We've got a 50/50 show tonight...Phil Harris and Lux are fantastic...Father Knows Best (or Father is an idiot) and the Great Gildersleeve vary from terrible to listenable.
Got to run to enjoy the sunshine, talk with you tonight...
Love the Suspense blog post:
The play was the thing, and [the performers] knew that contributing to a superior product would enhance their reputations far more than reading some feeble film condensation. Suspense was one of radio’s glamour showcases, but it never seemed to be trading on celebrity. People like Henry Fonda, Frederic March, and Humphrey Bogart appeared each week, but in scripts fine-tuned to their talents. [Creator-director] William Spier became known as ‘the Hitchcock of the airlanes.’ With the stars he was flexible; he required little rehearsal, just a few hours before air time. He wanted them tense at the microphone. They rewarded him with performances that were almost uniformly fine, matching the levels achieved by their underpaid supporting players, the professional radio people.