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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 01 : Issue 188
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
actors still living [Howard Blue <khovard@[removed]; ]
Suspense question ["Gilbert, Lanny" <[removed]@cin]
Rosemary Rice [dougdouglass@[removed] ]
1957 [otrbuff@[removed] ]
TARZAN on radio. [Bruce Salen <BXSBM@[removed];]
Fictional detectives on radio. [Bruce Salen <BXSBM@[removed];]
Re: Lights Out Question ["lenny" <lenny@[removed]; ]
Re: Suspense -- Sorry Wrong Number R [OTRChris@[removed] ]
Re: otr photo license? [StevenL751@[removed] ]
Our Own Flubs ["Brian Johnson" <CHYRONOP@worldnet.]
Correction [Don Hunt <ddhunt@[removed]; ]
Carleton E. Morse's Demesne ["David H. Buswell" <dbuswell@rivnet]
RE: WNEW Origins ["Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed]]
WNEW [William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed];]
Back in Nagasaki ["Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed]; ]
Sherlock Holmes bloopers ["J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed]]
ACTORS STILL WITH US!!! [PURKASZ@[removed] ]
Hal Stone's Friend's Book ["Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed]; ]
Fluffs [Mark Justice <markj@[removed]; ]
Sorry, Wrong Number ["Bob Watson" <crw912@[removed]; ]
another radio personality for the li ["Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];]
OTR CLUB ["Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
old radio schedules ["Jerry Bechtel" <[removed]@jal.]
Back in Nagasaki ["Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed]; ]
The day the tapes ran backwards. ["jstokes" <jstokes@[removed]; ]
Arlene Harris ["George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@hotm]
Photo Sources ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
RE: Sherlock Holmes blooper [Barth Wysong <stargazerbw@[removed]]
Re:Bob Hope on OTR [Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]]
Dr. Watson, Come Here, I Need You ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:09:56 -0400
From: Howard Blue <khovard@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: actors still living
Ryan O asked "Are the following actors still with us Herb Ellis, Parley
Baer, Larry Haines, Mason Adams, Bob Bailey, Ralph Bell, Norman Rose
and Stacy Harris?
I suspect any living actor on the list might say "I ain't dead yet!"
I ran into Mason Adams at a bus stop in New York City in November. He was
very much alive. A friend of mine saw Norman Rose performing in a taped
show about a year ago. And I was in contact with Larry Haines several
months ago.
Howard Blue
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:09:57 -0400
From: "Gilbert, Lanny" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Suspense question
I've been listening to several Suspense episodes
lately, the ones where the ever popular Harlow
Wilcox is hawking Autolite spark plugs and
"Sta-Full" batteries.
Anyhow, his foil is a guy he calls Hap. Hap sounds
just like one of the men who played the Shadow, but
I can't quite place the one. I'm thinking maybe
Bill Johnstone. Does anybody know about this?
Who was the voice of Hap?
Lanny Gilbert
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:27:20 -0400
From: dougdouglass@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Rosemary Rice
Rosemary Rice, a frequent guest at OTR events, is part of the
"Biography" of
Dick Van Patten, this Thursday, the 14th, at 8:00PM and Midnight ET on
A&E. Rosemary and Dick were "Katrin and Nels Hansen" on CBS-TVs "Mama"
from 1949-1957.
---Doug
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:27:22 -0400
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 1957
Mark Kinsler inquires about several series, as to when they left the air.
I'm unable to pinpoint a precise date that Three Star Extra, a
quarter-hour weeknightly news program at 6:45 [removed] ET left NBC's
broadcast schedule, but it was still being heard in 1958 and perhaps
beyond. Maybe someone will tell us.
The Great Gildersleeve's swan song was March 21, 1957 and One Man's
Family departed as an afternoon soap opera May 8, 1959. Both of these
were on NBC.
The well documented "end of the soap operas," often dubbed "the day radio
drama died," occurred Friday, Nov. 25, 1960, the day after Thanksgiving,
as Kinsler correctly remembers. The four remaining open-ended dramas
swept out that day were The Right to Happiness (12:45 [removed]), Ma Perkins
(1:15 [removed]), Young Doctor Malone (1:30 [removed]) and The Second Mrs. Burton
(1:45 [removed]), all on CBS.
Other CBS series that bit the dust that same day were The Couple Next
Door (12:30 [removed]), Whispering Streets (1:05 [removed]) and The Amos and Andy
Music Hall (7:05 [removed]). It was a sad day for longtime radio listeners.
Kinsler asks, who would have had a tape recorder then? Almost no one.
Thank goodness those final episodes were all preserved for us by the
magic of transcription tape.
Jim Cox
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:27:24 -0400
From: Bruce Salen <BXSBM@[removed];
To: Old-time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: TARZAN on radio.
Hello again.
Edgar Rice Burroughs is my favorite author.
I've been told that there were, in fact, two TARZAN radio programs -- one
in the 1930's, with Jim Pierce as Tarzan and Joan Burroughs Pierce as Jane;
the second was in the early 1950's.
Are any of you familiar with either of these two programs?
Are any episodes from either program available for purchase by fans?
Thanks.
Bruce.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:27:26 -0400
From: Bruce Salen <BXSBM@[removed];
To: Old-time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fictional detectives on radio.
Who loves a mystery?
*I* do :-)
I know that there were a variety of mystery programs on radio, [removed] I LOVE A
MYSTERY, THE SHADOW, SHERLOCK HOLMES, NERO WOLFE, SAM SPADE, THE FAT MAN, etc.
Was Charlie Chan ever featured in a radio program?
Thanks.
Bruce.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:18:30 -0400
From: "lenny" <lenny@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Lights Out Question
I think the first show you mentioned goes under 3 different names if it is
about
a girl who is held by gangsters, and the villians are shot by the ghost with
arrows. I have seen this show listed as: The Girl and the Gangsters, The
Archer,
and The Ancestor.
I dont know about the second show that you have.
[removed]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:19:41 -0400
From: OTRChris@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Suspense -- Sorry Wrong Number Revisited
"Sorry, Wrong Number." One person said he thought that there never was an
East Coast/ West Coast version and the
"Fluff" on the "East Version" was simply edited out.
How wrong he was. "The Man In Black" himself
stepped out of character and explained the "Fluff" and
exactly how the program was supposed to end to the
entire confused East Coast. I have the shows and can
confirm this.
Goodnight, all.
Did the Man in Black specifically mention that the Fluff was heard only by
East Coast listeners ? Not on the tape I have. And I stand by opinion that at
this time in the series the show was only broadcast once for all the time
zones involved. The 9:30 pm show was heard on out west at 6:30 pm . Confirmed
by the logs of stations like KIRO in Seattle , KNX Los Angeles and a Portland
Oregon Station.
Play both the East coast and the supposed West coast show simultaneously and
you will hear that it is the same show. You will not hear one single minor
difference. Every word is the same , every inflection , every pause .ACCEPT
someone has edited the fluff so that the murderers "Sorry Wrong Number" line
comes after the phone ring . Several people who thought they had both a tape
of the East coast show and the west show have come to the same conclusion
that I have . There is but one show.
I would urge you to listen again very closely . Please report back
specifically why you think that there are two seperate shows .
-Chris
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:20:22 -0400
From: StevenL751@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: otr photo license?
In a message dated Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:46:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:
I'm working on an otr book and was curious if there
are any companies that license old photos to use in
books. Would appreciate any leads. Thanks.
Yes, there's a company called "PhotoFest" in NYC which has a large library of
old photos. They frequently supply pictures for print and other media
projects. It's run by a guy named Howard Mandelbaum, who actually happens to
be an OTR buff and has come to the FOTR convention several times. I probably
have a telephone number for them at home if you can't find it elsewhere.
Steve Lewis
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:02:19 -0400
From: "Brian Johnson" <CHYRONOP@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Our Own Flubs
Anyone who has ever been in broadcasting has said something that they wish
they could grab out of the air and pull back. Fortunately for me most of my
voice work was for a local TV station and when I screwed up I erased the
tape and started over.
But once, while doing the noon sports report on my college radio station, I
read an NHL score and refered to "The Detwoit Wed Wings." It took a couple
of days for the Elmer Fudd remarks to subside.
Brj
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:12:48 -0400
From: Don Hunt <ddhunt@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Correction
Correction To "Lets Watch The Radio on Yesterday USA"
Tuesday,June 12, 2001
>From Don Hunt < ddhunt@[removed]. >
The Four Candidates competing currently for one vacant opening on the on air
staff of "Yesterday USA" can
be heard on Tapes # 5, #8, #11 and myself on Tape # 12. Please accept my
apology. Don Hunt.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:37:10 -0400
From: "David H. Buswell" <dbuswell@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Carleton E. Morse's Demesne
I have heard (or perhaps read) that the famed OTR impresario, Carleton E.
Morse, had an impressive home in California (Northern California, I believe,
north of SF).
Has anyone ever visited the home before, during or after Morse's ownership;
is it open now to visitors or still in private hands? I'd be interested in
a description as I understand it is quite a showplace.
Dave
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:00:38 -0400
From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: RE: WNEW Origins
According to early information the WNEW "50th Anniversary"
book (1984) the station took to the air at 8 [removed], on February 13,
1934, a Tuesday evening with an hour-long review of radio history
and outstanding events were dramatized. At 9 [removed], President
Franklin Roosevelt pressed a button in the White House which
illuminated a golden lamp in the transmitter room.
Following this signal from Washington DC, soprano Yvonne D'Arle
sang the national anthem and NJ Gov. A. Harry Moore gave his
welcoming address. A musical review followed featuring harmony
groups, choruses, and mountaineers with Zoel Parento's, Kilocycle
Club staff orchestra with a program designed to publicize the 1250
kilocycle wavelength. WNEW was 2500 watts daytime, 1000 watts
nighttime from a transmitter originally owner by CBS in Wayne, NJ
which was dismantled and reassembled in Carlstadt, NJ by WNEW
Engineer Max Weiner with a 424 foot tower.
The station went on the air daily from 7 [removed] til midnight from studios
in the Industrial Office Building in Newark, NJ and from a NYC
auxiliary facility at 501 Madison Ave. The first week was variety
programming including live coverage of the Tilden-Vines tennis
match in Philadelphia of February 16th. Kay Reed, former organist
at the Roxy Theater signed on as house organist for many years.
Legendary GM, Bernice Judis, competed successfully as an independent
station with the domination of big network radio in the mid-thirties when
New Yorkers suddenly discovered a new kind of radio fare on the dial
(music, news and sports) and WNEW began to show audience numbers
on rating surveys .
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:32:01 -0400
From: William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WNEW
Correct. I did explain about WNEW's call letters. On a Sunday morning
engineer John Zarpaylic was driving Milton Biow and Richard O'Dea ( owner
of WODA) to inspect the new transmitter site in Carlstadt, [removed] Mr O'Dea
brought up the question of what to call the new station. Due to this
being the first new station in the area since1928, Mr Biow suggested
WNEW.
By the way, Milton Biow was the Biow of the Biow advertising agency,
which handled the Phillip Morris account on the Phillip Morris Playhouse
on which I was the engineer for several years. Charlie Martin was the
director. Mr. Biow's son-in-law, James Broderick, got his start on that
show, even though Mr. Biow was not very happy about it. Charlie hired him
regularly even though he knew Mr. Biow's feelings, because he liked Jimmy
(We all liked him).
Bill Murtough
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:32:15 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Back in Nagasaki
I'm sure it's been featured elsewhere, but where I first heard this song was
in the tv version of one of [removed] Wodehouse's "Jeeves & Wooster" stories.
Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster plays the tune on the piano as he belts out,
"...back in Nagasaki where the fellas chew tobacky in the mooooooor-ning!"
Doug Leary
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:32:17 -0400
From: "J. Randolph Cox" <cox@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Sherlock Holmes bloopers
Kenneth Clarke is correct that Dr. Watson's given name is John not James,
but in one of the original stories ("The Man with the Twisted Lip") Dr.
Watson's wife refers to him as "James."
This has lead to much speculation both as to why she should do so and why A.
Conan Doyle would have made the slip and not corrected it in the manuscript.
The probable answer is that Conan Doyle had a friend named James Watson in
mind when he first named the character and just never noticed the error in
that particular story. Dorothy L. Sayers once suggested that the H. in John
H. Watson stood for "Hamish", the Scottish form of "James," so that Mrs
Watson was correct.
I will have to check the Gielgud/ Richardson episodes to verify that the use
of "James" instead of "John" is consistent. I have heard this on one series
of Sherlock Holmes broadcasts, but with so many different Sherlock Holmes
series on the radio it is difficult to remember which it might have been,
Randy Cox
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:32:29 -0400
From: PURKASZ@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: ACTORS STILL WITH US!!!
In my rounds as a voice-over guy in New York, I have very recently run
into Mason Adams and Norman Rose.
The big thrill though was the day I saw an elderly gent wander into the
waiting room during an audition at a studio on 40th Street.
I was sure he had the wrong room as he seemed momentarily at sea. I was
about to ask if he needed help when another gent in the room said hello to
him.
He opened his mouth to speak.
He said two words.
I knew who it was instantly.
Jackson Beck!!!
I was transported to the past and my audition went so well I got the
[removed] Jackson Beck yet!!!
Made my day.
<A HREF="[removed],+Michael+C.">Michael C.
Gwynne</A>
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:43:31 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Hal Stone's Friend's Book
Whee do we find this book? It doesn't seem to be at
[removed]
I'm dying for one.
Doug Leary
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Unfortunately, it isn't available from The Nostalgia Pages,
nor any of the on-line (or off-line, for that matter) booksellers. And
although Hal's wrong, and I'm _not_ holding his copy for ransom (anyone who
knows me knows that packages tend to sit on my desk awhile before I finally
get them out the door), I probably [removed]'s a great read. I'm really
hoping to get the author's permission to post copies of some of his audio
"newscasts" to The Nostalgia Pages. --cfs3]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:43:29 -0400
From: Mark Justice <markj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Fluffs
Hi:
I'm usually a lurker here, but the "Fluffs" thread reminded me of my own tongue
twister. It was 1976 at my first radio job at a little place called WCAK in
Catlettsburg, KY. I was back-announcing Englebert Humperdink's "After the
Lovin'"
and I said (you see it coming, right?), "That's Englebert Lovindink with
'After The
Humpin'!"
Just another reason why announcers should start their careers at small
stations with
no audience.
Best,
Mark
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:43:27 -0400
From: "Bob Watson" <crw912@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Sorry, Wrong Number
G. A. Wolfe wrote that there were indeed two broadcasts, one east, one west
of Sorry, Wrong Number's first broadcast and that he has both versions.
I'm the poster who asked if there were indeed two versions
I can't remember who answered my post, but I'm afraid that I have to agree
with whoever it was that answered that there was only one broadcast. Unless
the "east coast" broadcast I finally got to hear a couple of months ago was
bogus. Sorry, Wrong Number's so called west coast broadcast was the first
or second radio show on tape that I ever purchased. As such, I played it ad
nauseum on my portable tape player. I grew to know just about every gasp
and scream Agnes Moorehead made by heart. I had planned over the years to
order the east coast version, but never did. My mistake. Over the years, I
have often wanted to listen to that fluff. So, a few months ago, I stumbled
onto a website that supposedly had both versions available for listening.
The moment I heard the first syllables out of Agnes's mouth, I thought to
myself. "This is the west coast version." I played my version along side
the website and every sentence matched on just about every inflection, up
until the time of the fluff. I don't believe that this is possible. If a
second broadcast was necessary, there is no way that every word would be
spoken in the same tone with the same inflection.
I'm not saying that another broadcast to cover the fluff wasn't made, but,
the information that the person answering my question indicated that the
"west coast" feed is simpy the broadcast with the fluff edited out.
My assumption that there was only one broadcast comes from his information
and my own ears. Of course, it is possible that his info is wrong. It is
also possible that the so called east coast broadcast that I heard wasn't
the east coast broadcast at all, but a reconstruction. The only way to be
sure, is to listen to the broadcasts back to back, or if possible, side by
side. If [removed] has two different versions, I would love to know. It would
raise my hopes of one day hearing an "east coast" version. The version I
heard was a letdown.
Bob
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:44:00 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: another radio personality for the list
Another good radio personality for this list would be Dick Beals. I don't
know if Dick is a ware of this list, but I know he has email and a web site.
I believe his web site is [removed]
Walden Hughes
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:43:59 -0400
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OTR CLUB
I want to thank all of those from this list who inquired to me personally
about joining our OTR Club. For any others on the listt who may be
interested in joining the oldest active club in the [removed], here is the url:
<[removed];
Owens Pomeroy, Co-founder
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:43:57 -0400
From: "Jerry Bechtel" <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: old radio schedules
While on vacation last summer I stopped by the newspaper offices in the
small town where I grew up in the 40's-50's. I went to the microfilm
area and looked back at the newspapers of that era. I remembered that
there was a radio schedule every day in that paper much like there is a
tv schedule now days. Sure enough, I was able to pull up on the reader
daily schedules for each days paper that I looked at. Go to June 20,
[removed] there was the radio schedule. What a great time I
[removed] spent several hours and then I was able to print out
several and bring home with me. I remember thinking, "what nights and
time was "The Life of Riley"? Found it! "The Aldrich Family"? Found it!
Great [removed]
Jerry
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:44:28 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Back in Nagasaki
I'm sure it's been featured elsewhere, but where I first heard this song was
in the tv version of one of [removed] Wodehouse's "Jeeves & Wooster" stories.
Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster plays the tune on the piano as he belts out,
"...back in Nagasaki where the fellas chew tobacky in the mooooooor-ning!"
Doug Leary
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:44:25 -0400
From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The day the tapes ran backwards.
Ah, those old radio bloopers and war stories. Here's a war story that
happened at another classical music station I worked for in Minneapolis. I
call this --
"The Day The Tapes Ran Backwards"
It was one of those hot, humid Minnesota weekends. My manager had
great trepidation about leaving our FM classics station unattended for a
whole Sunday. He feared trouble. "There should at least be someone
there to check out the tapes in the afternoon." Thus, I was tasked to
"listen for problems," since and inexperienced AM station board op/newsman
was tasked to make sure the great big 14-inch (yes) reels started at the
right time.
Now then, nobody told the news guy that the tapes were to be REWOUND
before playing. Yep! They were not rewound. There were two decks with
huge open reels with not only our music, but the ENTIRE spot load recorded.
Of course, always stretching the dollar, the FM DJ, while on the air on
Thursday and Friday would cut the weekend tapes this particular weekend.
Usually the spots ran on cart. But since there were a huge amount of
spots -- for a change -- it was deemed a better idea to record the music and
spots all on the same reel!
I was at a golf tournament as I listened with horror as the 50 Hz
usually inaudible tone would HUUUUUUUUUUMMM its now-audible cue tones on the
air. Mystically, this triggered the other deck loaded with the previous
program to play BACKWARDS -- spots, music, and intro/extros. The classical
station from outer space! Actually, some of the music sounded rather
interesting played backwards!
I dialed the studio and tried to walk the DJ through the correct way.
It resulted in pure unmodulated carrier. No audio. And there was no way
to patch in AM to have something on the air, even if it was MOR/pop music.
Finally, I jumped in the car and headed across town to the station. I
did the show live myself.
Overtime, extra $? Are you kidding. I did get two extra days off,
though.
Anyone still have "comp time" in the radio biz? :)
Henceforth, all FM automation tapes were wound HEADS, not TAILS!
Jim Stokes
NaturaLite Pictures
jstokes@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:44:22 -0400
From: "George Tirebiter" <tirebiter2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Arlene Harris
Hello All,
Last weekend TVLAND ran a DICK VAN DYKE SHOW marathon. On Sunday night
there was a show from 1964 built around the premise that Rob, Sally and
Buddy were working on a episode of THE ALAN BRADY SHOW that featured OTR
stars. The main story was about a fictional character, but the program also
included cameos from Bert Gordon ("The Mad Russian") and Arlene Harris who
was described as having been on the Al Pearce program. She did a one-sided
telephone call routine that I found mildly amusing (though on the show Rob,
Sally and Buddy collapsed in hysterics and the laugh track was turned way
up). I found a mention of Harris in Dunning, who says she did fast talk
routines (on this show she wasn't talking particularly fast). Can anyone
provide any information about her? She obviously must have been rather
famous at one time.
George
[removed] It was great fun to actually SEE Bert Gordon say: "How do you do?"
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:44:19 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Photo Sources
Ben Ohmart asks,
I'm working on an otr book and was curious if there are any companies
that license old photos to use in books.
The simple answer is, "yes." There are places like the Bettman Archives
that have literally thousands of photos. However, photos from such
dealers is usually fairly expensive. A search on the Internet for "Stock
Shots" and/or "Stock Photographs" should do it.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:35:53 -0400
From: Barth Wysong <stargazerbw@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: RE: Sherlock Holmes blooper
John was the first name of Dr. Watson, however even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
got confused. In one of his original stories he had Mrs. Watson call her
husband "James"
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:35:55 -0400
From: Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re:Bob Hope on OTR
Hey guys and gals--
I need your help. I'm interested in getting a few programs from OTR
which were hosted by Bob Hope. Sadly, I can't think of any. If any of
you can provide a few names, I'd appreciate it. I'll take it from there.
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:14:04 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dr. Watson, Come Here, I Need You
Kenneth Clarhe notes, speaking of Sherlock Holmes' partner being referred
to by the first name of "James" in an OTR show,
Isn't 'Dr. John Watson' the character's correct name?
Well ... yes, but in one story, he was referred to as "James." My Holmes
books are in storage, or I'd cite the exact reference.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
[ADMINISTRIVIA: It appears to be from "The Man With the Twisted Lip;" early
in the story, a visitor comes to the home of Dr. Watson, who is sitting
with his wife:
-----
We heard the door open, a few hurried words, and then quick steps
upon the linoleum. Our own door flew open, and a lady, clad in
some dark-colored stuff, with a black veil, entered the room.
"You will excuse my calling so late," she began, and then,
suddenly losing her self-control, she ran forward, threw her arms
about my wife's neck, and sobbed upon her shoulder. "Oh, I'm in
such trouble!" she cried; "I do so want a little help."
"Why," said my wife, pulling up her veil, "it is Kate Whitney.
How you startled me, Kate! I had not an idea who you were when
you came in."
"I didn't know what to do, so l came straight to you." That was
always the way. Folk who were in grief came to my wife like birds
to a light-house.
"It was very sweet of you to come. Now, you must have some wine
and water, and sit here comfortably and tell us all about it. Or
should you rather that I sent James off to bed?"
"Oh, no, no! I want the doctor's advice and help, too. It's about
Isa. He has not been home for two days. I am so frightened about
him!"
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This from the Project Gutenberg edition of "The Adventures of Sherlock
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