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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2009 : Issue 250
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Arnold Stang Wasn't From Massachuset  [ Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed] ]
  NPR story                             [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
  12-30 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  21-31 births/deaths                   [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  OT (?): Laurel and Hardy, Christmas.  [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]

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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:29 -0500
From: Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Arnold Stang Wasn't From Massachusetts
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The AP item I read didn't include this part of Arnold's life which appeared in
The New York Times obit.

"Most sources indicate that Mr. Stang was born in Chelsea, Mass., in 1925, but
according to his family, though he had relatives in Chelsea, he was born in
Manhattan on Sept. 28, 1918. His father was a lawyer until the 1929 stock
market crash and earned a living afterward as a salesman.

The Chelsea story was one Mr. Stang perpetuated himself; he told interviewers
that he got his first job in radio in 1934 at age 9 after he wrote to "Let's
Pretend," a New York children's radio show, and asked for an audition. Told he
could audition when he was next in New York, he took the bus from Boston,
alone, the following Saturday and was hired.

"We were married 60 years and I never managed to get him to correct that," his
wife, JoAnne Stang, said in an interview Monday.

The truth, Ms. Stang said, was that her husband grew up mostly in Brooklyn and
graduated from New Utrecht High School. He wrote the note asking for an
audition from Brooklyn, and he was older than 9."

Doug Douglass

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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:35 -0500
From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  NPR story

Here's something I missed the first go around.

On Sep 30, 2002, NPR's All Things Considered ran a piece by Art Chimes about
the end of the golden age of radio.

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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:41 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  12-30 births/deaths

December 30th births

12-30-1873 - Al Smith - NYC - d. 10-4-1944
governor: "Information Please"
12-30-1884 - Hideki Tojo - Tokyo, Japan - d. 12-23-1948
prime minister: War Time Broadcasts
12-30-1885 - Ed Jerome - NYC - d. 9-10-1959
actor: Harry Blackstone "Blackstone, the Magic Detective"; Gregory
Allen "Rich Man's Darling"
12-30-1894 - Vincent Lopez - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-20-1975
bandleader: "Luncheon with Lopez"
12-30-1899 - Michael Raffetto - Placerville, CA - d. 5-31-1990
actor: Paul Barbour "One Man's Family"; Jack Packard "I Love A Mystery/
Adventure"
12-30-1903 - Owen Crump - d. 2-13-1998
producer: " The Grouch Club"
12-30-1911 - Jeanette Nolan - Los Angeles, CA - d. 6-5-1998
actor: Nicolette Moore "One Man's Family"; Mrs. Hudson "Advs. of
Sherlock Holmes"
12-30-1912 - Hugh Griffith - Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales - d.
5-14-1980
actor: "Under Milk Wood"
12-30-1912 - Nancy Coleman - Everett, WA - d. 1-18-2000
actor: Alice Hughes "Young Dr. Malone"
12-30-1914 - Bert Parks - Atlanta, GA - d. 2-2-1992
emcee, announcer: "Break the Bank"; "Stop the Music"; "Double or
Nothing"
12-30-1922 - Bert Holland - d. 3-8-1980
actor: Emmett "Shorty Bell"
12-30-1927 - Bernie Barrow - NYC - d. 8-4-1993
actor: "Golden Door"
12-30-1931 - Skeeter Davis - Dry Ridge, KY - d. 9-19-2004
country/western singer: "Grand Ole Opry"
12-30-1936 - Don Bishoff - Martinsburg, WV
host: "Town Meeting"
12-30-1936 - Sandy Koufax - Brooklyn, NY
baseball legend: "Tops In Sports"
12-30-1937 - Pat Shanahan - Milwaukee, WI - d. 3-10-2008
disk jockey: Rocky Foxx WFOX Milwaukee, Wisconsin
12-30-1939 - Glyn Dean - d. 11-30-1997
actor: "Jennings at School"; "Children's Hour"; "Mrs. Dale's Diary"

December 30th deaths

01-05-1898 - Irene Kuhn - NYC - d. 12-30-1995
commentator: "Irene Kuhn's Feature Page"
04-07-1919 - Ralph Flanagan - Lorain, OH - d. 12-30-1995
bandleader: "Chesterfield's ABC of Music"; "Let's Go Show"
04-18-1914 - Ben Bezoff - d. 12-30-1979
newscaster: WKY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; KMYR Denver, Colorado
05-23-1910 - Artie Shaw - NYC - d. 12-30-2004
bandleader: "Melody and Madness"; "George Burns and Gracie Allen Show"
06-28-1902 - Richard Rodgers - Long Island, NY - d. 12-30-1979
composer: "ASCAP On Parade"; "Jumbo Fire Chief Program"; "Chase and
Sanborn Hour"
06-29-1935 - Keith Walker - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-30-1996
writer: Hollywood Radio Theatre"
07-21-1892 - Lenore Ulric - New Ulm, MN - d. 12-30-1970
guest artist: "Watch the Fun Go By"
08-13-1917 - Jay Bechtel - d. 12-30-2004
sportscaster: WHOL, Allenton, Pennsylvania
08-22-1909 - Julius J. Epstein - NYC - d. 12-30-2000
screenwriter: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-26-1894 - Glenn Hunter - NYC - d. 12-30-1945
actor: "Roses and Drums"
09-27-1892 - Ed Tomlinson - Stockton, GA - d. 12-30-1973
commentator: "The Other Americans"; "What's New in South American?"
09-28-1906 - Jack Meakin - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-30-1982
music: "Abbott and Cosetello Show"; "Great Gildersleeve"; "Honest
Harold"
10-06-1901 - Leslie Arliss - London, England - d. 12-30-1987
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
11-18-1900 - Don Quinn - Grand Rapids, MI - d. 12-30-1967
writer: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Halls of Ivy"
12-07-1905 - Charles Magnante - d. 12-30-1986
accordionist: "Major Bowes Capitol Family"; "Singin' Sam"; "Tony and
Gus"
12-09-1902 - Joe Quillan - d. 12-30-1983
writer: "The Eddie Cantor Show"; "Our Miss Brooks"
12-14-1934 - Johnny Moore - d. 12-30-1998
lead singer: (Member of The Drifters) "Camel Rock and Roll Party"
12-24-1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman - Johnston, PA - d. 12-30-1946
Composed "At Dawning," used as theme for "The Brighter Day."
12-28-1908 - Lew Ayres - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-30-1996
actor: Dr. James Kildare "Dr. Kildare"

Ron

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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:36:46 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  21-31 births/deaths

December 31st births

12-31-1884 - Georgette Harvey - St. Louis, MO - d. 2-17-1952
female bass singer: "New World A' Coming"; "Free Company"
12-31-1890 - Bradford Browne - North Adams, MA - d. 4-29-1975
singer: "Brad and Al"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-31-1892 - Jason Robards, Sr. - Hillsdale, MI - d. 4-4-1963
actor: Chandu "Chandu, the Magician"
12-31-1894 - Vance Archer - d. 12-xx-1962
sportscaster: KNEX McPherson, Kansas
12-31-1897 - Orry-Kelly - Kiama, New South Wales, Australia - d.
2-27-1964
costume designer: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-31-1897 - Paula Hemminghous - Columbus, OH - d. 11-22-1997
singer: "Philco Hour"; "National Radio Pulpit"; "Highlights of the
Bible"
12-31-1901 - Everett Marshall - Lawrence, MA - d. 4-3-1965
singer: "Broadway Vanities/Varieties"
12-31-1904 - Buzz Adlam - Chelmsford, England - d. 11-9-1974
orchestra leader: "Your Star Time"; "Guest Star"
12-31-1904 - Nathan Milstein - Odessa, Russia - d. 12-21-1992
violinist: "NBC Symphony Orchestra"; "Concert Hall"
12-31-1905 - Dick Chevillat - NYC - d. 5-10-1984
writer: "Phil Harris/Alice Faye Show"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
12-31-1905 - Jule Styne - London, England - d. 9-28-1994
songwriter: "I Don't Wan to Walk Without You"; "I've Heard That Song
Before"
12-31-1908 - John Kirby - Baltimore, MD - d. 6-14-1952
jazz musician: "Duffy's Tavern"; "Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm"
12-31-1908 - Jonah Jones - Louisville, KY - d. 4-30-2000
jazz trumpeter: "Eddie Condon's Jazz Concert"; "Army Bandstand";
"Manhattan Melodies"
12-31-1910 - Jerry Blaine - d. 3-14-1973
orchestra leader: WOR Newark, New Jersey
12-31-1910 - Richard Kollmar - Ridgewood, NJ - d. 1-7-1971
actor: John Perry "John's Other Wife"; Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"
12-31-1913 - Ted Meyers - d. 11-25-1996
announcer: "People Are Funny"; "Yarns for Yanks"; "Calling All Cars"
12-31-1914 - Pat Brady - Toledo, OH - d. 2-27-1972
sidekick, stooge: "Roy Rogers Show"
12-31-1917 - Evelyn Knight - Reedville, VA - d. 9-28-2007
singer: "Philco Summer Hour"; "Ed Wynn Show"
12-31-1920 - Richard Hamilton - Illinois - d. 12-28-2004
actor: "Dimension X; "X Minus One"; "Inheritance"
12-31-1921 - Rex Allen - Wilcox, AZ - d. 12-17-1999
country/western singer: "Country Music Time"; "Country Hoedown"
12-31-1923 - Arthur Siegel - Lakewood, NJ - d. 9-13-1994
pianist, composer: "New Faces"
12-31-1928 - Euel Box
music producer, major radio markets
12-31-1930 - Odetta - Birmingham, AL - d. 12-2-2008
singer: "Voices of Vista"

December 31st deaths

01-07-1900 - Mary Lewis - Hot Springs, AR - d. 12-31-1941
soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
01-09-1908 - Richard Byron - NYC - d. 12-31-1969
radio comedy writer
01-12-1908 - Joan Burroughs - Chicago, IL - d. 12-31-1972
actor: (Daughter of Edgar Rice Burroughs) Jane "Tarzan"
01-23-1894 - Clara Acuff Adams - d. 12-31-1950
soprano: KOA Denver, Colorado
02-13-1912 - Art Rollini - d. 12-31-1993
saxophone: (The Benny Goodman Orchestra) "Let's Dance"
02-13-1927 - Jim McReynolds - Carfax, VA - d. 12-31-2002
guitarist: (Jim and Jesse) "Grand Ole Opry"
03-11-1887 - Raoul Walsh - NYC - d. 12-31-1980
film director: "Jack Benny Program"
03-29-1919 - Eileen Heckart - Columbus, OH - d. 12-31-2001
actor: "Cloak and Dagger"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
04-11-1910 - Jim Britt - San Francisco, CA - d. 12-31-1980
sports commentator: "Dateline Boston"
05-08-1940 - Ricky Nelson - Teaneck, NJ - d. 12-31-1985
actor: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
05-12-1927 - Suzanne Dalbert - Paris, France - d. 12-31-1970
actor: "George Fisher Interviews the Stars"; "Command Performance"
06-27-1907 - Valerie Cossart - London, England - d. 12-31-1994
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"
07-13-1919 - Dirk Fredericks - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-31-1976
announcer: "Music Tent"
07-27-1919 - David Swift - Minneapolis, MN - d. 12-31-2001
writer: "Opie Cates Show"
08-04-1913 - Wesley Addy - Omaha, NB - d. 12-31-1996
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Great Plays"
08-16-1927 - Neil Strawser - Rittman, OH - d. 12-31-2005
newscaster: "CBS World News Roundup"
08-18-1934 - Roberto Clemente - Carolina, Puerto Rico - d. 12-31-1972
baseball great: "Tops In Sport"
08-21-1919 - Billy Idelson - Forest Park, IL - d. 12-31-2007
actor: Rush Gook "Vic and Sade"; Henry Herbert Murray "One Man's Family"
08-24-1905 - Don Douglas - Kinleyside, Scotland - d. 12-31-1945
actor: "Good News of 1939"; "Cavalcade of America"; "Did Justice
Triumph?"
09-27-1921 - Carol Thurston - Forsyth, MT - d. 12-31-1969
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-14-1932 - Enrico Di Giuseppi - Philadelphia, PA - d. 12-31-2005
operatic tenor: "Metropolitan Opera"
10-20-1911 - Bobby Christian - Chicago, IL - d. 12-31-1991
percussionist: "Destination Freedom"; "Roy Shield and Company"
10-27-1933 - Floyd Cramer - Campti, LA - d. 12-31-1997
country pianist: "Country Music Time"; "Country Style [removed]"
11-05-1905 - Thomas Freebairn-Smith - Walton-on-Thames, England - d.
12-31-1985
writer, producer: "Jonathan Trimble, Esq."; "Al Pearce and His Gang"
11-08-1891 - Clarence J. Ingram - Jersey City, NJ - d. 12-31-1955
interviewer: "Stardust"
12-01-1896 - Ray Henderson - Buffalo, NY - d. 12-31-1970
composer: "Music for Millions"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"

Ron

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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:37:25 -0500
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OT (?):  Laurel and Hardy, [removed]

I don't know if MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (BABES IN TOYLAND) was a
part of your childhood, but here's my latest, from over at THE VILLAGE
VOICE:
 
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And-- 

Happy New Year! 

Best, Jim 

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