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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2005 : Issue 205
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
What's in a name [ Hal Stone <dualxtwo@[removed]; ]
Multiple Episodes -- On and On [ "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@j ]
Henry Aldrich [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Radio and [removed] [ "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed] ]
Re: Our Miss Brooks [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
Packaging OTR [ ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed]; ]
The Return of the real "William Tell [ Wich2@[removed] ]
Henry Aldrich Movies [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
Listening to the same show always? [ "Scott and LaRae Livingston" <larae ]
Re: Norm Prescott [ jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns) ]
Re: Our Miss Brooks [ Randy Watts <rew1014@[removed]; ]
ebay vendors [ Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed] ]
Reps Convention [ lawrence albert <albertlarry@yahoo. ]
Tracking down scripts from OTR progr [ "Neil Marsh" <Neil@[removed] ]
mixed reels and so forth and so fort [ "ed carr" <edcarr@[removed]; ]
Hal was Stoned? [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:21:00 -0400
From: Hal Stone <dualxtwo@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: What's in a name
Wow!!!! Whatever did I do to deserve this??? Don Strong just posted;
Showcase this year was both relaxing and loads of fun - and after
finally getting to meet Hal Stone face-to-face, I've decided that it
is entirely appropriate to name my next kid after him. :-)
- Don Strong
Well!!! Well!!! What can one say to that?
But just in case Mr. Strong decides to bring another OTR fan into this
world, I make the following recommendations.
Please do not name the kid "Harold". That's my given name, and I never liked
it. In addition, in all the TV commercials depicting the nagging wife, she
says, in a whiney nasal [removed]"[removed] out the trash". Or, "[removed]
Why can't you (Blah, Blah Blah). No, the name "Harold" is not a wise choice.
But even worse is the name "Harlan". (Sorry to "the other "Harlan" of Radio
Archives). That was my professional "Stage name" that my parents stuck me
with when I was too young to protest. I always thought it was a sissy
sounding name. But then again, it was the first name of a US Supreme Court
Justice, so it does have some prestige attached to it. But we can do better.
The name "Hal" would work [removed] In the book of names, it means "Leader of
Men". That works for me. However, if your "next kid" is a girl, I don't
recommend using it.
And under no circumstances should you name the kid "Jughead".
And by no means use my last name. It would only confuse the kid, not to
mention all your relatives. But then again, "Strong Stone" has a nice ring
to it.
And tell the kid that just because he's (she's) my namesake, they shouldn't
expect birthday of Christmas presents.
But thank you for the highest compliment anyone ever paid me. I'd say I was
speechless, but obviously, (see above) I couldn't help but express my views.
Hal(Harlan)Stone
Jughead
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:47:46 -0400
From: "Stephen A Kallis, Jr" <skallisjr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Multiple Episodes -- On and On
The question of having an MP3 CD with multiple episodes of the same
program has come up. Speaking from experience, years ago I got a tape of
the Jack Armstrong Sulu Sea adventures -- all that were in circulation at
the time. Together, they comprised virtually the full season.
I had no trouble listening to multiple episodes. In fact, when I got
home from work, I'd put on the tape while preparing supper.
I'd not heard them while growing up; the shows came on opposite The
adventures of Superman, which I used to listen to in those days.
I view this, and other collections of consecutive episodes, as
meta-programs.
Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:48:54 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Henry Aldrich
Mary Anne Morel asked:
Were the films popular with the public in the way that the Andy Hardy Family
series was?
Are any titles available on DVD or VHS? Also, are there any copies of the TV
series available for purchase?
The HENRY ALDRICH series was Paramount's solution to a competing Andy Hardy
series that MGM was putting out. Since Andy Hardy was drawing in box office
dollars, Paramount decided to create their own movie series of a boy and his
comic escapades. The HENRY ALDRICH series is a delight, especially HENRY
ALDRICH, EDITOR (1941, the best of the series) and HENRY ALDRICH HAUNTS A
HOUSE. The first two films, WHAT A LIFE and LIFE WITH HENRY starred Jackie
Cooper and if you want to see the true origin of the Henry Aldrich character
(based on a stage play that the radio series was based on) I recommend WHAT
A LIFE (1938). Jimmy Lydon did the rest of the series, and the opening shot
of the first Lydon adventure is a hoot. Lydon, incidentally, attends
conventions across the country, including FOTR in Newark.
If you are looking for the TV series and all of the movies, they are all
available at
[removed]
Virginia or Michelle can help you, you can even call them from the number on
the site.
The Henry Aldrich films have rarely been shown on television over the years
(they have, but rarely) and it's hard to find them. Paramount sold a number
of their films to Universal years ago and I am not sure if those films were
among the collection but since they have never been released on DVD or VHS
commercially, and judging by the market value the studios consider, I doubt
they will be available anytime soon so Finders Keepers (who originated them
on VHS years ago and now DVD) is the best source.
The television series is a hoot, sponsored by Jello, but the program was
dramatized on soundstages and broadcast "live" over television so because
they were not filmed, there are barely any episodes available. I think
Finders has one of them (check the Unaired TV page).
On a side note, Jimmy Lydon appeared at the Williamsburg Film Festival two
years ago and approached me asking if I had HENRY ALDRICH HAUNTS A HOUSE.
Of all the movies he starred in, he told me that was the only one he enjoyed
doing, and the only one he didn't have a copy so I gave him one. But if I
had a choice, HENRY ALDRICH, EDITOR (1941) is the best.
Hope this helps,
Martin
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:49:06 -0400
From: "Ted Kneebone" <tkneebone1@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Radio and [removed]
Christopher Werner alludes to listening to the radio while eating dinner.
I have gone into my memory bank and come up with this. At the Kneebone
home, there was no radio while we ate our meals. Dinner and supper were
reserved for eating and talking. I think Mother did allow me to keep on the
"Music box" (light classics from WOI, Ames, Iowa), while we ate breakfast.
But dinner (or lunch as some call it) was reserved for eating and talking.
We had no interest in hearing the news or the hog markets at noon. Supper
(or dinner as some call it) came at about six. We needed to be done eating
before The Lone Ranger came on!
The only topics Mother objected to while we were together for meals were
those that were in "bad taste." "Let's not talk about that at the table!"
was our signal to change the subject. And we were discouraged from bringing
our family brawls to the table. If Betty and Bobby and I wanted to settle
some dispute, that was to be done after meals.
I don't recall ever having indigestion at meal time!
Ted Kneebone. OTR website: [removed]
Democrats: [removed]
1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 / Phone: 605-226-3344
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:49:22 -0400
From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Our Miss Brooks
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In a message dated 7/7/05 8:25:03 AM Central Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:
Have most of the TV verios of OMB been destroyed?
I was always under the impression "Our Miss Brooks" was filmed like "I Love
Lucy" and the entire four-year TV run still exists, it just isn't rerun due to
an unfortunate lack of interest. I saw it rerun heavily on weekday mornings
on WXIA, Channel 11 in Atlanta as recently as the late 1970s. Episodes do turn
up from time to time on VHS and DVD at nostalgia video merchants like Shokus.
Dixon
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:49:34 -0400
From: ".dan." <ddunfee@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Packaging OTR
I'm sure it has been done on a small scale for a specific purpose, but why
not sell broadcast days? Have mp3 disks based on sundays etc., even if the
exact dates of each show didn't line up where gaps exist in available
material. This would be a more realistic presentation of "old time radio"
as it was experienced at the time. A disk could have multiple network days
on each so within day comparisons would be possible. With the storage
capacity now inexpensive, entire weeks could be present on a disk. Summer
replacements and other seasonal patterns could be represented as well. If
one really wanted to get compulsive, news broadcasts in approximate context
could add to the realism.
XB
IC|XC
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:49:49 -0400
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The Return of the real "William Tell"
Dear Folks-
I understand the sadness at The Ranger's recession out of pop
[removed]
But I'll bet that Opera fans in general, or Rossini fans in particular,
never really appreciated his ascension, anyway!
The music lives on.
Best,
-Craig
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:50:11 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Henry Aldrich Movies
Sunday mornings at 11:30 AM in New York are remembered by Tri-State
children of the '70s, as when Abbott and Costello took a hold of the
airwaves of WPIX, Channel 11.
The Abbott and Costello movies ran for years in that time slot.
BUT--
Almost always forgotten, is that before A&C began their weekend reign,
WPIX ran the Henry Aldrich movies in that time slot.
It was there, as a mere tyke, that I found the series vastly
entertaining (for a wee boy, anyway!). It was also fun to see ARCHIE
COMICS relation to the [removed]
Imagine New York Sundays back then:
Henry Aldrich on Channel 11, and the Bowery Boys on Channel 5, WNEW!
:-)
Jim Burns
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:50:25 -0400
From: "Scott and LaRae Livingston" <larae@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Listening to the same show always?
....Am I the only one who really doesn't want to listen to 1000 Amos
'Andy
Shows? Or 250 Dragnet? Or whatever?
I too have a hard time listening to more than two or three of any one show
at a time. I solved the problem by loading several dozen show of all of the
series that I have in one folder on my computers hard drive (80Gig). From
there I burn audio disks putting 2 or 3 different shows on the disk or make
an MP3 disk with a couple of different shows from a dozen or so different
series on a disk in random order ( I use a shuffle feature on my disk
burner). Additionally this allows me to select 4 or 5 different shows in
random order to play on my computer while working in my office. Once I have
listened to or burned the show on to a disk I delete it from my computer
folder. Once the folder is empty (every six months or so) I simply restock
it with shows off of the several hundred disks in my collection. This system
works great for me as it gives me a constant variety of shows that I am
listening too, allows me to select the type of show I am in the mood for
(comedy, drama, police, etc.) and assures that I am not listening to the
same episode of shows over and over again.
Scott D. Livingston
Queen Creek (The Oven) AZ
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:51:17 -0400
From: jameshburns@[removed] (Jim Burns)
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Norm Prescott
Very sorry to hear the news, of Norm's passing.
I met Norm, and his partner in Filmation Associates, Lou Scheimer, at
the beginning of my career, and they couldn't have been nicer. (I wrote
that history of Filmation that ran in MILLIMETER MAGAZINE, a LONG time
ago.)
What I always thougt was neat, was that even when Filmation had become
pretty darn successful, Norm and Lou SHARED an office.
Now, it was a large office, but here were two producers supplying a ton
of material to the networks, sharing space.
Before teaming up with Scheimer, Prescott co-produced the American
translation of the 1960s' animated PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE, released by
Joseph E. Levine, and starring the voice of Arnold Stang.
Filmation Associates was a MAJOR part of the history of televison
cartoons, and live action childrens prgamming: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF
SUPERMAN; AQUAMAN; BATMAN; THE ARCHIES; the animated STAR TREK; FAT
ALBERT; SHAZAM!; SPACE ACADEMY; JASON OF STAR COMMAND;
a series of adaptations of the classic Sunday comic strips; the feature
film JOURNEY BACK TO OZ; TARZAN; FLASH GORDON; ZORRO; HE-MAN AND THE
MASTERS OF THE [removed]
Jackson Beck, Ted Knight, Howard Morris and Olan Soule did voices for
the studio, as well as, I think, Bob Hastings.
And I always thought it was neat that for Filmation's very first series,
1966's THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, on CBS, they had Beck do the
narration, and brought back Bud Collyer, to star.
Jim Burns (James H. Burns)
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:46:02 -0400
From: Randy Watts <rew1014@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Our Miss Brooks
From: "Gerald Friedlansky" <yodar@[removed];
Have most of the TV verions of OMB been destroyed?
No, the TV version of OUR MISS BROOKS hasn't been
destroyed. Paramount Television still offers it to
local stations via syndication. In fact, BROOKS is
one of the few 1950s series Paramount owns that it has
retained in its active catalog.
Randy
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:46:38 -0400
From: Al Girard <24agirard24@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: ebay vendors
One final note: on Ebay I saw (but didn't buy) a DVD or CD compilation of 26
episodes of "It Pays to Be Ignorant." I didn't know there were that many
even
in existence.
A lot of the vendors who sell mp3 CDs on ebay are not collectors; they're
just out to make a buck. A lot of these people just download from Usenet and
don't spend any time or effort weeding out dupes, so where a vendor claims to
have 100 or so episodes of a show, it really means that they have 100 or so
titles. A show dated 35-05-10 would appear as a different show than one
dated 350510 for example.
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:09:04 -0400
From: lawrence albert <albertlarry@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Reps Convention
When Hal talks about the Archie recreation at the
REPS Showcase this year he leaves out the important
part regarding just how much fun it was to watch the
interaction between himself, Rosemary Rice and Bob
Hastings. To me it seemed as if they'd never been
apart and that the show was still on the air. What
made that recreation especially enjoyable was the fact
that every part in the program was played by an
experienced professional and to my ear the quality of
the performances was of broadcast level. How I did as
the announcer is open to debate, but I know I was
loud. Boy was I loud!
I give kudos to my friend Hal for his fine work in
the "Romance" recreation under some adverse
conditions. If anyone eve r tells you that radio
acting is static then they didn't see Hal buckle his
swash as Long John Silver type pirate. The fact that
he wasn't completely exhausted after that is amazing.
We had Rosemary and Alice Backes come out to our
studio early in the morning on the first day and
record an episode of Harry Nile with us. It is
scheduled to air over Imagination Theatre the week of
August 14. They were both a joy to work with, and
turned in fine work.
If any of you out there attend the conventions in
the east and Donald Buka is going to be there don't
miss a chance to talk to him. He was always ready and
willing to discuss his career in films, stage and
radio. A most affable man.
Larry Albert
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:14:34 -0400
From: "Neil Marsh" <Neil@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Tracking down scripts from OTR programs
This question probably gets asked a lot, but as I'm not as into OTR as I
am into Contemporary Radio Drama (MAD/NTR/whatever people call it now),
so I don't know all the sites and resources that are out [removed]
I've recently formed a group to produce radio drama projects of various
kinds ([removed]) and we've just
finished our first studio session, recording some supplemental material
for a new horror series being produced in the Portland, Oregon area. Of
the different projects we have in mind, one of them is to be able to do
some kind of live show, in part to raise money for our studio projects.
The live show group, known as The Post-Meridian Radio Players, would
like to do a mix of original and classic OTR material. Recently I ran a
workshop for the actors and writers in the group and, for an exercise, I
had them perform the last part of Arch Obelor's "Chicken Heart" episode
from "Lights Out" (I derived the script from the re-enactment that
Obelor produced for an album in the late 50's/early 60's (IIRC) ). The
gang had a blast doing it and it made me realize how fun that particular
episode might be to do live, especially in light of how Bill Cosby
popularized it in his famous comedy routine.
What I want to know is, does the original script for the complete
"Chicken Heart" still exist and, if it does, where can I find it and is
it in the Public Domain now or is it licensable from someone?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
-//
[ADMINISTRIVIA: Please respond directly to the poster. Thanks. --cfs3]
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:16:34 -0400
From: "ed carr" <edcarr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: mixed reels and so forth and so forth
hi to all, and to chris who brought up the subject
when i did reel to reel for persons and they didn;'t want the whole reel,
they had to pick complete tracks, so i had to do 4 different reels, this was
the way i did custom reels
and at $[removed] i really forget, wasn't that a bargain? (smile)
that also was for cassettes, you pick 2 tracks and i put them on c60s
everything i did for yrs was straight from the reel, nothing already made up
nowadays i don't do reels, a few of my machines are down and to get them
fixed
i might as well throw them out, no, i just do cds and as it stands i really
don't care if i sell
tons of it, $[removed] per is cheap for approx 60min or with the [removed] 75min.
i won't do cassettes as i was stuck by a guy for 4 stinking cassettes, a
cheap $10, i might just broadcast his name.
no reels have seen their day, as certain shows are transcribed to cd i throw
out the reel/reels
say, i might as well make a pitch here, i have a number of lux reels $2 ea
and postage
no choice, min 5 reels, good for a wk then i toss them, blank c90s 50 cents
ea in multiples
of 20
well thank you for the chance to vent
ed carr
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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:26:40 -0400
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Hal was Stoned?
Hal Stone wrote in the OTR Digest:
...... How the hell come Hastings got a full screen
close up in the pictures he posted, and I was just in
crowd shots. Hurmph!
AH RELAX, [removed], Hal. Look again.
You DID get a full screen by yourself close up with
your mugg even bigger than Hastings! Your being in
the pics notwithstanding, I, too, enjoyed John's
convention shots of the recreation. *Grin*
Conrad Binyon
---
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms
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