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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2006 : Issue 147
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
5-27 births/deaths [ Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed] ]
Re Cycled to Movies [ Rentingnow@[removed] ]
Praise for INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES? [ <mikeandzachary@[removed]; ]
great moments [ "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@hot ]
Re: Amos & Andy Annuaal Christmas Sh [ "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed] ]
wCAU [ "Walden Hughes" <walden1@yesterdayu ]
re: Farm News [ "David Fx" <df789@[removed]; ]
Today in radio history 28 May to 3 J [ Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed] ]
Copyright [ "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross. ]
Favorite OTR Moments [ "James Yellen" <clifengr3@[removed] ]
Harry Conn [ "Laura Leff" <president@[removed] ]
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 22:20:18 -0400
From: Ronald Sayles <bogusotr@[removed];
To: Olde Tyme Radio Digest Digest <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: 5-27 births/deaths
May 27th births
05-27-1894 - Dashiell Hammett - St. Mary's County, MD - d. 1-10-1961
author: "Fat Man"; "Adventures of Sam Spade"
05-27-1902 - Cedric Adams - Magnolia, MN - d. 2-18-1961
commentator: In 1953 filled in for Arthur Godfrey for 13 weeks
05-27-1904 - Marlin Hurt - Du Quoin, IL - d. 3-21-1946
actor: Beulah "Fibber McGee and Molly"; Bill Jackson "Beulah"
05-27-1911 - Herb Meadow - d. 3-1-1995
creator, writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel"
05-27-1911 - Vincent Price - St. Louis, MO - d. 10-25-1993
actor: Simon Templar "The Saint"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-27-1912 - John Cheever - Quincy, MA - d. 6-18-1982
writer: "NBC Presents: Short Story"
05-27-1912 - Slammin' Sammy Snead - Ashwood, VA - d. 5-23-2002
golf legend: "Kraft Music Hall"
05-27-1915 - Herman Wouk - NYC
writer: "Town Hall Tonight"; "Fred Allen Show"; "Lux Radio Theatre"
05-27-1919 - Ray Montgomery - d. 6-4-1998
actor: Noel Chandler "Dear John"
05-27-1921 - Franklin Adams, Jr. - Chicago, IL
actor: Skippy "Skippy"; Davy Jones "Davy Jones"
05-27-1921 - Redd Stewart - Ashland City, TN - d. 8-2-2003
lyricist: "Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys"
05-27-1925 - Tony Hillerman - Sacred Heart, OK
writer: "The Zero Hour"
05-27-1934 - Harlan Ellison - Cleveland, OH
writer: "[removed] 68"
May 27th deaths
02-16-1915 - Leah Ray - Norfolk, VA - d. 5-27-1999
vocalist: (The Phil Harris Band) "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou"
08-12-1904 - Kay Campbell - d. 5-27-1985
actor: Evey Perkins Fitz "Ma Perkins"
08-14-1909 - Frank Papp - d. 5-27-1996
director: "The Bartons"; "Words at War"; "Right to Happiness";
"Eternal Light"
09-13-1895 - Ruth McDevitt - Coldwater, MI - d. 5-27-1976
actor: Jane Channing "This Life is Mine"; Mother "Keeping Up with
Rosemary"
09-13-1918 - Ernie Winstanley - England - d. 5-27-1992
actor, sound effects: Scrub Troy "Secretary Hawkins' Fair and Supper
Club"; "The Lone Ranger"
10-10-1909 - Florida Friebus - Auburndale, MA - d. 5-27-1988
actor: "Great Plays"; "Theatre Guild On the Air"
10-12-1900 - Ted Collins - NYC - d. 5-27-1964
announcer, host: (longtime manager of Kate Smith) "Kate Smith Speaks"
11-07-1902 - Ed Dodd - Lafayette, GA - d. 5-27-1991
comic creator: "Mark Trail"
11-23-1925 - Jeffrey Hunter - New Orleans. LA - d. 5-27-1969
actor: "Lux Radio Theatre"
12-03-1889 - Ferdinand Munier - San Diego, CA - d. 5-27-1945
actor: Rene Michon "Count of Monte Cristo"
12-25-1893 - Robert L. Ripley - Santa Rosa, CA - d. 5-27-1949
emcee: "Colonial Beacon Light"; "Baker's Broadcast"; "Believe It or Not"
Ron Sayles
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birthplace of Jack Bundy (Heinie and the Grenadiers)
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 22:20:40 -0400
From: Rentingnow@[removed]
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re Cycled to Movies
In a message dated 5/24/2006 12:19:57 [removed] Eastern Daylight Time,
[removed]@[removed] writes:
"The Amos 'n' Andy Show": Kingfish and Sapphire break up and Kingfish joins a
personals club; at the end he meets his date and realizes it'[removed] mother
in law. (Who says radio humor doesn't hold up well?)
A movie take of the same concept was in the film "Must Love Dogs" when the
girl puts an ad in, I think, a personal web description and ends up with a
date with her father.
Shows there is nothing new if one wants to make a different twist.
Composers have been doing it for years. Thinking of Bach specifically and
his
recycling of musical parts.
Larry Moore
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 23:14:31 -0400
From: <mikeandzachary@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Praise for INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES?
I have to disagree with Chris Holm's praise for INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES as a
great OTR horror show. I've heard a lot of SANCTUM episodes. For my liking,
far too many of the episodes end with a logical explanation for the spooky
goings on: for instance, it was all the result of a police investigation of a
murder -- none of the ghosts was real. Personally, endings like that always
seem rushed to me and leave me feeling cheated.
Mike Murphy
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 23:15:10 -0400
From: "karl tiedemann" <karltiedemann@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: great moments
I recall the climaxes of two episodes of SUSPENSE: "The House in Cypress
Canyon" (1946) and Ray Bradbury's "Zero Hour" (1955) (the latter,
especially). Chilling stuff, which I will resist describing so as not to
spoil things for anyone fortunate enough to have these still to look forward
to.
As for comedy: the payoff to the meticulously built "cimarron rolls"
routine on the Benny show (ca. '53) stands [removed] I also have to cite a
1950 episode of the Phil Harris-Alice Faye program, the one in which Remley
tries to get a free ticket on the Super Chief so that he can accompany Phil
to New York with Jack Benny. While a few moments were particularly great
([removed], Remley's building frustration, culminating in his snarling, "I gotta
DESTROY this family!"; the botched fake suicide attempt climaxing in Phil
wailing, "Oh, no-- Frankie's shot himself!" just *before* a gunshot is
heard, etc.) the episode as a whole is beautifully constructed example of
the sitcom writer's craft, courtesy of Ray Singer and Dick Chevillat. (I
think it may be the only episode in the series not only to lack a middle
commercial-- that was SOP on the show-- but also not to pause for any song
numbers; clearly, they knew they had tapped a rich vein and wanted to mine
it for all it was worth.)
Karl Tiedemann
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 10:18:00 -0400
From: "Andrew Godfrey" <niteowl049@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Re: Amos & Andy Annuaal Christmas Show
Re: Amos & Andy Annuaal Christmas Show
This show has become a tradition at our house at Christmas. It wouldn't be
Christmas without listening to this show.
Andrew Godfrey
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 10:18:09 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <walden1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: wCAU
Hi Everybody,
in the last digest a question was ask about the network outlet in
Philadelphia. WCAU was the CBS outlet. Kitty Kallen worked on WCAU in
the 1920s and 1930s. If any one have any recordings, or picture of Kitty
during those days please contact me. I would like to make sure Kitty get
copies of them. Take care,
Walden Hughes
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 10:18:18 -0400
From: "David Fx" <df789@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: re: Farm News
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In Santa Rosa California television station KFTY broadcasts "[removed] Farm Report"
every Saturday at 6:00 [removed] for 30 minutes.
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 10:29:43 -0400
From: Joe Mackey <joemackey108@[removed];
To: otrd <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Today in radio history 28 May to 3 June
From Those Were The Days --
5/28
1931 - WOR in New York City premiered The Witch's Tale. The program was
broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting System (of which WOR was the
flagship station) where it aired until 1938.
5/29
1939 - When a Girl Marries was first heard on CBS.
1943 - The Million Dollar Band was heard for the first time on NBC.
Charlie Spivak was the first leader of the band that featured Barry Wood
as vocalist. The unusual feature of the show was the awarding each week
of five diamond rings.
5/30
1943 - A comic strip came to radio, as Archie Andrews was heard on the
Mutual Broadcasting System for the first time.
1949 - A crowd of 35,000 people paid tribute to radio personality Mary
Margaret McBride at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. McBride was celebrating
her 15th year in radio.
5/30
1922 - "Smilin" Ed McConnell debuted, smiling and playing his banjo.
McConnell quickly became a legend in the medium.
1935 - America's Town Meeting was heard for the first time. The NBC
program continued for 21 years, with a name change to Americas Town
Meeting of the Air.
1938 - Joyce Jordan, Girl Intern was first heard interning on CBS. The
serial later evolved into The Brighter Day (1948).
6/1
1936 - The Lux Radio Theater moved from New York City to Hollywood.
Cecil B. DeMille, the program's host on the NBC Blue network, introduced
Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich in The Legionnaire and the Lady.
6/2
1937 - The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy was broadcast on NBC for the first time.
Frank Morgan starred as the absent-minded Dr. Tweedy.
1937 - CBS presented the first broadcast of Second Husband. The show
continued on the air until 1946.
6/3
1946 - Mutual debuted The Casebook of Gregory Hood, the summer
replacement for Sherlock Holmes. The mystery series became a regular
weekly program in the fall of 1946.
Joe
--
Visit my homepage: [removed]~[removed]
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 12:44:38 -0400
From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Copyright
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 20:44:57 -0400
From: jack and cathy french <otrpiano@[removed];
Case in point: I spent a few days at that library, taking careful
handwritten notes (which is permitted) on their "Candy Matson"
script collection. I stumbled across a "Candy Matson" parody of
three pages, obviously written by Monty Masters, probably for a
social in his home. Pointing out to the librarian that this could
not have been copyrighted, I asked for permission to xerox it.
Not necessarily. The scripts, if unpublished, were subject to common-
law copyright, which, under the old copyright law, continued until
the thing was published. Under current copyright law, an unpublished
work is subject to federal copyright either for 120 years or for the
life of the author plus 70 years. In no case does copyright in any
work created prior to 1 January 1978 (the effective date of the new
copyright law) expire prior to 31 December 2002, and if the work is
published on or before that date, the copyright will not expire
before 31 December 2047.
Manuscripts are unpublished works despite the works having been
performed, since performance does not constitute publication.
The author's heir may be dead, but the heir had heirs, and someone,
whether they know it or not, owns the copyright.
--
A. Joseph Ross, [removed] [removed]
15 Court Square, Suite 210 Fax [removed]
Boston, MA 02108-2503 [removed]
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 19:25:57 -0400
From: "James Yellen" <clifengr3@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Favorite OTR Moments
Two of my favorites OTR moments are from Fibber McGee and Molly episodes.
WARNING: The descriptions below contain spoilers, so if you haven't heard
these episodes you may not want to read to the end.
1. The episode wherein Fibber spends the whole time standing in the rain in
front of the drugstore because he has an important meeting with a man. Molly
and everyone that passes implore him to get in out of the rain, but he
insists that he has an important meeting with a man. Finally, at the end,
when the man hasn't shown up Fibbers says (I'm paraphrasing) "I'm not
waiting any longer. If that guy wants to borrow twenty bucks, he's going to
have to get it from someone else." I bust a gut laughing no matter how many
times I hear that one.
2. The episode wherein Western Union delivers a telegram to the McGees
intended for Ronald Coleman. Fibber spends the whole episode bragging how
Ronal Coleman must be coming to vist him. After all, Western Union doesn't
make mistakes, and if they've dropped off a telegram at the McGees for
Ronald Coleman, then Ronald Coleman must be coming to the McGees. At the
end, the doorbell rings and at the door is Ronald, the Coalman. The telegram
is for him. He opens it and reads it aloud. It's from his boss at the coal
company. "Don't dump that coal until that deadbeat McGee pays for the last
load!"
3. I just remembered another one. The McGees receive in the mail two tickets
for the Wistful Vista premier of Gone With the Wind. They are from an
anonymous benefactor. They go to the show, wondering and speculating the
whole time who might have sent them the free tickets. Finally, when they
return home after the show, their house has been robbed!
They don't write stuff like this anymore.
Jim Yellen
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 21:18:15 -0400
From: "Laura Leff" <president@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Harry Conn
Matt asks:
Whatever became of Jack Benny's former writer Harry Conn? I know he bailed
on Jack to work with Joe [removed] I've never found any record of him
after this point.
Conn and his wife even tried their hand at an extremely short-lived series
of their own, but basically he couldn't make the magic happen with anyone
other than Jack. And for many listening to the Conn-written shows, the
magic doesn't happen today. Jokes about George Bernard Shaw and Garbo's
shoes just don't age well. We are all (with the exception of Conn and his
wife) lucky that Jack changed over to Bill Morrow and Ed Beloin to start
creating the timeless comedy that we know as "pure Jack Benny".
It's said that Conn finally ended up as a backstage doorman in a New York
theatre. I know of several people who have searched long and hard for an
obituary on him, but I know of no one who's ever found one.
--Laura Leff
President, IJBFC
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