[78-L] War of the Worlds broadcast [was Here's another even more oddball 78 album]

[David Lennick]

On 10/28/2013 6:23 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
> On 28/10/13 22:21, David Lennick wrote:
>> On 10/28/2013 6:14 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
>>> On 28/10/13 20:04, muhrp at suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 	The 2001 book "The Complete War of the
>>>> Worlds: Mars' Invasion from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles" includes
>>>> the full audio on CD along with next day&   40-years-later
>>>>      interviews with Welles and a subsequent meeting between H.G.&
>>>> Orson as well as excerpts from the 1968 recreation by
>>>> Buffalo's WKBW.  Sound is excellent.  The book contains the
>>>> full text and original illustrations of the Wells book as well as
>>>> the Koch radio play along with the story of the broadcast and
>>>> "panic", fully illustrated with period
>>>> news photos.  Highly recommended!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 	Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ==============
>>> A contributor to the BBC programme suggested that the people who may
>>> have panicked may have tuned in late. He suggested that many were
>>> listening to Ed Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on another network, and when
>>> Dorothy Lamour started singing a boring song (which they played), they
>>> started channel hopping, and this would have tuned in just as the
>>> "panic" announcement came on.
>>>
>>>          Julian Vein
>> The legend has always been that people switched stations when Nelson Eddy sang,
>> but that one doesn't hold up for various reasons including Eddy's immense
>> popularity at the time.
>>
>> dl
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> But did that apply to Dorothy Lamour?
>
>        Julian Vein
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What's sarong with Dorothy Lamour?

dl