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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2007 : Issue 307
                         A Part of the [removed]!
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  early college football on radio       [ "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@sbcglob ]
  Three Investigators answers           [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  10-29 births/deaths                   [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:30:14 -0400
From: "Jim Hilliker" <jimhilliker@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  early college football on radio

Hi!  Since nobody responded to my last question, I'll try one more time.
While researching some old Los Angeles Times radio logs, I found that Don
Wilson was calling the USC football games over KFI in 1931.  Does anybody
have any details about Don Wilson as a sports announcer?

Also, I know there've been discussions in the past here about re-creations
of major league baseball games on radio.  I'd like to know if there were
also re-creations of college footballs games?  I saw a 1930 listing where
KHJ in Los Angeles carried the Stanford-Minnesota game, likely via their
co-owned Don Lee station, KFRC.  But at the same time, station KMTR carried
the same game "via Western Union."    How common was this practice?

Jim Hilliker
Monterey, CA

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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:16:18 -0400
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Three Investigators answers

Kermyt Anderson and Jim Burns:

As a long-time fan of the Alfred Hitchcock and the
Three Investigators Mystery Series (and host of the
Jones Salvage Yard Forum), I can answer your
questions. First, yes Robert Arthur of "Mysterious
Traveler" fame did create the series and the
characters and wrote 10 of the 43 books (1-9 and 11).
OTR played a role, of sorts, in the 9th book, "The
Mystery of the Screaming Clock."

To answer Kermyt's specific questions about the audio
plays, according to fellow fan Robert Held, the audio
plays of the first two stories, "The Secret of Terror
Castle" and "The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot"
were recorded in 1984 by the British Company, Rainbow
Communications.

Jim,

As to Hitchcock having nothing to do with the
mysteries, you're misremembering. Or I'm
misunderstanding what you're saying. The _real life_
Alfred Hitchcock was not involved with the books,
beyond lending the use of his name; Robert Arthur (and
later his successors) wrote "Hitchcock's"
introductions, not Hitchcock himself. However, _within
the stories themselves_ Alfred Hitchcock was very much
involved. Two of the Three Investigators (Jupiter
Jones and Pete Crenshaw) bluffed their way into his
office in the first story, offering to find them a
genuine haunted house for his next picture. From that
first meeting, came Hitchcock's promise to introduce
that case-- and _only_ that case-- if they succeeded.

They did, and Hitchcock introduced the case as
promised. However, he changed his mind about it being
a one-time deal and introduced 30 of their cases. He
also meets with Jupe, Pete and the third member of the
team, Bob Andrews, at the end of each book to discuss
the case.

 In some stories (such as "The Mystery of the
Stuttering Parrot" and "The Mystery of the Whispering
Mummy", Hitchcock puts the boys in touch with someone
needing their help; in others, such as "The Mystery of
the Shrinking House", the boys use Hitchcock as a
reference when some questions their legitimacy.

Again, this refers to the fictional role Hitchcock
played within the stories. The actual Alfred Hitchcock
was not actually involved in the series. However, the
fact that he was a real person gave the series a
verisimilitude I felt the "Hardy Boys" lacked by
comparison.

And it didn't hurt that Robert Arthur created some
great characters.

As to when the Three Investigators books were
published, those dates were 1964-1987. They were
published by Random House. The first book, as I said,
was "The Secret of Terror Castle"; the last was "The
Mystery of the Cranky Collector." In addition to
Arthur, who died in 1969, other writers on the series
included Dennis Lynds (as "William Arden") whom Arthur
hand-picked to continue the series; Mary Virginia
Carey (as [removed] Carey); Marcus Beresford (as Marc
Brandel); and Kin Platt (as "Nick West"). Most of the
post- Arthur books were written by Lynds and Carey.

The last book featuring Hitchcock before his death was
"The Secret of Shark Reef" (#30). After that, a
fictional character named Hector Sebastian (a private
investigator turned mystery writer) introduced the
books.  Random House subsequently went back and
reprinted the earlier books, replacing Hitchcock with
Sebastian. The exception was the reprint of "Terror
Castle." Since a movie producer played a key role in
that book, Hitchcock was replaced with the fictional
producer, "Reginald Clarke."

Although Random House replaced Hitchcock with
Sebastian in reprints of books 2-30, it didn't revise
the 31st book, "The Mystery of the Scar-Faced Beggar"
in which Sebastian was originally introduced. So
someone reading only the revised editions of the early
book would have been awfully confused as to why
they're suddenly being introduced to him all over
again.

Go figure.

A short lived new series, "The Three Investigators
Crimebusters" (11 titles) appeared in the 1990s, but
most fans dismiss it. The boys are slightly older
(17), but have so changed in personality as to be
completely different people. I consider the Jupe, Pete
and Bob in "Crimebusters" to be three characters who
just happen to have those names, and not the
_authentic_ Three Investigators.

If you have any other questions about the Three
Investigators, or want web addresses for sites related
to the series, E-Mail me offline.

Rick

[removed] The Three Investigators books are still being
published today in Germany. And a German-made movie
version of "The Secret of Skeleton Island" (filmed in
South Africa and in English, not German) is due for
release soon. At least in Europe. When it will be
released in the [removed] and whether in theaters or
straight to DVD remains to be seen.

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Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:05:39 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  10-29 births/deaths

October 29th births

10-29-1873 - Walter C. Kelly - Mineville, NY - d. 1-6-1939
actor: (The Virginia Judge) "The Eveready Hour"
10-29-1880 - Gleason L. Archer - Great Pond, ME - d. xx-xx-1966
lecturer: "Laws That Safeguard Society"
10-29-1889 - Anna Case - Clinton, NJ - d. 1-7-1984
singer/actor: WJZ New York City
10-29-1891 - Fanny Brice - NYC - d. 5-29-1951
comedienne: Baby Snooks Higgins, "Baby Snooks"
10-29-1894 - Jack Pearl - NYC - d. 12-25-1982
comedian: Baron Munchausen "Baron and the Bee, Jack and Cliff, Jack
Pearl Show"
10-29-1897 - Hope Emerson - Hawarden, IA - d. 4-24-1960
actor: Henrietta Topper "Advs. of Topper"; Elsie the Cow "Happy Island"
10-29-1901 - Akim Tamiroff - Baku, Russia - d. 9-17-1972
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
10-29-1902 - Lillian Lee - d. 5-xx-1987
actor: "Jack Kirkwood Show"; "Fibber McGee and Molly"
10-29-1905 - Herbert Lateau - d. 3-xx-1984
producer: "The National Farm and Home Hour"
10-29-1908 - Robert K. Adams - d. 2-13-1981
actor: "Dr. Susan"; Hilltop House"; Your Family and Mine"
10-29-1909 - Virginia Clark - Peoria, IL
actor: Helen Trent "Romance of Helen Trent"
10-29-1910 - Lew Parker - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-27-1972
actor: John Bickerson "The Bickersons" "Mennen Shave Time with Lew
Parker"
10-29-1916 - Hadda Brooks - Los Angeles, CA - d. 11-21-2002
pianist: "Jubilee"
10-29-1921 - Ed Kemmer - Reading, PA - d. 11-9-2004
actor: Buzz Corey "Space Patrol"
10-29-1925 - Geraldine Brooks - NYC - d. 6-19-1977
actor: "Hollywood Fights Back"; "Voice of the Army"
10-29-1925 - Robert Hardy - Cheltenham, England
actor, writer: "The Leopard and the Lillies"
10-29-1933 - Douglas Cameron - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
presenter: "Today"; "double act"

October 29th deaths

02-18-1890 - Adolphe Menjou - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10-29-1963
host: "Texaco Star Theatre"; "Eternal Light"; "Hallmark Playhouse"
02-18-1917 - Jack Slattery - Missouri - d. 10-29-1979
announcer: "House Party"; "You Bet Your Life"
02-29-1888 - Tess Sheehan - Ann Arbor, MI - d. 10-29-1972
actor: Dorrie Warren "Wendy Warren and the News"
03-12-1905 - Milton Merlin - California - d. 10-29-1996
writer: "The Halls of Ivy"; "The Man Called X"; "Presenting Charles
Boyer"
04-08-1921 - Franco Corelli - Ancona, Italy - d. 10-29-2003
operatic tenor: "Gala Performance"
05-16-1913 - Woody Herman - Milwaukee, WI - d. 10-29-1987
bandleader: (The Thundering Herd) "Wildroot Show"
06-07-1897 - Mann Holiner - Brooklyn, NY - d. 10-29-1958
producer, director: "Baby Snooks Show"; "Frank Sinatra Show"; "Jubilee"
06-14-1908 - John Scott Trotter - Charlotte, NC - d. 10-29-1975
conductor: "Kraft Music Hall"; "Philco Radio Time"
07-04-1885 - Louis B. Mayer - Minsk, Byelorussia, Russian Empire - d.
10-29-1957
film executive: "Good News of 1938/39"; "Songs By Sinatra"; "Lux
Radio Theatre"
07-06-1894 - Myra Marsh - Maine - d. 10-29-1964
actor: Dora Foster "A Date with Judy"; Mother "My Friend Irma"
07-29-1924 - Lloyd Bochner - Toronto, Canada - d. 10-29-2005
actor: "The Chase"; "CBS Radio Mystery Theatre"
08-20-1908 - Al Lopez - Tampa, FL - d. 10-29-2005
baseball hall of fame: "Greatest Sports Thrills"; "Tops In Sports"
10-23-1922 - Ewell Blackwell - Fresno, CA - d. 10-29-1996
baseball pitcher: "Babe Didrickson Zaharius Sports Show"
12-14-1912 - Morey Amsterdam - Chicago, IL - d. 10-29-1996
comedian: "Morey Amsterdan Show"
xx-xx-1896 - Billy Artzt - Philadelphia, PA - d. 10-29-1949
orchestra leader: "Blondie"; "Myrt and Marge"; "Shirley Temple Time"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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