Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #310
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Date: 11/9/2006 6:24 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 310
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Say Goodnight, Georgie                [ Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed]; ]
  Poets on OTR                          [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  "Say Goodnight Gracie"                [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  newspapers                            [ "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed]; ]
  Louisa                                [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
  Re: Newspapers referred to in Old Ti  [ "Larry Siskind" <lasisk@[removed] ]
  Creaking Door Copyright vs. Trademar  [ "Dale Clark" <wclark4121@[removed] ]
  Stroke of Fate and its history        [ jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed]; ]
  Re: Newspapers                        [ "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@adelphia ]

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:47:18 -0500
From: Gregg Oppenheimer <gopp@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Say Goodnight, Georgie

The last names of the pair of Republican Senators who have yet to
concede defeat in Tuesday's election didn't hit me until I read this
line in the [removed] Times this morning:

"Republican leadership aides privately acknowledge that their Senate
majority was gone, but they declined to say it on the record in
deference to Burns and Allen."

- Gregg Oppenheimer
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 12:53:29 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Poets on OTR
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       Poets on OTR?  The only poet I can think of offhand was a character
from
the Allen's Alley portion of "The Fred Allen Show" named Falstaff Openshaw,
sort of a pseudo Shakespearean type.  Another character which springs to mind
was from "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge" named Ishkabibble.
Although he was more of a moronic rhymester than a poet.

        I've heard of several poets who made appearances on various OTR
programs.
Some of these include Ogden Nash, Dorothy Parker, and (I've been told)
Gertrude
Stein.  There were probably many others.  They usually had appearances on
one game/quiz show or another.

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:02:54 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Say Goodnight Gracie"
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       I've heard this repeated more times than I care to remember.  I have
some recordings of "The Burns and Allen Show" sponsored by Hines (sp?)
Honey and Almond Cream and at the end of each program George Burns
would say 'Say Goodnight Gracie'  and she would simply reply 'Goodnight'.
I'd be willing to bet that this is among the most misquoted OTR references
out there.

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 13:18:05 -0500
From: "Bob C" <rmc44@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  newspapers

<That's as far as my mind went.  I could not remember the name of
show  I can remember listening to shows from the Cleveland
Plain-Dealer, the St. Louis Post Distpatch, the Louisville
Courier (now called the Courier-Journal) and many more.  But not
the actual name of the [removed];

Could it be, Ted, you're thinking of "The Big Story," sponsored
by Pall Mall Cigarettes ...  "Outstanding ... and they are
mild!"?

I once did a paper on The Big Story while in college ... one of
the shows dealt with a reporter at the Lubbock (Texas)
Avalanche-Journal who demonstrated it was possible for a certain
criminal to beat a lie detector test. It became apparent as I did
research into that and other tales that the show's writers took
quite a few liberties with the actual "big story."

Bob Cockrum

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:36:55 -0500
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Louisa

Would anyone know if a series by the title "Louisa" starring Edmund Gwynn
and Spring Byington ever got beyond the audition tape made or aired  March
23, 1951 (according to Hickerson)?  Both Schwartz-Reinehr and Terrace hint
that it was an NBC comedy feature in 1950-51.  I've not been able to
corroborate that elsewhere, including Summers' radio logs and the other
usual respected sources, making me skeptical about it having run as a
series.  Perhaps the extant episode was never broadcast at all.  Does anyone
know?  Thanks for any help directly to me.

Jim Cox
otrbuff@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:43:48 -0500
From: "Larry Siskind" <lasisk@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Newspapers referred to in Old Time Radio

Ted asked in Digest #309 what old time radio show mentioned the
names of  real newspapers. The answer is probably  "THE BIG
STORY".  This show dramatized tales of newspaper reporters who
won prizes for their journalistic writings.  It aired from 1947
to 1955 and was sponsored by Pall Mall cigarettes. I remember
listening to it  when I was a kid, impressed by the fact that the
exciting stories were all true.
          Larry Siskind

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:44:02 -0500
From: "Dale Clark" <wclark4121@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Creaking Door Copyright vs. Trademark

Martin Grams, Jr. commented:

It may have been trademarked as well - I did not check into the
trademark.
But the sound of the creaking door, as I described in a previous post,
was
copyrighted.  I took a trip by train to [removed] and in the copyright
office to
verify this registered copyright and got my proof with ease.

I humbly stand corrected. This is the last time I trust Cecil Adams and
"The Straight Dope" as a source of information.

You know you're an OTR Fan when you mention in a group conversation the
name Charlie McCarthy and everyone replies "Who?"

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 20:12:49 -0500
From: jim taylor <bettylouson@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Stroke of Fate and its history

November 9, 2006

Dear Old Time Radio Digest readers:

In the last two weeks, I have had the chance to hear
the complete run of the NBC Radio Network program
Stroke of Fate.  The premise behind the program was a
fascinating one reverse history.  This program only
ran for 13 broadcast in the fall of 1953.
Did this program get any critical reviews at the Time?
 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.

Many Thanks

Jim Taylor

bettylouson@[removed]

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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 20:12:58 -0500
From: "Joe Mackey" <joemackey108@[removed];
To: "otrd" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Newspapers

  Ted asked --

  > I learned the names of newspapers as a kid from a radio show that each
week would broadcast a story from newspapers around the nation.

  That would most likely be "The Big Story", on NBC from 1947-55 where
various murders and other crimes were solved or resolved (innocent person
who was convicted is freed and the guilty brought to justice, even years
later), thanks to the tireless work of a reporter who was featured that week
and who received an award from the sponsor (Philip Morris) for their work.
The reporter and their paper were part of the story (John Brown of the Sun).
  Joe

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