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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2012 : Issue 185
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: Groucho on Radio                  [ Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@sbcgloba ]
  The Cinnamon Bear                     [ Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed] ]
  12-1 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  December issue: RADIO RECALL          [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel          [ A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed] ]
  BBC Archives                          [ Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed] ]
  This week in radio history 2-8 Decem  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  "Oh, Dennis," fond memories of Denni  [ Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed]; ]

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:35:36 -0500
From: Steve Salaba <dangerdanger@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Groucho on Radio

Amon other things, Jack French said:

 I can't remember who was on Wednesdays and Fridays.

As I recall, Who was on First.

(ouch!)

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:36:06 -0500
From: Steve Darnall <fvpress@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  The Cinnamon Bear

After reading Charlie's recent post about the Cinnamon Bear, I feel compelled
to
mention that this year, "Those Were the Days" is celebrating the 75th
anniversary of this beloved Xmas story by playing the entire 26-episode story
on
our Saturday afternoon get-together. Because we're only on the air once a
week,
we had to start early (November 10) and we'll end early as well (on December
22)
but you're invited to join us on this wonderful adventure every Saturday
afternoon, 1 to 5 pm CST on WDCB ([removed])-and of course, if you miss a
broadcast of "Those Were the Days," you can hear it for one week afterward at
[removed]!

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:36:31 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  12-1 births/deaths

On December 31, 2012 I will be sending my last birth/death list. This
may come as a relief to some, sadness to others. I have been doing it
for ten years and the time has come. However, I will continue to
update my list as best I can. The list can be found at
[removed]
. I want to thank all of those who helped and I want to thank all of
those have who commented, bad or good. It was a good run.

December 1st births

12-01-1880 - William Arndt - Mayville, WI - d. 2-25-1957
professor: conducted Bible classes on WFUO St. Louis
12-01-1885 - Frazier Hunt - Rock Island, IL - d. 12-24-1967
newscaster: Weekday morning newscast on Mutual
12-01-1886 - Rex Stout - Noblesville, IN - d. 10-27-1975
author: (Creator of Nero Wolfe) Debunker of Axis Propaganda "Our
Secret Weapon"
12-01-1892 - Charlie Bachman - Chicago, IL - d. 12-14-1985
football coach: "Football Predictions"
12-01-1892 - Harry W. Conn - Newark, NJ - d. 6-8-1960
writer: "The Jack Benny Program"
12-01-1896 - Ethel Shutta - NYC - d. 2-5-1976
singer-comedian: "Jack Benny Program"
12-01-1896 - Ray Henderson - Buffalo, NY - d. 12-31-1970
composer: "Music for Millions"; "Cue Magazine Salutes ASCAP"
12-01-1898 - Cyril Ritchard - Syndey, Australia - d. 12-18-1977
actor: "Best Plays"; "United States Steel Hour"; "NBC Star Playhouse"
12-01-1899 - Tom Shirley - Chicago, IL - d. 1-24-1962
actor, announcer: Sam Aldrich "Aldrich Family"; Advs. of the Thin Man"
12-01-1900 - Ted Hammerstein - d. 10-6-1973
emcee: "The Hammerstein Music Hall"
12-01-1904 - Jean Paul King - North Bend, NE - d. 8-21-1965
annoucer: "Clara, Lu, and Em"; "Music of the Haydns"
12-01-1904 - Jimmy Lytell - NYC - d. 11-26-1972
bandleader, clarinetist: "Cavalcade of America"; "Songs by Morton
Downey"
12-01-1910 - Alicia Markova - London, England - d. 12-2-2004
ballerina: BBC Interview
12-01-1911 - Randy Merriman - Minneapolis, MN - d. 10-27-2005
actor: "Doctor [removed]"
12-01-1911 - Walter Alston - Venice, OH - d. 10-1-1984
baseball manager: "Tops In Sports"
12-01-1913 - Mary Martin - Weatherford, TX - d. 11-3-1990
singer: "Lifebuoy Health Soap Program"; "Good News of 1940"; "Kraft
Music Hall"
12-01-1915 - Johnny Johnston - St. Louis, MO - d. 1-6-1996
singer: "Rhapsody in Rhythm"; "Club Matinee"; "Duffy's Tavern";
"Breakfast Club"
12-01-1917 - William Tracy - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-18-1967
actor: Roosty "Roosty of the AAF"
12-01-1918 - Thomas Hayward - Kansas City, MO - d. 2-1-1995
singer: "Serenade to America"; "Name Speaks"
12-01-1920 - Mary Wells - Omaha, NE - d. 8-14-2000
actor: "John Steele, Adventurer"
12-01-1921 - John Bunch - Tipton, IN - d. 3-30-2010
jazz pianist: "Eddie Condon"; "Maynard Ferguson"
12-01-1932 - Heather Begg - Nelson, New Zealand - d. 5-12-2009
opera singer: "Die Walkure"
12-01-1933 - Lou Rawls - Chicago, IL - d. 1-6-2006
singer: "Here's to Veterans"
12-01-1939 - Dianne Lennon - Los Angeles, CA
singer: (The Lennon Sisters) "Music on Deck"; "Voices of Vista";
"Guest Star"
12-01-1939 - Noel Jones - Dublin, Ireland
authored radio plays
12-01-1941 - Ian (David) Slater - Queensland, Australia
writer: ""Black Lion"

December 1st deaths

01-21-1909 - Sid Raymond - NYC - d. 12-1-2006
actor: "X Minus One"
01-25-1908 - Stephane Grapelli - Paris, France - d. 12-1-1997
jazz violinist: "Saturday Night Swing Club"; "Jazz Alive"
02-03-1895 - Nick Kenny - Astoria, NY - d. 12-1-1975
columnist, songwriter: Reader of inspirational verse
02-14-1915 - Irving Gordon - Brooklyn, NY - d. 12-1-1996
scripted Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First" routine
02-16-1915 - Carlotta Dale - Ardmore, PA - d. 12-1-1988
vocalist: "Music for Moderns"; "Rhapsody in Rhythm"
02-20-1913 - Tommy Henrich - Massillon, OH - d. 12-1-2009
sportscaster: "Tommy Henrich Show"
03-11-1915 - Dan Donaldson - St. Louis, MO - d. 12-1-1991
announcer: "Kitty Keene, Inc."; "Ma Perkins"
03-17-1910 - Molly Weir - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 12-1-2004
actor: Tattie McIntosh "It's That Man Again"; Aggie "Life with the
Lyons"
04-22-1932 - Bill Bircher - d. 12-1-1988
disk jockey: WTNJ Trenton, NJ; WBCB Levittown, PA
05-03-1906 - Anna Roosevelt - Hyde Park, NY - d. 12-1-1975
Daughter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On her mother's programs
05-08-1921 - Sy Shaffer - d. 12-1-2005
trombonist: "Arthur Godfrey time"
05-18-1900 - Joyce Barthelson - d. 12-1-1986
pianist: KGO Oakland, California
05-21-1901 - Horace Heidt - Alameda, CA - d. 12-1-1986
bandleader: "Horace Heidt Brigadiers"; "Pot o' Gold"; "Treasure Chest"
06-09-1908 - Robert Cummings - Joplin, MO - d. 12-1-1990
actor: David Adair "Those We Love"; "Cavalcade of America"
07-20-1923 - James Bree - England - d. 12-1-2008
actor: "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance"
08-27-1925 - Carter Stanley - Stratton, VA - d. 12-1-1966
bluegrass singer: (The Stanley Brothers) "Farm and Fun Program"
08-31-1883 - Erma Miranda - d. 12-1-1964
choir director: Beloit College Choir, WBBW Norfold, Virginia
09-16-1925 - Charlie Byrd - Chuckatuck, VA - d. 12-1-1999
jazz guitarist: "Voices of Vista"
10-31-1916 - James Broom-Lynne - London, England - d. 12-1-1995
writer: "Charlie and Duke"; "Return Visit"

Ron

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:38:03 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  December issue: RADIO RECALL

The December 2012 issue of RADIO RECALL has been sent in full-color PDF via
email to those subscribers who have requested that venue. The B & W hard copy
will be sent via USPO to the other subscribers after December 10th.

This issue bears a Christmas theme, including a review by Mark Anderson of
the new book about to be released this month: "Standing in the Spirit At Your
Elbow" which is Craig Wickman's extensive history of Charles Dickens' 'A
Christmas Carol' in terms of radio and audio drama. On the back cover, you'll
find a December 1947 advertisement from the Ghirardi Training Course Books on
Radio Repair, touting these instruction manuals as the perfect Christmas
gift.

For those of you who missed the first NYOTR in Newark, we have a complete
wrap-up, based on attendees' reports, and you'll find out why Marilyn Monroe
(nearly) brought down the house. OTR historian Karl Schadow has the second
and final part of his series on "The SPIRIT from Comic Pages to Radio." There
is also a tribute to Carol Lynn Tiffany, the editor of the journal of the
Radio Historical Society of Colorado, who died recently, and in her honor,
we've reprinted her last quiz.

Joe Martelle's new 706 page book, "Radio Pro; The Making of an On-Air
Personality and What it Takes" is reviewed by John C. Abbott. Garry Berman,
the author of "Perfect Fool: The Life and Career of Ed Wynn," has a rebuttal
regarding the review of this book by Michael Hayde which appeared in our
October 2012 issue. The 100th Anniversary of the debut of Tarzan receives a
special notice in this issue, with emphasis on his three radio series.

Our "ShorTakes" column this month has salient comments from the books of
Walter Cronkite, Bob Edwards, and even from a historical dissertation by
Amanda Lynn Bruce on why radio advertisers ignored little girl listeners. And
in this issue, you'll learn why Amos 'n Andy didn't make it to Broadway in
their 1981 proposed musical, "Fresh Air Taxi."

All this, plus letters to the editor, upcoming OTR events (including Greg
Bell's OTR ocean cruise to Bermuda) and why you shouldn't be excited about
Disney's new "Lone Ranger" motion picture.

In the spirit of the holidays, a free copy of the December issue in PDF via
email will be sent to any Digester who requests one from the editor at
<jfrench@[removed];. A subscription to RADIO RECALL is just one of the perks
of membership in Metro Washington Old Time Radio Club. To download a
membership application, or read past issues of RADIO RECALL, point your mouse
at <[removed]> and [removed]

Happy Yuletide,

Jack French
Editor

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:40:00 -0500
From: A Joseph Ross <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel

However this program of Groucho and
Chico was first called "Beagle, Shyster & Beagle" for the first three
episodes. A real attorney, whose name was Beagle, threatened to sue NBC Blue
and so the title was revised.

According to Harpo's autobiography, "Harpo Speaks," they explained the
name change by having a secretary on the phone explain that her boss had
gotten a divorce and resumed his maiden name.  Nice Marxian logic that.

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

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:40:08 -0500
From: Graeme Stevenson <graemeotr@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  BBC Archives
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Hi.
BBC Research and Development have put online a prototype archive claiming to
have 70,000 BBC World Service archive programmes on it. Just Google
the following title:

'World Service Radio Archive prototype'

Cheers ! Graeme ( ORCA / UK )

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:40:19 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 2-8 December

 From Those Were The Days

12/2

1932   The Adventures of Charlie Chan was first heard on the NBC Blue
network.

12/3

1928   The first broadcast of The Voice of Firestone was heard. The
program aired each Monday evening at 8. The Voice of Firestone became a
hallmark in radio broadcasting. It kept its same night, time (in 1931
the start time changed to 8:30) and sponsor for its entire run.
Beginning on September 5, 1949, the program of classical and
semiclassical music was also seen on television.

12/4

1932   "Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the
ships at sea. Let's go to press!" The Jergens Journal aka The Walter
Winchell Show and later, Kaiser Frazer News was first heard on the NBC
Blue network. Winchell kept that gossip show going on the radio for 23
years. It was sponsored at first by Jergens lotion and, later, by Dryad
deodorant, Kaiser Frazer cars and Richard Hudnut shampoo.

1933   One of America's great radio shows made the leap to the big time.
Ma Perkins moved from WLW in Cincinnati, OH to the NBC Red network. The
show proved to be so popular that it was later carried on both CBS and NBC.

12/5

1936   Bing Crosby took over as host of The Kraft Music Hall. Jimmy
Dorsey (who would later be host, himself) led the Kraft Orchestra.

1952   Mutual broadcast The Green Hornet for the final time. The show
left the air after 15 years on Mutual, NBC and ABC.

12/6

1923   The first presidential address to be carried on radio was
broadcast from Washington, DC. President Calvin Coolidge addressed a
joint session of the [removed] Congress.

12/7

1948   NBC presented the Horace Heidt Youth Opportunity Program for the
first time. The talent show earned Dick Contino, an accordionist, the
$5,000 ($48,269 in 2010 dollars) prize as the program's first national
winner. Over the years Heidt gave some big stars their big starts: Art
Carney, Frankie Carle, Gordon MacRae, the King Sisters, Alvino Rey, Ken
Berry, Frank DeVol, Dick Contino, Al Hirt, Fred Lowrey, Ronnie Kemper,
Larry Cotton, Donna and her Don Juans, Ollie O'Toole and many others.

1952   My Little Margie, starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell, made
its debut on CBS. The TV version of the popular show had begun on June
16, 1952. My Little Margie stayed on radio for three years.

Joe

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Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 19:40:53 -0500
From: Derek Tague <thatderek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  "Oh, Dennis," fond memories of Dennis Crow

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank ListmMaster Charlie Summers'
recent posting which, in essence, served as an effort in carrying on the late
Dennis Crow's valiant efforts to spread the word, and the world, of "The
Cinnamon Bear" with OTR fans every Christmas season. To many hobbyists,
myself included, Dennis Crow was "Mr. Cinnamon Bear." He was to "The Cinnamon
Bear" what Elizabeth is to "Amos 'n' Andy," Stephen Kallis is to "Captain
Midnight," Terry Salomonson and Jim Nixon are to "The Lone Ranger," Amthony
Tollin is "The Shadow," and Martin Grams is to too mnany programmes to
enumerate here. I first met Dennis about 20 years ago at FOTR. He stopped
attending when REPS became more established being that the Seattle-area event
was geographically closer to his home-base in Oregon.

I was seated  at the same banquet table as Dennis and after the preliminariy
introductions, the first thing he asked was whether I was a fan of "the
Cinnamon Bear. About ten years ago, I reconnected with him throught this OTR
Digest.

Unfortunately, we'll never see another OTR fan of mr. Crow's calibre with
quite the same amount of love, fervor, and expertise regarding the CB; but
I'd like to thank Mr. Summers for keeping up the "Cinnamon Bear" tradition.

Yours in the wreath-er,

Derek Tague

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