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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 192
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Hooper Ratings 1943/1944 [ "atmore@[removed]" <atmore@attg ]
Re: A&A Book Update [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
Re:Tape Deck eating Tapes [ Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed]; ]
Re: Richard Boone and "Dragnet" [ "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@ea ]
ALL GAS AND GAITERS (continued) [ Mikeandzachary@[removed] ]
OTR show [ "Bob Pedersen" <bobbyp@[removed]; ]
6-24 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Prunella Scales on radio [ "Ivan G. Shreve, Jr." <iscreve@comc ]
Fawlty Memory [ "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@hot ]
What if you're bald? [ "RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@bas ]
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:00:25 +0000
From: "atmore@[removed]" <atmore@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Hooper Ratings 1943/1944
Hi:
Does anyone know of a source for obtaining the Hooper Ratings for radio
shows of 1943 and 1944?
Thanks for your time.
Joe Atmore
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:00:45 +0000
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: A&A Book Update
On 6/23/05 6:18 PM [removed]@[removed] wrote:
>Can Elizabeth or somebody from McFarland narrow it down? We're all very
>anxious to acquire what
>promises to be a swell book. As the old song goes "Quando? Quando? Quando?"
Sorry -- forgot to update the ad. The latest word I had from them is that
they're looking to ship in late August. I sent them back the corrected
proofs about two months ago, so there shouldn't be too many more delays.
I've added a Amazon Partners sales link to the book to my A&A webpage at
[removed]~[removed], for those who'd like to
preorder. Or, to order direct from McFarland, just use the link in the
updated ad in the signature below.
The book will greatly expand on material outlined on my website --
including many serial-era script excerpts that haven't been publicly
available since the broadcast of the original episodes. Since no
recordings exist of most of the serial episodes, the scripts are as close
as we'll ever get to knowing what the original series was like -- and I
use these excerpts quite heavily to demonstrate the various points made
in the text. This book will stand, I hope, as the definitive resource on
the "Amos 'n' Andy" serial.
There's also unique photos and other illustrative matter, from both my
personal collection, and the Correll family archives, painstakingly
restored by Amanda Osborne (a fellow OTR-D member who I strongly
recommend to anyone who needs first-rate photo restoration done.)
Elizabeth
"The Original Amos 'n' Andy" -- Coming in Summer 2005 from McFarland & Co.
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:00:57 +0000
From: Fred Berney <fsberney@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re:Tape Deck eating Tapes
The suggestion on cleaning the rubber roller is fine except that alcohol
tends to try out the rubber. There is a product that rejuvenates the
roller. I don't have the name handy, but give me a few days and I'll try
and come up with it. At some point, if the roller is hard, then it will
need to be replaced.
Fred
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:01:07 +0000
From: "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: Richard Boone and "Dragnet"
Bob Slate wrote:
> As we all know Jack Webb was the star of "Dragnet." On a few of the early
> black and white TV shows Richard Boone played Sgt. Friday's boss,
> especially the first early 1950's "Dragnet" movie which was in color.
Boone never appeared in any B&W "Dragnet" episodes. He did do the 1954
movie, though, as I pointed out in my previous post.
Thanks to Ron for providing the link about Boone's radio and TV work, which
stated that Boone was working on the radio "Dragnet" in 1950. Too bad
specific episodes weren't cited.
Michael
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:01:15 +0000
From: Mikeandzachary@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: ALL GAS AND GAITERS (continued)
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My thanks to John for the derivation of the word "gaiter." My ignorance
actually lies not with the individual words, but with the title of the series
itself. How do "gas" and "gaiters" go together? Do they take on some different
meaning when the words are used together?
Mike
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 22:01:23 +0000
From: "Bob Pedersen" <bobbyp@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR show
> Years ago I heard an OTR broadcast on radio on Hallowe'en night.
> The story line was about a man who had to stay in an old house to win a bet.
> But there was some thing in the house that turned people inside out.
> The climax of the show was punctuated by a loud slurping sound and the
> muffled scream of our hero shouting, "It's turning me inside out!"
The show is Lights Out and the episode is entitled "The [removed];quot; It was
originally broadcast December 29, 1937. It is about a mysterious dark fog
that turns
anyone that it covers inside-out. Arch Oboler apparently made the sounds by
crushing
a berry basket while simultaneously turning a wet rubber glove inside out.
Bob Pedersen
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:52:06 +0000
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 6-24 births/deaths
June 24th births
06-24-1891 - Irving Pichel - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 7-13-1954
actor, film director: "Gulf Screen Theatre";"Screen Director's Playhouse"
06-24-1893 - Arthur Hughes - Bloomington, IL - d. 12-28-1982
actor: Bill Davidson "Just Plain Bill"; Stephen Dallas "Stella Dallas"
06-24-1895 - Jack Dempsey - Manassa, CO - d. 5-31-1983
boxing champion: "Ben Bernie Show"; "Kemtone Hour"; "Saturday Night Bandwagon"
06-24-1900 - Gene Austin - Gainesville, TX - d. 1-24-1972
singer: "Gene Austin"; "Joe Penner Show"; "[removed] Musical Showroom"
06-24-1904 - Phil Harris - Linton, IN - d. 8-11-1995
bandleader, singer: "Jack Benny Program"; "Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show"
06-24-1909 - Milton Katims - Brooklyn, NY
violist, conductor: "NBC Symphony"; "Eternal Light"
06-24-1910 - Katherine Locke - Kalakenchu, Russia - d. 9-12-1995
actress: "Columbia Presents Corwin"
06-24-1912 - Brian Johnston - Little Berkhamsted, England - d. 1-5-1994
entertainer-commentator: "In Town Tonight"; "Down Your Way"
06-24-1921 - Peggy DeCastro - On a Sugar Plantation, Dominican Republic -
d. 3-6-2004
singer: (The DeCastro Sisters) "Steve Lawrence Show"; "Here's to Veterans"
06-24-1923 - Jack Carter - NYC
comedian: "Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway"
June 24th deaths
02-26-1916 - Jackie Gleason - Brooklyn, NY - d. 6-24-1987
comedian: "Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne Show"
04-09-1883 - Frank King - Cashon, WI - d. 6-24-1969
cartoonist: Created Gasoline Alley comic strip
05-29-1937 - Misora Hibari - Yokohama, Japan - d. 6-24-1989
enka singer: "Kohaku Utagassen"
07-04-1913 - Barbara Weeks - Boston, MA - d. 6-24-2003
actress: "Pulitzer Prize Plays"; "Inner Sanctum Mysteries"; "Romance"
08-04-1889 - William Keighley - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-24-1984
host: Lux Radio Theatre
09-06-1908 - Paul Lavalle - Beacon, NY - d. 6-24-1997
conductor: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street"; "Dinah Shore Show"
10-09-1912 - John Tackaberry - Adelaide, Australia - d. 6-24-1969
writer: "Jack Benny Program"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:52:14 +0000
From: "Ivan G. Shreve, Jr."
<iscreve@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Prunella Scales on radio
Derek "Ether" Tague offers this poser:
> I have often seen audio-versions of "Fawlty Towers" available in the
audio-book
> section of major national book-store chains, but I had always thought
they were audio
> versions of the TV series. Therefore, my question is: were the 12
episodes of
> "Fawlty" later adapted for the radio?
No, Derek, they were not--your first assumption, that they were audio
versions of the show, was right on the money.
If I might make a suggestion to the esteemed Mr. Sayles--Prunella Scales
would be better served if the "Fawlty Towers" credit were exchanged for
that of her long-running radio role as widow Sarah France on "After Henry,"
a popular NTR (new-time radio) sitcom that was heard over BBC Radio 4 from
1985-89.
Like so many radio comedies, "Henry" was later adapted for television as a
successful series from 1988-92. It came to an end only because Scales'
co-star Joan Sanderson (who played her mother, Eleanor Prescott, in both
mediums) passed away in 1992. ("Fawlty Towers" fans will know Sanderson as
the deaf-as-a-post Mrs. Richards in the episode "Communication Problems.")
Ivan
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Classic movies, television and old-time radio at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:52:22 +0000
From: "karl tiedemann"
<karltiedemann@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Fawlty Memory
Unlike many other BBC-TV comedies, FAWLTY TOWERS was never redone for
radio; it was simply adapted for audio (LPs, tapes) with narration by, if I
recall correctly, Andrew Sachs (BBC Radio's Father Brown) as Manuel.
Parenthetically, while the BBC has always held the line on radio drama,
it's been inspiring to see what a comeback radio comedy has made over the
last 10-15 years, reaching the point where many TV hits are actually
adaptations of recent radio successes. (Anyone interested in this end of
things, by the way, will find a great site devoted to the subject at
[removed])
Thanks.
K Tiedemann (NYC)
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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:36:06 -0400
From:
"RadioAZ@[removed]" <radioAZ@[removed];
To:
<[removed]@[removed];
Subject: What if you're bald?
In the grand scheme of things, this is totally silly, but I was listening to
a Sam Spade show yesterday and was struck by the irony (and humor) of this:
"Announcer: Dashiell Hammett, America's leading detective fiction writer
and creator of Sam Spade, the hard-boiled private eye, and William Spier,
radio's outstanding producer and director of mystery and crime drama join
their talents to make your hair stand on end with the Adventures of Sam
Spade, presented by the makers of Wildroot Cream Oil for the hair. (Pause)
Tell me, mister, how many times a day do you have to comb your hair? Not
many, I'll bet, if you groom it right every [removed]"
There you have it: the sponsor's product keeps your hair in place, while
the show promises to stand it on end.
We return you now to the really important things.
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