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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2007 : Issue 109
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Higgins and the Green Hornet [ "Barbara Harmon" <jimharmonotr@char ]
In Defense of Green Hornet's Grammar [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
Derek's post, Christmas Story [ Gary <yraginnh@[removed]; ]
4-6 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
releasing a Blondie too [ Chargous@[removed] ]
One Night Stand [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
Godfrey Talbot - Turnaround time to [ Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed] ]
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:48:27 -0400
From: "Barbara Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Higgins and the Green Hornet
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FROM JIM HARMON: Commission Higgins did appear on the Green Hornet radio
series. He was presented as an old friend of old Dan Reid, Brit's father.
It was implied the two of them might have rode together in the old West, and
perhaps Higgins even knew the Lone Ranger and had been in a posse that that
had given aid to the Masked Man. This was possible for a story set in the
thirties, stretching it a bit moving into the forties.
My own father, John Harmon, had been a young man in the days of Wild West.
When I was six years old, my father (then 74, about 1939) introduced me to a
man probably twenty some years older than he who had rode with Jesse James.
I grew up in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, only a short distance to the Missouri
border. My dad introduced him with a military title, Major or Colonel (it
was a long time ago and I was a child). The military man said he had been
with the James Boys when he thought it was a military operation for the
Confederacy, even though the Civil War was officially over, but he had quit
the gang when he saw they were only crooks stealing for their own fortune.
The movie, "Jesse James", was just out then, and I remembered the incident.
It took place at an outside stand selling watermelons. I remembered I tried
to pick up the melon we bought and I couldn't budge it. "It's stuck!"
My dad laughed, and I was reminded of the line for years.
Lately, there has been a lot on the news about the deaths of the
last woman veteran of World War I (presumably in the nurse corps since there
were no women in the armed forces back then) at 109, and the last Navy man
from the conflict at 105. While unfortunately he did not survive to the
present, Brace Beemer, the Lone Ranger, was a veteran of WWI at a near
record young age of 13. He could have been among the last survivors of "the
War to end all Wars", being approximately 102 today. IF he had lived. I
also met Brace, my first cousin, one removed, at about the same time as the
old military man, for the first and only time. He asked me what I wanted to
be when I grew up. For some reason I was fascinated with maps at the time.
"I want to be a map maker." Brace nodded. "That's good. People will
always need maps."
Well, I hope you have enjoyed these folksy memories. - J. H.
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:49:23 -0400
From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: In Defense of Green Hornet's Grammar
Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; wrote:
As to the [Green Hornet] series as originally published, I thought it
was very well done. Except for one glaring error which
they kept repeating again and again. The phrase is
"all right." There is no such word as "alright."
Well, that's not entirely true; though still frowned upon in formal
writing the word "alright" has been around for more than 100 years
and is commonly used in dialogue, which is pretty much all there is
in comic books. It probably will not belong before the word joins its
cousins "already" and "altogether" as a perfectly proper word for all
occasions. I know, I have my own pet peeves - pronouncing forte
(strong point) as "FOR-tay" instead of "fort" chief among them, the
former being neither the original French pronunciation nor a logical
Anglicization. Nothing we can do about it except sulk as a debased
culture linguistically passes us by.
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 23:10:26 -0400
From: Gary <yraginnh@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Derek's post, Christmas Story
speaking of "Red Ryder" Derek ended his post:
It's good to know that vestiges of OTR are kept
aliveif only briefly during the Christmas
season
I am not sure if anyone has already posted about this
topic; if so, I am sorry to belabot a point. But the
children's author (and don't believe that his books
are just for children!!!) Berkeley Breathed wrote a
wonderful book in honor of Red Ryder, one of his
father's favorites called "Red Ryder Came Calling".
It is a wonderful book, children and older children
(adults) love it as well as his other books. They are
not quick reads and you need to look them over very
carefully. My favorite book he wrote, which has no
OTR relationship as near as I can tell, is Edwurd
Fudwupper Fibbed Big,,, a delightful cautionary tale.
All the Best, Gary in NH
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Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 23:10:35 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 4-6 births/deaths
April 6th births
04-06-1883 - Vernon Dalhart - Jefferson, TX - d. 9-14-1948
singer, composer: "Barbasol Ben"
04-06-1884 - Walter Huston - Toronto, Canada - d. 4-7-1950
actor: "Theatre Guild On the Air"; "Cavalcade of America"
04-06-1892 - Lowell Thomas - Woodington, OH - d. 8-29-1981
newscaster, commentator: "Lowell Thomas and the News"; "Man with a
Question"
04-06-1895 - Dudley Nichols - Wapakoneta, OH - d. 1-4-1960
screenwiriter: "Cavalcade of America"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-06-1903 - Charles R. Jackson - d. 9-21-1968
writer: "The Columbia Workshop"; "Sweet River"
04-06-1903 - Mickey Cochrane - Bridgewater, MA - d. 6-28-1962
sportscaster: (Member Baseball Hall of Fame) "Mickey Cochrane"
04-06-1909 - Denver Darling - Illinois - d. 4-27-1981
country music: "NBC Thesaurus Library"
04-06-1913 - Todd Russell - Middleborough, England - d. 4-xx-1974
host: "Double or Nothing"; "Strike It Rich"
04-06-1919 - Paula Kelly - d. 4-12-1992
vocalist: (Modernaires) "Club Fifteen"
04-06-1921 - Arnold Marquis - Dortmund, Germany - d. 11-24-1990
producer, writer: "Pacific Story"; "Unlimited Horizons"
04-06-1924 - Mimi Benzell - Bridgeport, CT - d. 12-23-1970
singer: "Jack Pearl and Mimi Benzell"; "Railroad Hour"
04-06-1927 - Gerry Mulligan - NYC - d. 1-20-1996
jazz saxophonist: "Sound of Jazz"; "White House Jazz Festival";
"Voice of Vista"
04-06-1929 - Andre Previn - Berlin, Germany
pianist: "Songs by Sinatra"
04-06-1938 - Roy Thinnes - Chicago, IL
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
April 6th deaths
01-02-1920 - Isaac Asimov - Petrovich, Russia - d. 4-6-1992
Author: "I, Robot"; "Nightfall"
01-15-1882 - Henry Burr - St. Stephen, Canada - d. 4-6-1941
singer: "National Barn Dance"; "Uncle Ezra"
02-26-1907 - Hal Fimberg - d. 4-6-1974
writer, director, producer: "Abbott and Costello"; "Spike Jones"
03-31-1908 - Red Norvo - Beardstown, IL - d. 4-6-1999
jazz vibraphonist: "Mildred Bailey Show"; "Woody Herman Show"
04-08-1915 - Fred Flowerday - d. 4-6-1989
director: "The Lone Ranger"; "The Green Hornet"; "Challenge of the
Yukon"
06-16-1892 - Al Llewelyn - d. 4-6-1964
comedian, singer: (Brad and Al) Heard over CBS and NBC
06-17-1882 - Igor Stravinsky - Oranienbaum, Russia - d. 4-6-1971
composer: "Columbia Work Shop"; "New York Philharmonic"
08-07-1903 - Hilda Hopkins Burke - d. 4-6-1978
soprano: WBAL Baltimore, Maryland
09-21-1909 - Nathaniel Curtis - NYC - d. 4-6-1983
writer: "You Can't Take It With You"
09-29-1904 - Greer Garson - County Down, Ireland - d. 4-6-1996
actor: "Arch Oboler's Plays"; "Everything for the Boys"; "Star and
the Story"
10-08-1881 - Oscar O'Shea - Peterboro, Canada - d. 4-6-1960
actor: John Marshall "Those We Love"
11-21-1912 - Ralph Butler - d. 4-6-1987
director: "Bright Horizon"; "Perry Mason"; "Rosemary"
11-25-1919 - Norman Tokar - Newark, NJ - d. 4-6-1979
actor: Henry Aldrich "The Aldrich Family"
xx-xx-xxxx - Bessie Beattie - d. 4-6-1947
hostess: Martha Deane
Ron Sayles
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:30:54 -0400
From: Chargous@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: releasing a Blondie too
I'm throwing in a Blondie too - by the time you read this, it'll be on
usenet. 390807 - the sporting goods store - the catch - it's a partial
show, the last 10 minutes were obliterated due to the cracking and peeling
of the disc. I believe this is probably the earliest Blondie to
surface. Audio condition; not great - noise reduction helped it somewhat.
I do have a fairly good amount of other uncirc. shows, most of which are in
pretty decent shape - a good deal of networks, especially ABC - not trying
to get rich off them - I'm not interested in making money off of
OTR. Would like to get some collectors to cough up some uncirc shows,
though and thus get my investment back that way. Kinda sad when I hear
stories at the convention of people with tons of ETs that release little to
nothing.
A big thank you to the poster "Fade to White" that posted a transfer of
another Thin Man episode. I haven't listened yet, but I'm sure it'll be
very enjoyable. Thank you!
I've been looking at Dave Goldin's page, and he has some very interesting
finds - don't know if the newer ones came from his ETs or trades, or
what. Lots of rarer Ellery Queen and other stuff. He has tons of obscure
stuff I'd sure like to have.
Travis
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:58:45 -0400
From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: One Night Stand
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A web page has a radio show listing for an episode of One Night Stand that
says:
2705. One Night Stand. August 16, 1944. Program #417. AFRS. Announced as a
band remote from the Ritz Ballroom, Stamford Connecticut. The program
actually originates from The Trianon Ballroom, South Gate, California. The
first tune is, "Anitra's Dance." Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra, Phyllis
Lane (vocal), Val Salata (piano). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent.
Complete.
Does anyone know why the program would be misleading (purposely?) the
listeners about where it originated?
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 12:59:19 -0400
From: Andrew Steinberg <otrdig2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Godfrey Talbot - Turnaround time to get news
on the BBC during WWII
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I have seen 2 different dates (42-12-19 and 42-12-26) for the news clip
called Godfrey Talbot Christmas With 8th Army In Tripoli. In the clip, some
soldiers sing part of a Christmas Carol but Talbot implies it is not
Christmas yet, but I don't know the turnaround time it would have taken for
the clip to get on the air.
If it got on the air the same day, 42-12-19 would make sense. It it took a
week to get on the air, 42-12-26 may be more promising.
The Second World War Experience Centre website says 42-12-19 and I guess
they would know, but I wonder if anyone else has any thoughts on this.
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