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Date: 10/31/2006 8:01 PM
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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 299
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Nig  [ "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed]; ]
  You know you're really a fan of Old-  [ Grams46@[removed] ]
  WWVA's Doc Williams                   [ "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed] ]
  "Quick As A Flash"                    [ "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@juno. ]
  You Know You Are an OTR Fan [removed]   [ "Stuart Lubin" <StuartLubin@[removed] ]
  You know you are a fan of OTR         [ Robert Griffin <[removed]@wmic ]
  you know you're a fan of otr [removed]  [ "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@earthli ]
  Christmas Carol                       [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
  Convention in Puget Sound             [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  OTR convention next June              [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
  FOUR STARS FOR VIC & SADE BOOK        [ "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@veriz ]
  Vivi Janiss                           [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  OTR Fan                               [ "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@sbcgloba ]
  Not quite "The Breakfast Club"        [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
  Eve Curie                             [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:05:06 -0500
From: "Scherago" <rscherago@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  "Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand
 with the Big Bands"

The latest "Golden Age of Radio" programs with Dick Bertel
and Ed Corcoran, and "A One Night Stand with the Big Bands"
with Arnold Dean can be heard at [removed].

Each week we feature three complete shows in MP3 format
for your listening pleasure or for downloading; two "Golden
Age of Radios" and one "One Night Stand." We present new
shows every week or so. The current three programs will be
available on line at least until the morning of 11/7/06.

Programs 7A and B - October, 1970 - Rudy Vallee

Hubert Prior Vallee during his college days, played Rudy
Wiedoft's records over and over, earning the 'Rudy'
nickname from his fellow students at the University of
Maine. Vallee later met his idol and the two Rudys
developed a friendship that lasted until Wiedoft died.
One of Rudy's saxophones, which once belonged to
Wiedoft, was later sold to a Little Rock Attorney as
a gift for then-governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton.

"The Fleischmann Hour," nationally known as the Rudy
Vallee Hour--the first-ever radio talk show--debuted in
1928 with 200 million listeners. It was a live variety
revue and Rudy's guests were a mixture of the famous
and the unknown. He was the first to invite black musicians
to be on his show, and in appreciation, artists such as Louis
Armstrong and Josephine Baker invited Rudy to their clubs
in Harlem. Among his blunders: turning down the Andrews
sisters and believing that Barbra Streisand had no talent.

We were fortunate enough to interview Mr. Vallee at length,
and broadcast this Golden Age program as a two-hour special.
We present it here, as originally broadcast, in two parts.

"A One Night Stand with the Big Bands" With Arnold Dean

Program 6 - October 1971 - Vocalist Helen O'Connell

Born and raised in northwest Ohio, Helen O'Connell began
her professional career touring with Jimmy Richards' nine-
piece orchestra before eventually landing a steady job on
local radio in St. Louis. She later left her radio job to sing
with Larry Funk and his Band of a Thousand Melodies. Her
big break came during a stay in New York in 1939 when
Jimmy Dorsey heard her sing. Having just gotten rid of Ella
Mae Morse, Dorsey was in need of a female vocalist, and
Helen turned out to be a perfect match.

Though O'Connell had limited vocal range she became
popular with the public and went on to record several big
hits with Dorsey, including ''Green Eyes'' and ''All of Me.'
 Most famous are her duets with Bob Eberly, in whom she
also had romantic interest. She was voted best female
vocalist in a 1940 Metronome poll.

In the 1970's WTIC decided that there was a market in
the evening for long-form shows that could be packaged
and sold to sponsors. Two of those shows were "The
Golden Age of Radio" and "A One Night Stand with the
Big Bands."

Dick Bertel had interviewed radio collector-historian
Ed Corcoran several times on his radio and TV shows,
and thought a regular monthly show featuring interviews
with actors, writers, producers, engineers and musicians
from radio's early days might be interesting. "The Golden
Age of Radio" was first broadcast in April, 1970; Ed was
Dick's co-host. It lasted seven years. "The Golden Age
of Radio" can also be heard Saturday nights on Walden
Hughes's program on Radio Yesteryear.

Arnold Dean began his love affair with the big band
era in his pre-teen years and his decision to study
the clarinet was inspired by the style of Artie Shaw.
When he joined WTIC in 1965 he hosted a daily program
of big band music. In 1971, encouraged by the success
of his daily program and "The Golden Age of Radio"
series, he began monthly shows featuring interviews
with the band leaders, sidemen, agents, jazz reporters,
etc. who made major contributions to one of the great
eras of music history.

Bob Scherago
Webmaster

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:42:44 -0500
From: Grams46@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  You know  you're really a fan of Old-Time
 Radio

You know  you're really a fan of Old-Time  Radio  because you buy oxydol
because it was sold by ma  perkins.

peace from kathy
support our troops; end the war
john 3:16

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:45:52 -0500
From: "Bill Knowlton" <udmacon1@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  WWVA's Doc Williams

A legendary country music star, now 92, DOC WILLIAMS first joined Wheeling
West Virginia's "WWVA Jamboree" (just cancelled last December) in May 1937.
His farewell show on the program was in 2003.

There's a brand new richly illustrated book on Doc Williams and the Border
Riders that's just been issued. Written with his daughter Barbara D. Smik
("Peeper" in the act), the book is a fascinating look at a long career in
radio, records and personal appearances in the 30s thru the 90s.

"A Country Music Legend: Doc Williams Looking Back" is available on
[removed].

I sincerely recommend it as a well-written personal reminiscence of a giant
in country music radio.

BILL KNOWLTON, WCNY-FM, SYRACUSE NY

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:46:01 -0500
From: "kclarke5@[removed]" <kclarke5@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  "Quick As A Flash"
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       Another OTR Fan said he'd heard of a radio quiz show called "Quick As
A Flash" and wondered if I knew anything about it.  Sadly, I do not.  Any
information would be appreciated.  What was the premise?  What were the
prizes?  Who sponsored the program?  Did it make the move (as many did) to
television later on?  Who was the host?  Where could it be found on the radio
dial (Mutual, NBC Red, NBC Blue, etc.)?  Could I find out more about this
program
by reading books by John Dunning or others?

Another OTR Fan,

Kenneth Clarke

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:46:19 -0500
From: "Stuart Lubin" <StuartLubin@[removed];
To: "Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  You Know You Are an OTR Fan [removed]

This is a great category, but I must add one word:

You know you are a (hopeless) OTR fan [removed]

you go from a comfortable, user-friendly Web TV (browser strength 4) to a
confusing, user-enemy computer, and put up with all its frustrations, just
to be able to get more OTR information and streamed programs; [removed]

you are taking a bus tour of Palm Springs, and the driver is pointing out
the winter homes of the stars, and he asks the tourists:  "This is the home
of Brett Morrison.  Anyone know who Brett Morrison was?"  Of course, you
answer "The Shadow", and the entire busload thinks you are a genius!

Stuart Lubin
Los Angeles

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:46:38 -0500
From: Robert Griffin <[removed]@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  You know you are a fan of OTR

You know you are a fan of old time radio when:

* You hear the William Tell Overture, you can recite the entire
introduction to The Lone Ranger.

* You still drink Ovaltine with a feeling of nostalgia.

* You considered a teaching career since Our Miss Brooks had such a
wonderful relationship with her students.

* You wish at least one of the news anchors would begin: "There's
good news tonight."

* You remember asking mom to buy Kellogg's Pep and Shredded Ralston
so you could send the boxtop and ten cents for a really neat premium.

* You still believe the best music was delivered by Big Bands and you
like listening to it as much as your parents did.

Bob Griffin

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:46:47 -0500
From: "joe@[removed]" <sergei01@[removed];
To: OTR List <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  you know you're a fan of otr [removed]

you have a shelf full of radio transcriptions and the hardware to play
them with.

and a photo of the Lone Ranger (Brace Beamer) shaking hands with J Edgar
Hoover.

And your grandmother's late 20s console radio.

(I need a life)

Joe Salerno

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:46:56 -0500
From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Christmas Carol

  To tell the truth I have nothing against A Christmas Carol but just never
got interested enough in it to listen to it. It may be I have seen it on
television and movies so many times I have lost interest in it.
  I respect very much anyone that does like it though.
  Andrew Godfrey

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:47:53 -0500
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Convention in Puget Sound

On Tuesday, October 31, 2006, at 01:07 PM, Karen Lerner wrote:

I am interested in learning more about the Puget Sound Convention
which I understand is to be held in June.  If anyone can point me
(and perhaps others) in the right direction, I would really
appreciate it.

This event, sponsored by Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound, is not
always held every June. But even if not, this Seattle based OTR group
holds other, smaller events at other times in the year.  They now have
one scheduled for Saturday Nov 4th from 9:30 am to 3 pm.

All details on their events found at their website [removed]

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
<[removed]>

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:49:21 -0500
From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR convention next June

Hi Everybody,

our good friend Karen Lerner was asking about the OTR convention next June.
It  is set Friday June 22, and Saturday 23 in 2007.  It has been move to a
hotel and REPS puts on a great show.  You can find out more about it by
going to the REPS web site [removed] starting early  next year.
REPS is producing two major events before the convention.  This Saturday
11-4-06 Dick Van Patten, and Rosemary Rice will be at one day event called
Radio Memories and to be announce soon a major event on Saturday 1-6-07.
After  the January event information will come out about the convention.
Take care,

Walden Hughes

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:49:42 -0500
From: "David S. Siegel" <otrdsiegel@[removed];
To: OTR DIGEST <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  FOUR STARS FOR VIC & SADE BOOK

    If, like myself, you are one of those folks who developed a fondness
for the couple who lived HALFWAY UP ON THE NEXT BLOCK later in
[removed] grown up during radio's real GOLDEN AGE When I prefERRED
JACK ARMSTRONG. BABY SNOOKS and THE ALDRICH FAMILY ............I strongly
recommend BILL IDELSON'S new book: "THE VIC AND SADE STORY" published by
god's gift to the otr fan BEAR MANOR PRESS (BEN OHMART) who is giving the
folks at MC FARLAND & SCARECROW A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY.

     Young Rush has grown up. With his Gray hair and cigar in mouth photo
opposite a photo of him along side of Paul Rhymer that must have been taken
some 50 or more years ago one need not read too many of the early pages to
know just how strongly IDELSON feels about the program and it's creator>

     He writes with passion, with authority, with wit and with awe as only
a member of the original cast [removed] quite cleverly. After examining
some 1800 Rhymer scripts that are carefully preserved at the Univ of
Wisconsin, Idelson has rewarded  us with lengthy excerpts from a number of
scripts that help to tell the story of the series.

    Should  you be wise enough to purchase this book, do not put it down,
intending to read it when time permits.  Begin reading the book upon it's
arrival.   It should not take long to finish reading the book at which
time, if sufficiently hooked, we strongly recommend you search your library
or a used book dealer for two other volumes of collected Vic and Sade
scripts and for another real treat, contact Barbara Schwartz who heads the
Vic and Sade Society, an organization that provides its members with a
plethora of additional scripts and audio materials.

Dave Siegel

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:59:06 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Vivi Janiss

Can anyone help this person out?

i am a writer who enjoys your births/deaths site. I am writing a
biography of bob cummings who was married to vivi janiss. I see ms,
janiss on your site. I know she had an extensive radio career. Do you
have any bio info on her?

thanks

Rick Lertzman
216 831 1360

If you have anything please send to my e-mail offline, thanks. I will
see that he gets it.

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:31:35 -0500
From: "Frank McGurn" <[removed]@[removed];
To: "The Old Time Radio Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  OTR Fan

You Know you are a fan of Old Time radio:

When you can't stand TV re-runs, but you listen to OTR programs over and
over and over and then again.

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:05:51 -0500
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Not quite "The Breakfast Club"
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You know you're truly an OTR fan when you watch the John  Hughes film "The
Breakfast Club," and even though you know that it has nothing to do with Don
McNeill, you're still disappointed that there isn't even one passing reference
to him.

That's about the size of it.

Derek Tague

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:06:04 -0500
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Eve Curie

Recently in doing some research I came across the fact the Eve Curie,
daughter of Marie,  wrote a script for the radio show "This I
Believe." She was born 12-6-1904 in Paris, France. I cannot find a
death date and saw some evidence that she may still be alive and
living in NYC. Does anyone know this for sure?

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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