Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #255
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 9/20/2006 1:55 PM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 255
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
  Damon Runyon Theatre                  [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  Radio recreations this Saturday       [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]
  The face of Charlie McCarthy          [ "Dale Clark" <wclark4121@[removed] ]
  Lone Ranger remakes?                  [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
  9-20 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Golden Age of Radio                   [ "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
  US Shows in Australia During WWII     [ "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed]. ]
  Just a bit more on Korla Pandit       [ Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed]; ]
  Re: Convention DVDs                   [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
  Re: OTR personalities/IMdB            [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
  "Full Cast Audio"                     [ "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed] ]
  Karloff & Poe                         [ "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed] ]
  Re: Print through                     [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:12:01 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!

Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!

For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:39:12 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Damon Runyon Theatre

On Monday, September 18, 2006, at 11:56 PM, Karen Hughes wrote:

  I am an education major doing
my student teaching in Peoria this semester, and I'll be teaching a
unit
on Damon Runyon to my high-schoolers.  I plan on playing an episode of
"The Damon Runyon Theatre" for them, and would appreciate any trivia or
anecdotes that any of you would care to share about the program.  Who
sponsored it?  Who was the announcer?  I know that John Brown played
Broadway, but did other actors make regular appearances?  How did they
decide which stories to dramatize?

Mayfair Transcription Company, with offices at 6511 Sunset Blvd. in
Hollywood announced their new syndicated series in the October 1948
issue of "Sponsor" magazine. In it, they announced that the same team
that had produced Alan Ladd's "Box 13" syndicated radio series, would
be responsible for "Damon Runyon."  That trio consisted of Richard
Sanville, director, Vern Carstensen, producer, and Russell Hughes in
charge of scripts.

As as syndicated show, it was offered to any sponsor, in an exclusive
arrangement for regional and spot advertisers. A total of 52 episodes
was offered in 1948 and the company claimed that "Box 13" was then
being heard on 230 different stations. (The company hinted that another
52 episodes of Damon Runyon were an option.)

John Brown played "Broadway", who served as narrator for the series.
Regular supporting cast included Anne Whitfield (Little Miss Marker),
Gerald Mohr (Sorrowful Jones), William Conrad (Dave the Dude) and Herb
Vigan (Harry the Horse.) Most of the West Coast radio talent got on the
show occasionally, [removed] Parley Baer,  Sam Edwards, Sheldon Leonard, Ed
Begley, Jeff Chandler, Hans Conreid and Willard Waterman. Hughes based
his scripts on the original stories of Damon Runyon, so most of
Runyon's fans eventually heard their favorite short story dramatized.

Mutual ran the series from June 22, 1950 to June 7, 1951. Of course,
various non-network stations had been airing it since late 1948. As
with most syndicated series, all 52 episodes are in circulation.  (The
second series of 52 never did materialize.)

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
<[removed]>

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:39:42 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Radio recreations this Saturday

Here's the best bargain in town for old-time radio fans!

30 MINUTES TO CURTAIN's next program of THREE radio re-creations LIVE ON
STAGE will take place on Saturday, September 23 at 2 pm. We'll be doing
recreations of MY FRIEND IRMA, MR. AND MRS. NORTH, and an adaptation for
radio of the Damon Runyon short story The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown. Light
refreshments will be available after the show. Admission is $[removed] per person
at the door. Visit our website at [removed] for the
latest information.

The location is First Southern Baptist Church, 13261 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar,
CA 91342-3930. The city of Sylmar is north of Northridge and northwest of
the city of San Fernando. Going west on the 210 freeway, get off at Polk St.
and go south to Glenoaks Blvd., turn right, and after passing Tyler St. look
for the church on the left side of the street. Coming north on the 405 or 5
freeway, after they join up, get off at Roxford St., go north to Glenoaks
and turn right, and after passing Bledsoe St. look for the church on your
right. Turn in the driveway and go to the parking lot in back. The
performance room is the building on the left. See [removed]
for directions from your location.

This will be our last performance at this location. We are looking for a new
venue.

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:42:39 -0400
From: "Dale Clark" <wclark4121@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  The face of Charlie McCarthy

I am a big fan of the Chase and Sanborn Show with Edgar Bergen and Charlie
McCarthy.
Tonight I watched "Fun and Fancy Free" (Disney, 1947), in which Edgar,
Charlie, and Mortimer Snerd narrate "Mickey and the Beanstalk".
At one point Charlie is dressed as a pirate and his face has a scowl on it.
Did Edger Bergen have more than one head for Charlie or was this head made
just  for movie? All ads I have seen of Bergen and McCarthy for their radio
show have the monocled smiling face of Charlie, which everyone is familiar.

Dale Clark
San Antonio, TX

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:43:04 -0400
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Lone Ranger remakes?

Listening to a Lone Ranger episode today and it had no voices I recognized.
Except for the familiar Rossini opening all of the music was different than
usually heard.

At the end, the announcer, a man named named Hal something or another, said
that this series was broadcast every Monday, Wenesday and Friday at 7:30 pm
from WXYZ in Detroit.  He gave the name of the players who presented the
show but it was hard to make out.  It may have been The Duo players.  Can't
be sure.

Who knows the dope on this show?  Is there a log?

Ted

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:43:14 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  9-20 births/deaths

September 20th births

09-20-1869 - George Robey - London, England - d. 11-29-1954
music hall singer: "Music Hall"
09-20-1885 - Jelly Roll Morton - Gulfport, LA - d. 7-10-1941
jazz musician, songwriter: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin
Street"; "Americana"
09-20-1896 - Si Wills - Pennsylvania - d. 10-3-1977
writer: (Husband of Joan Davis) "Joan Davis Time"
09-20-1898 - Charlie Dressen - Decatur, IL - d. 8-10-1966
baseball manager: "Tops in Sports"; "Brooklyn Dodgers Locker Room
Interviews"
09-20-1899 - Elliot Nugent - Dover, OH - d. 8-9-1980
actor: "Best Plays"; "United States Steel Hour"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-20-1911 - Frank De Vol - Moundsville, WV - d. 10-27-1999
conductor: "Rudy Vallee Drene Show"; "Sealtest Village Store"; "Dinah
Shore Show"
09-20-1912 - John W. Loveton - d. 1-17-1997
director: "The Shadow"; "Mr. and Mrs. North"; "Court of Missing Heirs"
09-20-1915 - Joe King - Birmingham, AL
announcer: "Songs By Morton Downey"; "Walk A Mile"
09-20-1918 - Gordon Heath - NYC - d. 8-27-1991
actor: "New World A' Coming"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
09-20-1918 - Peg Phillips - Everett, WA - d. 11-7-2002
actor: "Studio One"; "The Big Show"
09-20-1919 - Francis Heflin - Oklahoma City, OK - d. 6-1-1994
actor: (Sister of Van Heflin) "Aunt Jenny"; "Big Sister"
09-20-1925 - Joan Barton - d. 8-27-1976
actor: Cashier "Meet Me at Parky's"
09-20-1928 - Dr. Joyce Brothers - NYC
psychologist: "Monitor"
09-20-1929 - Anne Meara - NYC
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

September 20th deaths

03-12-1912 - Paul Weston - Springfield, MA - d. 9-20-1996
conductor: "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Paul Weston Orchestra"
03-22-1913 - James Westerfield - Nashville, TN - d. 9-20-1971
actor: "Mystery Theatre"; "Gunsmoke", "Have Gun,Will Travel"
04-25-1909 - Karl Farr - Rochelle, TX - d. 9-20-1961
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show)
07-18-1893 - Richard Dix - St. Paul, MN - d. 9-20-1949
actor: "Eveready Hour"
08-16-1899 - Glenn Strange - Weed, NM - d. 9-20-1973
singer, actor: "Arizona Wranglers"
10-10-1918 - Paul Dubov - Illinois - d. 9-20-1979
actor: Frank Race "Advs. of Frank Race"
11-11-1909 - Rad Robinson - Bountiful, UT - d. 9-20-1988
singer: (Member of the King's Men) "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "King's
Men"
12-11-1882 - Fiorello La Guardia - NYC - d. 9-20-1947
NYC mayor: "Douglas Corrigan Parade"; "This Is New York"; "Reads the
Funnies"
12-30-1894 - Vincent Lopez - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-20-1975
bandleader: "Luncheon with Lopez"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:43:26 -0400
From: "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Golden Age of Radio

The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].

Each week we feature three complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We present new
shows every week or so. The current three programs will be
available on line at least until the morning of 9/26/06.

NOTE: For the next few weeks we will feature "The Golden
Age of Radio" programs only.

In a few weeks we will continue our series "A One Night
Stand with the Big Bands" shows in the order in which they
were originally broadcast.

Program 82 - January, 1977 - Staats Cottsworth

Staats Cottsworth

Staats Cottsworth was labeled "radio's busiest actor" in
1946. Cotsworth began his day with an 8:30 [removed] rehearsal
for Lone Journey. The day sometimes ended after a repeat
live performance for the West Coast audience of Mr. and
Mrs. North, in which he played Lt. Bill Weigand. Between
the two he would appear on several of the 10 daytime
dramas in which he maintained running parts, although
not all were concurrent. Amanda of Honeymoon Hill,
Big Sister (he was the male lead for a while), Front Page
Farrell (he was the best known actor in the title), Lone
Journey, Lorenzo Jones, Marriage for Two, the Right to
Happiness, the Second Mrs. Burton, Stella Dallas, and
When A Girl Marries.

Despite those, he was perhaps better recognized as the
nighttime supersleuth Casey, Crime Photographer. And
in his spare moments Cotsworth turned up on The Man
from G-2, Mark Trail, The Cavalcade of America, The
March of Time Quiz, Rogue's Gallery, and various other
series.

Program 83 - February, 1977 - Horror Shows

A history of the horror show genre on radio. Radio was
born in the 1920s, boomed in the Thirties, was golden in
the Forties, and busted by a monster called television in
the late Fifties.   While it reigned supreme, the "Theater
of the Mind" took listeners into a world made real by
their own imaginations, a world of sound rather than
sight, a world where the voices of actors and the
ingenuity of sound effects artists gave everything
plausible, sometimes terrifying life.

Program 84 - March, 1977 - Ken Coleman

Ken Coleman recalls his career as a sportscaster,
which eventually led to his selection as the voice
of the Boston Red Sox.  This was the final program
in the series originally broadcast on WTIC.

Coleman was a part of Red Sox broadcasts for 20
years. Some of his calls included the 1967 "Impossible
Dream" season when the Red Sox made a surprise run
to win the AL Pennant before losing to the Cardinals
in the World Series. He also called the 1986 World
Series that included the infamous play with Bill Buckner.

In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."

Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.

Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.

Bob Scherago
Webmaster

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:43:45 -0400
From: "Ian Grieve" <austotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  US Shows in Australia During WWII

G'Day folks, I am often asked questions about how Australians knew about
various [removed] shows and performers.

This news article gives a clue.  Please note that it will not be the
complete distribution that it states.  The stations listed are only those
situated in Victoria and I am sure that the same arrangements would have
been made in Sydney, New South Wales and possibly other states where [removed]
Servicemen  were based.

As usual such an article causes more questions than it answers.

The most accessible research opportunities for us are in Victoria and so our
research is slanted in that direction at the moment.  Future opportunities
may well change that.

Interesting that Arthur Godfrey is not listed, there goes that theory Lee
Munsick.  Though perhaps I am not recognising a show he was associated with.

Ian Grieve
Moderator
Australian OTR Group

(April 1943)

[removed] NETWORK RECORDINGS

Station Distribution

Recordings of Leading American network features, which have been made
available mainly for the entertainment of service men have now been
distributed amoung the various stations under an arrangement arrived at by
the [removed] and Commercial interests.

All these features must be aired between 6 and [removed] [removed]  The following is
the complete distribution:

[removed] - Command Performance, Jack Benny, Fred Waring, Bob Hope, Burns and
Allen, Mail Call, Personal Album, [removed] Symphony, Invitation to Learning.

3DB - Charlie McCarthy, National Barn Dance, Major Bowen, Tommy Dorsey, Hour
of Charm, I Hear America Calling, Suspense, They Live Forever, Telephone
Music, Halls of Montezuma.

3AW - Fibber McGee, Kate Smith, Great Gildersleeve, Hit Parade, Song Sheet,
Indianna Indigo, Aldrich Family, 22nd Letter, [removed] Navy Band.

3UZ - Bing Crosby, Stage Door Canteen, Double or Nothing, Down Beat, Cab
Calloway, Melody Round-up, Cavalcade of America, This is Our Enemy, The
Voice of Firestone, Music for Sunday.

3KZ - Red Skelton, Saturday Night Bandwagon, Jubilee, Yank Swing, Fitch
Bandwagon, Name Bands, Front Line Theatre, Murder Clinic, Viewing Stand,
Wings Over Jordon.

3XY - Maxwell House Show Boat, Fred Allen, Dinah Shore, Mutual Goes Calling,
Kay Kayser, Victory Theatre, Cab Calloway, [removed] Marine Band, Stars over
Hollywood.

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:44:17 -0400
From: Ken Greenwald <radio@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Just a bit more on Korla Pandit

At Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters, we used to regularly have what we
called
Nostalgia Night. It was great! Once a month some famous radio
personality or
behind the scenes director or engineer would take the evening to tell
about his
days during the Golden Age of radio. Every so often Korla Pandit
would amble
in, sit down and quietly listen. He rarely spoke, but when he did it
was quietly,
gently and with that strange smile on his face, the same one he would
show on
his television show here in Los Angeles.
  He always wore his turbin, and was dressed quite well, with
a jacket, nicely pressed pants and a silk shirt. What was so humorous
about him
was that, inevitably, he would come in wearing tennis shoes! No
matter how well
dressed, there were those large tennis shoes. And, believe it or not,
NO ONE ever
asked him why he wore "tennies" to such an occasion!

Ken Greenwald

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:45:59 -0400
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Convention DVDs

The Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention was professionally video
recorded. Although we had order forms at the convention, many people
may not have understood that these were DVDs of the actual talks and
panels that took place at the convention.

You can find a copy of this order form at [removed]

Two of the guest asked not to be recorded and two other people did
not show up. Other than those four sessions, all of the other talks
were recorded an are available at a very low cost. When we perform
this same video service for professional associations, we charge
$[removed] for a DVD. So, the $[removed] cost for the convention DVDs is a
bargain price.

Fred
Check us out for old time radio & TV shows & Movie Serials
[removed]

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:33:49 -0400
From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: OTR personalities/IMdB
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative
X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain

In a message dated 9/19/06 11:18:29 PM Central Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:

Since the site does solicit input, seems perhaps some of our historians
here
have been doing a bit of guerilla updating/education.   True or not true?


Usually the IMDB lists radio work under its "other works" section, and
sometimes gives remarkably short shrift to OTR shows.  For instance, at one
point
they just listed Harold Peary as the voice of radio's "Great Gildersleeve"
without mentioning the years he played the role or making any mention of
"Honest
Harold."  So yes, it's up to OTR fans to provide more info.  OTR work can also
be listed under their biography page.

Dixon

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:34:33 -0400
From: "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Full Cast Audio"

Here in Syracuse we have a very successful firm called "Full Cast Audio."

It produces books-on-tape with a twist. Every character in the book is cast;
there's a narrator of course, but he'or she is interrupted" by the lines of
the characters he's reading about.

I was in the last Communication Arts/Radio & TV class at Fordham University
(1960) that taught writing radio drama scripts. That, alas, was the year
that radio drama lost most of its life.

It was like being trained on how to operate a Linotype machine!

Anyway, almost 50 years later I'm now using this "training!" I've
particiated in two Full Cast Audio books so far and have been accepted for a
third role in a book they''re producing and recording in December.

The audio books are apparantly aimed at the late 'teens and early '20s
demographic but I think smart kids that are pre-teen can enjoy them too.

We, of course, are all required to read the book on our own time. Then we
get together at the Full Cast Audio offices to group read the chapter(s) we
are involved with. Step three is a trek to the recording studio for the
segments we appear in.

We all get an honorarium and copies of the "book" when it comes out.

I'm delighted to finally get a chance to do radio comedy and drama, even
though it's "disguised" as "Full Cast Audio!"

BILL KNOWLTON

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:04:27 -0400
From: "Karen Lerner" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Karloff & Poe

Craig W. asked if Boris Karloff ever did a Poe piece, and I'm writing in to
say that he sure did!  Karloff did The Tell-Tale Heart (a true Poe classic)
on Inner Sanctum Mysteries on 08-03-41.  And, interstingly enough, it seems
that he did a bit of a parody of this same Poe story on The Chase and Sanborn
hour (Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy) a few years before that on 01-30-38.  Of
course, my bosses would be upset if I didn't mention that The Inner Sanctum
broadcast is available on Radio Spirits Best of Boris Karloff collection
(item # 47132 - currently) which is currently on sale at 50% off.

Does anyone know of any other Karloff/Poe broadcasts?

Karen Lerner
Radio Spirits, Inc.

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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:11:00 -0400
From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Print through

Print through cannot be corrected.  Unfortunately your friend is stuck with
what essentially is an adjacent track  recorded along with the intended
track due to poor head allignment on a tape recorder somewhere down
the trading/copying chain.

Al Girard

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