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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 90
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  3-20 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Truth or Consequences                 [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
  Re: Natural Bridge Show               [ Bryan Wright <bryan@[removed]; ]
  Sports jockeys personified            [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  Potent Potables                       [ "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed] ]
  ILAM                                  [ "[removed]" <andy@vinta ]
  Cassette Tapes                        [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
  Re: Gildersleeve advertisement lid    [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
  Re: Potent Potables                   [ Grams46@[removed] ]
  Re: the saint                         [ Grams46@[removed] ]
  Re: Betty Hutton                      [ "Bill" <nbcblue@[removed]; ]
  Bargains on OTR CD's                  [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  Scarecrow Press                       [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:50:15 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  3-20 births/deaths

March 20th births

03-20-1828 - Henrik Ibsen - Skien, Norway - d. 5-23-1906
playwright: "Great Plays";"Columbia Workshop"; "Theatre Guild On the
Air"
03-20-1890 - Gigli Beniamino - Recanti, Italy - d. 11-30-1957
operatic tenor: "Atwater Kent Hour"
03-20-1890 - Lauritz Melchior - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 3-18-1973
singer: "Magic Key"; "Metropolitan Opera"; "Voice of Firestone"
03-20-1903 - Edgar Buchanan - Humansville, MO - d. 4-4-1979
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-20-1906 - Ozzie Nelson - Jersey City, NJ - d. 6-3-1975
actor: "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"
03-20-1908 - Bob Chester - Detroit, MI - d. xx-xx-1977
bandleader: "Bob Chester and His Orchestra"
03-20-1908 - Frank Stanton - Muskegon, MI - d. 12-24-2006
president of cbs 1946-1971
03-20-1908 - Kermit Murdock - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 2-11-1981
actor: Rod Buchanan "Whisper Men"
03-20-1908 - Michael Redgrave - Bristol, England - d. 3-21-1985
actor: Horatio Hornblower "Horatio Hornblower"
03-20-1908 - Stuart Metz - Buffalo, NY - d. 1-5-1994
announcer: "Pepper Young's Family"; "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"
03-20-1912 - Sarah Burton - London, England
actor: Mrs. Bixby "Mrs. Miniver"; Lisa "Against the Storm"
03-20-1913 - Judith Evelyn - Seneca, SD - d. 5-7-1967
actor: Grace Marshall "Helpmate"; Kay Miniver "Mrs. Miniver"
03-20-1913 - Kenny Gardner - Lakeview, IA - d. 7-26-2002
singer: "Guy Lombardo Show"; "Lombardoland [removed]"; "Your Hit Parade"
03-20-1914 - Lawson Zerbe - Portland, OR - d. 8-18-1992
actor: Frank Merriwell "Advs. of Frank Merriwell" Pepper Young
"Pepper Young's Family"
03-20-1914 - Wendell Corey - Dracut, MA - d. 11-8-1968
actor: Detective Dan McGarry "McGarry and His Mouse"
03-20-1915 - Sviatoslav Richter - Zhitomir,Russia - d. 8-1-1997
classical pianist: "Boston Symphony Orchestra"
03-20-1918 - Jack Barry - Lindenhurst, NY - d. 5-2-1984
actor: "It's the Barrys"
03-20-1918 - Marian McPartland - Stough, England
jazz pianist: "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz"
03-20-1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Cotton Plant, AR - d. 10-9-1973
singer: "Jubilee"
03-20-1922 - Carl Reiner - The Bronx, NY
comedian: "The Curse"; "Sounds of Freedom"; "Here's to Veterans"
03-20-1922 - Jack Kruschen - Winnipeg, Canada - d. 4-2-2002
actor: Sergeant Muggowen " Broadway is My Beat"
03-20-1922 - Ray Goulding - Lowell, MA - d. 3-24-1990
comedian: "Bob and Ray Show"
03-20-1924 - Philip Abbott - Lincoln, NE - d. 2-23-1998
actor: "Family Theatre"

March 20th deaths

03-01-1917 - David Dunhill - England - d. 3-20-2005
announcer: "BBC Light Programme"; "Take It From Here"
03-03-1937 - Bobby Driscoll - Cedar Rapids, IA - d. 3-20-1968 (body
found)
actor: "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day"; "Family Theatre"
05-05-1921 - Ted Brown - Collingwood, NJ - d. 3-20-2005
announcer, emcee: "Bulldog Drummond"; "Lawrence Welk High Life Revue"
06-12-1909 - Archie Bleyer - Corona, NY - d. 3-20-1989
conductor: "Arthur Godfrey Time"; "Casey, Crime Photographer"
07-05-1904 - Don Goddard - Binghamton, NY - d. 3-20-1994
news commentator: "The Goodyear Rubber Company's Farm Radio News"
07-07-1908 - Ben Brady - NYC - d. 3-20-2003
host: "The Comedy Writers Show"
08-03-1920 - Marilyn Maxwell - Clarinda, IA - d. 3-20-1972
singer, actor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Abbott and Costello Show"; "Bob
Hope Show"
10-22-1906 - Sidney Kingsley - NYC - d. 3-20-1995
writer: "Pulitzer Prize Plays"
12-06-1920 - Howard Atwell - d. 3-20-2002
disk jockey: WVPO Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
12-10-1911 - Chet Huntley - Cardwell, MT - d. 3-20-1974
newscaster, producer: "Chet Huntley and the News"
12-18-1885 - J. Anthony Smythe - San Francisco, CA - d. 3-20-1966
actor: "Carefree Carnival"; Henry Barbour "One Man's Family"
xx-xx-xxxx - Samuel Pettingill - Oregon - d. 3-20-1974
conservatice commentator: Weekly 15 minute program on ABC

Ron Sayles

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:55:01 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Truth or Consequences

Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:31:56 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];

I suppose that when guests weren't rehearsed, or were determined to be
uncooperative, this sort of thing happens.  It must have been
interesting when guests got strange on live radio.  Groucho Marx could
always add value to such a situation, but I wonder about the others.

Then again, Groucho Marx never did You Bet Your Life live.  It was
always by transcription, tape, or film.  Besides the ability to edit
the program down from about 50 minutes or so and cut out the boring
parts, it also gave them a chance to edit out anything that a guest
or Groucho said that wasn't fit to air in those days.

Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:50:56 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];

I recall hearing a lady contestant on an earlier radio show give a
correct answer.   ... Ralph Edwards asked the question, and when
she answered correctly, he gave her a small cash prize and moved on
to another contestant.

I think the difference may have been that Ralph Edwards was the
creator and owner of the show.  He probably knew from day one what he
would do if anyone actually answered a question.  Bob Barker was an
employee, who may not have known in advance what to do.  Particularly
since it sounds like the questions, back in Ralph Edwards' day
hosting the show, were more serious questions.  Once they became
juvenile riddles, the quiz was all the more bogus.

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
 15 Court Square, Suite 210                 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503           	         [removed]

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 07:55:43 -0400
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

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

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FRED ALLEN/ TOWN HALL TONIGHT
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RADIO PREVIEWS THE MOVIES
1933 Paramount's Movie Parade "Girl Without a Room"
with: Charles Farrell, Charlie Ruggles , and Marguerite Churchill

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

THE GLOWING DIAL

Meet The Meeks - "Bessie, The New Used Car"
originally aired November 1, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Forrest Lewis, Viola Berwig, Beryl Vaughn, Cliff Sabere, Sherman
Marks, Earl Lee.
Sustained

That's My Pop - "Renting The Hotel"
originally aired July 29, 1945 on CBS
Starring: Raymond Walburn, Verna Felton, Tom Hanlen announcing.
Sustained

Hogan's Daughter - "The Crystal Ball"
originally aired July 26, 1949 on NBC
Starring: Shirley Booth, Ethel Owen, Everett Sloane, Ken Roberts announcing.
Sponsor: Philip Morris

Judy Canova Show - "Getting Mineral Water For Pig, Lover Boy"
originally aired September 7, 1943 on CBS
Starring: Judy Canova, Mel Blanc, Ruby Dandridge, Eddie Dean, Ken Niles
announcing.
Sponsor: Colgate

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

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     The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
     Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:49:31 -0400
From: Bryan Wright <bryan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Natural Bridge Show
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"The Natural Bridge Show (a 15 minute variety program sponsored by
Natural Bridge Shoe Company) specified that the male lead be called
"Nat" and the female lead "Bridget." "

The show, which I never heard of, started me thinking about the
remarks. This
show was probably from St. Louis Mo. Why I'll tell you. I don't
think anyone
cares, but it adds to sponsor getting all they can for their
dollar. "Natural
Bridge" is the name of very busy street in [removed] Thus
Naturalizer shoe.
(1927).Brown Show also made a brand of shoe called "Naturalizer"

Nope, the show was sponsored by Craddock-Terry Shoe Corporation (then
based in Lynchburg, Virginia) and was named after the famous nearby
natural landmark,  "Natural Bridge." Actually, it was named after
Craddock-Terry's popular shoe model: the "Natural Bridge Arch Shoe"
which was in turn named after the local landmark. The show was
broadcast from New York City. The sponsors frequently offered as a
giveaway a full-color photograph of the Natural Bridge in Virginia. I
have examined several dozen scripts for the program and it was indeed
a musical variety-type show. From May 1930 until October 1930, it
starred a young singer from Central Virginia, 'Cile Turner, who
specialized in singing African-American folk songs and spirituals
(although she herself was white) and she traveled by train (alone!)
from Lynchburg, VA up to New York City for the Friday night live
broadcasts every week. When she left around the end of October, she
was replaced by a generic dance band (I don't know whose, though--
does anyone?).

I don't have any recordings of the program and doubt that any exist--
but I would VERY much like to obtain copies should any episodes survive.

Bryan Wright

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:50:00 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Sports jockeys personified

Alan Bell writes:

I find Clem McCarthy
fairly easy to come by. But I would LOVE to be able to
come up with examples of Graham McNamee, Ted Husing,
Red Barber, and Mell Allen, to name my priorities.

While a book can't provide sound traces in most instances, when we were
putting together "Radio Speakers," a subcategory of which includes "Sports
Jockeys," we tried very hard to be as inclusive as possible to give this
special breed at the microphone their just due.  You will discover boatloads
of fascinating details about all of those you mentioned above ... McCarthy,
McNamee, Husing, Barber, Allen ... plus Joe Garagiola, Grantland Rice, Phil
Rizzuto, Bill Stern, Pat Summerall and so many more, including big and small
names.  Now in one place you can read about the men who made the games worth
hearing.

"Radio Speakers" is available right now at [removed] or
800-253-2187.

Jim Cox

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:51:36 -0400
From: "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Potent Potables

[removed] Fields liked his martinis. The Grand Ole Opry's Uncle Dave Macon
travelled with a velvet satchel containing two bottles of Jack Daniel's.

Phil Harris and Jack Benny's band would drink ANYTHING.

And Horatio K. Boomer on Fibber McGee & Molly always had a check for a short
[removed]

BILL KNOWLTON

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:52:26 -0400
From: "[removed]" <andy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  ILAM
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Martin Grams makes a good point with regard to reputable, dependable sources
for ILAM.  While it is true that most of the dealers received their copies
from the same source, it is usually a matter of how close to the source each
copy is, as Martin has outlined.  We have much of the run in good sound and
have had it in the catalog since it first appeared on the scene.

Andy Blatt
Vintage Broadcasts
[removed] Box 3257
Milford, CT 06460
866-783-1923
[removed]

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:57:20 -0400
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Cassette Tapes

I've  mentioned  my source for cassette tapes, labels, J-card inserts
and plastic storage boxes several times.
E- Mail nac@[removed]

[removed] suggest ask for a catalog. They have any
type of cassette any one could possibly [removed]  order 32 minute per side
cassettes.

I have been ordering from them for about 6 years, fast UPS shipping .
Also have any kind of CD and duplicating equipment .

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:24:24 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Gildersleeve advertisement lid

Dale Clark asked:
 > Does anyone here know what this bottle may have contained?

That was from a Kraft Cheese Jar. You can see an example on ebay at:

[removed]

[removed]

Jim Widner

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:24:48 -0400
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Potent Potables

Jim Burns asks:

But were there specific drinks that some of the noted  radio characters
were known for?

victor rodney gook from vic and sade "hated warm lemonade like a  snake!"

peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john  3:16

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:25:18 -0400
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: the saint

aawjca@[removed] asks:

I was also  wondering if there was any BBC otr radio history on "The Saint".
I know of  the [removed] version with Vincent Price.

not otr but there is a listing  for a 1995 bbc series at 
[removed]
same page has  listings for otr in usa the saint programs.

peace from kathy
support  our troops; end the war
john 3:16  

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:25:41 -0400
From: "Bill" <nbcblue@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Betty Hutton

Steve Salaba asks:

Is this her performance of "Murder, He Says"? I love that bit! This
is probably one of those films that is not available on video - darn
it!

If you can find a copy of "World War II The Music Video" Vol I, it is on
that. Check you library.

Bill H.

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:26:05 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Bargains on OTR CD's
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       A while back, there was a report about the sale of OTR CD's for
$[removed] at some Walgreen's stores.  This report was true, and I took
advantage of it as any OTR fan would have.  That being said, I checked
with the Walgreen's by me and was told that while these CD's have
been removed from the shelves, Walgreen's stores have placed them
in their clearance section and many are selling them for (get this)
25 to 50 cents a piece!  Just thought everyone should know in case they
want to get some of them for their collection.  The CD's which aren't
purchased
could be written off and (heaven forbid) trashed.

       Check out the Walgreen's stores near you.  You never [removed] just
have some great bargains in store and at 25 to 50 cents a piece the price
is one that few of us can afford to pass up!

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:58:56 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Scarecrow Press

The latest catalog from Scarecrow Press arrived in the mail today.  There
are a few books available with OTR-themes that I have never seen before.

SWINGIN' ON THE AIRWAVES: A Chronological History of African Americans in
Radio and Television Programming, 1925-1955 by Henry T. Sampson is a
two-volume set totaling 1,288 pages.

HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF BRITISH RADIO by Sean Street

HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN RADIO SOAP OPERAS by Jim Cox  (I have this
book, it is recommended)

and their catalog says forthcoming in September . . . HISTORICAL DICTIONARY
OF AUSTRALIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION by Albert Moran and Chris Keating

Course, like McFarland, their pricing reflects the market they cater to -
University and College Libraries - not a fan-based consumer crowd so the
prices on some of their books are a bit steep (The SWINGIN' ON THE AIRWAVES
book retails $[removed]) but for anyone interested, their web-site is
[removed]

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