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| Lum and Abner |
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| George, Gracie and kids |
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| Jack and Mary at the race track (I think) |
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| Jack Carson |
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| Another Norma Jean Nilsson photo |
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Lots of Jack Carson + photo dump
Lum and Abner Dictionary update/April 12
Added the following words to the Lum and Abner Dictionary today:
atmosphere
encylonepedia
solastice
volocepdia
©Jimbo 2010/2011
atmosphere
encylonepedia
solastice
volocepdia
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Using Google News Archives for OTR reasearch (Part II)
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| To me, the radio ads are a super "bonus." |
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Using Google News to research OTR
You may notice that not only do I have access to OTRR's piles of magazines (thanks Jim Beshires!), I also have access to many databases of newspapers across the country (actually, the world) and you do too!
Using Google News' Newspaper Archives:
You have free access to literally hundreds of papers and many that ran during the "Golden Age of Radio", that is, 1930-1962. First, here are a list of those "Golden Age" papers and then I will show you how to use this wonderful website.
PAPER
Arlington Times (few papers, very poor)
Baltimore African-American (not bad, a few finds - especially about African-American actors and actresses, poor)
Bear River Valley Leader (many years missing, very few finds, very poor)
Beaver County Times (starts 1954, sometimes you can find stuff here,ok)
Beaver Valley Times (starts 1946, usually can find ads, skeds, articles, GOOD)
Berkley Daily Gazette (ends 1946 but has articles,sked, ads, GOOD)
Deseret (the whole Golden Age, has it all, ONE OF THE BEST)
Milwaukee (the whole Golden Age, has it all, has a Radio/Movie section on Sundays during the late 30's and all of the 1940's. THE BEST)
Pittsburgh (the whole Golden Age, has it all, ONE OF THE BEST)
Spokane (the whole Golden Age, has it all, ONE OF THE BEST)
Miami News (Covers the Gold Age time span, has occasional ads and article but always has a sked, at least in the 1940's)
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Using Google News' Newspaper Archives:
You have free access to literally hundreds of papers and many that ran during the "Golden Age of Radio", that is, 1930-1962. First, here are a list of those "Golden Age" papers and then I will show you how to use this wonderful website.
PAPER
Arlington Times (few papers, very poor)
Baltimore African-American (not bad, a few finds - especially about African-American actors and actresses, poor)
Bear River Valley Leader (many years missing, very few finds, very poor)
Beaver County Times (starts 1954, sometimes you can find stuff here,ok)
Beaver Valley Times (starts 1946, usually can find ads, skeds, articles, GOOD)
Berkley Daily Gazette (ends 1946 but has articles,sked, ads, GOOD)
Deseret (the whole Golden Age, has it all, ONE OF THE BEST)
Milwaukee (the whole Golden Age, has it all, has a Radio/Movie section on Sundays during the late 30's and all of the 1940's. THE BEST)
Pittsburgh (the whole Golden Age, has it all, ONE OF THE BEST)
Spokane (the whole Golden Age, has it all, ONE OF THE BEST)
Miami News (Covers the Gold Age time span, has occasional ads and article but always has a sked, at least in the 1940's)
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Blog note: no Podcast until Wednesday
I'm going to do something crazy and actually take some time off to watch baseball today so I am postponing the next podcast until Wednesday.
Assorted photo dump
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| Fibber/Molly |
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| Walter Tetley and Harold Peary in the way I imagine them |
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| Norman McDonnell and William Conrad |
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| Harry von Zell |
Hey Jimbo, have some hate mail!
Make my honest thoughts known about Lum and Abner in a podcast, get loads of "hate mail." That's what has happened to me!
If you have not heard yesterday's podcast, you really need to go take a listen. It has drawn both rave reviews and "hate mail" - for there are people as passionate about Lum and Abner as I am, maybe even moreso.
It was not my intention to smear Lum and Abner nor was it my intent to make people actually believe I meant that I really think Cedric Weehunt murdered little Mary Edwards. How ridciulous! Hello -- it's a fictional radio show.
Oh, come on people, are you that much of a rube that you can't understand simple sarcasm and humor?
Anyone who has listened to the podcast and come away offended, I can only apologize that I made you feel that way. My opinions are my opinions and I make no apologies for them. I had no intentions of hurting anyone with my podcast. You'd think my sense of humor would shine through, but noooo... [shrug]
It's a fictional radio show people, get over it!
©Jimbo 2010/2011
If you have not heard yesterday's podcast, you really need to go take a listen. It has drawn both rave reviews and "hate mail" - for there are people as passionate about Lum and Abner as I am, maybe even moreso.
It was not my intention to smear Lum and Abner nor was it my intent to make people actually believe I meant that I really think Cedric Weehunt murdered little Mary Edwards. How ridciulous! Hello -- it's a fictional radio show.
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| (This is not actual mail sent to me!) |
Anyone who has listened to the podcast and come away offended, I can only apologize that I made you feel that way. My opinions are my opinions and I make no apologies for them. I had no intentions of hurting anyone with my podcast. You'd think my sense of humor would shine through, but noooo... [shrug]
It's a fictional radio show people, get over it!
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Lum and Abner Dictionary update/April 11
Added the following words to the Lum and Abner Dictionary today:
chrissysanthamums
daffydils
host of honor
hydrauls
©Jimbo 2010/2011
chrissysanthamums
daffydils
host of honor
hydrauls
©Jimbo 2010/2011
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