Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #9
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 1/7/2003 4:30 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2003 : Issue 9
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Woody Allen's Nostalgic Look Back at  [ ABCDiehl@[removed] ]
  Re: Cinnamon Bear Candy               [ mart459@[removed] ]
  Perry Mason                           [ "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@neb. ]
  Tribe Home                            [ "Brian Johnson" <CHYRONOP@worldnet. ]
  Perry Mason on OTR                    [ Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed]; ]
  Phil Spitalny                         [ BH <radioguy@[removed]; ]
  Struts and Frets                      [ Ehutchison@[removed] ]
  Cleveland stadium                     [ William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed]; ]
  Imagination Theatre                   [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
  Jim French                            [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
  Article on Jewish Comedians           [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
  perry mason                           [ Ronald Staley <mrvintageradio@earth ]
  Perry Mason [removed]                [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
  Books on OTR                          [ WILEYOTTER@[removed] ]
  RE:Cleveland Indians                  [ "timl2002" <timl2002@[removed]; ]
  KNX Drama Hour Schedule               [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
  Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Monitor                               [ JayHick@[removed] ]
  the movie Duffy's Tavern              [ sojax@[removed] (Roger S. Smith) ]
  Perry Mason on Radio                  [ sojax@[removed] (Roger S. Smith) ]

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:19:24 -0500
From: ABCDiehl@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Woody Allen's Nostalgic Look Back at the
 Golden Age of Wireless

This column, ONCE THERE WAS RADIO by John Bloomfield appeared recently in the
New York Resident ( [removed] ) , a weekly news magazine,
subtitled "Woody Allen Takes a Nostalgic Look Back at the Golden Age of
Wireless."  I think OTR readers might enjoy it

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The waves break in an angry gray sea at the end of the street. The melody of
Kurt Weill's "September Song," plays in the backround. "The scene is
Rockaway. The time is my childhood," says the narrator.

Young Joe (Seth Green) lives with his mother, Tess (Julie Kavner), and
father, Martin (Michael Tucker) on this Rockaway street ending at the
Atlantic Ocean. Their house teems with her family. Uncles and aunts bump into
each other and bicker while in the backround the radio plays.

In the mornings, Tess listens to "Breakfast with Irene and Roger." She clears
the dishes from the table while Irene (Julie Kurnitz) and Roger (David
Warrilow) discuss Manhattan's social scene.

Joe's favorite program is "The Masked Avenger." He fantasizes that the
Avenger -- whose battle cry is "Beware, evildoers, wherever you are" -- is a
"cross between Superman and Cary Grant." But this is radio: "The Avenger is
played by short, balding Wallace Shawn.

Cousin Ruthie (Joy Newman) lip syncs as Carmen Miranda sings, "South American
Way." Martin and Uncle Abe (Josh Mostel) watch, then join in the chorus.

Listening to Thomas Abercrombie's marital advice program, Joe imagines his
parents seeking help. When Abercrombie (Martin Sherman) says they deserve
each other, Martin protests, "Look, we didn't come here to be insulted,"
while Tess adds, "I love him -- what did I do to deserve him?"

So it goes in Woody Allen's "Radio Days" (1987). Because Woody plays the
leading role in many of his films, they are often -- erroneously -- thought
to be autobiographical. Although he does not appear in "Radio Days," he is
the narrator. "It is based on an exaggerated view of my childhood," he says
(in "Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation With Stig Bjorkman," Grove
Press, 1993). I did live in a family with many people present in the
[removed] did live in a house right by the [removed] relationship to the
schoolteachers was like that. My relationship to radio was like that. The
same with the Hebrew [removed] did have an aunt who was forever getting into
the wrong relationships and unable to get married. She never did get married.
And we did have those neighbors who were [removed] cousin lived with
me. We did have a telephone line where we listened in on the neighbors. All
these things occurred."

So "Radio Days," is semiautobiographical, and it would be a charming movie if
that were all it was. But it is much more: Woody peppers the movie with songs
from his childhood and spikes it with fabulous characters and events. There
is Sally the cigarette girl (Mia Farrow). She progresses -- by way of being
Roger's mistress and being present at a gang hit -- to being a radio
interviewer. And there is Joe's trip with Aunt Bea (Dianne Wiest) and her
latest beau to Radio City Music Hall. As they pass into its hallowed halls --
suffused with deep reds by director of photography Carlo Di Palma -- the
narrator says, "It was like entering heaven."

All too short at 88 minutes, "Radio Days" ends with Aunt Bea wakening Joe so
he can join the rest of the family to see in 1944 while the legends of radio
celebrate the New Year on the roof of a Times Square nightclub.

* *************************************************************************

"Radio Days" is the 13th in John Bloomfield's New York on Film series. The
film can be found on DVD and video. (c) 2002 Encompass Media Group -
Reprinted with permission.

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:20:40 -0500
From: mart459@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Cinnamon Bear Candy

Well, at a local "asian" grocery store in Milwaukee (Rhino foods, plug here
for the locals, wonderful people to deal with, cannot say enough nice about
them. They did several wonderful things for my Thai sister-in-law who lives in
Kentucky and "needed" things while pregnant that I special ordered). I was
checking out and saw a bag of "Cinnamon Bears". Timing was excellent, because
I was just going to drop off a copy of all episodes of Cinnamon Bear to the
class lower than my son's in school after the shopping trip (end of November)
and thought that the candy would be a great inducement to listen to the
episodes. The candy did not go over as well as the radio show did according to
reports.

Since television is not considered a "four letter word" here (well, by many) I
will mention that the tape of "Kimba - the white Lion" went over very well.
Not to be confused with "Simba" who had the same plot, characters, and came
many, many years later with better animation.

Oh - here is a funny one for the group. I just got off of the phone with Dad,
who was telling me that he was told as an employee of Raytheon he was told to
try to convince the managers of Woolworth to carry televisions. Because
Woolworth's was "known" for not carrying "Fad" items.

I will withhold Dad's comments (negative)due to the fact that they involve
WWII collusion facts involving the company involved. Please email me direct
for flames, etc. and not involve the list.

Jon M.

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:20:59 -0500
From: "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@[removed];
To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Perry Mason

Hi all:
It is important to note that Erle Stanley Gardner did not like the radio
version of Perry Mason.  This is why he kept such a tight leash on creative
control for the television series.  I've heard a few Perry Mason radio
programs and I hate to say it, but its one of the few times when the
television version surpasses radio.  Its impossible to imagine anyone other
than Raymond Burr playing my favorite courtroom lawyer.
RyanO

"No more NAC!"

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:21:08 -0500
From: "Brian Johnson" <CHYRONOP@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Tribe Home

I was going to stay off this since it's more than slightly off-topic, but
the info presented has been botched, not once, but twice.

The Cleveland Indians played in League Park from 1910 to 1946 but NOT
full-time.

After Municipal Stadium was built for a failed attempt to get the 1932
Summer Olympics, the Tribe played there full time from July 31, 1932
through the 1933 season. They then moved back to League Park except for
night games and weekends when crowds were large enough to justify the cost.

Few realize that Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak was both extended and
ended in Cleveland, but at two different stadiums. Game #56 was at League
Park and #57 was at the Stadium.

When the Indians got good in the late 40's they moved to to Municipal
Stadium and it's 80,000 seats until Jacobs Field opened in April of 1994.

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:21:30 -0500
From: Kenneth Clarke <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Perry Mason on OTR

          The OTR version of Perry Mason was more of a detective
program than anything.  It was a 15 minute program, 12 minutes
of which were dedicated to the case itself.  Since it was a serial,
it took several installments to discover how just one case was
resolved.  Most of the program was dedicated to the investigative
part of the plot, but very little took place in the courtroom.  The OTR
Perry Mason could have easily been a private investigator rather
than a lawyer.

          The TV version, which most of us remember, took place
outside, as well as inside, the courtroom.  It was an hour long program
which showcased the talents of Raymond Burr,  Barbara Hale, and
Dennis Hopper in the main roles.  The television version ran from
1957 - 1966.

          Some trivia about Raymond Burr, who played Mason on television:
He was also an OTR actor, having appeared on such shows as FORT
LARAMIE, DRAGNET (as chief of detectives), FAVORITE STORY, THE
LINE UP, PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE (1949), and THE SILENT MEN.

          Burr was an avid gardener whose passion was roses.  He raised
several different varieties at his home in California.  Some years ago,
there was an article in TV Guide on Barbara Hale (who played Della
Street, Mason's secretary, from 1957 - 1966, and in several TV movies).
She mentioned that Burr had cultivated a hybrid rose which he named
the "Della Street".  Before anyone asks, I'm not entirely certain whether
it is an official variety of rose or not.  I did some checking with some
friends
who are gardeners.  Some acknowledged the existence of this variety,
and others (who were younger) had yet to hear of it.

          If anyone knows where I can find copies of  THE LINE UP, please
contact  me off list with the details.

Kenneth Clarke
kclarke5@[removed]

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:21:47 -0500
From: BH <radioguy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Phil Spitalny

"rcg" <revrcg@[removed]; commenting on Phil Spitalny says:

Spitalny's featured (and highest paid) performer was Evelyn and her magic
violin. Mr Spitalny was known as a nice guy who was very protective of the
young women in his orchestra, promising their parents that he would keep
them on the straight and narrow. He was known to emulate Chicago Bears owner
George Halas in that he threw quarters around as if they were manhole
covers. Thus, it was no surprise when Phil proposed marriage to Evelyn. She
accepted and Phil saved a lot of money by keeping it all in the family.

The grandkids and I were watching an Abbott and Costello video
just the other night that featured the all girl Spitalny
orcherstra with Evelyn and her magic violin. For anyone interested
in seeing this very fine orcherstra the A&C movie is "Here Come
the Coeds".

Bill H.  --  "I don't need The Shadow to cloud my mind, I can do
that all by myself".

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:21:57 -0500
From: Ehutchison@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Struts and Frets
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Harry Bartell's latest installment was, as usual, priceless.  He writes with
great wit and feeling.  I'll bet a a lot of us would be glad to come across
other published writings of his.  Are there any?

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:23:04 -0500
From: William L Murtough <k2mfi@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Cleveland stadium

Al Logan took exception to my posting including comments regarding the
Cleveland stadium. I still stand by my comments. During the summer of
1937, during a layoff at WHN in New York, I returned to my homestead in a
Cleveland suburtb, where my old job of operating a sound system in an
amusement park was waiting. That summer was when the Great Lakes
Exposition was loacted on a large tract of waterfront land on Lake Erie
directly East of the Cleveland stadium. Their chief radio engineer was
Bob Babcock, who also was chief engineer of local radio station WJAY. He
asked me to help him out engineering name dance band remotes for Mutual
during my free time. I agreed. The only person I knew of in the stadium
was the telephone operator for the Exposition, as that was where the
telco switchboard was located. The stadium was comonly known as a "white
elephant" during my time in the Cleveland area.

I was born and raised in the "story book" town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 18
miles east of Cleveland. In the fall of 1936, I had just packed away the
sound equipment from my amusement park. My sister from New Jersey had
been visiting so I offered to help her drive back to her home. While
there I went into New York to have lunch with a friend who was an
announcer at WHN. During the visit he introduced me to their chief
engineer. About a week later, on a Saturday morning, I had a phone call
from this chap asking if I could come in and see him immediately. By two
that afternoon I was a staff engineer at WHN. The beginning of a very
long career in that field.

Bill Murtough

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Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:23:10 -0500
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Imagination Theatre

For those of you in the Seattle-Tacoma area who
e-mailed me off line I have some information regarding
the fate of the show in that area. Starting Saturday
January 11, Imagination Theatre wiil premiere over
KIXI 880 AM at Nine [removed] The show will air both
Saturday and Sunday nights. The Twilight Zone formerly
heard at Nine [removed] well be on one hour earlier. When
Radio Was has moved to KNWX 1210 AM. Thanks to those
OTR fans who have said they like our show. By the way
I've read Hal Stone's book and I can reccommend it
highly. It's a fun read and informative.
                Larry Albert

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:02:43 -0500
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jim French

Eric Hardy wrote:

Hi all,
The mention of Imagination Theatre prompted me to send
an "Atta-boy" to Jim French if he is reading this list.
Harry Nile is the only "New OTR"I've heard that didn't
sound fake to me. It also sounds original. Not a
copy of OTR, but a tribute. Keep up the good work,
Eric Hardy

Hi!  With coaching from Larry Albert, this is Jim
French visiting this OTR posting with my gratitude to
all who know about and/or listen to "Imagination
Theatre". We're celebrating around here because we are
moving to a bigger station with a program format much
more agreeable to radio drama here in Seattle, KIXI-AM
880. Thanks to all of you for your good wishes. We'll
be working hard to keep up the quality of our shows
and offer lots of new ones in 2003. - Jim French.

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:02:48 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Article on Jewish Comedians
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A routine sweep of the Internet for Jack Benny references turned up this UPI
article on a book on Jewish comedians that mentions Jack Benny and other
radio personalities.

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:03:35 -0500
From: Ronald Staley <mrvintageradio@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  perry mason

It should interest folks to know that the Old time radio series Perry
Mason is at the University of Texas at Austin, transcriptions and scripts
of same.

Once again, it seems that these shows are available on mp3, not a better
format, which means that some day the mp3 may be the only thing in
existence and ... well ... I have gone through it before.

The various mason shows existed on 16-inch vinyl discs in the early 1970's
and god knows where they have gone since a group of folks got together and
bought a bunch of stuff from some lady in vifginia, in which there were
over 200 episodes of the show. no commercials, no themes, just bodies.

ron staley

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:03:56 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Perry Mason [removed]

I have one episode of Perry Mason from radio, # 1274.  If anyone wants a
cassette copy of it, drop me a note off the list.  It is from an ET salvaged
from the discards of WNAX, Yankton, SD.

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

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 00:04:01 -0500
From: WILEYOTTER@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Books on OTR
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     Can folks here provide a list of available books dealing with programs,
actors [removed] the days of OTR ?

Don Jones

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:05:25 -0500
From: "timl2002" <timl2002@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  RE:Cleveland Indians

The story behind the Cleveland ballparks according to Indians' Media Guide
was that Municipal Stadium was built in 1931-32 in hopes that the Olympics
would come to [removed] course they never did but the Indians played
there the whole 1932 season then returned to League Park after that playing
Sundays and holidays at the Stadium when they might expect larger crowds.
Beginning in the 1947 season they played all their games at the Stadium
until [removed] 1994 to the present they have played in Jacobs Field.

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:05:45 -0500
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  KNX Drama Hour Schedule

KNX radio has changed their OTR program schedule for the new year. If
you're not a Los Angeles-area listener, you can listen to the OTR
broadcasts ONLINE the next day. See the NOTE [removed]

"The Best of Old-Time Radio
Exclusively on KNX 1070"

9:00 PM Daily (Pacific Standard Time)
Repeated at 2:00AM (Pacific Standard Time)

(*Note: The Drama Hour on Wednesday nights only will move to 10 PM starting
Jan. 8, 2003)

NOTE: The programs listed below will be made available online the following
day. To listen to replays of the KNX Drama Hour online, you will need a
Real or Windows Media Player.
You can download them for free at <[removed];Real Player or
<[removed];Windows Media Player

Monday 9:00 PM Mr. and Mrs. North (Jan. -June)
     Sam Spade (July -Dec.)
   9:30 PM The Lone Ranger

Tuesday 9:00 PM The Frontier Gentleman (Jan. -June)
     Have Gun, Will Travel (July -Dec.)
   9:30 PM Night Beat

Wednesday * 9:00 PM The Third Man (Jan. -June)
     Crime Classics (July -Dec.)
   9:30 PM Tales of the Texas Rangers

Thursday 9:00 PM Dragnet
   9:30 PM Box 13

Friday 9:00 PM Gunsmoke
   9:30 PM The Shadow

Saturday 9:00 PM The Jack Benny Program
   9:30 PM The Great Gildersleeve

Sunday 9:00 PM Lux Radio Theater

Herb Harrison

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:05:52 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Today in radio history

 From Those Were The Days --

1926 - A famous marriage that endured for many years is remembered this
day. It's the wedding anniversary of George Burns and Gracie Allen who
were married by a Justice of the Peace in Cleveland, Ohio.

1940 - The gate to Gene Autryís Melody Ranch opened. The ësinging
cowboy' would entertain on CBS radio for the next 16 years.

1941 - The NBC Blue network presented the first installment of The
Squeaky Door. You might not remember the show by its original title, but
how about when it became known as Inner Sanctum?

1950 - Ernest Tubb made his first appearance at The Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville, TN. Ernest also did a 15-minute radio program each day that
became very popular in West Texas. So popular, in fact, that he bought
the radio station that had aired the program for years and years: KGKL
in San Angelo, Texas.

   Joe

--
Visit my home page: [removed]~[removed]

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:06:00 -0500
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Monitor

If anyone is interested in a web site devoted to Monitor, take a look.

[removed]

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:08:42 -0500
From: sojax@[removed] (Roger S. Smith)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  the movie Duffy's Tavern

   In answer to Lee Munsick's wanting to find a copy of the movie
Duffy's Tavern.  Go to [removed] and
you can find it and many more movies related to OTR .  I just ordered it
myself this week. Roger

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Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:08:48 -0500
From: sojax@[removed] (Roger S. Smith)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Perry Mason on Radio

  In answer to Irene Heinstein"s post on issue 7 wanting to hear the
rest of the story.  Have you tried Paul Harvey?   He he I just could not
resist this.  Roger

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