Subject: [removed] Digest V2003 #259
From: "OldRadio Mailing Lists" <[removed]@[removed];
Date: 7/1/2003 9:16 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2003 : Issue 259
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Today in radio history                [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Mr Keen                               [ "mike kerezman" <philipmarlowe@cfai ]
  Say Goodnight Gracie at the Helen Ha  [ Christopher Werner <werner1@globalc ]
  Re: A kill and Godiva, [removed]'  [ Christopher Werner <werner1@globalc ]
  clear channel stations                [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
  Katherine Hepburn on radio            [ Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed] ]
  Katharine Hepburn on the radio        [ Art Chimes <achimes@[removed]; ]
  July 2nd birthdays                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  REPS Report                           [ otrbuff@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:09:58 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otr-net <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Today in radio history

   From Those Were The Days --

1934 - The Federal Communications Commission, as mandated in the
Communications Act of 1934, replaced the Federal Radio Commission as the
regulator of broadcasting in the United States.

   Joe

--
Visit my homepage: [removed]

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:23:25 -0400
From: "mike kerezman" <philipmarlowe@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Mr Keen

I was just wondering if there is log of Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
shows available on the net anywhere. I have several Mr. Keen shows in my
collection with no dates and was wanting to properly re-label them.

Mike Kerezman Jr

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:25:33 -0400
From: Christopher Werner <werner1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Say Goodnight Gracie at the Helen Hayes
 Theater NYC

Last night (6/30) I was privileged to enjoy Frank Gorshin in a solo 90
minute performance of "Say Goodnight Gracie" at the Helen Hayes Theater on
44th St between 7th and 8th Avenue in Manhattan. Because of the holiday
Friday, an additional show was scheduled for Monday night (Broadway
theaters are closed Mondays). I got there early, chatted with the guard
from the neighboring building who informed me that the Schubart Theater
owns either 11 or 19 of the Broadway Theaters but only has performances in
5 of them due to the drop in tourism and the economy. While we were
speaking, Frank Gorshin stepped out of the theater and headed for Sardi's
restaurant on the other side of this guard's property and realized that it
was Monday and the restaurant was closed and so chatted with some of us on
the sidewalk [removed] well enough background.

The show begins with a thick mist on stage and George Burns confronting God
after living over 100 years. He then has to perform one more time - and
that sets the stage for the telling of his life story. The monologue is
supported by appropriate music of the period (Love in Bloom dominated much
of it, though the Fog music sounded a lot like Suspense) as well as
projected photos of his childhood, early career and of course Gracie. He
covers his hustling for money as a young boy, his barbershop/vaudeville
beginnings and how he met Gracie. Then the story focuses on their early
success and his efforts to get her to *not* marry another fellow but choose
him instead. Successful as they were, he speaks of their adoption, health
problems, and eventual loss of his loving wife. About the first hour covers
history prior to their Radio Show including their Movie careers. With 30
minutes left he extolls the joys of their Radio days, his long time
friendship with Jack Benny and eventually his debut on Television. Several
film and TV clips are shown as well as his influence on Jack Benny's acting
style (hiding the violin evolving into Benny's arm and hand gestures). He
also covers his later acting career in the Sunshine Boys, Oh,God and TV
guest work.

As a whole I thought Rupert Holmes did a marvelous job of writing the
'play' and Gorshin does an outstanding job of playing George Burns. I was
all excited about this being a perfect evening activity at the FOTR
convention in October until I asked about group rates and was informed that
the show will close on Broadway on August 24th. It will go on the road,
however, covering Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Wilmington DE, Palm
Beach FL and 21 other cities.  [removed] has more
information (I still can't believe they give .net domains to non-network
related businesses, sigh)

So keep an eye out for a performance in a city near you - it is worth every
penny you spend to see it. Highly recommended!

Chris

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:23:45 -0400
From: Christopher Werner <werner1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: A kill and Godiva, [removed]'t you?

At 11:08 PM 6/30/2003 -0400, Derek wrote:
As for providing a female liberrian, er, librarian with a box of candy,
I've found that a family-size bag of M&M's will do the job just as nicely.
There's no need to spend your reearch money on a Whitman's Sampler, or a
package courtesy of Ms. Farmer or Mr. Stover.

Having a wife who *IS* a librarian (Medical, Legal, Academic, or
Engineering/Special), I will vouch for the fact that she is highly
motivated by chocolate. Doctors or Lawyers who provided 'thank you' baskets
of fruit, candy, chocolate, baklava, etc. are always favored. Being from
Germany, she finds the brands mentioned above to be too [removed]

..to which Elizabeth McLeod [removed]
On the other hand, don't think they can't *tell* if you're cheaping out.
Anything short of Ghiradelli or Godiva, and you might as well hang a sign
around your neck that says "I'm A Piker." (Me, I prefer caramels. And not
those cheap ones in the polybag from the supermarket, either.)

Yes, Godiva, Ghiradelli, Lindt, Ritter-Sport, Balsen, and even a Kit-Kat
bar (in leu of Duplo) are all highly acceptable (even better if accompanied
by Breyers, Haagen-Daz, Moeven-Pik or Dove Bar Ice Cream).

To which Derek responded:
    Point taken, Liz; however, do you think if I could afford to buy ANYBODY
Godiva Chocolates, I would need to supplement my income by taking on
free-lance research jobs?

SO, the real question here is: "Is *Derek* willing to do research for
chocolate?"

Hmmm.

Chris

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:22:51 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  clear channel stations

A. Joseph Ross writes, about a reason that we can't pick up clear channel
stations from far away:

It also could be that the AM band is much more crowded now, the FCC has been
licensing stations on channels that were once "clear" channels, and former
daytime-only
stations now have nightime authorization.

Good thing that the FCC allowed more local stations to stay on the air
longer, so we could hear local programming later.
Bad thing that the FCC and Congress allowed "network consolidation": Now we
can hear the same canned programs on most stations in our markets, piped in
from 100's or 1000's of miles away.

Herb Harrison

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:22:28 -0400
From: Herb Harrison <herbop@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Katherine Hepburn on radio

I did a quick Google search. Looks like [removed] didn't do much radio. This is
what I found that seems relevant:
* **

 From a Lux Radio Theatre site
<[removed];:

Lux's extravagant productions were a huge success. Renowned director Cecil
B. DeMillewhose films were synonymous with spectaclewas brought in to host
the show. Stars were routinely paid up to $5,000 to appear and over 50
actors, musicians and technicians were on hand every week for productions
which ranged from "The Thin Man" to "The Jazz Singer" to "The African Queen."

Before the show left the air in 1955, DeMille and subsequent hosts William
Keighley and Irving Cummings welcomed nearly every major movie and radio
star to the Lux microphone, including Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Bing
Crosby, Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Roy Rogers and
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.

* **
 From a Cary Grant site <[removed];:

<[removed]~[removed]#Radio>The Philadelphia
Story
The Lux Radio Theatre
(Special victory show for [removed] Government) 7/20/1942
Katherine Hepburn
Lt. James Stewart
Ruth Hussey
Virginia Weidler

* **
 From the same Cary Grant site:

Lady Esther Screen Guild Players "The Philadelphia Story" w/ K. Hepburn, J.
Stewart. CBS 3/17/47
(I assume "Lady Esther" was a brand name/sponsor.  [removed])

* **
Hope this helps.

Herb Harrison

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:58:32 -0400
From: Art Chimes <achimes@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Katharine Hepburn on the radio

My friend Dave Goldin's valuable web site, [removed],
returned the following listings for Katharine Hepburn. Apparently the
great film star did relatively little work on radio.

Arch Oboler's Plays: "Suffer Little Children" September 16, 1939, NBC.

Lux Radio Theatre: "The Philadelphia Story" July 20, 1942, CBS.

Tribute To Ethel Barrymore. August 15, 1945, ABC.

The Story Of The Big Mo. October 30, 1945, Mutual. Broadcast from the
battleship [removed] Missouri.

Theatre Guild On The Air: "Little Women" December 23, 1945. ABC.

Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre: "The Philadelphia Story" March 17, 1947,
CBS.

The Right To Live. May 18, 1947, NBC. Sponsored by United Jewish Appeal.

Lux Radio Theatre: "Undercurrent" October 6, 1947, CBS.

The Spencer Tracy Story. Excerpts from Tracy's films. 1948, MGM
syndication. Air trailer.

Two Lines. October 19, 1948, CBS. American Cancer Society fund appeal.

Stagestruck: "How The Stage Helped Make Hollywood History" April 18, 1954,
CBS. Mike Wallace (host).

Biography In Sound: "Meet Ethel Barrymore" March 20, 1955, NBC.

Also included are a few latter-day items, including rebroadcasts of old
Hepburn material and a couple of her appearances on the Dick Cavett Show.

Regards,
Art Chimes

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:23:35 -0400
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  July 2nd birthdays

July 2nd births

07-02-1910 - Jeff Alexander - Whidbey Island, WA - d. 12-23-1989
conductor: "Amos 'n" Andy"; "Light Up Time"; "Tums Hollywood Theatre"
07-02-1916 - Ken Curtis - Lamar, CO - d. 4-28-1991
singing cowboy: "Hollywood Barn Dance"
07-02-1927 - Brock Peters - NYC
actor: "Earplay"

July 2nd deaths

01-17-1875 - Minetta Ellen - Cleveland, OH - d. 7-2-1965
actress: Francis 'Fanny" Barbour "One Man"s Family"
03-27-1914 - Snooky Lanson - Memphis, TN - d. 7-2-1990
singer: "Snooky Lanson Show"; "Your Hit Parade"
05-05-1915 - Ben Wright - London, England - d. 7-2-1989
actor: Hey Boy "Have Gun, Will Travel"; Nicholas Lacey "One Man"s Family"
05-20-1908 - Jimmy Stewart - IN, PA - d. 7-2-1997
actor: Britt Ponset "Six Shooter"
07-23-1936 - Don Drysdale - Van Nuys, CA - d. 7-2-1993
baseball announcer: California Angels, Chicago White Sox, L. A. Dodgers
11-09-1909 - Kay Thompson - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-2-1998
singer: "Fred Waring Show"; "Your Hit Parade"; "Tune-Up Time"
12-18-1916 - Betty Grable - St. Louis, MO - d. 7-2-1973
actress: "Hollywood Showcase"; "So You Want to Lead a Band"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hometown of [removed] Kaltenborn and Spencer Tracy

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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:27:09 -0400
From: otrbuff@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  REPS Report

I've just returned from my initial foray to Seattle's Radio Enthusiasts
of Puget Sound (REPS) Showcase, an annual OTR convention that
traditionally imports a dozen or more Tinseltown radio legends and
others, including some of the most talented voices still around,
appearing in several sterling presentations.  Let me suggest to any who
may have missed the Seattle confabs that a trip to this event will be
well worth the effort.  It compares favorably with the better known
conventions that draw from widespread territory like FOTR and some that
pull beyond more defined geographical regions like Cincinnati and
SPERDVAC.

The re-creations were second to none.  With few exceptions, only
professional actors were assigned roles in "Our Miss Brooks," "Mr. and
Mrs. North," "The Cisco Kid," "Lux Radio Theater," "Escape" and other
live performances.  If you closed your eyes it was like radio revisited,
and most of the cast was as sharp and as impressive as in days of yore.
No amateurs here.  Many of these same individuals (among their number
Harry Bartell, Dick Beals, Frank Buxton, Ben Cooper, Sam Edwards, Ray
Erlenborn, Barbara Fuller, Kathy Garver, Art Gilmore, Hal Stone, Gil
Stratton Jr. and more) turned up on various panel presentations on
specified topics scattered throughout the four-day conclave.  All were
knowledgeable, personable and at times exceedingly witty.  Their stories
were fascinating.  There was opportunity for the common man to rub elbows
with all of them and to ask the questions about the good old days that
they appeared eager to answer from the platform and in leisure-time bull
sessions.

The Seattle group is exceedingly well organized.  I was amazed to learn
that about 50 individuals volunteered to lend a hand in putting on this
program, even more stupefied that roughly 50 weeks a year a core of 8 or
12 persons meets to plan in detail each year's event.  Their dedication
is manifest everywhere.  I saw nothing that somebody hadn't thought about
in advance and had not left to chance.  I was particularly impressed by
the input of local members Janet and Christopher Conrad, Paul Feavel, Joy
Jackson, John Jensen, David Selvig, Marilyn Wilt, Harlan Zinck and a
half-dozen more who were available to pitch in at every turn.  Stewart
Wright, who isn't a local member, contributed in numerous ways, so much
so that he seemed to be part of the steering committee.

Seattle offers many diversions to attract the casual visitor, if he/she
can find time to spring loose from such captivating fare during the
convention.  My suggestion is go a day or two early or stay over a while.
 There's not much to disappoint one with the programming and the site.
Cheap hotel rates (continental breakfast, microwave and refrigerator in
every room) and frequent complimentary shuttle service to/from the nearby
convention site make it even more attractive, beyond the gracious
hospitality of the local hosts.  You really can't go wrong here.

REPS Showcase is held over several days the last week of June.  I would
encourage any who have never been to put it on their schedule for a
future year.  I know I was pleasantly surprised.  I predict you will be,
too.

Jim Cox

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