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Re: Life with Luigi

Max Schmid

#549

32 or better??? Anything is better than 32! can't get any worse, although I suspect some people tried!

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On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 12:34 AM K & J Hammel <haml@...> wrote:

Thanks Richard,

I found a better quality batch at archive.org. The ones I have are all rather poor quality. I’ll let you know if I need any others to fill in.

Kathy

On May 1, 2020, at 4:39 PM, Richard Davenport <klingon1@...> wrote:

Kathy,
Here is what I have of Life With Luigi. If you have anything I need or if I can fill slots for you please let me know. I just checked and most of mine are 32 or better on the bitrate.

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On Friday, May 1, 2020, 3:58:45 PM CDT, Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Good info, Kathy. I've started listening through the episodes up on our library and have been very satisfied with the quality so far, but that doesn't mean there won't be lousy ones in there. I've gotten through March 1949 so far is all.
Ryan

www.RyanEllett.com

The Old Time Radio Researchers
"Saving the Past for the Future"

www.OTRR.org
www.OTRRLibrary.org

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 03:50:42 PM CDT, K & J Hammel <haml@...> wrote:

Ryan,

Looks like I have about 68 of the Life of Luigi shows. They appear to be from otr cat. The file sizes are small and the sound on them is mostly poor, so I don't think these Luigi shows will be of the quality we'd like for an OTRR set.

I'm attaching a list of the shows included on my CD, just in case some might be useful, but I doubt it.

Kathy

Re: Life with Luigi

K & J Hammel

#548

Thanks Richard,

I found a better quality batch at archive.org. The ones I have are all rather poor quality. I’ll let you know if I need any others to fill in.

Kathy

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On May 1, 2020, at 4:39 PM, Richard Davenport <klingon1@...> wrote:

Kathy,
Here is what I have of Life With Luigi. If you have anything I need or if I can fill slots for you please let me know. I just checked and most of mine are 32 or better on the bitrate.

Labor ipse voluptas

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 3:58:45 PM CDT, Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes@...> wrote:

Good info, Kathy. I've started listening through the episodes up on our library and have been very satisfied with the quality so far, but that doesn't mean there won't be lousy ones in there. I've gotten through March 1949 so far is all.
Ryan

www.RyanEllett.com

The Old Time Radio Researchers
"Saving the Past for the Future"

www.OTRR.org
www.OTRRLibrary.org

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 03:50:42 PM CDT, K & J Hammel <haml@...> wrote:

Ryan,

Looks like I have about 68 of the Life of Luigi shows. They appear to be from otr cat. The file sizes are small and the sound on them is mostly poor, so I don't think these Luigi shows will be of the quality we'd like for an OTRR set.

I'm attaching a list of the shows included on my CD, just in case some might be useful, but I doubt it.

Kathy

Re: To All Members Who Have Voted or Will Vote in the Soap Opera Poll

B. J. Watkins

#547

Larry, please don't send the cassettes until you have digitized copies.

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...>
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 4:10 PM
To: 'main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io' <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] To All Members Who Have Voted or Will Vote in the Soap Opera Poll

Okay Jackie. I will send all the episodes to you as soon as I have them on a thumb drive. If the local business cannot digitize them, I will mail them to you on cassette tapes.

Larry

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From: "jackies via groups.io"
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Friday May 1 2020 5:28:23PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] To All Members Who Have Voted or Will Vote in the Soap Opera Poll

Larry:

My snail mail address is Jackie Schlageter; P.O. Box 1204, Carrizozo, New
Mexico 88301. I can use either version the thumb drive or the cassettes.
I have a husband who does not use the computer but does have a
radio/cassette player together.
Jackie

I hope to have all five episodes, which are now on cassette tapes,
> digitized by the end of May by a local business. If you would like for
> me to mail them to you on a thumb drive, please send me your mailing
> address. Also, let me know if you have or can obtain a cassette tape
> player in case I cannot get them digitized and need to send you copies
> of the episodes on a cassette.
> Best regards, and thank you very much to everyone who has voted in the
> poll.
> Larry
>
>
>
>

--
Larry Maupin

McFarland Press sale

Ryan Ellett

#546

McFarland Press has some great OTR-related books but they are also more expensive as their main audience is libraries. Got an email that they are "offering 40% off ALL titles about popular culture through May 17 with coupon code POP40." Check them out, you can surely find something you like, especially at almost half off. (I have a couple you could pick up!). https://mcfarlandbooks.com

Ryan

Re: Life with Luigi

Richard Davenport

#545

2nd try after brain fart....

Life With Luigi - 0000 - 00-00-00 - Cousin Mario Comes To America.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0000 - 48-06-15 - Little Immigrant.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0001 - 48-09-21 - Luigi Discovers America (NEED 2-5).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0006 - 48-11-09 - Finds Stolen Diamond Ring.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0007 - 48-11-16 - Luigi Attends PTA Meeting.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0008 - 48-11-09 - Diamond Ring.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0009 - 48-11-16 - Attends Pta Meeting (NEED 10).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0011 - 48-11-30 - Luigi Joins Hospital Plan.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0012 - 48-12-07 - Damage Claim On Broken Mirror.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0013 - 48-12-14 - Paul Revere.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0014 - 48-12-21 - Antique Colonial Silver Cup (NEED 15-16).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0017 - 49-01-09 - First Date With American Girl.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0018 - 49-01-16 - Surprise Party (NEED 19).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0020 - 49-01-30 - Character References.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0021 - 49-02-06 - Telephone Company (NEED 22).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0023 - 49-02-20 - Cold.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0024 - 49-02-27 - Luigi Needs Driver's License.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0025 - 49-03-06 - Income Tax Problems.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0026 - 49-03-13 - Turkey Raffle.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0027 - 49-03-20 - Car.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0028 - 49-03-27 - Luigi Goes To Dance School.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0029 - 49-04-03 - Tries To Return A Nightgown.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0030 - 49-04-10 - Rosa Must Lose Weight (NEED 31).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0032 - 49-04-24 - Electric Bill.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0033 - 49-05-01 - North Halstead Street Block Party.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0034 - 49-05-08 - Luigi's Toothache.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0035 - 49-05-15 - Super Salesman.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0036 - 49-05-29 - Wedding.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0037 - 49-06-05 - At The Racetrack.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0038 - 49-06-12 - Papa's Coat Pocket.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0039 - 49-06-19 - Pasquale's Birthday Party.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0040 - 49-06-26 - Life Insurance Policy.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0041 - 49-07-03 - 4th Of July Parade.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0042 - 49-07-10 - Registered Letter.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0043 - 49-07-17 - At the Beach.MP3
Life With Luigi - 0044 - 49-07-24 - Homesick.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0045 - 49-07-31 - X-Ray Pictures.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0046 - 49-08-07 - A Date With Shirley.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0047 - 49-08-14 - Sore Thumb.MP3
Life With Luigi - 0048 - 49-08-21 - The Driver's License.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0049 - 49-08-28 - Go West, Young Man.MP3
Life With Luigi - 0050 - 49-09-04 - Hit And Run Witness.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0051 - 49-09-11 - Luigi Tries To Become A Singer (NEED 52).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0053 - 49-09-24 - Statue Of George Washington.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0054 - 49-09-27 - Stock Investments.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0055 - 49-10-04 - Out Of Water.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0056 - 49-10-11 - Columbus Day Play (NEED 57).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0058 - 49-10-25 - Zoning Commission.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0059 - 49-11-01 - Football Game.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0060 - 49-11-08 - No Electioneering (NEED 61).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0062 - 49-11-22 - Hot Dogs for Thanksgiving Dinner.MP3
Life With Luigi - 0063 - 49-11-29 - Mario Lanza Record Album.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0064 - 49-12-06 - Post Office Breaks Luigi's Gift.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0065 - 48-12-13 - Pasquale Thinks No Gift From Luigi.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0066 - 49-12-20 - Pasquale Takes Luigi's Christmas Money.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0067 - 49-12-27 - New Year's Phone Call.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0068 - 50-01-03 - Pietro Needs An Overcoat.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0069 - 50-01-10 - Luigi's First Citizenship Papers.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0070 - 50-01-17 - Cold.MP3
Life With Luigi - 0071 - 50-01-24 - Using Television To Increase Business.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0072 - 50-01-31 - Beautiful Ms. Spaulding.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0073 - 50-02-07 - Abraham Lincoln Letter.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0074 - 50-02-14 - Movie Date.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0075 - 50-02-21 - George Washington Radio Contest.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0076 - 50-02-28 - Miss Spalding's Open House Party.MP3
Life With Luigi - 0077 - 50-03-07 - Income Tax Season.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0078 - 50-03-14 - Big Brothers Of America.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0079 - 50-03-21 - Rosa Or The Park.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0080 - 50-03-28 - Luigi Finds A Wallet.MP3
Life With Luigi - 0081 - 50-04-04 - Traffic Light.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0082 - 50-04-11 - Bosco Is A Good Name.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0083 - 50-04-25 - Donation For Gym Equipment.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0084 - 50-06-06 - Party Line Troubles.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0085 - 50-05-02 - Sootho's Cough Syrup Guarantee (NEED 86).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0087 - 50-05-16 - Future American, 1953.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0088 - 50-05-23 - Taking A Picture Of Rosa.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0089 - 50-07-04 - Independence Day Parade.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0090 - 50-06-06 - Party Line Troubles (NEED 91-93).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0094 - 50-08-15 - Luigi Has A Fire In The Store.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0095 - 50-08-22 - Business Trip To Buffalo.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0096 - 50-09-19 - Crusade for Freedom Speech.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0097 - 50-09-05 - Luigi Sells Ice Cream.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0098 - 50-09-26 - Trolley Transfer.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0099 - 50-09-12 - Luigi Is Lonely.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0100 - 50-09-19 - Freedom Of Speech Crusade.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0101 - 50-09-26 - Trolley Transfer.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0102 - 50-10-03 - Luigi Gives Blood.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0103 - 50-10-10 - A Day In New York With Frank Sinatra.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0104 - 50-10-17 - Pasquale Hires A Tutor.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0105 - 50-10-31 - Right To Vote Taken Away.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0106 - 50-11-07 - Luigi Opens His Barber Shop.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0107 - 50-11-14 - Headaches Or Heartaches.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0108 - 50-11-24 - Moonlighting At The Daisy Pie Factory.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0109 - 50-12-05 - Lost In Chicago.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0110 - 50-12-12 - Lugi Joins The Record Collector's Club.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0111 - 50-12-19 - A Christmas Present For Pasquale.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0112 - 50-12-26 - A Visit From The Immigration Service.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0113 - 51-01-02 - Ice Skating Party At The Lake.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0114 - 51-01-09 - Queen Sheba's Iceberg.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0115 - 51-01-16 - Luigi Deposits A California Check.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0116 - 51-01-23 - Luigi Refuses To Talk To Pasquale.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0117 - 51-01-30 - Graduating From 1A To 1B.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0118 - 51-02-06 - Luigi Finds Out He Has Tonsilitus.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0119 - 51-02-13 - Luigi Has His Tonsils Removed.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0120 - 51-02-20 - Luigi Puts A Negro In His Play.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0121 - 51-02-27 - Luigi Becomes A Gas Station Attendant.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0122 - 51-03-06 - Mail Order Suit.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0123 - 51-03-20 - Spring Walk.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0124 - 51-03-27 - April Fool's Joke (NEED 125).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0126 - 51-04-17 - Bosco-Pasquale Lifetime Shoelace Company.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0127 - 51-04-24 - Mrs Spaulding Resigns.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0128 - 51-05-01 - A Date With The Librarian.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0129 - 51-05-08 - Horse And Wagon Delivery Service.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0130 - 51-05-15 - I Want To Be An American Day.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0131 - 51-05-22 - Rosa's Make-Over For The Antique Dealer's Dance.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0132 - 51-05-29 - How To Make Minestrone Soup.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0133 - 51-06-12 - Luigi Becomes A Soda Jerk.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0134 - 51-06-19 - Luigi Decides To Paint His Own Safety Zones.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0135 - 51-06-26 - Luigi Throws A Party For His Salesmen.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0136 - 51-07-03 - Fourth Of July Parade Repeat Broadcast.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0137 - 51-08-28 - Shultz And Olson Not In Luigi's Class.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0138 - 51-09-04 - Naming The O'Rielly's Baby Contest.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0139 - 51-09-11 - Luigi's Block Party.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0140 - 51-09-18 - Luigi Isn't In The Phone Book.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0141 - 51-09-25 - Go West, Young Man.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0142 - 51-10-02 - Mama Thinks Luigi Is A Millionaire.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0143 - 51-10-09 - 'Why Was My Face Red' Contest.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0144 - 51-10-16 - Luigi's Dun And Bradstreet Rating.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0145 - 51-10-23 - Luigi, The Square Dance Caller.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0146 - 51-10-30 - Trick Or Treat.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0147 - 51-11-06 - Luigi Opens Up A New Antique Store.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0148 - 51-11-13 - Mrs Spaulding Off For A Week.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0149 - 51-11-20 - Thanksgiving Dinner (NEED 150-153).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0154 - 51-12-25 - A Christmas Present For Pasquale.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0155 - 52-01-02 - Insurance For Everything.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0156 - 52-01-08 - Luigi Takes Rosa To The Movies.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0157 - 52-01-15 - Rosa Attends Luigi's Night Class.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0158 - 52-01-22 - Rosa Goes To The Head Of The Class.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0159 - 52-01-29 - High Standard Of Living.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0160 - 52-02-05 - Homesick.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0161 - 52-02-12 - Toledo Weighing Machine (Show of 2.20 where).mp3
Life With Luigi - 0162 - 52-02-26 - Joins Local Civil Defense Group.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0163 - 52-03-04 - Pasquale Threatens To Evict Luigi.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0164 - 52-03-11 - Income Tax Problems.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0165 - 52-03-18 - Save Money To Buy A Car.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0166 - 52-03-25 - Three Little Words.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0167 - 52-04-01 - April Fool's Joke.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0168 - 52-04-08 - Easter Birthday Party.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0169 - 52-04-15 - Insomenia.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0170 - 52-04-22 - Takes A Date To Antique Dealers D.mp3
Life With Luigi - 0196 - 53-01-06 - Luigi Leaves For California (Repeat of 48-08-28).mp3
Life With Luigi - AUD - 48-06-15 - Little Immigrant.mp3
Luigi 48-02-20 Making A Speech With Fever.mp3

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On Friday, May 1, 2020, 6:38:54 PM CDT, Richard Davenport <klingon1@...> wrote:

Kathy,

Here is what I have of Life With Luigi. If you have anything I need or if I can fill slots for you please let me know. I just checked and most of mine are 32 or better on the bitrate.

Labor ipse voluptas

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 3:58:45 PM CDT, Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes@...> wrote:

Good info, Kathy. I've started listening through the episodes up on our library and have been very satisfied with the quality so far, but that doesn't mean there won't be lousy ones in there. I've gotten through March 1949 so far is all.

Ryan

www.RyanEllett.com

The Old Time Radio Researchers

"Saving the Past for the Future"

www.OTRR.org

www.OTRRLibrary.org

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 03:50:42 PM CDT, K & J Hammel <haml@...> wrote:

Ryan,

Looks like I have about 68 of the Life of Luigi shows. They appear to be from otr cat. The file sizes are small and the sound on them is mostly poor, so I don't think these Luigi shows will be of the quality we'd like for an OTRR set.

I'm attaching a list of the shows included on my CD, just in case some might be useful, but I doubt it.

Kathy

Re: Life with Luigi

Richard Davenport

#544

Kathy,

Here is what I have of Life With Luigi. If you have anything I need or if I can fill slots for you please let me know. I just checked and most of mine are 32 or better on the bitrate.

Labor ipse voluptas

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 3:58:45 PM CDT, Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes@...> wrote:

Good info, Kathy. I've started listening through the episodes up on our library and have been very satisfied with the quality so far, but that doesn't mean there won't be lousy ones in there. I've gotten through March 1949 so far is all.

Ryan

www.RyanEllett.com

The Old Time Radio Researchers

"Saving the Past for the Future"

www.OTRR.org

www.OTRRLibrary.org

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 03:50:42 PM CDT, K & J Hammel <haml@...> wrote:

Ryan,

Looks like I have about 68 of the Life of Luigi shows. They appear to be from otr cat. The file sizes are small and the sound on them is mostly poor, so I don't think these Luigi shows will be of the quality we'd like for an OTRR set.

I'm attaching a list of the shows included on my CD, just in case some might be useful, but I doubt it.

Kathy

Re: To All Members Who Have Voted or Will Vote in the Soap Opera Poll

Larry Maupin

#543

Okay Jackie. I will send all the episodes to you as soon as I have them on a thumb drive. If the local business cannot digitize them, I will mail them to you on cassette tapes.

Larry

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From: "jackies via groups.io"
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Friday May 1 2020 5:28:23PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] To All Members Who Have Voted or Will Vote in the Soap Opera Poll

Larry:

My snail mail address is Jackie Schlageter; P.O. Box 1204, Carrizozo, New
Mexico 88301. I can use either version the thumb drive or the cassettes.
I have a husband who does not use the computer but does have a
radio/cassette player together.
Jackie

I hope to have all five episodes, which are now on cassette tapes,
> digitized by the end of May by a local business. If you would like for
> me to mail them to you on a thumb drive, please send me your mailing
> address. Also, let me know if you have or can obtain a cassette tape
> player in case I cannot get them digitized and need to send you copies
> of the episodes on a cassette.
> Best regards, and thank you very much to everyone who has voted in the
> poll.
> Larry
>
>
>
>

--
Larry Maupin

Re: To All Members Who Have Voted or Will Vote in the Soap Opera Poll

jackies@tularosa.net

#542

Larry:

My snail mail address is Jackie Schlageter; P.O. Box 1204, Carrizozo, New
Mexico 88301.  I can use either version the thumb drive or the cassettes. 
I have a husband who does not use the computer but does have a
radio/cassette player together.
Jackie


 I hope to have all five episodes, which are now on cassette tapes,

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digitized by the end of May by a local business. If you would like for
me to mail them to you on a thumb drive, please send me your mailing
address. Also, let me know if you have or can obtain a cassette tape
player in case I cannot get them digitized and need to send you copies
of the episodes on a cassette.
Best regards, and thank you very much to everyone who has voted in the
poll.
Larry

Re: RARE EPISODES OF 5 OLD-TIME RADIO SOAP OPERAS #poll

Gordon Johansen

#541

I agree Larry. One Drive, Google or Dropbox both have free space available. If you have a Office 365 account, you get a terrabyte for free. No sense spending time and money on mailing them.

If it an issue and you don't have enough space, I can easily do it for you for a while using my account.

Gord

Richard Davenport wrote on 5/01/20 11:19 AM:

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Larry Maupin,
Save the money. Just use one of those file uploading services that have free access on the web. All you need is an email. You upload the files and then the recipient gets a link to grab the files.

Rick

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On Friday, May 1, 2020, 9:45:33 AM CDT, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

A new poll has been created:

This poll is for members who enjoy listening to old-time radio soap operas. Yesterday I posted an article to this group mentioning that I have five episodes of old-time radio soap operas on cassette tapes that are not in the OTRR Library collection at this time, Wednesday I posted it to the Purchasing Group. So far only one person has replied indicating that he would like to be able to listen to these episodes. So I am creating this poll to see if there are any other members who would like to have them available. I am giving a choice for each of the five below. Please vote for the one that you would most like to hear. I plan to have these digitized and placed on thumb drives as soon as a business in my neighborhood is allowed to reopen by our governor here in Ohio. Then, depending upon the cost of s thumb drive and the number of members who respond to this poll, I may mail a drive to everyone who responds to this poll. So happy voting!

1. AGAINST THE STORM
2. THE BRIGHTER DAY

Vote Now

Do not reply to this message to vote in the poll. You can vote in polls only through the group's website.

--
Larry Maupin

Re: Life with Luigi

Ryan Ellett

#540

Good info, Kathy. I've started listening through the episodes up on our library and have been very satisfied with the quality so far, but that doesn't mean there won't be lousy ones in there. I've gotten through March 1949 so far is all.

Ryan

www.RyanEllett.com

The Old Time Radio Researchers

"Saving the Past for the Future"

www.OTRR.org

www.OTRRLibrary.org

On Friday, May 1, 2020, 03:50:42 PM CDT, K & J Hammel <haml@...> wrote:

Ryan,

Looks like I have about 68 of the Life of Luigi shows. They appear to be from otr cat. The file sizes are small and the sound on them is mostly poor, so I don't think these Luigi shows will be of the quality we'd like for an OTRR set.

I'm attaching a list of the shows included on my CD, just in case some might be useful, but I doubt it.

Kathy

Re: "Life" shows

K & J Hammel

#539

Ryan,

Looks like I have about 68 of the Life of Luigi shows. They appear to be from otr cat. The file sizes are small and the sound on them is mostly poor, so I don't think these Luigi shows will be of the quality we'd like for an OTRR set.

I'm attaching a list of the shows included on my CD, just in case some might be useful, but I doubt it.

Kathy

On Thursday, April 30, 2020, 09:17:00 AM PDT, K & J Hammel <haml@...> wrote:

I don't recall getting those from any of the OTRR groups, but did get them somewhere from various distros over the years, so I may have them on CD. However, my CDs are pretty elderly and many no longer spin up. I'd love for us to put those on the to do list, especially Life with Luigi.

Kathy

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 02:16:51 PM PDT, Ryan Ellett via groups.io <oldradiotimes@...> wrote:

Looking through the list of Certified and Maintained sets I don't see any indication that either Life of Riley or Life With Luigi have ever been put out by the OTRR. Does this sound right? Those are both very popular series with a manageable number of episodes. I'm surprised they haven't been compiled. Does anyone remember doing any initial work toward either set? They might need to go on out to-do list down the road.
Ryan

Life with Luigi.txt

To All Members Who Have Voted or Will Vote in the Soap Opera Poll

Larry Maupin

#538

I hope to have all five episodes, which are now on cassette tapes, digitized by the end of May by a local business. If you would like for me to mail them to you on a thumb drive, please send me your mailing address. Also, let me know if you have or can obtain a cassette tape player in case I cannot get them digitized and need to send you copies of the episodes on a cassette.

Best regards, and thank you very much to everyone who has voted in the poll.

Larry

--
Larry Maupin

Re: RARE EPISODES OF FIVE OLD-TIME RADIO SOAP OPERAS #poll

Larry Gassman <larrygassman@...>

#537

Agreed.
I have a few sets and have not had time to pick the best audio sound with regard to bit rate.
If you add the set, we can take a look and perhaps get a handle on this series.
Larry

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At 10:34 AM 5/1/2020, B. J. Watkins wrote:
Larry, why not add all five to the OTRR library and then everybody can listen to them?

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Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] RARE EPISODES OF FIVE OLD-TIME RADIO SOAP OPERAS #poll

A new poll has been created:

During the past two days I have posted the same article on the above topic to both the Purchasing Group and the Main Group.  Thus far only one member has indicated that he would like to be able to hear them.  So I am creating a poll to see if any other members would be interested in them.  I expect to have them digitized soon, and depending on the cost may mail them on a thumb drive to all members who vote in this poll.  As usual, I pressed a wrong key and accidentally created a poll with only two answers.  Please ignore that one and if someone like Ryan can delete it, please do.  I will now attempt to create one with five answers.

1. AGAINST THE STORM
2. THE BRIGHTER DAY
3. THE GUIDING LIGHT
4. MIDSTREAM
5. JUST PLAIN BILL

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Re: RARE EPISODES OF FIVE OLD-TIME RADIO SOAP OPERAS #poll

Larry Gassman <larrygassman@...>

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Agreed.
I have a few sets and have not had time to pick the best audio sound with regard to bit rate.
If you add the set, we can take a look and perhaps get a handle on this series.
Larry

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At 10:34 AM 5/1/2020, B. J. Watkins wrote:
Larry, why not add all five to the OTRR library and then everybody can listen to them?

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From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...>
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 7:59 AM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] RARE EPISODES OF FIVE OLD-TIME RADIO SOAP OPERAS #poll

A new poll has been created:

During the past two days I have posted the same article on the above topic to both the Purchasing Group and the Main Group.  Thus far only one member has indicated that he would like to be able to hear them.  So I am creating a poll to see if any other members would be interested in them.  I expect to have them digitized soon, and depending on the cost may mail them on a thumb drive to all members who vote in this poll.  As usual, I pressed a wrong key and accidentally created a poll with only two answers.  Please ignore that one and if someone like Ryan can delete it, please do.  I will now attempt to create one with five answers.

1. AGAINST THE STORM
2. THE BRIGHTER DAY
3. THE GUIDING LIGHT
4. MIDSTREAM
5. JUST PLAIN BILL

<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io%2Fg%2Fmain%2Fvote%3Fpollid%3D13280&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ceadf839832dc48800db608d7ede04093%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637239419712339873&sdata=VPAyDZe%2F8Ivgo8tJTOR3lYlIWswQTL2tfL6ePLXb1bY%3D&reserved=0>Vote Now

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Re: FW: Rare Episodes of Old-Time Radio Soap Operas

Larry Maupin

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Thank you very much Barbara for your kind words. I wrote this article with Radiogram specifically in mind because of its subject matter. But I submitted it twice to radiogram@... and never received so much as an acknowledgement that it was received. So unless you can detect an error in the email address I used, I assume that the editor must have just deleted it without even reading it.

As for your first message, just sending it to one of the OTRR librarians is not as easy as it may seem. I have to have it digitized first, and then they have to get around to uploading it. So I am planning to send a thumb drive with the five episodes on it to everyone who provides me with a mailing address, and if I can't get it digitized I'll just send tapes to everyone who lets me know that he or she has a cassette tape player.

By the way, I have no plans to publish this article anywhere else, so if you think it would be good to have it in Radiogram please give me your advice on how to proceed and I will make another attempt. I will also copy you on all correspondence I may have with the editor.

Best regards,

Larry

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Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] FW: Rare Episodes of Old-Time Radio Soap Operas

Congratulations on an interesting and well written article, Larry.

Barbara

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Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] FW: Rare Episodes of Old-Time Radio Soap Operas

This is an article I have recently completed. Here is a little background. Several Years ago I borrowed some cassettes taken from Reel G-763 of the SPERDVAC General Library Catalog containing five soap operas among other programs. That is probably all the introduction necessary to the study itself, which begins now:

RARE EPISODES OF OLD-TIME RADIO SOAP OPERAS

Reel G-763 of the SPERDVAC General Catalog is entitled SPERDVAC OTR SPECIAL and includes episodes of Just Plain Bill, Against the Storm, The Guiding Light, and Midstream. There is also an uncataloged episode of The Brighter Day on that reel.

What is interesting about the reel is that most of the soap opera episodes on it do not yet appear to be in general circulation even at this date. I have perused the Old Time Radio Researchers Library collection to determine if any of these episodes are included among its roughly 86,000 and have ruled out to my complete satisfaction those of The Brighter Day, Midstream, Just Plain Bill and The Guiding Light. It would be nice to see these made more widely available to the general public.

I did find an episode of Just Plain Bill in the OTRR Library collection that is dated only 1946 (no month or day) and was possibly the next one aired after the one titled "Basket of Fruit" on SPERDVAC Reel 763. It continues the same story line, and helps us narrow the year down to 1946. I have heard The Guiding Light episode titled "Dinner With Martin Kane" and there is not one by that name in the OTRR Library collection. The Guiding Light has only two untitled episodes in the collection, and I have listened to them and neither of them could conceivably be entitled "Dinner With Martin Kane." As for Against the Storm, I think it probably is not in the OTRR Library collection because no episode there is titled "Siri Has Lunch With Philip."

Here are my conclusions. The episode of The Brighter Day on Reel 763 is not in general circulation at this time. The episode of Midstream may be more widely circulated but is definitely not in the OTRR Library collection at this time. I have stated my conclusion about the AGAINST THE STORM episode above. As for Just Plain Bill and The Guiding Light, their surviving episodes are so widely available that the ones on Reel 763 can possibly be found elsewhere.

As for the episodes themselves, each reflects the overarching themes, the principle characters, the values and the dramatic orientation of the series to which it belongs.

The episode of The Brighter Day is a good example. It is not titled because although it is in the SPERDVAC Library collection it is not listed in the catalog. In my notes I have given it a title of "Stirrings of Spring." This serial is values-oriented and emphasizes matters of the home and hearth more than the more melodramatic and action-oriented soap operas like Stella Dallas. The Reverend Richard Dennis, a widower, struggles to provide for his five children on the meager salary that his small but devout congregation can provide him. The episode broadcast on KLON-FM in Long Beach, California on July 4, 1980 centers on fifteen-year-old Patsy Dennis, whom we find washing her hair one evening, is studious, and considers herself one who is inclined to lead an intellectual life. But she has learned that Otis J. Hopkins plans to ask her to the prom, which is stirring some romantic thoughts within her. She interprets the night sounds of frogs and insects as "all mating calls." Here are a couple of notes that might be of interest: (1) The price of a prom ticket circa 1946 was $2.75; (2) Patsy's brother Grayling is on a bowling team.

Just Plain Bill was named for Bill Davidson, the Barber of Hartville who dispensed haircuts, common sense and sympathy to a generation of the small town's residents. While some surviving episodes of this serial are character-driven, the majority are steeped in mayhem as one plot line after another finds Bill or his daughter Nancy under attack by an assortment of deranged wrongdoers. One is even a forerunner of today's mass murderers. He steals some weaponry and sets about single-handedly trying to eliminate Hartville's entire population. In the episode on Reel G-763, Bill has been seriously injured at the boat dock by a blow on the head by someone who thinks he may have witnessed the deliberate drowning of Evelyn Groves a few minutes earlier. Then Judith Seymour, who may have murdered Evelyn over an inheritance, tries to poison Bill by leaving a basket of fruit at his home.

There are only three surviving episodes of Midstream, but they are remarkable for the wealth of detail they provide about everyday life in 1939 and are rich in social and cultural history. One of them, in my opinion the best of the three, is not in the OTRR Library collection. All of them deal with an emotional affair between beautiful Midge Conway, who is unhappily married, and architect Timothy Storey. One of them was broadcast December 1, 1939 over WMAQ-Chicago and is listed in the SPERDVAC General Catalog on Reel 300. While her husband Alan is out of town on business, Midge leaves her young son with Alan's parents early one morning and goes horseback riding with Timothy "on a woodland path in the outskirts of the city." Then they decide to have breakfast ("eggs, bacon, jam and coffee') at a tavern they come upon at the top of a hill. While the meal is being prepared they notice an electric player piano and discover that it plays only waltzes. Timothy puts in a nickel and they dance to "The Beautiful Blue Danube." Unable to stop themselves, they break into exclamations of love for each other. The OTR soap opera that dealt most explicitly with outright adultery was The Guiding Light, but this one is clearly headed in that direction. This episode would make a very nice addition to the two that are presently in the OTRR Library.

The episode of The Guiding Light on Reel 763 has a remote but fascinating connection with the very roots of the program. In the early years of the serial the Reverend John Rutledge was the pastor of "the Little Church of Five Points" (Jim Cox, The Great Radio Soap Operas, p.64). He adopted an orphan named Ned who subsequently married the pastor's daughter Mary. In the "Dinner With Martin Kane" episode a woman named Myrna who has recently been divorced from Ned is at a restaurant with her employer, who is in love with her. Myrna has her own radio program on a Los Angeles station, does not love Martin, is very unhappy, and wonders whether she should move back East to seek a better life. I think The Guiding Light is probably the best long-running old-time radio soap opera in terms of its unflinching willingness to confront controversial and serious issues head on. It deals with alcohol abuse, mental illness, spousal abuse, adoption and child-rearing, and adultery.

The acclaimed radio soap opera Against the Storm is set against the background of World War II. In the episode aired on Friday, March 22, 1940 Professor Jason McKinley Adams, patriarch of the family, is sitting in the garden reading Plato's Republic. Then Siri, his daughter who is in college, comes outside and tells him she is on her way to have lunch with Philip Cameron, who is her brother-in-law and Professor Adams' son-in-law. Philip bemoans his unhappy marriage to her sister Christy, and she refuses to side with him or give him sympathy. Unfortunately, his misery does detract from her enjoyment of the "baked Alaska" she has been devouring. Note: There is a wonderful piece of internal evidence in this episode that helps date it. In the middle, a promotion is given for a new radio program called Truth or Consequences that is to debut "tomorrow night" on NBC. March 23, 1940 is on a Saturday and John Dunning (On the Air, p.682) confirms that to have been the radio program's initial broadcast date. If prior attempts to date precisely episodes of Against the Storm have proven difficult, this may help in dating them as well.

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Re: FW: Rare Episodes of Old-Time Radio Soap Operas

B. J. Watkins

#534