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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 87
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Pep and Cardboard [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
That Strong Guy [ "Austotr" <austotr@[removed]; ]
Re: 10-2-4 [ Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed]; ]
3-26 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
normal speaking voices [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
Re: That Strong Guy [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
Classical Singing Commercials [ "Doug Douglass" <dougdouglass@webtv ]
re:anyone recognize this? [ "Michael Guccione" <jetbonami@hotma ]
Hoople, ND [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Not [removed] [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Fat Man in Australia [ Radioclass <radioclass@[removed] ]
Re: Ralston [ RadioHour@[removed] ]
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:54:35 -0500
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Pep and Cardboard
A. Joseph Ross, [removed], commenting on my perception of the taste of
Kellogg's Pep ([removed], that it tasted like a cross between cardboard and
Wheaties) as I found a rare single-serving Pep box, noted,
If this was one of the last boxes, maybe it was several years old by
the time you tasted it. That could make it taste like cardboard.
Well, I recalled it tasted *exactly* as I remembered Pep tasting as I was
a lad. The point being that while Pep's taste didn't change, my taste
buds had become more sophisticated.
Dr. Ross also noted, anent Ovaltine,
My main complaint was that it never seemed to dissolve in the milk.
Why couldn't Captain Midnight have been sponsored by Bosco or Nestle's
Quick?
Well, that was the television version. I recall seeing a recording of
the TV show where, Tut, "the science wizard," was demonstrating a special
way to mix Ovaltine so that it would dissolve completely. But then,
Ovaltine was vitamin enriched, as Nestles Quick wasn't. With every
premium I ever received from the radio show, there was always a "Please
Give This To Your Mother" note, which extolled the nutritional virtues of
Ovaltine.
As a side observation, Olan Soule was the only cast member who had a role
in both the radio version and the television program. In the TV show, he
played Tut. On the radio show, he was Kelly, Agent SS-11.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:54:56 -0500
From: "Austotr" <austotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: That Strong Guy
G'Day, in issue #86 John Southard asked about 2 Australian Detective shows.
That Strong Guy was an Artransa Production, 52 episodes commencing 1954 and
Starred Ray Barrett, Lloyd Berrell and John Meillon.
The Australian Version of The Fatman was also Artransa, 52 episodes
commencing 1954 but starred Kevin Brennan as the Fat Man.
I hope this helps, if you need more, just ask!
Ian Grieve
Moderator
Australian Old Time Radio Group
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:55:30 -0500
From: Kermyt Anderson <kermyta@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: 10-2-4
John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; wrote:
I also was reflecting on how much better I used to like Dr. Pepper. I
think the taste changed after Coke (I believe) introduced Mr. Pibb to
compete with it, and many seemed to prefer Mr. Pibb's sweeter, less
complex cherry flavor.
I've heard that a major change in flavor occurred in the mid 1980s,
when many (most? almost all, apparently) sodas switched from cane sugar
to high fructose corn syrup, which is a lot cheaper but lacks the depth
of flavor. I notice the "original formula" version that John linked to
is made with cane sugar, which might account for its (alleged) depth.
Kermyt
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:56:19 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-26 births/deaths
March 26th births
03-26-1894 - Will Wright - San Francisco, CA - d. 6-19-1962
actor: Ed Kremer "Fibber McGee and Molly"; George Honeywell "My
Little Margie"
03-26-1907 - Clarence Stroud - Kaufman, TX - d. 8-15-1973
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Chaarlie McCarthy Show"
03-26-1907 - Claude Stroud - Kaufman, TX - d. 10-16-1985
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Chaarlie McCarthy Show"
03-26-1907 - Leigh Harline - Salt Lake City, UT - d. 12-10-1969
music: "Eddie Bracken Show"; "Ford Festival of American Music"
03-26-1907 - Phil Rapp - d. 1-23-1996
creator, writer, director: "The Bickersons"; "Baby Snooks"; "Old Gold
Time"
03-26-1908 - Hank Sylvern - Brooklyn, NY - d. 7-4-1964
orchestra leader: "Beyond Tomorrow"
03-26-1911 - Tennessee Williams - Columbus, TN - d. 2-25-1983
author: "Drama Critics Award"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-26-1912 - Al Sloey - d. 12-xx-1975
singer: (Riders of the Purple Sage) "Roy Rogers Show"; "Hollywood
Barn Dance"
03-26-1916 - Sterling Hayden - Montclair, NJ - d. 5-23-1986
actor: "We the People"
03-26-1916 - Vic Schoen - Brooklyn, NY - d. 1-5-2000
music: "The Andrews Sisters"
03-26-1918 - William Hardcastle - Newcastle, England - d. 11-10-1975
newscaster: "The World At One"
03-26-1923 - Bob Elliott - Boston, MA
comedian: "Bob and Ray Show"; "Back Bay Matinee"
03-26-1924 - Marcia Van Dyck - Grants Pass, OR
actor: Marcia Barry "It's the Barrys"
03-26-1931 - Leonard Nimoy - Boston, MA
actor: [removed] Theatre Works "War of the Worlds"
March 26th deaths
02-27-1899 - Ian Keith - Boston, MA - d. 3-26-1960
actor "The O'Neill Cycle"
03-04-1904 - Dorothy Page - Northampton, PA - d. 3-26-1961
vocalist: "Paducah Plantation"
04-03-1921 - Jan Sterling - NYC - d. 3-26-2004
actor: "Screen Director's Playhouse"; "[removed] Steel Hour"
05-31-1819 - Walt Whitman - Long Island, NY - d. 3-26-1892
writer: "Against the Storm"
06-06-1898 - Walter Abel - St. Paul, MN - d. 3-26-1987
actor: "Columbia Presents Shakespeare"; "Magic Key"; "Voice of the Army"
06-18-1898 - Francis 'Dink' Trout - Beardstown, IL - d. 3-26-1950
actor: Binney Waldo "Life of Riley"; Mr. Anderson "A Day in the Life
of Dennis Day"
07-23-1888 - Raymond Chandler - Chicago, IL - d. 3-26-1959
detective story author: "Phillip Marlow"
08-18-1896 - Alan Mowbray - London, England - d. 3-26-1969
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Forecast"; "Hollywood Hotel"; "Screen
Guild Theatre"
09-06-1889 - Louis Silvers - NYC - d. 3-26-1954
music director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-26-1897 - William B. Heyne - d. 3-26-1992
choral director: "Lutheran Hour"; "Lutheran Laymen's League"
10-13-1904 - Wilfred Pickles - Halifax, England - d. 3-26-1978
announcer, newsreader: "Have A Go"; "Children's Hour"; "Where Are You
Now?"
10-25-1902 - Eddie Lang - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-26-1933
jazz guitarest: "Music That Satisfies"
12-09-1912 - Bartlett Robinson - NYC - d. 3-26-1986
actor: Walter Manning "Portia Faces Life"; Perry Mason "Perry Mason"
12-13-1894 - Olin Landick - d. 3-26-1972
actor: Cassandra Drinkwater "Cousin Cassie"
12-16-1899 - Noel Coward - Teddington, Middlesex, England - d. 3-26-1973
actor, playwright: "Stagestruck"
Ron Sayles
bogusotr@[removed]
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:12:36 -0500
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: normal speaking voices
We were discussing accents and voices this evening, and I mentioned various
radio actors I'd listened to. It occurred to me that a good many radio
actors had radio voices that aren't exactly what I'd consider normal
speaking voices. They project, they modulate, they're devoid of regional
pronounciations, and they use the voice to portray their character.
The best example I can think of, though there are many, is Jack Benny. He
had a slight whine to his delivery that defined his stingy, defensive
persona as soon as you heard it. And his voice would rise and fall
amazingly as he spoke. Mr Benny, like other radio actors, could imitate a
loud yell or a confidential whisper at precisely equal audio levels.
We mortals don't speak like this in every-day life. Was Jack's voice always
"on stage?" Would he have sounded a lot different during a discussion with
close friends?
M Kinsler
512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 43130 740-687-6368
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:41:50 -0500
From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: That Strong Guy
"John Southard" <jsouthard@[removed]; inquired:
I purchased a cd of OTR Hardboiled Detectives in MP3 from an
internet dealer. <snip> It also contained a program called
"That Strong Guy". <snip> This show is not listed in any of the
usual references, Dunning, Swarta, or Cox. Does anyone know
anything about this show?
Just so happens I just came upon and listened to one of these: The
Temple of Horror. The title is misleading; it struck me as just
another pot-boiler, one of those shows that reminds us that OTR
writing was no better than TV writing (which, of course, is not the
point to many of us; the format itself was better). It seems to be
well-regarded, though, so perhaps I should listen to another of the
surviving shows. I read somewhere there were eight known, but I've
only found references to seven. The Old Time Radio Researchers Group
[removed] appears to believe there were 34
broadcast. If you learn more, that site welcomes additional input.
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:42:04 -0500
From: "Doug Douglass" <dougdouglass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Classical Singing Commercials
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For many years, The New York Times classical station WQXR prohibited singing
commercials. They convinced an ad agency to create an instrumental version of
the "43 Beans In Every Cup Of New Nescafe" jingle, the "Sonata for 43
Beans".
Doug Douglass
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:20:26 -0500
From: "Michael Guccione" <jetbonami@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: re:anyone recognize this?
I believe they refer to gambling odds, maybe dice/craps: 6 ways (to make 7)
with 2 dice, maybe the 'even' part is that you won't. Can one of you many
Crap players out there can confirm? I remember Ray Rayner's show in
Chi-town had Dick Tracy cartoons were he would sign off on his walkie talkie
with that line, Googled it and saw that Humphrey Bogart uttered the phrase
in Maltese Falcon.
sechs zwei und even O and O (syntax?)
Michael G
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:38:01 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Hoople, ND
In case any of you radio fans are wondering about Hoople, ND -- yes, there
is a Hoople. Population 310, located in the northeast corner of North
Dakota, a few miles north of Grafton.
Joe Salerno has video recorded the great PDQs latest, and Russ Butler
informs me that WOOF is no long in Hoople. It moved to Texas. I think he
wrote Texas. Anyway, I doubt that they are continuing to broadcast high
class baroque music.
Maybe grain futures, commodity markets, and the price of eggs -- or whatever
they grow in Texas.
Ted Kneebone. OTR website: [removed]
Democrats: [removed]
1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:38:12 -0500
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Not [removed]
Pardon my mistake. WOOF is now in Dothan, Alabama. Sports and adult
contemporary, whatever that is.
To the sorrow of the lovers of baroque music and PDQ Bach.
Ted Kneebone. OTR website: [removed]
Democrats: [removed]
1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / 605-226-3344
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:46:59 -0500
From: Radioclass <radioclass@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Fat Man in Australia
John Southard asked who played the Fat Man in the
Austrial version. Per Martin Grams on Frank
Passages's Old Time Radio Logs, "The Australian Fat
Man was played possibly by Lloyd Berrell. Although
not featuring J. Scott Smart, who really fit the
part, the series is quite good."
Also, The Old Time Radio Researchers Group has a small
log of shows for That Strong Guy. Here's the link for
them:
[removed]~otterpro/LOGS%20TEXT/That%20Strong%[removed]
Anne
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:54:52 -0500
From: RadioHour@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Ralston
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Hi folks. Ralston can be found here: _[removed]
([removed])
Greg
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