Happy Spring-like Sunday all!
It’s cops and robbers and detective shows tonight...Line Up, a b level dragnet...love Halls of Ivy...Richard Diamond and Nightbeat are a hour of gumshoes...and ending perfectly with a Whistler...
Everybody starting to come out of the deep freeze? If you want to freak out realized the year is 1/6 over :(
Shout out for Line Up and Whistler.
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2016 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. March 20, 1960. CBS net. "The Saturday Night Matter". Sponsored by: Pepsi, Winston, 4-Way Cold Tablets, Fritos, Ex-Lax, Fitch Shampoo. Johnny sets out to solve a series of grocery store robberies in Colorado. Bob Bailey, Stu Erwin (4-Way Cold Tablets commercial), Bartlett Robinson, Forrest Lewis, James McCallion, Russell Thorson, John Wald (announcer), Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Jim Ameche (psa announcer). 24:40. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. June 15, 1954. Program #252. NBC net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Big Cat". A man reports a deadly black panther has been stolen from his carnival and is loose somewhere in the city. Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer), Hal Gibney (announcer). 25:12. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
8:00 Gunsmoke. June 9, 1957. CBS net. "Dodge Podge". Commercials deleted. A good story about a cattleman and his son...and the sheep herder hated by the father, admired by the son. Well done! William Conrad, Les Crutchfield (writer), Parley Baer, Howard McNear, Georgia Ellis, John Dehner, Norman Macdonnell (producer, director), John Meston (editorial supervisor), Stacy Harris, George Fenneman (announcer), Rex Koury (composer), Tom Hanley (sound patterns), Bill James (sound patterns), Sam Edwards, Lawrence Dobkin, George Walsh (announcer). 22:24. Audio condition: Very good. Incomplete.
8:30 The Line-Up. January 18, 1951. CBS net. "Yudo In Ypsilanti". Sustaining. Lester Yudo's henchmen have murdered Abraham Goldberg. Lieutenant Guthrie threatens to get Yudo, and Yudo threatens right back. The story was subsequently used on "The Line-Up" on May 13, 1952. William Johnstone, Wally Maher, William Conrad, Blake Edwards (writer), Lou Krugman, Virginia Gregg, Eddie Dunstedter (music), Dave Young, Ed Begley, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Jaime del Valle (producer, director), Dan Cubberly (announcer). 29:48. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:00 Halls of Ivy. 02/10/50 #006 The Snowman (Schlitz) (NBC) (27:46). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
9:30 Richard Diamond, Private Detective. December 17, 1949. NBC net. Sustaining. A man tells Diamond that he's going to commit a murder. A little guy with a big gun is put out of commission by Diamond's yo-yo! Dick sings, "I Only Have Eyes For You" after the story. Blake Edwards (editor, director), Dick Powell, Ed Begley, Frank Worth (music director), Grace Albertson, Hans Conried, Herb Purdum (writer), Hy Averback, Sidney Miller, Tol Avery (announcer), Virginia Gregg, Wilms Herbert. 29:53. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
10:00 Night Beat. February 20, 1950. NBC net. Sustaining. Prizefighter Billy Candell, a punchy former middleweight champ, wants a final meeting with his love of years gone by. The program was repeated April 16, 1950 (see cat. #61724). Frank Lovejoy, Frank Worth (composer, conductor), Larry Marcus (writer), Lawrence Dobkin, Leo Cleary, Lurene Tuttle, Russell Hughes (writer), Warren Lewis (director), William Conrad, William Lally. 29:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.
10:30 The Whistler. September 10, 1945. CBS Pacific net. "Phone Call From Death". Sponsored by: Signal Oil. A woman's best friend is murdered while she's on the phone with the woman...or was she? The program has a good double-surprise ending! Wilbur Hatch (music), Marvin Miller (announcer), Elliott Lewis, Lesley Edgely (writer). 30:01. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.