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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 42
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Thank You, Stusia - anyone heard of [ Chargous@[removed] ]
Andy Devine [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
Re: Hal Peary and the Gildersleeve l [ Tony Jaworowski <tony_senior@yahoo. ]
Happy Benny-versary! [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
Well, then there'[removed] [ Wich2@[removed] ]
re: Sherlock Holmes on AFRS [ Chargous@[removed] ]
Radio Static Eliminators [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
Kendall's accent [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
2-14 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Jack Benny on Longines Symphonette L [ "Norman/Karen Schickedanz" <schick@ ]
Great Reads! [ "randy story" <hopharrigan@centuryt ]
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:32:41 -0500
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Thank You, Stusia - anyone heard of it?
On the Antique Radio Forum, there was a question about Thank You
Stusia. He had a memorabilia coin from the show, and someone else brought
up an interesting postcard on ebay from the show that spelled out the
cast. Interesting cast; Harold Peary and Willard Waterman. Anyway, anyone
know about the show? I didn't see it in my old edition of Hickerson.
Link to ARF thread referencing the coin and cast picture at
[removed];highlight=&sid=b27d3340bcd5ec02e526d5ee7f8d9119
Travis
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:33:18 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Andy Devine
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:12:54 -0500
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
Andy Devin was a character actor with very raspy voice and was over
weight. He was seni-regular guest on the Benny Program in the 30's and
40's and was on many other programs as a guest.
He also starred in TV's "Andy's Gang," a continuation of Smilin' Ed's
Buster Brown Gang, after the death of Smilin' Ed McConnell in the mid-
1950s.
And he made an interesting appearance on a Jack Benny special in
1959. Jack explained that Rochester was sick and couldn't be on the
show, but they had a replacement. From off-camera, you hear "Mr.
Benny!" in a voice that sounds remarkably like Rochester -- and it
turns out to be Andy Devine. And he appeared as Jack's butler, Andy,
for the rest of the show.
This, incidentally, was a not-very-well-remembered special in which
Jack finally admitted turning 40.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
92 State Street, Suite 700 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004 [removed]
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:34:45 -0500
From: Tony Jaworowski <tony_senior@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Hal Peary and the Gildersleeve laugh
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Rick Keating writes:
Hal Peary used the Gildersleeve laugh when he did a TV commercial for
Detroit-based Faygo pop in the 1970s. He led a group of people on a
boat in singing what's become known as the Faygo Boat Song (I don't know
if that's the actual title, however; it may be). Some people believe the
boat is one of the two that traveled to Bob-Lo Island, but it's too small
to be either.
I believe the name of the song is "Do You Remember". When I was younger I
believe Faygo had a promotional deal where you could write in and get a copy
of the sheet music for it. I probably still have it with all of my other
music books from my youth.
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:35:01 -0500
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Happy Benny-versary!
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Although tomorrow, February 14th, has been co-opted as some sort of holiday
celebrating love named in honor of a particular Saint Valentine, I'd like to
take this opportunity to wish everybody in the OTR community a very "Happy
Jack Benny's Birthday!"
Wishing [removed]"Well!"
Derek Tague
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:13:00 -0500
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Well, then there'[removed]
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From: Ken Greenwald kgradio@[removed]
Craig W wrote this sentence as part of his email on The Lutheran Hour:
"It's present, half-hour, "multi-transcription" (pieces recorded at
different
"times) format is distinct from it's early, one-hour, live production." <
I was speaking informally, Ken; I just meant that when I caught this
show it was obvious, for instance, that the Main Sermon, the
Intro/Outro, and the Musical Selections were all recorded separately,
then edited into one.
This reminded me about what I consider the penultimate multi recording
production for a radio show. And I don't mean that in a positive way!
What you're about to describe is a slighty different thing, but it's very
interesting, [removed]
Back in the 70s there was a science fiction radio series called "ALIEN
WORLDS" ... Lureen Tuttle ... told me that she entered the studio and
was told to do her lines. She asked where the other actors were, and was
told they would be coming in at a different time to record.
There's been long debate about this system of work over at the Modern Audio
Board.
You might be surprised at the number of "high profile" producers who work
that way.
I can only say that when I wear that hat, for Quicksilver, the idea is
anathema.
She asked how she could possibly get the rhythm and emotional tone of the
role if she
could not interact with the other actors.
She was absolutely on-point. It can't be done; acting is to a large degree
inter-acting, and
we're not magicians.
She was told not to worry about it, that it would all be taken care of in
post.
Of course, it can't be. Yes, the EDITING can be tight; and this level of
post-production
control is why some claim to like the method. But that is no re-placement
for warm, real,
well-paced ensemble acting of scenes.
I've had to act for other producers in this manner; I know whereof I speak.
Best,
-Craig W.
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:13:15 -0500
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: re: Sherlock Holmes on AFRS
RE the question, Holmes of that period would be on AFRS Mystery
Playhouse. Unfortunately, [removed] didn't often play Holmes. The govt. might
have copies somewhere, but SH is a copyrighted program, and good luck
trying to get copies from them.
A few years ago, someone on the message board claimed to have some ETs of
early 30s Sherlock HOlmes - I haven't seen them in circulation - have they
ever turned up?
And you know what other series was on AFRS? Lum & Abner. I own the only
AFRS Lum I've ever seen. Assuming there were 700 something earlier
episodes than that ET, it must have run for a while on AFRS.
The Shadow also ran on AFRS, but I've never seen any.
Travis
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:13:41 -0500
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Static Eliminators
Hi Gang
In issue Number 41, Roby McHone wrote,
I vaguely remember that people would
put balled-up pieces of tin foil inside their hubcaps to lessen the radio
static. Wonder if it worked.
Yes, it does work if was done properly. However, this was for a different
kind of static noise. The noise
that the tinfoil reduced was static noise caused by the rotation of the
rubber tires. The wheels are insulated from the rest of the car. By
connecting
the axle hub to the metal rim electrically, the static is discharged to the
frame of the automobile thus reducing the noise. Tinfoil is one way of doing
this - BUT the tinfoil must be placed in the HUBCAPS, not the Wheel Covers,
which are often mistakenly refered to as Hub Caps.
Modern cars have little "metal spiders" built into each hubcap to serve this
purpose. Sometimes a mechanic, who is not aware of the reason for the
spiders, will remove them after servicing the wheel bearings.
It is believed that tinfoil balls in the wheel covers (not the hub caps) can
confuse police radar. There is no proof that this works, but it could cause
other problems.
Happy Taping - Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois and Alma, Arkansas
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:03:16 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Kendall's accent
Jan Bach wonders about the English accent of [removed] Kendall in
"Frontier Gentleman" since Bach has been all over England and never
heard a Brit quite like the Kendall that John Deyner portrayed.
I'd like to weigh in on this since I just finished writing the
booklet which will accompany the new CD boxed set of that series
which will be released next month by Radio Spirits. It contains the
first sixteen shows, plus the Dehner audition of 1-30-58. There are
at least three good reasons for why Dehner sounded as he did in that
role. 1) Kendall's years of Army Service in India, had modified his
traditional British accent. 2) Kendall, trying to fit in on the
western frontier, modulated his accent. 3) The real reason: that's
the accent which director Antony "Tony" Ellis was looking for.
Ellis, a native Brit, auditioned many good actors for the lead in
"Frontier Gentleman" including another native of England, Ben Wright.
Not only was Wright edged out for the role by Dehner in the last week
before the show debuted on 2-2-58, but Wright was actually identified
as the lead in this series in the official press release that CBS
sent out that week. Obviously Ellis (the creator, writer and
director) heard something in Dehner's voice (and accent) that exactly
fit what what he had in mind for Kendall.
Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
<[removed]>
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:25:11 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 2-14 births/deaths
February 14th births
02-14-1884 - Grace Valentine - Springfield, OH - d. 11-12-1964
actor: Minnie Grady "Stella Dallas"
02-14-1894 - Jack Benny - Chicago, IL - d. 12-26-1974
comedian: "Jack Benny Program"
02-14-1895 - Nigel Bruce - Ensenada, Mexico - d. 10-8-1953
actor: Doctor John H. Watson "Advs. of Sherlock Holmes"
02-14-1896 - Anson Weeks - Oakland, CA - d. 2-7-1969
bandleader: "Lucky Strike Show"; "Lady Esther Serenade"; "[removed]
Coffee Program"
02-14-1897 - Victor Lindlahr - d. 1-26-1969
commentator: "Talks on Diet"
02-14-1900 - Eddie Marr - New Jersey - d. 8-25-1987
actor: Press Agent "Jack Carson Show"; "Jack Benny Program"; "I Fly
Anything"
02-14-1901 - Peggy Allenby - NYC - d. 3-23-1966
actor: Susan Price "David Harun"; Mary Andrews "Archie Andrews"
02-14-1902 - Stu Erwin - Squaw Valley, CA - d. 12-21-1967
comedian: Fairchild Finnegan "Phone Again Finnegan"
02-14-1904 - Bruce Barrington - d. 11-4-1990
newscaster: WEBQ Harrisburg, Illinois
02-14-1904 - Jessica Dragonette - Calcutta, India - d. 3-18-1980
singer: (Queen of Radio) "Philco Hour Theatre of Memories"
02-14-1905 - Thelma Ritter - Brooklyn, NY - d. 2-5-1969
actor: "Aldrich Family"; "Big Town "; "McGarry and His Mouse"
02-14-1906 - John Goldwater - NYC - d. 2-20-1999
Created "Archie"
02-14-1907 - Art Hern - Mannington, WV - d. 8-4-1997
actor: Ichabod Mudd "Captain Midnight"; "Richard Stone "Today's
Children"
02-14-1908 - Lonnie Glosson - Judsonia, AR - d. 3-2-2001
country music harmonica player: "Grand Ole Opry"
02-14-1912 - Jack Brooks - Liverpool, England - d. 11-8-1971
composer, lyricist: "Dick Tracy in B Flat"
02-14-1912 - Tyler McVey - Bay City, MI - d. 7-4-2003
actor: Elwood Giddings "One Man's Family"; Tyler "Glamour Manor"
02-14-1913 - Matt Dennis - Seattle, WA - d. 6-21-2002
singer: "Sextette from Hunger Show"; "Victor Borge Show"
02-14-1913 - Mel Allen - Birmingham, AL - d. 6-16-1996
sportscaster, announcer: "White Owl Sports Smoker"; "Truth or
Consequences"
02-14-1915 - Oliver B. Greene - Greenville, SC - d. 7-26-1976
baptist evangelist: "The Gospel Hour"
02-14-1916 - Bill Murtaugh - Chagrin Falls, OH - d. 9-22-2006
CBS sound engineer from 1944 to 1981
02-14-1916 - Eddie Arcaro - Cincinnati, OH - d. 11-14-1997
jockey: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Sport of Kings"; "Tops In Sports"
02-14-1920 - Jack Lesberg - Boston, MA - d. 9-17-2005
jazz bassist: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"
02-14-1921 - Hugh Downs - Akron, OH
announcer, emcee: "Doctors Today"; "Dave Garroway Show"
02-14-1922 - Murray "The K" Kaufman - NYC - d. 2-22-1982
disc jockey: "A Tribute to Murray the K"
02-14-1923 - Cesare Siepi - Milan, Italy
opera singer: "Voice ofFirestone"; "Metropolitan Opera"
02-14-1926 - Jack Bainter - d. 2-xx-1970
disk jockey: KHQ Spokane, Washington
02-14-1927 - Lois Maxwell - Kitchener, Canada - d. 9-29-2007
actor: started career in radio
02-14-1928 - Barbara Marie Cameron - Dayton, OH
singer: "Moon River"; "Dave and Barbara"
02-14-1929 - Bobby Ramsen - NYC
actor: "The Eternal Light"; "Let's Pretend"; "Dick Tracy"
02-14-1931 - Brian Kelly - Detroit, MI - d. 2-12-2005
actor: Started career doing radio commercials in Detroit
02-14-1931 - Phyllis McGuire - Middletown, OH
singer: (The McGuire Sisters) "Arthur Godfrey Time"
02-14-1934 - Florence Henderson - Dale, IN
singer: "Coke Time with Eddie Fisher"
February 14th deaths
01-08-1914 - Sam Cowling - Jeffersonville, IN - d. 2-14-1983
singer: (The Three Romeos) "The Breakfast Club"; "Club Matinee"
02-27-1907 - Kenneth Horne - England - d. 2-14-1969
comedian: "Round the Horne"; "Ack Ack Beer Beer"; "Beyond Our Ken"
03-01-1915 - Cy Harrice - Chicago, IL - d. 2-14-2007
announcer: "Big Story"; "Cavalcade of America"
05-24-1896 - Jock MacGregor - d. 2-14-1984
director, actor: "Cisco Kid"; "Gangbusters"
06-10-1901 - Fritz Loewe - Vienna, Austria - d. 2-14-1988
composer: "Mitch Miller Show"
06-22-1887 - Julian Huxley - London, England - d. 2-14-1975
film director: "Information Please"
09-06-1911 - Eleazar Lipsky - d. 2-14-1993
district attorney, writer: "Indictment"
09-23-1884 - Bill Lawrence - East St. Louis, IL - d. 2-14-1973
producer, director: "Fitch Bandwagon"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
10-15-1881 - P. G. Wodehouse - Guildford, Surrey, England - d. 2-14-1975
author: (Jeeves and Wooster) "Forecast"; "Stagestruck"
10-17-1905 - Claude Binyon, Sr. - Chicago, IL - d. 2-14-1978
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-07-1904 - Bob Brown - NYC - d. 2-14-1988
announcer: "Vic and Sade"; "Quicksilver"; "This Amazing America"
12-24-1906 - Chuck Webster - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2-14-1983
actor: "The Green Hornet"; "The Lone Ranger"; "True Detective Mysteries"
12-29-1931 - Olgita DeCastro - d. 2-14-2000
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) "Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to
Veterans"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:25:24 -0500
From: "Norman/Karen Schickedanz" <schick@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jack Benny on Longines Symphonette LPs
Does someone know when the six-album "Jack Benny Presents the Golden
Memories of Radio," Longines Symphonette LW 513, was produced? I've found
several websites mentioning it, but with no date. I figure it's from
sometime in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Norm Schickedanz
Tucson
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:25:56 -0500
From: "randy story" <hopharrigan@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Great Reads!
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Friends,
I just finished reading a wonderful comic book called "...To Cloud Men's
Minds!". As you might guess, it is about the Shadow, but it is an unusual take
full of numerous OTR in-jokes as well as a central character named 'Grover
Mills', who is meant to be Orson Wells. The comic story(which was lettered by
the digest's own Anthony Tollin) appeared in DC Comics' THE SHADOW
STRIKES(Issue #7, March, 1990). I highly recommend that you look this one up
for reading enjoyment, folks. What fun!
Does anyone on the list know of similarly themed modern comics with strong OTR
connections? Let me know off-digest if so, please.
I was also wondering if anyone on the digest knows of recordings of a radio
show called 'The Blackhawks', which was an audio version of the DC Comics
comic book of the same name. If I understand the information I have correctly,
'The Blackhawks' came about as radio's 'Superman' was in its last days and
even carried over some the same cast. Are there copies of this show in
existence? As I grow more deeply interested in the comic book art form, I have
begun looking for OTR connections with classic comics. However, there seem to
be very few references offering data about specific radio/ comic book
programs. I have the Ron Goulart(?) book about comic strips on the air, but it
seems to be missing a few of the titles I find reference to in other sources.
Can anyone help me in my search?
Speaking of reading, has anyone on the digest read the Lum and Abner book
released last fall? It looks intriguing, but the cost was prohibitive for my
limited budget :(
Thanks in advance for any help any of you might be able to provide.
Blessings,
Randy Story
(57 days and counting until the Cincy Convention!!!!!)
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