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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2008 : Issue 129
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  Bob Hope memorabilia for auction      [ Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed]; ]
  Jack Duffy (1926-2008), sang with To  [ Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed]; ]
  Re: obscure old-time radio movies     [ Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed]; ]
  Let George Do It                      [ "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed]; ]
  Tonto's Chores                        [ "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed]; ]
  Lone Ranger and Tonto                 [ Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed]; ]
  Pottowatomie/Potawatomi               [ "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser@[removed]; ]
  In The Middle Of Too Many Things      [ ilamfan@[removed] (S Jansen) ]
  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Nig  [ charlie@[removed] ]
  5-21 births/deaths                    [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
  Bob Hope Collection                   [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]
  Old doubletalk routine                [ jack and cathy french <otrpiano@ver ]

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:56:11 -0400
From: Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Bob Hope memorabilia for auction

Julien's Auctions in cooperation with the Hope estate are offering a number
of non-paper personal items for bidding.  (Most of the paper items, like
scripts, letters and photos, have gone to the Library of Congress.)

See this link for a short slideshow of some of the contents:
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See this link for a news story:
[removed]

Stephen D
Calgary

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:56:33 -0400
From: Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Jack Duffy (1926-2008), sang with Tommy Dorsey

Jack Duffy was a radio singer for approx. 7 years, and evolved into a comic
support actor for another 40 years.  He started singing in his late teens
at the CBC in Toronto in 1945, and eventually joined the Bob-o-Links vocal
group.  They toured with Tommy Dorsey for a couple of years, and Jack sang
solo with Tommy for a few years after that.  Jack certainly had a
Sinatra-like physique, but I have never heard him sing.  He was brought
back to sing with Benny Goodman during a televised big band revival series
that the CBC put on in the 1970's.

In 1952 he joined the Wayne and Shuster cast when they moved to TV, and he
worked pretty steady as an actor since that time.  He's also done a lot of
voice work for cartoons.  His last reported role was in a TV movie last
year at age 80.

According to CBC:
<<<
He became a regular on CBC variety shows, including The Barris Beat,
Showtime and Folio. His skill as an impressionist and comic, as well as his
singing voice, earned him his own series, Here's Duffy, which ran in
1958-59.

He then was recruited to [removed] variety shows and spent two years on The
Perry Como Kraft Music Hall.


exceprted from:
[removed]

Stephen D
Calgary

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:57:39 -0400
From: Stephen Davies <SDavies@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: obscure old-time radio movies

Martin,
on the Canadian TCM schedule we get even more.  We had "Seven days' leave"
(1942) instead of "Seven men from now".  It's because TCM builds its
schedule according to American availability, but sometimes doesn't have the
international rights for a film.
It was odd to hear Robert Osbourne introduce a sordid crime film but to
watch a comedy instead, without explanation.
"Seven days' leave" features Victor Mature (singing) and Lucille Ball, with
Arnold Stang, Ralph Edwards, Peter Lind Hayes, Buddy Clark, Ginny Simms,
and the Freddy Martin & Les Brown orchestras.
And Harold Peary as Gildersleeve.
It was fun.

Stephen D
Calgary

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:57:54 -0400
From: "Derek Tague" <derek@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Let George Do It
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I was going to comment on the "Let Geoirge Do It" thread, but decided to
[supply your own obvious punchline here].

Derek Tague

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:58:18 -0400
From: "MICHAEL BIEL" <mbiel@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Tonto's Chores

After the recent comments here on the chores that Tonto does for the Lone
Ranger, today's Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip is appropriate.  It shows
TLR and Tonto on horses in the middle of the desert, and Tonto is looking
thru binoculars at some smoke signals coming from the top of a distant hill.
With a disgusted look on his face, Tonto states "It says 'Check your
e-mails, dummy.'"

Yet ANOTHER job for Tonto!

Michael Biel  mbiel@[removed]

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:58:51 -0400
From: Rick Keating <pkeating89@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Lone Ranger and Tonto

>From Bill Cosby's "Lone Ranger" routine:

"And every time he (Tonto) would go to town, the
bandits would beat the snot out of him ('nice to have
you in town, Tonto.'). You know, just one time (I'd
like to hear), 'Tonto, you go to town.'

"'You go to hell, Kemosabe.'

"'I want you to get the information.'

"'What is information? Information say Tonto no go to
town.'"

And later, _Silver_ gets into the act, with his
complaints:

"'How much of a lead do they have this time? Eight,
ten, thirty-five miles?'" asks Silver, who also
complains that when the bad guy throws his empty gun
back, it never hits the Ranger, but it does hit
Silver.

Rick

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 18:59:31 -0400
From: "Paula Keiser" <pkeiser@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Pottowatomie/Potawatomi

Harry Machin, Jr. wrote:

I was interested to hear that Tonto was a Pattowatomie indian.  I was born
in Pottowatomie County, Kansas, and of course knew about the indians there.
Why the different spelling of the tribal name, though, I can't say.

At [removed] and
[removed], several mentions of the
Potawatomi end in "i".  Also, I live in Shawnee County, near the Potawatomi
reservation, and I frequently see car tags from the reservation.  They spell
it with an "i". Who should know better then the people, themselves?

The Kansas state website,
[removed], spells it
Pottawatomie.

The people who named the county may have been using an alternate spelling,
but the one they used apparently disagrees with the tribe, itself.

Paula Keiser
Topeka, KS 

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Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 19:00:58 -0400
From: ilamfan@[removed] (S Jansen)
To: [removed]@[removed] (OTR Bulletin Board)
Subject:  In The Middle Of Too Many Things

I've been so BUSY lately - transferring some Polish radio dramas from reel,
doing some OTR-styled script writing, restorations for First Generation Radio
[removed] all of my audio posts on my OTR blog (thanks to newest
incarnation of MediaMax, called "The Linkup"...

I very nearly forgot to ask about some help in researching the radio program
"Big Sister" (1936 to 1953).  I am looking for a source for Ruthrauff and
Ryan, the advertising agency responsible for the radio program.  Does anyone
know if there is an archive for Ruthrauff & Ryan and whether they would have
anything for "Big Sister"?

I'll be posting the remainder of the script pages to that 1943 episode of
"Those We Love" soon, on my OTR blog:

[removed]

How many of us out there were participating in the Streamload OTR
Share'N'Trade Board?  It WAS a fine way to get shows, but not any more, since
Streamload turned into MediaMax turned into The Linkup.  They have lost all
files, jumped ship to a new system that doesn't work at all, and completely
disregarded their stranded customers (both free and paying).

I think the name was Kinney Bauman (?) - the fellow who ran the Share And
Trade Board.  Anyone know if there are any plans to continue the trades list
on some other filesharing site?

Thanks!

Stephen Jansen

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

[ADMINISTRIVIA: Since we're not really set up to discuss trading boards,
please respond to the poster directly.  --cfs3]

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 02:12:02 -0400
From: charlie@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  #OldRadio IRC Chat this Thursday Night!

A weekly [removed]

For the best in OTR Chat, join IRC (Internet Relay Chat), StarLink-IRC
Network, the channel name is #OldRadio.  We meet Thursdays at 8 PM Eastern
and go on, and on! The oldest OTR Chat Channel, it has been in existence
over nine years, same time, same channel! Started by Lois Culver, widow
of actor Howard Culver, this is the place to be on Thursday night for
real-time OTR talk!

Our "regulars" include OTR actors, soundmen, collectors, listeners, and
others interested in enjoying OTR from points all over the world. Discussions
range from favorite shows to almost anything else under the sun (sometimes
it's hard for us to stay on-topic)...but even if it isn't always focused,
it's always a good time!

For more info, contact charlie@[removed]. We hope to see you there, this
week and every week!

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 08:58:45 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  5-21 births/deaths

May 21st births

05-21-1894 - Kenyon Nicholson - Crawfordsville, IN - d. 12-19-1986
writer: "Theatre Guild on the Air"
05-21-1901 - Fred Cole - Los Angeles, CA - d. 9-19-1964
writer: "Double or Nothing"
05-21-1901 - Horace Heidt - Alameda, CA - d. 12-1-1986
bandleader: "Horace Heidt Brigadiers"; "Pot o' Gold"; "Treasure Chest"
05-21-1904 - Robert Montgomery - Beacon, NY - d. 9-27-1981
actor: "Doctor Fights"; "Suspense"; "This Is War"
05-21-1904 - Thomas "Fats" Waller - NYC - d. 12-15-1943
pianist, singer: "Columbia Variety Hour"; "Saturday Night Swing Club"
05-21-1906 - Marie Joan Callahan - Chicago, IL - d. 8-6-1984
assistant director, director, producer and creator
05-21-1912 - Lucille Manners - Newark, NJ
singer: "Cities Service Concert"
05-21-1912 - Stephen Estaban Kelen - Budapest, Hungary - d. 5-1-2003
writer: "Fifty Years from Farrer"
05-21-1915 - Kathleen Cordell - Brooklyn, NY - d. 8-19-1997
actor: Marion Burton Sullivan "Second Mrs. Burton"; Monica Brewster
"Valiant Lady"
05-21-1916 - Dennis Day - The Bronx, NY - d. 6-22-1988
singer, comedian: "Jack Benny Program"; "Day in the Life of Dennis Day"
05-21-1917 - Raymond Burr - New Westminster, Canada - d. 9-12-1993
actor: Lee Quince "Fort Laramie"; Ed Backstrand "Dragnet"
05-21-1918 - Anthony Alfred Ambrose - New Alexandria, PA - d. 3-16-2003
composer/singer: WHJB Greensburg, Pennsylvania
05-21-1918 - Jeanne Bates - Berkeley, CA - d. 11-28-2007
actor: Teddy Lawson "One Man's Family"; "Gunsmoke"
05-21-1920 - James Plunkett - Dublin, Ireland - d. 5-28-2003
writer: "Dublin Fusilier"
05-21-1923 - Dorothy Hewett - Perth, Western Australia - d. 8-25-2002
writer: "Frost at Midnight"
05-21-1923 - Rick Jason - NYC - d. 10-15-2000
actor: "Sears Radio Theatre"

May 21st deaths

01-04-1907 - Floyd Christy - NYC - d. 5-21-1962
writer: "The Johnson Family"
01-14-1929 - Billy Walker - Ralls, TX - d. 5-21-2006
c/w singer: "Columbia's Country Caravan", "Country Music Time"
03-04-1913 - John Garfield - NYC - d. 5-21-1952
actor: "Cresta Blanca Hollywood Players"; "Free Company"; "Treasury
Star Parade"
03-22-1892 - Charlie Poole - Randolph County, NC - d. 5-21-1931
country music: "Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers"
03-24-1928 - Vanessa Brown - Vienna, Austria - d. 5-21-1999
panelist: "Quiz Kids"
03-29-1888 - Earle Ross - Illinois - d. 5-21-1961
actor: Judge Horace Hooker "Great Gildersleeve"; J. R. Boone, Sr.
"Meet Millie"
04-14-1904 - John Gielgud - London, England - d. 5-21-2000
actor: Sherlock Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
05-30-1911 - Douglas Fowley - NYC - d. 5-21-1998
actor: "Hollywood Hotel"
06-04-1906 - Vinton Haworth (Hayworth) - Washington, [removed] - d. 5-21-1970
actor: Fred Andrews "Archie Andrews"; Michael Shayne "Michael Shayne"
08-14-1914 - Andrea Leeds - Butte, MT - d. 5-21-1984
actor: "Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show"
09-04-1925 - Howard Morris - NYC - d. 5-21-2005
comedian: "Those Good Old Days"
09-09-1905 - Ulric Cole - NYC - d. 5-21-1992
composer, conductor: "NBC String Symphony"
10-06-1907 - Owen Davis, Jr. - NYC - d. 5-21-1949
actor: Allen McCrea "Those We Love"
10-07-1911 - Vaughn Monroe - Akron, OH - d. 5-21-1973
singer, bandleader: "Penthouse Party"; "Vaughn Monroe Show"
10-21-1908 - Tommy Riggs - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 5-21-1967
comedian: "Fleischmann Hour"; "Quaker Party with Tommy Riggs"; "Tommy
Riggs and Betty Lou"
11-02-1897 - Dennis King - Coventry, England - d. 5-21-1971
announcer: "When a Girl Marries"
12-23-1922 - Jack Lloyd - Duisburg, Germany - d. 5-21-1976
actor: "Armstrong Theatre of Today"; "The Joan Davis Show"
12-24-1928 - Norman Rossington - Liverpool, England - d. 5-21-1999
comic actor: "Big Jim and the Figaro Club"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:31:23 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Bob Hope Collection

An AP release today announces the upcoming charity auction of 800
items from the Bob Hope collection of over 11,000 pieces of show-biz
nostalgia. Representatives of his estate have scheduled the auction
for mid-October 2008. His daughter, Linda, 68, said that her father,
who died at the age of 100 in 2003, was a universal "pack-rat." Wife
Dolores, age 98, confirmed her daughter's assessment.

Among the items offered are the Stetson that Hope wore in "Son of
Paleface," a money clip from Jack Benny, Hope's parking sign at NBC
Burbank, a golf cap signed by President Ford, and a letter from Bette
Davis in WW II thanking him for entertaining the GI's.

Julien's Auctions, who specializes in celebrity auctions, will be
sending hundreds of these items for pre-viewing on the Queen Mary on
its September trip to England, Hope's birthplace, so that prospective
bidders can get an advance look. Any Digesters booking passage on the
Queen Mary can look forward to enjoying this Bob Hope exhibit.

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
<[removed]>

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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:31:51 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
To: OTRBB <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Old doubletalk routine

We get many strange inquiries at the  MWOTRC web site, some only
distantly related to radio. Yesterday we got a question from a
gentleman regarding what he recalled as a double-talk routine he
heard on the radio in the 1930s. Since he cannot remember the
participants or the program, his chances of getting more info on this
are bleak.

He claims the routine was about 4-5 minutes long and involved a hotel
guest calling the front desk about a mix-up with his bags. The first
line of the bit is something like: "It's darn seldom what happens to
my luggage around here."

I'm guessing this is an old vaudeville routine, not necessarily part
of a radio comedy sketch. Does it ring a bell with any Digesters?

Jack French
Editor: RADIO RECALL
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