Happy Sunday OTR fans...it’s a steamy one today in Baltimore...
I’m calling tonight the 50/50 show with half good and half bad to questionable shows...Ozzie & Harriet (questionable, can’t remember if this follows the “the father is an idiot” family show formula)...Man Called X is fun...Escape is the strongest of the night and who can dislike a title of “He Who Rides the Tiger”...and am not expecting much from Options on graduation...
What say you?!
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. November 3, 1957. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Model Picture Matter." A dead body in the river and a beautiful model with her face bruised. What's the connection? See cat. #44825 for the same story, apparently the same broadcast but with a different set of credits. Possibly one of the shows has incorrect credits added. The AFRTS public service announcements have been deleted. Bob Bailey, Robert Wright (writer), Virginia Gregg, Lillian Buyeff, Lawrence Dobkin, Herb Ellis, Harry Bartell, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director). 21:19. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.
7:30 Dragnet. September 29, 1953. Program #215. NBC net. "The Big Try." Sponsored by: Chesterfield, Fatima. Jan Patachek, a refugee from Eastern Europe, is threatening to kill himself, rather than go to jail for forgery. The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product. This is not the same story as cat. #51236, despite the same program title. The story might be titled "The Big Tribe." Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Whitfield Connor, Jack Kruschen, Vic Perrin, John Robinson (writer), Walter Schumann (music), Hal Gibney (announcer), George Fenneman (announcer). 29:36. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. July 22, 1956. CBS net. "Lynching Man." Sponsored by: Chesterfield, L & M. Hank Blennis is found lynched, and Charlie Drain is determined to punish the killers. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on November 15, 1958. William Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Vic Perrin, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, James Nusser, John Dehner, Jack Moyles, John Meston (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 24:08. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet. February 27, 1949. NBC net. Sponsored by: International Silver. The Ozzie National Bank gets in trouble when the $17 on deposit disappears. Verne Smith (announcer), John Brown, Tommy Bernard, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard, Henry Blair, Hans Conried, Alan Reed, Billy May (composer, conductor). 29:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 The Man Called X. February 26, 1952. NBC net. Sustaining. Ken Thurston is in Venezuela to see that a major construction project is finished. Herbert Marshall, Leon Belasco, J. Richard Kennedy (producer), Jack Johnstone (director), Milton Charles (organist), Hal Gibney (announcer), Gloria Blondell, Will Wright, Paul Richards, Howard McNear, Tony Barrett, Sidney Marshall (writer). 24:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 Escape. March 12, 1949. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "He Who Rides The Tiger." A man has no memory of his last years in China during the war with the Japanese. What was he doing all those years, and where are the fabulous Tang bronzes? The program was recorded March 9, 1949. James Norman (writer), Les Crutchfield (adaptor), Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), William Conrad, Berry Kroeger, Maria Palmer, Jack Kruschen, Ben Wright, Edgar Barrier. 30:48. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Options "Graduation" (NPR) (59:00). Synopsis is not carried on the Index.