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December 12, 2010 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
12/24/49 "Department Store Swindle" (CBS)(Sus.)(29:48) Program #31 Charles Russell , Jay Novello, Georgia Ellis, Marlene Ames (or Adams), Parley Baer, Paul Dubov, Connie Crowder ; Producer/Director - Gordon T. Hughes ; Writers- Paul Dudley & Gil Doud ; Music - Leith Stevens ; Announcer - Bob Stevenson ; Sound Effects - Billy Gould, Berne Surrey ; Expense Account Total - $ 511.50 ; “It was the week before Christmas and all through the house, a creature was stirring — and boy, what a rat!” [Music] “This is another in the adventures of America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Johnny Dollar, starring Charles Russell. At insurance investigation, Johnny Dollar is only an expert — at making out his expense account, he’s an absolute genius!” [Music] “Expense Account: Submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar. To: Home Office, Industrial Insurers Incorporated, Hartford, Connecticut. Attention: Mr. Even Steven, General Manager. The following is an accounting of my expenditures during investigation of small time swindles of big time department stores, or — how I played Santa Claus and almost got left holding the sack, or — going for a sleigh ride without benefit of snow can be tough sledding.” What do you do when the bad guy is really Santa Claus? Ho, ho! Johnny is sent to Manhattan to investigate a peculiar robber who has been hitting many department stores. His modus operandi is to act like a salesman, take people's money, and then scram. In Miller's Store a little girl has taken his picture, and the when the crook tried to take the camera the little girl bit his hand. In his efforts to evade capture we find out that the crook has managed to masquerade as Santa Claus. Finally, he stows himself away in an 8' by 3' packing case - but unfortunately for him the destination of the case was the state prison in Ossining.
7:30 p.m. Dragnet
12/22/49 ".22 Rifle for Christmas" (NBC)(Sus.) (27:04) Program #30 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Barton Yarborough (Ben Romero) ; Writers - James E. "Jim" Moser & Jack Webb ; Technical Advice - William H. Parker, L.A. Police Chief ; Chief of detectives Thad Brown is in charge of the investigation of missing nine year old Stanley Johnstone. There are bloodstains, and an empty .22 bullet cartridge, in the area where the boy was last seen. Friday and Romero talk to his mother, Ruth. The father is a fireman named George. They discover that the .22 rifle that had been bought as a Christmas present for Stanley was missing. Lieutenant Lee Jones from the police lab reports that the blood was human, type O, which is the same as Stanley's. Officer Levinson finds the gun behind the Johnstone house, and reports that another 8 year old boy, Steven Moreheim, is now missing, too. Mrs. John (Edith) Moreheim is interviewed by Friday and Romero. She says her son's blood type is O. Stanley Johnstone has come home, acting strangely according to his mother. Friday and Romero talk to Stanley, who says he killed Steve by accident, and then he carried him to a cave where he hid him, and prayed to God that Steve come back to life. The body is recovered. The police are convinced that it was an accident. John Moreheim is devastated. He wants to see Stanley. Forgivingly, he wants to give Stanley the Christmas presents that were to be Steven's.
8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
6/4/61 "Cows and Cribs" (CBS)(20:04) Program #478 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc Adams), Georgia Ellis (Kitty Russell), Vic Perrin, John Dehner, Virginia Christine, Frank Cady, Jeannette Nolan ; Director - Norman Macdonnell ; Writer - John Meston ; Music Composer/Conductor - Rex Koury ; Announcer - George Walsh ; Aired on television December 7, 1957. ; Joe Nadler is a homesteader who neglects his farm and his wife. The two are starving and have no more credit in town with which to buy seed. Mat finds Joe slaughtering one of Emmet Bowers' calves but Bowers refuses to press charges against a starving man. Nadler crosses the line, however, when he continues to rustle Emmet's beef and starts to sell the meat in Dodge. In another part of town, Ed Thorpe and his wife have succumbed to "spotted fever" leaving their infant to be tended to by Ma Smalley. When Nadler is killed the fates of his widowed wife and of the orphaned infant converge.
8:30 p.m. Fibber McGee & Molly
12/21/48 "Christmas Card from Elizabeth" Program #566 (29:20) Jim Jordan (Fibber McGee), Marian Jordan (Molly McGee), Bill Thompson, Arthur Q. Bryan, Gale Gordon, Jack Kirkwood ; The King's Men, Billy Mills Orchestra ; Writers - Don Quinn, Phil Leslie ; Sponsor - Johnson's Wax ; Pitchman - Harlow Wilcox ; NBC ; Fibber's gotten a Christmas card signed, "With love, Elizabeth." Who's Elizabeth?
9:00 p.m. Red Skelton
12/24/50 "Junior's Christmas Party" (Tide)(CBS)(29:28) Red Skelton ; Music - David Rose and His Orchestra ; Sponsor - Tide ; Commercial spokesman - John Holbrook ;
9:30 p.m. Tales of the Texas Rangers
12/24/50 #24 "Christmas Present" (Sus.)(NBC)(29:46) Joel McCrea (Ranger Jace Pearson), Tony Barrett, Shepherd Menken, Jim Nusser, Virginia Gregg, Victor Rodman, Byron Kane ; Producer/ Director - Stacey Keach, Sr.; Transcriber/Adaptor - Joel Murcott ; Announcer - Hal Gibney ; In 1931, Mr. Peabody's Panhandle Equity Bank is robbed by two guys dressed as Santa Claus. Miss Keene was slugged in the process, and bank guard Lovett was knocked out. Ranger Jace Pearson and his boss Captain Stinson investigate. The getaway vehicle is located and Jace figures the driver was about 6'3", or 1-1.5 inches taller than him, based on the position of the car seat and the rear view mirror. A red Santa Claus suit button was also found. The Rangers check out the home of Anthony Ross with a search warrant. He has boxes with Santa Claus suits, one with a button missing. He says that a woman rented them and had him pick the suits up for a little monry. He doesn't know her name. They take Ross in, but have to deposit his two young kids in a home. When the real crooks are found, the Rangers provide a Christmas present for the Ross kids.
10:00 p.m. Lux Radio Theater
3/10/47 "It's a Wonderful Life" (59:35) Jimmy Stewart (George Bailey), Donna Reed (Mary Hatch), Victor Moore (Clarence), Edwin Maxwell (Mr. Potter), Janet Scott (Mother), Noreen Gammill, Cliff Clark, Norma Jean Nilsson, Leo Cleary (Uncle Billy), Edward Marr, William Johnstone (Mr. Bailey), John McIntire (Joseph), Norman Field, Franklyn Parker, Ann Carter, Charles Seel ; Intermission Guest - Susan Blanchard ; Host - William Keighley, Announcer - John Milton Kennedy ; Radio Adaptation - Sanford Barnett ; Screenwriter - George Seaton ; Director - Fred MacKaye ; Sound Effects - Charlie Forsyth ; Commercial Spokeswoman "Libby Collins" - Doris Singleton : Author - Philip Van Doren ; Screenwriters - Frank Capra, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett & Jo Swerling ; Radio Adaptation - Sanford Barnett ; Director - Fred MacKaye ; Musical Director - Louis Silvers ; Sponsor - Lux Soap, Spry ; CBS ; Tired of his life on Earth, a man finds out what it's like never to have been born. The angel Clarence saves George Bailey from committing suicide by jumping off the Bedford Falls bridge into the river. They review George's life including his marriage to Mary Chase, and the fact that his employer, Mr. Potter, is swearing out a warrant for his arrest for the missing $8000. Clarence shows George what would have happened if George hadn't been born. George wants to live again.