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News March 25, 2022

Nostalgia Digest Spring 2022

Nostalgia Digest [Book 48, Chap. 2, Spring 2022, April-May-June 2022] ed. Steve Darnall (Funny Valentine Press, $5.00, 64pp, digest) Cover: Bing Crosby
1 • Hello, Out There in Radioland! • Steve Darnall • ed
2 • A Few Moments With . . . Leonard Maltin • Steve Darnall • iv
4 • Bing Crosby, Transcribed • Martin Grams, Jr. • ar
10 • Television’s First Family [Mary Kay and Johnny] • Garry Berman • ar
14 • Necrology of 2021 • Anon • ob
22 • Confessions of a Baseball Card Collector • Dave Reddall • ar
25 • CELEBio: Gene Kelly • Official Bio by MGM 1954 • bg
28 • The Man of Many Voices [Santos Ortega] • Denise Noe • ar
32 • Those Were the Days [program guide April-May-June] • Anon • schedule
40 • Don’t Make Me Over [Ann Sheridan] • Jordan Elliott • ar
46 • Suspense: The Final Year • Keith Scott • ar
54 • Having a Wonderful Crime [Burke’s Law] • Michael Barrett • ar
61 • Mail Call • lc

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News January 21, 2022

Nostalgia Digest Winter 2022

Nostalgia Digest [Book 48, Chap. 1, Summer 2021, January-February-March 2022] ed. Steve Darnall (Funny Valentine Press, $5.00, 64pp, digest) Cover: Humphrey Bogart
1 • Nostalgia Digital. . er, Digest • Steve Darnall • ed
4 • A Few Moments With . . . Carol Burnett • Steve Darnall • iv
6 • King of the Underworld [Humphrey Bogart] • Stone Wallace • ar
14 • Too Marvelous for Words [Johnny Mercer] • Ted Mosser • ar
20 • A Small Screen Holiday • Walter Scannell • ar
28 • And a Little Child Shall Lead Them {Amosandra doll] • Mark Price • ar
32 • Those Were the Days [program guide January-February-March] • Anon • schedule
40 • A Looney Lifesaver [Mel Blanc] • Dennis Goodwin • ar
46 • Printing the Legend [Biopics] • Michael Barrett • ar
52 • The Morse Code [Carlton E. Morse] • Jordan Elliott • ar
60 • Mail Call • lc

Nostalgia Digest website

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The Digest Enthusiast No. 15 is now available:
15C is $20.00 from Lulu.com and Amazon.com
15BW is $12 from Amazon.com
15 Kindle is $4.99 from Amazon.com
15 digital is $4.99 from Magzter.com

Uncategorized September 24, 2021

Nostalgia Digest Autumn 2021

Now $5.00 per copy.

Nostalgia Digest [Book 47, Chap. 4, Autumn 2021, October-November-December 2021] ed. Steve Darnall (Funny Valentine Press, $5.00, 64pp, digest) Cover: Bob Hope
1 • Hello, Out There in Radioland! • Steve Darnall • ed
2 • A Few Moments With . . . George Chakitis • Anon • ar
4 • So Many Memories, So Many Thanks [Bob Hope] • Martha Bolton & Linda Hope • ar
11 • Those Are History • Steve Darnall • ar
12 • Hark, Hark, the Clark [Chicago’s Clark Theater] • Wayne Klatt • ar
16 • Solid as a Rock [Lurene Tuttle] • Denise Noe • ar
23 • No Batteries Required [yo-yos] • Dave Reddall • ar
26 • Trading Places • Gene Popa • ar
32 • Those Were the Days [program guide October-November-December] • Anon • schedule
40 • Mr. Universe [Buster Crabbe] • John J. May • ar
48 • Dragnet Revisited • Jim Dohren • ar
54 • Little Big Man [Peter Lorre] • Michael Barrett • ar
60 • Mail Call • lc

Nostalgia Digest website

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News June 7, 2021

Nostalgia Digest Summer 2021

Nostalgia Digest [Book 47, Chap. 3, Summer 2021, July-August-September 2021] ed. Steve Darnall (Funny Valentine Press, $4.50, 64pp, digest) Cover: Ernie Kovacs
1 • Hello, Out There in Radioland! • Steve Darnall • ed
2 • A Few Moments With . . . Hank Garrett • Anon • ar
4 • The Year of Joltin’ Joe [Joe DiMaggio] • Walter Scannell • ar
8 • Welcome to Kovacsland [Ernie Kovacs] • Jordan Elliott • ar
16 • CeleBio: Dorothy Lamour • Paramount Pictures 1948 • ar
20 • The Time of Your Life [Ralph Edwards] • Martin Grams Jr. • ar
26 • Beware… of It! Them! and The Thing • Wayne Klatt • ar
32 • Those Were the Days [program guide July-August-September] • Anon • schedule
40 • An Actor of Substance [Charles Laughton] • Stone Wallace • ar
48 • Young Man with a Duck [Joe Penner] • Garry Berman • ar
52 • The Little Studio That Could [Republic Pictures] • Bob Kolososki • ar
60 • Mail Call • lc

Nostalgia Digest website

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The Digest Enthusiast No. 14 is now available:
14C is $20.00 from Lulu.com and Amazon.com
14BW is $12 from Amazon.com
14 Kindle is $4.99 from Amazon.com
14 digital is $4.99 from Magzter.com

News March 28, 2021

Nostalgia Digest Spring 2021

Nostalgia Digest [Book 47, Chap. 2, Spring 2021, April-May-June 2021] ed. Steve Darnall (Funny Valentine Press, $4.50, 64pp, digest) Cover: Gracie Allen
1 • Hello, Out There in Radioland! • Steve Darnall • ed
4 • The People’s Choice [Gracie Allen] • Denise Noe • ar
10 • Necrology for 2020 • Anon • ar
18 • Sweet Dreams [Soda Fountains] • Dorothy Rieke • ar
22 • Father (usually) Knew Best • Dan McGuire • ar
26 • Fantastic Voyage [Fantastic Four] • Jordan Elliott • ar
32 • Those Were the Days [program guide April-May-June] • Anon • schedule
40 • Unforgettable… [Nat “King” Cole] • Phil Marsh • ar
46 • Bring on the Heavies [Sydney Greenstreet, Conrad Veidt, Laird Cregar, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, George Macready, Hope Emerson] Walter Scannell • ar
54 • From Underwater to Outer Space [Lloyd Bridges] • Deborah • ar
60 • Mail Call • lc

Nostalgia Digest website

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News December 16, 2019

Nostalgia Digest Winter 2020

Contents
Steve Darnall: Hello, Out There in Radioland!
“A Few Moments with . . . Ben Vereen“
Phil Marsh “A Beautiful Mind” (Hedy Lamarr)
Harry Narunsky “What’s the (New) Good Word?”
Dan McGuire “At This Theatre Next Week!” Chapter 1 (Movie Serials)
Jordan Elliott “One Hour at a Time” (Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz)
Erik J. Martin “A Pal in Hollywood” (George Pal)
Annette Bochenek “Rochester”
Jim Dohren “What’s for Dinner at Our House?”
Stone Wallace “George Raft: Hollywood Hoodlum”
Mail Call

Plus, the Radio Program Guide for Those Were the Days and WGN Radio Theatre

Nostalgia Digest Winter 2020
Editor: Steve Darnall
5.5” x 8.5” 64 pages, b&w interior
$4.50 on newsstands
Four-issue subscription $17
Eight-issue subscription $30
Nostalgia Digest website

News September 9, 2019

Nostalgia Digest Autumn 2019

Contents
Steve Darnall’s Nostalgia Digest: The Story So Far
“A Few Moments with . . . Ed Ames”
Matthew C. Hoffman “The Merry Old Land of Oz”
Ted Mosser “The Mad Magicians of Michigan” (college football)
Greg Borzo “The Palaces of Chicago” (golden age of Chicago hotels)
CELEBio: Clark Gable
Jordan Elliott “Prime-Time Crime Time” (FBI on radio)
Michael Barrett “Smooth Criminal” (Vincent Price)
Wendy J. Sotos “The Most Famous Reindeer of All . . .”
Wayne Klatt “The Life of Bendix” (William Bendix)
Mail Call

Plus, the Radio Program Guide for Those Were the Days and WGN Radio Theatre

Nostalgia Digest Autumn 2019
Editor: Steve Darnall
5.5” x 8.5” 64 pages, b&w interior
$4.50 on newsstands
Four-issue subscription $17
Eight-issue subscription $30
Nostalgia Digest website

News June 11, 2019

Nostalgia Digest Summer 2019

Contents
Steve Darnall: Hello, Out There in Radioland!
“A Few Moments with . . . Gloria McMillan” (Lux Radio Theatre)
John Mohler “Peel Her a Grape!” (Mae West)
Garry Berman “Trouble in Paradise” (Mae West)
CELEBio: Burt Lancaster
Wayne Klatt “Crooners and Swooners”
Michael Barrett “Laughter . . . By the Book”
Walter Scannell “The Magnificent Agnes” (cover story)
Ted Mosser “Let’s Play Two!” (Cubs & White Sox)
Robert Grayson “Teddy to the Rescue!” (Teddy the Wonder Dog)
Mail Call

Plus, the Radio Program Guide for Those Were the Days and WGN Radio Theatre

Editor: Steve Darnall
Nostalgia Digest Summer 2019
5.5” x 8.5” 64 pages, b&w interior
$4.50 on newsstands
Four-issue subscription $17
Eight-issue subscription $30
Nostalgia Digest website

News March 7, 2019

Nostalgia Digest Spring 2019

Contents
Steve Darnall: Hello, Out There in Radioland!
“A Few Moments with . . . Betty Lynn” (uncredited)
Michael J. Hayde “Melodies and Madness” How Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis conquered radio.
James Dohren “The Cigarette Camps”
Necrology for 2018
Gordon Kissack and Jordan Elliott “The Voice of the 500” Remembering Sid Collins.
Annette Bochenek “Little Miss Sunshine” The story of Frances Langford, the Florida native who traveled the world with Bob Hope . . . and came home to life as a Bickerson.
Garry Berman “To Laugh . . . or not to Laugh” Remembering when radio listeners could hear all the nation’s best comedians—and none of their audiences.
Wayne Klatt “Remembering Riverview” Where Chicagoans would “laugh their troubles away.”
Stone Wallace “Heart and Soul” The incandescent life and career of John Garfield.
Mail Call

Plus, the Radio Program Guide for Those Were the Days and WGN Radio Theatre

Editor: Steve Darnall
Nostalgia Digest Spring 2019
5.5” x 8.5” 64 pages, b&w interior
$4.50 on newsstands
Four-issue subscription $17
Eight-issue subscription $30
Nostalgia Digest website

News January 10, 2019

Nostalgia Digest Winter 2019

Contents
Steve Darnall: Those Were the Days Number 2,500!
“A Few Moments with . . . Stuart Canin” (uncredited)
Steve Darnall “Slings and Arrows” The story of Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and how an off-hand remark led to radio’s biggest feud.
Christopher Warner “The Long Rider” Remembering Hollywood’s first stunt hero star, Yakima Canutt.
Jim Dohren “The Big Chill” Remembering the annual rituals that kept a house warm in winter.
Leonard Maltin “From Silent Screen to Small Screen” How television provided a successful third act for some of Hollywood’s earliest stars.
Wayne Klatt “We’ll Always Have . . . Casablanca”
Garry Berman “Television’s Own Private Idaho” The remarkable story of The Boys From Boise, and medium’s first musical comedy.
Michael P. Jensen “The Re-Invention of John Barrymore”
Mail Call

Plus, the Radio Program Guide for Those Were the Days and WGN Radio Theatre

Editor: Steve Darnall
Nostalgia Digest Winter 2019
5.5” x 8.5” 64 pages, b&w interior
$4.50 on newsstands
Four-issue subscription $17
Eight-issue subscription $30
Nostalgia Digest website