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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 137
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
William J. Bell [ <otrbuff@[removed]; ]
Re: Batman on Radio [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
streaming oldtime radio [ "[removed]" <asajb2000@ ]
"Superstition" [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
LOC [ "ellsworth o johnson" <eojohnsonww2 ]
Mason Adams NY Times Obit [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
The Shot Heard Round the World [ Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@y ]
5-3 births/deaths [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
Norman Corwin 95th [ "Barnett, Tom L" <[removed]@acs ]
Cincinnati con redux [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 12:21:11 -0400
From: <otrbuff@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: William J. Bell
One of the last two proteges in daytime drama directly influenced by the
maven of matinee, Irna Phillips, has died. William J. Bell, award-winning
co-creator of CBS's durable soaps "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold
and the Beautiful," passed Friday at 78 at UCLA Medical Center from
complications of Alzheimer's disease. Leslie Moonves, CBS chairman,
remarked: "Bill Bell is one of the true pioneers of daytime television. He
is without peer in his ability to create the most compelling, endearing
stories and characters and keep them fascinating for years on end. That is
his legacy, and the millions of viewers who have followed his shows are a
testament to that rare gift."
The native Chicagoan launched his professional career as an understudy to
Irna Phillips during the 1950s, penning "The Guiding Light" for both radio
and television incarnations. With Phillips he later co-wrote "As the World
Turns," co-created and co-wrote "Another World" with her and was head writer
for "Days of Our Lives" before launching his own two serials with his wife,
Lee Phillip.
Speaking of his days with Irna Phillips, Bell once remarked: "She was one
of the most talented, complex, fascinating persons I ever met. Brilliant.
A tough lady! Very tough! A lonely lady!"
With his passing, only Agnes Eckhardt Nixon remains as a Phillips disciple
with connections to the radio era. She began writing "The Guiding Light" in
1948 and also wrote "The Brighter Day" before moving to Phillips' other
serials, and eventually created her own: "One Life to Live," "All My
Children," "Loving" and "The City" (some of those she co-created and
co-wrote with others).
The legacy of Phillips' radio days continues to persist through Nixon and
others who have followed in the train. Numerous influences witnessed in
seven of the nine daytime soap operas currently aired revert directly to the
far-reaching influence of Irna Phillips some 31 years beyond her own death.
Jim Cox
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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 13:01:11 -0400
From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Batman on Radio
Jack French <otrpiano@[removed];
One line caught my eye in the middle of the obit: "His [Mason Adams]
distinctive, often fatherly, voice was first heard in the 1940s and
1950s radio serials, including 'Batman' and "Pepper Young's Family'."
Pretty amazing, considering Batman never made it to radio, except for
an infrequent, supporting role on "The Adventures of Superman."
But I have on this very computer an episode of _The Batman Mystery
Club_. Bruce Wayne, who divulges his Secret Identity to his trusted
club members, tells us that this is their 103rd meeting; I assume
that translates into at least that many episodes. The tag on this
particular show says it was broadcast on Septemeber 5, 1950, just a
little over a week short of my fifth birthday. Batman and Robin both
appear in action in the story.
Apparently the goal of this series is to demonstrate Batman's young
pals all over America that there are no such things as ghosts and
that our modern civilization must put superstition behind us, a point
we seem to have lost sight of here in the 21st century. (A couple of
years ago I recall Mr. Tollin had challenged me on my contention that
Americans and American media were becoming MORE superstitious than we
were in the days of OTR, as demonstrated by certain themes in old
radio dramas, but I got distracted and never submitted my rebuttal).
I'm pretty sure I downloaded this show from a link one of the kind
digesters provided. Perhaps that person can inform us further.
John Mayer
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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:03:50 -0400
From: "[removed]" <asajb2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: streaming oldtime radio
Much (but not enough) has been said about steaming
radio/oldtime radio. The BBC maintains aset of
webpages for its seven (7) radio outlets including
Radio 4 and Radio 7 and contains much streamable
shows, much of what we would consider oldtime
radio,without commercials or pop-up ads. Also, there
are several non-commercial,
altruistic sites such as this one:
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I have no interest (financially) nor proprietary
interest in these, just a quixck and easy way to
listen to oldtime radio. Basically,for the
uninitiated, as the guy says who maintains the site,
his collection is contained on one hard-drive in his
Mac computer with some software and some scripting,
and that's it. It makes me wonder if early radio was
as pioneering and ingenious and simple (before the
Federal Radio Commission) in the 1920'[removed] anyone
simply put a radio station on if they had the
financial resources and then the FRC was created out
of a need to regulate the heretofore unregulated airwaves.
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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:03:30 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: "Superstition"
Some other OTR fans have mentioned an OTR
program called "Superstition". Unfortunately, I've
never heard of this program and feel they might be
pulling my leg, as it were, regarding whether or
not it actually existed. If it did, what was it about
who hosted it, what were its broadcast dates and who
was the sponsor of the program. It sounds interesting,
but I can't seem to locate any information/background
on it in "The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio" by John
Dunning or in any other reference books. Was it on
radio very long? Are there any places where I could get
some copies of this program either on cassette or CDs?
Just asking,
Kenneth Clarke
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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:15:42 -0400
From: "ellsworth o johnson" <eojohnsonww2@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: LOC
Hi All--- I have been reading the thread on LOC-- I think maybe a lot of us
need to contact or congressman and see if they would get up a bill to put
all of this material-- over some certain age-- into
PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Lets have some comments of this idea.
Ellsworth Johnson
Spokane, Wa
email ---eojohnsonww2@[removed]
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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:08:11 -0400
From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Mason Adams NY Times Obit
I don't think anyone's posted the NY Times obit. They do get it right --
Superman, not Batman unlike the Washington Post as Jack French noted.
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Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 20:13:55 -0400
From: Ken Stockinger <bambino032004-otr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Shot Heard Round the World
Hi all,
I'm looking for a copy of Red Barber's call of
the famous( or infamous, if you're a Brooklyn Dodgers
fan ) 10/3/51 3rd playoff game between the Brooklyn
Dodgers and New York Giants, played in the Polo
Grounds in New York City. Red broadcast it live over
the Brooklyn Dodgers radio network, whose flagship
was, I believe, WMGM in New York.
This is the game in which Bobby Thomson hit the
"Shot Heard Round the World" off Ralph Branca in the
9th inning, sending the Giants into the World Series
to face the Yankees.
While Russ Hodges' call of that home run is the
best known of that game, Red's call of the entire game
does seem to exist. The way I understand it, Red gave
a tape of his game broadcast to legendary Mets
announcer, the late Lindsey Nelson. Lindsey is said to
have donated it to the Univ. of Tennessee. I have
contacted them, but have yet to receive a reply.
If anyone can assist, pls contact me off list.
Thanks as always!
Ken
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Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 07:29:51 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-3 births/deaths
May 3rd births
05-03-1880 - Horace Murphy - Finley, TN - d. 1-20-1975
actor: Buckskin Blodgett "Red Ryder"
05-03-1892 - Beulah Bondi - Chicago, IL - d. 1-11-1981
actress: "Free World Theatre"; "NBC University Theatre"
05-03-1898 - George H. Combs - Lee's Summit, MO - d. 11-29-1977
congressman, commentator: "Now You Decide"; "Spotlight, New York"
05-03-1898 - John Roy - d. 5-31-1985
actor: Roy Calvert "Amanda of Honeymoon Hill"
05-03-1902 - Jack Larue - NYC - d. 1-11-1984
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-03-1902 - Walter Slezak - Vienna, Austria - d. 4-21-1983
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"; "Best Plays"; "Studio One"; "Columbia Workshop"
05-03-1903 - Bing Crosby - Tacoma, WA - d. 10-14-1977
singer: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Philco Radio Time"
05-03-1905 - James Nusser - Cleveland, OH - d. 6-8-1979
actor: "Gunsmoke"
05-03-1906 - Mary Astor - Quincy, IL - d. 9-25-1987
actress: Mary Christmas "Merry Life of Mary Christmas"
05-03-1907 - Earl Wilson - Rockford, OH - d. 1-16-1987
columnist: "Earl Wilson's Broadway Column"
05-03-1910 - Curt Massey - Midland, TX - d. 10-21-1991
singer: "Show Boat"; "Curt Massey Show"
05-03-1910 - Norman Corwin - Boston, MA
writer, director: "Columbia Presents Corwin"; "Twenty-Six by Corwin"
05-03-1915 - Betty Comden - Brooklyn, NY
writer, actress: "Revuers"
05-03-1919 - Doris Rich - Canada - d. 5-18-1971
actress: Hannah O'Leary" Houseboat Hannah"; Miss Daisey "Portia Faces Life"
05-03-1919 - Pete Seeger - NYC
folk singer, songwriter: "Off the Page"
05-03-1920 - John Lewis - LaGrange, IL - d. 3-29-2001
co-founder of "Modern Jazz Quartet": :Modern Jazz Quartet"; "Listener's Digest"
05-03-1920 - Nina Bara - Buenos Aires, Argentina - d. 8-15-1990
actress: Tonga "Space Patrol"
05-03-1921 - Joe Ames - Malden, MA
singer,: (Ames Brothers) "Sing It Again"; "Robert Q. Lewis Show"
May 3rd deaths
02-02-1920 - Hughie Green - London, England - d. 5-3-1997
host: "Opportunity Knocks"
02-26-1914 - Robert Alda - NYC - d. 5-3-1986
singer: "Rudy Vallee Presents the Drene Show"
03-16-1894 - Elizabeth Lennox - Ionia, MI - d. 5-3-1992
singer: "Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra"; "American Album of Familiar Music"
04-20-1904 - Bruce Cabot - Carlsbad, NM - d. 5-3-1972
actor: "Hallmark Hall of Fame"; "Hollywood on the Air"
05-02-1902 - Erin O'Brien-Moore - Los Angeles, CA - d. 5-3-1979
actress: Elsa Banning "Big Sister"
05-02-1905 - Sidney Skolsky - NYC - d. 5-3-1983
newspaper columnist: "Songs by Arlen, Stories by Skolsky"; "Bromo Seltzer
Program"
06-14-1914 - Nat Polen - NYC - d. 5-3-1981
actor: Edward McCormick "Indictment" "CBS Mystery Theatre"
07-04-1902 - George Murphy - New Haven, CT - d. 5-3-1992
actor, emcee: "Let's Talk Hollywood"; "Hollywood Calling"
08-13-1908 - Gene Raymond - NYC - d. 5-3-1998
actor: John J. Malone "Amazing Mr. Malone"; "Witness"; "Hollywood Hotel"
08-14-1914 - Bill Downs - Kansas City, MO - d. 5-3-1978
newscaster: CBS Moscow 1942
10-07-1918 - Helmut Dantine - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-3-1982
actor: "Crime Does Not Pay"; "Silver Theatre"; "Theatre of Romance"; "Suspense"
10-30-1908 - Patsy Montana - Hot Springs, AK - d. 5-3-1996
yodeling country singer: "WLS Barn Dance"
10-30-1927 - Joe Adcock - Coushatta, LA - d. 5-3-1999
baseball player: "Baseball: An Action History"
--
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 08:17:17 -0400
From: "Barnett, Tom L" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Norman Corwin 95th
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Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 10:07:14 -0400
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Cincinnati con redux
[removed], everybody, we're going to need to go back to
Cincinnati for another convention.
No, not next year. Now.
Why?
Well, you see, I recently purchased the "Fibber McGee
and Molly" Wistful Vista Mystery Game, with the
intention of bringing it to the Cinci con, where it
could be played. But I ended up completely forgetting
about it. Now, we don't want to deprive 2005
Cincinnati con attendees of an opportunity to play the
game, so what say we all drop whatever we're doing
right now (which is probably not as fun as OTR
anyway), and head on back to the Queen City?
Yes, you too, doctor. If that brain had any brains at
all, it could perform surgery on itself.
Hmmmn. A Wistful Vista mystery? I wonder if it would
be intriguing enough to attract the attention of Jack,
Doc and Reggie. After all, they love a mystery.
But which of them would be the first to investigate
that closet?
I [removed]
Rick
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