Hi Mark, there's no problem.
Yes, it's too bad some of our favorite books, narrated by our favorite
narrators, were later read by other people.
Marcia
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I'm not doubting you at all Marcia. I was just pointing out the available
titles from NLS BARD at this time. They have updated several titles over
the decades which in many cases the marrator we remember reading a book is
no longer available. I have looked for titles that I would like to read
again by the narrator I remember and have only found it updated by a
different reader. They are constantly adding digitized books from the past,
so hopefully more of these originals will become available. As concerning
Milton Metz, I remember reading a book of his called Stowaway To The
Mushroom Planet, so imagine my excitement when the book appeared recently on
an updates page, which soon turned to disappointment when the narrator was a
woman whose name I don't recall just now. I don't know how many Metz
narrations are available right now but you can find out by placing his name
in the search box. This is kind of interesting to do sometimes as a for
instance, I searched for Mitzy Friedlander a while back and found over 200
titles. I hope this clears it up.
Mark Martin, 73.
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Hi Mark,
The original talking book was read by Milton Metz. I remember reading
it in MRS. Baldwin's room in first grade, in 1960.
He did a great job by the way. Toni, can you back me up?
Marcia
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Marcia, the author was James B. Garfield, and BARD has 2 copies of the
book but neither narration is from Milton Metz. John Polk reads one
copy and the other is read by Erik Sandvold.
Mark Martin, 73.
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I was honored to meet MR. Metz for a few minutes in the summer of 1969.1993.
I read a few of the talking books he read, as well as listening to
his radio show on WHAS.
It was a very hot day in Louisville. He said something llike, "It's
a hell of a hot day, why are you driving around?"
We were visiting family in Louisville, and somehow, my older cousin
had his phone number.
The first book I remember reading he narrated was Follow My Leader,
back in first grade. I have no idea who the author was.
Can anybody help?
Marcia
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BlankLocal radio legend Milton Metz dead at 95 Andrew Wolfson ,
@adwolfson Published 9:26 p.m. ET Jan. 12, 2017 | Updated
12:04 p.m. ET Jan. 13, 2017
WHAS radio's Milton Metz signed off his show after 34 years last night.
He'll be doing a 90-second commentary that will air twice a day. but
it can't quite compare to three hours a night of "Metz Here."(Photo:
SAM RICHE, THE COURIER-JOURNAL)Buy Photo
Milton Metz, a pioneer in broadcasting in Louisville and the longtime
host of the talk show "Metz Here" on WHAS Radio, died Thursday,
according to former colleagues Wayne Perkey and Terry Meiners.
He was 95 and died at Magnolia Springs, a senior living facility,
Perkey said.
"El Metzo," as he was affectionately known, began at the station in 1946.
"Metz Here" debuted July 30, 1959, with the title "Juniper 5-2385,"
after its phone number, and ended on June 10, 1993.
"Every time Milton Metz clicked on the mic, people across middle
America were guaranteed wit, wisdom, and balance," Meiners said.
"On or off the air, Milton was first and foremost a gentleman,
bringing grace and intellect into a sometimes inelegant media
landscape," Meiners said. "Rest easy, brother. You blazed a
beautiful trail and we shall follow."
Perkey said Metz was a role model and father figure for a younger
generation of broadcasters that included Meiners, Perkey and Jack Fox.
"He was not afraid to ask difficult questions, but he tried to be fair,"
Perkey said. "He had a great wit and he showed it. I loved him
because he was Milton."
Bob Johnson, a retired political reporter on WHAS Radio and TV, said
that unlike contemporary talk radio, his show never featured "talking
heads shouting at each other."
"He had a sweet, gentle nature and his graciousness carried over into
his work on the air," said Johnson, later a Courier-Journal reporter.
"I was very fond of him."
Perry Metz said his father enjoyed "a good joke, a long conversation
and listening to different points of view.
"If civility is old-fashioned, you could say he was old-fashioned,"
said the younger Metz, who followed in his father's footsteps and now
runs public radio and TV stations at Indiana University in
Bloomington.
Metz could be serious on the air but at a roast held when he retired
he recalled how a publicity agent had called plugging his client's
appearance.
"She's written `Why Diets Don't Work,' " the agent said. "But if that
doesn't appeal to you, we could talk about her new book, `The
One-Hour Orgasm.' "
He also carefully guarded his age.
In an interview with Courier-Journal columnist Tom Dorsey in 1993, he
would only say, "Let's just say I'm older than Diane Sawyer and
younger than Mike Wallace." Wallace was 75 at the time.
Sportscasting legend Cawood Ledford, who spent 22 years at WHAS with
Metz, once recalled that when Metz started his program back in the
1950s the dial was full of talk shows.
Ledford joked that he would like to say that Metz's popularity drove
the other shows off the air, but the truth was that Metz simply
outlived them all.
He was born in Cleveland to a Russian-born father and English-born
mother and started his radio career in the 1930s in Cleveland after
graduating from Ohio State University.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- It is with great sadness that we report
the death of WHAS TV and Radio legend, Milton Metz. He died
peacefully in Louisville at the age of 95.
Milton became one of this area's most recognized personalities, first
heard on WHAS Radio in 1946. He helped put Channel 11 on the air. In
fact, he was one of the first faces you saw on Channel 11 in 1950.
Milton just celebrated his 95th birthday in September in rehab. The
WHAS Crusade for Children staff brought him a cake. More than 300
viewers mailed get well cards to him after he had fallen and broken
his shoulder in the summer and was in recovery last August. He loved
every card and letter, and along the way, he always told me that he
was getting wonderful care.
His trailblazing nighttime radio show called "Metz Here" was one of
the first nighttime talk shows in the United States. It ran from 1959
to
He also hosted "Omelet" on WHAS-TV, an interview program that aired
before the Noon News on WHAS-TV. He picked Faith Lyles as his co-host.
He retired from WHAS AM in 1993 but kept doing ads for TV and Radio.
He came to Louisville from Columbus, Ohio and married his beloved
wife Mimi whom he met in Louisville. She died last April. He is
survived by his son Perry Metz.
Memorial services for Milton Metz will be held Sunday, January 22 at
2 p.m.
at The Temple on Brownsboro Road.
You can see a link of some of his broadcasts at:
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/whas-legend-milton-metz-dies-at-95/3
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Steve
Class of '72
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