Subject: [removed] Digest V2006 #79
From: [removed]@[removed]
Date: 3/18/2006 8:52 AM
To: [removed]@[removed]

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                            The Old-Time Radio Digest!
                              Volume 2006 : Issue 79
                         A Part of the [removed]!
                             [removed]
                                 ISSN: 1533-9289


                                 Today's Topics:

  3-17 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  Benny Bell                            [ JayHick@[removed] ]
  This Weekend with Walden Hughes Marc  [ BryanH362@[removed] ]
  Re: Parker Fennelly                   [ Dixonhayes@[removed] ]
  NTR? MAD? [removed]!                        [ Wich2@[removed] ]
  Re: Dr. Arthur Q.                     [ Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed] ]
  Re: Lee Falk                          [ Robert Griffin <[removed]@wmic ]
  3-18 births/deaths                    [ Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed]; ]
  old radio reproduction cases          [ "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed] ]
  re: Al Lewis                          [ "Mark E. Higgins" <paul_frees_fan@a ]
  Tribute to Fred Allen                 [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]
  Frankie Kaye                          [ DR <swl2010@[removed]; ]
  This week in radio history 19-25 Mar  [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
  Re: Lee Falk's party                  [ Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@rocketmai ]
  Daily News Salutes Norman Corwin      [ Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed] ]

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:26:52 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  3-17 births/deaths

March 17th births

03-17-1879 - Sid Grauman - Indianapolis, IN - d. 3-5-1950
theatre owner: Intermission Guest "Lux Radio Theatre"
03-17-1884 - Frank Buck - Gainesville, TX - d. 2-25-1950
wild animal hunter: "Bring 'em Back Alive"
03-17-1901 - Alfred Newman - New Haven, CT - d. 2-17-1970
composer, conductor: "Hollywood Star Time"; "Radio Hall of Fame";
"Silver Theatre"
03-17-1902 - Bobby Jones - d. 12-18-1971
renowned golfer, did a 15 minute show on golf
03-17-1902 - Jimmy Grier - Pittsburgh, PA - d. 6-4-1959
orchestra leader: "Woodbury Soap Show"
03-17-1906 - Michael O'Shea - Hartford, CT - d. 12-3-1973
actor: "Textron Theatre"; "Radio Reader's Digest"; "Philip Morris
Playhouse"
03-17-1910 - Molly Weir - Glasgow, Scotland - d. 12-1-2004
actress: Tattie McIntosh "It's That Man Again"; Aggie "Life with the
Lyons"
03-17-1915 - Joel Cranston - Iowa
actor: "Fort Laramie"; "Gunsmoke"; "Escape"; "Have Gun, Will Travel"
03-17-1916 - Karl Weber - Columbus Junction, IA - d. 7-30-1990
actor: Ray Matson "Dr. Six Gun"; Phil Stanley "When a Girl Marries"
03-17-1918 - Bill Felton - Greenland, MI - d. 1-20-2005
newscaster, disc jockey: "Valley Varieties"; "Recreation Room"
03-17-1919 - Nat "King" Cole - Montgomery, AL - d. 2-15-1965
singer: "King Cole Trio Time"
03-17-1930 - Grover C. Mitchell - Whatley, AL - d. 8-6-2003
trombonist: "Count Basie and His Orchestra"; "Bring Back the Bands"

March 17th deaths

02-16-1904 - George F. Kennan - Milwaukee, WI - d. 3-17-2005
post world war two diplomat: "Meet the Press"
02-21-1880 - Frank Orth - Philadelphia, PA - d. 3-17-1962
actor: Inspector Faraday "Boston Blackie"
04-11-1902 - Quentin Reynolds - NYC - d. 3-17-1965
author: "Britain Speaks"; "Quentin Reynolds"; "Keep 'Em Rolling"
05-31-1894 - Fred Allen - Cambridge, MA - d. 3-17-1956
comedian: "Linit Bath Club"; "Town Hall Tonight"; "Fred Allen Show"
08-16-1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg - West Orange, NY - d. 3-17-1965
legendary football coach: "We the People"
08-26-1905 - George F. Hicks - Tacoma, WA - d. 3-17-1965
announcer: "Metropolitan Echoes"; "Death Valley Days"; "Seth Parker"
09-28-1919 - Tom Harmon - Rensselar, IN - d. 3-17-1990
sportscaster: "Here Comes Harmon"; "Jimmy Durante Show"
10-10-1900 - Helen Hayes - Washington, [removed] - d. 3-17-1993
actress: "New Penny"; "Electric Theatre"; "O'Neill Cycle"
12-06-1903 - Hugh Farr - Llano, TX - d. 3-17-1980
singer: (Sons of the Pioneers) "The Roy Rogers Show"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:28:20 -0500
From: JayHick@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Benny Bell

Benny Bell: Borscht & Found

Producer Joel Samberg has announced that the bawdy balladeer from Brooklyn is
back. A second CD compilation from the Benny Bell archives--that's Benny Bell
of "Shaving Cream" and "Everybody Loves My Fanny" fame--has just been issued.
According to Samberg, who is the late comedian's grandson and biographer, it
has some of the best original Benny Bell jukebox and old-time radio songs
available, including "Take a Ship," "Pincus the Peddler," "She Got Her
Tidbit,"
"Pink Pills and a Can Opener," "Are You Getting Much" and ten others.

>From the exclusive Benny Bell archives, the new CD is called "Benny Bell:
Borscht & Found."

Whereas the first modern compilation issued last year was available only
through the [removed] website, "Borscht & Found" is being offered exclusively
through mail order by BennyBellSongs at a special low price of just $[removed]
(which
includes shipping and handling!). Fans who want to add this 15-song CD to
their novelty collection can send a check or money order (made out to Joel
Samberg) to Borscht & Found, c/o [removed], [removed] Box 144, Verona, NJ
07044-0144.

The playlist on the new CD also includes "The First Hundred Years," "Yum Yum
Blues," "Brooklyn Bridge," "Baloney," "Woozy Over Suzie," "Sadie and Sammy,"
"A Goose for My Girl," "Pincus Went to the Mountains," "Hey Joe, Two Beers"
and
"Still Shaving After all These Years."

All are original recordings written and performed by Benny Bell. "Pincus the
Peddler," one of the first true story-songs, is the bittersweet tale of an
unlucky immigrant peddler that became one of Benny's biggest hits. "Brooklyn
Bridge," written late in his career, was a response to "Winchester Cathedral,"
which was a popular radio hit at the time of its release. "Take a Ship" was
one
of the original double entendre songs that helped get him started. "Pink Pills
and a Can Opener" is a classic song-monologue that follows in the footsteps of
Pincus the Peddler. And "Still Shaving After all These Years" presents more
"Shaving Cream" verses directly from the comic mind of Benny Bell.

We thought Old Time Radio Digest readers would want to be among the first to
know--particularly since, according to Samberg, this will be a limited time
offer that won't be sold in stores or on the Internet. Benny Bell is
missed--but
his unique brand of novelty song lives on. Joel Samberg is working on a
full-length biography of the late comedian, and his father Jerry, who was
Benny's
son, spoke at a recent Friends of Old-Time Radio convention in Newark. And
most
important of all, Benny Bell's songs are being archived on CDs, so that
future generations of old-time radio and novelty song lovers can enjoy them.

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:28:36 -0500
From: BryanH362@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  This Weekend with Walden Hughes  March
 17,18,19

Here are the Highlights for this weekends ( March 17, 18 and 19th  )  Walden
Hughes weekend program.  The program starts at 7:30 pm Friday ,  Saturday and
Sunday .
Live streaming can be heard at  [removed] .

Friday 3-17-06

A.  To celebrate the birthday of Art Gilmore an interview with  Art Gilmore
from the late 90s will be presented .   Frank   Bresee interviews. Includes an
episode of Red Ryder.

B.  OTR shows, like Screen Guild  (comedy ) , Theater Guild, and  Bing Crosby
Chesterfield program.

Saturday 3-18-06

A.  Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran  interview  the late  Mason Adams on their
Golden
age of Radio program.

B.  Larry Gassman 's monthly feature. This month it's a  presentation on the
technical aspects of putting on a radio program and  GUNSMOKE.

C.  OTR like Fibber McGee and Molly , The Great Gildersleeve,  Information
Please, Lux,  Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Our MIss  Brooks, archive interview
with Arch Obler

Sunday 3-19-06

A.  Laura Leff present's  Jack Benny of   3-17-46 (  this broadcast features
the return of Dennis Day ).

B.  Mike Biel  .  Who are the most world recognized show  business figures.

C.  REPS Sunday Live show with Bryan Haigood featuring  OTR.
       This week : A Date with Judy ,   Jack Benny , Gunsmoke and Norman
Corwin.

D.  part 3 of Same Time Same Station ---    Amos and  Andy.

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:29:38 -0500
From: Dixonhayes@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Parker Fennelly
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In a message dated 3/17/06 5:18:32 AM Central Standard Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:

today was watching an episode from January 1953 where there was a barber,
who was played by Parker [removed]
I seem to remember someone by that name being an otr actor.

I believe he was Titus Moody on "The Fred Allen Show," but my generation will
remember him as the Pepperidge Farms man in the 1970s TV commercials.

Dixon

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:06:37 -0500
From: Wich2@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  NTR? MAD? [removed]!

Dear Seth-

From: DJ Fanboy  djfanboy@[removed]

It's not anything like it was in the good old  [removed];

No, it's not - and yes it is. (And that is both a good thing,  and a bad
thing.)

but I was wondering
if people were listening to  the newer shows, and what they [removed]

Speaking for myself: I'm a fan  of thoughtfully written, fully (and well-)
cast, richly sfx-bedded, musically  scored Audio Drama.

In the OTR realm, examples would include The Mercury  Theater, Suspense, and
Dimension X. Translating that forward, I'd mention the  new Twilight Zone
series, the Archangel Shakespeare project, and work by Crazy  Dog Audio
Theatre.

As for Quicksilver Radio Theater, others will have to  speak - my opinions
would be [removed]

Happy listening. "Old," "New,"  feh; if it's good, it's Good.

-Craig Wichman

[ADMINISTRIVIA: Of course; but the focus of _this_ mailing list is Old-Time
Radio. That doesn't take anything away from MAD, but does more solidly focus
the discussion here.  --cfs3]

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:45:29 -0500
From: Conrad Binyon <conradab@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Dr. Arthur Q.

Whoops!

Ted Schumaker <tedshumaker@[removed]; hastened to
remind me that Gale Gordon did the Mayor LaTrivia role
in Fibber McGee and Molly while Arthur Q. portrayed
the friendly Doctor Gamble who apparently did more
than
make just house calls.  He just dropped in for visits
once in a while.  What doctor other than a relative
does that these days?  There must be some I'm sure.

CAB

--
conradab@[removed] (Conrad A. Binyon)
Encino, CA
Home of the Stars who loved Ranches and Farms

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:49:39 -0500
From: Robert Griffin <[removed]@[removed];
To: "To:" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  Re: Lee Falk

If I might add a footnote to the postings about Lee Falk's Phantom,
it is interesting that Lee's original intent was for his costumed
hero to be a young man named Jimmy Wells who disguised his heroic
mission behind the assumed persona of a wealthy New York playboy.
This idea, of course, is the one adapted by Bob Kane three years
later for his Batman character. Lee soon abandoned the double life
idea and developed the more mysterious "Ghost Who Walks" and "The Man
Who Cannot Die" Phantom who was believed to have been around for 400
years.
Lee Falk's literary output is truly amazing when one considers the
fact that between 1936 and his death in 1999, he is credited with
writing 345 Phantom stories. Added to that are the hundreds of
Mandrake tales which he began writing two years before in 1934.
--Bob Griffin

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:32:26 -0500
From: Ron Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  3-18 births/deaths

March 18th births

03-18-1860 - William Jennings Bryan - Salem, IL - d. 7-26-1925
lawyer: Scopes Monkey trial
03-18-1869 - Neville Chamberlain - Birmingham, England - d. 11-9-1940
inept british prime minister: "peace for our time"
03-18-1886 - Edward Everett Horton - Brooklyn, NY - d. 9-30-1970
actor, host: "Shell Chateau"; "Kraft Music Hall"
03-18-1889 - Gene Byrnes - NYC - d. 7-26-1974
comic strip cartoonist: "Reg'lar Fellers" based on his comic strip
03-18-1893 - George Olsen - Portland, OR - d. 3-18-1971
bandleader: "Jack Benny Program"; "Royal Gelatin Revue"
03-18-1902 - Doris Dalton - Sharon, MA - d. 9-16-1984
actress: Voice of Romance "Romance"; "One Foot in Heaven"
03-18-1905 - Robert Donat - Manchester, England - d. 6-9-1958
actor, poetry reader: "Justice"; "Monte Carlo"; "Reader of Poetry";
[removed] Steel Hour"
03-18-1911 - Audrey Marsh - NYC
actress: Esther " Harve and Esther"
03-18-1911 - Deane Kincaide - Houston, TX - d. 8-14-1992
saxophonist: "The Bob Crosby Show"
03-18-1911 - Rex Koury - London, England
orgainst, composere: "Gunsmoke"; "Abbott and Costello's Kid Show"
03-18-1911 - Smiley Burnette - Summum, IL - d. 2-16-1967
host, comedian: "Smiley Burnette Show"; "Hollywood Hotel"
03-18-1912 - Art Gilmore - Tacoma, WA
announcer: "Dr. Christian"; "Amos 'n' Andy"
03-18-1914 - Ben Gage - Chicago, IL - d. 4-28-1978
actor: Jimmy Gale "Modern Cinderella"
03-18-1916 - Jody Gilbert - Fort Worth, TX - d. 2-3-1979
actress: Rosa "Life with Luigi"
03-18-1926 - Peter Graves -Minneapolis, MN
actor: "Arthur Hopkins Presents"
03-18-1940 - Phil Harper - Raised in Chicago, IL - d. 10-11-2004
actor: Harry Nile "The Adventures of Harry Nile"

March 18th deaths

01-14-1917 - Billy Butterfield - Middleton, OH - d. 3-18-1988
bandleader: "The Dixieland Music Shop"; "Eddie Condon"s Jazz Concert"
02-09-1892 - Peggy Wood - Brooklyn, NY - d. 3-18-1978
actress: "NBC Present Eugene O'Neill"; "Great Scenes from Great
Plays"; "
02-14-1904 - Jessica Dragonette - Calcutta, India - d. 3-18-1980
singer: (Queen of Radio) "Philco Hour Theatre of Memories"
03-18-1893 - George Olsen - Portland, OR - d. 3-18-1971
bandleader: "Jack Benny Program"; "Royal Gelatin Revue"
03-20-1890 - Lauritz Melchior - Copenhagen, Denmark - d. 3-18-1973
singer: "Magic Key"; "Metropolitan Opera"; "Voice of Firestone"
07-04-1901 - Adelaide Klein - NYC - d. 3-18-1983
actress: Mrs. S. Kent Wentworth "Life Can Be Beautiful"; Dragon Lady
"Terry and the Pirates"
08-06-1925 - Barbara Bates - Denver, CO - d. 3-18-1969
writer: "Just Plain Bill"; "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons"
09-04-1895 - Jack Miller - Dorchester, MA - d. 3-18-1985
conductor: "Kate Smith and Her Swanee Music"; "Aldrich Family"
10-01-1893 - Faith Baldwin - d. 3-18-1978
novelist: Guest on "The Second Mrs. Burton"
11-02-1906 - Peggy Conklin - Dobbs Ferry, NY - d. 3-18-2003
actress: Kitty Archer "McGarry and His Mouse"; Barbara 'Babs' Riley
"Life of Riley"
xx-xx-xxxx - Jimmy Blaine - d. 3-18-1967
announcer: "Lannie Ross Show"; "Ladies Be Seated"

Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:55:34 -0500
From: "Mark Kinsler" <kinsler33@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  old radio reproduction cases

Can a radio expert help me?  I'm looking for a guy
named Chris Gimme (dont' know the exact spelling).
I'm told that he makes very good catalin repros, but I
can't find any contact info.

Have a look at a usenet group called [removed]+phono.  It's pretty
much the first stop people made when looking for antique radio stuff.

You can also try the following Google reference:

[removed];q=[removed]

M Kinsler

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:55:46 -0500
From: "Mark E. Higgins" <paul_frees_fan@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  re: Al Lewis

Hey Ron,
    Didn't Al Lewis also write and direct "Our Miss Brooks" on the
radio?  I'd add that to the notice.

Ho,Ho,Ho
Mark

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:46:32 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Tribute to Fred Allen

A funny tribute to Fred Allen can be found here:

[removed]

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:23:21 -0500
From: DR <swl2010@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Frankie Kaye

Devon:

If I may suggest post the same message to:
[removed]

There are a lot of long-time collectors there - especially radio
transcriptions of big bands.  The folks there are usually good at
digging up information.

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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:02:22 -0500
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject:  This week in radio history 19-25 March

 From Those Were The Days --

3/21

1925 - The voice of Lowell Thomas was first heard on radio. Thomas was
heard talking about "Man's first flight around the world," on KDKA in
Pittsburgh, PA.

3/22

1948 - The Voice of Firestone was the first commercial radio program to
be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM radio stations.

3/23

1940 - Truth or Consequences was first heard on radio. The Ralph
Edwards-produced program was hosted by Mr. Edwards. The show was
originally heard on only four CBS stations. Later, NBC picked up the
show where it eventually became the most popular of all radio quiz shows.

3/24

1932 - Belle Baker hosted a radio variety show from a moving train ... a
first for radio broadcasting. The program originated from a Baltimore
and Ohio train that chugged its way around the New York area. The
broadcast was heard on WABC in New York City.

1935 - After a year as a local show from New York City, Major Bowes'
Original Amateur Hour was heard on the entire NBC network. The show
stayed on the air for 17 years. Later, Ted Mack took over for Bowes and
made the move from radio to television.

3/25

1943 - Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiered on network radio. The
pair replaced the popular Abbott and Costello following Lou Costello's
heart attack. Durante and Moore stayed on the air for four years.

Joe

--
Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]

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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:03:12 -0500
From: Brent Pellegrini <brentpl@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Re: Lee Falk's party

I lived in Provincetown on Cap Cod in the 1970's. I was essentially a penniless drifter
who managed to infiltrate some pretty interesting crowds; those of the famous literati, painters,
and writers. Every August there were a number of great parties. I have stories. Lee Falk had one.
He didn't live in Provincetown. I think he was in Wellfleet or Truro. Anyway I never met him and I
never was invited to his party. I came close though but for naught. And that's all there is to
that.

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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:32:08 -0500
From: Sean Dougherty <seandd@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject:  Daily News Salutes Norman Corwin

David Hinckley of The New York Daily News salutes Norman Corwin and plugs
his website in today's edition.

Sean Dougherty
SeanDD@[removed]

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