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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 203
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  July 10th births/deaths               [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Mouse question                        [ ginger g <gingerbaby2000@[removed]; ]
  In The [removed]                   [ "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@sbcglob ]
  Sniffles and Mary Jane                [ Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed] ]
  Sniffles' companion                   [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  Re: Sniffles                          [ Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@yahoo. ]
  Re: Can you ID this man?              [ Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed]; ]
  Sniffles                              [ "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed] ]
  Sniffles in the comics?               [ "Don Jensen" <dnjkenosha@[removed]; ]
  Re: Sniffles in comic books           [ FabFicBks@[removed] ]
  More on Sniffles                      [ "Don Jensen" <dnjkenosha@[removed]; ]
  Re: Can you ID this man?              [ "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed]; ]
  Re: Can You ID This Man?              [ "JEFFREY DAVIS" <JDavis3153@[removed] ]
  Sniffles                              [ "Linda Thuringer" <nemesisstation@m ]
  Chuck Sayles                          [ "Jay Manarky" <jayman@[removed]; ]
  Sniffles Incantation                  [ Randylarson999@[removed] ]
  "Pete Kelly's Blues"                  [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  Jack Edwards Jr                       [ Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed]; ]
  RE: Sniffles                          [ "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed] ]
  Charles Lane                          [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Sniffles                              [ Richard Olday <raolday@[removed]; ]
  SNIFFLES                              [ rbackus22@[removed] ]
  Sniffles and Mary Jane                [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:41:32 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  July 10th births/deaths

July 10th births

07-10-1877 - Caroline Crockett Ellis - d. 5-17-1963
actor: Mary Ward "Travels of Mary Ward"; "Caroline's Golden Store"
07-10-1888 - Graham McNamee - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-9-1942
announcer: "Fleischmann Hour"; "Fire Chief"; "Treasury Hour"
07-10-1889 - Noble Sissle - Indianapolis, IN - d. 12-17-1975
songwriter, orchestra leader: "Freedom's People"
07-10-1894 - Jimmy McHugh - Boston, MA - d. 5-23-1969
song writer: "Cavalcade of Music"; "It's Time to Smile"; "The Navy
Sings"
07-10-1896 - Slim Summerville - Albuquerque, NM - d. 1-5-1946
actor: "Hollywood Star Time"
07-10-1905 - Thomas Gomez - NYC - d. 6-18-1971
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-10-1908 - Harry Golder - Detroit, MI - d. 10-16-1968
announcer: "The Lone Ranger"
07-10-1908 - Hjerluf Provenson - Racine, WI
announcer: "John's Other Wife"; "The Gulden Serenaders"
07-10-1909 - Bernard Katz - San Francisco, CA - d. 5-22-1992
pianist: (Cousin of Mel Blanc) "Katz on the Keys"
07-10-1910 - Helen Pickens - Macon, GA
singer: (Pickens Sisters) "The Pickens Sisters"; "The Magic Key"
07-10-1913 - Joan Marsh - Porterville, CA - d. 8-10-2000
actor: "Calling All Cars"; "Good News of 1939"
07-10-1914 - Joe Shuster - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - d. 7-30-1992
co-creator (with Jerry Siegel): "Advs. of Superman"
07-10-1917 - Don Herbert - Waconia, MN - d. 6-12-2007
actor: "Captain Midnight"; Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy"
07-10-1918 - Ernest Ricca - d. 10-10-1987
director: "Lorenzo Jones"; "Valiant Lady"; "Stella Dallas"; "Romance
of Helen Trent"
07-10-1918 - John Easton - NYC - d. 4-10-1984
announcer: "The Great Gildersleeve"; "Advs. of Maisie"
07-10-1920 - David Brinkley - Wilmington, NC - d. 6-11-2003
newscaster: WRC Washington [removed]; "Nightline"
07-10-1921 - Jeff Donnell - South Windham, ME - d. 4-13-1988
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
07-10-1923 - Earl Hamner, Jr. - Schuyler, VA
writer: "NBC University Theatre of the Air"
07-10-1923 - John Bradley - Antigo, WI - d. 1-11-1994
raiser of second flag on Iwo Jima: "Interview programs"
07-10-1926 - Fred Gwynne - NYC - d. 7-2-1993
actor: "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"

July 10th deaths

01-17-1914 - Ann Loring - NYC - d. 7-10-2005
actor: "Casey, Crime Photographer"; "X Minus One"
02-18-1924 - Sam Rolfe - NYC - d. 7-10-1993
writer, creator: "Suspense"; "Have Gun, Will Travel"
05-30-1908 - Mel Blanc - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-10-1989
actor: Professor Pierre La Blanc "Jack Benny Program"; August Moon
"Point Sublime"
06-27-1875 - Reginald Mason - San Francisco, CA - d. 7-10-1962
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
09-10-1886 - Sam Taub - NYC - d. 7-10-1979
sportscaster: "Madison Square Boxing Bouts"
09-20-1885 - Jelly Roll Morton - Gulfport, LA - d. 7-10-1941
jazz musician, songwriter: "Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin
Street"; "Americana"
10-06-1887 - Maria Jeritza - Brunn, Austria-Hungary - d. 7-10-1982
singer: "General Motors Concerts"
11-22-1919 - H. Leslie Atlass, Jr. - d. 7-10-2003
involved in Chicago radio
12-17-1896 - Arthur Fiedler - South Boston, MA - d. 7-10-1979
conductor: "Robert Merrill with the Boston Pops Orchestra"; "Boston
Pops"
xx-xx-xxxx - William Ford Manley - d. 7-10-1954
writer: "Snow Village Sketches"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:41:56 -0400
From: ginger g <gingerbaby2000@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Mouse question
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Hi guys,
  Finally! A question that I can [removed] wanted to know the name of
the cartoon of the Mouse and worm. It's a Warner Bros cartoon and you can see
"Sniffles" from time to time on the Cartoon network. I think Charles Jones is
the animator responsible for that cloyingly sweet mouse.

  Ginger

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:42:28 -0400
From: "Paul Thompson" <beachcrows@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  In The [removed]

Sammy Jones recently asked what collecting OTR was like in the 60's
and 70's. Here are some of my recollections:

In the mid 60's frequent digester Jim Harmon published a book called
"The Great Radio Heroes" and it was a happy day for me when I got a
copy. Having been fortunate enough to grow up in the 30's and 40's
with a love for radio deeply instilled in me, Jim's book was magic
carpet back to those times I had grown away from. My 40 plus years of
collecting got kick started when Jim provided me with my first reels
of taped programs which contained the surviving I Love A Mystery
episodes of  "The Pirate Loot Of The Island Of Skulls", "Secret
Passage To Death", "Girl In The Gilded Cage" plus some other gems from
the past. Been hooked ever since (a heartfelt belated thanks Jim).

Collecting then was a lot different compared to today. In those long
before computer days one had to do some serious research to obtain
program information and facts and many of the programs readily
available today hadn't surfaced back then. Now you can find complete
or nearly complete runs of many series. Not so then. Also, it was
still possible to find original 16 inch transcriptions lurking in
dusty old record stores, attics, curio shops and wherever for a just a
few dollars. There were a number of individual collectors that set up
shop selling reels from their collections and many collectors willing
to trade programs between themselves. If you wanted to trade with
others you needed two tape recorders (reel to reel was the only format
then), a catalog to exchange with other traders and the time and
patience necessary to record the requested shows, package and mail
them.

There were a number of publications dedicated to collecting OTR. Some
were commercial vehicles for those selling programs, some were a labor
of love on the part of a collector and some were organizational such
as Roger Hill's "NARA News". The glue that held collectors together
was a publication called "Hello Again", a creation of Jay Hickerson
(also a digester). This wonderful monthly at the time listed new
collectors who had subscribed, collectors trading interests and new
programs that had surfaced. In other words it was full of timely news
of interest to any collector and trader. A number of books on the
subject also began to appear, some became bibles of the times such as
"The Big Broadcast" and "Tune In Yesterday" providing a wealth of
knowledge for those into radio. With a growing interest in OTR, many
radio stations also began airing old radio programs on a regular basis
and for a while it appeared that radio drama might even find it's way
back but it wasn't to be and in time it once again faded away. It was
fun while it lasted though, those early collecting days of the 60's
and 70's.

Paul Thompson

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:43:15 -0400
From: Stephen A Kallis <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sniffles and Mary Jane

Charlie North asks,

Wasn't Sniffles also  featured in a comic book series? Seems
to me I recall having several of them as a kid. If is fact this
is true, does anyone remember the incantation that was
used to make a child the same size as Sniffles?

The comic book feature was "Mary Jane and Smiffles" or vice versa.  I
read those, too.  The incantation, as I recall, was, "Magic words of
puff, puff, piffles, make me just as small as Snaffles."

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:43:23 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sniffles' companion
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On Jul 10, 2007, at 6:18 AM, Jim Burns wrote:

If I recall correctly, in
the comics, Sniffles was usually teamed with a young gal.

That's [removed]  her  name was Mary Jane, who was a little
blonde, if memory serves.

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:44:05 -0400
From: Rodney Bowcock <pasttense_78@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Sniffles

Wasn't Sniffles also featured in a comic book
series? Seems to me I recall having several of them
as a kid.

You probably mean Mary Jane & Sniffles, which ran in
Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies comics long after the
cartoons stopped being produced in 1946.  Ironically,
the last Sniffles appearance was a Duffy's Tavern
parody.

At this point, Cartoon Network/Boomerang have an
exclusive license to the TV rights of the Looney
Tunes.  CN doesn't show them at all, and Boomerang has
been only showing pre-1948 cartoons for the last year
or so.  Nobody *really* knows why, but my
understanding is that Warners, tired of the limited
exposure that CN (yes, a division of Warners) was
giving the cartoons and took away many of the most
popular entries in the series.  That may not be true,
but that's the way I heard it.  In the meantime, I
recommend those DVD sets, which are (mostly)
beautifully, and properly restored.  All cartoons are
uncut.

Rodney

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:06:00 -0400
From: Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Can you ID this man?

Frank,
it looks like Don Quinn himself.  You can see another photo of him at the
"Wistful Vista" page: [removed]

Stephen D
Calgary

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:06:21 -0400
From: "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sniffles

The comic book series was "Sniffles & Mary Jane." Mary Jane used magic sand
to make her as small as Sniffles.

"Magic land of puff puff piffles, make me just as small as [removed]" was
the chant.

Gad how this list stirs up back catalog memories!

BILL KNOWLTON

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:07:34 -0400
From: "Don Jensen" <dnjkenosha@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Sniffles in the comics?

Wasn't Sniffles also  featured in a comic book series?
Charlie

Yes, I remember Sniffles and Mary Jane as a recurring strip within, I think
it was, the old Walt Disney comic book during WWII.

--don
DON JENSEN

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:08:13 -0400
From: FabFicBks@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Sniffles in comic books

In response to the queries about Sniffles in the  comics, he appeared as the
co-star of the "Mary Jane and Sniffles" feature which  ran in Looney Tunes &
Merrie Melodies (the title became just Looney Tunes in  1955) for almost the
entire run of the comic book, up thru 1962.  The  feature was popular enough
to
warrant a two issue tryout in 1952 (Four Color  series #400 and 474).

    I always thought the few Sniffles cartoons I  have ever seen were really
lame, however the comic book feature has enduring  charm.  Drawn by a wide
variety of artists, the premise was that Mary Jane  would cross her fingers,
close her eyes, use some magic words (magic dust was  also used in some
earlier
stories), "Magic words of poof poof piffles, make me  just as small as
Sniffles", then Mary Jane would shrink to the same small size  as Sniffles
and have
fantastic adventures in worlds were inanimate objects came  to life, magic
existed, fairy tale creatures along with anthromorphic insects,  birds and
small
animals existed and spoke.  There were always different  creatures and
different
magic for each different story, everything  changed as each particular plot
demanded.  There was always a  problem or a misunderstanding which had to be
straightened out.

    The stories were fascinating to a lot of  youngsters, including me, and
they hold up very well for adult readers as  well.  In fact in my years as a
comic collector and running a comic book  store I found that the Mary Jane and
Sniffles feature was the primary reason  anybody wanted to collect or read
Looney Tunes.  Not that Bugs Bunny and  the other stories weren't enjoyable,
but
there was something unique about the  Mary Jane and Sniffles series which
stuck
in the memory and made adults want to  collect them.  For those that care,
copies of Looney Tunes are not hard to  find and are only modestly expensive.
Copies of the two Mary Jane &  Sniffles one shots are almost impossible to
find
in any condition and you will  have to pay very dearly indeed if you want to
purchase a copy.

---Bob Jennings

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:08:39 -0400
From: "Don Jensen" <dnjkenosha@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  More on Sniffles

There's also a rather amazing--fantastic art!--series of Sniffles
stories in one, or more, of the long running Warner Brothers cartoons
comic-book ties ins, from the '40s and '50s. If I recall correctly, in
the comics, Sniffles was usually teamed with a young gal.

I stand [removed] Of course it was not the Walt Disney comics as I
suggested earlier, but rather Warner Bros.  As a kid I subscribed to both
monthly comic books through the mail.  Sniffles little girl sidekick was
Mary Jane.
--don
DON JENSEN

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:08:58 -0400
From: "Jan Bach" <janbach@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Can you ID this man?

Hello again --

The unidentified man in the link to a Fibber McGee and Molly picture cited
by Frank Absher (see [removed]) was
the publicity director of the Union Pacific Railroad, discussing the
Community Chest Drive program with Jim and Marian in October 1950. I doubt
that anyone can find out his true name, but he was definitely not associated
with the program as writer or producer, etc. (my source: "Heavenly Days" by
Charles Stumpf and Tom Price, published by The World of Yesterday, 1987).

yOurs TRuly,
Jan Bach

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:09:10 -0400
From: "JEFFREY DAVIS" <JDavis3153@[removed];
To: "OTR Roundtable" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Can You ID This Man?
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In answer to Frank Absher's question as to the identity of the man sitting
between Marian and Jim Jordan in a photo he found of writer Phil [removed]
particular photo can be found on page 210 in the book "Heavenly Days" by
Charles Stumpf and Tom Price.  The man is only identified as the "publicity
director of the Union Pacific Railroad (October, 1950).

Jeff

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:23:00 -0400
From: "Linda Thuringer" <nemesisstation@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Sniffles

   Sniffles and Mary Jane were a "couple."   Mary Jane would chant, "Poof,
Poof, Piffles.  Make me just as small as Sniffles."

I remember one story where the musical notes from the radio got mad when the
radio was shut off and the duo had to chase them down and explain the radio
had to be turned off because of either nap time or meal time and it wasn't
personal

Linda Thuringer, resident Trekkie

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:13:19 -0400
From: "Jay Manarky" <jayman@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Chuck Sayles

      In a 1972 radio interview  Clarence Hartzell (Uncle Fletcher-Vic and
Sade) makes reference to one of his idols- Chick (Chic?) Sayles (sp?)

      From what I can gather he was (mostly) a vaudevillian.  Hartzell said
that  Sayles had written a book entitled "Outhouse' or something like that"
(as Clarence put it.)  From what Hartzell said Sayles must have been a
genius at what he did.

      I have searched the internet and find no reference to "this" Chick
Sayles or his book.

      I am hoping that Chick Sayles was a relative of Ronald Sayles. But in
case he is not, can anyone tell me any more about the object of my
attention?

      I'm almost afraid to ask this but I must.  Is Clarence Hartzell still
with us?

      I will appreciate any help you might be able to offer.

      Jay Manarky
      Owego, NY

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:13:31 -0400
From: Randylarson999@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sniffles Incantation

In response to Charlie's inquiry about the Sniffles incantation, I believe
the girl (whose name escapes me) would say:  "Poof, poof piffles, make me
just as small as Sniffles!"

Randy Larson

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:14:10 -0400
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Pete Kelly's Blues"
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       I've listened to a CD I've got of "Pete Kelly's Blues" which was
on OTR and starred Jack Webb (pre-"Dragnet").  I must admit, it
wasn't exactly my type program.  It's only two eps, but the sound
quality is good.  If there is anyone out there who's interested in
trading it for one of your CD's, contact me offlist and we'll try to
arrange something.  I'd hate to just toss it!

Sincerely,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:10:58 -0400
From: Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jack Edwards Jr

On January 5th, I wrote:

I just heard the same pleasant voiced actor who played Lee Phillips in
"Jerry @FO", and who played a gun-toting wretch at least a couple of times
in "Malone".  This time I heard him as the villainous union corrupter who
gets pulverised by Richard Diamond in an early episode of that series.

At last, I've discovered the name of the actor with the southern drawl who
I like so much. It's Jack Edward's Jr.

I just listened to an early episode of "Escape" called "The diamond as big
as the Ritz", and he played the lead.  Altho I've heard him many times,
this was the first occasion that I've heard him receive credit.

Apparently he comes from a show-biz family, including Sam Edwards of "Meet
Corliss Archer".  I learned a bit about Jack Jr, by reading the Sam Edwards
bio at: [removed]

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:11:18 -0400
From: "Druian, Raymond B SPL" <[removed]@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  RE: Sniffles

If my memory isn't playing too many tricks on me, it was "Raggedy Ann"
comics, and it was Raggedy Ann who recited the verse so that she could reduce
her size to that of Sniffles.

Thanx,
[removed]

* Kiss a malamute today *

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:11:26 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Charles Lane

Charles Lane died at 102 years. Does anyone know if he did any radio.

Ron Sayles

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:11:49 -0400
From: Richard Olday <raolday@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Sniffles

Hi: Sniffles was paired with Mary Jane in the comics and MJ said Poo Poo
Piffle, Make me just as small as Sniffles. Hopefully my memory of 50 plus
years ago is correct.  Dick Olday

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:12:14 -0400
From: rbackus22@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  SNIFFLES
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As I remember, the comic book version was MARY JANE and SNIFFLES.
MARY JANE was a pretty blond little girl and SNIFFLES was the mouse wearing a
19th century sailor's hat.
It seems to me they were part of another comic book, usually featured as the
last story.

Dick Backus

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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:12:27 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Sniffles and Mary Jane

This thread is getting pretty far from OTR, but I just dipped into my
"Overstreet Comic Book Guide" and found out that Mary Jane and
Sniffles never got their own comic book. However they were in the
supporting cast of "Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies" comic books,
beginning in 1941. As such they would have been in the company of
Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and of course, Bugs Bunny.

Jack French
Editor:  RADIO RECALL

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