Subject: [removed] Digest V2004 #65
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Date: 2/21/2004 10:18 AM
To: <[removed]@[removed];

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2004 : Issue 65
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Walt Disney and OTR                   [ "Kris Stone" <anaheim47@[removed] ]
  otr tapes, books on sale              [ zbob@[removed] ]
  Re: 2-21 births/deaths Nina Simone    [ stewwright@[removed] ]
  Castoria and Father John              [ littlejc2@[removed] ]
  Laudanum and Disney                   [ John Mayer <mayer@[removed]; ]
  Green Hornet Movie                    [ John Leasure <jleasure@[removed]; ]
  Walt Disney & OTR                     [ "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed] ]
  Walt and Donald                       [ Allen Wilcox <aawjca@[removed]; ]
  Hal Stone and Shelley Winters         [ Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed] ]
  Amos and Andy sheet music             [ RickEditor@[removed] ]
  Fish oil, etc                         [ Sam Levene <sam6@[removed]; ]
  Disney on radio                       [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
  submarines on the radio               [ JJLjackson@[removed] ]
  Radio Reader's Digest                 [ SIrvinProd@[removed] ]
  Vender Followup                       [ "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed] ]
  OTR And Medicines                     [ Udmacon@[removed] ]

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:02:58 -0500
From: "Kris Stone" <anaheim47@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Walt Disney and OTR

Doug G asked,

Does anybody know if Walt Disney made any OTR appearances either on his own
show or guesting (is that a word?) on other's programs?

In 1947, Walt had a  cameo on The Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show.

On December 26, 1938, with the cooperation of Walt Disney Productions, Lux
Radio Theater presented a staging of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

Also in 1938, Walt  lent his voice as Mickey for four episodes of the
short-lived series The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air.

Lux Radio Theater would do at least three more adaptations of Disney
animated movies, all around Christmas time: "Pinocchio" with film actor John
Garfield on December 25, 1939; "Alice in Wonderland" with its original stars
Kathryn Beaumont, Jerry Colona and Ed Wynn on December 24, 1951; and "Peter
Pan" with Bobby Driscoll on December 21, 1953.

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:04:40 -0500
From: zbob@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  otr tapes, books on sale

I just received the [removed] book catalog from Edw. Hamilton, and he has a
number of otr tapes and books available.  Tapes seem to be from the Radio
Spirits selections. Also books like Goldin, Lackman, Slide (radio
personalities), and Superman radio scripts (1945). Even about the Sumatran
Rat (Vanneman).    [removed]   No connection, just a
satisfied customer.

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:17:38 -0500
From: stewwright@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: 2-21 births/deaths  Nina Simone

02-21-1933 - Nina Simone - Tyron, NC
singer: "Voices of Vista"

Nina Simone died on 04/21/2003 at Carry-le-Rouet, France

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:36:54 -0500
From: littlejc2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Castoria and Father John

I imagine that a lot of us from that era had similar experiences as George
Aust.  I remember Castoria and also remember that I liked it.  It certainly
beat castor oil.  But even better to me was Father John, a supposed tonic for
nearly everything.  I loved it.  And, as did Mr. Aust with Castoria, I found
it in the "ice box" one day and drank the whole bottle which was considerably
larger than the Castoria bottle.  I never did it again because of my mother's
alarm.  Heaven knows what was in that stuff.

Chester Littlejohn

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:37:51 -0500
From: John Mayer <mayer@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Laudanum and Disney

"[removed]" <[removed]@[removed]; averred:
I've heard Lum and Abner mention giving something called Laudanum to babies.
As near as I can figure out, it was mostly alcohol and opium. ... If
this stuff really was for babies, it certainly sounds like mother
didn't know best that time.

Every good Victorian novel has at least one distraught person,
usually a woman, being prescribed laudanum to ease their distress.
Dracula comes to mind; I believe Mina got a few Tbs of the stuff to
soothe her anguish over the "death" on Mina. Or maybe that was just
the movie. Anyway, by the time I got into college, it had become
paregoric, a common remedy for colic. I don't think paregoric ever
turned any infant into an opium eater. Of course college students, on
the other hand, WERE known to cook it down on a cookie sheet and
smoke it.

Doug G <corganoid@[removed]; inquired:
Does anybody know if Walt Disney made any OTR appearances either on his own
show or guesting (is that a word?) on other's programs?

Well, he definitely appeared on his own Mickey Mouse Show for sure,
at least once, as I recall hearing him on the episode celebrating the
release of Snow White. There was no suggestion this was unusual, so I
imagine he was on other shows as well. I think I have an mp3 of that
show, but the quality is not good.

To unite the two subjects, there has been in the past a lot of
speculation that Disney's immersion while he was still a struggling
artist in the California Bohemian artists' milieu, where drug
experimentation was not uncommon, may have contributed to the feel of
some of his movies; Alice in Wonderland and Fantasia, for example.

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:40:00 -0500
From: John Leasure <jleasure@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Green Hornet Movie

In Martin Grove column from The Hollywood Reporter he discusses why there are
some 70 comic book related movies in development.  He mentions The Green
Hornet as follows:

"To some extent, however, it's even better when audiences don't know too much
about these characters' origins or backstorys. Smith, for instance, has
already said he's pleased that in the case of "Hornet's" Britt Reid, who's
the wealthy publisher of the Daily Sentinel newspaper, and Kato, his martial
arts skilled chauffeur, people aren't overly aware of the storylines from the
"Hornet's" 1936 debut as a radio serial and the comic books that followed
that or the 1966 television series that ran for a season with Van Williams
starring in the title role and introduced Bruce Lee as Kato. With Kato being
Reid's chauffeur, a car clearly figures in the "Hornet's" tales, but in all
likelihood just what this sci-fi style specially equipped vehicle was isn't
something today's audiences are familiar with. That, by the way, should give
Miramax plenty of room to do a lucrative automotive product placement deal.
The less familiar the public is with the specifics of who the key villains
were that the Hornet faced or with the details of their early storylines, the
easier it will be for Smith to weave his own story for the movie.

That clearly seems to be the intent, given Miramax's press release announcing
Smith's deal to write and direct "Hornet," which can be read in full on
Smith's website. "Smith is keeping the plot a closely guarded secret,"
Miramax said, "and will only go as far to say that it would remain very true
to ('Hornet' co-creator George) Trendle's characters with a few new twists."
Whatever twists Smith and Miramax wind up going with in terms of storyline
isn't likely to be something that audiences will be able to take issue with
in terms of how well they adhere to or depart from the original and by now
very obscure material.

* ****

>From Kevin Smith's website the following is part of a Q & A:

SO WILL YOU MENTION THE LONG RANGER CONNECTION THEN?
Can't. The Lone Ranger is owned by someone else. Legally, we can't refer to
him without optioning that character as well.

* *****

So my question is" If it is obscure and people don't know it and you can't
use the history, then why do the character at all? Can't he do his own
character with a passing homage to the Hornet?

Oh, well.  At least Brett Reid isn't a skateboard champion and Kato a kick
boxer ...yet!

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:28:07 -0500
From: "Irene Heinstein" <IreneTH@[removed];
To: "OTR" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Walt Disney & OTR

I recalled hearing Walt on Lux Radio Theater and checked my files.   He was
interviewed by Cecil B. DeMille when they presented 'Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs" on Dec 26, 1938.

He was not there when 'Pinocchio' was broadcast on Christmas Day 1939.

Those are the only two Lux  Disney dramatizations I have in my collection.

Irene

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 16:43:15 -0500
From: Allen Wilcox <aawjca@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Walt and Donald

Walt Disney appeared with Donald Duck on the Edgar
Bergen/Charlie McCarthy show. They were there to
promote Disney's new film "Fun and Fancy Free" in
which Edgar, Charlie and Mortimer Snerd made an
appearance. One of the segments of the film was called
"Mickey and the Beanstalk but on radio the skit was
entitled Charlie and the beanstalk. By the way the
composer of the film was Ray Noble who was also at the
time Edgar's band leader.

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 18:47:08 -0500
From: Dennis W Crow <DCrow3@[removed];
To: OTR Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Hal Stone and Shelley Winters

I have twice commented in the OTR Digest  about Hal Stone's mention of
Shelley Winters in one of his long ago posts, as an actress with whom he
had a bad time while producing commercials (I think I am remembering
correctly).

I thought of it  again as I reread his beautiful quotation on Jan Miner
taken, of course, from his popular and extraordinary book about his
theatrical and radio career.  I own and share it with pride!

We all know he is writing another --- about his passage through television
advertising.  To my knowledge he has not set a publication date.

So I renew my inquiry about two-time Oscar winner, Shelley Winters.  It is
time for him to say what went wrong with Shelley. I can no longer stand the
suspense.

Dennis Crow

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:59:49 -0500
From: RickEditor@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Amos and Andy sheet music

Hi all,
I just happened across while surfing across the Ruby Lane auction web site. i 
have no affiliation with the site; just thought this was an item of interest 
-- I never knew there was A&A sheet music

rick selvin
philadelphia

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:36:05 -0500
From: Sam Levene <sam6@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Fish oil, etc

While that part is great, all the young chicks still call me "SIR", that
is if they notice me at all.

Hah!  Not only that but they offer me their seat on the subway or bus.  I
always choose to stand, and try not to look annoyed when the offer is made.

Sam Levene

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:36:16 -0500
From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Disney on radio
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In a message dated 2/20/04 11:44:10 AM Central Standard Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:

Does anybody know if Walt Disney made any OTR appearances either on his own
show or guesting (is that a word?) on other's programs?


I remember once seeing a reference to an "Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show"
in which he actually played Mickey Mouse and Clarence Nash played Donald
Duck.  I would love to have heard those two interact with Charlie McCarthy.

Dixon

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 00:36:46 -0500
From: JJLjackson@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  submarines on the radio
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This question arose for me back in September, and I listened to some titles
on Cavalcade of America and LUX. But I was listening to see what kind of sound
effects they were using. Because I was researching for a radio play I was
writing, one that I call The Sunset Squadron.

And the stumper sound was sound of the background when the action is within
the submarine, and under the surface. And obviously, they must have been using
records to make the sound. How to make the submarine come alive is the real
challenge.

Sunset Squadron will be performed by members of the Radio Enthusiasts of
Puget Sound at Museum of Flight in Seattle on March 13, 2004, 2 pm, and
broadcast
on KIXI-880AM radio on March 20, 2004, 7 pm. It's an hour-long radio show
which follows the rescue of a P-51 pilot in World War II by a US submarine,
and
cotinues through the rest of that week, in which they rescue 28 more
aviators. A
true tale.

Joy Jackson
Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound
JJLjackson@[removed]

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:38:38 -0500
From: SIrvinProd@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Radio Reader's Digest
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RADIO READER'S DIGEST made its debut over CBS on September 13, 1942. Did the
show originate from New York or Los Angeles? Does anyone have any additional
information about the broadcast on October 25, 1942, with Claude Rains and Kay
Thompson? One story listed on that date is "The Missionary and the Gangster,"
but having read the story in Reader's Digest Magazine, there is no female
character. Other episodes during that era had two stories within the
half-hour, so
I can only assume Kay Thompson must have played in a separate story. Any
info, or especially an audio copy of this episode would be of great help in my
research. Thanks!

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:39:02 -0500
From: "John Abbott" <mraastro@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Vender Followup

Just a quick note to let all know that I have received the CDs I had
mentioned in a post a week or so back.

Thanks for everyone's support.

John C. Abbott

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:45:46 -0500
From: Udmacon@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  OTR And Medicines

Laudinum was the Prozac of the 19th Century. Little old ladies who would not
be caught dead sipping whiskey could be, and WERE, hooked on this stuff (like
early Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound that probably had more alcohol in it
than vegetables).

Speaking of medicines on OTR, many country acts were sponsored by such
potions as Crazy Water Crystals (WSB Crazy Barndance), Hadacol, Man-O-Ree,
Save the Baby (Bradley Kincaid), Alkaseltzer (National Barndance), Hamlin's
Wizard [removed] for animals: Dr. LeGear Products.

And let's not forget Dr. Amos Brinkley's goat gland cure (1930's Viagara)
over the Mexican "boarder blaster" stations!

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