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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2010 : Issue 4
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Phil Spitalny Reference               [ Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed] ]
  Unfinished business                   [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  Current Radio Shows                   [ Father Ryan Hall <FatherRyan@swifte ]
  [removed]                         [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
  TV to radio                           [ wwtom@[removed] ]
  1-7 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Current radio shows - new production  [ Herb Harrison <[removed]@yahoo. ]
  Jack Benny IS in Casblanca            [ booksteve@[removed] ]
  TV to radio                           [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
  Reserve NOW for the 2010 FOTR Conven  [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]
  Chime time                            [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:23:42 -0500
From: Doug Douglass <dougdouglass@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Phil Spitalny Reference
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In a visit to Allen's Alley, Mrs. Nussbaum told Fred she had joined an
all-girls orchestra.

He enquired "Spitalny?"  "No", she replied, "Blossom Bloomberg's Brownsville
Boogy Woogie Babies."

Perhaps Blossom was an ancestor of New York Mayor, Mike Bloomberg.

Doug Douglass

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:24:31 -0500
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Unfinished business

He couldn't finish listening to the serial so he never found out who
the murderer was.

Hey, what else is new?  Happened all the time, and still happens with TV
today.  Your show gets interrupted -- you have to leave or somebody comes to
visit or you get a phone call or worse, the power goes out -- and you aren't
in a position to tape it and you never know what happens.

The best (or worst?) I can relate to this is my stockpile of every Perry
Mason radio recording available (as far as I know).  I have some pretty long
runs of this most intriguing detective narrative (alas, he was an attorney
in sleuth's clothing).  Invariably, as some of you discovered long ago with
your own collections, the sequential recodings run for many
five-episodes-per-week while developing a plotline that extends over months
or even a year or longer.  Then all of a sudden, before the culprit (whom we
clearly knew from the start) is ensnared or brought to trial, or his trial
is concluded, the tapes end and we never know precisely what happened to
polish off months of gripping storyline.

Oh, the agony of an unfinished tale!  The same happened at the end of long
recorded runs of Backstage Wife, Young Widder Brown, and a few more.  One of
the most satisfying, however, is the relative tidying up we have on tape of
almost a year-and-a-half of Ma Perkins, from 1949 to early 1951, in which
some distant cousins to her late husband make trouble in the Perkins
Lumberyard.  Wouldn't it be great if we had more episodes of longplaying
serialized series in which the details of their most compelling moments are
revealed?

Jim Cox

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:24:38 -0500
From: Father Ryan Hall <FatherRyan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Current Radio Shows

In Britain, there are still several radio shows done on BBC radio 4 that
can be listened to online. Some are quite good, and worth listening to
on a regular basis. If you go to the BBC Radio 4 website, you can find
them under the Drama or Comedy section. I also recommend the BBC Radio
4's History radio programs. Some of them are almost radio drama in their
own right.

-Ryan Hall

Brookings, SD

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:24:47 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  [removed]

Iloman Mike mentioned "Unshackled", the radio drama done by Pacific Garden
Mission.  I have mentioned this one several times.  We do not have a station
in or near Aberdeen, SD what airs this show, but we can get it in downloads.
It has been on the air since 1950, and some of the cast are the same.  The
organist has survived all these years.  It's an interesting show, and is an
ongoing advertisement for God and Jesus, the Christ.  And for Pacific Garden
Mission.  And for recovery from various addictions.

I don't know of any other radio drama that is still being broadcast, except
"Imagination Theater" from Seattle.  It's a good show, too, but is not
nearly as old as "Unshackled."

Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.
Old Time Radio: [removed]

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:24:55 -0500
From: wwtom@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  TV to radio
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Didn't Space Patrol also start as a television show and later began a radio
version.

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:25:04 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  1-7 births/deaths

January 7th births

01-07-1873 - Adolph Zukor - Ricse, Austria-Hungary - d. 6-10-1976
film executive: "Time Capsule"; "Flashback"; "Cavalcade of Stars"
01-07-1887 - H. Leopold Spitalny - Odessa, Ukraine - d. 10-14-1971
conductor: "Goin' To Town"; "Serenade to America"; "Vest Pocket
Varieties"
01-07-1888 - Myrtle Vail Damerel - Joilet, IL - d. 9-18-1978
actor: Myrtle Spear "Myrt and Marge"
01-07-1889 - H. R. Baukhage - La Salle, IL - d. 1-31-1976
commentator: "Four Star News"; "News and Comments"
01-07-1896 - Arnold Ridley - Bath, Somerset, England - d. 3-12-1984
actor: Arthur 'Doughy' Hood "The Archers"; Charles Godfrey "Dad's Army"
01-07-1896 - Marjorie Crossland - d. 11-15-1954
actor: "Myrt and Marge"
01-07-1898 - Art Baker - NYC - d. 8-26-1966
announcer, emcee: "People Are Funny"; "Dinah Shore Show"
01-07-1900 - Malcolm Uren - Hindmarsh, South Australia - d. 7-22-1973
writer: "The Stirling Story"
01-07-1900 - Mary Lewis - Hot Springs, AR - d. 12-31-1941
soprano: "Metropolitan Opera"
01-07-1903 - Alan Napier - Birmingham, England - d. 8-8-1988
actor: "Campbell Playhouse"
01-07-1903 - Betty Hanna - d. 10-25-1976
actor: Deborah Matthews "Ma Perkins"; Luella Hayworth "Step Mother"
01-07-1906 - Betty Bolton - England - d. 4-2-2005
performed on British radio in the 1930s
01-07-1908 - Eliot Daniel - Massachusetts - d. 12-6-1997
music: "Fabulous Dr. Tweddy"; "The King's Men"; "Rudy Vallee Show"
01-07-1910 - Joe Bigelow - d. 2-20-1976
writer, producer: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
01-07-1913 - Shirley Ross - Omaha, NE - d. 3-9-1975
actor, singer: "Raleigh and Kool Cigarette Program with Tommy Dorsey"
01-07-1922 - Vincent Gardenia - Naples, Italy - d. 12-9-1992
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
01-07-1929 - Terry Moore - Los Angeles, CA
actor: Shirley 'Bumps' Smith "Smiths of Hollywood"
01-07-1930 - Douglas Kiker - Griffin, KS - d. 8-14-1991
nbc newsman: "Meet the Press"
01-07-1933 - Lee Evans - The Bronx, NY
pianist: "Voices of Vista"
01-07-1937 - Ron Chudley - Dunedin, New Zealand
writer: "CBC Stage"

January 7th deaths

01-28-1904 - Irene Beasley - Whitehaven TN - d. 1-7-1980
actor: Old Dutch Girl "Red Hook 31"; "Grand Slam"
02-08-1905 - Don Ball - Block Island, RI - d. 1-7-1974
staff announcer for CBS during the 1930s.
03-13-1896 - Leona Powers - Salida, CO - d. 1-7-1970
actor: Mrs. Bixby "My Son Jeep"; [removed] Brown "Aldrich Family"
04-29-1901 - Emperor Hirohito (Showa) - Tokyo, Japan - d. 1-7-1989
emperor: End of war speech
05-04-1912 - Louis Brown - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-7-2007
composer/conductor: "The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Show"
07-12-1915 - Joseph Bolton - The Bronx, New York - d. 1-7-1997
composer: appeared on various radio stations
08-30-1905 - Sarah Selby - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-7-1980
actor: Grace Graves "Junior Miss"; Wife "My Mother's Husband"
09-26-1912 - Jacqueline de Wit - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-7-1998
actor: Ruth Thompson "Meet Mr. McNutley"; Valerie "Second Husband"
09-29-1913 - Trevor Howard - Cliftonville, England - d. 1-7-1988
actor: "London Playhouse"
10-21-1915 - Owen Bradley - Westmoreland, TN - d. 1-7-1998
music director fort WSM Nashville, Tennessee
10-22-1895 - Clair Loring Farrand - d. 1-7-1981
inventor of the cone radio loudspeaker
10-29-1889 - Anna Case - Clinton, NJ - d. 1-7-1984
singer/actor: WJZ New York City
12-31-1910 - Richard Kollmar - Ridgewood, NJ - d. 1-7-1971
actor: John Perry "John's Other Wife"; Boston Blackie "Boston Blackie"

Ron

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:26:28 -0500
From: Herb Harrison <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Current radio shows - new productions

One of our local National Public Radio stations, KPCC, broadcasts a new
"original" play every week, then they make it available on their website so
you can listen to it online.
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>From the site:
"[removed] Theatre Works
[removed] Theatre Works presents this award-winning, critically-acclaimed radio
theater series. Discover radio drama that is contemporary, edgy, and
significant.
Full audio of each play is available on our site for one week following the
radio broadcast. After that, the first 15 minutes is available. All LATW
plays can be purchased on their Web site."

Here are some of the recent plays:
-
The Country Girl
Jan. 2, 2010
Clifford Odets rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving
drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and his
long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption. The
show includes an archival recording of one of Odets' final interviews.
Starring Stacy Keach as Frank Elgin, Mare Winningham as Georgie Elgin, Harry
Hamlin as Bernie Dodd, Spencer Garrett as Paul Unger, Rick Podell as Phil
Cook, Mandy Siegfried as Nancy Stoddard, and Jamie Hanes as Larry. Directed
by Nancy Malone.
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Mary Stuart
Dec. 26, 2009
Alex Kingston stars as the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots, in a 14-member
ensemble that includes Sheelagh Cullen, Kenneth Danziger, Martin Jarvis,
Christopher Neame, Alan Shearman, W. Morgan Sheppard and Simon Templeman. Set
in 16th century England, Mary Stuart follows the tale of Elizabeth I who is
threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary, who has been a
prisoner for 19 years. Wrestling with her own conscience - and Mary's
popularity - the Queen agonizes over the fate of her cousin amid fears for
her own survival. In 1587, Elizabeth I is threatened by the survival of her
Catholic cousin, Mary, who has been a prisoner in England for 19 years.
Wrestling with her own conscience - and Mary's popularity - the Queen
agonizes over the fate of her cousin amid fears for her own survival.
-
The Busy World is Hushed
Dec. 19, 2009
Jill Clayburgh stars in Keith Bunin's powerful examination of faith. With
wisdom, humor and insight, "The Busy World is Hushed" explores the
contradictions we find in religion, our families and ourselves. Hannah, a
widowed minister, is hoping to translate a long-lost gospel when she is
challenged by both her scholarly assistant and her wayward gay son. But when
family secrets are revealed, only a stranger can help Hannah find peace. With
Hamish Linklater as Brandt and Luke MacFarlane as Thomas. The broadcast
includes interviews with religious scholar and author Elaine Pagels and
playwright Keith Bunin.
-
J Edgar!
Dec. 12, 2009
Kelsey Grammer and John Goodman lead an all-star cast in this musical look at
the sensitive side of FBI tough guy J. Edgar Hoover. Direct from Hoover's
deathbed, we learn about his life and loves in a flashback that takes the
form of a musical fantasy. Also starring Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta,
Christopher Guest, David L. Lander, Marian Mercer, and more. Written by Harry
Shearer and Tom Leopold, with music by Peter Matz. The show includes an
interview with Harry Shearer, who directed our production.
-
Table Manners
Dec. 5, 2009
England's famous seducer of other men's wives lays siege to his sister-in-law
in the first "battle" of Ayckbourn's celebrated triology "The Norman
Conquests". In "Table Manners", the action occurs in the dining room of
Mother's house, where a conventional middle-class family is attempting to
have a pleasant country weekend. But they are no match for Norman, the bane
of the family, who horrifies everyone by doing exactly as he likes. The
broadcast includes interviews with Alan Ayckbourn and Martin Jarvis, and a
special feature on famous philanderers. Starring Rosalind Ayres as Sarah, Ken
Danzinger as Reg, Jane Leeves as Annie, Christopher Neame as Tom, Carolyn
Seymour as Ruth, and Martin Jarvis as Norman.
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I don't know if there is a way to download any of the plays legally, but you
can listen to each new production online for a week.
(I suppose, if you are so inclined, that you could record the audio feed to a
cassette tape recorder.)

Hope this helps in your search for "New Time Radio",
Herb

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:26:34 -0500
From: booksteve@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jack Benny IS in Casblanca
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Have you ever heard the rumor that Jack benny was in CASBLANCA in an unbilled
cameo? It was big a year or two ago in Benny fandom. To my recollection,
though, no one could ever say definitely either way. Writer Scott Edelman
seems to have proven it to be true with an ad posted on his LiveJournal page.
It's from 1943 and announces a contest to spot Benny in the picture and win
free passes to a later attraction! Here's the lnk.
[removed]#scottedelman164993

StevenThompson

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:27:35 -0500
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  TV to radio

Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:44:39 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];

It's too bad we don't have an FAQ section on the Digest. I've
answered this question four times in the last six years. I also
conducted a seminar on the topic at FOTR Newark. Here we go
[removed] that were first on television and spun off a radio
version are eight in total:

Space Patrol should be on that list.  It's a bit unusual and
sometimes confusing because Space Patrol began on local television in
LA.  The radio version started about the same time as the TV network
version.  The TV network version was a weekly half-hour on Saturday.
The local version was a daily 15-minute show, which continued for
quite some time concurrently with the half-hour network show.
Eventually it was syndicated to several other West-coast stations.

Howdy Doody is an even more interesting case.  Bob Smith was doing
the morning drive-time show on WNBC, when he got an opportunity to do
a half-hour Saturday show for kids.  This was a kid of Western-themed
quiz show, called the "Triple-B Ranch."  The Triple-B stood for Big
Brother Bob" (not very original, since Big Brother Bob Emery was at
the time hosting the "Small Fry Club" on the DuMont Television
Network).

On the Triple-B Ranch, Smith created a country-bumpkin character
called Elmer, and he generally did a dialog with Elmer involving
pretty elementary Hee-Haw-type humor.  Elmer would start and end the
conversation with "Well, howdy doody!"  The kids who came to the
show's studio audience were disappointed, since on radio, Smith
didn't use a puppet, he simply spoke with a different voice.  When
Smith heard them complain that they wanted to see "Howdy Doody," he
changed the character's name and spoke to the TV people.  The rest,
as they say, is history.

The Howdy Doody radio show appeared on the NBC radio network several
years after the start of the TV show.  It was discontinued in 1954
because of Buffalo Bob's heart attack.

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed]                           [removed]
 92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02109-2004           	         [removed]

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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:03:03 -0500
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Reserve NOW for the 2010 FOTR Convention

Folks;

   I realize this is a little early to be thinking about next October 21-24
Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention, but if you've considered attending (and
you really should), now would be a great time to make hotel reservations.
Louise at the Ramada Plaza (formerly the Holiday Inn) tipped Jay Hickerson
off on a great [removed]'t know whether it's a typo, they are treating the
seperate wings of the hotel (old and new) as different or what, [removed]

   Head to [removed] and do a hotel search for Newark, NJ. You
will find _two_ listings for the Ramada [removed] that lists at
$[removed], and another for the same building that lists for $[removed]
Obviously, pick that latter one, which is the best price on this hotel I
think I've _ever_ seen! No pre-pay is required, and reservations can be
canceled up to 6:00pm the first night.

         Charlie

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Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:07:03 -0500
From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Chime time

The arrival of a Bargain Books catalog featuring several pages of
DVD's devoted to TV series - some vintage ones derived from radio
- reminds me to ask: Do any of you know of a collection of a
particular show (say, Dragnet or any others on NBC) that feature
the animated NBC chimes at the end? Are there any that exist with
those chimes in color? I'm wanting to dress up a presentation on
old-time radio. Thanks.

Bob Cockrum

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