Subject: [removed] Digest V2001 #283
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 8/30/2001 4:13 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2001 : Issue 283
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Today in radio history (belated)      [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]
  Bea Benaderet query                   [ "igsjr@[removed]" <igsjr@[removed]; ]
  Harry Mortons                         [ lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed]; ]
  Larry Keating, and the various Harry  [ "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@pacbell. ]
  Trademarks                            [ "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed]; ]
  Original Radio Themes                 [ Al Girard <agirard@[removed] ]
  Re: Arthur Teacher                    [ Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed]; ]
  Bea Benaderets Death                  [ lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed]; ]
  slogans                               [ Roo61@[removed] (Randy Watts) ]
  Arthur Treacher for hire              [ "igsjr@[removed]" <igsjr@[removed]; ]
  Italian Balm                          [ "Lois Culver" <lois@[removed]; ]
  Re: Slogans                           [ neil crowley <og@[removed]; ]
  "Enduring" Themes                     [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
  Arthur Treacher                       [ Bill Wilson <wmewilson@[removed]. ]
  Re: Slogans                           [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
  Grofe and Gerswhin Again              [ "Robert Fells" <rfells@[removed]; ]
  Enduring Original Radio Themes        [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
  Arthur Treacher was on Jimmy Durante  [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
  Re: Themes                            [ "J. Pope" <jpope101@[removed] ]
  [removed] Hill & Campana Balm              [ "David H. Buswell" <dbuswell@rivnet ]
  All Things Thurl                      [ "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed] ]
  black actor and the Greater New York  [ khovard@[removed] ]
  Re:Age                                [ OtrHerb@[removed] ]
  Radio Browsers Interview              [ Duane Keilstrup <duanek9@[removed]; ]
  Mexwell House Coffee                  [ Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed]; ]
  Original Theme Music                  [ Rkayer@[removed] ]
  Re: Themes                            [ "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed]; ]
  Suspence                              [ AandG4jc@[removed] ]
  How old are we                        [ "glen" <gschroeder10@[removed]; ]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:14:02 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Today in radio history (belated)

  From the AP for Tuesday, 29 August --

  > In 1922, a New York City realty company paid $100 for the first
radio commercial, on station WEAF.

  Joe

--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:14:36 -0400
From: "igsjr@[removed]" <igsjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Bea Benaderet query

Jay Ranellucci pondered:

Ivan mentioned that Bea Benaderet at one time was married to Jim
Bannon.
Once when I was doing some work with sound effects man Gene Twombley,
Jack Benny's sfx man, someone said did you know Gene's wife is Bea
Benaderet?  I wonder was this before or after Jim Bannon?

Definitely after.

By the way, I've been listening to some BURNS & ALLEN broadcasts
recently, and not only did Bea play Blanche Morton (the role she later
played when George & Gracie moved to t--------n) but she also played
Clara Bagley, Gracie's other friend as well.  I wonder if Gracie ever
caught on?

Ivan

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:16:39 -0400
From: lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Harry Mortons

To: A. Joseph Ross  You are correct!  I pulled out the
print out I got on the internet thinking it was about
The Burns & Allen radio show only to find that it was
about the tv show.  My appologies for the error.

As for the age of otr listeners I am 41 and started
listening in 1982.   Thanks!!! lynn

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:17:48 -0400
From: "W. Gary Wetstein" <wgaryw@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Larry Keating, and the various Harry Mortons

hi all,

as a devoted burns and allen fan, i can fill in some information regarding
the proliferation of harry mortons over the years. . .

on radio, to my knowledge, the role of harry morton was played only by hal
march, and only appeared in the last few years of the show.  the first show
i've heard in which harry appears is from 2/21/46. he probably appeared
somewhat earlier, but i'm almost certain that it was not before the change
in sponsorship to maxwell house at the start of the 1945-46 season.

harry wasn't really a *regular* character until the final year of the show,
1949-50, which coincided with another change in sponsorship to ammident
toothpaste. at this point, the mortons became featured characters, acting as
a sort of couterpoint to george and gracie as they did on the TV show.

during the tv years, hal march continued the role of harry morton for 7
episodes, then john brown replaced him for the next 10 episodes.  fred clark
came next, and he remained through the rest of the live broadcasts, and the
first season of filmed shows (which is why you may have seen a syndicated
episode with him in it; the first two years of live broadcasts were not
rerun. a handful of kinescopes, however, are available on video.)

fred clark's version of harry morton had an added dimension the others
didn't: he had a voracious appetite.  but starting in the 4th year, and
remaining through the rest of the run of the burns & allen TV show, larry
keating took over the role, in the incarnation most people remember best.
harry morton suddenly became an accountant (the previous harry's were all in
real estate), an intellectual snob and uptight square, and a walking
thesaurus whom no one ever understood.

in contrast to the rotating cast of husbands she shared her home with,
blanche morton was always played by bea benadaret, on radio and TV, and she
appeared in radio episodes as early as 1942.  i have heard *one* burns and
allen show where a different actress played blanche (10/7/48), but i can
only suspect that bea benadaret was simply unavailable that particular week.
i have no idea who was the replacement for that episode, but i've always
been curious.  she sounds kind of like eve arden to my ears, but i'd doubt
it really was.

how about that for a long answer. . . ?

regards,

w. gary w.

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:33:16 -0400
From: "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Trademarks

Brian Johnson <CHYRONOP@[removed]; wrote:

For the last couple of issues we've talked about products and whole
companies that have "gone by the boards," so to speak, only to hear of
regional availability. That got me to thinking about other discussions we've
had about trademarks and copyrights - I wonder how many American companies
issue licenses of their famous trademarks to overseas companies or resurrect
the products regionally in the States or in Canada just to keep them
"active" and therefore protected?

For example, I know for years you couldn't buy a Pontiac Tempest in the US
but you could in Canada (Funny thing, though, it looked EXACTLY like a
Chevrolet Corsica!)

That's a different case.  Back when Canada had fairly stiff duties on
American cars and parts, Pontiac got into the habit of building cars in
Canada that looked much like their American models but were shorter and used
Chevrolet engines, transmissions and chassis components (Chevy had the
volume to make cars in Canada from the ground up, Pontiac didn't), and
naturally chose different model names for the cars.  After the Auto Pact in
the mid-1960s opened the Canadian market, Pontiac decided to differentiate
itself by selling certain Chevrolet-derived cars only in Canada, notably the
Beaumont (Malibu), Astre (Vega), later Parisiennes (Caprice) and the 1000
(Chevette) as well as the Tempest you mentioned.  Some of these cars were
finally brought to the [removed] after proving themselves north of the border.

But I don't think that use of a trademark in Canada preserves it in the [removed]
What does is occasional references to it in this country.  Standard Oil of
Indiana (better known as Amoco) has stickers on some gasoline pumps
displaying their name and the abbreviation S-O to protect their regional
trademark rights, and I'm told that Chevron (the combination of Standard Oil
of California and Standard Oil of Kentucky) maintains one Standard station
in each state in its territories for the same reason.  And getting back
(somewhat) to OTR, even in the 1990s RCA printed the classic "His Master's
Voice" logo and the Victor and Victrola names on the back of some console TV
sets in order to establish continued use of those marks.

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:06:40 -0400
From: Al Girard <agirard@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Original Radio Themes

The theme for Fibber McGee and Molly was an original
composition by Billy Mills, the show's band leader.
The title was Wing To Wing, and I have been unable
to find any account of a recording by any band
including that of Mr. Mills. Evidently it was used only
as the Fibber McGee and Molly theme and was never sold
as a consumer recording.

Al Girard

Unofficial Fibber McGee and Molly home Page
[removed]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:07:25 -0400
From: Gerry Wright <gdwright@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Arthur Teacher

Jer51473@[removed] inquired of the collective

I seem to remember him [Arhtur Treahcer] as a regular for a time on the Jack
Benny program.

Arthur Teacher was not a butler on the Jack Benny Program, but was a
butler on The Jack Carson Show from 1943 to 1947

Gerry Wright
ZoneZebra Productions
San Francisco

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:07:46 -0400
From: lynn wagar <philcolynn@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Bea Benaderets Death

We all know that Bea Benaderet died Oct. 13, 1968 from
lung cancer right!
Her father Sam Benaderet owned Benaderets Inc.
a Tabacco and Pipe manufacture.  He made something for
every smoker.  Like- Benaderets California Cigarettes,
The Russian Mouth Piece, The Egyptian, The English,
The Matchless Self-Lighting Cigarette and even two
small ladies Cigarettes named Petites and Harem
Beauties.  Benaderets Inc. was the oldest pipe and
tobacco store when it went out of business in 1980
(1915-1980).  I wonder where Bea got her first
cigarette from?  Kinda interesting when you think
about it!!!      Lynn Wagar

Source:  1939 Golden Gate Expo-Cigarettes

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:07:59 -0400
From: Roo61@[removed] (Randy Watts)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  slogans

"XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX -- for the
skin you love to touch!"

Elizabeth, wasn't it Woodbury Facial soap that promised "the skin you
love to touch"?

--Randy

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:09:01 -0400
From: "igsjr@[removed]" <igsjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Arthur Treacher for hire

Jer51473@[removed] asked:

I seem to remember him as a regular for a time on the Jack Benny program.
I own many tapes of the program, but none have him in them. Wasnt he Bennys
butler or something or am i thinking of another show? Didnt Benny refer to
him as "Treacher"? If so when were these shows aired? Anybody?

Arthur Treacher "butled" on Jimmy Durante's program for a while, and
that's where I've heard him referred to as "Treacher."  I think Jack
Carson employed him to answer the doorbell as [removed]

Ivan

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:09:22 -0400
From: "Lois Culver" <lois@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Italian Balm

Just a brief remembrance of an old "Little Eva" joke.  Something about
Little Eva laughed and laughed [removed] something about Italian Balm
(bomb) on her hands.

Lois Culver
KWLK Radio (Mutual) Longview, WA 1941-44
KFI Radio (NBC) Los Angeles CA 1945-47, 50-53
Widow of Howard Culver, actor

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:10:13 -0400
From: neil crowley <og@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Slogans

4. "Use XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX twice a day -- see your XXXXXXX at least
twice a year."

I thought this was Colgate, not Pepsodent. Memories - the more you have the
more they merge.

10. "XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXX -- for the XXXX you love to XXXXX!"

And I thought this was Jergen's Lotion but it's Woodbury Facial Soap
anointing that touchable skin. My uncle, who was partial to a drop of the
creatur', once drank some Jergen's in error. He found it about as good as
the stuff he usually favored.

On another subject entirely, the cancer company's use of Grofe's music,
even if it was with his connivance, is an example of a bad habit which,
unlike so many smokers, hasn't died yet. I would urge everybody never to
buy a product which associates its toilet paper with a piece of good music.
It's mustaching the Mona Lisa - an attempt to give importance to the
commonplace by joining it to, and debasing, a work of art.

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:10:46 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Enduring" Themes

Partridge asks,

Did radio give us any original theme music? The themes most familiar to
me are all "borrowed" - Love in Bloom; Love Nest; Street Scene; William
Tell; Flight of the Bumble Bee etc.  I can't think of one enduring
original radio theme. Can anyone?

Well, what does one mean by "enduring"?  For those who have heard it, the
theme from Pete Kelly's Blues is pretty unforgettable.  Likewise, the
opening theme from The Whistler.  And of course there's always the
four-note signature from Dragnet.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:10:57 -0400
From: Bill Wilson <wmewilson@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Arthur Treacher

Treacher was a regular for a time on "Duffy's Tavern."  Archie thought that
having "Treacher" as a maitre 'd gave the "jernt" some class!

Hope this helps!

Bill W.

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:11:31 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Slogans

Tony Bell submits:

 "Your ticket of admission -- your loyalty to XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX!"

That would be MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE, sponsor to the "Maxwell House
Showboat"...the announcer Harlan remembers is "Tiny" Ruffner.

Correct! The same phrase was also used on the Show Boat's successor
series, the Good News of 1938/39/40 program, spoken by various announcers
and MCs. But it's the Ruffner "Show Boat" version that remains most
memorable.

And Russ Butler proposes,

The answer to Elizabeth's question #10 in her
"take it up a notch"quiz  is "[removed]
for the skin you love to touch."

Close but not quite -- it *was* a facial soap, but it wasn't Camay. More
hints -- it was a subsidiary product of the Andrew Jergens Company, but
"Jergens" appeared nowhere in its name. It sponsored a number of programs
over the years, including those of a Very Popular Singer, A notorious
Hollywood gossipmonger, and the XXXXXXXX Hollywood Playhouse.

Elizabeth

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:23:49 -0400
From: "Robert Fells" <rfells@[removed];
To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Grofe and Gerswhin Again

I can confirm Art Funk's account of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.  The
account has been reasonably well-documented that the composer had vaguely
agreed to write some sort of tone poem for Paul Whiteman, but Whiteman then
announced to the press that Gershwin was writing a piece for Whiteman's
upcoming concert, the lengendary Aolian Hall concert in NYC in February 1924
called "An Experiment in Modern Music."  Gershwin was indeed busy writing
music for a new play but since Whiteman had committed him to produce
something on a deadline, Gershwin wrote out a piano version of what would be
called Rhapsody in Blue that he sent a page at a time to Ferde Grofe for
orchestration.

There was no time for Gershwin to write in the piano part so he played it
himself at the Aolian Hall premiere.  As Whiteman conducted his orchestra,
he would come across the part of the score for the piano alone which was
blank.  At that point, the score instructed Whiteman to "wait for cue" from
Gershwin at the keyboard to signal when the orchestra should resume playing.
And that was how an American classic was introduced!  The full symphony
version of Rhapsody, which is the version most people are familar with, was
not written until after Gershwin's death in 1937.  Unlike the Whiteman
version, which is wonderfully lean and jazzy, the symphony version seems
overly lush and rather bombastic.  There is some feeling among Gershwin
afficiandos that the composer would not have approved of the overblown
symphony version.  I was first introduced to the piece by hearing the famous
1927 Whiteman Orchestra recording with Gershwin himself at the keyboard, and
I've never cared for the symphony version, even when conducted by Arturo
Toscanini on a 1942 NBC broadcast.

Regarding Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite, he had composed two movements,
"Sunrise" and "Sunset," in 1921 but the work languished after that.  Once
again, it was Paul Whiteman who encouraged Grofe to complete the work,
saying that he would perform it if he did.  What composer could refuse that
kind of offer?!  So Grofe completed it in 1931 and Whiteman premiered it the
same year and then recorded it on four 12-inch 78s in 1932 for RCA (this
performance is out on CD these days).

Unlike, Rhapsody in Blue, the Grand Canyon Suite suffers from the leaner
sound of the Whiteman orchestra compared to the "Grand" sound of a full
symphony orchestra.  I may be prejudiced, but the best recording of the
Suite I've heard is Toscanini's 1945 RCA recording with his NBC Symphony
Orchestra.  Grofe was present for the recording session and when Toscanini,
ever the servant of the composer, turned and asked Grofe what he thought of
the rehearsal, Grofe was literally bowled over.  While expressing his
approval, Grofe backed into some chairs and fell over them!

Bob Fells

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:24:02 -0400
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Enduring Original Radio Themes

Hi Gang -                      August 31, 2001 - Friday - 8:15 AM cdt

In issue 202, Partridge, inquires about original radio theme songs:

 Did radio give us any original theme music?
 The themes most familiar to me are all "borrowed" ....
 I can't think of one enduring original radio theme. Can anyone?

Yes, I can.  Right off the top of my head:

Bell Waltz  - The Telephone Hour
Wing to Wing  -  Fiber McGee and Molly
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round  -  Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Suspense - Suspense
Patricia - One Man's Family
Gunsmoke - Gunsmoke

There are many more.  Unfortunately, most of them have
not been made available on commercial phonograph records,
nor have they been recorded and popularized by other musicians.
Too bad - some of those "original" theme songs are really good
music.

I'm sure other readers will think of many more original themes
songs for radio programs.

See You In Newark (?) -- Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois
kenpiletic@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:24:34 -0400
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Arthur Treacher was on Jimmy Durante Program

Hi Gang -                August 30, 2001 - Thursday - 8:45 AM cdt

In issue 282, Jer51473 writes:

   I seem to remember him [Arthur Treacher] as a regular
   for a time on the Jack Benny program. I own many tapes
   of the program, but none have him in them. ...

Arthur Treacher was a regular on Jimmy Durante's program.
He also appeared on sevaral other programs from time-to-time,
but to my knowledge he was never a regular on the Jak Benny
Program.  He might have been a guest once or twice.

Arthur Treacher played the Butler on the Jimmy Durante Show
during the 1947-1948 season, and Jimmy Called him "Treacher".

Hope this helps.

Happy Tapng, and See you in Newark.
Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois
kenpiletic@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:24:32 -0400
From: "J. Pope" <jpope101@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Themes

I can't think of one enduring original radio theme.

    10 other people have probably said this already, [removed] the 'Dragnet'
march!!

Jennifer

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:24:51 -0400
From: "David H. Buswell" <dbuswell@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  [removed] Hill & Campana Balm

Elizabeth discussed tobacco kingpin [removed] Hill's crude act of spitting on the
table to make a point.  I'm sure many here remember Clark Cable's early
postwar move "The Hucksters."  In that film, the corporate president (played
by Sidney Greenstreet) performs exactly that disgusting act to make a
similar point to the advertising executive played by Gable. Obviously a case
of art imitating life.

Campana's Italian Balm was made in Batavia, Illinois, a town not too far
from the town in which I grew up (Elmhurst).
As I recall, the name "Italian" was removed from the product's name during
World War II because of Italy's involvement as an Axis country.  The Campana
Building, BTW, was (and perhaps still is) considered quite an architectural
attraction.  I can't remember who designed it, but people would drive a long
way to point it out to visitors.

Dave

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:08:07 -0400
From: "Russ Butler" <oldradio@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  All Things Thurl

There's a web site for Thurl Ravenscroft fans:
[removed]
with numerous sound clips of his wonderful
voice work.  "All Things Thurl" is put together
by Brian Jacobs  bejacobs@[removed]  who has
done a GRRReat job showcasing this marvelous
bass voice's career.  Worth a visit!!

Russ Butler oldradio@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:09:03 -0400
From: khovard@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  black actor and the Greater New York Fund  on
 OTR

The late actor Canada Lee did a great number of broadcasts for the
Greater New York  Fund starting in 1941 and continuing every year.  Does
anyone have a copy of any of these shows?

Thanks,

Howard


1.  1944 -- May 26	RADIO BROADCAST:  NEGRO PROGRAM UNITED COLLEGE FUND --
IN DRAMATIC SKETCH.

 2. 1944 -- June 2	    RADIO BROADCAST: YOUNG MEN CHRISTIAN'S
ASSOCIATION -- LEE Was NARRATOR IN
 DRAMATIC SKETCH ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF [removed]  NBC - 11:30--12:00

3.  1946 -- 5/20	RADIO BROADCAST:  HI JINX!  GUEST DOES LINES  "ON
WHITMAN AVENUE".

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:09:09 -0400
From: OtrHerb@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re:Age

I am 64, have been collecting for 30 yrs or so

Herb Cramer

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:09:23 -0400
From: Duane Keilstrup <duanek9@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Radio Browsers Interview

Phil Holdman, President of the Radio Browsers, the great Eddie Hubbard Big
Band Trivia Show, will be interviewed on Yesterday USA this Sunday,
September 2, at 9:00 [removed] Eastern.  That same evening Julius La Rosa will be
featured on Classics & Curios.  "Tune" in at [removed].

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:09:34 -0400
From: Harlan Zinck <buster@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Mexwell House Coffee

"Tony Bell" <t_bell61@[removed]; has eased my troubled mind with his
answer to Elizabeth's quiz question:

"Your ticket of admission -- your loyalty to XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX!"

Tony sez:

That would be MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE, sponsor to the "Maxwell House
Showboat"...the announcer >Harlan remembers is "Tiny" Ruffner.

Thank you, Tony! I will sleep well tonight. However, the voice that was
running through my mind was Ted Pearson, the announcer on "Good News of
1938," Maxwell House's vaiety series that followed the run of "Showboat". A
couple of years ago I borrowed a considerable number of these shows from
the SPERDVAC Hollywood Museum collection, the shows taken from 78 RPM
airchecks recorded for Frank Morgan. The ads must have been effective,
since this minor slogan still sticks in my head after almost two years!

Harlan

Harlan Zinck
First Generation Radio Archives
[removed]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:09:44 -0400
From: Rkayer@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Original Theme Music

Partrdge asks: "Did radio give us any original theme music? The themes most
familiar to me are all "borrowed" - Love in Bloom; Love Nest; Street Scene;
William Tell; Flight of the Bumble Bee etc.  I can't think of one enduring
original radio theme. Can anyone?"

How about 'The Perfect Song', the theme for 'Amos and Andy" in the 40's and
'50's?  Also, Bernard Hermann's wonderful intro for 'Suspense'.  I would also
guess the theme for'The Whistler' was original.
Bob Kayer
rkayer@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:09:52 -0400
From: "Michael Hayde" <mmeajv@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Themes

"Partridge" wrote:
I can't think of one enduring original radio theme. Can anyone?

Four "words": DUM-DE-DUM-DUM!

Michael J. Hayde

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:10:05 -0400
From: AandG4jc@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Suspence

Does anybody know the name of the Suspense episode that had a blind detective
by the name of "Captain McClain." I remember hearing this episode a couple of
years ago on the radio broadcast of old time radio and I have been trying to
find that episode. I am most positive that it was a Suspense episode and not
Escape. But of course I could be wrong.
Allen

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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:10:28 -0400
From: "glen" <gschroeder10@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  How old are we

Hi all.

I am 54 years old and started collecting otr shows in the early 70's when I
was in my early 20s. I actually grew up with the T word but when I was small
I liked to listen to the radio with my brother. A lot of the shows were gone
by then but I have fond memories of Gunsmoke, Johnny Dollar, Have Gun Will
Travel and Suspense among others. My mother listened to a lot of the 15
minute soaps in the 50s and when I was home from school, I'd listen with
her. I got re-interested in the late 60s when my brother bought a five
record set called The Golden Age of Radio by Jack Benny. Around the same
time I bought two albums called Themes Like Old Times and I was hooked. I
started taping all the otr shows I could find off the radio. I used reel to
reel tape. I still have about 30 tapes full of otr. Later I taped shows on
cassettes and started buying sets of shows or would get them as gifts. I do
more listening than collecting now, but lately I've been finding the big
Radio Spirits sets at Sam's clubs at about half price.

About the old gums, such as BNlack Jack and Pepsin are concerned, I used to
be in the vending business, about ten years ago one of the big gum companies
starting coming out with these old gums about once a year for a limited
time. As far as I know, they are still around about once a year.

Speaking of where the value goes up upn up and the prices go down down down,
I remember my parents bought the suit I graduated from high school in 1965
at Robert. I remember their commercials being done by Les Paul and Mary
Ford. We used to turn the jingle around and say when the prices go up up up.

Glen Schroeder

Madison Wisconsinw

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