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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 300
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Re: Magic Twanger [ Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; ]
Sidney Sheldon [ Larry Gassman <lgassman@[removed] ]
Johnny Carson Show [ Bill Harris <radioguy@[removed]; ]
That Godfrey Guy [ "Donald & Kathleen Dean" <dxk@nfoli ]
Great Gildersleeve [ JimBourg@[removed] ]
More Barbara Jean Wong [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
Old LP [ "Nathan Hutchins" <nathanotr@hotmai ]
"Sing ... Sing a Song ..." [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
MAGIC ISLAND [ "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed] ]
WCOP, WMEX and WBZ jazz concerts [ Donna Halper <dlh@[removed]; ]
Re: Unusual Occupations [ Rob Spencer <rspencer@[removed]; ]
Make Music, Not War! [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
Re: MP3's [ Cnorth6311@[removed] ]
re: Unusual Occupations [ "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@ ]
Belated Today in Radio History 9/9 [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]
The Whistler [ "INFOMEDIA, LLC" <infom@[removed] ]
TV REMINDER [ Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed]; ]
top 5 shows [ Michael Nella <serialous@[removed] ]
OTR mp3's [ "[removed]" <swells@[removed]; ]
Shadow Log [ OTRChris@[removed] ]
You Can Do Anything [ "Jimidene Murphey" <jimimark@[removed] ]
I'm thinking! I'm thinking! [ John Cowgell <john@[removed]; ]
Re: Shadow Log [ SanctumOTR@[removed] ]
Don McNeill and His Breakfast Club [ Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed]; ]
Fibber McGee and [removed] Question [ RWGOTR@[removed] ]
Favorites [ andy ryan <anbryan2000@[removed]; ]
Yesterday USA [ Christopher Lowell White <cncwhite@ ]
16" Record Sleeves [ leemunsick@[removed] ]
Large network wall signs [ leemunsick@[removed] ]
Horizons West [ "jay ranellucci" <jayran33@hotmail. ]
Re: Harry Bartell's Top Five [ "Harry Bartell" <bartell@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:25:44 -0400
From: Fred Berney <berney@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Magic Twanger
If the question was, what was that quote from, it is from Smilin' Ed on the
Buster Brown Gang show.
At 09:31 PM 9/8/01 -0400, you wrote:
My recolection is that "plunk your magic twanger froggie" is from the
Howdy Doodie show as delivered by Buffalo Bob.
Anybody remember "Hi, my name's Buster Brown, I live in a shoe, here's
my dog Tigue, he lives in there too"?
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:25:55 -0400
From: Larry Gassman <lgassman@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Sidney Sheldon
Hi,
Writer Sidney Sheldon is looking for the speech he made at the 1948 Academy
Awards. The show was broadcast on 3-20-48.
I have most of the other broadcasts, but not this one. Does it exist? If
so would someone please e-mail me with the information and advise me on how
to get a copy.
Thanks.
Larry Gassman
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:26:24 -0400
From: Bill Harris <radioguy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Johnny Carson Show
I have a tape of what is billed as Johnny Carson's first appearance on radio. It is
a fifteen minute show for Blue Ribbon Coffee with Johnny as the host starring Eddy
Soseby (sp?) and the Radio Rangers with their girl friend Patty Fly. I don't have
the date or station, but near the end of the program Johnny mentions that the
Prairie Schooner will be doing a two hour show at the high-school in Fairbury
Nebraska. Was there a Nebraska station referred to as the Prairie Schooner?
Perhaps someone can fill in the date and station.
Bill Harris
"Lois Culver" <lois@[removed]; comments:
Yes, I remember Johnny Carson on radio. One summer he was doing summer
replacement in Hollywood for (yikes, what was his name?). I was under the
impression that it was on ABC.
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:26:35 -0400
From: "Donald & Kathleen Dean" <dxk@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: That Godfrey Guy
Lee Munsick, where are you? I just found some more
Arthur Godfrey shows for you, but I lost your email
address. These were recorded personally from radio
back in the early '70's. Will explain more when you
email me. Write me at: dxk@[removed]
Don Dean
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:26:58 -0400
From: JimBourg@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Great Gildersleeve
Have wanted to ask for help with this memory lapse for sometime and with the
numerous mentions of "The Great Gildersleeve" on people's favorites lists I
am now getting around to asking. One of the "Great Gildersleeve's", don't
remember if it was Harold Peary's or Willard Waterman's, son attended grade
school with me in Shreveport, La. I believe it was the third grade which
would make it the '52-'53 school year. I think that his parents were probably
divorced at this time. He came in during the school year and was not back the
next so I assume his stay in S'port was brief. Can anyone help me out with
his name and/or which "Gilderseeve" was his father?
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:27:06 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: More Barbara Jean Wong
To add to our discussions about Barbara Jean Wong see the
following link:
[removed]
CAB
--
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
From the Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
Encino, California.
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:27:46 -0400
From: "Nathan Hutchins" <nathanotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Old LP
Hi Everybody! It's been awhile since I have posted anything, but I need some
advice. A few days ago an older woman (maybe early to mid eighties), had a
rummage sale. I got ahold of her old record player and about sixty records.
Stuck in all those records is a record from 1959 labeled "Save the Children
Federation Bundle Day Drive". It was in an old envelope that has written on
it a note to somebody to play it over communications systems (at a school)
to all students during the week of May 11-15, 1959. Evidently it was
recorded and sent to schools for the purpose of playing it to all students.
It has James Arness and Barbara Stanwyck on one side and Roy Rogers and Dale
Evans on the other side. They talk about other kids who are less fortunate
and encourage the kids to help. What I am wondering is how can I go about
getting this cleaned up and put on CD, and who would you recommend to get to
do this?
Also, is this recording available anywhere else? Any advice on how to
preserve this record?
While I'm writing, does anyone know of anyone that still makes record
needles or where I can order one?
I have been behind in reading the digests so this is a little late, but I am
15 years old, almost 16. I have been interested in OTR for 2 years,
collecting for about a year and a half.
Thanks for your time.
Nathan Hutchins
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:31:05 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "Sing ... Sing a Song ..."
Kenneth Clarke speaks of singers on OTR and lists a bunch. However, he
missed Phil Harris and Alice Faye. In their own show, each managed a
song, as well as doing their sitcom. Phil Harris' songs were often
novelty songs. One of then, The Thing, hit the top of the charts.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:02:34 -0400
From: "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: MAGIC ISLAND
Chip wrote:
Hi All,
For the past several weeks I have been listening to, and enjoying a show
called 'The Magic Island'. I think it was a kid's show when it first came
out but I like it anyhow. It's a serial that is divided into chapters of
about 12 minutes or so each. I have 128 chapters and I thought that was all
of them, now I hear that there are 2 more chapters. Can anyone confirm this?
And if they exist where I might be able to get them?
G'Day Chip,
Yes there are 130 episodes. 2 episodes went missing at an early stage and
was missing off the reel 2 reels that were used to convert the show to mp3,
hence only 128 have been available.
With Jerry H's assistance, I have found that the first missing episode was
ep25. We are currently working to identify the 2nd missing episode. Once
it has been identified I will notify everybody on this Digest. I had
previously thought 28 was the first but fortunately Jerry was smarter than I
and supplied me with extras before and after what I requested and 25 turned
out to be the first culprit. Age and experience are good teachers.
Ian Grieve
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:03:17 -0400
From: Donna Halper <dlh@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: WCOP, WMEX and WBZ jazz concerts
An old-timer (in his 80s) was talking to me tonight about all the jazz
clubs Boston had in the 30s and 40s, and how the local radio stations
(notably WCOP, WMEX and WBZ) would often broadcast concerts live from the
Savoy or the Hi-Hat, or from Boston hotels like the Ritz Carlton. He was
asking me what happened to those concerts-- were they made into records, in
other words. I know that the majority of OTR shows we discuss on this list
were on the national networks, but I am sure there were some local
performers in each city who had quite a following and were popular enough
such that people would have wanted their records. I know from sad
experience as an archivist and media historian how much valuable
documentation of early broadcasting was just thrown away, so what are the
chances of my friend ever hearing those great old Boston jazz concerts on
record-- given that there were often concerts by famous performers, I
assume somebody must have made acetates or transcriptions or something at
one time, wouldn't you think?
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:03:52 -0400
From: Rob Spencer <rspencer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Unusual Occupations
I, too, have often found myself diving for a tape to catch some great short
on TCM, wishing they were more forthcoming with their shorts scheduling. I
have found that the best way to determine when shorts are likely to be
aired is to get the TCM schedule, available on their Web site. Note the
stated length of each movie listed and compare it to the time block
allocated for the movie. When more than 10 minutes remain to be filled, it
is likely a "One Reel Wonder" (sometimes a misnomer) or "From The Vaults"
will air. This is of course an Unusual Occupation in itself, but it is
often worth it; TCM has a vast number of memorable shorts, notably the many
Vitaphones featuring performers from Vaudeville, records and radio in rare
screen appearances.
Rob Spencer
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:04:36 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Make Music, Not War!
Deric, prior to listing his five favorites, speaks of Melody Ranch, and
notes,
I guess singing cowboys are not in style these days. I have a friend
who told me that he doesn't like OTR because it glorifies the "gun
fight". I guess he meant westerns. Anyway, what is it about singing
cowboys?
There's nothing wrong with singing cowboys any more than other cowboys.
However, they're a special breed. In "favorite five" listings, The Lone
Ranger and/or Gunsmoke frequently appear, so it isn't westerns. For
many, the western resonates as a critical aspect of [removed] history, and
thus their appearance in radio, TV, and film (it's worth noting that the
early and most famous film from the Edison studios at the dawn of motion
pictures was The Great Train Robbery -- a western, even if it was filmed
in New Jersey). Even John Wayne played a singing cowboy in some early
films.
Deric's friend's aversion to OTR gunfights may be justified, though:
there were really some intense ones on The Aldrich Family, Life With
Luigi, The Halls of Ivy, My Friend Irma, and Our Miss Brooks. :-)
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:06:32 -0400
From: Cnorth6311@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: MP3's
I wasn't aware I could download the entire series of OTR. Where for instance
would I be able to download the entire series of Fibber and Molly programs
that exist? It was not my intent to rankle any feathers or stir up
controversy. I was merely answering Stephen's question about the availability
of MP3's on ebay.
Charlie Northway
[ADMINISTRIVIA: No feathers rankled, [removed] a pet peeve of mine that
opportunists who give nothing to the hobby sell the encoding work of others
who do through wide-open "auction" sites. --cfs3]
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:08:48 -0400
From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: re: Unusual Occupations
I recently saw a "One Reel Wonder" on TCM that I wanted to tape. Contacting
the network will not help. The do not keep track of or publish schedules for
their "shorts". They just stick them in to fill a gap.
The best way I've found is to let the VCR run (in record mode) until the
start of the next movie. I've found many interesting things during the
"filler" time on both TCM & AMC. One was an Unusual Occupations short with
Edger Bergan and Charley Mcarthey. Sadly I don't have a second VCR to make
a copy for anyone.
Of course I only let my VCR "run" while taping movies I want to see later
or keep in my tape library. You might want to do it every few hours (by
timer mode) just to see if they show anything interesting. 15 to 30 minutes
every 2 hours should do it.
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:37:52 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Belated Today in Radio History 9/9
Had to work yesterday and didn't get to send this out in time.
From the AP --
In 1926, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was created by the Radio
Corporation of America (RCA).
Joe
--
Visit my home page:
[removed]~[removed]
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:38:55 -0400
From: "INFOMEDIA, LLC" <infom@[removed];
To: "[removed]" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: The Whistler
I am looking for some Whistler programs for my personal use. MP3 format is
fine. I prefer the later ones sponsored by the Signal Oil Company. I'd be
happy to pay a copying fee.
Jon
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:46:25 -0400
From: Sandy Singer <sinatradj@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: TV REMINDER
You might try the Interent Movie Data Base,
David. They have a reminder service, which alerts you when your favorite
flick is going to air on TV.
Sandy Singer
A DATE WITH SINATRA
[ADMINISTRIVIA: That's [removed] for those of you who don't
already have it bookmarked. Standard disclamers apply about providing them
with personal information, though - give any website as little information as
possible, and if they ask for information that is none of their
[removed], there's no law that says you can't lie to a [removed] ;)
--cfs3]
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:46:33 -0400
From: Michael Nella <serialous@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: top 5 shows
1. Lone Ranger
2. Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show
3. Escape
4. Jack Benny Program
5. Cavalcade of America
Anyone have the one show that first got them hooked on OTR? Later
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:38:42 -0400
From: "[removed]" <swells@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR mp3's
In reference to the individuals on the "well known auction site," I would
have to agree with the ADMIN on this. Most of those people take the hard
work of others and pass it off as there own. I know this because I have
found so many items that I know for a fact that I have done, and when I
questioned the "sellers" about it, not telling them that I knew where they
originated from, they actually stated that they encoded them themselves !!
No kidding. To get my little dig in, I would offered to by the original
source material from them, [removed] reels, cassettes, transcriptions, and
wouldn't you know that they didn't have any! Rather strange isn't it.
It's very expensive, and a very long process to take the time to run reel
after reel of any series into the computer, fix them and then encode them.
As I stated in an earlier post, I am working completing the entire surviving
series of Lum & Abner. That one project, will have cost me a small fortune,
and although I know that in the end there is a very good chance that someone
will steal it and again claim they did it, but I figure that it is more
important that these show become available so everyone can enjoy them as I
have.
In my opinion, all of OTR should of been in the hands of the public a long
time ago. We are the ones who cared enough to save it, and everyone knows it
to be the truth.
Thanks
Shawn
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:46:58 -0400
From: OTRChris@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Shadow Log
So who how there has the most comprehensive , up to date and reliable log of
the Shadow?
I am interested in obtaining such .
Thank You
-Chris
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:56:01 -0400
From: "Jimidene Murphey" <jimimark@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: You Can Do Anything
Sandy Singer wrote:
Rod Serling told me Science/Fiction was the easiest thing to write,
because you could write anything and still be legit.
I heard a PBS interview one time with Rod Serling, and to put the above
quote a little differently, he said that he could deal with politically
unpopular social issues in the guise of sci-fi/fantasy because the censors
would allow that, and the public would come closer to buying into it and
watching the drama. Gene Roddenberry was another one who dealt with social
issues via sci-fi in the first-run Star Trek (a black female bridge officer
and Japanese bridge officer, just 23 years removed from Pearl Harbor??!!).
Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains dealt with the aftermath of a
nuclear holocaust. The list continues on.
It was really interesting listening to some old sci-fi radio dramas when
they talk about the "computer that fills a room" and dials and buttons.
That's what was cutting edge and what they knew and in the 50s.
Many of the Dimension X and X-1 programs were from stories from Poul
Anderson, Robert Heinlein, and Isaac Asimov (who had a [removed] in
biochemistry) who had the scientific background of the time. They could
juxtapose science and drama and just plain ole' good writing into the most
wonderful stories. I can never get tired of listening to them.
Jimidene Murphey
"Keepin' It Alive"
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:07:42 -0400
From: John Cowgell <john@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: I'm thinking! I'm thinking!
I'm 59. My top five would be:
1) Amos n' Andy
2) Fibber McGee & Molly
3) The Great Gildersleeve
4) Lum & Abner
Dropping the 5th shoe:
5) Our Miss Brooks
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:17:56 -0400
From: SanctumOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Shadow Log
In a message dated 9/10/01 10:49:31 AM, OTRChris@[removed] writes:
So who how there has the most comprehensive , up to date and reliable log of
the Shadow?
I am interested in obtaining such .
Chris:
I compiled an expanded log last year which should finally be headed for
publication within the next year, including season-by-season cast lists, many
titles for the lost Readick-narrated shows of the early 1930s and info on the
previously-forgotten 1935 15-minute SHADOW serial. However, I've seen a
number of logs online that were pirated from my log that was published by
Harcourt in Walter Gibson's THE SHADOW SCRAPBOOK in 1979. That log is still
pretty accurate overall. However, there were 26--not 15--Goodrich summer
shows in 1938 (doesn't make much difference to collectors since the nine
unlisted "lost" shows have not surfaced), Margot Stevenson co-starred as
Margot Lane during the 1938 summer season (not Agnes Moorehead), the 1939
Goodrich summer season starred Bill Johnstone and consisted of repeats of the
1938-39 Blue Coal scripts with Goodrich commercials, and John Archer finished
the 1944-45 season (Steve Courtleigh and Laura Mae Carpenter starred in the
first six shows of the 1945-46 season, then were replaced by Bret Morrison
and Lesley Woods). Otherwise, the info in THE SHADOW SCRAPBOOK is still
pretty accurate, at least regarding all circulating shows.
--ANTHONY TOLLIN (in the shadows)
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:18:58 -0400
From: Michael Henry <mlhenry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Don McNeill and His Breakfast Club
For fans of Don McNeill and "The Breakfast Club" and OTR
fans in the Washington DC area, Professor John Doolittle of
American University will the guest speaker at the Friday
September 14 meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Old
Time Radio Club. Professor Doolittle has just written a
wonderful book entitled "Don McNeill and His Breakfast
Club", which profiles the long-running program and its
host. The book also comes with a CD with selections from
the show. He will be giving a multi-media presentation and
will have copies of the book for sale and signing.
The meeting starts at 7:30pm and takes place at:
Trinity Episcopal Church
2217 Columbia Pike (corner of S. Wayne St.)
Arlington, Virginia
For more information, you can e-mail me at
mlhenry@[removed]
-Mike Henry
Metropolitan Washington Old Time Radio Club
and
Library of American Broadcasting
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:42:41 -0400
From: RWGOTR@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Fibber McGee and [removed] Question 2/28/39
Broadcast
Hi All,
Does anyone know who played the hardware store clerk, with the sharp, squeaky
voice, in the 28 February 1939 episode of Fibber McGee and Co., "Mouse In the
House"? Was it Harold Peary or Bill Thompson or someone else?
Thanks!
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:27:30 -0400
From: andy ryan <anbryan2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorites
My favorite otr shows, then and now:
Fibber and Molly
The Shadow
I Love a Mystery
Let's Pretend (am I the only one who has this show on
his/her list?)
Bob and Ray/Inner Sanctum/Whistler
andy ryan
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:27:39 -0400
From: Christopher Lowell White <cncwhite@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Yesterday USA
Hi folks, it's me again. I just wanted to ask if anyone knows how to pick
up the Yesterday USA radio superstation over the radio. Please Reply if you
know.
Thanks,
Bryant
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:50:00 -0400
From: leemunsick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: 16" Record Sleeves
I have been seeking a source for 16" sleeves for years. To my knowledge,
there is none.
If one only needs a few, some stationery stores sell Kraft clasp envelopes
which are 16" by 24" or something, the 16" dimension being across the
"bottom", the end opposite the sealable flap. One can re-cut them to make
a sleeve for one's ETs.
Many years ago I obtained green sleeves in all sizes from a man in Rockaway
NJ. When I went off to college I lost track of him. When I returned, I
found he had disappeared, along with his machine. Later I found the
machine went to Cohoes Envelope Co. which was the largest (perhaps only)
other source of radio station green and brown sleeves in all sizes. Sadly,
they went out of business a long time ago.
It's difficult to get decent sleeves in 7", 10", and 12", although there
are sources, albeit costly.
But 16"? Forgettaboutit! Make your own as above, or interleave with
newspaper!
To paraphrase my fellow Confederates: "Hold onto your sleeves, boys, the
record collectors shall rise again!"
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. If anyone can contradict, and knows a
source, please let me know, too!
Best to all - Lee Munsick That Godfrey Guy
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:50:30 -0400
From: leemunsick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Large network wall signs
Beloved OTR guru Chuck Schaden founded Metro Golden Memories, the marvelous
den of broadcasting and cinematic antiquities in Chicago. He no longer is
the proprietor, but the staff there are friendly and helpful. The real
draw is the incredible amount of memorabilia, something of which is bound
to grab the attention and greed of everyone reading these words.
My interest piques especially at three large round porcelain signs on the
wall, with golden-age trademarks of NBC, MBS and CBS. The new MGM owner
does not wish to sell these, but he kindly gave me the name and address of
the source. Sadly and maddeningly, the maker doesn't have the simple
courtesy to answer repeated appeals.
Does anyone know where one can purchase these items, probably in the
used-item market? I would like to contribute them to the office of The
Arthur Godfrey Memorial Foundation, Inc.
In the order cited, these are the three networks on which Mr. Godfrey
appeared regularly in his heyday years. Any ideas will be thankfully received.
Gratefully, Lee Munsick That Godfrey Guy
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:56:47 -0400
From: "jay ranellucci" <jayran33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Horizons West
Hi all.
Stewart Wright, in Post #298, brought back some very fond
memories from around 1962 or 1963 when "Horizons West"
was recorded in studio "B" at Capitol Records in Hollywood.
I was priviledged to have been one of the engineers on that
series of 13 episodes.
Bill Lally directing from the booth was like an orchestra
conductor and if the glass of the booth had been any closer
I'm sure he would have thrown cues right through the glass.
Stewart left out one of the actors off list that I remember.
He was the son of Alan Reed tho for the life of me I can't
remember his first name.
On one of the breaks between shows I remember talking to
Harry Bartel and his mentioning that he was going to go into
photography. I guess because radio was fast disappearing.
If Harry's photos are half as good as his acting, I'll bet they're
great.
'til next time, "The only good radio, is Old Radio"
Jay
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:35:37 -0400
From: "Harry Bartell" <bartell@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Harry Bartell's Top Five
Michael--
That just goes to show you what Herb knows. They are not always the same.
The most fun to do was always Gunsmoke and any one- hour commercial show
paid more.
Harry
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