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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 124
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Richard Crenna's "Slattery's People"  [ Peter Kinder <pdkinder@[removed]; ]
  Frank Schuster                        [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
  Elizabeth's April Fools Joke          [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]
  Wild Bill Hickok                      [ "John edwards" <jcebigjohn41@hotmai ]
  Re: Elevator Operators                [ Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed] ]
  Uniform                               [ JackBenny@[removed] ]
  Private Eyelashes                     [ ilamfan@[removed] ]
  Edward R. Murrow                      [ Dick Backus <backus2@[removed]; ]
  Marshall Dodge:                       [ "Bob and Carol Taylor" <shadowcole@ ]
  Frank Sinatra Radio Reissues          [ seandd@[removed] ]
  elevator muzak                        [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
  Mister Ed                             [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
  4-7 births/deaths                     [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:49:41 -0400
From: Peter Kinder <pdkinder@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Richard Crenna's "Slattery's People"

	The only connection this question has with OTR is the beloved
Richard Crenna.  He made an unjustly short-lived TV series in the mid 60s
called "Slattery's People" in which he played a California state senator.
Does anyone know if the series is available on tape or DVD?  Off-list
responses would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Peter Kinder

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:50:34 -0400
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Frank Schuster
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Hi gang!

Jim Widner  jwidner@[removed] wrote:

Not sure if it was from television or radio (TV, I suspect), but I recall a
very funny skit that W&S did wherein a guy became addicted to television as
one becomes addicted to drugs - he just needed to watch, any show, it
didn't matter. As an antidote trying to cure him, he was forced to listen
to radio.

Would somebody please clarify or corroborate the following queries? Was Frank
Schuster of the Canadian comedy team of  "(Johnny) Wayne and (Frank) Schuster"
related somehow to Superman co-creator Joe Schuster [as in "Jerry Siegel & Joe
Schuster"]? Also, wasn't Frank Schuster  the father of  one-time "Saturday
Night Live" writer Rosie Schuster, and hence, one-time father-in-law of SNL
creator Lorne Michaels?

I believe I read about all these Schusters being related in a book  from the
mid-1980s detailing the history of the SNL [removed] I'm not 100% sure.

Happy Ether!

Derek Tague

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 19:09:14 -0400
From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Elizabeth's April Fools Joke

I totally bought Elizabeth's story about "the find" last year.  As everything
else that she writes, it was so obviously researched and full of interesting
facts that as I read the item I became more and more enthused, wondering
just how long it would be until I had copies of these gems in my collection.

When the bomb dropped, I was, of course, disappointed; not so much
for finding out that I would not be hearing the shows that had been discovered,
but more because I had been hoodwinked.

The more I thought about it, and the more I read messages, both pro and con,
the more I admired Elizabeth for her brilliant creation.  I'm glad that there
are no more April Fools jokes in this group, because I seriously doubt if anyone
can possibly top Elizabeth's joke.  I'm sure that each year as April draws near,
there will be many amongst us who will simply smile, shake our heads at
what we almost had, and drink a toast to Elizabeth for writing a classic.

Al Girard

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 19:08:35 -0400
From: "John edwards" <jcebigjohn41@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Wild Bill Hickok

Hi,  Perhaps someone could answer a question I have concerning the series
WILD BILL HICKOK. I know the series ran on radio 1951 - 1956 with many of
these shows being in circulation, but when did it run on TV?  I recall
watching it & would guess it may have been the mid 50's.  Did the show run
on TV at the same time as the radio series or did the TV series run after
the radio show ended? John

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 02:22:12 -0400
From: Elizabeth McLeod <lizmcl@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Elevator Operators

On 4/4/04 12:18 PM [removed]@[removed] wrote:

When is the last time you spoke to an eleverator operator? "third
[removed] wearing [removed] [removed] down, step to
the rear of the car please."

I was surprised to find an elevator operator in all his glory when I
attended a media cocktail party at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York
in 1997. The elevators were then, and probably still are, the old-school
hand-operated kind, complete with a uniformed lackey in charge of keeping
the car moving.

When I encountered this operator, he was swearing profusely in Spanish at
the door of his car, which had jammed in a half-open half-closed
position, stranding several angry passengers inside and causing a huge
backlog of people to accumulate in the corridor waiting for a ride down
to the street. Most of us ended up taking the stairs -- where I ended up
slipping in my ridiculously uncomfortable shoes and broke a toe. So my
memories of elevator operators are far from nostalgic, I [removed]

Elizabeth

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 02:22:42 -0400
From: JackBenny@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Uniform

I wrote:

This is totally off-topic, but that you've mentioned it, I did that once
sans
the uniform and with a regular chair.

And before anyone else jumps in on this joke, I'd better say it myself.  YES,
I WAS WEARING REGULAR CLOTHING INSTEAD OF THE UNIFORM, NOT RUNNING THE
ELEVATOR IN THE BUFF.

--LL

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 02:23:09 -0400
From: ilamfan@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
Subject:  Private Eyelashes

     Just a note about my latest book purchase that I am enjoying immensely -
Jack French's "Private Eyelashes - Radio's Lady Detectives".  Just released
last week, $[removed] from BearManor Media [removed] .
     This is a superb book covering the oft-neglected topic of radio's female
crimefighters.  I'm only about halfway through it right now, it is a very
informative and FUN read!
     Mr French has authored several articles about these "Private Eyelashes":
here is a link to one that's online, which might be considered a primer for
the book:

[removed]

     He covers all of the well-known female detectives, and a slew of
unknowns.  How many of these radio sleuthettes (not bad, eh?) names do you
recognize?  Irene Delroy, Marie Revell, Phyl Coe, Carolyn Day, Kitty Keene,
Diane LaVolta, Marty Ellis Bryant, Mary Vance, Debby Spencer, Kitty Piper,
Anne [removed] a few are familiar to you, probably not all of them.
And these are just a few of the radio characters described in the book.
     Chapters are split up into groups of single heroines, husband/wife
teams, newsgirls, secretaries, comedy spins, and so on.  Well thought out,
and intelligently arranged.
     Also, dozens of black and white photographs of the actresses - thanks
for the glamorous photos of Alice Reinheart, Adele Jergens, and Agnes
Moorehead (surely I'm not the only fella who thinks she was a babe?!?) -
Hubba Hubba!  [removed] mean, it's a treat to see the stars when we only know
them from their voices.
     And, of course, in her own chapter, is the great Candy Matson.  Not only
the best female detective show, but one of the best OTR shows of all time.
Great scripts and acting, strong characters, excitement, humor, what's not to
like?
     Same as this book - what's not to like?  Nothing.  A very informative,
well-researched work that belongs on the OTR bookshelf along with Dunning,
Grams, Cox, Hickerson, Harmon, and Stone.
     Thanks, Mr French ([removed] I still think that the "Nemesis, Incorporated"
show was really exciting, and even though a tad corny, would love to hear
more episodes of the series)!

Stephen Jansen

--
Old Time Radio never dies - it
just changes formats!

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 03:26:30 -0400
From: Dick Backus <backus2@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Edward R. Murrow

I remember hearing one of Murrow's "Reports from London" in which he expounds
on the value of the cigarette as a calming influence during the blitz.
Can anyone help me find where I can download or purchase that segment?
Thanks,
                                                                     Dick
Backus

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:58:11 -0400
From: "Bob and Carol Taylor" <shadowcole@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Marshall Dodge:

I wonder if anybody has any old either radio or   performances of Marshall
Dodge who was one half in the team of Bert & I.  The other person in the
team was Robert Bryan.  I got to see Marshall in the late 70's in Hartford
CT. at a church that was giving space to a company called The Sounding
Board.  He was great and with the absence of sight I missed some of his
antics on stage.

That kind of performing is a dying breed.

Marshall had a show on Maine Public tv called, So You Think You Know Maine.
The humor was wonderful.

If any one has any stories or know where I can get any of his stuff, I would
prefer CD would the please let me know.

Thanks,  Isn't this list great.  Thanks to all who share so much so we all
can learn.

Bob Taylor

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:58:23 -0400
From: seandd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Frank Sinatra Radio Reissues

The New York Post today reviews a CD of Frank Sinatra musical recordings from
1940-1942 for NBC Network.

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:10:48 -0400
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  elevator muzak

Tieing this post into a radio subject:  there was always soothing, elevator
music to hum along from a broadcaster's music service, (...remember Musak?
Well, they are still around [removed] )

Oh, boy, are they still around.  With a vengance.  For the last few years,
they've been selling their services through, well, forceful marketing
techniques.

Their agents wander into, say, a Chinese restaurant or a supermarket and
listen to the music therein.  If it doesn't have the watermark of Muzak
(Muzak's is a pause in the music at some precise time, like five minutes
past the hour or some such) they know that it's either from a CD or the
radio.

Because of the ASCAP or BMI licenses, neither of these media can be used for
commercial purposes, which is what store music is.  The store owner is
informed of this fact and in the ensuing discussion is invited to sign up
with Muzak or be turned in to ASCAP or BMI and suffer the fines thereof.

I may have gotten some of this wrong.  My source is a fairly long article in
the Wall Street Journal a couple of years back; things may have changed in
the meantime.  Corrections are invited.

M Kinsler

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 13:47:22 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Mister Ed

Paul Urbahns wrote:

What I think they may be is two sides of a Mr Ed album issued during the run
of the show.

Thanks Paul.  I kinda figured it was some form of audio track from the TV
series and not a radio series.
Martin

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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 15:14:28 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  4-7 births/deaths

April 7th births

04-07-1895 - Bert Wheeler - Paterson, NJ - d. 1-18-1968
comedian: "Frank Sinatra Show"; "New Old Gold Show"
04-07-1897 - Walter Winchell - NYC - d. 2-20-1972
news-gossip caster: "Lucky Strike Dance Hour"; "Jergens Journal"
04-07-1901 - Gavin Gordon - Chicora, MS - d. 4-7-1983
actor: Doctor Norfolk "Brenthouse"
04-07-1908 - Percy Faith - Toronto, Canada - d. 2-9-1976
conductor: "Carnation Contented Hour"; "Pause That Refreshes on the Air"
04-07-1915 - Billie Holliday - d. 7-17-1959
singer: "Artie Shaw Band"
04-07-1915 - Stanley Adams - NYC - d. 4-27-1977
writer: "My Friend Irma"

April 7th deaths

01-31-1921 - John Agar - Chicago, IL - d. 4-7-2002
actor: "Big Show"
04-01-1912 - Lou Merrill - Canada - d. 4-7-1963
actor: Thomas Hyland "Crime Classics"; Aaron Saul "Point Sublime"
04-06-1884 - Walter Huston - Toronto, Canada - d. 4-7-1950
actor: "Theatre Guild on the Air"; "Cavalcade of America"
04-07-1901 - Gavin Gordon - Chicora, MS - d. 4-7-1983
actor: Doctor Norfolk "Brenthouse"
04-16-1898 - Marian Jordan - Peoria, IL - d. 4-7-1961
commedienne: "Fibber McGee and Molly"; "Kaltenmeyer's Kindergarten"
06-22-1902 - Phil Duey - Macy, IN - d. 4-7-1982
singer: "Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra"; "Leo Reisman Orchestra"; "Happy Bakers"
11-14-1914 - Ken Carson - Colgate, OK - d. 4-7-1994
singer: (Lustre Cream Shampoo commercial) "Day in the Life of Dennis Day"
11-16-1899 - Mary Margaret McBride - Paris, MO - d. 4-7-1976
commentator: "Mary Margaret McBride"
11-30-1873 - Frederic William Wile - La Porte, IN - d. 4-7-1941
commentator: "Political Situation in Washington"
--
Ron Sayles
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