Balance Sheet (Aired December 24, 1973)
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Wyllis Cooper, who created, wrote, and produced it, was then a 36-year-old staffer in Chicago's NBC Studios. Cooper left the show in 1936 and Arch Oboler was given the job. Oboler lost no time establishing himself as the new master of the macabre. Between May 1936 and July 1938, he wrote and directed more than 100 Lights Out plays. To follow Cooper was a challenge: he was "the unsung pioneer of radio dramatic techniques," but Oboler had passed the test with his first play. His own name soon became synonymous with murder and gore, though horror as a genre had always left him cold. Oboler aspired to more serious writing. Oboler's shows are well represented -- this series of Lights Out was syndicated in The Devil and Mr. O offerings of 1970 - 73. A transcribed syndication of original broadcasts from 1942 - 43 with Arch Oboler as the host. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group.
THIS EPISODE:
December 24, 1973. CBS network. "Balance Sheet". Sponsored by: Ironized Yeast, Energene Shoe White. A woman inherits the ideal factory, filled with workers who want nothing more out of life, except to labor. The story is also known as, "Profits Unlimited" and "Efficiency Island." Arch Oboler (writer, host), Frank Martin (announcer). 28:49. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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