12/22/57 Karmen Kringle Matter Bob Bailey, Herb Vigran (pilot Al), Howard McNear (Chris Kringle), Jean Tatum, Junius Matthews ; Writer - Robert Bainter (aka Robert Bainter "Bob" Bailey) ; Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Sound Patterns - Bill James ; Expense Account Total = $229.75 ; Pat McCracken, Universal Adjustment Bureau, calls Johnny who is in Palm Springs. In the ghost town of Calico, an old prospector named Chris Kringle, has changed the beneficiary of his insurance policy from Ned to Carmen Kringle, a burro. In that way money will continue to be available to the local children at Christmas time. Johnny flies in and lands on a dry lake bed. He is first approached by the local marshall, Ed , at gun point until insurance agent Jean Craig steps in to save him. Ned's ally is a sleazy guy named Willie D'Agostino, who seems to thin the money belongs to him. Doc Spangler puts Carmen's jingle bells on another burro, who D'Agostino kills.
05/18/54 #248 "Big Help" Program #248 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; Forgery Check Passers Hit 50 Stores.
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12/24/40"Gildy's Radio/Phonograph" Program #267 Jim Jordan (Fibber McGee), Marian Jordan (Molly McGee/Little Girl), ?? (delivery man), Hal Peary (Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve), Mel Blanc, Gale Gordon, Isabel Randolph (Abigail Uppington) ; Writer - Don Quinn ; Sponsor - Johnson Wax and self-polishing Glo-Coat ; Pitchman - Harlow Wilcox ; Fibber and Molly get a whopping big package delivered from the Bon Ton Department Store. It is a mistake, the name on the address being for Gildersleeve. Fibber insists on continuing to open it, but he needs scissors to cut the string so he goes into his closet. Everything tumbles down, and McGee remarks, "I gotta straighten up that closet one of these days". Inside is a beautiful combination radio/phonograph. It has an automatic record changer that can play eight records in succession. Fibber and Molly decide to play some of the enclosed records. When they turn it on the machine starts to throw the records, and then it falls apart. There is knocking at the door. Gildersleeve calls out for McGee. Molly and Fibber whisper that they are going to have to get Gildy another radio/phonograph from the Bon Ton.
12/23/51 "Christmas Pay-Off" Joel McCrea (Ranger Jace Pearson), Parley Baer (Sheriff McGill) ; Creator/Producer/Director - Stacey Keach, Sr. ; Technical Advisor - Captain M. T. "Lonewolf" Gonzalez ; Transcribed/ Adapted - Charles E. Israel ; Announcer - Hal Gibney ; NBC ; It is 12/25/40 in Rockfield, Texas. Dr. Ed Hartley and his nurse, Alice Leonard, are finishing up the emergency treatment of Mrs. Thompson's infection, when a man with a bandage on his hand approaches the office. Before the man reaches the door Doc Hartley calls the police and has Alice hide in the closet. Once inside the man pulls a gun a shoots Doc Hartley dead. The man was driving a black sedan with a smashed front fender. Sheriff McGill remembers that Al Nixon years before sought treatment from Doc Hartley after he was shot in a robbery and the Doc turned him in. He was sent to the prison at Huntsville. It could be Nixon who has gotten his revenge. Pearson goes to Huntsville to talk to Nixon. Nixon didn't know that Doc was dead. The abandoned black sedan is found at Crest City. Lou Crowder did time with Nixon and may have made arrangements for him to kill Hartley for directions to the hidden $30,000 robbery loot. Jace figures that Nixon would send a letter to Crowder with directions to the loot after he learns of Doc's death. Jace and McGill watch as Crowder retrieves Nixon's letter from the Crest City post office. Jace and McGill trail Crowder who is pulling a horse trailer. The law enforcement officers are also pulling horses. In rough territory Crowder leaves the car and takes to horse. Pearson and the Sheriff follow and apprehend Crowder when he stops to dig.
12/22/50 "The Case of the Slaughtered Santas" Sydney Greenstreet (Nero Wolfe), Lawrence Dobkin (Archie Goodwin) ; Creator - Rex Stout ; Someone has killed two of the Santa Clauses who solicit charitable donations at the four corners of 34th and Carlyle. Fearing for his life, John Barton, a wealthy man who is also a 34th and Carlyle street corner Santa Claus for the tuberculosis fund, seeks Nero Wolfe's help. Wolfe insists that Barton stay with him for protection. Laura Barton is John's niece, and would stand to inherit half of his wealth upon his death, the other half going to his half brother Wayne Stevens. Archie brings Laura to Wolfe's house, but John slugs Archie and escapes when he learns that Laura is there. Wolfe knows that the escaped man was not Barton, but an impostor, who is actually Barton's butler Pleasence. Stevens was the guy who was planning on killing Barton, and using the killing of the other Santas as cover.)