Subj : Old Tyme Radio was:Groceries
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Thu Jun 16 2022 06:36:55

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> name I remember is the (now retired) Pastor from the local Central
 DD> Baptist Church - Dr. Adam Baum. He and Rabbi Abromowicz are the
 DD> ones who got the Interfaith Christmas Breakfast established as
 DD> a Springfield tradition. He was also the head of our local anti-
 DD> war group - which given his name led to all manner of crude jokes
 DD> and japes.

 RH> I'm not surprised. Makes one wonder if his folks thought it thru went
 RH> they decided on his name or it was happenstance. Either way, it sounds
 RH> like he did well, teaming with the rabbi for an interfaith Christmas
 RH> breakfast.

Since he was older than me - and I pre-date the atom bomb - I'd hazard
a guess that it was coincidence. 

 DD> OTOH - the earliest form of audio story telling - Old Time Radio - is

 RH> We listened to a number of old shows on this current trip, a good one
 RH> yesterday was Bob Hope with guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

 DD> Also Fred Allem and Jack Benny. Or Fibber McGee and Molly or Lum &
 DD> Abner.

 RH> We've not caught the last one but have heard the others. On the way
 RH> west, one day we caught a 5 part broadcast. It had originally been
 RH> broadcast over 5 weeks but they did it back to back for about 2 1/2
 RH> hours of an interesting "whodunit".

 DD> Lum & Abner was a 15 minute radio "sit-com" supposedly broadcast from
 DD> the "Jot 'em Down" store in the (mythical) town of Pine Ridge,
 DD> Arkansas. It was the first network program broadcast from Radio City
 DD> in New York
 DD> (1933). The first to do a marathon charity broadcast and the first to
 DD> make a transatlantic "simulcast" with Lum in London and Abner in
 DD> Chicago.

 RH> Sounds like quite a team. (G)

 DD> Here's a link to over 1600 episodes - I dare you to listen to one and
 DD> not get "hooked".  tinyurl.com/LUMNABNER

 RH> Probably best I not start listening then. Got enough irons in the fire
 RH> right now--home for a bit but will be up in VT before the end of the
 RH> month. In the meantime, I picked up a rush alterations job from one of
 RH> the young men at our church.

I use OTR as entertainment that doesn't require constant attention nor
concentration. The Lum & Abner episodes are 15 minutes long (mostly) and
don't tackle any "heavy" subjects. 

I *always* have some audio entertainment playing - if not Old Time Radio
then jazz or classic rock.

Interestingly - Lum and Abner was modelled on Waters, Arkansas where
Chester Lauck (Lum) and Norris Goff (Abner) grew up. That town is now
named "Pine Ridge" because of the radio show.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Lum's Beer Hotdog
 Categories: Beef, Beer, Breads, Vegetables
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
     12 oz Beer *
     24 oz Water
      1 ts Sugar
      1 ts Garlic powder
      1 ts Caraway seeds
    1/4    Wedge of a fresh onion
      8    (4 oz ea) all-beef hot dogs

  * if you are a teetotaller use Sharp's or O'Douls no
  alcohol beer.
 
  Bring everything to a boil, reduce heat to a lowest heat
  and let stew for no less then 15 minutes or longer for
  more intense flavor.
  
  These are delicious to eat right out of the stewing pot or
  do them the Lums hotdog way, remove and grill slightly.
  
  Serve on a Quality Hot Dog Bun.
  
  Recipe from: http://recipehut.homestead.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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