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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2017 : Issue 85
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                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Re: Do you have a favorite old time   [ John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 17-23 Dec  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Spike Jones, George Rock and "Two Fr  [ Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed]; ]
  Re: George Gobel                      [ [removed]@[removed] ]

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:29:45 -0500
From: John Olsen <jrolsen2@[removed];
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Subject:  Re: Do you have a  favorite old time radio script

On Dec 15, 2017, at 3:18 PM, waldenhughes@[removed] wrote:

Do you have a favorite Old Time Radio script that we do not have an audio
copy of the radio broadcast??

My favorite "lost" Shadow adventure is "Secret Weapon" broadcast January 31,
1943.  In the midst of WWII, The Shadow battled against Nazi [removed]
walking dead soldiers who couldn't be killed.  It was [removed] it was
[removed] it was flag-wavingly glorious!  "Use V-mail, the patriotic way to
communicate with our troops overseas."  I can only hope that someday a
recording will surface.

John

See the pulpy side of things.  Check out That's Pulp!
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:31:11 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 17-23 December

 From Those Were The Days

12/17

1936   Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen kidded around with his pal, Charlie
McCarthy (who was a bit wooden, we [removed]), for the first time on
radio. The two debuted on The Rudy Vallee Show on NBC. Soon, Bergen
became one of radio's hottest properties, and was called Vallee's
greatest talent discovery.

 From The Today in History, NY Times

12/19

1932    the British Broadcasting Corporation began transmitting overseas
with its Empire Service to Australia.

12/22

1920   WEAF, in New York City, aired the first broadcast of a prize
fight from ringside. The fight was broadcast from Madison Square Garden
where Joe Lynch defeated Peter Herman to retain the bantamweight title.
Bantamweights top the scales at 118 pounds. Just think, either of those
boxers could have been mistaken for the microphone stand.

1922   WEAF once again proved to be the pillar of radio promotion. This
time they broadcast radio's first double wedding ceremony. 4,000
spectators watched as the two couples exchanged vows at Grand Central
Palace. The broadcast was made in conjunction with the American Radio
Exposition. The couples each got $100; a hefty sum in 1922 ($1458 in
2016 dollars).

 From Today in history, the NY Times

12/23

In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company set up a permanent, coast to
coast network.

 From Today's Almanac --

In 1947, the transistor was invented, leading to a revolution in
communications and electronics.

Joe

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:31:50 -0500
From: Jordan Young <jyoung@[removed];
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Subject:  Spike Jones, George Rock and "Two Front Teeth"
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Trumpet player George Rock, the aptly-named rock of Spike Jones and his City
Slickers who was best known for his kiddie vocal on the band's holiday
perennial "Two Front Teeth," is the subject of a feature that aired yesterday
on WILL Radio in his native Illinois; the web version is up at this address:

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Happy holidaze,
Jordan R. Young
(author, "Spike Jones Off the Record")

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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:33:01 -0500
From: [removed]@[removed]
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Subject:  Re: George Gobel

One other point:
George switched to CBS for the 1959-60 season; NBC had dropped him after four
years .  This was the final season of George's show. He alternated with Jack
Benny, who was in his final year of bi-weekly programs before going to once a
week.  So George was, at least, properly situated to dip into CBS Radio (not
that that proves he did, I realize!)

I think I had lost interest in George Gobel by then, which is probably
why I didn't remember him switching to CBS -- though I did know he
alternated with Jack Benny at some point.  But I did listen to the CBS
comedy block every evening while doing my homework (I was in high school
at the time), and I don't remember George Gobel being part of it.

--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] . 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 . Newton, MA 02459
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