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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 314
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@c ]
  Subject: RE: OTR fans under 40        [ <mikeandzachary@[removed]; ]
  age of collectors                     [ Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed]; ]
  A Joke about the Nash.                [ [removed]@[removed] ]
  Nash and Pajamas                      [ Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed]; ]
  Susquehanna Hats                      [ "Robert Birchard" <bbirchard@earthl ]
  Andrew asked                          [ Gary <yraginnh@[removed]; ]
  Our Miss Brooks Nash                  [ Frank =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ros=EDn?= <fra ]
  An appreciative audience              [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  Nash and pajama's                     [ "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@adelphia ]
  Re: A Joke I Don't Get                [ Jim Bollman <Jim@[removed]; ]
  Nash Cars                             [ "frank mCgurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
  Re: Kids' shows                       [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  Re: OTR fans under 40                 [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  Re: OTR fans under 40                 [ "Brian L Bedsworth" <ASURoadDevil@m ]
  Inner Sanctum Mysteries audience      [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
  Stroke of Fate                        [ "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@[removed] ]
  Under 40                              [ "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@[removed] ]
  Re: Susquehanna Hats                  [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:06:45 -0500
From: "Jerry Haendiges" <jerryhaendiges@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi Friends,
NOTE: Because of the many requests we've received, we are now making "Same
Time, Same Station" available as a free Podcast through iTunes by going to
our new website at: [removed]

Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you may
listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage Radio
Theater," Big John Matthews and Steve "Archive" Urbaniak's "The Glowing
Dial" and my own "Same Time, Same Station."  Streamed in high-quality audio,
on demand, 24/7 at [removed]
Check out our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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=======================================

SAME TIME, SAME STATION

SUSPENSE
Episode 41    05-11-44    "Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer"
Stars: Paul Lukas, Heather Angel, Bramwell Fletcher
Writer: John Dickson Carr

APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR
Episode 9    04-13-44    "Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer"
Writer: John Dickson Carr

GEORGE JESSEL'S CELEBRITY PROGRAM
7-6-39    Celebrity Guest: Bert Lahr
NBC VITALIS Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:00pm
HOST: George Jessel
Jack Funston (Eats light bulbs and razor blades), The Stardusters "Peg O' My
Heart", "Oh By Jingle", The Kadoodlers "When The Circus Came To Town",
Beatrice Fairfax (Heart Specialist), Bert Lahr "The Woodchopper's Song"

THE FALSTAFF SHOW
"The World of Music"
1937 Audition Show
NBC FALSTAFF BEER
HOST: Ransom Sherman

==================================

HERITAGE RADIO THEATER

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR
(CBS)    5/20/61    Bob Readick stars in "The Lone Wolf Matter"

CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER
(CBS)    9/18/47   "The Tobacco Pouch"
stars Staats Cotsworth/Jan Miner.

FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY
(NBC) 10/27/53.
The tale of the McGee's visit to Aunt Sara continues.

====================================

THE GLOWING DIAL

Thanksgiving Special

The Answer Man - "Thanksgiving Questions"
originally aired November 23, 1944 on WOR / MUTUAL
Starring: Albert Mitchell as The Answer Man.
Sponsor: Trommer's White Label Beer

Family Theater - "Home For Thanksgiving"
originally aired November 27, 1947 on MUTUAL
Starring: Paul Henreid, Joan Leslie, Charles Boyer hosts, Tony LoFrano
announcing.
Sustained

Casey: Crime Photographer - "After Turkey, The Bill"
originally aired November 27, 1947 on CBS
Starring: Staats Cotsworth, Jan Miner, John Gibson, Tony Marvin announcing.
Sponsor: Anchor-Hocking Glass Corporation

Anthology - "The Story Of Thanksgiving"
originally aired November 21, 1954 on WRCA, NY
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Fred Waring Glee Club, New England Conservatory
Alumni Chorus, Fleetwood announcing.
Sustained

The Adventures Of Sam Spade - "The Terrified Turkey Caper"
originally aired November 24, 1950 on NBC
Starring: Steven Dunne, Lurene Tuttle, Dick Joy announcing.
Produced, Edited & Directed by William Spier (Suspense).
Music by Lud Gluskin.
Sustained

==================================

If you have any questions or request, please feel free to contact me.

     Jerry Haendiges

     Jerry@[removed]  562-696-4387
     The Vintage Radio Place   [removed]
     Largest source of Old Time Radio Logs, Articles and programs on the Net

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:55:55 -0500
From: <mikeandzachary@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Subject:  RE: OTR fans under 40

While I'm not under 40, I was born in August of 1963, nearly a year after the
end of the OTR era. Is this close enough?

Mike

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:56:34 -0500
From: Joseph Webb <drjoewebb@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  age of collectors

I was 16 in 1972 when I started listening to WRVR-FM in NYC for their
midnight broadcasts of the Shadow (sat nite-sun morn), which was so
successful that they had weekly rebroadcasts Mon-Fri of a variety of
then-syndicated Charles Michelson shows.

My first OTR cassette was purchased at the Korvette's in Scarsdale, NY and
was produced by a company called "Pasttime Products." I did buy the record
set of War of the Worlds at that very same store.

I was 6 in 1962, and I do not remember my parents ever listening to Suspense
or Johnny Dollar at that time. So anyone age 50, like myself, may never have
heard an original broadcast.

About 15 years ago, I thought for sure that the hobby would be on its last
legs by now. It's just astounding to me what computers, MP3, and broadband
have done to bring the hobby to a level of activity that seems quite higher
than it was when I was most active from 1976-1984.

Regards
JWW

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:18:47 -0500
From: [removed]@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  A Joke about the Nash.

In response to the question about the Walter Denton being awarded a Nash and
pajamas to drive with it on.  The Nash sedans, (about 1952 I belive), rear
seats were designed to be made into a bed.

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:51:02 -0500
From: Dan Hughes <danhughes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Nash and Pajamas

Jim asks about an Our Miss Brooks joke concerning a Nash and pajamas.

The Nash Metropolitan had fold - down seats, so you could turn it into a
bed.  Hence the pajamas reference.

---Dan, [removed]

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:44:47 -0500
From: "Robert Birchard" <bbirchard@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Susquehanna Hats
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Alan Bell writes:

A couple of issues ago was a story which culminated in the line,
"Susquehanna Hats!!! My brother was KILLED wearing a Susquehanna Hat!!"

    Clearly Alan is lacking an education in Burlesque in general and Abbott &
Costello in particular, the reference refers to a routine, similar to
"Niagara Falls--slowly I turned," in which a salesman for Susquehanna Hats
encounters a series of customers with strongly negative associations to said
product and who after declaiming their grievances proceed to destroy the
salesman's sample products ([removed] fist through the top of the straw hat, etc.)

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:45:39 -0500
From: Gary <yraginnh@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Andrew asked

Andrew Godfrey asked:

  Since the last OTR shows were broadcast in 1962
would like to know how many OTR fans are reading the
OTR Digest are under the age of 40.

Andrew I am not under 40, rather I am near to your age
(you lucky newly retired person!)BUT I have never
heard a live broadcast of any radio show.  My family
was glued in front of the 12 inch (I believe) console
tv in the 1940s.  How I wish I had listened to all the
great shows I love, in their original presentation.

Also, thanks Charlie for repeating the blog link. It
is very interesting and I am enjoying listening about
Junior and his comic book heroes.
Gary in NH
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:47:07 -0500
From: Frank =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ros=EDn?=  <frankr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Our Miss Brooks Nash

During that time the Nash automobile was advertising that the seats
would fold down into a comfortable bed.  No other automobile did that.
A rather risque punch line for the time.

Frank Rosin

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:47:43 -0500
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  An appreciative audience

This past weekend I was invited -- and accepted -- the delightful
opportunity of making a presentation on old time radio before tha annual
Kentucky convention of the blind meeting in Louisville.  I did not go to
push books and didn't carry any with me.  That wasn't my purpose.  I
followed a simple concept.  Thinking they wouldn't want an "address" on OTR
I turned my time into an audience participation rally and did they get into
it!  I prepared about 75 questions under a quartet of categories -- Show
Openings, Catchphrases, Commercials, and Trivia.

While the preponderance of registrants had lived through part or all of
radio's golden age, I knew there would be some who were born after it ended.
I included queries about series like The CBS Radio Mystery Theater, Monitor,
Lowell Thomas, Paul Harvey, The Guiding Light, Grand Ole Opry and Meet the
Press to help them identify with some of the topical matter.  There was
plenty about Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Fibber McGee & Molly, Inner Sanctum,
The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, etc., as well.  Most seemed to eat it up and
several appeared to know almost every answer.  It was a walk back in time
for them and refreshing to me.

Afterwards I got to thinking that there are likely many of us who could
recapture a little of past glories before similar audiences spread across
the nation through regional, state and local conclaves.  It might be for the
visually impaired, it might be for senior citizens groups, it might be at
nursing homes or hospitals or churches or whatever.  There are some among us
doing this now for you have said so on this forum.  I'm appealing to others
to volunteer for similar duty.  I'm guessing it will do as much good for you
as it does for your listeners.  And maybe even more for you, as I think it
did for me.

Jim Cox

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:48:19 -0500
From: "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@[removed];
To: "otrd" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Nash and pajama's

  Jim Yellen asked --

 Whaa? Does anybody know what that refers to? Was there an ad campaign
(aka commercial) where the owner of a new Nash drove it in his pajamas?
Maybe the seats were as comfortable as your bed?

  Close, but no cigar.
  Nash had reclining front seats and with them reclined with the seat, back
and back seat they made a bed so one could sleep in a Nash as comfortably as
in bed.
  An aunt had a '50 Nash Airflite that had those.  (That was the Nash that
looked like an upside down bathtub).
  (As an aside, they also had seat belts.  I asked my aunt what the straps
in the front seat were for and she said they were safety belts and that some
day all cars would have them.  I thought she was [removed])
  Joe

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Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:48:51 -0500
From: Jim Bollman <Jim@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: A Joke I Don't Get

From: "James Yellen" <clifengr3@[removed];

"Give that man a new Nash, and new pajamas to drive it in!"

The Nash had seats that folded down into a bed.

[removed]

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:49:14 -0500
From: "frank mCgurn" <[removed]@[removed];
To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Nash Cars

Jim Yellen ask about Nash cars.

 His guess is correct car seats did flatten down and became a bed. It was
advertised as great for camping, [or what ever].
 Nash was the first car to mfg. cars after wwII. Because of steel and chrome
shortages Nash couldn't supply bumpers so the car was delivered with 2" x
10" wooden bumper. As the steel became available the dealer would replace
the wooden bumpers.

Frank McGurn
McHenry, IL.

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:56:37 -0500
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Kids' shows

Scott Benson wrote (about his 12-year-old son):

 I am also looking for similar shows that he might
enjoy. He is a Hardy Boys junky, likes Nancy Drew as
well. Both kids like to watch Burns and Allen with
us.

While this program isn't similar to the shows you
mentioned, your son would probably enjoy "Yours Truly,
Johnny Dollar" (especially the episodes starring Bob
Bailey), if he enjoys mysteries. He might also enjoy
"I Love a Mystery." Neither has youthful protagonists,
but if he enjoys mystery stories, per se, he might
like those. As well as other mystery/detective/police
programs.

On another note, if he enjoys _The Hardy Boys_, he
would probably also like the _Alfred Hitchcock and the
Three Investigators_ mystery series, which, in my
opinion, is far superior to _The Hardy Boys_. For one,
the fact that Hitchcock was a real person made the
other characters seem more real. The series also
lacked the many coincidences of the _Hardy Boys_
books.

 The _Three Investigators_ series was created by
Robert Arthur, whose radio credits include _Murder by
Experts, _The Mysterious Traveler_, _The Sealed Book_
(all with David Kogan), and _The Strange Dr. Weird_.
Arthur wrote 10 of the 43 _Three Investigators_ books
before his death (numbers 1-9 and 11). Other writers
in the series included Dennis Lynds (as William Arden)
and M(ary) V(irginia) Carey. Hitchcock "introduced"
the cases of the Three Investigators (Jupiter Jones,
Pete Crenshaw and Bob Andrews) in the first 30 books
(the introductions were actually written  by each
book's writer). After Hitchcock died, the
"introductory chores" were assumed by the fictional
Hector Sebastian. Later, unfortunately, the entire
series was reprinted sans Hitchcock.

The _Three Investigators_ series is currently out of
print, but many libraries carry it. You can also find
copies at used bookstores. Back in the late 90s,
Random House re-issued the revised versions of the
first 11 books in the series in paperback format, but
if you can find the original Hitchcock versions with
artwork by Harry Kane, get those instead. Not only
does the artwork complement the stories, but the
binding quality is better.

I host a _Three Investigators_ delphi forum called
"The Jones Salvage Yard." Feel free to pay a visit:
[removed].

Rick

[removed] since your son likes both _The Hardy Boys_ and
_Nancy Drew_, you might also want to consider buying
him some of the reprints of the original editions of
books in both series. The price tag is a bit steep,
about $15 per book (less at used bookstores), but he
could read the unedited original versions of such
_Hardy Boys_ stories as "The Tower Treasure", "The
House on the Cliff", "The Secret of the Old Mill",
"The Missing Chums" and "Hunting for Hidden Gold." The
versions of those books published since 1959 are
heavily edited, sometimes with entire scenes removed.
In fact, over at the Jones Salvage Yard, I wrote a
comparison/contrast of the original and revised
version of "Hunting For Hidden Gold."

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:57:23 -0500
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: OTR fans under 40

Andrew Godfrey asked about OTR fans under 40.
Actually, if he wants to include those who were born
after OTR's final broadcasts in 1962, he should ask
about those under 44.

At any rate, I just turned 40 this year. I'd thought
I'd turned 41, but both my sister and Rochester tell
me my birth certificate says I'm 40. I first
encountered OTR when I was 12.

She doesn't post here, but I introduced my cousin,
Kelley, to OTR when she was 11, back in 1997.

Rick

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:59:08 -0500
From: "Brian L Bedsworth" <ASURoadDevil@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: OTR fans under 40

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 at 20:20:02 -0500, "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed]; 
asked about "OTR fans under 40":

 Since the last OTR shows were broadcast in 1962 would like to know how
many OTR fans are reading the OTR Digest are under the age of 40. Anyone
under 40 would have never have heard a live old time radio show so would be
interesting to know how many OTR fans became fans without actually hearing a
live show.

You forget, Mr. Godfrey, that a subsequent generation had the CBS RADIO 
MYSTERY THEATER and the SEARS(/MUTUAL) RADIO THEATER and the GENERAL MILLS 
ADVENTURE HOUR and NPR PLAYHOUSE and the BOB & RAY PUBLIC RADIO SHOW 'pon 
which to grow to adulthood and garner an appreciation for radio drama and 
comedy (okay, not so much variety; sorry, SPERDVAC).

Granted, there are some fellow Digest listers who opened the eyes of our 
generation to the foundations from which grew that 70s/80s-era resurgence 
(as an Angeleno during my own formative years, I again tip my cap to Bobb, 
Barbara, the Gassmans and their respective networks of 
friends/guests/traders/etc.), but I think the assertion that we fell in love 
with radio without the benefit of living in "the" era of radio drama is to 
misunderstand =our= era. Think of it as OTR's "Silver Age", if you will. I 
sure do. :) 

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:40:18 -0500
From: "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Inner Sanctum Mysteries audience

I spoke with a man this morning who grew up in the New York City area.  He
says that he and his brother would frequently attend Inner Sanctum Mysteries
in the audience.

I didn't know this show had an audience.  Is his memory correct?  He said
they had a very large auditorium and it was usually filled.

Ted

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:23:58 -0500
From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Stroke of Fate

I would be most interested in how readers of the
Digest felt about this program and why it had such a
short run, the program could have ran for at least one
season.

I listened to the whole series about a year ago, and loved it.  Very well
acted and written, it is disappointing that more episodes weren't made.

I think that it was always intended to be a 13-week series (was it a summer
replacement?).  Listen to the last episode again where the producer thanks
the audience for listening, and acknowledges that the run was intended to be
13 episodes.

On a side note, my 10 year old brother (he's 11 now) loved the show, and
asked the same question:  why were there no more made?

Sammy Jones

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:55:52 -0500
From: "Sammy Jones" <sjones69@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Under 40

Since the last OTR shows were broadcast in 1962 would like to know how
many OTR fans are reading the OTR Digest are under the age of 40.

Well, I'm 23, and I've been an OTR fan since about 1992 or 1993.  I even
remember my first radio show:  The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes--A
Scandal in Bohemia, from a Sandy Hook (Radio Yesteryear) cassette
collection.  I wish Radio Spirits would release that collection of 8 shows
on CD.  Most of the episodes were covered in the Simon & Schuster releases
(that are currently getting their release on CD), but these episodes put out
by Yesteryear were the alternate broadcasts---different performances of the
same script from the Simon & Schuster versions.

While I'm too young to have heard radio in its prime, I have certainly heard
live Old Time Radio shows.  The Grand Ole Opry has been on continously since
1925, and I listen in from time to time (though by no means regularly).  A
Prairie Home Companion captures the flavor of the old music/variety shows;
it's been on for over 30 years!  In England, dramatic radio has never
stopped:  there are many, many dramatic programs on BBC Radio 4 every day.

Sammy Jones

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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:33:16 -0500
From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Susquehanna Hats

The routine which I just happened to see a month ago as I watched the
Abbott and Costello movie "In Society" is on the web.  A Google search
came up with a site that has the routine's transcript.

[removed]

Al Girard

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