Re: Sharing Shows from my collection

by nightkey 7/1/2021, 12:51 pm

This is not in common circulation. If it exists it is squirreled away.

How did you determine the video is from that particular Mail Call?

Radiodaze wrote:Anyone have a recording of AFRS #75 Mail Call? Hostess is Dorothy Lamour and Abbott and Costello perform "Who's on First." Circa January 26, 1944. Lou says, "I don't give a damn." Rather than the more commonly heard, "I don't give a darn." In reference to the shortstop of the famous comedy bit. Film footage exists [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

by Radiodaze 7/1/2021, 2:26 pm

I looked at logs of GI Journal, Command Performance and Mail Call. The only show where Dorothy Lamour is the MC and has Abbott & Costello on the show is that Mail Call show. I'm curious to hear if the A&C routine on the actually distributed vinyl AFRS show matches the filmed footage. Or, if another version of their baseball routine was substituted. Early 1942 Command Performance episodes have performers saying the occasional 'damn' or 'hell.' This came to an end pretty early on. The practices of regular civilian network shows was adopted. Just wanted to hear if this 1944 show let this version of 'Who's on First' slip by, or they substituted a different version from an earlier Command Performance or GI Journal appearance.

by toebig 7/2/2021, 10:47 am

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by lasombra 7/2/2021, 2:15 pm

Got it! That was fun. 75 years ago today: Encore Theater 460702 Ep005 The Man In White

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On duty as a customer-service rep for a car-rental company, I took a call from a driver who needed a tow. He was stranded on a busy highway, but he didn't know the make of the car he was driving. I asked again for a more detailed description beyond a "blue, four-door sedan."
"It's the one on fire," he replied.

by toebig 7/3/2021, 3:06 pm

I had to get the yard work done before it got too hot.

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by lasombra 7/3/2021, 6:21 pm

76 years ago today, a very timely broadcast! Bullocks Show 7-3-45 The Universe on Parade

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Ten-year-old Tommy greeted his sister's boyfriend very enthusiastically, "That harmonica you gave me for my birthday is easily the best present I have ever had!"
"I'm glad you liked it," the boyfriend replies.
"Oh yeah! Mother gives me a quarter a day not to play it!"

by toebig 7/4/2021, 10:11 am

It's Sunday, Have a Blessed day.
Happy Independence Day.

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Escape 480704 (45) A Tooth For Paul Revere (Harry Bartell)
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by greybelt 7/4/2021, 1:29 pm

The Hehn and Falk reels that OTRR acquired and are now being transferred by many volunteers are allowing the group to get encodes of early OTR disc transfers and process them using today's tools. Some of the effort is appearing here at Cobalt in the Suspense Upgrades thread... numerous upgrades, especially to periods of the program that are hard to find in good-sounding quality.

The digitizing of these collections by the volunteers is allowing reviews of commonly circulating sets of recordings to get upgrades and reverification. One of the people working on this is Cobalt's own Geezer!

He is now going through Dimension X and advises...

It looks like we are missing the initial airing of The Green Hills Of Earth from 1950-06-10. All the versions I've found have the closings clipped, heavily edited, or just plain replaced with the closing from the 1950-12-24 airing (run time of around 25 minutes).

The Sabis book* tells us that at (his) present, "Copies of this broadcast have not been heard and detailed information is not available as yet" If we knew for sure this second airing was just a replay of the original recording... For all I know the 25-minute show is actually the AFRS release with their ID cut.

Geezer's reference to the "Sabis book" is the marvelous self-published late 1970s book about NBC sci-fi, Adventures in Time and Space. Sabis had contact with NBC and the surviving writers, production personnel, and others in preparing his book.

Geezer's explanation about the long-circulating copy has a high probability of being correct. In the 1970s there were many collectors who did not like AFRS recordings and attempted to "restore" them to network format. There were also very collectors who would remove commercials from network recordings because reel-to-reel tape was expensive; by editing the programs down, they could fit more onto a tape.

I have never found a complete The Green Hills Of Earth episode from 1950-06-10, just the edited one. Does anyone have a different recording?

by toebig 7/5/2021, 9:44 am

On our porch this morning was the prettiest completely blonde (species black bear) bear. Almost an albino. He was huge but well groomed (almost like a pet) and very friendly. We keep our sliding glass door to the porch open about six inches so Carolyn's feral cats can come and go. I started to shut that door since he was right there and he stuck his head in. I told him NO! It probably startled him. He looked up and I was able to shut the door. When I went to shut the door, my hand rested on his head for a second and his fur was not matted like most of the bears around here. Like I said, well groomed, The best looking bear I've ever seen.

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Good News of 1939 39-05-11 #71 Myrna Loy-Robert Taylor
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by lasombra 7/5/2021, 11:09 am

Just saw this film a couple of months ago, starring Van Heflin. 78 years ago today: Screen Guild Theater 43-07-05 (151) Tennessee Johnson, starring Gary Cooper:

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Teacher: "Why are you late this morning?"
Student: "It’s my alarm clock. Everyone got up except me!"
Teacher: "How did the alarm clock make you the only one not to get up?"
Student: "There are eight of us in my family and the alarm clock was only set for seven."

by BobbyP 7/5/2021, 12:56 pm

toebig wrote:

Good News of 1939 39-05-11 #71 Myrna Loy-Robert Taylor
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This one should be dated 39-05-04. The guest on May 11 was Ed Sullivan.

by toebig 7/6/2021, 10:13 am

I hope you all had a wonderful, blessed, and safe holiday weekend.

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A Voice in the Night 46-08-09 Beer Barrel Polka
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by nightkey 7/6/2021, 1:11 pm

This is from 48-09-09

toebig wrote:
Hallmark Playhouse 1948-09-Cimarron
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by lasombra 7/6/2021, 1:18 pm

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by toebig 7/7/2021, 11:06 am

I haven't seen "Blondie" that black bear since that first time. There was something on our porch last night though, I think it was a family of raccoons. They are cute, but mean and distructive.

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Grand Marquee 47-09-18 Mexican Interlude
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by lasombra 7/7/2021, 12:34 pm

79 years ago today: A Date With Judy 420707 Ep016 Baby Trouble

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A six-year-old boy called his mother from his friend Charlie's house and confessed he had broken a lamp when he threw a football in their living room.
"But, Mom," he said, brightening, "you don't have to worry about buying another one. Charlie's mother said it was irreplaceable."

by toebig 7/8/2021, 10:00 am

Ellery Queen xxxxxx The Three Frogs
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Heart's Desire 47-04-07 Host Ben Alexander
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Challenge
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by BobbyP 7/8/2021, 12:23 pm

toebig wrote:Ellery Queen xxxxxx The Three Frogs
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This one is from April 29, 1948.

by Gordon Johansen 7/8/2021, 10:33 pm

toebig wrote:I haven't seen "Blondie" that black bear since that first time. There was something on our porch last night though, I think it was a family of raccoons. They are cute, but mean and distructive.

There's one like that near a campground I visit occasionally except that she's a grizzly. A little small so I think she is only three years old. I'll see if I can get a picture from a friend of mine who spotted her last weekend. He had an exciting day too as he went down some steps by his trailer and was about 18 ft from a big grizzly who was not in a good mood since she had been relocated out of the area several times already. After a false charge by her, he took his chances and ran for the trailer about 30 ft away. He loves bear watching but that was a little two close for comfort.

Later in the week he saw her and a male going at it. The male would finish and then she would pound at him until he started again. It was at least an hour until she let him go. The funny thing was that he was the biggest Grizzly that they had ever spotted and she was huge at about 800 lbs too. I kidded him about being a voyeur and he admitted that they felt kind of funny about it but it was a once in a lifetime experience so they couldn't stop watching.

by toebig 7/9/2021, 12:14 pm

Grand Marquee 47-06-12 Uncle Will and the Hot Dollar
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Hallmark Playhouse 1948-11-04 My Friend Flicka
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by lasombra 7/9/2021, 12:40 pm

Abroad with the Lockharts 01 Planning a trip to Europe

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What's the difference between 16.5 feet and former New York Yankees' star Alex Rodriguez?
No difference at all, they're both "A Rod"!

by toebig 7/11/2021, 10:04 am

It's Sunday, have a blessed day.

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Blondie 49-10-27 Alexander's Pig
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by lasombra 7/11/2021, 11:41 am

70 years ago today: The Private Files of Rex Saunders 11 Concerning Travel (Murder As a Silent Companion) 7-11-51

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Job Interviewer: "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
Me: "I would say my biggest weakness is listening."

by toebig 7/12/2021, 9:52 am

It's 5:30 in the morning and it's already 92 degrees, supposed to be 116 today. I can't wait. LOL

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by lasombra 7/12/2021, 2:46 pm

71 years ago today: Halls Of Ivy 500712 Ep028 Education Of Annie Belle

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Internet: “Without me you’re nothing.”
Electricity: “Keep talking, losers.”

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