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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 79
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Donations to museums etc.             [ <verotas@[removed]; ]
  Ann of the Air Lanes                  [ Ben Kibler <ben_kibler48309@[removed] ]
  THE LUCK OF JOAN CHRISTOPHER          [ PvlovsDog@[removed] ]
  "A Show Query" and "J cards"          [ [removed]@[removed] ]
  Subject: Cassette storage boxes and   [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
  J-cards                               [ <dianeb1963@[removed]; ]
  Burns and Allen                       [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
  Stuart Lubin' delema                  [ Frank McGurn <[removed]@sbcglobal. ]
  Cassette storage                      [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
  Barbara Britton                       [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  Avi's book                            [ Gary <yraginnh@[removed]; ]
  Some thoughts about Hal               [ "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed] ]

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:12:58 -0500
From: <verotas@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Donations to museums etc.

I may have missed part of this thread - please pardon me if this is
duplicative.

My wife and I moved in October 2006 from an 1800 sf house and 2700 sf
warehouse (built to house my estimated 80,000 recordings and associated
archival material) to a tiny not quite 800 sf house and no other storage
capacity.  In the process, we sold, donated and unfortunately had to throw
away literally tons of things.  We tried to get as many tax benefits as
possible to offset a number of items we sold at a loss but still for large
amounts of money.  We did this by donating a great deal of material over
several months, to two local libraries and two churches - much with the idea
that they could sell the videos, records, books and the like.  All promised
me letters or receipts.  To date (March 2007) we have not received such,
although all these people were friends and we had done a lot of volunteer
work with most of the organizations.

So one suggestion I have is to sit down and discuss in detail what you have
in mind with any type of gift-in-kind, and then get the letter or receipt all
worked out BEFORE actually handing the goods over to the recipient
organization(s).  Perhaps having the letter placed in the hands of your
attorney or other third party would allay any thoughts of hanky-panky.

Unfortunately, most of these gifts were August of last year.  Only recently
have we learned of the following, which we read in the March 2007 issue of
"Good Housekeeping Magazine" in their section Moneytalk, about new IRS laws
governing donations:

"Be careful with donation deductions.  If you plan to write off old clothes,
toys, or furniture you gave away, read the fine print.  A new law says used
items donated after August 17, 2006, must be in good condition (or better) to
be deductible.

"You'll need a receipt from the charity for donations worth less than $250
and an acknowledgement letter for those worth more.  The letter should say
something like 'Thank you for your gift of 10 suits'.  Usually, the charity
won't specify the condition of the goods.  If you're audited, you'll have to
prove it yourself.  Before making the donation, list the items and - to be
safe - take pictures as well, says attorney Donna LeValley of the tax
publisher [removed] Lasser."

I can hear the groans and screams now.  I suspect that fewer than 5% of
charities have any knowledge of this.  When we gave a lot of clothing to the
Salvation Army in Appomattox VA last fall (well AFTER August 17th) they just
handed me a blank receipt form off a pad.  And of course we had no knowledge
of all this change until we read this article this week.

Let the donor beware!

Bestus, Lee Munsick   (that Godfrey guy)

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:20:53 -0500
From: Ben Kibler <ben_kibler48309@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Ann of the Air Lanes
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Although David Goldin has 48 episodes listed in his log (all for 1935), the
only listings I could find were in the EDWARDSVILLE (ILL) INTELLIGENCER in a
1942-1943 time span.

  The show was broadcast Monday-Wednesday-Friday starting Monday, August 24,
1942 thru Friday, January 22, 1943.

  Then was broadcast on Wednesday only from January 27, 1943 thru February
24, 1943.

  A total of 71 broadcast dates.

  No episode titles were given.

  It was on the NBC-Red network station of KSD (St Louis).

  All but a few of the listings had "Ann of the Air Lanes" as the title.

  Ben K

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:21:07 -0500
From: PvlovsDog@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  THE LUCK OF JOAN CHRISTOPHER
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Hi All:
I've been lurking and enjoying this list for years now and finally have a
question that needs answering.

I'm the researcher for an upcoming documentary on 1940s film producer  Val
Lewton (CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, etc.) In 1933, Lewton  wrote a
continuing, limited run serial, THE LUCK OF JOAN CHRISTOPHER, which  ran three
times weekly for 33 weeks that year.

Unfortunately, I have neither a broadcast network or dates for this. We're
hoping to get hold of a recording, although I realize this is a long shot,
given  how much of pre-1935 or so radio is lost.

There's every chance this show might have an entry in the Jay Hickerson  book
or another similar publication, but I don't have a copy handy.

In any case, I'd be grateful for any information on this program, or for  any
leads on where a surviving audio copy might be found, if there's any chance
that one exists.

Many thanks!
John Migliore

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 12:21:16 -0500
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "A Show Query" and "J cards"

     Red Skelton played "The Silver Fox" in two movies.  "Whistling in Dixie"
(1942) and "Whistling In Brooklyn" (1943" he plays the role of Wally 'The
Fox' Benton, a radio actor who portrays "The Silver Fox".  There are some
good scenes of old time radio studios in both.
     I make my J cards on the computer.  You need to experiment to get the
right size on a spreadsheet.  After the outlines are made you can make a
thick border for the information panel and for the lower "J" parts.  I left
the last part of the card blank. I divided the information part into two
halves, each for one side of the cassette.  V/R Larry Fellows

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:30:08 -0500
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Subject:  Cassette storage boxes and "J" cards

Looking for "J" card insert for cassette plastic [removed] come 4 to an
8 1/2 x 11 aseets perforate  and they wok great on my printer.
 Have buying them  for several years from National Audio Company, Inc.
PO Box 3657 Springfield , Mo 65808 , Phone 417-863-1925  Web site
www,[removed]

They have complete lines of CD's, Cassettes, VCR  labels  you name it
they have it. They have a very complete Catalog .

Frank McGurn

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:32:02 -0500
From: <dianeb1963@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  J-cards

I made a template for J-cards using MSWord. There are six cards to a standard
sheet of paper (I use colored cardstock for different catagories). Of course
you have to cut and fold the cards, but you can fit two lines of type on the
end and lots of type of the side. I'll be glad to send the template to anyone
who contacts me. Diane Brown

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:32:36 -0500
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Burns and Allen

Jim Cox remarked that

Burns candidly explained that Clark had asked for too big a raise and was
replaced

That remark started me thinking that B&A changed Networks 8 or 9 times from
CBS and back to NBC. In there 18 yeas on Radio they had 10 different sponsors
and were heard on every day of week except Saturday or Sunday. Other long
running Situation Comedies seemed to have the same sponsors and basic cast
members like Fibber McGee, Gildy, Miss Brooks, Ozzie & Harriet and Reily to
name a few.

One season they had big supporting cast and the next hardly any cast. The
orchestras were also only good for a season or 2. When they has a small cat
Bill Goodwin, the announcer, was a part of the show as was Orchestra leader
Meredith Willson.

I have a feeling that George, or his agent was a high powered negotiator.
Just possibly this is all explained in one of books on B&A that I never heard
of until reticent days.

Frank McGurn

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:32:59 -0500
From: Frank McGurn <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Stuart Lubin' delema

Donate, sell or give a way your hobbies, to whom! Well I know that I
should be facing the same problem. I have one friend who is a collector
OTR and has thousands of OTR on cassettes. For ten years we traded
programs. After trading we go out to lunch and talk. My friend 73, 4
years younger than me, and he had a sight stroke about a year  ago.

Before his stroke we were having Coffee and he says what will happen to
all my tapes when I die? I said leave them to one of your kids or your
grand children. His answer was they don't care about OTR. So I thought
for a while and said, you know I have the same problem. He has 5 adult
offspring and I have 7 none of them or their kids  like OTR. Not only
that but soon you won't be able to find a cassette player to buy. My
friend offered his tape to his local library, 3 nursing home and the
school. district, the county Jr. College. I suggested the local Senior
center, found they have a library of DVD movies and no body use
[removed] tape are a problem my local library had collection OTR, Music
and audio  cassettes after several months the tapes were in bad
condition, label missing cases broken and broken tape. They ended up in
the junk heap.

Here is a sad conclusion when we die they will measure for our caskets,
and measure for a dumpster for the OTR tapes, may they rest in peace.

Frank McGurn

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:33:20 -0500
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Cassette storage

I answered Anne's question about cassette storage, but judging by the
responses here I thought I would let you all know what I did.

At Office Max stores they sell something they call a Mini-chest.  It is a
stack of six drawers.  Plastic.  And they have wheels.  Further, you can
easily stack two together to make a tall stack of 12 drawers.

I nicely fit 42 tapes per drawer, so 252 per case.

And right now, as we speak, Office Max has them on sale for 1/3 off -- so
about $[removed] per stack of six.

Usual disclaimer regarding Office Max and the company that makes the cases.

Ted

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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:34:25 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Barbara Britton

On Thursday, March 8, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Bob Scherago wrote:

Barbara Britton acted in numerous films in the late 1940s and early
1950s.  She temporarily put her
film career on hold when she was cast in the NBC comedy/mystery
TV series Mr. & Mrs. North, returning to films when NBC
canceled the series in 1954.

However, she and Richard Denning (Jerry North) continued in the
[removed] radio. As I point out in my book, "Private Eyelashes" CBS
in late 1954 replaced longtime radio leads, Alice Frost and Joseph
Curtin, with Britton and Denning at the microphones. It didn't help the
ratings and this version lasted only five months.

Richard Lockridge, with his wife, Frances, was responsible for the
creation of "Mr. and Mrs. North" and their twenty-six novels published
over three decades. Since Pam North was a thinly disguised version of
his own wife, Lockeridge had very definite opinions on who played her
in various media. He loved Peggy Conklin, who did the North's stage
version, but hated Gracie Allen's portrayal of Pam in the 1941 MGM
movie.

However it must have been Britton whom he admired the most. A
fascinating anecdote regarding Britton did not come to my attention
until after "Private Eyelashes" came off the presses. Lockridge paid
Britton the highest compliment he could: in a 1955 short story of the
Norths, "Pattern for Murder," he revealed at Pam's high school reunion
that her maiden name was "Britton."

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:48:08 -0500
From: Gary <yraginnh@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Avi's book

Randy posted:
Hi, folks. My sixth graders and I just finished a
class reading of Avi's fun book  about growing up as a
child of radio, WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN, ANYWAY?.
*****************
Thank you for posting about Avi's book Randy.  I am a
fourth grade teacher (this year) and I was looking for
a segue to introduce (briefly) some OTR tapes.  I have
to check this book out.  Listening skills need to be
more finely honed in young people today.  thanks, Gary
in Snewcoldest Hampshire
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Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:49:53 -0500
From: "Bob Burchett" <haradio@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Some thoughts about Hal
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     Hal came to his first Cincinnati convention in 2002, it was our 16th.
It was the first time I ever met him, and I felt like I had known him
for years. He was that kind of person.
    I found a CD of an interview at a local radio station wilth Hal, Bob,
and Rosemary Rice. It was the first time in a long while that Bob and
Hal had seen each other. On the way down to the station, they sat
in the back seat while I drove and caught up on old times. They were
warming up for the interview. Hearing  them go at it on air was some-
thing I won't forget. Poor Rosemary was in the middle, but she held
her own.
     Hal got his chance to direct one of the re-creations at our
convention on his third visit. He really worked well with the actors. This
gave Don Ramlow a rest. At last year's convention someone came
up to me on Friday, and said that Don was up in his room sick. Hal
pitched in, did the casting, and directing of all the re-creations. In one of
the re-creatons, he cast himself as the lead and directed it also. He
managed to do both very well.
    At the four conventions he attended, he displayed some excellent
acting talent in a various roles. Being known for the Jughead role for
so long it was surprising to hear him be someone else. On one of
the Suspense re-creations, he did play someone Jughead's age, but
not with the Jughead voice.
   When someone starts giving you "shots" you know they like you. From
almost the begining Hal started giving me some good natured shots.
I'm not the most organized person at the conventions, and it didn't
take him long to realize this. He was always asking me what he was
supposed to be doing and when, and I wouldn't know. This was
where he got much of his material for the shots.
    Giving one of the awards, I cut my lip on one of the corners
of the award. He offered his exchange his red tie for mine, so
the blood wouldn't show. Always ready to help!
    I may be the only person you know that he kind of raised
hell with. I had called Dick Beal to invite him to Cincinnati for our
convention and if there was any way he could pay for his air fare.
Dick Beal called Hal and told him about my call. Hal then called me
and said he had a strange call from Dick. He said this was not
the thing to do and I shouldn't have done it since he wasn't working
any more. Over the years I figured that Dick had done very well in the
business with acting and commericals, so he might be willing
to do it.  Not having a big budget I thought it was worth a try. I later
found out the Dick Beal wanted Newark to fly him first class the last
time they invited him.
    I would see Hal smoking, and say those aren't good for you. He
would nod, smile, and say, 'yes I know'. Unlike smoking, he was good
for all of us, and it was a pleasure to have known him.

Bob Burchett

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