Subj : Old Tyme Radio was:Groceries
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Jun 16 2022 11:52:11

Hi Dave,

 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.

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

Souds like it. It is an attention getter tho.


 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.

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

Thing is, with the older shows, I need to give it most of my attention
to catch everything. Part of that may be from just listening to it in
the truck, outside noises do make it harder to hear. Still, when using a
knife to cut up stuff for supper (last night was red bell pepper, onion
and mushroom, sauteed, then chicken apple sausage (precooked) added in),
I want to be able to concnetrate on that. I served the above with brown
rice, dessert was ice cream at Lumpy's (in town place, he makes all his
own, including extracts, etc used, part of the 2019 picnic).

 DD> Radio then jazz or classic rock.

We have enough other sounds in the house--Steve's radios, 3 chiming
clocks, a cuckoo clock, etc........

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

Anywhere near Dogpatch? (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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