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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2013 : Issue 100
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
This week in radio history 22-28 Sep [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Re: War of the Worlds and Mercury re [ Purkasz <purkasz@[removed]; ]
War Of The Worlds 75th Anniversary [ Richard Fish <fish@lodestone-media. ]
OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK [ Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed]; ]
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:46:40 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: This week in radio history 22-28 September
From Those Were The Days -
9/22
1943 Singer Kate Smith finished her War Bond radio appeal. For 13
continuous hours Smith had stayed on the air, collecting a whopping $39
million dollars in bond pledges. ($510,808,942 in 2012 dollars.)
1957 The CBS Radio Workshop was silenced after 18 months of what the
critics said was "ingenious radio programming."
9/24
1942 Glenn Miller ended his Moonlight Serenade series on CBS. It was
time for Miller to go to war. The show had aired three times a week for
Chesterfield Cigarettes.
9/25
1933 America's favorite cowboy, Tom Mix, was heard for the first time
on NBC. The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters continued on the air until
June 1950.
9/27
1933 NBC debuted Waltz Time, featuring the orchestra of Abe Lymon. The
program continued on the network until 1948.
1938 Thanks for the Memory was heard for the first time on The Bob
Hope Show on the NBC Red network.
9/28
1936 Bachelor's Children debuted on CBS (at 9:45 [removed]) in addition to
its schedule on the Mutual Network (at 10:15 [removed]). The show's theme
song, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, opened the 15 minute, critically
acclaimed, daily serial. Bachelor's Children became very popular because
of its natural dialogue which made folks think they were hearing a real
event. Bachelor's Children ... brought to you by Old Dutch Cleanser,
Palmolive Peet Soap, Colgate Toothpaste and Wonder Bread.
1939 The final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard. The star
of the show, Rudy Vallee, wrapped things up after a decade of
entertaining on radio before moving on to other sponsors.
Joe
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:47:59 -0400
From: Purkasz <purkasz@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Re: War of the Worlds and Mercury recordings
Randy:
It's also possible that CBS instigated a practice during that time of early
recording procedures of making copies for the cast.
I know that whenever I guest starred on many a TV movie, especially at ABC,
they would make me a video copy but since I didn't have one of those early
monster-size video players before the advent if VCR and Betamax they have
disappeared in my vault over time.
I knew Paul Stewart and worked with him a few times. He was a wonderful and
very generous man so I can understand his giving this item away during the
days when early radio was being rediscovered here in Hollywood.
How wonderland that it has fallen into your hands.
Might we see some photos?
Michael C Gwynne
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:47:48 -0400
From: Richard Fish <fish@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: War Of The Worlds 75th Anniversary
As we come up to the 75th (!) anniversary of what is arguably the most
famous radio theatre broadcast from the Golden Age, here are a few
related things:
NPR's RadioLab did a fantastic documentary on the original broadcast,
which gave me a better, clearer, and fuller sense of why it was so
terrifying to listeners than anything I've ever heard before. And it has
more detailed information about the tragic 1949 South American version
that killed six people than I've ever found, also. You can hear it
online at:
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Max Allan Collins, who has been splendidly carrying forward Mickey
Spillane's legacy (with permission), has published a murder mystery
about the original broadcast. Of course it's fiction -- but he has woven
his story so beautifully into history that it's probably impossible to
prove it didn't happen! A main character is Walter Gibson, the creator
of The Shadow. He did enormous research for the book, and there is a lot
of fascinating TRUE detail about what happened, about the Mercury
Theatre, and about how the broadcast was put together. You can find "The
War Of The Worlds Murder" lots of places on line, as hardcopy and as an
e-book.
In 1978, on the 40th Anniversary, station WPRO in Providence, Rhode
Island, did their own version of the script, relocating the events
locally and using all their own regular names and programming. It's
really very good indeed, and apparently was all too successful --
because about 2/3 of the way through they insert an appeal for people to
stop calling the Sheriff's Office!
In 1988, the 50th Anniversary Version was produced at Skywalker Ranch,
with Howard Koch's permission and collaboration and state-of-the-art
engineering by Randy Thom. It's a brilliant modernization, using Public
Radio instead of commercial radio (and with NPR's Terry Gross and Scott
Simon lending their familiar voices, it works beautifully). Douglas
Edwards and Steve Allen are featured, and Professor Pearson is played by
Jason Robards.
Richard Fish
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"Post proofs that brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those who profit
by postponing it pretend." -- Norman Corwin, 1945
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The Fire House Theatre: Sunday nights, 8-10 PM Eastern Time (UTC - 5
hours) over WFHB-FM. Live streaming and more info at [removed] !
A laugh is not something you get. It's something you give.
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Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 12:47:04 -0400
From: Jerry Haendiges <Jerry@[removed];
To: Old Time Radio Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: OLDE TYME RADIO NETWORK
Hi Friends,
Here is this week's schedule for my Olde Tyme Radio Network. Here you
may listen to high-quality broadcasts with Tom Heathwood's "Heritage
Radio Theatre," John and Larry Gassman's "Same Time Station," Duane
Keilstrup's "Classics and Curios" and my own "Old Time Radio Classics."
Streamed in high-quality audio, on demand, 24/7 at
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OLD TIME RADIO CLASSICS
THIRTY MINUTES IN HOLLYWOOD
"The George Jessel Show"
Episode 6 11-14-37 Guest: Ralph Byrd (Dick Tracy)
HOST: George Jessel
Featuring: Norma Talmadge and Tommy Tucker Orchestra
Theme Music: "California, Here I Come"
Mutual Gappers And Sattler Sundays 6:00 - 6:30 pm
TUNE UP AMERICA
Episode 6 4-8-42 "The Story Of Mary Madeline Miller"
Mutual Sustaining Wednesdays 11:30-12:00 Mid.
Host: Betty Jane Rhodes
Music: David Rose Orchestra
Announcer: Joe Doaks
BULLDOG DRUMMOND
Episode 191 4-16-45 "The Case of The Double Death"
Stars: Ned Wever
Mutual
TWELVE PLAYERS
Episode 5 8-18-45 "The Lady And the Letters"
The 12 players are: Jack Moyles, Lurene Tuttle, Edmond MacDonald, Cathy
Lewis, Jay Novello, Bea Benaderet, Mary Jane Croft, David Ellis, John
Lake, John Lund, Howard McNear, Herbert Rawlinson.
Writers: Elliot and Cathy Lewis
Music: Wilbur Hatch
CBS Sustained
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HERITAGE RADIO THEATRE
BLONDIE
(NBC) 1948 "Alexander Joins The Circus" Penny Singleton/Arthur
Lake/Hanley Stafford/Larry Sims.
ESCAPE
(CBS) 11/26/47 "Country of the Blind" Paul Frees/Bill Conrad/Peggy
Webber/Harry Bartel. A classic.
BLACKSTONE - THE MAGIC DETECTIVE
(MBS/Synd) 2/13/49 "The Coin of Cleopatra" Ed Jerome as Blackstone.
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SAME TIME, SAME STATION
We continue the second week of a series devoted to The Quiz Kids.
THE QUIZ KIDS from 04/16/41 Guest jack Benny.
JACK BENNY from 04/20/41. Guests are The Quiz Kids.
Finally, an interview that Walden Hughes and Larry Gassman did on
09/20/2012 with former Quiz Kid Ruth Duskin Feldman.
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This Week's Classics & Curios Show:
"Echoes of Songs and Laughter"
Episode 89
Episode 90
ONE NIGHT STAND: SAMMY KAYE FROM THE ASTOR HOTEL
Last week we enjoyed Tommy Dorsey at the 400 Restaurant in New York City
September 30,1945 and this week we catch Sammy Kaye at the Hotel Astor
on August 14, 1944. Sammy, of course, took a lot of criticism from
musicians about his music style. Bandleader Charlie Barnet even did a
satirical recording of Sammy's "Swing and Sway" style with the title
"Swing and Sweat with Charlie Barnet." Sammy's music was often labeled
"Mickey Mouse," but Sammy knew exactly what he was doing. Actually he
was an astute business man and probably as demanding of his musicians as
Tommy Dorsey or Fred Waring were of theirs. He indeed increasingly
demanded precision and paid close attention to what audiences liked to
dance to. His charm and easy going stage presence immediately made him
popular in his hometown in Lakewood, Ohio and eventually across the
country all the way to the Astor Roof in midtown Manhatten.
In later years Sammy sometimes leaned more to swinging than swaying in
his style. For his "Afternoon at Meadowbrook" concerts he even invited
Gene Krupa, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Wilson to perform. Sammy himself
said, "We were really more versatile than many people realized." Among
his most requested tunes were the swing versions of march music, and on
today's episode the band responds with "The Billboard March."
Also featured on this "One Night Stand" Armed Forces Radio Service set
are classic Kaye "sway" versions of tunes like "Someday I'll Meet You
Again" and "Some Peaceful Evening," both sung by Billy Williams along
with "Kentucky" and "On My Way Out," performed by Nancy Norman and Sally
Stewart, respectively. In the "cute curio" category is "Take It Easy" by
Nancy and Billy. Nancy adds "Come with Me My Honey" in Kaye calypso
style, and the Kayedets do "Cool, Calm, and Collected."
Our big band AFRS remote fades into the night as Sammy plays "The
Billboard March" and we get our last view from our Astor Roof table
overlooking the Hudson River with the lights of New Jersey in the distance.
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This program is available in the Jerry Haendiges Collection, catalog
number 93356A
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