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Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:06:06 +0000
From: Jim Widner
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To:
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Subject: John Fiedler
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With the talk about Paul Winchell's death and his role as the voice of
Tigger, another Winnie the Pooh character voice also died this past week
(June 25th). John Fiedler who was the voice of Piglet died at the age of 80.
Does anyone know if he did radio? He goes back according to [removed] to
Tom Corbett on television, but of course, they forget there was something
before television.
Jim Widner
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[ADMINISTRIVIA: For those of you "of a certain age" who want to place a
face with the name, Fiedler may be best remembered as the posessed killer
Hengist in the Star Trek episode, "Wolf in the Fold" (wherin Scotty is
accused of being a mass murderer, but ends up only being guilty of drinking
too much). --cfs3]
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:06:39 +0000
From: Ron Sayles
<bogusotr@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Joseph Barth, where are you
A Joseph Barth sent me an email asking if it was okay to use my birth/
death list. I know he reads this list because he mentioned it in his
message. I tried answering in the affirmative, but my message keep
bouncing. Joseph if you read this the answer is . . . yes, you can
use the list.
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:07:19 +0000
From: "Derek Tague"
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To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Retro-WOTW
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Hi Gang:
Her are two links for some really cool articles about the 1938 WOTW in
today's
NY DAily News:
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Unfortunately, my work-hours will prevent me from hearing the one-hour
special
about the 1938 WOTW airing over WNYC radio here in NYC tom'w (29) at 3 PM.
Is there anybody out here in the NYC ether who can tape it for me? Contact me
off-list.
Also, I see that this week the TV Land cabler is celebrating the Golden Age of
the "Movie
of the Week," by playing groundbreaking cathode-ray dramas from the 1970s
like
"Brian's Song," "The Day After," "Helter Skelter," et. al. Any regular reader
on this list c
ould probably tell you that the mid-1970s TV-movie about WOTW, viz. "The Night
That
Panicked America," is an enjoyable, though not"great" movie. But since
everybody else is
jumping on the WOTW bandwagon what with the new Spielberg version opening, it
would've
been nice if TV Land--or some other channel-- had availed it to us. Once
again, TVLand has
dropped the ball.
There was a nice error-laden story about WOTW which included comments from
Orson
Welles's daughter this past Sunday on the Charles Osgood "CBS Sunday Morning"
show, arguably the most OTR-friendly mainstream network newsmagazine.
Yours near Grovers' Mill,
Derek Tague
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:13:43 -0400
From:
seandd@[removed]
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: War of the Worlds
I had thought that all of the actors who were in War of the Worlds had
passed away - but the Daily News found one that is still alive and
interview him today.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
[removed]
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Robert Dominguez also spoke with our friend and "Let's
Pretend"er, Arthur Anderson. --cfs3]
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:28:14 +0000
From: "Leslie Feagan"
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To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Jay Johnson
I saw Jay Johnson's THE TWO AND ONLY about five times in New York, that's how
impressed I was by his ventrillic talents. Anyone know if the show is being
produced anywhere at present?
Love,
Leslie Feagan
Brunswick, OH
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:28:21 +0000
From:
seandd@[removed]
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: More on WOTW from Today's Daily News
Anthony Tollin gets quoted twice in today's New York Daily News.
He -- along with FOTR stalwart Arthur Andeson - was in the previously
posted article and he also provided David Hinckley with background on John
Fielder that was used in a quick obit today. David made a slight error -
Fielder played Homer, not Henry, on Henry Aldrich. That was David's
mistake, not Anthony's, just for the record.
Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:28:04 +0000
From:
jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Nestle's
I think you're thinking of Jimmy Nelson and--Farfel?--in the '60s
Nestle's Quik ads.
Great piece of Nestle's triva, by the way. After a decent TV acting
career, being under contract to Warners, Adam West--who can surprise the
hell out of those used to his campy Batman portrayal with guest spots
such as a menacing, artistocratic Frenchman (Cajun?) on MAVERICK--
Found himself playing a 007-type character--was it Captain QUik?--in a
series of Nestle's spots.
This could not, considering the times, have been prestigious.
But it was these spots that led to his Batman screen [removed]
Jim Burns, A Capered Crusader
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:28:42 +0000
From: Anthony Tollin
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To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: THE SHADOW
On Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at 10:13 AM,
[removed]@[removed]
wrote:
> Because of the link posted to the Hooper ratings I began looking at the top
> rated shows for other years and noticed that one of the OTR shows that seems
> to have become synonymous with OTR, The Shadow, was not ranked in
the top 20
> or 25 shows from 1937/1938 to 1941/1942, I didn't check beyond that, I did
> notice that it appeared that only NBC, red & blue, and CBS shows
were rated.
> Was The Shadow on Mutual and were their shows not rated? If not, what
was the
> reason?
THE SHADOW is seldom mentioned in the radio ratings because it was
technically a daytime show, while the ratings usually focus on prime-time
evening broadcasts. THE SHADOW was often the highest-rated daytime show,
airing at 5pm or 5:30 pm on Sunday, a couple hours before the big guns like
Jack Benny. I do recall that THE SHADOW was briefly listed in the overall
top-ten in the Fall of 1944 when John Archer was playing the lead. That was
the program's last season in the 5:30 pm slot. The following season, Mutual
moved it to 5:00 when Blue Coal refused to commit to a full 39-week season.
--ANTHONY TOLLIN
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:28:35 +0000
From: Anthony Tollin
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To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Wrong Ventriloquist (was Paul Winchell)
On Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at 10:13 AM,
[removed]@[removed]
wrote:
> If I remember correctly, Winchell and his dummies starred in a series of
commercials
> for NESTLES. Probably about 1965 or 1966.
You're actually recalling a different ventriloquist. It was Jimmy Nelson
and his dummies Danny O'Day and Farfel (a dog) who did Nestles' commercials.
I was an amateur ventriloquist in grade school and junior high, and Paul
Winchell was my inspiration. I was lucky enough to be seated at his table
for the breakfast program at the 1986 SPERDVAC Convention.
He was a brilliant, talented man. BTW, my friend Mark Evanier has posted a
number of excellent tributes to Paul Winchell and former FOTR guest Johnny
Fiedler on his
[removed] blog. Mark directed Winchell on various
Saturday-morning TV cartoons. Highly recommended. --ANTHONY TOLLIN
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:07:51 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr"
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To:
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Subject: Mysterious radio premium
Philip Chavin asks about a radio premium not listed in the usual
references,
> a "rainbow code writer", consisting of a pencil that wrote in four
> colors and having a picture of Big Stoop on it (and a "mysterious
> cord").
Well, I was a tad young to be listening in 1942 (I became a serious radio
listener in 1945), and we moved about enough so that Terry and The
Pirates wasn't always available. But any "code writer" premium would
cause me to pay attention. I wonder about that cord.
If one is willing to be persistent, checking eBay now and then may reveal
it (twice, I've seen a Wright Aerial Torpedo on eBay, but alas, when I
was cash-poor: Tumbusch had it listed; Ted Hake didn't, when I spotted
it). Some premiums, such as the Chick Carter Inner Circle Seal (the
first premium I ever sent for -- with my mother's help) aren't even
listed.
Stephen A, Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:08:46 -0400
From: Bob Slate
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To:
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Subject: Paul Winchell
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Are you sure that wasn't Jimmy Nelson with his dummy's Danny O'Day and his
dog Farfel ,that was doing those Nestle Quik commercials on television,
instead of Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney and Knuckehead Smith?If you
remember, Danny O'Day sings the jingle: "N-E-S-T-L-E-S Nestles makes the
very best! And Farfel the dog ,yells, "Cha-a-a-a-lat!"Paul Winchell was
sponsored by "the new blue CHEER, the blue magic whitener on television in
the 1950's and possibly the 60's ,also along with other sponsors products.
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:08:26 -0400
From:
"kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Ventriloquists, Past and Present
I see what you mean. Although ventriloquists like
Paul Winchell and Edgar Bergen were great back in the day,
I believe that some of the modern day ventriloquists are
quite good too. I remember Jay Johnson and his 'companion'
Bob on the TV comedy "Soap" a few years ago. They were
hilarious as a team. Another which comes to mind is Wayland
Flowers and his 'companion', "Madame". She was about as
irreverent and outspoken as they came. Quite similar to
Charlie McCarthy, in that respect.
Every one of the more modern ventriloquists we now know
credits those who came before, like Paul Winchell and Edgar
Bergen, and blazed the trail for them. BTW, what was the
'companion' used by Winchell? Was the main one named Jerry
Mahoney, or was that the 'companion' to yet another
ventriloquist?
Another OTR Fan,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:21:52 -0400
From: "ed carr"
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To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: new shows, but who really cares?
hi
i believe i have 4 -15min shows, that are not in circulation, and i don't
see
them listed either, the show is called
'leatherneck jamboree" yes it's a country western show done just like the
navy, and
all the other 15min shows of that vein, this is for the marines, don't
confuse it with the other marine 15min show featuring stories.
25yrs collecting and i am just now starting
to enjoy this type of show, i haven't come across a wac 15min show featuring
all
female western stars yet, (just kidding, my humour you know)
i haven't transcribed these yet
ed
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:21:29 -0400
From: "Bob Scherago"
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To:
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Subject: WTIC's Golden Age of Radio
The latest "WTIC's Golden Age of Radio" programs
with Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran, can be heard at
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We present three complete shows in MP3 format for
your listening pleasure or for downloading:
. Program 47: February, 1974 - Larry Haines
Larry Haines appeared in almost all of the major evening
radio dramas, including "Gangbusters." He was often cast
as a heavy. In 1951 he joined the TV cast of "Search for
Tomorrow" as Stu Bergman, where he stayed for 35 years.
During the same time he continued to work in radio,
appearing in "X Minus One" and the "CBS Mystery Theater,"
to name just two.
Program 48 - March, 1974 - [removed] Marshall
Everett G. Marshall was born on 6/18/1910 in Owatonna,
Minnesota. Mr. Marshall started out on radio in his native
Minnesota, then headed for New York and Broadway. He
made many films as well, including "Twelve Angry Men."
He also starred on TV in "The Defenders" and "Chicago
Hope."
Radio fans will remember [removed] Marshall as the unctuous
host ("Pleasant dreeeaaammms") of the 1970s anthology
The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre.
Program 49 - April, 1974 - Edgar Bergen
Edgar Bergen was best known as a ventriloquist. He taught
himself ventriloquism from a pamphlet when he was only 11.
A few years later he commissioned a woodcarver to make a
portrait of a rascally Irish newspaperboy he knew. The head
went on a puppet named Charlie McCarthy, who became
Bergen's lifelong sidekick.
His first performances were in vaudeville and one-reel
movie shorts, but his real success was on the radio. He
and Charlie were seen at a Hollywood party by Noel
Coward, who recommended them for an appearance on
Rudy Vallee's program - you heard that program right here
on "The Golden Age of Rado." (Program #7) The appearance
was so successful that the next year they were given their
own show. They were on the air from 1937 to 1956.
Charlie's feud with W. C. Fields was a regular feature of
the show.
In the 1970's Dick Bertel created the program for WTIC in
Hartford, CT. The idea came to Dick after he interviewed radio
collector-historian Ed Corcoran a few times on his radio and
TV shows. "The Golden Age of Radio was first broadcast in
April, 1970; Ed was Dick's co-host.
For the next seven years the program featured interviews with
actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians from radio's
early days. Each show featured excerpts from Ed's collection.
"WTIC's Golden Age of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights
on Walden Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.
Bob Scherago
Webmaster
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:19:10 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL"
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To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: RE: Bergen's skill
> I also used to wonder why Bergen was regarded so highly as a ventriloquist.
While I don't believe I ever heard Bergen himself address his poor
performance as a ventriloquist, I do remember seeing a show where Charlie
McCarthy asked him, "Bergen, why is it that every time I talk, your lips
move."
I didn't see the movie, "I Remember Mama" until years after its release, when
it began to appear on television. As is often the case, by the time I got
into the movie, I could no longer remember the cast names shown in the
opening credits, so when the scene began where Mama's sister is introducing
her indended, Mr. Tortelsen (an undertaker, if I remember correctly), I kept
sitting there asking "Who is that guy?" The actor gave a great performance as
the timid and somewhat befuddled gentleman, and finally, I think there were
end credits, he turned out to be Edgar Bergen.
B. Ray
W9KEE (ex W7KVW)
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bray@[removed]
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:37:03 -0400
From:
wayne_johnson@[removed]
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: oops
Well, I realy blew it with the Nestle commerical ... Danny O'Day and Farfel
being the real stars of that! But I was only 8 back then. Too many cob
webbs to dust out ot the old brain.
Thanks to all who wrote to me.
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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 02:12:00 -0400
From:
charlie@[removed]
To:
[removed]@[removed]
Subject: #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!
A weekly [removed]
For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio. We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!
Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!
For more info, contact
charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!
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