passing of Parley Baer. I just can not
find the words of gratitude I feel for the work he gave us. But more
importantly, Parley was truly one of the most beloved men to have every
worked in radio. He was a first class gentleman in every since of the word.
I'm writing this just after having read Charlie Summers announcement, and I'm
finding that grief is already settling into my heart. I knew this day would
come, knowing that his stroke nearly 2 years ago would be tough to overcome.
With Larry Dobkins passing last month and Parley's last Friday, the OTR
community will be in mourning for sometime. Yes, he was the best Chester
Gunsmoke over had, and yes, he brought a certain dignity to all his roles.
However his best role was as Parley Baer. We can be thankful to God that such
men lived. May his kind continue.

Sincerely,
Mike Ray

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:30:22 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  WNAX is 80 years old !

Today, WNAX, Yankton, SD, is 80 years old.  You can read about some of the
highlights of their broadcasting history at this website:

[removed]

Go to the Minnesota part of their website for story, photos, and a few audio
clips.

Ted Kneebone/1528 S. Grant [removed], SD 57401/605-226-3344
OTR: [removed]

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:28:45 -0500
From: leemunsick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Parley Baer [removed]

It seems everyone who knew Parley Baer considered him a personal friend as
well as a wonderful gentleman and talented man.  Parley had that about
him.  He was a warm, friendly person.  Sadly, while heartfelt, these words
can't convey my full meaning.

I have told this story here before, but for the sake of new readers will
repeat myself:

When Parley first came east to attend the FOTR convention in New Jersey, he
came alone.  I met him as he walked in from his flight's gate at Newark
International Airport, helped him get his luggage, and we drove over to the
hotel where the convention was being held.  A transcontinental flight is a
tiring event, and Parley was no longer a young man.  I got him checked into
the hotel, and we spoke with FOTR President Jay Hickerson.  Then I helped
Parley get settled into his room, where he wanted to take a nap.  Don't
misunderstand me; despite his age, this was a hearty man, but I wanted him
to feel he was among friends.  Little did we know!  I told him of the
evening's schedule, with a cocktail hour followed by dinner and
entertainment.  Parley said he wasn't a drinker, so he might not appear
until it was time for dinner.

Even so, he was running quite late, and I began to worry.  I called his
room and there was no answer.  Now I was really concerned.  Just then the
elevator door opened.  Down the hall to the lobby he came, his arms
extended toward me, that delightful face beaming his wonderful smile.  All
the folk were already seated at their tables in the banquet hall, and Jay
Hickerson was doing some announcements.

Parley and I stood briefly in the doorway.  I asked if he could see where
our table was, as I pointed the way.  He said yes, he saw the number on our
table, and I said I would follow him.  Jay saw us start into the
room.  Through the PA system, he said to my combined pride and
embarrassment, "Ah, coming in now with Lee Munsick is our very special
guest for the evening.  Please welcome Parley Baer!".  Now bear in mind
(sorry about that) that many in [removed] 'though dedicated FOTR
fans, may not have known what Parley Baer looked like, although undoubtedly
they'd have picked his voice out in any program, in a flash.  He was
comfortable with that anonymity.  I think in his concentration on the
meandering path to our table, he hadn't heard Jay introduce us.

Anonymity or not, the entire room rose to its feet in a deafening standing
ovation and acclamation!  Parley was stunned.  He stopped, looked around,
and asked me over his shoulder, "Is this for me?"  When I assured him that
it was, he said, "This has never happened to me before".  He was stunned,
and just stood there for a moment, blinking and looking out over the crowd.

Over the years, as I saw him other times, I came to love Parley Baer the
man, just as so many felt about the kindly characters he played, especially
in his later years.  Everybody's favorite grandpa!  At the Massachusetts
convention, Charlotte and I dined with him several times.  At one point I
went up to him when he was standing near the entrance to the dining room
(deja vu!) and said, "I hope you don't take this the wrong way, Parley, but
you are a beautiful man!"  He looked at me a bit quizzically, then broke
into that big smile of his, and said, "Why thank you, Lee, that's very nice
of you", shook my hand, and then literally picked me off my feet in a big
Baer-hug.  Parley, you will recall, was a pretty big man.  In every way.

We loved Parley.  We in no way feel that our admiration and fondness could
be in any way diminished by knowing that this was true of everyone else who
knew him personally, and the millions who did not, merely recognizing him
in his wonderfully warm film and TV roles.  We were saddened and devastated
when he suffered his stroke.  I loved this man.  He was a lovable person.

While I only saw him a few times over a number of years, I realized that I
knew him better than I had my own grandfather.  Like many others who didn't
know him at all, we had sort of vicariously placed him in that
position.  The OTR field, not to mention the Keebler folk, were deeply
sorrowed when he did not recover sufficiently to resume his voice-work, his
career of choice.  Not everyone knows that Peg Lynch felt that Parley was
absolutely superb when he did re-creations with her as "Ethel and Albert"
at several conventions.  Peg was excited when she told me she had made
arrangements for Parley and her to do a series of "Ethel and Albert"
programs, to be aired nationally by NPR.  We were just as excited about
this, and looked forward to it.  Sadly, Parley suffered his stroke before
those recording sessions could get under way.

We lament his passing, but take solace that his suffering and trials are
over.  Read the tributes to Parley from all over.  He was indeed a
beautiful man.  God bless you, Parley.  Thank you for touching my life, and
for letting us enter yours, albeit briefly.  They were golden moments.

Love from Charlotte and Lee Munsick

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:30:29 -0500
From: Jmeals@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Andy Griffith on radio
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

       I have just returned from a trip and have been catching up on the
newsletter. I want to correct what, I believe, was a minor mistake in an
otherwise informative note by an earlier contributor.

       The Andy Griffith radio show of 1959-1960 was not a collection of old
recordings. Andy informed his audience regularly that he stopped by the CBS
studio every night on his way to do "Destry Rides Again" on Broadway. On the
very last week of the show, Andy broadcast live from backstage at "Destry."
Andy frequently referred to the radio show as a "...daily five minute
spectacular."

       I should hastily add that all of the above details are from my memory
which seems to becoming increasingly faulty.

Jim Meals

  *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear ***
  ***                  as the sender intended.                   ***

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:34:41 -0500
From: "Nemesis@[removed]" <nemesis@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Link about satillite radio

Here's a link to a news story on satillite radio.  (Don't know if the link
will come through on a Plain Text format.)

 [removed]

Linda Thuringer

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:35:10 -0500
From: ArtsMilitaria@[removed] (Arthur Funk)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Parley Baer

Like all subscibers to this Digest I was deeply saddened to learn of Mr.
Baer's passing.  I never met him so I don't have any personal
reminiscence to relate.  But I do remember one evening a few years ago.
I'm a Star Trek fan and my wife used to wait patiently while I watched
each episode.  One night she was reading the paper while I watched "Star
Trek:  Voyager."  I don't remember the episode name but the Captain
(Kate Mullgrew) was to be tried by a 3-person jury in some alien
society.  As the 3 made their appearance I recognized Mr. Baer's face
and, of course, his voice.  "That's Parley Baer!!"  I blurted out.
"Who?" my wife asked.  "Parley Baer, one of the biggest stars in old
time radio.  He was Chester on the radio  'Gunsmoke'.'"  She smiled and
went back to reading.  That's was the last time I saw Mr. Baer in
performance.  But thanks to the magic of the "Theatre of the Mind" we
will be able to listen to him as long as OTR enthusiasts continue to
preserve and enjoy his work.

Regards to all,
Art Funk

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:06:35 -0500
From: "Marcus Antonsson" <[removed]@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Parley is missed!
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

Dear gang,
I was very sorry to read about Parley Baer's death. Living in Europe, I never
met him personally, but he was one of the first actors I learned to recognize
when I started to collect American  otr about eight years ago. He was a great
actor, anyone who's heard him knows that. My favorite episode with him is
"marshal Proudfoot", a hilarious gunsmoke-episode where Parley Baer plays both
Chester and his old father who comes to see him in Dodge, believing him to be
the marshal.
I'm sorry that he's gone, but I'm also grateful that his shows will remain for
us to listen to and remember him by.

Best to all!

Marc Antonsson

Ps. Thanks to all of you who answered my query on "Chickenman" Ds.

  *** This message was altered by the server, and may not appear ***
  ***                  as the sender intended.                   ***

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:00:20 -0500
From: badaxley@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Parley Baer

Much has been said and much will be said about the marvelous acting talent of
Parley as well as his wonderfully warm personality.  He deserves all the
accolades.  I had the distinct pleasure of meeting him at a Cincinnati
convention in the early 1990's and he was just as warm and pleasant to me and
to my wife as if he had known us for years.  Jim Adams, our Chattanooga OTR
Club secretary, also had the priviledge of meeting with him and obtaining an
interview for our newsletter.  I join with everyone else in saying how much we
will miss him.  Fortunately, most of his marvelous work is still available to
us in the form of audio and video tapes.
Bob Axley

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:56:23 -0500
From: "Lois Culver" <lois@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Another about Parley

When Howard Culver and I were expecting our first "baby", the baby
unexpectedly arrived 2 1/2 months early and was two, instead of one.  Howard
mentioned at a rehearsal that we were not quite ready for such an event and
didnt even have a sleeping place for one baby, let alone two.  The next day,
here came Parley Baer and Larry Dobkin, both with bassinettes which has just
been outgrown by their little daughters!

So sad that both Larry and Parl are no longer here.  Parley and Ernie were
dear friends of ours, and even my kids looked forward to his "Baer hugs" and
his circus stories.  Our girls celebrated their 49th birthday just over a
month ago.

Lois Culver
Widow of Howard Culver, actor

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:32:57 -0500
From: "Nik Kierniesky" <kierniesky@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Howard Blue's trip

Several days ago, Howard Blue wrote:

Yesterday, I drove from Long Island to Mountain Ridge Summit, a small
town near Gettysburg PA to pick up 600 copies of "WORDS AT WAR.

A minor correction and a bit of history trivia.  The town is BLUE Ridge
Summit,
near the PA/MD border.  For 1930s history buffs (most OTR fans), Blue Ridge
Summit was
the birth place of the infamous Wallis Simpson of Edward VIII fame.

I bet that the local resident who knew everything else in town, didn't
know that!

-Nik Kierniesky
Gettyburg

--------------------------------
End of [removed] Digest V2002 Issue #454
*********************************************

Copyright [removed] Communications, York, PA; All Rights Reserved,
  including republication in any form.

If you enjoy this list, please consider financially supporting it:
   [removed]

For Help: [removed]@[removed]

To Unsubscribe: [removed]@[removed]

To Subscribe: [removed]@[removed]
  or see [removed]

For Help with the Archive Server, send the command ARCHIVE HELP
  in the SUBJECT of a message to [removed]@[removed]

To contact the listmaster, mail to listmaster@[removed]

To Send Mail to the list, simply send to [removed]@[removed]