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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2001 : Issue 391
A Part of the [removed]!
ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Gotham Radio Players present ON STAG [ StevenL751@[removed] ]
Richard Crenna [ Peter Kinder <pdkinder@[removed]; ]
Dexter and Walter [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
Home Recording Disks Revealed! [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
those still with us [ Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed]; ]
Re: Mutual's "illegal" pearl harbor [ "Eric Cooper" <ejcooper2001@[removed] ]
Dennis Day [ ORCATMD@[removed] ]
Re: Emerson and Phillips [ "bmr3d" <bmr3d@[removed]; ]
DirectCD [ Bill Young <byoung@[removed]; ]
Halls of Ivy [ Alfred Copeland <copeland@[removed] ]
Planet Man [ "General Manager" <genmanager@radio ]
CBS/D-Day [ "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed] ]
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 01:00:31 -0500
From: StevenL751@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Gotham Radio Players present ON STAGE
The Gotham Radio Players
present
ON STAGE
"A Month of Sundays"
Live!
This Sunday evening, December 9th
7:30pm (Eastern)
WBAI, [removed] FM in NYC
[removed]
Live!
The Gotham Radio Players, starring in a repertory of stories of their and
your own choosing. Radio's foremost players in radio's foremost plays. This
time, a romantic comedy. The story of Janus Oddlow, real estate agent, and
Louise Vanning, his client, and what happens during their hunt for the
perfect house.
Join us on Sunday as the Gotham Radio Players bring you a recreation of a
lost
episode of the classic Cathy and Elliott Lewis anthology series ON STAGE. The
warm and funny Antony Ellis script, "A Month of Sundays", will be heard for
the first time since its original broadcast on August 6, 1953. Tune in and
hear us live this Sunday evening, December 9, at 7:30pm (eastern) on WBAI,
[removed] FM in New
York City, or over the web everywhere else at [removed].
The Gotham Radio Players were formed in 1991 by a group of enthusiasts for
the
heyday of radio drama. Our mission is to bring new productions of classic
radio
programs of the 30's, 40's, and 50's to the airwaves of the new millennium,
as
well as showcase original scripts written by the emerging audio dramatists of
today. Now under the leadership of producer Max Schmid and director Steven
Lewis, the Gotham Radio Players are featured regularly in live performances
on
WBAI-FM, at the annual "Friends of Old-Time Radio" Convention, and at
other personal appearances in the New York City metropolitan area.
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:17:09 -0500
From: Peter Kinder <pdkinder@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Richard Crenna
A promo piece in Friday or Saturday's Boston Globe touted an HBO
movie "The Day Reagan was Shot" and Richard Dreyfuss' role as Alexander
Haig(!). I noticed that Richard Crenna had top billing in the capsule
description, although the article didn't refer to him.
Crenna was an inspired choice for Walter Denton, and he pulled the
role off brilliantly. What a teenager!
Crenna did a brilliant TV show in the mid-60s in which he played a
California state senator. I think it was called "Slattery's People". One
episode I've not forgotten featured Ed Clark and Forrest Tucker as raging
neighbors. At turns hilarious and poignant, it had a core of reality that
carried a strong message. This series remains memorable as one of the few
to try to capture politics as it's actually practised. Of course, it lasted
only one [removed]
A fine, fine actor, Richard Crenna.
Peter KInder
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:17:53 -0500
From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Dexter and Walter
Hal Stone's post regarding Dexter on OUR MISS BROOKS actually isn't
too far off the mark.
Hal, don't feel bad. Actually, you were pretty close to the truth when you
mentioned Dexter on OUR MISS BROOKS. Here is my proof, taken from a tape
recorded at a REPS Showcase a few years ago.
Sam Edwards, who played Dexter on MEET CORLISS ARCHER, mentioned that,
"I wanted to audition for the Walter Denton role on OUR MISS BROOKS, but the
powers that be wouldn't let me because I already was doing Dexter. I was
able to do other shows; I just do couldn't another character similar to
Dexter."
So Hal, in a way, you got it right with your statement that, "But
ya gotta admit. . . Dexter and Denton are close, right."
Dexter was Almost On OUR MISS BROOKS. So Hal is vindicated in a
Dexter/Walter/Jughead sort of way of thinking.
A Merry Christmas to ALL,
Stewart Wright
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:18:09 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Home Recording Disks Revealed!
Recently, we had a thread of discussion on home recording using small
disks, some of which may have captured snippits of OTR shows. Yesterday,
I watched a 1951 Abott & Costello film, [A&C] Meet the Invisible Man
(probably their second-best in the "Meet" series). In the film, they
devise a plat to catch a woman involved with some gangsters by using a
recorder concealed in an arrangement of flowers. The recorder was a
portable unit that cut the small disks we've been talking about. In the
film, there's a nice closeup so that for a few seconds one can see the
disk and cutting arm.
Do not look for technical accuracy in an A&C film, but since the film is
on videotape, anyone who's not seen one of the disks has an opportunity
to see what they looked like.
Abbott & Costello did have an OTR show before they became film stars.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:18:41 -0500
From: Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: those still with us
Hi all,
Often names of OTR stalwarts are mentioned and I have to stop and think:
"are they still with us or not?" Usually I can do a search on my
favorite media site, imdb ([removed]) -- the Internet Movie
Data Base. Even though this database (sadly) lists on motion pictures
and television, ignoring all the hard work and fine dramatic
performances done on radio, most of these folks did, at one time, cross
over into a visual medium.
The mention of Larry Haines, for example, (who I fondly remember from
his many fine performances on CBS Mystery Theater) got me to thinking
that same thought. Thankfully, I found he's still here. On the other
hand, there have been many references recently of Paul Frees, and I
discovered he passed away in 1986. Also note that there are more than
200 movie and tv listings for him, nearly all voice-overs. He never
seemed to be out of work. A testiment to his talent!
Does anyone on this listserv maintain a long, but by no means
comprehensive, list of major OTR players, and whether they are still
among the living or not? None of us is getting any younger, and yet most
of these fine folks are older than we are. For some reason, it makes me
feel good to know that quite a few of them are still around.
--bn
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:19:13 -0500
From: "Eric Cooper" <ejcooper2001@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Mutual's "illegal" pearl harbor broadcast
Of course it was our own resident professor, Michael Biel, who brought this
particular broadcast to light some ten years ago on C-SPAN's coverage of the
50th anniversary. CBS Radio (Cronkite's old outfit) actualy broadcast parts
of the speechmaking until they obeyed Sam Rayburn's order to stop. Was it
Raymond Gram Swing or Albert Warner who reported from Washington that day on
CBS. Their voices are similar
Eric Cooper
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:19:23 -0500
From: ORCATMD@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dennis Day
Hi all,
Recently I have come across a vinyl album of Christmas music featuring Dennis
Day along with the Vail Choir Boys entitled "Christmas is for the family".
I have transferred it to CD and would be glad to send it to the first 10 or
so who e-mail me off line.
Thanks
Mike
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:20:36 -0500
From: "bmr3d" <bmr3d@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Emerson and Phillips
My CD burner uses the ADAPTEC Program - DIRECTCD, to burn CDs. Am I
using the wrong format? If so is there a way to convert? <<
Direct CD is one of the programs that comes with your burner but you should
have also received a program called Easy CD Creator (or on the Mac platform
it's called Toast).
Direct CD will allow you to use your burner as another harddrive and will
indeed archive ANY type of files that you put on it. It is best to use
CD-RW's with this program.
Easy CD Creator (or Toast) will allow you to burn CD's for your MP3 CD
player on either CDR's or CD-RW's. (It will depend on your player however,
whether or not you can use the CD-RW's) The advantage to the CD-RW is that
you can erase it and fill it up again. I store all my MP3 files on CDR's and
burn CD-RW's for my player so that I don't carry around my whole
[removed]
There are other burning programs available for download. If you can't find
The Easy CD Creator on your disk email me at: bmr3d@[removed] and I'll email
my son and ask his opinion on burn programs.
You are not the first person that I've encountered with this problem which
leads me to believe that the documentation from Adaptec is as bad for the PC
version as it is for the Mac version that I use!
I don't know much about the players that you mentioned but I've been
delighted with my Rio Volt SP100. (A week after I bought it they came out
with the SP250 which sports a rechargable battery - a plus that I would have
liked - but I settled for rechargable batteries)
Hope I've helped.
Bruce
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:20:09 -0500
From: Bill Young <byoung@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: DirectCD
Martin -
DirectCD is one option for recording to CD. It's what is known as a
packet writing format. It is useful for rewriteable disks, primarily,
so you can use the CD like another hard drive. It is also used for
archiving individual files, as long as you have a CD reader that will
read the packet writing format on all computers on which you want to use
the disk.
Few of the CD players on the market read the packet writing formats,
though it appears more are doing so. I have a Soul Player which does
read these, and I think the RioVolt does, too.
Your alternative is to write in Joliet or ISO formats. These are the
standard recording formats. You'll also want to use CD-R (vs CD-RW)
disks for maximum compatibility across players.
If you are using Adaptec/Roxio Easy CD Creator with an HP drive (that's
the configuration I'm most familiar with, two drives and three software
versions), you have an option of DirectCD, data CD, or music CD from the
menu that comes up when you put a blank disk in your CD writer. For MP3
disks, you'll want to choose the data CD option (unless you want to
create an audio CD format that you can play in your home or car CD
player). This options gives you an explorer-like window from which you
drag files from your hard drive into a recording list window. The files
aren't actually recorded at this point. That's a separate step once
you've filled up the list (the program gives you an estimate of the
space used and available for both 70 and 80 minute CDs).
Let me know if you need some more information than this. I've used
these programs for dozens of OTR MP3 disks!
-- BY
Bill Young (first time poster, lurker who particular enjoys the witty
and informative contributions of Hal and Elizabeth)
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:59:38 -0500
From: Alfred Copeland <copeland@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Halls of Ivy
I consider "Halls of Ivy" to be among the most interesting of the "couple"
situation shows ever aired.
So far I have collected precisely one - about Professor Barret's play
- and I would love to have them all.
I recall hearing them on AFRS in the fifties, and the above-mentioned one
seems to have been aired early in the era of network TV.
So- -- can anyone give me a clue as to a source from which to enlarge (if
that's the word) my H of I holdings?
Thanks for your help. Happy Holidays to all!
Al Copeland
copeland@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:59:46 -0500
From: "General Manager" <genmanager@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Planet Man
In a posting yesterday, Jim Cox asked <otrbuff@[removed]; asked for any
additional information on a variety of detective-crime-juvenile adventure
series. One of the series he listed was Dantro the Planet Man, an early
1950s syndicated series.
The Archives has 16 shows from this series in our collection, currently
being heard by our members in our Round Robin CD set #6. Our copies of the
shows came from a long-time collector, now deceased, who originally
transferred the shows from disks back in the late 1970's. He didn't,
unfortunately, document the producing company or anything else about the
disks themselves, but he did make excellent transfers of the shows. Our
listings indicate the following shows (the titles may or may not be
"authentic"):
#2 Let's Orbit The Moon
#3 Dantro Explains Cosmic Communicator
#5 Marston Planning Attack On Earth
#6 Dantro Discuss Slats And Marston
#7 Marston Has Given A Kidnapping Order
#8 Hurrying Thru the Tunnel
#9 Hoping For A Miracle To Stop Marston
#10 In Space Ship Heading For Earth?
#11 3-D Dantro Gives Instructions
#12 In Tunnel Under Palace
#13 In Space On A Scout Ship
#14 Preparing To Blast Off
#15 Discussion Of Reception On Venus
#16 Captured On Venus By The Dusters
#17 Captives On Venus
#18 Back To Their Prison Cell
Over the years, I have heard that additional copies of the original disks
were in the hands of other collectors, but that no one ever seemed to have
come across #1. There is some speculation that this doubled as the audition
show as well.
Let us know if we can be of any help to you, Jim.
Harlan
Harlan Zinck
First Generation Radio Archives
[removed]
PS: Many subscribers to the Digest have written to request a free
subscription to our newsletter, in which we regularly announce the new shows
being added to our CD libraries. If you'd like to receive one too, drop an
e-mail to newsletter@[removed] and we'll add your address to our
mailing list - no cost, no obligation, no salesman will call! <g>
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Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:59:50 -0500
From: "Robert Paine" <macandrew@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: CBS/D-Day
On the recordings of CBS D-Day coverage (mine are an edited edition from the
Wireless public radio catalog, 6 hours on 4 cassettes), there are several
background noises on the shortwave feeds from England. Can someone shed
light on what they may be?
There is a series of seven beeps, similar to the BBC time signal. Might the
feed have come from BBC Overseas Service instead of from the frequency used
by SHAEF - Supreme HQ, Allied Expeditionary Force?
During the feed of the pre-recorded speeches by leaders of occupied
countries (around 4 am, Eastern War Time), came a beedle-beedle-beedle-like
sound. Could that be facsimile?
Some feeds from England had something similar to a tone that used to be
called hetrodyne, as though another station
near the frequency was tuning and de-tuning the adjacent frequency. Could
this have been an Axis station purposely interferring with the Allied
transmission to the [removed]
I heard Bob Trout comment that there was difficulty getting audio to the
monitor speaker in CBS News Studio 9. Any information about why this may
have been?
Macandrew
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