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Most Recent Posts On Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family Episodes From 1965

Larry Maupin
 

Thank you Jim and Ryan for so much great additional information on this topic.  Jim, your post confirms that the episodes of Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family created in 1965 were broadcast on both ABC and CBS affiliates and adds Pittsfield (I assume Massachusetts) to the growing list of  
cities where the episodes were aired, the Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle to the list of newspapers that printed logs showing times of broadcasts, and WBEC (ABC) to the list of radio stations.  Very exciting to learn.

Ryan, you have added the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Los Angeles Times and The Morning Call to the list of newspapers, all of these having printed the articles to which you provide links on the subject of the attempt to revive old-time radio in 1965.  These are fascinating to read.  Can you tell me the city in which The Morning Call was located?

Researchers in our group have now provided so many logs, blurbs, illustrations and newspaper stories on the subject that the entire article could be devoted to them.  Perhaps I can squeeze in a few paragraphs about the content of the shows themselves!

Larry   

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From: "Jim Jones"
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Friday December 18 2020 6:42:25PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs

Larry
One last item. The following listing is from Feb 02. (I have some from Jan). This indicates the shows were broadcast for the entire year. The previous listing was from Dec.
Also, note: these shows were broadcast on ABC, but the Walla Walla broadcasts were on CBS.
 

image

Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle

02 Feb 1965, Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

jj

 

From: Larry Maupin
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 4:31 PM
To: 'main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io'
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs
 
Thank you very much Rick, Brian, Bob, Joe, Randy and John.  All of you are such able and accomplished researchers, and I am grateful that you have responded to my question with such a generous amount of detailed information.
 
I think that as many as 20-25 episodes of both Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family from 1965 may now be available.  The most interesting question about them is whether they were newly scripted.  Joe states that he suspects they were re-runs, while Randy writes that the episodes released in 1965 were "newly-recorded, using new scripts with modern, up-to-date situations."  The newspaper article from which Bob quotes states that the 1965 episodes of both serials were being re-made and updated by Modern Drama.
 
This is important to me because I think that if the 1965 episodes differ substantially from those first aired, that is news that might be of interest to old-time radio enthusiasts, or at least the minority of us who have an affection for soap operas.  If they are different, I might write episode summaries, provide titles, and even submit an article somewhere on the 1965 shows.
 
Thanks again to all of our scholars who have responded!
 
Larry
 
 
 


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From: bob_pedersen@...
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday December 16 2020 2:30:29PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs

Hello Larry. I found a 1965 article stating that not only Big Sister was being remade, but also Pepper Young's Family. The article states, "The...programs are taped in new York by a firm out of Boston, 'Modern Drama.' John Scott MacLellan, who has 25 years' experience in radio drama, updated the old soaps and is syndicating them to radio stations around the country. Vivian Smolen, who plays 'Big Sister,' shed her first radio tears on 'Our Gal Sunday,.' She also played the part of 'Laurel' in 'Stella Dallas.' Arthur Hughes was 'Just Plain Bill' for a decade on radio. Now he will be 'Dr. Carvell' on 'Big Sister.' Among the newcomers to this old trade are Gillian Spencer, Julie Mannix and Peter Fernandez (he's 'Pepper Young')."

- The Miami News, August 15, 1965.

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Ryan Ellett
 

Larry, that particular article was from Allentown's (PA) newspaper.
Ryan

www.RyanEllett.com


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On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 09:05:18 AM CST, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:


Thank you Jim and Ryan for so much great additional information on this topic.  Jim, your post confirms that the episodes of Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family created in 1965 were broadcast on both ABC and CBS affiliates and adds Pittsfield (I assume Massachusetts) to the growing list of  
cities where the episodes were aired, the Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle to the list of newspapers that printed logs showing times of broadcasts, and WBEC (ABC) to the list of radio stations.  Very exciting to learn.

Ryan, you have added the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Los Angeles Times and The Morning Call to the list of newspapers, all of these having printed the articles to which you provide links on the subject of the attempt to revive old-time radio in 1965.  These are fascinating to read.  Can you tell me the city in which The Morning Call was located?

Researchers in our group have now provided so many logs, blurbs, illustrations and newspaper stories on the subject that the entire article could be devoted to them.  Perhaps I can squeeze in a few paragraphs about the content of the shows themselves!

Larry   

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From: "Jim Jones"
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Friday December 18 2020 6:42:25PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs

Larry
One last item. The following listing is from Feb 02. (I have some from Jan). This indicates the shows were broadcast for the entire year. The previous listing was from Dec.
Also, note: these shows were broadcast on ABC, but the Walla Walla broadcasts were on CBS.
 

image

Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle

02 Feb 1965, Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

jj

 
From: Larry Maupin
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 4:31 PM
To: 'main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io'
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs
 
Thank you very much Rick, Brian, Bob, Joe, Randy and John.  All of you are such able and accomplished researchers, and I am grateful that you have responded to my question with such a generous amount of detailed information.
 
I think that as many as 20-25 episodes of both Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family from 1965 may now be available.  The most interesting question about them is whether they were newly scripted.  Joe states that he suspects they were re-runs, while Randy writes that the episodes released in 1965 were "newly-recorded, using new scripts with modern, up-to-date situations."  The newspaper article from which Bob quotes states that the 1965 episodes of both serials were being re-made and updated by Modern Drama.
 
This is important to me because I think that if the 1965 episodes differ substantially from those first aired, that is news that might be of interest to old-time radio enthusiasts, or at least the minority of us who have an affection for soap operas.  If they are different, I might write episode summaries, provide titles, and even submit an article somewhere on the 1965 shows.
 
Thanks again to all of our scholars who have responded!
 
Larry
 
 
 


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From: bob_pedersen@...
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday December 16 2020 2:30:29PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs

Hello Larry. I found a 1965 article stating that not only Big Sister was being remade, but also Pepper Young's Family. The article states, "The...programs are taped in new York by a firm out of Boston, 'Modern Drama.' John Scott MacLellan, who has 25 years' experience in radio drama, updated the old soaps and is syndicating them to radio stations around the country. Vivian Smolen, who plays 'Big Sister,' shed her first radio tears on 'Our Gal Sunday,.' She also played the part of 'Laurel' in 'Stella Dallas.' Arthur Hughes was 'Just Plain Bill' for a decade on radio. Now he will be 'Dr. Carvell' on 'Big Sister.' Among the newcomers to this old trade are Gillian Spencer, Julie Mannix and Peter Fernandez (he's 'Pepper Young')."

- The Miami News, August 15, 1965.

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Larry Maupin

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Larry Maupin

Larry Maupin
 

Thank you Ryan.  This afternoon I am going to make a list of every radio station complete with call letters and city where located; every newspaper by name and location; the time of day which each one's radio log listed for the broadcast of the two serials; and the articles which deal with the release in 1965 of the two soap operas and other programs. The sources will be all the posts on the topic by the group's researchers and the links all of you have provided. Those will constitute the foundation upon which the article will be built.

It's nice to have a Pennsylvania newspaper to include with all the others.

Larry

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From: "Ryan Ellett via groups.io"
To: "main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io"
Cc:
Sent: Saturday December 19 2020 10:52:56AM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Most Recent Posts On Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family Episodes From 1965

Larry, that particular article was from Allentown's (PA) newspaper.
Ryan

www.RyanEllett.com


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

www.OTRR.org
www.OTRRLibrary.org



On Saturday, December 19, 2020, 09:05:18 AM CST, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:


Thank you Jim and Ryan for so much great additional information on this topic.  Jim, your post confirms that the episodes of Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family created in 1965 were broadcast on both ABC and CBS affiliates and adds Pittsfield (I assume Massachusetts) to the growing list of  
cities where the episodes were aired, the Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle to the list of newspapers that printed logs showing times of broadcasts, and WBEC (ABC) to the list of radio stations.  Very exciting to learn.

Ryan, you have added the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Los Angeles Times and The Morning Call to the list of newspapers, all of these having printed the articles to which you provide links on the subject of the attempt to revive old-time radio in 1965.  These are fascinating to read.  Can you tell me the city in which The Morning Call was located?

Researchers in our group have now provided so many logs, blurbs, illustrations and newspaper stories on the subject that the entire article could be devoted to them.  Perhaps I can squeeze in a few paragraphs about the content of the shows themselves!

Larry   

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From: "Jim Jones"
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Friday December 18 2020 6:42:25PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs

Larry
One last item. The following listing is from Feb 02. (I have some from Jan). This indicates the shows were broadcast for the entire year. The previous listing was from Dec.
Also, note: these shows were broadcast on ABC, but the Walla Walla broadcasts were on CBS.
 

Pittsfield Berkshire Eagle

02 Feb 1965, Pittsfield, Massachusetts,

jj

 
From: Larry Maupin
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 4:31 PM
To: 'main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io'
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs
 
Thank you very much Rick, Brian, Bob, Joe, Randy and John.  All of you are such able and accomplished researchers, and I am grateful that you have responded to my question with such a generous amount of detailed information.
 
I think that as many as 20-25 episodes of both Big Sister and Pepper Young's Family from 1965 may now be available.  The most interesting question about them is whether they were newly scripted.  Joe states that he suspects they were re-runs, while Randy writes that the episodes released in 1965 were "newly-recorded, using new scripts with modern, up-to-date situations."  The newspaper article from which Bob quotes states that the 1965 episodes of both serials were being re-made and updated by Modern Drama.
 
This is important to me because I think that if the 1965 episodes differ substantially from those first aired, that is news that might be of interest to old-time radio enthusiasts, or at least the minority of us who have an affection for soap operas.  If they are different, I might write episode summaries, provide titles, and even submit an article somewhere on the 1965 shows.
 
Thanks again to all of our scholars who have responded!
 
Larry
 
 
 


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From: bob_pedersen@...
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday December 16 2020 2:30:29PM
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] Radio Logs

Hello Larry. I found a 1965 article stating that not only Big Sister was being remade, but also Pepper Young's Family. The article states, "The...programs are taped in new York by a firm out of Boston, 'Modern Drama.' John Scott MacLellan, who has 25 years' experience in radio drama, updated the old soaps and is syndicating them to radio stations around the country. Vivian Smolen, who plays 'Big Sister,' shed her first radio tears on 'Our Gal Sunday,.' She also played the part of 'Laurel' in 'Stella Dallas.' Arthur Hughes was 'Just Plain Bill' for a decade on radio. Now he will be 'Dr. Carvell' on 'Big Sister.' Among the newcomers to this old trade are Gillian Spencer, Julie Mannix and Peter Fernandez (he's 'Pepper Young')."

- The Miami News, August 15, 1965.

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Larry Maupin

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Larry Maupin

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