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                           The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                             Volume 2001 : Issue 386
                        A Part of the [removed]!
                                ISSN: 1533-9289


                                Today's Topics:

 Favorite radio actors                 [ "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed] ]
 MP3 player                            [ Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed]; ]
 "The Happy Prince"                    [ Tom van der Voort <evan@[removed]; ]
 favorite radio stars                  [ Maxjo@[removed] ]
 Favorite Actors & Actresses           [ "jsouthard" <jsouthard@[removed]; ]
 Paul Frees - comic?                   [ John Henley <jhenley@[removed] ]
 lost Dragnet shows                    [ Osborneam@[removed] ]
 looking for Johnny Dollar mp3's.      [ "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-self ]
 Re: More on Big Jon and Sparky        [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
 Seattle OTR Convention Set            [ "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn ]
 Big Jon, Sparkie & No school today    [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
 Re:Ian Grieve                         [ hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
 Favorite Christmas Shows              [ "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@earthli ]
 OTR on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire  [ "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@earthli ]
 Re: Groucho Marx on Radio             [ Wboenig@[removed] ]

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:48:02 -0500
From: "Roby McHone" <otr_alaska@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite radio actors

Walden Hughes asked about our favorite radio actors and actresses.  My vote
(and probably a lot of others votes) are for William Conrad and Agnes
Moorehead.

Roby McHone

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:48:42 -0500
From: Bob Noble <bobnoble@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: MP3 player

Hi all

There have been several notes on this board in recent months about MP3
players. Just thought I'd note I picked up a portable CD player with MP3
capability yesterday and it seems to work just fine.

It's an Emerson, model HD7088, which I got at a Wal-Mart for $[removed] or
so. The way things go, I'm sure the price will be $30 within a year, but
I'm one of those who has to have the newest [removed]

It plays MP3's even embedded in directories and subdirectories, and also
CDRs and CD-RWs, and MP3 files in all MPEG rates from 32 to 384Kbps and
sampling frequencies of 16, [removed], 24, 32, [removed] and 48Khz. It can handle
99 directories and 300 tracks ... so all your disks crammed with OTR can
be played easily on it.

It also has a 45-second anti-skip mode for regular CDs and something
like 120 seconds anti-skip when playing MP3s. I tried it today, playing
a John Dehner MP3 disk while driving over railroad tracks and a zig-zag
intersection filled with potholes. It didn't skip a beat.

It comes with headphones and an AC adaptor. I used it with a car
cassette adaptor I had gotten years ago and it worked fine.

So if you are looking for something like this, you can pass along a note
to Santa for Xmas.

--bn

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:27:51 -0500
From: Tom van der Voort <evan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "The Happy Prince"

     As Michael Biel speculates, the record session for the Crosby/Welles
"Happy Prince" used different supporting personnel.  Paul Whiteman
conducted the orchestra and there was no mention of Bernard Hermann on the
broadcast, which originated from Earl Carroll's Theater Restaurant in
Hollywood.
Tom van der Voort

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:56:05 -0500
From: Maxjo@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: favorite radio stars

favorite male-william conrad
favorite female-rosemary decamp
max salathiel,
del city oklahoma

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:26:14 -0500
From: "jsouthard" <jsouthard@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Favorite Actors & Actresses

In the discussion of favorite actors and actresses, the usual suspects are
already listed. All are good. but the best actress of all has not been
mentioned--Mercedes McCambridge. Listen to "I Love a Mystery" and the answer
is obvious.
John Southard
jsouthard@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:26:33 -0500
From: John Henley <jhenley@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Paul Frees - comic?

While lauding Paul Frees as a radio actor, Tony Baechler said:
I do not think Frees did comedy.

Well, maybe not so much as a radio actor.  But, how would you
classify these:
Rocky and His Friends/The Bullwinkle Show, including
   The Adventures of Dudley Do-Right
   Mr. Peabody & Sherman
   Aesop's Fables &
   Fractured Fairy Tales

George of the Jungle

Fractured Flickers

All are animated TV cartoons, all feature Paul Frees in
supporting voice roles, all are Jay Ward productions,
and all are _comedies_.  (Whether they're funny or not is a
matter of taste, but they certainly have their fans.)

John Henley

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 18:24:39 -0500
From: Osborneam@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: lost Dragnet shows

Does anyone have a list of the Dragnet shows that are lost?

Arlene Osborne

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:32:35 -0500
From: "Rodney w bowcock jr." <rodney-selfhelpbikeco@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: looking for Johnny Dollar mp3's.

I'm looking for the Johnny Dollar episodes that aired during the week of
1/2-1/6/56 (The Caylin Matter) on mp3.  If anyone can e-mail them to me
I'd really appreciate it.  I'm listening to the shows in order 1 episode
a night as they originally aired, and I just discovered that next weeks
shows (The Caylin Matter) are missing from my collection due to a
mislabeled tape.

If anyone can help me I'd really appreciate it.  Please contact me at
[removed]@[removed] as this computer is too slow for that sort of
[removed]

rodney.

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:33:03 -0500
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: More on Big Jon and Sparky

Hello again --
I have a ten-inch, 78 rpm Columbia Nonbreakable disk from the late forties
or early fifties entitled "Big Jon presents Sparkie with the Ray Carter
Orchestra," on which Sparkie performs "Little Red Caboose" and "Run, Rabbit,
Run." Does anyone know if this recording, still with pretty good sound
quality, has any value to collectors?
On another matter, I have to qualify what I said earlier about the wax on
aluminum-based home recording disks eventually cracking, shrinking, and
falling off -- apparently it was only my "Recordio" disks that did that. I
recently discovered other recordings of mine recorded on aluminum-based
Duodisc, Philco, Audiodisc and Soundcraft, and they are still in good shape.

Jan Bach

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:34:05 -0500
From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Seattle OTR Convention Set

Seattle OTR Convention Set for June 28-30, 2002

        I have received preliminary information on Radio Enthusiasts of
Puget Sound (REPS) 10th Radio Showcase, their 2002 Convention.  The REPS
website will soon have Showcase information and will be updated regularly.
Their web site address is:
[removed]

        REPS runs an extremely efficient, well-organized convention and no
convention could be friendlier.  Many of the radio days performers go to
Seattle every year, just because they have such an enjoyable experience.
They have 25 performers scheduled to attend this year, including Tyler
McVey, Gil Stratton, Jr., Anne Whitfield, Sam Edwards, Herb Ellis, and many
others.

        The early information I received indicates that REPS Showcase X
will include a "Lone Ranger" re-creation with Fred Foy and Dick Beals plus a
reunion re-creation featuring nine former "One Man's Family" cast members.
"Cavalcade of America" and "Halls of Ivy" are on the probable re-creations
list too, plus at least one other they haven't finalized yet.

        Jim French, who writes and produces the syndicated "Imagination
Theater," is writing a show especially for the OTR actors who will be in
attendance.  It will be performed at the Showcase and later aired on
"Imagination Theater."  Great new radio, with the stars of the past.

        Great re-creations are only part of the fun.  The REPS Showcase
always has informative and creative panels too.  A silent auction features
many items of interest to the OTR fan.  The 2002 Showcase will have a new
and much-requested feature:  a Sunday morning program.

        The REPS Showcase really is an OTR event you should try to attend.
Also, Seattle and Washington state in June are nice too. There are lots of
things to see and do:  the Pike Street Market, Mts. Rainier and St. Helens,
the Cascades, the Olympic Peninsula and so much more.

       You can contact the Showcase co-chairman, Mike Sprague, at
hrrmikes@[removed]


Stewart

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Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:12:19 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Big Jon, Sparkie & No school today

Fred Berney mentions his project of taping many of the Big Jon & Sparkie/No
school today programs.  I have four of them, numbers 395-398, in case anyone
wants to trade for them.
Neat program.  That guy had to really work hard to produce that program.  I
suppose that Sparkie was Big Jon's voice recorded at one speed, then played
back at a slightly higher speed?  Wonder if the whole program was taped or
only Sparkie's [removed]
   And how about Alvin and the Chipmunks?  Same technique?

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

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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:23:01 -0500
From: hal stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re:Ian Grieve

on 12/3/01 1:02 PM,
"Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed];
responded to my question:

Ian, were you referring to me, or the other "Hal" that posts. I'm mystified,
confused, and so what else is new?

Yes Hal I was refering to you.  I didn't know you were off visiting friends
and family. > I had just finished reading a wonderful explanation from
Elizabeth and I was still trying to get over how much thought and effort that
Elizabeth must putinto all the posts she makes here (unlike me) and I used the
word Mindblowing.  Hence I threw in the line you refer to, just in case a
witty
remark was forthcoming.  Having to explain my joke sort of takes off
whatever shine there may have been.

Ian, my friend from [removed] tickle me. Not to disappoint you, I
probably would have posted something like "To avoid blowing your mind, Ian,
I suggest staying out of those soft gentle sea breezes."

Some day, I would love to go to Australia. We really must meet. You sound
like a fun guy. And when I do, we can get together only if you promise to
take me for a swim among the Great White's along the Barrier Reef, and to go
wading in a Croc infested stream. I crave adventure.

Thanks Hal (STONE).  May I call you Jughead?  That will remove all chances of
confusion with others sharing the name Hal.

But of course.

No other Jughead on this Digest that I know of :)

Well, at least not by name. :)

(back to the books Hal (STONE))

You Betcha. I'm doing a fun part now. Assembling, scanning, and inserting
the graphics. It's time consuming however. I have to take each pic and photo
retouch them to make sure Bob Hastings looks as youthful & as pretty as me.
:)

Incidentally, in your posting following the one to me, you made the
statement;

(SNIP) "Being a naive colonial it took me 3 episodes to realise it
was a re enactment rather than an original, but now I put that down to good
acting.

Gee. I didn't realize you were former "Military". And an Officer to boot. I
will have to treat you with greater respect from now on.

Regards (Sir)

"Jughead" to you.

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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:32:18 -0500
From: "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Favorite Christmas Shows

Hi All!
Just my thoughts on Christmas [removed] have at least 5 shows that I pull
out EVERY Christmas [removed] usually start out with Fibber McGee and Molly's
12/23/47 Christmas show when McGee has lost his key [removed] keys to the
hall closet are on the key ring. He lost it the night before on the way back
>from the Elk's Club and during the night it has snowed 3 [removed] like
he is going to have to shovel snow all the way back to the Elk's Club to
find the keys!  I like the atmosphere of this show the best.  I love the
ending when Molly (as Teeny) does the annual "Twas The Night Before
Christmas" musical with Billy Mills and The Kingsmen.  Question here:
When was the first time they did this and was it repeated every year?  I
have at least 3 other Christmas shows with Fibber McGee and Molly that have
this ending.  Was this ever released as a record?  I think on one of the
shows Fibber makes a remark of a commercial release of  "Twas The Night
Before Christmas."  Second comes The Campbell Playhouse's version of "A
Christmas Carol" 12/24/39 with Lionel Barrymore in the title [removed]
couldn't find a better person to play Scrooge!  Next comes "A Miracle On
34th Street" done on The Lux Radio Theatre with Edmund Gwenn as Kris
[removed]"It's A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart is also on deck for an
annual listening.  Last, but certainly not least, the Phil Harris and Alice
Faye Show  with Jack Benny playing Santa Claus for the Harris [removed]
very funny and heart warming show!  I heard this one for the first time back
in 1974 (on a Philco floor model console that I found for $60 I might add!)
when it was broadcast on one of the Raliegh [removed] radio stations as part of
its holiday celebration.  These are my top five shows and I usually listen
to them while trimming the tree and wrapping presents.  What are top 5 shows
for the Christmas season?
Best to all during the holidays!

Scott

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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:42:25 -0500
From: "Scott Eberbach" <seberbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OTR on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Ron Sayles asked why OTR questions never appear on Who Wants To Be A
[removed] have watched in vain for those OTR questions to be asked
[removed] better bet would be [removed] or 5 months ago lo and behold they
had a WHOLE CATEGORY  devoted to OTR!  There was even a Lone Ranger audio
clip (with Brace Beemer) in another category in an earlier show.

Scott

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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:23:34 -0500
From: Wboenig@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Groucho Marx on Radio

The wording of the original statement regarding Groucho's first appearance on
radio used the word "performed", so, to the letter of the law, that may have
been a correct statement.  However, the November 28, 1932 broadcast of
Beagle, Shyster and Beagle (later Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel) was not the
first time the voice of the mustacioed one was carried on radio airwaves.
According to the Groucho Marx papers held at the University of Wisconsin
Library, Groucho introduced noted journaliust Heywood Broun on an unspecified
program broadcast over WABC (then the CBS affiliate in New York) on October
13, 1930.

But this wasn't even the first instance of one of Minnie's boys being
involved in a radio broadcast.  On May 18, 1929, NBC carried a short-wave
broadcast to Admiral Richard Byrd at the South Pole.  The broadcast featured
several prominent entertainment personalities of the day, including Harpo
Marx.  Nothing is known as to whether he actually spoke (unlikely) or just
honked his horn.  Reference to this broadcast can be found in the New York
Times issue of the same date.

(Sidebar --  In "The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia", author Glenn Mitchell
speculates that the following dialogue from the movie "Duck Soup" was
inspired by this broadcast:  Groucho (to Chico):  "Do you have a license?"
Chico:  "No, but my dog, he's got a million of 'em.  You know, he once went
with Admiral Byrd to the pole!"  Groucho:  "I'll bet the dog got there
first!")

Following up on another related posting, the BBC did a re-make of the
Flywheel series in 1990-92, condensing 25 of the original 26 scripts (#24 has
been lost to the ages) into 18 new shows.  I have 17 of these and would love
dearly to find the one that is unofficially titled "Shoplifters" (air date
June 1, 1991).  Anyone who would like more info on this series may e-mail me
personally.


Wayne Boenig

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