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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2008 : Issue 62
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
Mr. Keen [ "Israel Colon, [removed]" <colon@temple ]
Radio Lab [ Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed]; ]
3-8 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
This week in radio history 9-15 Marc [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Mr. Keen [ Dan Trigg <dantrigg9737@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:07:37 -0500
From: "Israel Colon, [removed]" <colon@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mr. Keen
Hi All,
I do write often but Bob Cockrum's assault on Mr. Keen was a
bit over the top. Keep in mind that you have to keep things
in the context of their times. When the kindly old gentleman
was on the air, unlike today, crime still did not pay and J.
Edgar Hoover was a hero rather than a drag queen. When I
listen to Mr. Keen today I still hear him with my childhood
ears. I don't hear the poor dialog and Clancy doesn't sound
dumb, he's just a devoted assistant. I know my reasoning is
essentially emotional, but Bob, when you kick Mr. Keen so hard
it hurts me, ouch!
Israel
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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:07:54 -0500
From: Steve Carter <scarter2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Radio Lab
The "Radio Lab" show that played today was recorded live and the
content had to do with the Welles version of War of The Worlds and
some other radio hoaxes that were somewhat similar.
Hear it here:
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Steve
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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 23:09:01 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 3-8 births/deaths
March births
03-08-1889 - Rosario Bourdon - Montreal, Canada - d. 4-24-1961
conductor: "Cities Service Concert"; "Great Personalities"
03-08-1891 - Sam Jaffe - NYC - d. 3-24-1984
actor: "Fannie Hurst Presents"; "New World A-Coming"; "Cavalcade of
America"
03-08-1893 - Victor Arden - Wenona, IL - d. 7-31-1962
pianist and orchestra director with various radio appearances
03-08-1899 - Gladys Thornton - Madison. Fl - d. 9-2-1964
actor: Aunt Addie "My Son and I"; Mrs. Tasek "The O'Neills"
03-08-1902 - Louise Beavers - Cincinnati, OH - d. 10-26-1962
actor: Beulah "Beulah"; "Screen Guild Theatre"
03-08-1906 - Franklyn MacCormack - Waterloo, IA - d. 6-12-1971
announcer: "Caroline's Golden Store"; "Jack Armstrong"
03-08-1909 - Claire Trevor - NYC - d. 4-8-2000
actor: Lorelei Kilbourne " Big Town", Theresa Travers "Results, Inc."
03-08-1910 - Victor Wolfson - NYC - d. 5-23-1990
author of radio plays
03-08-1911 - Heinie Beau - Calvary, WI - d. 4-19-1987
composer/arranger: composed for radio, televison and movies
03-08-1912 - David Friedkin - d. 10-15-1976
writer: "Bold Venture"; "Broadway Is My Beat"; "The Front Page"
03-08-1918 - Alan Hale, Jr. - Los Angeles, CA - d. 1-2-1990
actor: "Smiths of Hollywood"
03-08-1918 - Sam Donahue - Detroit, MI - d. 3-22-1974
saxaphonist, bandleader: dance band remotes
03-08-1919 - Mavor Moore - Toronto, Canada - d. 12-18-2006
actor: Nero Wolfe "Advs. of Nero Wolfe"; "The Crusoe Boys"
03-08-1921 - Cyd Charisse - Amarillo, TX
actor, dancer: Guest: "Spike Jones Show"
03-08-1922 - Al Gionfriddo - Dysart, PA - d. 3-14-2003
sportscaster: KONG Visalia, CA
03-08-1924 - Sean McClory - Dublin, Ireland - d. 12-10-2003
actor: "Favorite Story"; "NBC University Theatre"
03-08-1929 - Betty Carter - d. 9-26-1998
jazz vocalist: "Jazz Alive"
03-08-1943 - Lynn Redgrave - London, England
actor: "Artist Descending a Staircase"; "Vile Bodies"
March 8th deaths
02-26-1928 - John Ewart - Melbourne, Australia - d. 3-8-1994
actor: "Snow White"
03-06-1916 - Red Callender - Richmond, VA - d. 3-8-1992
jazz bass player: "Jubilee"; "One Night Stand"
04-20-1893 - Harold Lloyd - Burchard, NE - d. 3-8-1971
comedian: "Comedy Theatre"
04-29-1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham - St. Helens, England - d. 3-8-1961
conductor: "Information Please"
06-02-1889 - Martha Wentworth - NYC - d. 3-8-1974
actor: Wintergreen Witch "Cinnamon Bear"; Nancy "Witch's Tale"
07-08-1914 - Billy Eckstine - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-8-1993
jazz vocalist: "Yessiree . . .It's Mr. B!"; "ABCs of Music";
"Julilee"; "Big Show"
07-15-1908 - Parke Levy - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-8-1993
creator, writer, director: "Joe Penner"; "My Friend Irma"
07-19-1930 - Rhoda Williams - Denver, CO - d. 3-8-2006
actor: Betty Anderson "Father Knows Best"; "Life of Riley"
08-17-1922 - Jack Sperling - Trenton, NJ - d. 3-8-2004
drummer: Bands of Bunny Berrigan, Les Brown and others
09-13-1876 - Sherwood Anderson - Camden, OH - d. 3-8-1941
writer: "The Free Company"
10-03-1890 - Henry Hull - Louisville, KY - d. 3-8-1977
actor: Honest Abe "Abraham Lincoln"; Nathan Hale "Roses and Drums"
10-15-1908 - Herman Chittison - Flemingsburg, KY - d. 3-8-1967
jazz pianist: "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "The Gloom Dodgers"
10-15-1921 - Allan Drake - Massachusetts - d. 3-8-1986
actor: "The Ethel Merman Show"
11-20-1918 - Kathie Kay - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 3-8-2005
singer: "Billy Cotton Band Show"
11-25-1914 - Joe DiMaggio - Martinez, CA - d. 3-8-1999
baseball superstar: "Joe DiMaggio Show"
12-08-1904 - George Stevens - Oakland, CA - d. 3-8-1975
film director: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-12-1909 - Karen Morley - Ottumwa, IA - d. 3-8-2003
blacklisted actor: "War Town"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-30-1922 - Bert Holland - d. 3-8-1980
actor: Emmett "Shorty Bell"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:45:26 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 9-15 March
From Those Were The Days --
3/9
1945 - Those Websters debuted on CBS. Willard Waterman starred as George
Webster.
3/10
1922 - Variety magazine greeted readers with the front-page headline
that read, "Radio Sweeping Country - 1,000,000 Sets in Use."
1955 - The last broadcast of The Silver Eagle was heard.
3/12
1933 - Eight days after he was inaugurated, [removed] President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation.
It was the first of what were called Roosevelt's famous Fireside Chats.
The name, incidentally, was coined by newsman, Robert Trout. He thought
that the President sounded as if he was sitting with us in living rooms
all over the nation next to a roaring fire, just telling it like it was.
3/13
1923 - A great improvement in radio receivers was advertised. The new
models had a concealed speaker and eliminated the need for headphones,
which were considered a nuisance because they were so heavy to wear and
messed up hairdos. The new radios were also said to have a 'foolproof'
design.
3/14
1937 - Fred Allen and Jack Benny met in one of the biggest publicity
gags ever. It was called, "The Battle of the Century." The two
comedians locked horns in the ballroom of the Hotel Pierre, exchanging
torrid insults that were heard by the second largest audience in the
history of radio. The 'feud', incidentally, lasted for years.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:33:34 -0500
From: Dan Trigg <dantrigg9737@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Mr. Keen
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Some of us I'm thinking are taking Mr. Keen, and maybe a few more shows much
to serious. I think Mr Keen is over the top, but entertaining. Shows I don'
like I don't listen to, but for the most part I listen to it all. There are
shows like Mr Keen that are fluff, but there are also some wonderful, and
even brilliant shows. Anyway that's the way I see it.
Dan
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