Subject: [removed] Digest V2005 #131
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 4/27/2005 4:18 AM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2005 : Issue 131
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS                [ "Mike Kerezman" <MKEREZMAN@peoplepc ]
  Inner Sanctum - the Movie             [ "Mike Kerezman" <MKEREZMAN@peoplepc ]
  texas rangers                         [ "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed]; ]
  deck of cards                         [ <cooldown3@[removed]; ]
  4-26 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Clarance Remembered                   [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
  America's Town Meeting of the Air     [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
  I hope this is allowed:               [ "Bob Taylor" <shadowcole@[removed] ]
  America's Town Meeting of the Air -   [ KENPILETIC@[removed] ]
  Re: Empty Spools for an OTR Project   [ Ron Tilton <octave@[removed]; ]
  Re: Tales of the Texas Rangers        [ "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@ea ]
  Zzyzx Mineral Springs                 [ Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed]; ]
  Looking for Theater Five [removed]       [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
  OTR [removed]                      [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
  Fred Allen Tribute on What's My Line  [ "Andolina, Joe" <Joe_Andolina@cable ]
  Received this ICQ [removed]             [ Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:34:56 -0400
From: "Mike Kerezman" <MKEREZMAN@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  TALES OF TEXAS RANGERS

My late father (d. 2002) told me once he had heard Tales of Texas Rangers as
a kid growing up in 1950s and it remained a favorite of his later in life.
He always liked to refer to Tales of Texas Rangers as Dragnet with a western
flavor.

Mike Kerezman
Macomb, Ok

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:35:12 -0400
From: "Mike Kerezman" <MKEREZMAN@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Inner Sanctum - the Movie

This may have been mentioned before on this list. I recently rented a copy
of a film called INNER SANCTUM (1948) recently released on DVD. It was
advertised as a movie based on the famous old time radio show. My younger
brother who is quite a fan of the Inner Sanctum radio series was extremely
disappointed with this mediocre film. I had to wonder if Inner Sanctum the
radio show "got away" with more than was possible to do on screen in terms
of horror at the time?

Mike Kerezman
Macomb, Ok

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:35:37 -0400
From: "Kurt E. Yount" <blsmass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  texas rangers

Texas Rangers had to be violent because the kinds of stories they were
telling were violent.  They could not be run today because of the
creeping PC-ism that would not allow the almost racist portrayals as we
would call them today, but the stories were more real because they were
about usually very bad people, criminals and bad people on the one hand
and usually craven cowards on the other.  The one I remember is the one
where the sharecropper is killed because the main criminal wants to buy a
car, and his contempt for the Mexicans is so obvious.  But as you say, it
was interesting in a way that Roy rogers never was, because it was about
real criminals and you knew they would be caught, but they were more
exciting because the criminals were so evil.  On the whole, the show
holds up better than Rogers, at least to me, but I only heard them later
anyway.  Kurt

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:35:47 -0400
From: <cooldown3@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  deck of cards

How about heartbeat Theater, The Biggest Heart or The BBC series Lonley
Heart.

Patrick

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:16:24 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-26 births/deaths

April 26th births

04-26-1890 - Edgar Kennedy - Monterey, CA - d. 11-9-48
actor: "Screen Guild Theatre"; "Radio Reader's Digest"
04-26-1893 - Anita Loos - Sisson (now Mt. Shasta), CA - d. 8-18-1981
playwright: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-26-1905 - Cecilia Parker - Fort William, Ontario, Canada - d. 7-25-1993
actress: "Good News of 1939"; "Mail Call"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-26-1906 - [removed] "Albert" Alexander - Winthrop, MA - d. 2-24-1967
moderator: "Goodwill Court/Court of Human Relations"
04-26-1912 - John McGovern - d. 7-25-1985
actor: Mike Gallagher "Highway Patrol"; Harold Wilkinson "The O'Neills"
04-26-1916 - Frances Robinson - Fort Wandsworth, NY - d. 8-16-1971
actress: Helen Asher "Richard Diamond"; Claire 'Brooksie' Brooks "Let George
Do It"
04-26-1916 - Vic Perrin - Menomonee Falls, WI - d. 7-4-1989
actor: Ross Farnsworth "One Man's Family"; Sergeant Gorce "Fort Laramie"
04-26-1918 - Helen Burgess - Portland, OR - d. 4-7-1937
actress: "Lux Radio Theatre"
04-26-1927 - Granny Hammer - Richmond, VA
sportscaster" "Sports Hilites"

April 26th deaths

01-09-1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee - Seattle, WA - d. 4-26-1970
exotic dancer: "Advs. of Ellery Queen"; "What Makes You Tick?"
01-13-1901 - A. B. Guthrie - Bedford, IN - d. 4-26-1991
author, screenwriter: "NBC University Theatre"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
02-13-1923 - Gene Ames - Malden, MA - d. 4-26-1997
singer,: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
02-16-1910 - Del Sharbutt - Ft. Worth, TX - d. 4-26-2002
announcer: "Hobby Lobby"; "Jack Benny Program"; "Victory Theatre"
02-18-1890 - Edward Arnold - NYC - d. 4-26-1956
actor: President "Mr. President"
05-08-1913 - Sid James - Newcastle, Natal, South Africa - d. 4-26-1976
comedian: "Hancock's Half Hour"
07-01-1909 - Madge Evans - NYC - d. 4-26-1981
panelist: "Leave It to the Girls"; "Who Said That?"
07-12-1909 - Joey Faye - NYC - d. 4-26-1997
actor: Recruit "The Rookies"
07-15-1897 - Howard Lanin - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-26-1991
bandleader: "Ipana Troubadors"; "Benrus Ticksters"
08-06-1911 - Lucille Ball - Celoron, NY - d. 4-26-1989
comedienne: Liz Cooper "My Favorite Husband"; Lucy Ricardo "I Love Lucy"
08-13-1909 - John Beal - Joplin, MO - d. 4-26-1997
actor: Bonnie Doon "Amazing Mr. Tutt"; "Box 13"; "Favorite Story"
08-21-1904 - William Allen "Count" Basie - Red Bank, NJ - d. 4-26-1994
bandleader: "Command Performance"; "Jubilee"
08-26-1915 - Jim Davis - Edgereton, MO - d. 4-26-1981
actor: "Dangerous Assignment"
10-08-1908 - Albert Matz - NYC - d. 4-26-1985
screen writer: (One of Hollywood Ten) "Words at War"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-17-1903 - Irene Noblette Ryan - El Paso, TX - d. 4-26-1973
actress: "Tim & Irene Sky Road Show"; "Royal Crown Revue"
11-17-1905 - Josef Marais - Sir Lowey's Pass, South Africa - d. 4-26-1978
singer: "African Trek/Sundown on the Veld"; "Meredith Willson Show"
12-09-1911 - Broderick Crawford - Philadelphia, PA - d. 4-26-1986
actor: "Hedda Hopper Show"; "Hallmark Playhouse"; Cavalcade of America"
12-18-1908 - Celia Johnson - Ellerker Gate, Richmond, England - d. 4-26-1982
actress: "Desert Island Disks"; Read poetry and short stories during WWII
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:17:00 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Clarance Remembered

"Doug Leary" <doug@[removed]; mentions:

Clarence Hartzell did most of his radio
work at WNBQ in Chicago, but did a few shows in Los
Angeles.

Yes, it was in his role of Cousin Jediah on "One Man's
Family" where I got the opportunity to work with
Clarence Hartzell.  It was all I could do, (having
heard his "Uncle FLetcher" characterization on Vic and
Sade previously) to keep from laughing out loud,
remembering that wry delivery and distinctive voice of
his in all of those oh so amusing bits of V and S
dialog with Rush, played by Billy Idleson, who later
replaced me in my role of "Hank" upon my entering the
Air Force.

CAB

--
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:17:26 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  America's Town Meeting of the Air

Quote from 
[removed] 
:

"America's Town Meeting of the Air," was one of the first live electronic 
forums. It began its 21-year run in 1935. Proving that there's nothing more 
democratic than an open mic, each show dealt with a specific topic of the 
day, which was debated by experts, and questioned by members of the 
audience as well as listeners via telegram. In classic situational irony, 
an audience member is promptly escorted from the room when he questions 
just how free blacks are in this country.
<Link to audio>

Quote from [removed]:

Following the Allied victory, with both optimism and ingenuity at full 
bloom, educational programming flourished. One show, "America's Town 
Meeting of the Air," offered information as well as controversy for more 
than two decades. The program combined audience participation, a panel of 
intelligent commentators, and a full spectrum of opinion in a true test of 
airwave democracy. In this undated post-war broadcast, circa-1946, the 
topic is "What Does the Returning GI Expect at Home?" The commentator is 
possibly the most famous and beloved GI of World War II, Bill Mauldin.
<Link to Realaudio>

Hope this helps. 

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:17:42 -0400
From: "Bob Taylor" <shadowcole@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  I hope this is allowed:

A friend sent this to me and I thought maybe it would be okay here,  if not,
please let me know.

Bob Taylor

There's  been a LIVE Old Time Radio program in our area for several years
now.   This is, in fact, the 16th anniversary year of "Radio  Classics
Live".  It
goes on before a studio  audience the first weekend in May at Massasoit
Community College's Brockton  campus.  Different shows are done Friday and
Saturday
night, this year May  6 and 7.

What  it does is recreate scripts from network radio's heyday -- and some of
the folks  who were making their living from those programs back then join
with some  of our own local Boston market talent to re-create them --
live -- on
stage --  but without the special cues to applaud, etc.
I'm  appealing to all our Gang members to think support this project which,
for  whatever reason, is currently not drawing as many to its audience as in
past  years.
The  "take" goes to scholarships for broadcasting students at the school,
and
at $16  for General Admision or $14 for senior citizens and Massasoit
students and  staff, it's not at all unreasonably priced.  For people like
us, it's
a trip back to -- not just our roots -- but to what most of our
entertainment
consisted of in our growing-up years.
Victory  1945  is the this year's theme, a follow-up to last year's visit to
World War  Two.
The  program is a special tribute to William A. Hammond, past commander of
Whitman  VFW Post 697 and captain of the post's color guard, who died in a
freak
accident  last Veteran's Day when when he was run over by a VFW van as he
prepared to  march.  Hammond, an 80-year-old veteran of the Battle of the
Bulge,
was  extremely active in Massasoit Community College activities and past
Radio
 Classics Live programs.

Headlining the event are Boston radio/TV Gil  Santos, WBZ sports host and
voice of the Boston Patriots; Josh Binswanger, WBZTV  news anchor; Jordan
Rich,
WBZ radio weekend host; Jonathan Hall, WHDH-TV news  anchor, Ben Parker and
Rod
Fritz, WRKO, and award-winning composer/singer Amanda  Carr.  Ken Meyer, the
former host of WEEI's Radio Classics, is master of  ceremonies. Also
participating are veteran radio and television actors Arthur  Anderson,
Donald Buka,
Will Hutchins, and Rosemary Rice.
There's  a copy of the color flyer attached with the specifics and it should
print  very nicely onto a simple sheet of letter size paper but since the
mailing  address is missing, here's a synopsis of how to get  tickets:
They'll  take reservations via Master Card, Visa or Discover and you can
order tickets by  phone (508-427-1234) ... by E-Mail
_tickets@[removed]_ (mailto:tickets@[removed])   ...
or by snail mail with your
check made payable to MCC  Foundation mailed  to
Radio  Classics  Live
The  Buckley Performing Arts  Center
Massasoit  C.  C.
1  Massasoit  Blvd.
Brockton,  MA 02302

Your  support will be appreciated.  Who knows -- maybe you'll wind up
helping
to  provide a scholarship for a future version of you!  And you'll have a
guaranteed unforgettable evening in the bargain.
The  Friday programs are broadcast live over WATD-FM, [removed] and are also
available on-line from the station's web-site --
_[removed] ([removed])   (copy  and paste if it
doesn't work as a hyperlink) if you can't make it in  person.

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:00:55 -0400
From: KENPILETIC@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  America's Town Meeting of the Air - 20th
 Anniversary Broadcast
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Hi Gang -

In issue #130 of the digest, Joy Jackson  asked for the date
of the 20th Anniversary broadcast of  "America's Town Meeting
of the Air",

According to John Dunning's book, On  The Air, the program
"America's Town Meeting of the Air" had  its first broadcast
on May 30, 1935, and the last broadcast  on July 1, 1956.

The 20th Anniversary would be May  30, 1955 - but since the
program was broadcast on various  days at different times
throughout its 21 year run, it is  difficult to say exactly what
specific day (date) the 20th anniversary  broadcast took place.

John's book goes on to state that the  program was broadcast
on Sundays at 8 (EST?) during 1955  and 1956.  My 1955 calendar
shows that the Sunday closest to May  30 would be either
May 29  or  June 5,  1955.   May 30, 1935 was a Thursday.

I hope this helps a  little.

Happy Taping --
Ken Piletic - Streamwood, Illinois
_kenpiletic@[removed]_ (mailto:kenpiletic@[removed])

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:15:56 -0400
From: Ron Tilton <octave@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Empty Spools for an OTR Project

My friend Art Shifrin is doing a very large transfer of audio wires for
an OTR project. He needs spare empty spools of the "Webcor Type".  If
necessary, he'll buy full or partial spools and wind off and discard the
wire.   If you have any (without tangles) that you'd like to sell, then
please contact him at Goldens3@[removed].  Whether or not the spools
come in their original cans or boxes is of secondary importance.  It
does not matter if they're written on or otherwise marked.  Dented
spools however, are not acceptable. Incidentally, the sound quality that
Art derives from wires on his modified Ampex AG440 is astonishingly
clear. Thanks in advance for any help you can give him in this project.

Ron Tilton
octave@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:32:38 -0400
From: "Michael J. Hayde" <michaelhayde@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Tales of the Texas Rangers

Dennis Crow wrote:

My point ---the realism of violence got to me because I wasn't expecting
it.  After all, it wasn't "Gunsmoke" or "Dragnet."  I was expecting "Roy
Rogers" or "Hopalong Cassidy"

I'm guessing you were mislead by the prosaic series title, which could
suggest a program aimed at juveniles.  Not a chance.

It's my understanding that a few radio reviewers back in the day referred to
"Gunsmoke" as "Dragnet-on-the-range."  Frankly, I think that's wide of the
mark.  "Gunsmoke" is clearly an original vision; Norm MacDonell was no Jack
Webb.  "[removed]" on the other hand, could easily assume the sobriquet, as
was very much influenced by "Dragnet" - from the assertion that we are
hearing true stories with the cooperation of the Rangers, to Hal Gibney's
introduction and closing, to the laconic hero, to the very same supporting
cast (including the aforementioned Peggy Webber, Lillian Buyeff and Herb
Vigran) who were so conspicuous on "Dragnet."  They did get to *act* a little
bit more here than with Webb, but overall the two programs are strikingly
similar.  I think NBC really wanted "Dragnet-on-the-range," and got it.

Michael

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:49:16 -0400
From: Bob Slate <moxnix1961@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Zzyzx  Mineral Springs
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It is spelled "Zzyzx." It still exists on California maps as "Zzyzx Mineral
Springs" on the road to Baker, CA and Las Vegas, [removed] has a, I believe,
an Agriculture Station there. The radio preacher's name was Dr. Curtis
Springer. He built up an old soda spring site into a desert empire and called
it "Zzyzx Mineral Springs" in 1944. He hyped many health food products, such
as his "wonderful, wonderful Manna," soda laxatives,baldness cures, etc; etc;
He played many old-time gospel songs such as Gov. Jimmy Davis ,The Chuckwagon
Gang","The Carter Family, etc; etc;  He was in trouble with the law over the
years and finally lost the whole [removed] bought a large container of his
health laxative food container, unopened,at a local antique dealer as a
souvenir collectible. It has a photo of Dr. Springer and his wife on the
front [removed] looks like it is several years old.

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:49:29 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Looking for Theater Five [removed]

I am looking for some episodes of Theater Five and a few other series.  If
you are a trader, I will be glad to send you my "want list."

Ted Kneebone.  OTR website:  [removed]
1528 S. Grant St. - Aberdeen, SD 57401 - 605-226-3344

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:26:51 -0400
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTR [removed]

Okay, we might not like the source, but you know you want [removed]

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

[removed]

[ADMINISTRIVIA: Of course, it _is_ relatively trivial to convert any sound
fragment to a ringtone, depending on the format used in your cell [removed]
--cfs3]

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:09:31 -0400
From: "Andolina, Joe" <Joe_Andolina@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Fred Allen Tribute on What's My Line

I was taping as many of the What's My Line shows off of GSN with Fred Allen
up till the show that was one week after his death where John Daly mentioned
Portland Hoofa did not want them to do a special tribute show but just go on
as normal. Someone on this newsletter mentioned about seeing the tribute
episode that was aired back then perhaps a few shows after that one I
mentioned.  I was wondering if anyone taped it. If so, could I possibly
obtain a VHS copy of that episode? (Will be willing to re-imburse. Please
contact me off list at: Joe_Andolina@[removed]

Thanks ahead of time.

Joe

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:26:06 -0400
From: Charlie Summers <charlie@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Received this ICQ [removed]

   Although it's unlikely, anyone know if this survives?

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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:44:26 -0400
Subject: ICQ Page From Web Site
From: Michael Evans <MicahVita@[removed];

Hello--I'm wondering if you can help me, I'm looking for the   broadcast of
the first Atwater Kent National Radio singing contest that was broadcast
nationwide on December 12, 1927. My father Wilbur Evans won this contest, I
would love to find the original broadcast. The centenial of his birth is this
year. Any clues to point me in the right direction?

Thanks Michael Evans

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