"GO BEARCATS" wrote in message
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The one person who responded to your emails about my re-creations of Amos
n
Andy is simply throwing stones. It's so easy just to throw stones! He
doesn't
realize how much time and effort goes into each and every episode I
re-create.
He has NO IDEA how much time and work I put into each and every episode.
I forgive this person's total ignorance and just consider the source.
I don't blame him for not appreciating the programs, because he wasn't
around
when the original programs were on.


I don't know if Ed considers me the stone thrower, but I think I can
appriciate the difficulty in his recreations. I made a nod in that
direction when I suggested other difficult hobbys such as building an
airplane or learning languages.



The very best test is to ask someone who WAS around then, and listened to
them
on NBC each night when they were on NBC at 7 o'clock. That person --- one
who
used to listen to the original programs --- will tell you himself or
herself if
my re-creations are "right on the mark" or not, because they'll remember
how
the originals sounded.

Shortwave radio may not be best way to reach the people who can fully
appricate the recreations. The percentage of SWLs who have heard the
original shows is small, and there aren't many SWLs, anyway. Most of us are
following international broadcasting, DXing, hams, utilities and kook radio.

There is an active market for old time radio. Some of the old time radio
hobbyists have been able to turn their hobbys into businesses. Getting a
hobby-business going has never been easier. There's several internet
vendors and a newgroup for old time radio. Any of the oldtime radio vendors
could air their material on SW, but I don't think any of them think it's
worthwhile.

I stumbled across a history of the Amos 'n' Andy show:

http://www.midcoast.com/~lizmcl/aa.html


I can tell you that the people of that age who have written to me tell me
exactly THAT! They say it's an EXACT DUPLICATE!
True, my programs aren't the originals, but that's only because they don't
EXIST!!! (What I'm doing is the only game in town!)
As far as his suggestion that I should give the scripts to a museum is
concerned, that makes no sense whatsoever, because they're already in the
Library Of Congress!


I had a misconception. I thought the scripts were originals.


ANYone can get copies of the scripts, but NO one can re-enact them as
authentically as I can.
Ed



Frank Dresser