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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2015 : Issue 104
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Captain Midnight [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 27 Decemb [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
OLDE TYME RADIO DIGEST [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:48:15 -0500
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Captain Midnight
My entry was in error. Bill Bouchey played Captain Midnight while the
show was sponsored by Skelly Oil; he was followed by Ed Prentiss, first
on the Skelly-sponsored programs, then on all the Ovaltine-sponsored
serial-format programs. The final, half-hour programs had the character
played by Paul Barnes.
This raises an interesting question. In the television era, Ovaltine
apparently claimed ownership of Captain Midnight, or at least the name.
The TV show was filmed by Screen Gems, with an odd arrangement. Screen
Gems wanted to retain the right to re-issue the show in syndication,
without Ovaltine's sponsorship, but to do that, they apparently had to
remove the Captain Midnight name from the show. So when the shows were
filmed, whenever Captain Midnight's name was mentioned, the actor
recorded a snippet in which s/he said "Jet Jackson." Then after the
show's original run, it was reissued under the title "Jet Jackson, the
Flying Commando." The dubbing of the "Jet Jackson" name was often done
badly, and the snippet sometimes was at a different pitch.
Complicating the thing further, the TV show in its first run was
alternately sponsored by Kix.
So if Ovaltine wasn't the original creator of the character, how did
they manage to claim ownership to the point of requiring the second run
of the show to be under a different name?
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A. Joseph Ross, [removed]| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:48:21 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 27 December to 2
January
From Those Were The Days<<226>><<128>>"
12/27
1932 - Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City. It was the largest
indoor theatre in the world. The gala grand opening show was a six-hour
extravaganza that lost half a million dollars within three weeks. The
theatre has since been renovated to recapture its original decorative
charm. An Art Deco cathedral of entertainment, it seats more than 6,200
people and is still a must-see for those visiting New York. During the
holiday season, audiences continue to get a kick out of seeing the
world-famous Rockettes perform in precision on Radio City Music Hall's
nearly 10,000-square-foot stage.
1939 - "The Glenn Miller Show", also known as "Music that Satisfies",
started on CBS. The 15-minute, twice-a-week show was sponsored by
Chesterfield cigarettes and was heard for nearly three years.
1940 - Singer Al Jolson and actress Ruby Keeler were divorced after 12
years of marriage. They had separated a year earlier; but Jolson talked
Keeler into co-starring with him in the Broadway show, "Hold on to Your
Hats". She left the show before the opening and then left the marriage.
12/28
1941 <<226>><<128>>" <<226>><<128>><<156>>The Helen Hayes
Theater<<226>><<128>><<157>>, on CBS, was called the first casualty
of World War II. Lipton Tea dropped sponsorship of the program as it
prepared for shortages in tea imports from India.
12/29
1945 - The mystery voice of Mr. Hush was heard for the first time on the
radio show, "Truth or Consequences", hosted by Ralph Edwards. The
feature was intended as a spoof of giveaway shows. However, the idea
was taken seriously and lasted five weeks before fighter Jack Dempsey
was identified as Mr. Hush -- for a prize of $13,500.
12/30
1936 - The famous feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen was ignited.
After a 10-year-old performer finished a violin solo on "Town Hall
Tonight". Mr. Allen said, "A certain alleged violinist should hide his
head in shame for his poor fiddle playing." It didn't take long for Mr.
Benny to respond. The humorous feud lasted for years on both comedian's
shows.
1942 <<226>><<128>>" "Mr. and Mrs. North" debuted on NBC. Joseph Curtin
played Jerry
North and Alice Frost played Pam. A typical episode would find Pam
leading Jerry on what seemed to be a wild-goose chase as they tracked
down criminals. Pam always ended up being right and leading police to
the criminals. The theme song for the show was "The Way You Look
Tonight". Sponsors included Woodbury soap, Jergens lotion and Halo
shampoo.
12/31
1929 - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played "Auld Lang Syne". It
had been the band<<226>><<128>><<153>>s theme song long before 1929.
However, this night
was the start of a New Year's Eve tradition as Lombardo's famed
orchestra played at the Hotel Roosevelt Grill in New York City to usher
in the new year.
1940 - As a result of a dispute between the radio networks and ASCAP
(the American Society of Composers and Publishers), the radio industry
was prevented from playing any ASCAP-licensed music. The ban lasted for
ten months. An ASCAP competitor, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) made
giant strides, expanding to include 36,000 copyrights. Many radio
stations had to resort to playing public domain songs, such as marches
and operas, to keep their stations on the air. Even kids songs were
played over and over again until the ban was lifted. One of the most
popular songs to be played was "Happy Birthday to You"; which was
performed in many different languages just to get past the ban. The
original song is now, in fact, a copyrighted piece of music, though it
wasn't at the time.
1947 - Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, and Dale Evans were hitched
in marriage. They rode off into the sunset together for over fifty years.
1/1
1923 The very first radio broadcast of the Rose Bowl was beamed in Los
Angeles over KHJ.
1925 Lucrezia Bori and John McCormack of the famous Metropolitan Opera
in New York City made their singing debuts on radio this day. The
broadcast over WEAF encouraged others to sing on radio.
1927 The very first coast to coast network radio broadcast of the Rose
Bowl was made. Graham McNamee provided the play by play on NBC.
1930 The Cuckoo Hour, was heard for the first time on the NBC Blue
network.
1/2
1921 The first religious broadcast on radio was heard, as Dr. [removed] Van
Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached on KDKA radio in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
1959 CBS dropped the curtain on four soap operas. Our Gal Sunday, This
is Nora Drake, Backstage Wife and Road of Life all hit the road for good.
Joe
***** WARNING! UNHANDLED BAD CHARACTER!!!!!
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:48:26 -0500
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO DIGEST
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
*Happy New Year*
THE RADIO HALL OF FAME
"Philco Radio Hall Of Fame"
Episode 4 12-26-43 "A New Year's Eve Message"
Features: Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa and the entire Allen company,
Lauritz Melchoir, Lou Holtz, Raymond Edward Johnson, Helen Forrest
Host: Deems Taylor
Announcer: Glen Riggs
Music: Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
Variety Editor: Abel Green
NBC-BLUE Philco
A DATE WITH JUDY
Episode 134 1-1-46 "New Year's Resolutions"
Stars: Louise Erickson as Judy Foster, Dix Davis, Ken Christy, Myra Marsh
NBC Tums Tuesdays 8:30-9:00 pm
THE RED SKELTON SHOW
Episode 53 12-31-50 "New Year's Puzzle"
STARS: Lurene Tuttle, Four Knights, Pat McGeehan, Dick Ryan, Martha
Wentworth
CBS TIDE
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATER
THE FAT MAN
(ABC) 1/21/46 J. Scott Smart
stars in the first episode: "The 19th Pearl."
YOU BET YOUR LIFE
(NBC/Synd) Undated
Can you date this re-release of Groucho Marx's beloved comedy-quiz?
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
(WOR/SYND) 2/23/40 - Clark Kent, as Superman, winds up the "Silver
Clipper" story and introduces the "Yellow Mask"
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
Our New Year's show. .
THE JACK BENNY SHOW
from 12/23/1945 The Ronald Colmans make another appearance this time at
Jack's home for dinner.
HAWAII CALLS
12/29/1949 (MBS) Stars Alfred Alpaka. Hawaiian Wedding Song sung for the
newly married Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gable.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
12/28/1947 New Year's Eve Off Scilly Island.
CRIME CLASSICS
12/30/1953 episode (26) Coyle and Richardson.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 149
CLASSICS & CURIOS: DREAMS & MOMENTS TO REMEMBER
Episode 199
A CELEBRATION AT NEW YEARS WITH GUY LOMBARDO AND SONGS FROM 1945 (Reprise)
Classics & Curios celebrates the New Year with a big band remote from
1958 featuring the Guy Lombardo orchestra performing at Lake Tahoe. From
that broadcast Guy favors us with five songs in one of his popular
Lombardo golden oldies medleys: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love,
Baby," "Button Up Your Overcoat," "Shine on Harvest Moon," "My Gal Sal,"
and "Every Where You Go." Guy will ask you to sing along, so be prepared!
Our celebration begins with Margaret Whiting asking a timely question in
song: "What Are You Doing New Years?" Then we shift to 1945 to review
top songs from that year and to highlight three of them, starting with
two terrific songs from Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters: "Accentuate
the Positive" and "Don't Fence Me In." Next Kitty Kallen and Harry James
bring the song that soldiers and their sweethearts played on jukeboxes
and sang in their hearts at war's end: "It's Been a Long, Long Time."
Kitty Kallen has stated in interviews that she always sang songs as they
were written, without erratic embellishments that detract from the
composer's intended melody. No doubt girl singers like Kitty, Helen
Forrest, Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford, and
Patti Page surely do (or would) listen (with many of us) with concern at
the current common practice of singing our National Anthem at many
sporting events today with rambling, self styled, up and down phrasing,
as if the performers are searching frantically but unsuccessfully for
the correct way the song was written.
Kitty was a faithful vocalist to composers from her very first job with
Jan Savitt's big band while still a teenager in 1936 continuing on to
her hit recordings later in the 1940's and then still later in the
1950's with more hits such as "Little Things Mean a Lot" and "If I Give
My Heart to You." She actually had her own radio show in Philadelphia as
a pre-teen and never stopped singing songs the way the writers intended
during her times with the big bands of Artie Shaw, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy
Dorsey, and Harry James. To me "little things" such as a good melody
still "mean a lot" and that's been true for a "long, long time."
Of course our make-believe musical New Years Eve "party" nears
conclusion at midnight with Guy's "Auld Lang Syne," and then Frank
Sinatra drops by briefly to add a timely and true parting thought for
the New Year. And it is that thought that we celebrate as we wish you a
very blessed and Happy New Year from Classics & Curios and the Keilstrup
family.
May God bless you with good melodies, good health, and much joy in the
New Year! .
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THE GLOWING DIAL
Big John and Greg celebrate New Year's!
The Mysterious Traveler - "New Year's Nightmare"
originally aired Sunday, January 5, 1947 on MUTUAL
Starring: Maurice Tarplin, Stuart Broday, Louise Fitch, Hester
Sondergaard, Mort Lawrence.
Carl Caruso announcing.
Sustained
The Milton Berle Show - "Salutes The New Year"
originally aired Tuesday, December 30, 1947 on NBC
Starring: Milton Berle, Pert Kelton, Mary Shipp, Arthur Q. Bryan, Jack
Albertson, Arnold Stang, Ed Begley, Billy Sands,
Charlie Irving, Johnny Gibson, Dick Forney, Ray Bloch and His Orchestra.
Frank Gallup announcing.
Sponsor: Philip Morris
Sherlock Holmes - "New Year's Eve Off The Coast Of The Scilly Isles"
originally aired Sunday, December 28, 1947 on MUTUAL
Starring: John Stanley, Alfred Shirley.
Cy Harrice announcing.
Sponsor: Clipper Craft
Amos 'n Andy - "The Mysterious New Year's Card"
originally aired Sunday, December 26, 1948 on CBS
Starring: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Ernestine Wade, Lou Lubin,
Eddie Green, The Jubilaires,
Jeff Alexander's Orchestra and Chorus.
Sponsor: Rinso
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