Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #141
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 5/9/2001 3:10 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                      The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                         Volume 01 : Issue 141
                   A Part of the [removed]!
                           ISSN: 1533-9289


                           Today's Topics:

 Ellery Queen and Sherlock Holmes     ["Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm]
 Fred Allen and Jack Benny and TV     [JackBenny@[removed]                  ]
 Line Designations                    [William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed];]
 Juvenile Shows                       [Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];       ]
 Re: Tony Randall on ILAM             [Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]]
 OTR comparison UK vs US              ["Phil Watson" <philwats@[removed];  ]
 New REPS Web Site and Upcoming Conve ["Stewart Wright" <stewwright@worldn]
 Re: Breakfast Club                   [Udmacon@[removed]                    ]
 Re: A&A " Brown Vs. Brown" Storyline [Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed]]
 OTR COMPARISON; UK VS. [removed]          ["Bruce Guthrie" <BruceGuthrie@bigpo]
 OTR COMPARISON; UK VS. [removed]          ["Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed]]
 BOBB LYNES BACK ON THE AIR           ["Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
 Updated "Sorry Wrong Number"         ["jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];    ]
 VETERANS BEDSIDE RADIO NETWORK       ["Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
 Andy Griffith                        [Martyd <martyd@[removed];      ]
 Soap is not for all seasons          [neil crowley <og@[removed];     ]
 #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig [lois@[removed]                  ]
 Turn Back The Turntable              [Tom and Susan Kleinschmidt <tomkle@]
 the bbc & i love a mystery           [leonardfass@[removed] (Leonard Fass]
 Walter Gerard                        ["dick wamser" <snapp@[removed];     ]

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 17:04:09 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Ellery Queen and Sherlock Holmes

Two things.
1.  I just finished reading a recently-published book entitled "The Tragedy
of Errors" by Ellery Queen, published last year.  For anyone who has ever
wanted to brush up on their knowledge of Ellery Queen, or always heard the
name and never knew more than the usual detective fare, this is a great
book.  Not only does it feature Queen's unfinished novel, but half a dozen
short stories as well.  And then the best part - the book features essays,
chapters, and various briefs about the writings of Ellery Queen, written by
the sons of the writers, prominent mystery authors, and so on.  It covers
many aspects of the Ellery Queen stories, comic books, and our own Dave
Siegel wrote a very informative chapter about the radio adventures of Ellery
Queen.  Worth checking out if you are a mystery fan!  This book is still in
print, but I'm not sure how long it will remain available, and it's kind of
obscure unless you knew of it's existance.
2.  There is a real good web-site regarding Sherlock Holmes, the famed Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle creation, which I recently browsed for the first time.
It includes some not-widely-circulating audio dramas (recent radio shows,
not many older ones) available, as well as informative pages with info about
the incarnations of Holmes on screen and radio.  If you love Sherlock
Holmes, or thought you knew all about the detective, this might shed more
insight.  [removed]
Both worth checking out, for radio fans.  Martin

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 17:46:29 -0400
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Fred Allen and Jack Benny and TV

In response to the thoughts on Fred's semi-unsuccessful migration to
television (and what's this about him being a good-looking man?  I'm sure
that Jack's writers would have some thoughts on that)...

I think part of the reason that Jack transitioned more smoothly to TV is
because he used a slightly different format, or updated radio gags for
television.  Some scripts were reused from radio to TV, such as Jack hitting
the jackpot in a Las Vegas hotel lobby.  To this a few sight gags were added,
including him hitting the side of the machine whereupon the machine popped up
a flag reading "Help!"  Other TV shows had a format almost like his early 30s
shows, featuring a monologue in the beginning, the introduction of a guest
star, and a second half skit ([removed], Carol Burnett and the Tarzan skit).
Sometimes none of the "regular cast" appeared, other than Jack himself.

As has been pointed out before, Fred Allen's show was on the verge of
"jumping the shark" when they went to the half hour format.  Allen, who wrote
a lot of his own material, was already unhappy with the shorter length (I
think in "Treadmill to Oblivion" he made a comment about the jokes sounding
like they were written by a machine gun filled with ink).  Then carry this
pessimism into the new medium.

There is a story about Hilliard Marks (Mary Livingstone's brother) visiting
Fred backstage after one of his television shows.  Fred came in soaked with
perspiration and obviously nervous and agitated.  As he mopped his face, he
said to Hickey, "Tell Jack not to go into television.  It will kill him."

Finally the obvious one:  Fred died in 1954.  Perhaps if he had more years,
he would have been able to hit his stride in television.

--Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
[removed]

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:37:18 -0400
From: William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Line Designations

The other day someone referred to a poor quality local remote line as
Class"E". Class "A" to "E" referred to [removed] & T.  long lines and had to
do not only with quality but reversal capability. For example, the CBS
"TC", a class A line between Chicago and Hollywood, could be reversed in
about eight seconds by the master control engineers  pre  releasing the
control voltage. The switch from "Club 15" in Hollywood to  "Edward R.
Murrow and the News" in New York was nearly instantaneous. This reversal
was controlled by CBS engineers in Hollywood and Chicago master control
rooms. As I recall,  the Class "A: and "B" lines  were good up to about
8000 cycles. Reversal of other class lines were handled by [removed];T.

Class E lines were unequalized and we used them for cue circuits where
quality was not important. There was a big screwup one day on an NBC
origination from an auditorium in San Bernardino ( I think it was the
Edgar Bergen Show). The test board operator in "San Berdoo"  got confused
and patched the remote's "send" loop to the "return cue line" to the
auditorium, and did the same with the two lines between his location  and
the NBC master control in Holywood. The result was that the remote
engineer heard his program coming back on his cue line, indicating that
it was getting to Hollywood. However the Hollywood master control room
was getting nothing. The whole show went down the drain. The trouble was
truly "west of Denver", a catch phrase which [removed];T. used for
unexplainable failures. I got that phrase one day when I was working in
Hartford and the program was originating in New York. My reply was "you
guys sure route a long way around".

By the way, Murrow was not hired as a news man. He was hired to head up
the "talks department" at CBS. Mr. Paley had a brainstorm that we should
record talks by famous people. Helen Souisett, a Washington newspaper
lady, was his assistant. When Murrow became a newsman Helen took over.
She became quite annoyed with me when Chief Justice Earl Warren came in
for an interview. I called him into the control room to take a phone call
after which he stretched out on the  production desk and we got into a
bull session about boating. I had gotten to know him while I was doing
the dance band remotes from Catalina Island and he had his boat there.
Such is life!

Bill Murtough

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 18:36:55 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Juvenile Shows

Posted to my web site. If anyone can help, especially on the last part of
his inquiry, please contact him directly:

-----

Dear Sir, I'm interested in photographs of the following Radio actors:
Jack Mather  Harry Lang  Howard Culver  Earl Nightingale  Roy Engle  Beryl
Vaughn  Ivan Cury  Brooke Temple  Matt Crowley  Bob Hastings  Henry
Blair  'Cactus' Carl Warren &  Jim Ameche, from the following shows: The
Cisco Kid, Straight Arrow, Sky King, Mark Trail, Archie Andrews, The
Adventures of Red Ryder, Bobby Benson of The B-Bar-B, and Silver
Eagle,Mountie, please? Do you know about a kid show from Mutual on the
west coast from around 1948-49, called "Ted Drake, Guardian of the Big
Top?" It was a circus detective show for kids. It alternated between Sky
King, Tom Mix, and Bobby Benson. Any help on this would be most
appreciated. Thanks a million! I listened to these shows after school on
weekdays in the 1946-1952 era. God bless you, and Happy Land-in-n-n-n-n-n-gs!

 From Moxnix61@[removed] (Bob Slate)

-----

Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:15:31 -0400
From: Kenneth L Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Tony Randall on ILAM

Ken,

Yes, Tony Randall did have a recurring role on ILAM.  It wasn't
Doc Long, however.  It was Reggie York.  The character of Doc Long
had what was considered then to be a Southern accent, whereas
Reggie York had a British accent and was more educated,  like
the characters Randall was known to have portrayed.

In case you are considering contacting him, I'd suggest forgetting it.
I've tried on many occasions to do so, asking him about his role on
ILAM.  It's a sore subject with him for some reason and one which he
doesn't like speaking about.

I got my information from John Dunning's book, "On The Air: The
Encyclopedia
of Old Time Radio" as well as the Museum of Radio and Television.

I hope this helps.

Kenneth Clarke
kclarke5@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:35:34 -0400
From: "Phil Watson" <philwats@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR comparison UK vs US

Philip Railsback left some nice comments about my message about radio in the
UK, thanks.

UK OTR is hard to find in sellers' catalogues etc because  (1) not a lot
exists. In the 1970's some bean counter at the BBC (aka Auntie Beeb) decided
he could save money by closing warehouse storage facilities by throwing out
a LOT of transcription discs and there are classic series where they hold
only representative samples, and this was from the days when private
recording machines were unknown. The same bean counter also instructed the
Video archive to erase tapes of hundreds of TV shows for re-use in
non-broadcast areas to save a few pennies, comparatively speaking; and (2)
the BBC police their copyright material very strenuously. In the UK
copyright extends much longer than in other countries and the BBC chase
after sellers. If you trade privately in collector circles, you are left
alone but as soon as you go public, they're after you.

So until the late 50s/early 60s when private recorders became available,
very little remains. They are more transcription discs abroad (ie outside
the UK) than here, for some series. I got a run of 90 episodes of a comedy
series by US film actors Bebe Daniels & Ben Lyon - but from an Australian !
If the BBC have any, they never broadcast them. The BBC have "allowed"
certain Appreciation Societies/Fan Clubs to appeal for missing shows and
$150 payments for home recordings have been offered - we had one in our
local paper recently. I guess the fan club would rent them to members but no
doubt if they went public the BBC would stop them.

A network of individual collectors are doing sterling work in making much
available privately but many, many series of a "frivolous" nature (ie comedy
& popular drama) has been lost. State events & historical recordings have
been retained carefully and are available to the industry, [removed] for
documentary programmes, but little else.

You hear occasionally of discs turning up, or a collector finding old tape
reels in the attic, but generally, if they're lost, they're lost. There are
stories of performers or producers having private copies of their work but
on the whole they're not available.

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:35:32 -0400
From: "Stewart Wright" <stewwright@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  New REPS Web Site and Upcoming Convention

        The Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound have a great new web site with
lots of information on their club, library,  and upcoming Showcase
(Convention.)  The URL is:

[removed]


        If you want to go directly to the very detailed information the
their upcoming Showcase, go to:

[removed]


Stewart Wright

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 20:35:30 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Breakfast Club

Don McNeill and his family indeed took vacations from the daily "Breakfast
Club," during which he had substitute hosts. One of them was Peter Donald,
the dialect joke teller on "Can You Top This," and Ajax Cassidy in Allen's
Alley.

Peter once told me a hilarious story about a remark made to him from an
apparently innocent little tyke which naturally went out "live" over the air.
The band members, seasoned night club musicians who often worked the
"Breakfast Club" on their way home from their all night tootling, made the
situation worse by totally breaking up.

Sorry I can't repeat the story on this "family" [removed]

Bill Knowlton, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY
(since Jan. 1973). Sundays, 9 pm est: [removed]

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:00:32 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: A&A " Brown Vs. Brown" Storyline

FiremanRet wonders,

     My 1/15/50 Opens with start of trial, closes with Kingfish and Andy
learning their key witness (the preacher) has sailed for South America.   I
think this one is actually 1/8/50, as it follows the story line by opening
with the trial starting.
If I am correct, I have no true 1/15/50. Perhaps the trial concludes in that
episode. (???)

The actual dates and titles for these episodes are --

Vol. 7 No. 11 12/11/1949 Proxie Marriage Show (misspelled on script)
Vol. 7 No. 12 12/18/1949 Andy Married Show
Vol. 7 No. 13 12/25/1949 Christmas Show
Vol. 7 No. 14 1/1/1950  Andy Married No. 2 Show
Vol. 7 No. 15 1/8/1950  Andy Married No. 3 Show
Vol. 7 No. 16 1/15/1950 Brown vs. Brown Show
Vol. 7 No. 17 1/22/1950 Andy's Verdict Show

(The half hour A&A episodes were organized by season in a Volume/Number
format, with Volume 1 denoting the first half-hour season, 1943-44, and
continuing on thru Volume 12, 1954-55.)

I've gotten these titles from the Copyright Office files on A&A, but
haven't read the actual scripts for the missing episodes in the sequence,
and  recordings don't seem to have surfaced, so I'm not 100 per cent sure
how the story works out. I'm also not sure about how the question of 1/8
vs. 1/15 should be resolved. Given the titling of the episodes as seen
above, I believe that the events of the 1/8/50 episode most likely led to
a postponement of the start of the trial (in order to increase the
suspense), and that the 1/15 episode in circulation is in fact correctly
dated.

For what it's worth, in the past, Andy's courtroom confrontations had
almost always come to an end when Amos revealed some new piece of
evidence leading to dismissal of the case -- the 1929 Widow Parker
lawsuit was dismissed when Amos testified that Andy had never actually
said he wouldn't marry the plaintiff; the 1931 Madam Queen case ended
when Amos uncovered proof that the Madam was guilty of bigamy (the "lost
at sea husband in the back of the courtroom" is a bit of sanitized
retroactive continuity created in 1952, and didn't actually happen in the
original broadcasts); and the 1933 alienation-of-affection case ended
when Amos discovered and produced proof that Madam Queen turned away from
F. M. Gwindell at the altar not because of anything Andy did, but because
the crystal gazer Prince Ali Bendo had told her that she didn't really
love Gwindell and she shouldn't go thru with the wedding.

All that being the case, given Amos's well-established role as
deux-ex-machina I'm willing to bet that he somehow managed to get Andy
out of the 1950 dilemma as well, most likely by uncovering evidence that
the marriage was not legally binding.

Elizabeth

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:00:35 -0400
From: "Bruce Guthrie" <BruceGuthrie@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR COMPARISON; UK VS. [removed]

"Owens Pomeroy" wrote:

 "Why is it that the countries like UK, Australia, South Africa, and
 Canada, have far superior (OTR) programming than we do or did. ..."

and Ian Grieve gave an accurate picture of what is happening on
Australian radio as far as dramas, comedies etc are concerned.

I was vaguely surprised that Owens would have thought that Australian
radio had superior 'OTR' programming. There is very little old stuff
played now as Ian noted and very little in the way of new shows
produced.

The thing that interests me is that there must have been thousands and
thousands of hours of programming produced here in Australia in the
30s, 40s and 50s - both original shows and re-cast versions of US
shows.

Where are all the Dad 'n Daves, Lawsons, Blue Hills, etc etc? The only
thing can imagine is that they must be tied up in copyright by
creators' families or whatever. There are a few shows available
commercially but these must be the tip of the iceberg.

Ian, do you have much Australian OTR?

Ian, I'm also fascinated in your story about radio plays disappearing
over a short period in the early 60s - any more info about that? Are
there any books on Australian radio history that you know of?

best
Bruce

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:23:20 -0400
From: "Ian Grieve" <ian@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR COMPARISON; UK VS. [removed]

"Philip Railsback" asked:

I have a question about OTR in the UK.  It's not difficult at all to find
thousands of hours of American OTR going back to the 1920's.  It's available
for sale and on the net.  But when it comes to BBC OTR, there doesn't seem
to be much.  I've seen a fair number of modern programs, and some from the
1970's, a smattering of 1960's (Hancock's Half Hour, I believe is one), and
lots of the Goon Show.  That's about it.  There must be thousands of shows
from the forties through the sixties.  Where are they?  In vaults?  Isn't
there an audience for this kind of thing in the UK?  I wouldn't think
there'd be a huge audience, but there must be something.

The BBC is very aware of the popularity of the old shows and sells Videos
and cassettes to people like us who are interested in nostalgia.  Hence they
are very jealous of protecting that market.

There are many serious collectors and it is a pretty closed shop.  I also
enjoy old British Comedy like JUST A MINUTE, NAVY LARK, THE GOONS, THE
GLUMS, ITS THAT MAN AGAIN, BEYOND THE FRINGE,ISIRTA (IM SORRY I'LL READ THAT
AGAIN), DADS ARMY, STEPTOE AND SON, shows like DR WHO are having new shows
written and produced for radio currently, who said OTR is dead in the UK,
and many more that I can't remember off the top of my head.  My otr computer
is at home and I am at work.  One of the perks of being the Boss.

The best place for picking up these shows is actually Napster.  I borrowed a
book on UK radio from the library and sat down in front of Napster and typed
in each show name until I knew the likely shows off by heart. I pick up a
lot from there and I then added those people to my hotlist and after
searching their files found that they had the same interests in other shows
and I expanded my collection from there.  Some of the US ftp sites also have
the most common shows as well.  If you want to let me know what type of
shows you like I should be able to send you some.

Ian

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:11:42 -0400
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  BOBB LYNES BACK ON THE AIR

   I just received an email from my good friend and OTR Host Bobb Lynes,
informing me that all you posters on the West coast Los Angeles area, can
tune in to "Don't Touch That Dial," with Bobb and his Co-Host, Barbara
Sunday the first Monday of every month on KPFK-FM [removed] in Los Angeles
(midnight Pacific time), starting May 7.  KPFK audio-streams at [removed]
  Hope all of you can pick up a tape and hear them for 3 hours Monday Night.

Owens Pomeroy

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:11:37 -0400
From: "jstokes" <jstokes@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Updated "Sorry Wrong Number"

    An updated "Sorry Wrong Number" could have a couple of possibilities.
In one scenario, a member of a mob drops his cell phone.   Someone picks it
up and answers it.   They play along and soon the mob is after them.
    In another scenario, like the classic case of the disabled woman, she
tries to get an operator and gets a menu of choices, except she doesn't have
a touchtone phone!   IE--she is in "telco hell."  heh!

Jim

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:11:40 -0400
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  VETERANS BEDSIDE RADIO NETWORK

      There was an organization, The Bedside Radio Network, that was formed
shortly after WWII, by OTR Actors, writers SFX technicians and producers,
that had its home-base in NY, and it used OTR DRama and Comedy as therapy in
Veterans Hospitals for those who suffered Battle Fatigue.  The purpose ws to
write original radio programs and get the veterans involved in the shows by
giving them parts in the broadcasts. Veteran OTR Performers like Jackson
Beck, Fred Foy, Lon Clark, Ann Elstner Matthews, Virginia Payne et el, were
the founders and participated in this most unusual therapy for Veterans.  It
carried over into the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Desert Storm. If any of
you on this digest were (or) are involved with this project, please fill me
in as to weather it is still used  - and - is it just used exclusively by
the Veterans Administration, and if any of the Media contributors are (or)
were involved,

Owens Pomeroy

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 01:11:36 -0400
From: Martyd <martyd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Andy Griffith

I seem to recall Andy Griffith was one of the hosts on the Sears Mystery
Theater.  There was a different host every day of the week, depending on
the type of show (mystery, comedy, [removed])

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 02:25:07 -0400
From: neil crowley <og@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Soap is not for all seasons

Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 18:52:59 -0400
From: Partridge <rpartrid@[removed];
...I never listened to the soaps in the summer. Were they on?

What a coincidence. I never got sick in the summer either. But the soaps
were on, making a noise even though there were no kid ears to hear.

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 04:52:00 -0400
From: lois@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over four years, same time, same channel!

Our numerous "regulars" include one of the busiest "golden years" actors in
Hollywood; a sound man from the same era who worked many of the top
Hollywood shows; a New York actor famed for his roles in "Let's Pretend" and
"Archie Andrews;" owners of some of the best OTR sites on the Web;
maintainer of the best-known OTR Digest (we all know who he is)..........

and Me

Lois Culver
KWLK Longview Washington (Mutual) 1941-1944)
KFI Los Angeles (NBC) 1944 - 1950
and widow of actor Howard Culver

(For more info, contact lois@[removed])

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 09:59:24 -0400
From: Tom and Susan Kleinschmidt <tomkle@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Turn Back The Turntable

Hello,

	Is anyone familiar with a program called Turn Back The Turntable? I
recently listened to a show from 7/30/48 and it featured a panel of three
"experts" who were challenged to identify recordings or something about a
recording from members of the audience. Kind of a specialized version of
Information Please crossed with Hobby Lobby. It also included a guest star,
in this case Billie Holiday. All questions for her were concerned with her
recording sessions, favorite singers, etc.  Among the audience questioners
were a RCA Recording Engineer and the Record Library Manager from WNBC. The
recording engineer discusses acoustical recording methods. I found the
program strangely fascinating.
A couple of questions arise from this listening. First a man named Robert
Wilde(sp?) claims to have more than 8,000 Bing Crosby records including
transcriptions of every radio show he ever appeared on up to that time. Was
this guy a well known collector and does anyone know what became of his
collection? I am sure it must have included things that are no longer
circulating. Does anyone know any further details about this show? Jay
Hickerson's book lists this as the only episode. I haven't seen any on
traders lists or in catalogues. Near the end of the show it is mentioned
that this is the end of the first show, perhaps it was just an audition
show? However it is announced that the next weeks show will feature someone
named Billy Murray, who will be autographing copies of their record. There
was no announced sponsor, but prizes for the contestants were provided by
RCA Victor. Anyone know anything more about this one?



Tom

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:00:42 -0400
From: leonardfass@[removed] (Leonard Fass)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  the bbc & i love a mystery

the bbc world service is more like cnn than arts and culture radio
station. once there was a letter in broadcasting and cable which touted
the world service as great radio and said there was no longer anything
like that in the [removed] -- ticked off a los angeles syndicator who wrote a
heated answer and who later entered the radio hall of fame.

i love a mystery on mutual was a new york series of repeats of the
series that had been on cbs from los angeles. the original reggy yorke
was killed in an auto accident and carlton e. morse did not believe in
replacements; so the character that actor (whose name is in the 5/8 otr)
played on one man's family was written out, but to maintain the magic
three mr. morse created  "that man michael" who sounded a lot like peter
lorre. years later on kcbs morse did not remember doing this. (michael
rafetto and barton yarborough were also on one man's family. yarborough
was later on dragnet and hawk larrabee. morse actors did not usually do
other things.)

and then tony randall went on to fame as the buddy of mr. peepers (wally
cox.)

[removed]

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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 13:29:17 -0400
From: "dick wamser" <snapp@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Walter Gerard

Hello all: I've been busy and am still about four months behind in reading
OTR digests, but have a question I hope hasn't been asked in recent months.

I've been reading an audio book read by Walter Gerard in 1954.  He was
working in the Louisvile KY area at the time.  He is an excellent reader,
probably no longer with us.  His reading style and excellent delivery,
(rapid, yet not hurried) makes me think he must have been in great emand in
the Louisville area for radio announcing locally and beyond.  Anybody got
any info on Walter?

Thanks n advance.
dick wamser
rhythm hound and alarm cat

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