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February 6, 2011 (WARNING: Contains Spoilers)

7:00 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
7/6/58 "The Blinker Matter" Matter #596 Bob Bailey, Paula Winslowe (Marsha Foreman), B.J. Thompson (Gus), Harry Bartell, Stacy Harris, Vic Perrin, Bob Bruce ; Writer - Robert Stanley ; Producer/Director - Jack Johnstone ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; Expense Account Total - $434.50 ; v ; A foggy night in San Francisco bay, a beautiful girl, and a killer. Fred Wills, The Surity Mutual Limited Insurance Company, calls Johnny for help. The company holds a $50,000 life policy on 51 year old Oriental trinket and curio importer Andrew Foreman. Foreman is missing. Wife Marsha, age 35, is the sole beneficiary. Dollar talks to her. She says that the previous evening a man dressed in a seaman's jacket paid a visit to her husband. The seaman gave his name as Blinker, possibly because he is always blinking his eyes. She gives a complete physical description of Blinker. Her husband left with Blinker and was gone all night. Dollar goes to see an old friend, Detective Lieutenant Scapella. Wayne Arnold, Foreman's attorney of 3-4 years, calls Scapella while Johnny is there to say that he has just gotten a phone call from Blinker. Dollar heads to Arnold's office to find out what Blinker had to say. Blinker wanted $5000 - or else, and then he hung up. It sounded like ransom. Dollar then trails Arnold, who went to Golden Gate park where a woman got into his car and kissed him - it was Marsha Foreman. Later, Dollar confronts Marsha with what he has seen. She denies making up a story about Blinker. She says that Foreman has been making a lot of money later. Dollar finds out that the most recent import of Foreman's imports came from the Indian Princess. Dollar heads for the waterfront and stops in Gus' Cafe. The owner, a big woman named Gus knows Blinker the seaman. She says that he has disappeared. She said he came in from the Indian Princess with little carved elephants that he said was going to make him a lot of money. He left his stuff in the back of Gus' Cafe. Dollar checks it out and finds the elephant's leg screws off and inside is a packet of white narcotics powder. Johnny then finds Blinker's floating dead body. Dollar then locates a whole shipment of the elephants. Someone shoots at Johnny. Dollar wounds him. It is Foreman. Blinker had discovered a shipment of six inch high carved elephants with hollow legs containing the packets of white narcotics powder, and has set out to blackmail the importer. Foreman caught up with him and killed him. (24:14)
7:30 p.m. Dragnet
6/7/55 "The Big Limp" Program #303 Jack Webb (Joe Friday), Ben Alexander (Frank Smith) ; Writer - John Robinson ; NBC ; AFRTS rebroadcast ; Friday and Smith are working out of robbery division. Brother's Loan Company Hold-up Plan A jewelry store has been burglarized and watches stolen. The clue: a man with a cut foot.
8:00 p.m. Gunsmoke
5/24/52 "Ben Slade's Saloon" Program #5 William Conrad (Matt Dillon), Parley Baer (Chester Proudfoot), Howard McNear (Doc), Georgia Ellis, Hy Averbach, Jack Kruschen, Richard Beals (Alvin Jones), Anne Morrison, Herb Ellis ; Writer - Norman Macdonnell ; Music Composer/Conductor - Rex Koury ; Announcer - Roy Rowan ; CBS ; Ben Ramirez and Tad Slade are partners in the Ben-Slade Saloon. Les Jones is robbed of $3000 and is found stabbed to death after a lucky evening at their faro table. This is the third time that a lucky customer of the Ben-Slade Saloon has been found robbed and murdered. Matt rides to the Jones residence to break the news to his widow and their son, Alvin. After confronting Slade, a former member of the Kansas Raiders and a known killer, about the similarities of the three murders but not gaining any information, Matt rides over to his ranch to investigate further and meets seductive Evalita, Ben's "sister" and Tad's fiancee. Evalita seems to make a pass at Matt, but Ben arrives and levels a gun at Matt's back. They talk and Matt leaves. At 4:00 Am Matt is awakened by Chester who tells him that a lynch mob, led by Harrison, is going after Slade because a fourth victim, Olsen, has been stabbed to death and murdered after winning at the Ben-Slade Saloon. Dillon confronts the mob and takes control of Slade and puts him in jail. Slade denies any guilt. Chester tells Matt that in his dying breath Olsen says that he believes he shot his assailant but does not have time to reveal the name. Matt goes to the Ramirez home. He sees blood in the house but Ben has not been wounded. Ben admits that Evalita is his wife. He pulls a gun on Matt, but the Marshall drops him. Evalita rides away on a horse. Matt follows after her. Some distance later he finds her dismounted, lying on the ground bleeding to death. She admits having killed the four men. Promo for My Friend Irma with Cathy Lewis and Marie Wilson, and a promo for Gangbusters and "The Case of the Variable Blonde" tonight (29:50)
8:30 p.m. Bright Star
10/23/52 "Oil Swindle" Program #1 (Audition show) Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne, Sheldon Leonard, Elvia Allman ; Announcer - Harry Von Zell ; Music - Irv Norton and His Orchestra ; ZIV Syndication ; Commercials added locally ; George tries to expose a phoney oil promotion scheme to Susan. Dates indicated for these programs are approximate and as with most syndicated programs, varied from station to station. (26:48)
9:00 p.m. 21st Precinct
9/29/53 "The Shooting Gallery" Program #13 CBS ; AFRTS rebroadcast ; sustained ; Everett Sloane, Lawson Zerbe, Raymond Edward Johnson, Ken Lynch, Robert Readick ; Announcer - Gaylord Avery ; sustaining ; A young drug user tries to kick the habit by making a false alarm so he can go "cold turkey" in jail. (25:58)
9:30 p.m. The Adventures Of Frank Race
5/1/49 "The Adventure of the Hackensack Victory" Program #1 Tom Collins (Frank Race), Tony Barrett ; Writer/Directors - Buckley Angel & Joel Murcott ; Producer - Bruce Ells ; Organist - Ivan Ditmars ; Broadcasters Program Syndicate syndication ; Commercials added locally ; Frank Race is an attorney who took up a life of intrigue after World War II. The Dineen family has lost two of their Victory ships. Were they sunk for their insurance? (27:50)
10:00 p.m. Radio City Playhouse
12/18/49 "The Wine Of Oropalo" Program #66. (The program is announced as, "Attraction #65") David Gothard, Luis Van Rooten, Allan Stevenson, Cliff Miller, Marilyn Erskine ; Host/Director - Harry W. Junkin ; Announcer - Fred Collins ; Writer - John Hastey ; Music - Composer/Conductor - Roy Shield ; NBC ; Sustaining.; (29:36)
10:30 p.m. Weird Circle
2/27/44 "The Feast Of Red Gauntlet" Program #27 Author - Sir Walter Scott ; NBC syndication ; Commercials added locally. A good ghost story in the Scottish Highlands and a dinner with the dead. (27:04)

Happy Sunday Night...Classic Radio Time...

I expect most will be watching the Superbowl. Don't forget today is Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday.

I first heard of Johnny Dollar when I listened to old time radio on sirius. I now listen on sirius internet so the rights are not allowed unless its from true satellite device. Which means I haven’t heard in a awhile because I moved and can’t find the device to Hook up. Alot of moving boxes. thanks vision- sounds good.

Vision, I addressed the topic in today’s column: http://www.dakotavoice.com/2011/02/super-bowl-entertainment-showcases-degenerate-state-of-american-culture/#