Friday, February 20, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Theater Five "The Stranger" (08-14-64)


The Stranger (Aired August 14, 1964)


Theater Five was ABC's attempt to revive radio drama during the early 1960s. The series name was derived from its time slot, 5:00 PM. Running Monday through Friday, it was an anthology of short stories, each about 20 minutes long. News programs and commercials filled out the full 30 minutes. There was a good bit of science fiction and some of the plots seem to have been taken from the daily newspaper. Fred Foy, of The Lone Ranger fame, was an ABC staff announcer in the early 60s, who, among other duties, did Theater Five.


THIS EPISODE:

August 8, 1964 - The Stranger - A middle class couple wakes up to find someone sleeping in their guest room. The stranger claims he was invited for a week by one of the two. A crazy "mind twister" that leads to a surprise ending. Abby Lewis, Alexander Vlas Datsenko (composer), Arthur Kohl, Bernard Grant, Ed Blainey (sound technician), Fred Foy (announcer), Gilbert Mack, Glenn Osser (conductor), Ian Martin, Jack C. Wilson (preparer), John McGovern, Lee Bowman, Marty Folia (audio engineer), Neal Pultz (audio engineer), Ralph Bell, Warren Somerville (director).

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