Subject: [removed] Digest V01 #130
From: <[removed]@[removed]>
Date: 4/27/2001 9:07 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                      The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                         Volume 01 : Issue 130
                   A Part of the [removed]!
                           ISSN: 1533-9289


                           Today's Topics:

 Canned Laughter In OTR               ["Joseph Scott" <jnscott@[removed]]
 Re: Lanny Ross                       [Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed]]
 Old Time Radio re-creation in Southe [Neal Rogers <nealrogers@[removed]]
 Re: HELP, I CANT' GET IT OUT OF MY M [Graham Newton <gn@audio-restoration]
 is Suspense overrated?               ["Bruce Wilson" <[removed]@[removed];]
 One colonial to another              ["Ed Kindred" <kindred@[removed];  ]
 OTR shows on radio                   [Bill Miles <bmiles@[removed].]
 Canned Laughter                      [Kubelski@[removed]                   ]
 lanny ross                           [leonardfass@[removed] (Leonard Fass]
 Re: HELP I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY MI [mark koldys <mkoldys@[removed];      ]
 LaGuardia and movie adaptations      ["Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];    ]
 the $64 question                     [leonardfass@[removed] (Leonard Fass]
 Ray Erlenborn?  The real Ray Erlenbo [Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed]]
 Repeating Themes                     ["Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@]
 Re: The $64 Question                 ["David L. Easter" <david-easter@hom]
 canned laughter                      ["Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed]]
 THE USE OF AUDIENCE REACTION AUGMENT [sfx-meow@[removed] (Ray Erlenborn) ]
 OOPS!                                ["David Phaneuf" <dphaneuf@[removed]]
 CROSSOVER SHOWS                      ["David Phaneuf" <dphaneuf@[removed]]
 Some of Sam                          [Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed]]
 COCKTAIL Hour                        [Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed]]
 Ray Erlenborn                        [Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];       ]
 Johnny Dollar theme                  [Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];       ]
 Johnny Dollar theme                  [Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];       ]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:16:08 -0400
From: "Joseph Scott" <jnscott@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Canned Laughter In OTR

Hi all,

In my opinion, it is obvious that laughter was artificially edited into some
AFRS "Jubilee" shows. In some cases music and talk for "Jubilee" was
recorded in studios without audiences (Basie _alternate_ takes from these
studio "Jubilee" prerecording sessions have even been issued on CD) and in
some cases it really was "live." When Ernie Whitman makes a moderately
amusing remark on "Jubilee," you're pretty likely to hear complete silence,
and you're pretty likely to hear a big, exaggerated laugh -- sometimes both
within the same Whitman monologue. (And in some cases the laughter sounds
obviously genuine throughout a monologue.) Editing was heavily used on these
shows, [removed] if Benny Carter was in [removed], they'd record a bunch of
performances by Carter's band and some speech by Carter, and then they'd
edit both of these into new "Jubilee" shows however they saw fit over the
ensuing weeks or months, whether or not Carter was still in [removed], with
"live"-sounding chat by Whitman or others recorded after the fact and edited
in as appropriate. And usually it all sounded quite "live," they knew what
they were doing. There was a lot of editing talent in [removed]; they'd been
using editing and overdubbing on movie scores such as "Wizard Of Oz" very
creatively for years. All this of course before tape became popular.

Joseph Scott

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:56:30 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Lanny Ross

Mike Sheets wonders,

Please excuse my ignorance.  In Elizabeth's recent posting of  the "Star
of Star"s" from 1934-35, I recognized all of the names except for  Lanny
Ross.  Help!!

Lanny Ross may be one of the most overlooked Major Stars of the entire
OTR era. His starring career was pretty much over by the turn of the
forties, but during the Depression, he was hugely popular. After
graduating from Yale in 1928, he began singing on New York radio, and
drifted thru several minor programs before being cast as the juvenile
lead on the Maxwell House Show Boat program beginning in 1932. He
performed tenor solos and romantic duets with Muriel Wilson, and received
a remarkable buildup in the fan press, which promoted him as an
All-American Heartthrob type.  During the 1934-35 season Ross appeared in
three seperate shows for General Foods -- the Show Boat program, a
daytime "matinee" version of the Show Boat which ran briefly during 1934,
and his own "Log Cabin Inn" program for Log Cabin Syrup.

The Ross craze faded away fairly quickly, however. He filled the
master-of-ceremonies role during part of the final season of the Show
Boat, and then went on to do a show called "Hollywood Mardi Gras" for
Packard in 1937. But by this time the radio-tenor-heartthrob spotlight
was focused on Nelson Eddy, and Ross gradually slipped out of the top
ranks of stars.  Probably his biggest role after 1937 was providing the
singing voice for Gulliver in the 1939 Max Fleischer cartoon feature
"Gulliver's Travels."

Ross's career was interrupted by military service during the war, during
which he attained the rank of major in the Army. Upon his return, his
style was out-of-date and he never approached his former popularity,
although he continued to perform on radio, on television, in concerts,
and to record well into the 1960s. He died in 1988. In his memory, Yale
awards an annual "Lancelot P. Ross Scholarship."

Elizabeth

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:56:31 -0400
From: Neal Rogers <nealrogers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Old Time Radio re-creation in Southern
 California

Hello all:

I know this may be a blatant plug, but bear with me. I am part of a start-up
radio theater company in Thousand Oaks, CA called Shadowbox Radio Network.
We are presenting our first live radio re-creation on Monday, April 30th at
7 [removed] at the Gold Coast Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. We are
re-creating 5 episodes of "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" (one of my personal
favorites) from 1956. The event will also feature a silent auction and a fun
swing dance demonstration by Let's Dance/LA. The goal of the event is to
raise money for the company's educational programs. The goal is to go into
schools in Ventura County, work with the kids and present a live show to the
community each month.

I hope all of you in Southern California will come and support the efforts
of this fledgling company. By the way, Bobb Lynes will be our announcer for
the evening. When we asked him to do it, he was thrilled, saying he always
admired the work of Roy Rowan and always wanted a chance to honor his work.

I think it will be a fun evening. our hope is that we can eventually work
with the many former radio actors that live in the area and connect with
SPERDVAC to present re-creations for their membership.

Thanks for letting me take up some space on the Digest. I love reading each
day's issue and always find something new. The Digest is such a wealth of
important information.

Wish us luck with our first (and definitely not last) foray into the world
of great radio.

Neal Rogers

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:15:44 -0400
From: Graham Newton <gn@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: HELP, I CANT' GET IT OUT OF MY MIND!!!!!

"David Phaneuf" <dphaneuf@[removed]; said to the OTR [removed]
On the subject:  HELP, I CANT' GET IT OUT OF MY MIND!!!!!

I made the mistake of buying a whole set of "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", at
the Cincinnati OTR Convention.  And now that doggone theme song is stuck in
my head.  But the thing that is really driving me nuts is where else have I
heard it?
Probably a variety of [removed] it did see a lot of use, not only in [removed]
It was used in a number of shows, both on TV and radio, notably some of the
episodes of the Dick Tracy TV series starring Ralph Byrd from the '50's,
also Space Patrol, The Adventures of Superman, Captain Midnight
(Jet Jackson in syndication) Ramar of the Jungle and a pot full of others.

As another example, library music from Chappell was heavily used on many
OTR shows including X Minus One, The Black Museum and many others.

So can anyone tell me:   What's the title of the theme song?  Who wrote it?
The music originated in a library intended for TV called MUTEL (MUsic
for TELevision, a significant part of which was later licensed to
Capitol Records for issue as the "Q" or "Quality" series of mood music
released to producers on 12" 78 rpm vinyl discs.

Although there was no actual title assigned to the work, nor was there a
composer credit given, it was probably written by Hershel Burke-Gilbert
or Joseph Mullendore.
The title applied to the piece is "Theme No. 1" and it is in two parts:-

"Theme No. 1 - Opening (Dramatic - Full) in key of C  0:51
(This is found on side Q-1 in the Capitol "Q" library)

"Theme No. 1 - Long Version (Dramatic - Full) in key of C  1:07
(This is found on side Q-12 in the Capitol "Q" library)


And THAT's the whole story, which is probably more than you ever wanted
to know about it!


Yer welcome!


... Graham Newton

--
Audio Restoration by Graham Newton, [removed]
World class professional services applied to phonograph and tape
recordings for consumers and re-releases, featuring CEDAR processes.

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:15:47 -0400
From: "Bruce Wilson" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  is Suspense overrated?

I think that some episodes of Suspense are just grand, while
others a very weak indeed. On our Suspense website
[removed] we encourage visitors
to rate each episode and add comments regarding the plot and the
particular files. That way others get a better idea of which
episodes are really good, and which are a waste of download
bandwidth.

The site is free, and all episodes we have are available for
download or live playing.

Bruce Wilson
[removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:18:01 -0400
From: "Ed Kindred" <kindred@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  One colonial to another

In response to Sancho Panza's sidekick down under I thought I ought to
clear things up.
I don't believe that root beer and ginger beer are the same at least the
ginja beah I have tasted was heavy on the ginja with a bit of a bite.
Rootin tootin beer is a sweetened carbonated beverage with extract of roots
such as sarsaprilla and herbs. That explains what the tenderfoot is askin
for when he walks through the swingin doors. Origin is around 1843,
sometime after Botany Bay I reckon.
Pearl divin is sumthin else. The Arizona beaches are located on the
California coast so my pearl diving was in chlorinated water. I dove for
knives, spoons, forks, root beer mugs, etc.
What I was doing was washing dishes.
Well podnuh, I hope that explains it. Any questions about the swingin doors
reference? Betcha
gottem in the Outback, well at least in the Foster's commercials.
I agree that this digest is a blast and it erases many of the concepts
about generation gaps. We may range from 11 to 89 in years and despite the
differences in historical experience we find much common ground in OTR. We
have been blessed by those who made a living in this field and greatly by
those hobbiest and business dudes and dudettes who have made such an
encredible variety of programming available.
Be of good cheer,
the ol Desert Rat

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:18:00 -0400
From: Bill Miles <bmiles@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR shows on radio

Hi fellow OTRers! :-)

I've got a question regarding playing entire OTR shows on radio. A
friend and I have a chance to promote OTR on a local AM station, but the
station and the announcer in the regular spot, along with the two of us
are not sure we can do it legally without copyright permission. Anybody
out there have an answer?  I remember John Dunning runing 2-3 hours of
shows on a Sunday afternoon for many years on a Denver station. Thanks
for any info you can provide!

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:17:58 -0400
From: Kubelski@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Canned Laughter

Milt Josephsberg (sp) reported on the use of canned laughter used on The Jack
Benny Show - not exactly somebody you'd think would need it -- in his book
"The Jack Benny Program" (I think that was the title).

He wrote that Benny was reticient to juice his laughs artificially and would
only let the engineers add a little if the sound didn't come through.  But if
Benny juiced his laughs, what are the odds that any other comedian didn't?

There are many comdey shows in circulation where the laughter sounded fake --
[removed] each joke is greeted by rolling tones that are identical -- so even in
live radio there must have been some mechanism for adding a laugh track.

Sean Dougherty
Kubelski@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:49:58 -0400
From: leonardfass@[removed] (Leonard Fass)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  lanny ross

a radio tenor in the manner of kenny baker and dennis [removed] theme
song: moonlight and [removed] in at least one series of his own
sponsored by campbell [removed](in the back of my mind i associate him
with fifteen minute programs and daytime, though i believe he also may
been a regular on the maxwell house showboat. all of this is subject to
correction.)

l

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:50:01 -0400
From: mark koldys <mkoldys@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: HELP I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY MIND!

on 4/27/01 2:10 PM, [removed]@[removed] at
[removed]@[removed] wrote:

I made the mistake of buying a whole set of "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", at
the Cincinnati OTR Convention.  And now that doggone theme song is stuck in
my head.  But the thing that is really driving me nuts is where else have I
heard it?

This theme is similar to the theme for SEA [removed] it is not the same
theme. Only the first few notes are similar. The "Johnny Dollar" theme came
from a production music library. It was also used on some syndicated tv show
in the 50s as a closing theme. You can get more details on the theme and the
probably composer here:

[removed]

Lots of details on classic themes for radio and tv shows, who composed them,
etc.

mk
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
      "Justice, like virtue, is its own reward." -- Charlie Chan

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:50:06 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  LaGuardia and movie adaptations

LaGuardia read the comics as well as some news stories, over WNYC on July 9,
1945, during a strike by newspaper delivery people. Those were the [removed]
if he did the same thing now, both the mayor and the station would get
nailed for copyright infringement!

Some thoughts about movie and tv adaptations departing from the OTR
[removed] Recorded media differs from live theatre in that we are able to
compare the remakes side by side with what we accept as the "right" way to
do it. This can create a double-bind for anyone who sincerely wants to do a
good job remaking a classic show. I think what counts most is that the show
is well produced and entertaining, regardless of how closely it adheres to a
specific model.

After all, many long-lived characters evolved as they were protrayed by
different radio actors or drawn by different comic artists, before they were
ever transferred to film. The comic strip version of Batman is a great
example. He varies from goody-two-shows to vigilante, depending on which
comic you read, and within the movies he varies from actor to actor.

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:50:08 -0400
From: leonardfass@[removed] (Leonard Fass)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  the $64 question

that was the most you could win on take it or leave it and it seemed
like big money. if you went for it, a voice in the audience would ring
out "you'll be sorry."

hosts, at first bob hawk and later phil baker.

sponsor: eversharp.

for awhile fred allen for texaco followed the program, and there was a
sequence where he was getting more and more irritated at take or leave
it running over into his time. so finally came the evening where fred
and his cast came into the studio early to get back the time take or
leave it owed him.

[removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:53:27 -0400
From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Ray Erlenborn?  The real Ray Erlenborn?

Did I really see a post from one of radio's greatest sound effects artists
ever in the last Digest?  Has he been a lurker or is he a new subscriber,
or an imposter, heaven forbid!

If it is the REAL Ray Erlenborn, we are in for a treat.  Ray is OTR
personified.   I am looking forward to reading his posts.

Dennis Crow


[ADMINISTRIVIA: To make sure, I asked him what role he portrayed in Dr.
[removed] he just growled at me.   --cfs3]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:50:54 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Repeating Themes

Dave Phaneuf, speaking of the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar repeating
themes, notes,

[A]fter listening to the opening and closing theme played for five
consecutive episodes, it's driving [my teenage daughter] nuts, [removed]
but for different reasons.  Can't understand why, when
they listen to NSYNC and BRITNEY SPEARS and other pop groups, over and
over and over again, why they can't take a harmless OTR themesong over
and over and over again!

Geez!  If you _really_ want to "reach" her, play a half-dozen episodes of
Dragnet.  Dum-de-dum-dum!

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:51:23 -0400
From: "David L. Easter" <david-easter@[removed];
To: "Old-Time Radio Digest (E-mail)" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: The $64 Question

Dave Phaneuf asks: Okay, I can't [removed] can anybody tell me how to get
back to 1940?

Make a U-turn in the early 60's.

David L. Easter Web Page: [removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:15:59 -0400
From: "Art Shifrin" <goldens2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  canned laughter

Ampex's first audio product was the model 200 tape machine, introduced in
1948.  You could not have been playing any kind of recording on Ampex gear
prior to that.

Best,
Shiffy
website: [removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:16:01 -0400
From: sfx-meow@[removed] (Ray Erlenborn)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  THE USE OF AUDIENCE REACTION AUGMENTATION AND
 HOW IT ALL STARTED

Subject: Early audience augmentation.
[removed] is right about Charlie Douglas, but he built his audience
reaction machine during CBS radio's "My Favorite Husband" radio series
which is when he got tied in with with Lucille Ball and company, He
resigned from KNX along with a KNX Asst. Director, Sterling Tracy, and
took his talents to RKO Studios to begin his staff and machines' rise to
"Chuckle Boosting Kings" of radio and TV. Douglas had a corner on the
market until I introduced the networks to the wonders of the Mac Kenzie
machine.
CBS was quickly followed by NBC, ABC, etc. in buying these five channel
cartridge playbacks for sound effects and audience reactions.
It occurs to me that you might like to hear about an earlier comic who
"juiced up" the audience reactions for his programs by hiring stooges to
sit in the audience along with his mother, whose hilarious cackles could
always be recognized and whose trademark laughter even showed up on some
of my recorded laugh track cartridges. "Uncle Milty" asked me to have
her laughter appear on my sweetening of some of his CBS/ TV City guest
appearances.
Lets go back to the late thirties in radio.
Maybe Bill Murtough will remember his name, but one industrious audio
engineer constructed a foot pedal volume control that automatically
lowered the program level and raised the level of the audience
microphones at the same time. This ingenious device allowed the
reactions to be raised to a plus three level without feedback or "round
robin" kickback. It practically brought the sound of the audience right
into your living room!
Stay tuned!!! more coming. Erlenborn.

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:56:45 -0400
From: "David Phaneuf" <dphaneuf@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OOPS!

IN THE LAST ISSUE I BLUNDERINGLY WROTE:
I made the mistake of buying a whole set of "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar",
at the Cincinnati OTR Convention.  And now that doggone theme song is
stuck in my head.


ACTUALLY, the mistake was not in the buying!  YTJD is a great show and Bob
Bailey is terrific.  I enjoy the show immensely,  it's just that I keep
humming that blasted theme music!!!!!

Dave P.

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:56:43 -0400
From: "David Phaneuf" <dphaneuf@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  CROSSOVER SHOWS

It seems to me that I heard "Hitchhiker" was performed both on Suspense and
on Escape?

Is this right?

If so, what other "crossover" shows were there?  Did they crossover to other
networks as well?  That seems a little strange to me, as I assumed that a
particular episode would have been "owned" by the program that produced it.

Can someone fill me in on all these details?

Dave Phaneuf

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:57:41 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Some of Sam

[removed]@[removed] wherein George Wagner
asks a Sam Edwards Question:

late 1950s.
So it occurs to me that I really know few if any
biographical details about one of my favorite radio
(and early TV) actors.

Can anybody give me some details here?
Thanks!

For some info on the Sam with whom I've worked go to
this link.


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

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:00:03 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  COCKTAIL Hour

Bill Murtough commented:

...Many thanks to Steve Kallis for catching my error on my 4/46 posting
about Telco lines. I said that the upper frequency limit was 8000 KC. It
should have been 8000 cycles. My only excuse is that it was nearing the
cocktail hour here at the Murtough mansion on the banks of the St. Lucie
River and I was not functioning at my best.

Hey Bill,

Your reference to the Cocktail Hour prompts me to ask.  Given
you were privy to the goings on around Columbia Square during
the same era I also graced CBS halls and studios, my visits
to Brittingham's restaurant situated in the building's east
ground floor of course was only to grab a bite of dinner between
the broadcasts to the East coast and then the later West coast
time
slot rebroadcasts.  It didn't include a visit to the cocktail
lounge
for an aforementioned Cocktail hour.

Do you have a recollections of stories relating to perhaps
some individuals of the industry perhaps having "one too many"
between shows?  Did rumors, I say rumors, of Fletcher Wiley
bolstering himself prior to his Ladies Protective League shows
have any merit?  Indeed I've myself seen Fletcher coming OUT of
the lounge.  But of course anybody going IN to the lounge must
come OUT as well.  But maybe it was AFTER a daily show and who
cares how long one's sipping then?  Any tippling tales?
*Grin*

CAB

[removed]  Where are your particular banks of the St. Lucie located
anyway?
--
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
   From the Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
     Encino, California.

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:00:06 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Ray Erlenborn

Nice to see Ray Erlenborn on the digest. Another person who can add some
nice comments about radio on the inside.

I had to laugh at Ray's description of sweetening audience reaction with
all those tone arms. It brought up the image of Mr. Foley on "Remember
WENN" using the machine he "invented" that had different pull arms to
produce different types of laughs, etc.


Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:00:08 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Johnny Dollar theme

Since this gets asked repeatedly, here is the answer from one of the
resident experts - Graham Newton - from a 1998 digest:

 >>>>
The music originated in a library intended for TV called MUTEL (MUsic
for TELevision, a significant part of which was later licensed to
Capitol Records for issue as the "Q" or "Quality" series of mood music
released to producers on 12" 78 rpm vinyl discs. (most of which I have
in my collection)
Although there was no actual title assigned to the work, nor was there a
composer credit given, it was probably written by Hershel Burke-Gilbert
or Joseph Mullendore.
The title applied to the piece is "Theme No. 1" and it is in two parts:-
"Theme No. 1 - Opening (Dramatic - Full) in key of C 0:51
(This is found on side Q-1 in the Capitol "Q" library)
"Theme No. 1 - Long Version (Dramatic - Full) in key of C 1:07
(This is found on side Q-12 in the Capitol "Q" library)
Yes, you have heard this music before, and NOT just on "Johnny Dollar".
It was used in a number of shows, both on TV and radio, notably the Dick
Tracy TV series starring Ralph Byrd from the '50's.
And THAT's the whole story, which is probably more than you ever wanted
to know about it!

<<<

Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:00:10 -0400
From: Jim Widner <jwidner@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Johnny Dollar theme

Since this gets asked repeatedly, here is the answer from one of the
resident experts - Graham Newton - from a 1998 digest:

 >>>>
The music originated in a library intended for TV called MUTEL (MUsic
for TELevision, a significant part of which was later licensed to
Capitol Records for issue as the "Q" or "Quality" series of mood music
released to producers on 12" 78 rpm vinyl discs. (most of which I have
in my collection)
Although there was no actual title assigned to the work, nor was there a
composer credit given, it was probably written by Hershel Burke-Gilbert
or Joseph Mullendore.
The title applied to the piece is "Theme No. 1" and it is in two parts:-
"Theme No. 1 - Opening (Dramatic - Full) in key of C 0:51
(This is found on side Q-1 in the Capitol "Q" library)
"Theme No. 1 - Long Version (Dramatic - Full) in key of C 1:07
(This is found on side Q-12 in the Capitol "Q" library)
Yes, you have heard this music before, and NOT just on "Johnny Dollar".
It was used in a number of shows, both on TV and radio, notably the Dick
Tracy TV series starring Ralph Byrd from the '50's.
And THAT's the whole story, which is probably more than you ever wanted
to know about it!

<<<

Jim Widner
jwidner@[removed]

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