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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2012 : Issue 87
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Al Goodman Dies                       [ David VanNostrand <dvannost@[removed]; ]
  5-26 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 27 May to  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  5-27 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK               [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]

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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:56:59 -0400
From: David VanNostrand <dvannost@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Al Goodman Dies

Did not know how many on this group caught that Al Goodman died today.
Former writer for Jack Benny

Sent from my iPhone

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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:57:12 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-26 births/deaths

May 26th births

05-26-1884 - Charles Winninger - Athens, WI - d. 1-19-1969
actor: Captain Henry "Show Boat"; Uncle Charlie "Uncle Charlie's Tent
Show"
05-26-1886 - Al Jolson - Srednik, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire -
d. 10-23-1950
singer: (The Jazz Singer) "Shell Chateau"; "Kraft Music Hall"
05-26-1887 - Paul Lukas - Budapest, Austria-Hungary - d. 8-15-1971
actor: Albert Einstein "Quick and the Dead"
05-26-1893 - Edward MacHugh - Dundee, Scotland - d. 2-3-1957
singer: "Gospel Singer"
05-26-1893 - Eugene Goosens - London, England - d. 6-13-1962
conductor: New York Philharmonic
05-26-1895 - Norma Talmadge - Jersey City, NJ - d. 12-24-1957
actor: "Thirty Minutes in Hollywood"
05-26-1903 - Austin Armer - d. 2-11-1984
flutist: KTAB Oakland, California
05-26-1904 - George Formby - Lancashire, England - d. 3-6-1961
singer, actor: "Manitoba Flood Relief Show"
05-26-1905 - Fred MacKaye - Hackettstown, NJ - d. 9-10-1980
actor, director: Monk Rice "Point Sublime"; "Lux Radio Theatre";
"Romance"
05-26-1905 - Margaret Fuller - Butler, PA - d. 1-6-1952
actor: "Attorney At Law"; "Today's Children"
05-26-1907 - John Wayne - Winterset, IA - d. 6-11-1979
actor: Dan O'Brien "Three Sheets to the Wind"
05-26-1908 - Robert Morley - Semley, England - d. 6-3-1992
actor: "[removed] Steel Hour"
05-26-1908 - Vera Van - Marion, OH - d. 4-16-1992
singer: "The George Jessel Show"; "The Vicks Open House"
05-26-1909 - Richard Maibaum - NYC - d. 1-4-1991
screen writer: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-26-1910 - Larry Rhine - San Francisco, CA - d. 10-27-2000
writer: "Duffy's Tavern"
05-26-1911 - Ben Alexander - Goldfield, NV - d. 7-5-1969
actor: Frank Smith "Dragnet"; Bashful Ben "Great Gildersleeve"
05-26-1912 - Barbara Lee - Denver, CO - d. 11-11-1986
actor: "Big Sister"; "Valiant Lady"; "Our Gal Sunday"
05-26-1913 - Peter Chushing - Kenley, England - d. 8-11-1994
actor: "Aliens in the Mind"
05-26-1914 - Ziggy Elman - Philadelphia, PA - d. 6-25-1968
trumpet: "Benny Goodman Orchestra", "The Tommy Dorsey Show"
05-26-1915 - Martin Stone - d. 6-7-1998
producer: "Howdy Doody"; "Author Meets the Critic"
05-26-1915 - Ray Austin - NYC - d. 6-24-1998
composer/arranger for many big bands
05-26-1915 - Sam Edwards - Macon, GA - d. 7-28-2004
actor: Tracy Baker "One Man's Family"; Dexter Franklin "Meet Corliss
Archer"
05-26-1915 - Vernon Alley - d. 10-3-2004
musician, disk jockey: San Francisco area
05-26-1918 - John Dall - NYC - d. 1-15-1971
actor: "Cavalcade of America"; "Voice of the Army"
05-26-1920 - Peggy Lee - Jamestown, ND - d. 1-21-2002
singer: "Jimmy Durante Show"; "Chesterfield Supper Club"; "Peggy Lee
Show"
05-26-1922 - Andrew (Fraser) Downie - Edingurgh, Scotland - d. 4-15-2009
actor: voice overs
05-26-1922 - William Froug - Brooklyn, NY
script writer: Jeff Regan
05-26-1923 - James Arness - Minneapolis, MN - d. 6-3-2011
announcer for station WLOL Minneapolis, Minnesota
05-26-1923 - Roy Dotrice - Island of Guernsey, Channel Islands
actor: Sir Gregory Pitkin "Men from the Ministry"
05-26-1924 - Leonard Maguire - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 9-12-1997
actor: "Navigator in the 7th Circle"; "Evening of Scottish Horrors"
05-26-1928  - Eugene Dinovi - Brooklyn, NY
composer, pianist: "Morningside"
05-26-1931 - Chet Norris - Brooklyn, NY
actor: "Tomorrow Calling"; "Cisco Kid"; "ABC Radio Workshop"

May 26th deaths

01-15-1913 - Frank Derrick - Maywood, IL - d. 5-26-1999
member of staff orchestra WBBM Chicago, Illinois
02-01-1916 - Helen Walpole - Birmingham, AL - d. 5-26-1992
actor: Sylvia Bardine "Just Plain Bill"; Frances "Lorenzo Jones"
02-28-1914 - Jim Boles - Lubbock, TX - d. 5-26-1977
actor: Doc Long "I Love A Mystery"; Fulmer Green "King's Row"
03-15-1904 - George Brent - Dublin, Ireland - d. 5-26-1979
actor, moderator: "Doctor Fights"; "Leave It to the Girls"; "Lux Radio
Theatre"
04-22-1906 - Eddie Albert - Rock Island, IL - d. 5-26-2005
actor: Walter Mitty "Secret Life of Walter Mitty"; "Eddie Albert Show"
05-31-1901 - Joe Kelly - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 5-26-1959
emcee, quizmaster: "National Barn Dance"; "Quiz Kids"
06-13-1912 - Sam Taylor - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-2000
writer: "Tales ofWillie Piper"
07-08-1885 - John Brinkley - Jackson County, NC - d. 5-26-1942
the "goat gland doctor"
07-09-1919 - Earl Hagen - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-2008
conductor: "Music With Wings"; Wrote TV Theme for "Andy Griffith Show"
07-17-1912 - Art Linkletter - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada - d.
5-26-2010
emcee: "People Are Funny"; "House Party"
07-24-1915 - Lloyd Marx - d. 5-26-1988
composer, conductor: "Capitol Family Hour"; "Original Amateur Hour"
08-15-1888 - Albert Spalding - Chicago, IL - d. 5-26-1952
violinist: "Forecast"; "Pause That Refreshes . . . On the Air"
09-01-1925 - Colin Free - Sydney, Australia - d. 5-26-1996
writer: "Brain Drain"
09-08-1897 - Jimmie Rodgers - Meridian, MS - d. 5-26-1933
singer: "The Singing Brakeman"

Ron

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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:57:19 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 27 May to 2 June

 From Those Were The Days --

5/28

1931 - WOR radio in New York City premiered "The Witch's Tale". The
program was broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System (of which WOR
was the flagship station) where it aired until 1938.

 From Those Were The Days --

5/29

1939 - "When a Girl Marries" was first heard on CBS. The serial
continued for eighteen years.

1943 - "The Million Dollar Band" was heard for the first time on NBC
radio. Charlie Spivak was the first leader of the band that featured
Barry Wood as vocalist. The unusual feature of the show was the awarding
each week of five diamond rings!

5/30

1922 - "Smilin" Ed McConnell debuted on radio, smiling and playing his
banjo. McConnell quickly became a legend in the medium.

1935 - "America's Town Meeting" was heard on radio for the first time.
The NBC program continued for 21 years, with a name change to "America's
Town Meeting of the Air".

1938 - "Joyce Jordan, Girl Intern" was first heard interning on CBS
radio.  The show became Joyce Jordan, MD, on NBC in the '40s and later
morphed into "The Brighter Day" (1948).

5/31

1943 - A comic strip came to radio as "The Adventures of Archie
Andrews". It was heard on the NBC Blue network. Archie, Veronica and the
gang stayed on radio for about ten years, moving to Mutual Broadcasting
in January 1944, and then to NBC in June 1945. The radio sitcom was
based on Bob Montana's comic strip about Archie Andrews and his teen-age
pals.

1949 - A crowd of 35,000 people paid tribute to radio personality Mary
Margaret McBride at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, (one of the five
boroughs that make up New York City). McBride was celebrating her 15th
year in radio.

6/1

1936   The Lux Radio Theater moved from New York City to Hollywood.
Cecil B. DeMille, the program's host on the NBC Blue network, introduced
Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich in The Legionnaire and the Lady.

1938 - The first issue of "Action Comics" was published. In its pages
was the world's first super hero, Superman. Jerry Siegel had a dream
about the baby, Moses, who was abandoned by his parents in order that
his life be saved. This dream prompted Siegel's creation of the "Man of
Steel". Artist Joe Shuster made the comic book hero come alive. The
first story, in this first issue, took place on the planet, Krypton,
where baby Kal-El was born. The infant was shot to Earth in a rocket
just before Krypton exploded.

6/2

1937   The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy was broadcast on NBC for the first time.
Frank Morgan starred as the absent minded Dr. Tweedy.

1937   CBS presented the first broadcast of Second Husband. The show
continued on the air until 1946.

Joe

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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:57:25 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-27 births/deaths

May 27th births

05-27-1880 - Joseph C. Grew - Boston, MA - d. 5-25-1965
[removed] ambassador to japan: "Report from Tokyo"; "Cavalcade of America"
05-27-1894 - Dashiell Hammett - St. Mary's County, MD - d. 1-10-1961
author: "Fat Man"; "Adventures of Sam Spade"
05-27-1902 - Cedric Adams - Magnolia, MN - d. 2-18-1961
commentator: In 1953 filled in for Arthur Godfrey for 13 weeks
05-27-1904 - Marlin Hurt - Du Quoin, IL - d. 3-21-1946
actor: Beulah "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Bill Jackson "Beulah"
05-27-1909 - Dolores Hope - NYC - d. 9-19-2011
actor: (Wife of Bob Hope) "The Lifebuoy Shoe"; "Duffy's Tavern"
05-27-1910 - Sidney Slon - Chicago, IL - d. 1-21-1995
actor: Solly "The Goldbergs"; Mr. Trent "Valiant Lady"
05-27-1911 - Evelyn Morin - Dunn, IN - d. 9-10-2000
singer: (Morin Sisters) "World of Music"; "Breakfast Club"
05-27-1911 - Herb Meadow - d. 3-1-1995
creator, writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
05-27-1911 - Hubert H. Humphrey - Wallace, SD - d. 1-13-1978
politician: "Meet the Press"; "University of Chicago Round Table"
05-27-1911 - Vincent Price - St. Louis, MO - d. 10-25-1993
actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-27-1912 - John Cheever - Quincy, MA - d. 6-18-1982
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
05-27-1912 - Slammin' Sammy Snead - Ashwood, VA - d. 5-23-2002
golf legend: "Kraft Music Hall"
05-27-1915 - Frank Crane - d. 7-25-1992
one time president of the Southern California Broadcasters Association
05-27-1915 - Herman Wouk - NYC
writer: "Town Hall Tonight"; "Fred Allen Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-27-1916 - Analee Whitmore - Price, UT - d. 2-5-2002
panelist: (Wife of Clifton Fadiman) "Information Please"
05-27-1919 - Ray Montgomery - d. 6-4-1998
actor: Noel Chandler "Dear John"
05-27-1920 - Portia Nelson - Brigham City, UT - d. 3-6-2001
jazz singer: "Sunday in New York"
05-27-1921 - Franklin Adams, Jr. - Chicago, IL - 8-9-2006
actor: Skippy "Skippy"; Davy Jones "Davy Jones"
05-27-1921 - Redd Stewart - Ashland City, TN - d. 8-2-2003
lyricist: "Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys"
05-27-1924 - Eric Lander - Rugby, England - d. 10-26-1999
actor: "Violent Shore"
05-27-1925 - Tony Hillerman - Sacred Heart, OK - 10-26-2008
writer: "The Zero Hour"
05-27-1926 - Peter Ling - Croydon, Surrey, England - d. 9-14-2006
adapter: "Casebook of Sherlock Holmes"; "Return of Sherlock Holmes"
05-27-1928 - Jack Baker - d. 4-26-2002
disk jockey: "Sunday Sound Stage"
05-27-1934 - Harlan Ellison - Cleveland, OH
writer: "[removed] 68"

May 27th deaths

02-05-1908 - Bob Dunn - Fort Gibson, OK - d. 5-27-1971
steel guitar: "The Musical Brownies"
02-16-1915 - Leah Ray - Norfolk, VA - d. 5-27-1999
vocalist: (The Phil Harris Band) "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
02-16-1932 - Gretchen Wyler - Bartlesville, OK - d. 5-27-2007
singer-actor: "Sounds of Freedom"
03-11-1930 - Lana Morris - Ruislip, England - d. 5-27-1998
actor: "The Forces Show"
04-14-1929 - Ray Mathew - Leichhardt, Australia - d. 5-27-2002
writer: "The Medea of Euripides"
05-29-1916 - Forrest Perrin - d. 5-27-2005
host: "Piano Playhouse"
07-03-1908 - Robert B. Meyner - Phillipsburg, NJ - d. 5-27-1990
governor new jersey: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
08-07-1904 - Herbert Colin Rice - Guilford, England - d. 5-27-1991
creator, writer, producer: "Bobby Benson"
08-12-1904 - Kay Campbell - d. 5-27-1985
actor: Evey Perkins Fitz "Ma Perkins"
08-14-1909 - Frank Papp - d. 5-27-1996
director: "The Bartons"; "Words at War"; "Right to Happiness";
"Eternal Light"
09-13-1895 - Ruth McDevitt - Coldwater, MI - d. 5-27-1976
actor: Jane Channing "This Life is Mine"; Mother "Keeping Up with
Rosemary"
09-13-1918 - Ernie Winstanley - England - d. 5-27-1992
actor, sound effects: Scrub Troy "Secretary Hawkins' Fair and Supper
Club"; "The Lone Ranger"
09-27-1927 - Red Rodney - Philadelphia, PA - d. 5-27-1994
jazz trumpeter: "Saturday Night Swing Session"
10-10-1909 - Florida Friebus - Auburndale, MA - d. 5-27-1988
actor: "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
10-12-1900 - Ted Collins - NYC - d. 5-27-1964
announcer, host: (longtime manager of Kate Smith) "Kate Smith Speaks"
11-07-1902 - Ed Dodd - Lafayette, GA - d. 5-27-1991
comic creator: "Mark Trail"
11-25-1925 - Jeffrey Hunter - New Orleans. LA - d. 5-27-1969
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
11-28-1925 - Robert Readick - NYC - d. 5-27-1985
actor: (Son of Frank) Bill Roberts "Rosemary"; Don Cornwell "Second
Mrs. Burton"
11-29-1902 - Cecil (Charles) Madden - Mogador, Morocco - d. 5-27-1987
creator: "Variety Band Box"
12-02-1895 - Jesse Crawford - Woodland, CA - d. 5-27-1962
organist: "Paramount Publix Hour"; "Counterspy"
12-03-1889 - Ferdinand Munier - San Diego, CA - d. 5-27-1945
actor: Rene Michon "Count of Monte Cristo"
12-12-1908 - Mary Lou Cook - Brooklyn, NY - d. 5-27-1944
singer: (The Merry Macs) "Bing Crosby Show"; "New Old Gold Show"
12-14-1923 - Janet Brown - Rutherglen, Scotland - d. 5-27-2011
actor: Margeret Thatcher "The News Huddlines"
12-19-1910 - Thelma Bernstein - NYC - d. 5-27-2006
singer: (Wife of Harry Einstein) Sang on radio
12-25-1893 - Robert L. Ripley - Santa Rosa, CA - d. 5-27-1949
emcee: "Colonial Beacon Light"; "Baker's Broadcast"; "Believe It or Not"

Ron

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Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:57:35 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK

Hi Friends,

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 Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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Many new additions to our High-Quality mp3 catalog at:
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Check our our Transcription Disc scans at:
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS

*Ben Grauer Salute*

INFORMATION PLEASE
  Episode 266 6-14-43 Guest: Hilary St. George Saunders, Author
  HOST: Clifton Fadiman
  Panel: Franklin P. Adams, John Kieran, Oscar Levant
  Announcer: Ben Grauer
  The Father's Day Committee gives award to the program for its bond sales.
  NBC Heinz

X MINUS ONE
  Episode 45 4-3-56 "How To"
  The tale of a guy that sets out to put together a dog kit and winds up
with an intelligent robot.
  William Welch adapted the script.
  Stars: Alan Bunce, Ann Seymour, Les Demon, Joe Bell Jane Bunce, Santos
Ortega and Ben Grauer.
  Writer: Clifford D. Simak
  Director: Daniel Sutter
  Announcer: Fred Collins
  NBC Sustained

BIOGRAPHY IN SOUND"
  Episode 75 1-22-57 "Toscanini: The Man Behind The Legend"
  Narrator: Ben Grauer
  Features: Don Gillis, Jack Costello, Arturo Toscanini, Howard Taubman
  NBC Sustained
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE

THE HERMIT'S CAVE
  (Synd.) "The Vampire's Desire" As spooky as they get !!

LIGHTS OUT
  (NBC) 06/18/43 "The Organ" One of the series' best - Host: Arch Obole

MA PERKINS
  (CBS) 11/13/48 Ma disagrees with banker about a death.
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION

We begin with a 60 minute program directed by Fletcher Markle. It
starred Susan Peters.

STUDIO ONE
  from 03/16/48 Episode (46) One More Spring.

  Our actor of the month is Herb Ellis. We'll listen to Dick Powell and
the cast perform
RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE
  from 08/06/49 Episode (016) The Lynn Knight Case.

  Finally we'll explore the fine radio series
ROMANCE
  from 05/22/54 Episode (001) Frenchman's Creek.
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CLASSICS & CURIOS

Episode 29

CLASSICS & CURIOS PRESENTS EDDIE HUBBARD AND THE RADIO BROWSERS: Mr. C's
BEST AND THE "CHAIRMAN'S" RARE DUD

  From the Archives of DJ Eddie Hubbard comes another Browsers Show,
which was that wonderful big band trivia/history program heard Saturday
mornings on ABC radio for some 25 years. Before their show ever began
the Browsers would meet informally to share experiences, stories from
the big band era, and expertise about rare and great recordings they
discovered while browsing in music shops in the Chicago area. Several
were musicians themselves or involved in the recording industry, and
with Eddie Hubbard's efforts, they brought their meetings to radio,
broadcasting from what they called the "wine cellar." It was an amazing
time of big band trivia challenge and playing records on the air. Phil
Holdman, who had been a big band drummer, was Browsers President and
published a great newsletter about bands and performers called
"Browsers' Notes" for many years and shared recordings from his record
collection with friends all over the nation, including yours truly. In
fact, many of the recordings on my Internet radio shows have come
directly from Phil. [Browser Bob Knapp now carries on the tradition of
"Browsers' Notes" with his "Great Escape" newsletter.] On this Browsers
show, (undated but aired in the 1980's), we'll hear portions of
recordings by such performers as (Mr. C himself) Perry Como, Dinah
Shore, Tony Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Desmond, Count Basie, and
Pete Fountain. All the while we'll share in the fun these men had, and
we'll likely learn a few new behind the scenes stories as well. Songs
[or portions of songs] include Perry Como's first million seller and
perhaps his best recording "Till the End of Time," also "My Foolish
Heart," "One 0' Clock Jump" [including how this song got its name], "My
Heart Belongs to Daddy," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," and much more.
Eddie tossed in some good tunes to replace commercials, such as "Opus
1." The show begins appropriately with Harry James' "Music Man," and
that leads to Eddie's theme song, a Ronnie Cole composition called "The
Browsers." One final fun note: early on the show, the Browsers announce
what they selected as Frank Sinatra's worst recording. And yes, the
"Chairman" did have a rare real dud! In fact, I once gave this recording
my Thanksgiving "Turkey" award on one of my shows. Can you name that tune?
Transferred from Eddie's original studio masters by Jerry Haendiges
Productions.
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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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