Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Danger Doctor Danfield "Mental Hospital" (01-19-47)


Mental Hospital (Aired January 19, 1947)


Danger, Dr Danfield was first broadcast on August 18, 1946 and consisted of 26 episodes with the last one being April 13, 1947. All episodes are available. It starred Michael Dunn as Dr. Danfield, with JoAnne Johnson as Rusty Fairfax, his secretary. The series was written by Ralph Wilkinson and produced by Wally Ramsey. This series consistently featured some of the worst acting and writing of any detective show to reach the airwaves. The show had a formula with the crime usually being committed in the first third of the program, the good doctor solving it in the second third, and then pedantically explaining the solution to someone (usually his "pretty, young" secretary, Rusty) in the conclusion. Dr. Daniel Danfield was an obnoxious unlicensed private investigator/criminal psychologist with an ego complex. Why Rusty would put up with this guy is beyond understanding. In this case, love is not only blind, but also deaf and dumb. But then, Rusty was no prize package either.


THIS EPISODE:

January 19, 1947 - "Mental Hospital"- Danger, Doctor Danfield. Program #23. Teleways Radio Productions syndication. Commercials added locally. Danfield has himself committed to an asylum to foil the plans of an evil doctor. Michael Dunn, Joanne Johnson. 24:49.

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