Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:41:41 -0700, Dan Rempel <hurty@flurty> brought
> down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
>
>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 20:13:56 +0900, Rodney Webster
>>><rgw_news001@knot.mine.nu> brought down from the Mount tablets
>>>inscribed:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>http://www.thisistheshit.org/rappintrucker/
>>>>
>>>>Maybe you want to download some of these and burn them to CD so that you
>>>>can listen to them while you are driving.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for the link. I'll be sure to get them. When it comes to truck
>>>driving music, though, Red Sovine is GOD.
>>>
>>>Mostly what I listen to are what are collectively referred to as "OTR"
>>>(Old Time Radio). I have about 15,000 episodes of old radio programs
>>>ranging from the mid 1930s through the late 1950s. They very strongly
>>>reinforce my opinion that the world didn't gain nearly as much as it
>>>lost when television was invented.
>>>
>>>I also have lots of audio books and lecture series, just to diversify
>>
>>15,000? I'm impressed. I still have my sattelite (sp?) system, which
>>means I get a fair number of channels. If there's any shows you're still
>>interested in let me know, maybe we can work out a trade again. If not,
>>enjoy the OTR. BTW, if you have any links for things like physics
>>lectures, I'd be interested to know.
>
>
> I have some general scientific stuff, and I think I may have one set
> of Feynman's "easy" lectures at CalTech from back in the 60s. I also
> lots of historical and theological stuff, which is very interesting. I
> have quite a bit of material on philosophy, but I haven't listened to
> any of it yet (does it show?).
>
> I have to put together some DVDs of OTR for my father sometime soon.
> I've been putting it off because it's going to involve renaming
> THOUSANDS of files so that the damned burner will accept them. I have
> the software to handle doing it in bulk, but it's still going to be a
> pain. I suppose I may as well burn off a master set to keep for
> backup, and once I have that it would be a simple matter to burn sets
> for you and my father both.
>
> I have *almost* complete sets of:
>
> The Jack Benny Program
> Fibber McGee and Molly
> The Great Gildersleeve
> Lum & Abner
> Gunsmoke
> Frontier Gentleman
> Dragnet
>
> and a few complete sets of other stuff. Some are incomplete, but
> massive just the same. For example, I have over 1100 episodes of
> Superman. I have the full set of Speed Gibson of the International
> Secret Police (178 episodes, 15 minute serial running from about
> 1938), which is amazingly addictive despite being spectacularly bad by
> today's standards. It's chief point of interest for me was the
> opportunity to hear Howard McNear playing a tough guy (good guy,
> though) for a change. He's "Floyd the Barber" from the old Andy
> Griffith show, in case the name doesn't ring a bell. He also played
> Doc on the radio version of Gunsmoke.
>
> Just at the moment, in the comedy genre I'm working my way through
> February of 1943, with:
>
> Lum & Abner (15 min. / 5 days a week)
> Fibber McGee (30 min. / Tuesday nights)
> Burns & Allen (30 min. / Thursday nights)
> The Great Gildersleeve (30 min. / Sunday afternoons)
> Jack Benny (30 min. / Sunday nights)
>
> Lum & Abner are one of the great forgotten pieces of Americana. I like
> to call them "The Ozark Theatre of the Absurd". I have about 1600
> episodes of their show. It ran originally from about 1931 until about
> 1953. It is said that these two guys alone put together more broadcast
> minutes than the total run of M*A*S*H*, Jerry Seinfeld, and some other
> series I'd never heard of and can't recall at the moment. They're
> probably something of an acquired taste these days, but once you get
> into the swing of the show, it's like eating peanuts, you just can't

Hokay, I'm impressed. If you're interested in some "Six Feet Under"
tapes let me know; the Lum and Abner stuff sounds pretty intriguing
(jeez, can't spell worth crap these days), as does Gunsmoke and Dragnet.
As always, I can tape the police procedurals (I think you liked, ah
heck, can't remember the name), but, again, if you're interested in
trading, just let me know. BTW, how's the new Fuso working out? Looks
like a pretty nice truck, as long as the AC keeps working.

Dan