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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
3500 Paul Rhymer scripts?
Ever since I have been a fan of Vic and Sade, I have read over and over and in many places that there are "about" 3500 scripts Paul Rhymer had written for Vic and Sade.
The number was probably closer to 2600-2700 and that's only if you count the two television series, something we know virtually nothing about in terms of series run.
A look at J. David Goldin's collection, especially when you look near the end of Series One (September 26, 1944, for example) - he has this labeled as program #2597. It is safe to assume all the program #'s he's recorded on the WWW were taken directly from the original discs.
Series Two and Three and the subsequent TV series probably didn't add up to 75 or so shows, total.
Many of the first 2600 shows were basically re-used scripts. A good guess is there are at least 50 re-used scripts, although we only can prove 10 or so of those.
Use your own math. There's virtually no way that there are 3500 scripts, no matter how you count them.
The number was probably closer to 2600-2700 and that's only if you count the two television series, something we know virtually nothing about in terms of series run.
A look at J. David Goldin's collection, especially when you look near the end of Series One (September 26, 1944, for example) - he has this labeled as program #2597. It is safe to assume all the program #'s he's recorded on the WWW were taken directly from the original discs.
Series Two and Three and the subsequent TV series probably didn't add up to 75 or so shows, total.
Many of the first 2600 shows were basically re-used scripts. A good guess is there are at least 50 re-used scripts, although we only can prove 10 or so of those.
Use your own math. There's virtually no way that there are 3500 scripts, no matter how you count them.
New info: 43-03-05 Fred's Dead Storage Car
I found some new details about episode 43-03-03 Fred's Dead Storage Car.
First of all, the notes I have led me to believe this episode was dated 42-03-05. I have just learned that the date of the episode is actually 43-03-05, at least that's what simple deduction would say.
Secondly, according to J. David Goldin, who either owned or owns the transcription disc, we learn a few new things that we weren't privy to. Please check the episode for more.
First of all, the notes I have led me to believe this episode was dated 42-03-05. I have just learned that the date of the episode is actually 43-03-05, at least that's what simple deduction would say.
Secondly, according to J. David Goldin, who either owned or owns the transcription disc, we learn a few new things that we weren't privy to. Please check the episode for more.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Worries
I got up early this morning (something I always do) and was somehow directed to an old podcast I had done about Vic and Sade. I listened to it for a while and something just occurred to me: am I overdoing this?
Maybe so, maybe not. I know that my enthusiasm for the show rarely seems to waver but there are times when I do get tired of working on the websites. And right now, I have a bad cold and feel a bit depressed, perhaps (prompting a worrisome article such as this). But the overall enthusiasm I seem to have for the show is real. But after a while, I wonder, what does anyone care how I feel about the show?
I do question myself a lot regarding these websites. I often wonder what Bill Idelson would say about the sites? Other than thinking that the author was totally off his rocker, would he appreciate the sites or view it overkill?
You see that I am wadded-up this morning with worrisome questions.
To be honest, I haven't heard any negative comments about my sites - as a matter of fact, all comments have all been positive and have given me needed energy. But I do wonder if it's all for naught, sometimes.
Taking a look at other fan sites around the net, I find that my sites sit closely with those of others who are "over the top". The other sites are filled to the brim with information. But is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Sickness gives you a chance to reflect and the water is murky right now. But one thing that never changes - I listen to the show several times a day.
I hope to continue with the video commentaries just as soon as this cold is over with.
Maybe so, maybe not. I know that my enthusiasm for the show rarely seems to waver but there are times when I do get tired of working on the websites. And right now, I have a bad cold and feel a bit depressed, perhaps (prompting a worrisome article such as this). But the overall enthusiasm I seem to have for the show is real. But after a while, I wonder, what does anyone care how I feel about the show?
I do question myself a lot regarding these websites. I often wonder what Bill Idelson would say about the sites? Other than thinking that the author was totally off his rocker, would he appreciate the sites or view it overkill?
You see that I am wadded-up this morning with worrisome questions.
To be honest, I haven't heard any negative comments about my sites - as a matter of fact, all comments have all been positive and have given me needed energy. But I do wonder if it's all for naught, sometimes.
Taking a look at other fan sites around the net, I find that my sites sit closely with those of others who are "over the top". The other sites are filled to the brim with information. But is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Sickness gives you a chance to reflect and the water is murky right now. But one thing that never changes - I listen to the show several times a day.
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I hope to continue with the video commentaries just as soon as this cold is over with.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
I was on last night's Quaquaversal Satellite podcast
I was on last night's Quaquaversal Satellite podcast! http://onsug.com/archives/12474
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
There's a Vic and Sade killer on the loose!
And here it is:
No one wants to have anything to do with Vic and Sade after watching this bologna. Someone please call 911.
No one wants to have anything to do with Vic and Sade after watching this bologna. Someone please call 911.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
BULL! #1
Martin Jordle of Sycamore, Illinois could talk the language of the horse. ‘Give me a match, Walter,' he'd say in horse-talk, and his horse would scratch around in the stable looking for a match."
Uncle Fletcher, 43-12-21 Uncle Fletcher Asks for Lodging for Himself and Roy Dejectedly
Uncle Fletcher, 43-12-21 Uncle Fletcher Asks for Lodging for Himself and Roy Dejectedly
A Pair of Vic and Sade Halloween stories - sort of
- RUSH: Atmosphere like this makes an individual feel mean. Keep a person up here eight minutes, and they're liable to get the impulse to paste their grandmother one upside the snoot. I was readin' in the newspaper where four guys were cooped up in a boxcar, and they got ta stickin' pins in each other's flesh...
42-08-18 Attic Cleaning
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40-08-14 Bacon Sandwiches
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Dejected-ly four times
How many of you remember that there was a running joke in 1943-4 that Uncle Fletcher was going to bring Roy Dejectedly to visit?
Was it a funny joke? Meh, but it was one of the longest running jokes that we have record of.
Was it a funny joke? Meh, but it was one of the longest running jokes that we have record of.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Questions people should ask me but never do #5
Q. What do you do when you aren't thinking about Vic and Sade?
A. I used to tend to many other blogs; I still do stuff on them, but my attention is mostly on V&S. If I run across something important, I post it at the appropriate blog.
Otherwise, I watch TV now. Yeah, I broke down and went all TV on everybody. Mostly, I watch the old shows. I love 'Ozzie and Harriet', for example. And 'Sea Hunt'. All those type of shows -- also, the British 'Avengers' (I love to watch Emma Peel!)
A. I used to tend to many other blogs; I still do stuff on them, but my attention is mostly on V&S. If I run across something important, I post it at the appropriate blog.
Otherwise, I watch TV now. Yeah, I broke down and went all TV on everybody. Mostly, I watch the old shows. I love 'Ozzie and Harriet', for example. And 'Sea Hunt'. All those type of shows -- also, the British 'Avengers' (I love to watch Emma Peel!)
Friday, December 27, 2013
Questions people should ask me but never do #4
Q. How did you find Vic and Sade?
A. When I was much more active on my OTRr Buffet blog, I was always looking to listen to new and unusual shows. I was in the habit of grabbing 4 or 5 of a new show and listening to them, to find out if they were something I might be interested in listening to, and just maybe I could also write about the show for the blog.
Vic and Sade was "just another show" when I picked it, although I had read somewhere beforehand that it was a funny show.
Most of you have read or heard this: I didn't quite like/understand the show right at the beginning. Vic was hard to understand and where were the jokes and puns??
A. When I was much more active on my OTRr Buffet blog, I was always looking to listen to new and unusual shows. I was in the habit of grabbing 4 or 5 of a new show and listening to them, to find out if they were something I might be interested in listening to, and just maybe I could also write about the show for the blog.
Vic and Sade was "just another show" when I picked it, although I had read somewhere beforehand that it was a funny show.
Most of you have read or heard this: I didn't quite like/understand the show right at the beginning. Vic was hard to understand and where were the jokes and puns??
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Questions people should ask me but never do #3
Q. Where on earth do you find all of these news articles about the show? Before you showed up, I assumed there were only 20 or so written pieces about the show.
A. This probably goes without saying, but it takes hours and hours of combing through newspapers and magazines -- but mostly magazines. The newspaper articles are pretty well indexed and so finding those wasn't hard. The magazine articles are a totally different story. Some are indexed (like the large, major stories about the show) but tidbits about the show are only found by reading the magazine.
My guess is there are 1000 radio magazines to read. I've probably read 950 of them.
A. This probably goes without saying, but it takes hours and hours of combing through newspapers and magazines -- but mostly magazines. The newspaper articles are pretty well indexed and so finding those wasn't hard. The magazine articles are a totally different story. Some are indexed (like the large, major stories about the show) but tidbits about the show are only found by reading the magazine.
My guess is there are 1000 radio magazines to read. I've probably read 950 of them.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Questions people should ask me but never do #2
Q. Are you obsessed with Vic and Sade?
A. Some people might say so, but I prefer to look at it as being thorough. I have found a lot of stuff -- let's say about 90% or more than any other Vic and Sade website - and I constantly am trying to think of other ways to add to the bonanza, including trying to get others to input their own ideas and opinions.
The fact-of-the-matter is that I may actually be obsessed with the websites more than I am the actual show. I somewhat feel that I will be leaving this all behind one day sooner than later and I strive to include things that aren't quite done yet. It may never be finished and all I can personally say about that is that I feel that's a good thing. My intentions were, when I began doing the website, to provide a place where all questions about the show and it's characters could be answered and that I could find enough new stuff on my own and not take away from the other Vic and Sade websites (especially vicandsade.net.)
I never dreamed it would turn into what it has turned into. People have called it an encyclopedia, and well, if that's what it is, then that's pretty much what I had in mind to begin with. I often wonder what Paul Rhymer or Bill Idelson would say if they could see what goes on here.
I'm not much of a writer but luckily, people like Sarah Cole and Keith Heltsley (and others) have eased my burden in that area and help class up the joint. What little interwebs """talent""" I have lies in research, and I'm pretty much rotten in every other field here. My graphics are amateur, my fantasy scripts are MEH, etc. I appreciate you guys putting up with my sloppiness!
A. Some people might say so, but I prefer to look at it as being thorough. I have found a lot of stuff -- let's say about 90% or more than any other Vic and Sade website - and I constantly am trying to think of other ways to add to the bonanza, including trying to get others to input their own ideas and opinions.
The fact-of-the-matter is that I may actually be obsessed with the websites more than I am the actual show. I somewhat feel that I will be leaving this all behind one day sooner than later and I strive to include things that aren't quite done yet. It may never be finished and all I can personally say about that is that I feel that's a good thing. My intentions were, when I began doing the website, to provide a place where all questions about the show and it's characters could be answered and that I could find enough new stuff on my own and not take away from the other Vic and Sade websites (especially vicandsade.net.)
I never dreamed it would turn into what it has turned into. People have called it an encyclopedia, and well, if that's what it is, then that's pretty much what I had in mind to begin with. I often wonder what Paul Rhymer or Bill Idelson would say if they could see what goes on here.
I'm not much of a writer but luckily, people like Sarah Cole and Keith Heltsley (and others) have eased my burden in that area and help class up the joint. What little interwebs """talent""" I have lies in research, and I'm pretty much rotten in every other field here. My graphics are amateur, my fantasy scripts are MEH, etc. I appreciate you guys putting up with my sloppiness!
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