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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 226
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Robert A. Heinlein on Radio           [ Richard Fish <fish@lodestone-media. ]
  This week in radio history 5-11 Augu  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  remember?                             [ "Eunice Newport-Arbeiter" <eunicear ]
  Re: [removed]                       [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
  Re: Heinlein redux                    [ Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed]; ]
  Last Shadow broadcast.                [ "Scott A Eberbach" <saeberbach@eart ]

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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 00:08:47 -0400
From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Robert A. Heinlein on Radio

Heinlein's writing style, cinematic and full of good dialog, makes
adaptation very easy. He famously had a really rough time in Hollywood
during the making of his only movie, "Destination Moon," which was
adapted from his juvenile novel, "Rocket Ship Galileo." His account of
this travail was published much later. After that experience, though, he
refused to let any of his works be adapted for film or video during his
lifetime (d. 1988) or any other medium -- except radio.

The Dimension X & X Minus One adaptations of Heinlein's short stories
were quite good, although in "Green Hills of Earth" they did replace the
central character's musical instrument. Heinlein had it an accordion,
but the show made it a guitar.

(Probably just as well. Remember the old joke? "Welcome to Heaven,
here's your harp." "Welcome to Hell, here's your accordion.")

Heinlein's widow Virginia lived her last years in Florida, and got to
know Brad Lineaweaver of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company. ARTC got her
permission to adapt some Heinlein pieces, which they did (IMHO) very
very well. These include "The Man Who Travelled In Elephants" (starring
Harlan Ellison, no less!), "Solution Unsatisfactory," and, especially
wonderful, "The Menace From Earth."

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Richard Fish
longtime Heinlein fanatic

[ADMINISTRIVIA: My personal favorite Heinlein adaptation was not OTR, but
rather an "El Fiendo" production for NPR of "By His [removed]" starring
Richard Dreyfuss -- whatever it is that most OTR actors acquired by the
massive amount of work, that thing that is so rare in contemporary voice
actors, Dreyfuss had in this production. His dialog is [removed] and
[removed] to most MAD (Modern Audio Drama) and even considering
the necessity of Dreyfuss talking to himself consistantly throughout the
performance, it's one of the precious few "contemporary" programs I count
among my personal all-time favorites.

I only mention this here because Mr. Fish was kind enough to introduce me
electronically to Yuri Rasovsky (the afore-mentioned fiendo), something for
which I still owe him. If Mr. Rasovsky ever makes this production
commercially available, buy it.  --cfs3]

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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 10:21:14 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 5-11 August

 From Those Were The Day --

8/5

1921 - KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA did the first play-by-play broadcast of a
baseball game. Harold Arlin described the action as the Pirates beat
Philadelphia 8-5.

1935 - Backstage Wife was first aired, on MBS.

8/6

1928 - One of radio's first serials, Real Folks, debuted on NBC.

1939 - After becoming a success with Ben Bernie on network radio, Dinah
Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue network. Dinah sang every
Sunday evening.

8/7

1949 - Martin Kane, Private Eye was first heard on Mutual. William
Gargan starred on the Sunday afternoon program.

8/9

1942 - CBS debuted Our Secret Weapon. The program featured Rex Stout,
who countered lies being broadcast by the Axis powers through shortwave
radio.

8/11

1909 -- The international distress call, SOS, which replaced CQD (All
stations -- distress!), was first used by an American ship (the
Arapahoe, out of Cape Hatteras, NC) on this day.

Joe

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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:58:37 -0400
From: "Eunice Newport-Arbeiter" <eunicearb@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  remember?
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Does anyone remember "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy"?  It was in the
1930's that I listened to him.  Yes, I'm old, very old!   But I still remember
the theme song, "Wave the flag for Hudson Hi, boys."etc. etc. Guess he was my
first boy-friend.  eunicearb@[removed].

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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:22:53 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
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Subject:  Re: [removed]

 > Weren't there also BBC radio adaptations of some of Heinlein's stories?
 > I seem to recall a RED PLANET [removed]

Though it might have some omissions, a very, very well done guide to
Science Fiction on British Radio
is by Penny Fabb and she does not list any Heinlein. Her book runs from
1927-2004 and my knowledge
of Penny would be to say, if she doesn't list it, most likely it was not
British radio.

BTW, Joe Ross didn't mention the version of "Requiem" done on "Beyond
Tomorrow" which is still up for
grabs as to whether it was broadcast.

There was also a television series in the fifties called "Out There"
which featured Heinlein:

Misfit - November 1951
Green Hills of Earth - December 2, 1951

Jim Widner

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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:25:44 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Heinlein redux

I forgot to mention one other Heinlein on radio drama -

"By His Bootstraps" on Yuri Raskovsky's 2000X

Jim  Widner

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Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:31:44 -0400
From: "Scott A Eberbach" <saeberbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Last Shadow broadcast.
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Hi All!

In response to Gord's query on the Shadow's last broadcast that would be
12/26/54 entitled Murder By The Sea. The episode entitled Can The Dead Talk
was broadcast on 03/19/39 and was the last broadcast of the 1939 - 1939
season. And, as we all know, the Shadow returned the following season.
Virtually all the shows except for The Vengence of Angela Nolan broadcast on
06/27/54 is all that exists from the 1950's at this time. Hope this helps!

Scott

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