Monday, February 25, 2008

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Let George Do It "The Corpse That Took A Powder" (8-23-48)


The Corpse That Took A Powder (Aired August 23, 1948)


THIS EPISODE
Let George Do It. February 13, 1950. Mutual-Don Lee net. "Go Jump In The Lake". Sponsored by: Standard Oil. Terrence Doyle is in trouble with gambler Starky Bennett. Nobody seems to want Valentine, despite the time of the year. Several references are made to the program being broadcast on Valentine's day. Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Don Clark (director), Eddie Dunstedter (composer, presenter), Bud Hiestand (announcer), David Victor (writer), Jackson Gillis (writer), Ken Christy, Dan O'Herlihy, William Conrad, Michael Ann Barrett, Walter Burke. 29:58.

Bob Bailey played George Valentine as a detective handy man, who got his jobs from responses to a newspaper ad. Part-time detective and writer Dan Holiday in Box 13 also used the premise. It pays to advertise! The shows follow the usual formats of crime caper shows, with toughs, mysterious rendezvous and people who aren't who they say they are.Network was Mutual, Sponson was Standard Oil. STARS:Bob Bailey, Eddie Firestone jr, Francis Robinson, Joe Kearn PRODUCERsurprised
wen Vinson WRITER: Polly Hopkins MUSIC: Eddie Dunstedter.

FOR THIS EPISODE AND HUNDREDS MORE, FOLLOW THIS LINK TO BOXCARS711

No comments: