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Archive for June, 2011

Philip Marlowe – Red Wind. 480926.

Decent sound quality. Featuring Gerald Ford as Philip Marlowe. Different actors from other airings and from the pilot episode. Hot, dry Santa Ana wind is blowing. The heat of the day finds Philip closing up shop early to enjoy a cold one at the bar. It’s not so hot to keep a murder from going [...]

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Flash Gun Casey – The Case Of The Switched Plates. 430707.

Casey is in the dark room to develop film, but finds the images are shots that he never took. His wedding photo shoot has been mixed up with candid shots of a highly private affair, in a top secret area. Casey now tries to retrace his steps to figure who he might have gotten his [...]

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Fred Allen – Prairie Predicament. 391025.

Peter VanSeetin plays, with the Merrmacks singing, Baby Me. Fred and the cast: Harry Vonzel, Portland Hoffa, and Peter VanSeetin talk about quiz shows in comparrison to Fred’s own show. Fred brings back his Ipana News Reels, but gets off to a start of flubbed lines. Topics include a recent erthquake near Boston, and how [...]

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Dragnet – The Big Convertible. 550628.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Working the Forgery detail, Joe Friday and partner Frank Smith need to take down a forger who is passing phoney payroll checks. Joe Friday gives the details in voiceover, then the cops head out to a [...]

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Six Shooter – Hirams Gold. 540110.

James Stewart as, the Six Shooter. Based on the fictional life of Britt Ponset, the Texas plainsman who drifted through the West. On the way into town, Britt rides up on an old prospector who is having trouble with his burro. It’s Hiram, an old friend of Britt’s and the two get caught up on [...]

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True Detective Mystery – Buddha Man Mystery. ep4, 370408.

The story begins with a frantic woman, calling the telephone operator to report that her husband is dead. When the police question her they learn that the victim had an insomnia problem, and when sleeping powders didn’t work, he was experimenting with chloroform. It looks like an open and closed case of accidental suicide. Simple, [...]

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Hillbilly Boys – First Song, Skip To My Lou. ep26, 1939.

Playlist: Pat ODaniels introduces Mickey Wickey, who plays while Pat sings, Skip to My Lou. Horace sings, Ain’t She Sweet. Pat shares a word on the merits of Hillbilly flour. Horace sings, Laughing At Life. The Hillbilly Boys all get together to play, The Long A Rag. Pat tells how to mail in your request [...]

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Buck Rogers – Mechanical Mole, 1of7. 1939.

Held in suspended animation until the high tech futuristic times of the 25th century, Buck Rogers works side by side with Wilma Dearing, the female soldier, and Doctor Huer, scientist and ainventor. Just recently our heros have come from an adventure out past the moons of Jupitor in pursuit of Killer Kane and Ardellah. Today [...]

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Wild Bill Hickock – A Blind Trail. ep27, 1951.

Bill and Jingles are on hand to help a sheriff with investigating a murder. Wade Ingram was a friend of Bill’s and he wants to see justice is done. The prime suspect, Benito has escaped, and Bill sets out on the trail to bring the guilty party to face their punishment. I think that Bill [...]

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Crime Club – Death Is A Knockout. 470612.

Take the easy chair by the window. Comfortable? Good. Here’s a story about a golden opportunity that was melted down by murder. An up and coming boxer has gotten involved with a mobster. Mable, his girlfriend, doesn’t want her boyfriend, Joey to get hurt, so she goes to Hank. At ringside, and in the roar [...]

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