Subject: [removed] Digest V2001 #295
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 9/7/2001 1:19 PM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2001 : Issue 295
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Favorites                             [ badaxley@[removed] ]
  top five favorites                    [ "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@neb. ]
  Gotham Radio Players present THE SAI  [ StevenL751@[removed] ]
  Five Favorites x Two                  [ "Lee, Steve (DEOC)" <slee@[removed]. ]
  my favorites                          [ "Lyle & Karla Cook" <lrkdcook@home. ]
  5 Favorites                           [ ARago17320@[removed] ]
  Re: Loose End Tied                    [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
  Re: uh, laxatives                     [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
  Re: 16" disc sleeves                  [ "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@ ]
  Re: "A&A Illustrated"                 [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
  MY TOP 5 OTR SHOWS AND MORE           [ "Robert Colonna" <Robertc23@[removed] ]
  Quote to ID                           [ "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed]; ]
  Jack's Top Five                       [ Roo61@[removed] (Randy Watts) ]
  Favorite Shows & Age                  [ "David Van Nostrand" <davevan@[removed] ]
  Just The Facts, Ma'am ....            [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@ ]
  Favorite shows                        [ "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed]; ]
  Louie's Hungry Five                   [ "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed]; ]
  SCRAPPLE (BRANDS)                     [ "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed]; ]
  5 of my favorite OTR shows            [ "Steve Atlas" <slavacotr@[removed] ]
  Top Five                              [ Udmacon@[removed] ]
  Re: OTR Magazine                      [ Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed]; ]
  OT: excessive Internet loading        [ "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed]; ]
  My favorites                          [ "Gilbert, Lanny" <[removed]@cin ]
  Favorite shows                        [ "Jim Temple" <jtemple@[removed]; ]
  Great Post!                           [ "stephen jansen" <stephenjansen@ema ]
  need titles of broadcast history jou  [ khovard@[removed] ]
  Norman Corwin                         [ Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed] ]
  Sam Benson                            [ "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@hotmail. ]

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 18:47:10 -0400
From: badaxley@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Favorites

Guess I'll add my 2 cents worth as to my favorite
shows.  Will probably add at least five more.  The
favorites are based on the number of shows in my
collection,which I guess is as good an indication as
any.  Several were my favorites which I listened to in
the 1940's and 50's.
1. The Shadow
2. Nick Carter
3. Fibber McGee and Molly
4. Gunsmoke
5. Jack Benny
6. Our Miss Brooks
7. Richard Diamond
8. Rocky Jordan (A recent like as we didn't receive it
Chattanooga when I was a youngster.)
9. Mr. & Mrs. North (Alice Frost and Jerry Curtain shows)
[removed] Aldrich Family
Bob

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:28:45 -0400
From: "Ryan Osentowski" <rosentowski@[removed];
To: "old time radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  top five favorites

Hi all:
Joining in on this thread, here are my top five.  Of course, the number one
will come as no surprise.  Also, it won't surprise anyone that all of my
picks are in the drama category.

5.  Dragnet (as I have mentioned, the Yarborough years are the best by far,
from 1949 through 1951)
4.  Dimension X  (this show was better radio drama than it's successor, X
Minus One, in my opinion)
3.  Gunsmoke (the early years of the program, 1952 through 1955 were my
favorites)
2.  The Whistler  (I love twist endings and more often than not, they are
unpredictable)
1.  Your's Truly, Johnny Dollar  (five-part series with Bob Bailey)

RyanO

"Life is an unrelenting comedy.  Therein, lies the tragedy of it."
Dean Koontz

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:46:43 -0400
From: StevenL751@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Gotham Radio Players present THE SAINT

The Gotham Radio Players
present

THE ADVENTURES OF THE SAINT
"The Horrible Hamburger"

Live!
This Sunday, September 9
7:30pm (Eastern)
WBAI, [removed] FM in NYC
[removed]
Live!

You are cordially invited to dinner at "The Happy Hamburger," Ben Laughton,
proprietor.    Among those on the guest list are a loquacious taxicab driver,
an amorous farmer's daughter, a lonely [removed] and Simon Templar, better
known as the Saint.     On the menu ... murder!

Join us on Sunday as the Gotham Radio Players bring you a recreation of a
lost episode of THE SAINT.    This time we bring you "The Horrible
Hamburger", heard for the first time since its original broadcast on
September 10, 1950.   Tune in and hear us live this Sunday evening, September
9, at 7:30pm (eastern) on WBAI, [removed] FM in New York City, or over the web
everywhere else at [removed].

The Gotham Radio Players were formed in 1991 by a group of enthusiasts for
the heyday of radio drama. Our mission is to bring new productions of classic
radio
programs of the 30's, 40's, and 50's to the airwaves of the new millennium,
as well as showcase original scripts written by the emerging audio dramatists
of today. Now under the leadership of producer Max Schmid and director Steven
Lewis, the Gotham Radio Players are featured regularly in live performances
on WBAI-FM, at the annual "Friends of Old-Time Radio" Convention, and at
other personal appearances in the New York City metropolitan area.

Speaking of [removed] You can see the Gotham Radio Players perform in person
next month at the 26th annual FRIENDS OF OLD-TIME RADIO CONVENTION.  This
year we'll be recreating a classic episode of SUSPENSE, "Heavens to Betsy,"
featuring as our special guestoriginal cast member DICK BEALS.  The FOTR
Convention is the largest and longest-running in the old-time radio hobby.
Four full days of recreations, workshops, panel discussions, dealers, and
those great stars who made the golden age of radio so memorable.  Highly,
highly recommended.  For more information check out
[removed] ... or you can e-mail chairperson Jay Hickerson
at JayHick@[removed].

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:48:16 -0400
From: "Lee, Steve (DEOC)" <slee@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Five Favorites x Two

RE: Five Favorites

This 54-year-old OTR fan has tried, but can't do it - [removed], pick just five.

In no special order:

Our Miss Brooks           Jack Benny
Night Beat                Mayor of the Town
Aldrich Family            The Six Shooter
Great Gildersleeve        One Man's Family
Fibber McGee & Molly      Halls of Ivy

Steve Lee

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:16:18 -0400
From: "Lyle & Karla Cook" <lrkdcook@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  my favorites

#1. Lum & Abner
#2. Vic & Sade
#3. Rogers of the Gazette
#4. Escape
#5. toss-up between Richard Diamond and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

FWIW, I'm a 35-year-old female, OTR fan since the age of 14!

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:16:28 -0400
From: ARago17320@[removed]
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5 Favorites

Hi all you OTR lovers,

Keeping it to 5 shows is almost impossible but here goes:

1. Bob & Ray (simply brilliant)
2. Jack Benny (the master and always a great cast)
3. The Whistler (love these kind of stories)
4. The Mysterious (Ditto)
5. Suspense (to hear all the stars makes this a top 5)

A few other things if I may, there are shows that I never heard as a kid
listening in the 1940's due to not being able to hear everything because of
shows being on at the same time,or I had to go to bed before they came on, or
(forgive me)I was watching TV by the time some of these came to radio.
So,here are 5 shows I like that I had not heard until hitting my 60's.

Phil Harris-Alice Faye, Fort Laramie, Frontier Gentleman, Dimension X/X-One
and The Damon Runyon Theatre.

Here is another category for opinions.  Shows that don't hold up from
childhood to hearing them again as an adult.  Some of these for me are,
Richard Diamond, Life of Riley, Henry Aldrich, Boston Blackie and Nick
Carter.  I still listen to them and enjoy the nostalgic flashbacks to
childhood but it ain't the same.  Does anyone out there want to post their
selections in this category?  It would be interesting I think and hope a lot
of you would agree.

Take care all, (Fibber McGee-had to mention this great show as well as Amos
N' Andy they are numbers 6 and 7 of 5 favorites)

Al Ragonnet

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:18:17 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Loose End Tied

Neil Crowley offers,

Unless I missed it I didn't see an answer to Elizabeth's #8.

8. "XXXXXX -- what a XXX XX XXXXX for five cents!"

So I peeked in the back of the book and found "Mounds - what a bar of
[removed]".

Correct! Mid-forties New Yorkers might identify this slogan with WEAF
staff announcer Arthur Gary (the same voice who had the distinction of
delivering NBC's very first D-Day bulletin), who proclaimed it nightly
during the station's 6PM newscasts, but my own favorite version can be
heard in the WJSV Broadcast Day set from 9/21/39. Just after the 8 AM
news broadcast during Arthur Godfrey's "Sun Dial" program, you'll find a
must-be-heard-to-be-appreciated one-minute transcribed spot for Mounds,
voiced by news commentator Gabriel Heatter -- in which he declares that
he ate a Mounds bar to settle his nerves one night after being attacked
by a tuxedo-wearing chimp who he was about to [removed]

Elizabeth

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:18:54 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: uh, laxatives

Laxatives were a big seller in OT drugstores for several reasons.  One was
the general dietary habits of Americans.  When there wasn't a Great
Depression or a World War going on, people ate a _lot_.  Have a look at food
ads in the womens' magazines of '20's and '30's.  And I recall our Sunday
dinners in the 1950's: they were big, as big as a standard-issue
Thanksgiving dinner these days.  And since fresh vegetables were
considerably more difficult to obtain out of season before the 1930's, many
folks hadn't eaten much in the way of salads in their childhood and weren't
about to start.

I suspect, and this is only conjecture, that the other major reason for the
popularity of laxatives was that they were about the only medicines that did
much of anything obvious.  Before antibiotics and steroids, the only
medicines with any sort of dramatic effect were opiates and purgatives.  It
was also thought that 'regularity is the way to health.'

It's kind of ironic that the magic organic all-natural dietary supplements
you hear advertised on AM radio today bear a strong resemblance to many of
the patent medicines advertised before 1940.

Mark Kinsler
512 E Mulberry St. Lancaster, Ohio USA 740 687 6368
[removed]~kinsler

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:19:02 -0400
From: "Robert M. Bratcher Jr." <bratcher@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: 16" disc sleeves


Fred Berney <berney@[removed]; asks:

Does anyone have a source for 16" record sleeves?

Bags Unlimited carries record sleeves but sadly not the 16" size. Perhaps
someone could ask them to do it? I'd be willing to. Others?

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:23:17 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: "A&A Illustrated"

A new addition to my Amos 'n' Andy In Person website is "Amos 'n' Andy
Illustrated," a collection of photos, illustrations, and commercial
artwork documenting the careers of the performers themselves, and also
documenting how the visualizations of their characters in the popular
media changed and evolved over the years. The illustrations also display
a sampling from my collection of craze-era A&A licensed merchandise, a
rare shot of Correll and Gosden making their pioneering television
appearance in February 1939, and a full-color panoramic view of the A&A
sitcom cast on stage at NBC's Sunset and Vine studio in 1948.

The images may be viewed at [removed]~[removed].
The main site portal remains [removed]~[removed]

Elizabeth

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:23:34 -0400
From: "Robert Colonna" <Robertc23@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  MY TOP 5 OTR SHOWS AND MORE

Here are my 5 top picks. Better late than never!! I favor Mystery &
Suspense, but have a soft spot for some comedy as well. I agree with Ken
Kay that there are far too many wonderful shows to only have a "top 5,"
so I listed several some other favorites as "honorable mentions."

Enjoy,
Robert Colonna

1. Suspense
2. The Whistler
3. Jack Benny Program
4. Lux Radio Theatre
5. The Falcon

Honorable mentions (not in any order): Broadway Is My Beat, The Shadow,
Box 13, Boston Blackie, Our Miss Brooks, The Bickersons, Lights Out,
Night Beat, Casey Crime Photographer, Mr. Keen Tracer Of Lost Persons,
Your Hit Parade, Rocky Fortune, The Mysterious Traveler, The Life Of
Riley, Abbott And Costello, and A Day In The Life Of Dennis Day.

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:23:51 -0400
From: "Vince Long" <vlongbsh@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Quote to ID

I received this via my website.  Does anyone know where this quote came
from?

"Plunk your magic tranger froggy"

Vince

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:30:27 -0400
From: Roo61@[removed] (Randy Watts)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jack's Top Five

None of my "Top Five" will appear on
anyone else's list, but here goes:

Oh, I wouldn't say that, Jack. I'd have no problem at all placing both
"Information Please" and "Quiet, Please" on my 'Top Five' list, while
"The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen" is definitely among my favorites.

Randy

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:38:28 -0400
From: "David Van Nostrand" <davevan@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Favorite Shows & Age

Hi

	My earliest days of listening to OTR was when my uncle came up from Detroit
with a tape player and these great "stories"  I didn't know what old time
radio was at the time and loved listening to them.  This was when I was
about 8.  I am now 31 and still enjoy listening to them, mostly when I am
going to bed at night.  Since the advent of the internet collecting has
become easier for me.  I have been amazed at the range of ages and that
women are interested in this as well, had a few girlfriends that thought I
was strange.  I just have to get off my butt and start sorting through my
collection.

Favorites
1. Jack Benny
2. Ellery Queen
3. Fibber McGee & Molly
4. Shadow
5. Green Hornet


Dave

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:20:29 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr." <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Just The Facts, Ma'am ....

Doug Leary, speaking of OTR (and other) Science Fiction, notes,

A second point I want to make is that science fiction stories have
generally been full of technical holes since the genre began, and it's a
fairly useless exercise to castigate one author or one tv/radio series
for not being scientifically accurate.

Even at the beginnings of what crystallized into science fiction, there
have been subgenera -- the "hard science" stories, and those that
weren't.  One of the early authors wrote his books complete with
footnotes and references!  This hard-versus-soft aspect of science
fiction carried over to OTR.  Dimension X/X Minus 1 stories were often
adapted from stories appearing in leading SF magazines.  2000 Plus, by
comparison, had original stuff, and often much sloppier science.

Now one thing about what aficionados of the genre understand is that
legitimate science fiction stories have a legitimate scientific content
without which the story couldn't have been written.  It's also understood
that the science within the story cannot be at variance with the
scientific knowledge of the period.   That knowledge might be superceded
later, but if not impossible at the time of the writing, the scientific
aspect of the story is considered legitimate.

It is unfair to fault an older SF story with current knowledge.

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:55:50 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Favorite shows

My favorite 5:

Lum & Abner
Voyage of the Scarlet Queen
Dimension X
X Minus One
The Bickersons

Doug Leary

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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:55:57 -0400
From: "Doug Leary" <dleary@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Louie's Hungry Five

Randy,

If you are willing to tell, I would be fascinated to know the story of how
you came across 100 transcription disks of such an obscure show.

Doug Leary

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 00:02:28 -0400
From: "Owens Pomeroy" <opomeroy@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  SCRAPPLE (BRANDS)

When I posted the thread about scrapple, I ment if Philadelphia (Brand)
Scraspple was still being made.  I know here in Baltimore, in addition to
RAPA, brand you can get Esskay, Parks, Goetz & Heils, four local Brands,in
addition to Giant Brsnd Scrapple.  Sorry for the confusion.

Owens

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:26:37 -0400
From: "Steve Atlas" <slavacotr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  5 of my favorite OTR shows

There are so many great OTR shows that it's difficult for me to single out
five. Here are five of my favorites (I'm sure this list could easily expand
to 10 or 20)--these include OTR music shows (so different from what is done
today on radio or television)

1) Yours Truly Johnny Dollar--I especially love the 5-part shows with Bob
Bailey. (I also enjoy Boston Blackie, Gunsmoke, and Nightbeat; but the
5-part Johnny Dollar have such rich narratives and character description
that I never grow tired of them)

2) Family Theatre--in these cynical times, it's refreshing to hear wholesome
programs that celebrate the goodness of people. Mister Rogers fans may enjoy
this series (even though some might not be enthusiastic about the
"commercials" for the power of prayer)

3) Jack Benny--almost never boring, plus great singing by Dennis Day, good
humor, and so much more. (Other comedy shows such as Amos and Andy, Duffy's
Tavern, Topper, and Our Miss Brooks are lots of fun; but they lack the
variety of Jack Benny)

4) The Voice of Firestone--the warmth, beautiful songs, and ability to make
great music come alive produce an innocence, charm, and lovely music
designed to reach the average listener. It's so different from today with
our emphasis on "niche markets." (Alas, if Firestone was the same company
today as when it sponsored those wonderful shows.)

5) Bell Telephone Hour--great instrumental soloists and popular classics
make this show a gem to hear on a winter evening. I have a wonderful show
featuring pianist Josef Hoffman.

I love hearing so many favorites from all of you, and am delighted to share
a few of my favorites. It's one of the reason I enjoy this list so much.

Steve Atlas

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:27:55 -0400
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Top Five

1. It Pays To Be Ignorant
2. Fibber McGee and Molly
3. Fred Allen
4. Jack Benny
5. NBC Grand Ole Opry (what did you exxpect??)

Oh, and Vic and Sade in there [removed]


Bill Knowlton, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM: Syracuse, Utica, Watertown NY
(since Jan. 1973). Sundays, 9 pm est: [removed]

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:28:22 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: OTR Magazine

Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:57:34 -0400
From: Christopher Lowell White <cncwhite@[removed];
Subject:  OTR Magazine

 Does anyone know if there is an official OTR magazine? If so how do I get
it?

  I think Charlie was on the mark saying the digest is about as close as
official as possible, other than "Hello Again" (which I have never
seen).
  There are two others I can think of.  One is "Nostalgia Digest"
(formerly "Nostalgia Digest and Radio Guide") published six times a year
by Chuck Schaden.  (The Hall Closet/ Box 421/ Morton Grove, IL 60053.
Cost is $15 a year or $25 for two years).  It has news of interest to
OTR fans.
  The other is the SPERDVAC Radio Gram, which is also six times a year,
free to SPERDVAC members.  Membership is $25 the first year and $15
yearly afterward.  (Barry Oplinger/ 334 East Fairview Ave., #9/
Glendale, CA 91207).  SPERDVAC also has a extensive otr library on both
tape and increasing CD.
  Joe

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

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:27:07 -0400
From: "Ed Ellers" <ed_ellers@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OT: excessive Internet loading

I wouldn't sweat it -- from what I've heard, OTR traffic is a drop in the
bucket compared to trading of bootleg movies in DivX format, let alone the
ever-more-common downloading of whole CD-ROMs (both legitimate and
otherwise) over high-speed Internet connections. In the recent run-up to
Microsoft's introduction of Windows XP, a lot of people downloaded preview
copies that way (IIRC, 500-600 Mb each) and then burned CD-Rs from the "ISO"
files.  If *that's* okay, we have nothing to worry about.

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:27:46 -0400
From: "Gilbert, Lanny" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  My favorites

Howdy. I'm from a small town in North Georgia.
My interest in OTR goes back to when I was a kid
coming home late at night and heard a Lone Ranger
rebroadcast. This would've been sometime in the
late 60s/early 70s.

My favorites are:
= ================

1.) Amos and Andy - So they're not PC [removed] So what? They're very
    funny and are suitable for family entertainment, unlike
    many of the programs of today.

2.) Lum and Abner - Since I grew up in a small town with a store
    just like the Jot 'Em Down (actually, we had several of
    them, replete with squeaking screen door and pot-bellied
    stove), I feel like I'm home again when listening to this
    program. Also, I think that Lauck and Goff are *WAY*
    underrated as voice talents, especially Goff, whose
    transformation from Squire to Abner is pretty amazing, IMHO.

3.) Johnny Dollar - The best detective show, period. 'Nuff said.

4.) Quiet Please - Where DID Wyllis Cooper get all those ideas?
    I'm not as fond of the "Fourble Board" episode as many
    fans are, but there are lots more (Beezer's Cellar for
    instance) that are plenty spooky to me.

5.) The Shadow - I must admit I got interested in this after
    seeing the movie in 1994. I bought a copy of "Death From
    The Deep" and some other episode from Cracker Barrel when on
    a trip somewhere and I was hooked.

Y'all have a great weekend. If you want to hear a nice, clean,
funny talk show, you can catch Ludlow Porch (an Atlanta legend)
by going to his website, [removed], and clicking
on the "Yahoo Broadcast" button. This will get you streaming audio using
Real Player. Or you could check the list of stations broadcasting the
program and listen there. It's on from 9-12 Eastern Monday-Friday.

Lanny Gilbert

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:28:38 -0400
From: "Jim Temple" <jtemple@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Favorite shows

My 5 favorite shows are:

1. Lum & Abner
2. Gildersleeve
3. Six Shooter
4. Tales of the Texas Rangers
5. Burns & Allen

I am 52 years old.

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:27:01 -0400
From: "stephen jansen" <stephenjansen@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Great Post!

In yesterday's OTR list,"Mike Kerezman" wrote in on Subject:  Frontier
Gentleman v. Have Gun Will Travel.
     What a great post!  This is just a note to say that I typically don't
go for westerns at all, but this informative, enjoyable post is forcing me
to go into my archive and dig out some of these shows (both, for
comparison's sake).  This is my favorite part of the entire list - reading
about what OTR excites other people, then getting to hear it myself.
     Great post, Mike!  Thanks!  I'm off to go do some [removed]

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:24:55 -0400
From: khovard@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  need titles of broadcast history journals

My publisher needs a list of journals to which they will send review
copies of "Words at War," my history of World War II era radio drama when
it is published. I would appreciate recommendations of  titles besides
"The Journal of Popular Culture" and the Sperdvac newsletter [removed]"

Thank you,

Howard Blue

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:25:21 -0400
From: Henry Howard <hhoward@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Norman Corwin

Friends, Norman Corwin has apparently suffered a mild heart attack, but
is recovering. Norman turned 91 last May 3.

Dick Baldwin reports:

I talked to Norman Tuesday and he was feeling much beter. Norman had a set
of tests made and was found not to have had any serious heart damage. He has
been gone from home for about a week and a half visiting his daughter in
Portland and his son in California. He plans to stay on a few more days and
then to return to Hollywood. His son and daughter-in-law may accompany him.
He is teaching a Monday-only course at USC so the Labor Day weekend allowed
him about a two-week window to visit his children. His primary thoughts
following the attack was that he might have to cancel his Monday class for
the semester.
- -------------------------------------

  Henry Howard - moderator of  radiodrama@[removed]
770 923 7955                   [removed]

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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:33:22 -0400
From: "B. J. Watkins" <kinseyfan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sam Benson

SPERDVAC's next meeting will be held Saturday, Sept. 8 at the South Pasadena
Public Library Community Room, 1100 El Centro St, South Pasadena, CA. The
meeting begins at noon and is free and open to the public.

The guest speaker will be Sam Benson, veteran radio and television
announcer. He was staff announcer/newscaster/disc jockey at radio stations
KVEC and KIEV during the late 1940s, later at Hollywood radio station KLAC,
home of the "Big Five" DJs: Al Jarvis, Peter Potter, Alex
(Pickupacoupleabucks) Cooper, Gene Norman and Dick Haynes. He was also
director of public affairs, promotions and publicity at KLAC through the
1950s to the 80s.

Barbara

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