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2 very popular OTR links according to an article I found on the previous message's website. The prior one ranked 3rd in popularity...FWIW.
#1
http://www.otrcat.com/
#2
http://www.otrnow.com/
Digital Deli Online...looks pretty good for OTR material
http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/home.html
LUX RADIO THEATRE
“Lux…presents Hollywood!”
These words introduced broadcast radio’s biggest and most important dramatic program. For two decades, The Lux Radio Theatre presented radio versions of movie attractions, current or coming, while the biggest names in cinema played the leading roles.
The Lux Radio Theatre debuted in 1934, dramatizing Broadway plays from New York. In an effort to improve ratings, the show moved West in June 1936 to capitalize on Hollywood talent and popular movie fare.
Lux’s extravagant productions were a huge success. Renowned director Cecil B. DeMille—whose films were synonymous with spectacle—was brought in to host the show. Stars were routinely paid up to $5,000 to appear and over 50 actors, musicians and technicians were on hand every week for productions which ranged from "The Thin Man" to "The Jazz Singer" to "The African Queen."
Before the show left the air in 1955, DeMille—and subsequent hosts William Keighley and Irving Cummings—welcomed nearly every major movie and radio star to the Lux microphone, including Cary Grant, Claudette Colbert, Bing Crosby, Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Roy Rogers and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
The Lux Radio Theatre was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1989
http://www.radiohof.org/adventuredrama/luxradio.html
Totally agree! Thanks for sharing!!
Some are dealers and their copies are quite good! For instance, some folks put a master file or some such thing at the end of the program list that will play every program on the cd. I find this quite useful. I guess exchanging experiences...good or bad...and the like, can help us all in the future.
Yes, I bought some OTR mp3s on eBay when first got my MP3 player. I was disappointed that the same commercial kept repeating every two minutes. I also found out later that they were free domain with no copyright on it. Oh well eBay is full of the best and worse bargains.
Dragnet (listen to episodes now)
Dragnet, the classic police drama, stars Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday. Dragnet takes you step by step through a police investigation, dramatized for effect. It shows police officers as real people, not just the one-dimensional characters that so often populate OTR crime dramas.
Notice: Many of these episodes contain the original commercials for Fatima cigarettes. They have been left in for entertainment value only. Please don't smoke!
Here is a sample of the online episodes currently available at The Old Time Radio Fan:
http://www.otrfan.com/otr/series/dragnet.html
Sirius Satelite Radio - Classic Radio Shows - Listen to OTR channel 118 plus weekly program schedule:
RadioClassics invites you to experience the audio magic of legendary old time radio. RadioClassics features the best dramas, mysteries, comedies, and variety programs from the Golden Age of Radio.
Relive the magic with dramas like The Shadow, Dragnet, and War of the Worlds, comedy from Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, and W.C. Fields; and radio versions of classic movies like Key Largo and Casablanca featuring Bogart, Bacall, and all of the original cast members.
Weekly Schedule
Schedule is subject to change. Times are in Eastern Standard Time (ET) except where noted.
http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=Channel&cid=1104779628769...
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (PROGRAMS TO LISTEN TO /D-LOAD)...
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about the "fabulous freelance insurance investigator with the action-packed expense account". It aired from February, 1949 to September 30, 1962 on CBS, giving it an amazing 14-year run.
Charles Russell was the first to star as Johnny Dollar, followed by a succession of actors including Edmund O'Brien, John Lund, Bob Bailey, Bob Readick, and Mandel Kramer. Each new star gave Johnny a slightly different persona.
Here is a sample of the online episodes currently available at The Old Time Radio Fan:
The Story Of The Big Red School House
1950-04-04 (6.59 Mb)
The Pearl Carrasa Matter
1950-04-25 (4.97 Mb)
The Earl Chadwick Matter
1950-05-23 (5.37 Mb)
The McCormick Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1955-10-03 (3.38 Mb)
The McClean Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-02-06 (3.38 Mb)
The Salt City Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-04-02 (3.38 Mb)
The Lonely Hearts Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-04-23 (3.38 Mb)
The Shady Lane Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-07-09 (3.38 Mb)
The Star of Capetown Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-07-16 (3.38 Mb)
The Open Town Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-07-23 (3.35 Mb)
The Sea Legs Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-07-30 (3.38 Mb)
The Alder Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-08-06 (3.38 Mb)
The Crystal Lake Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-08-13 (3.38 Mb)
The Cranesburg Matter [Part 1 of 6] other parts
1956-08-23 (3.38 Mb)
The Curse of Kamashek Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-09-03 (3.37 Mb)
The Confidential Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-09-10 (3.38 Mb)
The Meg's Palace Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-09-24 (3.38 Mb)
The Picture Postcard Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-10-01 (3.38 Mb)
The Primrose Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-10-08 (3.38 Mb)
The Phantom Chase Matter [Part 1 of 9] other parts
1956-10-15 (3.38 Mb)
The Silent Queen Matter [Part 1 of 5] other parts
1956-10-29 (3.38 Mb)
Carmen Kringle Matter
1957-12-22 (3.38 Mb)
The Twin Trouble Matter
1959-05-17 (4.4 Mb)
The Cask of Death Matter
1959-05-24 (4.29 Mb)
The Big H Matter
1959-05-31 (4.43 Mb)
The MeiLing Buddha Matter
1959-06-28 (4.22 Mb)
The Lost By A Hair Matter
1959-08-09 (4.32 Mb)
The Night In Paris Matter
1959-08-16 (4.36 Mb)
The Embarcadero Matter
1959-08-23 (4.31 Mb)
The Really Gone Matter
1959-08-30 (4.59 Mb)
http://www.otrfan.com/otr/series/ytjd.html
Johnny Dollar
Created by Jack Johnstone
Everyone has a favorite radio series. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is the series that got me into OTR show collecting and was the original reason I joined The Radio Historical Association of Colorado. I probably have more episodes of Johnny Dollar in my collection than any other single series.
For over 12 years (1949 - 1962, including a one-year hiatus in 1954-55), the series recounted the cases of JOHNNY DOLLAR, "the insurance investigator with the action-packed expense account." Johnny was an accomplished padder of his expense account. The name of the show derives from the fact he closed each show by totaling up his expense account and signing it "End of report...Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar."
Terry Salomonson in his authoritative "A Radio Broadcast Log of The Drama Program Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" notes that the original working title was Yours Truly, Lloyd London. Salomonson writes, "Lloyd London was scratched out of the body of the (Dick Powell audition) script and Johnny Dollar was written in. Thus the show was re-titled on this script and the main character was renamed. Why it was this was done was unclear, possibly to prevent a legal run-in with Lloyd's of London Insurance Company." Although based in Hartford, Connecticut, the insurance capital of the world, freelancer Johnny managed to get around quite a bit, his adventures taking him all over the world.
There were some unusual devices used in the show that helped set it apart from other shows. There was no partner, assistant or secretary for Johnny. Another atypical aspect gave the show additional credibility. Frequently, characters on the show would mention that they had heard about Johnny's cases on the radio. Johnny often used his time when filling out his expense account to give the audience necessary background information or to express his thoughts about the current case.
No fewer than eight actors played Johnny Dollar. Dick Powell (Rogue's Gallery) cut the original audition tape but chose to do Richard Diamond, Private Detective instead. Gerald (The Adventures of Philip Marlowe) Mohr auditioned in 1955 prior to Bob Bailey getting the title role.
Through the first three Johnny Dollars' -- Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, and John Lund, there was little to distinguish the series from many other radio detective series. Dollar was just another hard- boiled detective, in a medium that was overloaded with the stereotype. Charles Russell, the first to play the role, would throw silver dollar tips to bell boys and waiters. Luckily, this trite gimmick did not survive long .
On October 3rd, 1955, after a hiatus of over a year, the show came back with a vengeance. A new production team (including director-writer Jack Johnstone), a new star, Bob Bailey (Let George Do It), and a new format would set the series apart from its competitors. Johnny's cases were now a continuing serial, five-days a week for 15 minutes each evening. With 75 minutes of air time (minus commercials), there was sufficient time to develop good story lines and interesting characters.
During this time, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, attracted some of the best writers in Hollywood including Jack Johnstone (aka John Dawson), Robert Ryf, and Les Crutchfield. Bob Bailey also wrote a script while he was playing Johnny Dollar. He used the pen name Robert Bainter (Bainter was his middle name) as the script writer for "The Carmen Kringle Matter" that was aired on Saturday, 12/21/1957 on the West Coast and the following day for the rest of the country.
Bob Bailey, generally thought of as the most popular of the Johnny Dollars', brought a new interpretation to the character. Tough, but not hard-boiled; street-wise, but not overly cynical, Bailey's Dollar was smart and gritty when he had to be. But Bailey's Johnny Dollar was also human. His character would get emotionally involved in some of his cases. He had a streak of impatience and would occasionally not fully listen to a witness and rush off on a tangent before realizing his mistake.
The weekday serialized episodes are generally acknowledged as some of the finest radio detective shows ever produced. (There were 55 multi-part shows in all: 53 five-part, 1 seven-part, and 1 nine-part.) The serialized episodes continued until November 2, 1956, when the series reverted to a once-a-week, 30 minute format. Bob Bailey continued in the lead until the "Empty Threat Matter" on November 27, 1960 when the Hollywood run ended.
In December, 1960 , the show moved New York. Robert Readick started the New York run as Dollar, but lasted only a short while. Jack Johnstone continued to write for the show and submitted scripts from California. (Johnstone wrote about 350 Johnny Dollar scripts under his own name and his pen names John Dawson and John Bundy. As Dawson, he also wrote or adapted scripts for such shows as Romance and Have Gun, Will Travel.)
The guest stars and supporting casts were always first-rate, attracting the best radio actors in both Los Angeles and New York. Particularly noteworthy was the work of Virginia Gregg who played many roles including Johnny's girlfriend, Betty Lewis. Harry Bartell was also a frequent guest who did many of the Spanish dialect roles when Johnny went to a Latin American country. Vincent Price co-starred as himself in "The Price of Fame Matter" and went to Europe with Johnny on the case. The character closest to a continuing role was that of Pat McCracken, of the Universal Adjustment Bureau, who assigned Johnny many of his cases. McCracken was played by many actors.
And so an era passed. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was the last continuing detective series of the Golden Age of Radio. Mandel Kramer was the last Johnny Dollar (and a close second in popularity to Bailey) when the final episode ("The Tip-Off Matter") of the series was aired on September 30, 1962.
Plans for a television series fell through. A T.V. pilot show was made and aired in 1962. Television executives felt that Bob Bailey just didn't "look the part" of Johnny Dollar (Bailey stood 5-foot-9 and weighed 150-pounds) and that the public wouldn't accept another actor in the role.
But great characters never really die. In January 2002, Moonstone Books, publishers of some pretty classy graphic novels, announced their plans to develop Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar as a quarterly book in their Noir Fiction line. Bringing the radio fave to the printed page are the creative team of David Gallaher, a former Marvel.Com writer/editor and Montreal's own Eric Theriault, the creator of such cult faves as Veena and Flirt. Other titles readers of this site might be interested in include Boston Blackie, Kolchak the Nightstalker, Bulldog Drummond Jack Hagee, P.I. and The Lone Wolf.
RADIO
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR
(1949-1962, CBS)
15 and 30 minute episodes
Over 800 broadcasts; approximately 660 broadcasts are available
First Broadcast: December 8, 1949
Last Broadcast: September 30, 1962
Writers: Stuart Palmer, Jack Johnstone, Gil Doud, Blake Edwards, E. Jack Neuman, Paul Dudley, E. Jack Neuman, Sidney Marshall, Bob Ryf, Les Crutchfield and many others.
Directors: Anton Leader, Richard Sanville, Norman MacDonnell, Gordon Hughes, Jaime Del Valle, Jack Johnstone, Bruno Zirato Jr., and Fred Hendrickson
Producer Jack Johnstone
Announcers: Charlie Lyons, Dan Cubberly, Roy Rowan, Art Hanna, and others.
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Starring: Dick Powell and Gerald Mohr (Audition Shows only), Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund, Bob Bailey, Bob Readick and Mandel Kramer as JOHNNY DOLLAR.
Guest Stars: Parley Baer, Michael Ann Barrett, Harry Bartell, Gloria Blondell, Raymond Burr, Herb Butterfield, Lillian Buyeff, Bill Conrad, Ted De Corsia, John Dehner, Don Diamond, Larry Dobkin, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Stacy Harris, Bill Johnstone, Charles McGraw, John Mcintyre, Howard McNear, Tyler McVey, Jack Moyles, Jeanette Nolan, Jay Novello, Dan O'Herlihy, Vic Perrin, Barney Phillips, Vincent Price, Lurene Tuttle, Willard Waterman, and many others.
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The Charles Russell Episodes
(February 11, 1949-January 14, 1950, CBS)
30-minute episodes
"The Parakoff Policy" (February 11, 1949)
"Mind In The Shadows" (February 18, 1949)
"Title Unknown" (February 25, 1949)
"Robert Perry Case" (March 4, 1949)
"Murder Is A Merry-Go-Round" (March 11, 1949)
"Milford Brooks III Matter" (March 25, 1949)
"Stolen Portrait" (April 1, 1949)
"The Case Of The Foxy Terrier" (April 8, 1949)
"The Case Of The $100,000 Legs" (April 15, 1949)
"The Case Of Barton Drake" (April 22, 1949).
"The Case Of The Poisonous Grapevine" (July 17, 1949)
"Taxi Disappearance" (July 24, 1949)
"Bourbon Under The Bridgework" (July 31, 1949)
"Case Of Bonnie Goodwin" (August 7, 1949)
"How Not To Take A Vacation In 15 (August 14, 1949)
"The Prize Hog Bodyguard" (August 21, 1949)
"How I Turned A Luxury Liner Into a Battleshp" (August 28, 1949)
"Expiring Nickels And The Egyptian Jacket" 18 (September 4, 1949)
"The Search For Michelle Marsh" (September 25, 1949)
"The Fishing Boat Affair" (October 1, 1949)
"The Racehorse Piledriver" (October 8, 1949)
"Dr. Otto Schmedlich" (October 15, 1949)
"Witness, Witness, Who's Got The Witness" (October 22, 1949)
"The Little Man Who Wasn't There" (October 29, 1949; AKA "Unpaid Premium")
"The On an Island Matter" (November 5, 1949; AKA "South Sea Island Affair" and "Mother Call My Draft Board; I'm Leaving The Country Again" )
"The Un-Nice Niece Matter" (November 12, 1949; AKA "Melanie Carter" and "Who'd Lie To Rock The Old Doll To Sleep")
"The Skullering in Skull Canyon Matter" (November 26, 1949; AKA "Skull Canyon Mine")
"Bodyguard To Anne Connelly" (December 3, 1949)
"The Circus Animal Show Matter" (December 10, 1949)
"The Black Magic Matter" (December 17, 1949; AKA "The Haiti Adventure Matter")
"The Department Store Swindle Matter" (December 24, 1949; Christmas Show)
"The Diamond Protector Matter" (December 31, 1949)
"The Firebug Hunter Matter" (January 7, 1950)
"The Missing Chinese Stripper Matter" (January 14, 1950)
The Edmund O'Brien Episodes
(February 3, 1950-September 3, 1952, CBS)
Sponsor: Wrigley's Gum
"The Loyal B. Martin Murder" (February 3, 1950; AKA "Death Takes a Working Day")
"The S.S. Malay Trader Ship" (February 10, 1950)
"Mr. And Mrs Arbuthnel Trump" (February 17, 1950)
"The Disappearance Of Bruce Lambert" (February 24, 1950)
"Robert W. Perry Case" (March 3, 1950)
"Alec Jefferson, The Youthful Millionaire" (March 7, 1950)
"The Eighty Five Little Minks" (March 14, 1950)
"The Man Who Wrote Himself To Death" (March 21, 1950)
"The Missing Masterpiece" (March 28, 1950; AKA "The Village Scene Matter")
"The Story Of The Big Red Schoolhouse" (April 4, 1950)
"The Dead First-Helpers" (April 11, 1950)
"The Story Of The 10:08" (April 18, 1950)
"The Pearl Carrasa Matter" (April 25, 1950)
"The Abel Tackett Matter" (May 2, 1950)
"The Harold Trandem Matter"(May 9, 1950)
"The Sidney Rykoff Matter" (May 16, 1950)
"The Earl Chadwick Matter" (May 23, 1950)
"The Port Au Prince Matter" (May 30, 1950)
"The Carisio Diamond Matter" (June 8, 1950)
"The Arrowcraft Matter" (June 15, 1950)
"The London Matter" (June 22, 1950)
"The Barbara James Matter" (June 29, 1950)
"The Bello-Horizonte Railroad" (July 6, 1950)
"The Calgary Matter" (July 13, 1950)
"The Henry J. Unger Matter" (July 20, 1950)
"The Tell-All Book Matter" (July 27, 1950)
"The Blood River Matter" (August 3, 1950)
"The Hartford Alliance Matter" (August 10, 1950)
"The Mickey Mcqueen Matter" (August 17, 1950)
"Transpacific Import-Export Company" (August 24, 1950)
"The Virginia Beach Matter" (August 31, 1950)
"The Howard"Yankee Pride Matter" (October 14, 1950)
"The Jack Madigan Matter" (October 21, 1950)
"The Joan Sebastian Matter" (October 28, 1950)
"The Queen Anne Pistols Matter" (November 4, 1950)
"The Adam Kegg Matter" (November 11, 1950)
"The Nora Faulkner Matter" (November 18, 1950)
"The Woodward Manila Matter" (November 25, 1950)
"The Jackie Cleaver Matter" (December 9, 1950)
"The Leland Blackburn Matter" (December 16, 1950)
"The Montevideo Matter" (December 23, 1950)
"The Ruby Valentine Matter" (December 30, 1950)
"The Adolph Schoman Matter" (January 6, 1951)
"The Port O'Call Matter" (January 13, 1951)
"The David Rocky Matter" (January 20, 1951)
"The Weldon Bragg Matter" (January 27, 1951)
"The Monopoly Matter" (February 3, 1951)
"The Lloyd Hammerly Matter" (February 10, 1951)
"The Vivian Fair Matter" (February 17, 1951)
"The Jarvis Wilder Matter" (February 24, 1951)
"The Celia Woodstock Matter" (March 3, 1951)
"The Stanley Springs Matter" (March 10, 1951)
"The Emil Lovett Matter" (March 17, 1951)
"The Byron Hayes Matter" (March 24, 1951)
"The Jackie Cleaver Matter" (March 31, 1951)
"The Edward French Matter" (April 7, 1951)
"The Micky Mcqueen Matter" (April 14, 1951)
"The Willard South Matter" (April 21, 1951)
"The Month-End Raid Matter" (April 28, 1951)
"The Virginia Towne Matter" (May 5, 1951)
"The Marie Meadows Matter" (May 12, 1951)
"The Jane Doe Matter" (May 19, 1951)
"The Lillis Bond Matter" (May 26, 1951)
"The Soderbury, Maine Matter" (June 2, 1951)
"The George Farmer Matter" (June 9, 1951)
"The Arthur Boldrick Matter" (June 16, 1951)
"The Malcolm Wish, Maryland Matter" (June 20, 1951)
"The Hatchet House Theft Matter" (June 27, 1951)
"The Alonzo Chapman Matter" (July 4, 1951)
"The Fairway Matter" (July 11, 1951)
"The Neil Breer Matter" (July 18, 1951)
"The Blind Item Matter" (July 25, 1951)
"The Horace Lockhart Matter" (August 1, 1951)
"The Morgan Fay Matter" (August 8, 1951)
"The Lucky Costa Matter" (August 15, 1951)
"The Cumberland Theft Matter" (August 22, 1951)
"The Leland Case Matter" (August 29, 1951)
"The Rum Barrel Matter" (September 12, 1951)
"The Cuban Jewel Matter" (September 19, 1951)
"The Protection Matter" (September 26, 1951)
"The Douglas Taylor Matter" October 6, 1951)
"The Millard Ward Matter" (October 13, 1951)
"The Janet Abbe Matter" (October 20, 1951)
"The Tollhurst Theft Matter" (October 27, 1951)
"The Hannibal Murphy Matter" (November 3, 1951)
"The Birdy Baskerville Matter" (November 10, 1951)
"The Merrill Kent Matter" (November 17, 1951)
"The Youngstown Credit Group Matter" (December 8, 1951)
"The Paul Barberis Matter" (December 15, 1951)
"The Maynard Collins Matter" (December 22, 1951)
"The Alma Scott Matter" (December 29, 1951)
"The Glen English Matter" (January 5, 1952)
"The Baxter Matter" (January 12, 1952)
"The Amelia Harwell Matter" (January 2, 1952)
."The Yankee Pride Matter" (July 9, 1952)
"The Henry Page Matter" (July 16, 1952)
"The Montevideo Matter" (July 23, 1952)
"The New Bedford Morgue Matter" (July 30, 1952)
"The Sidney Mann Matter" (August 6, 1952)
"The Tom Hickman Matter" (August 13, 1952)
"The Edith Maxwell Matter" (August 20, 1952)
"The Yankee Pride Matter" (August 27, 1952)
"The Montevideo Matter" (September 3, 1952).
The John Lund Episodes
(November 28, 1952-September 19, 1954)
Sponsor: Wrigley's Gum
"The Singapore Arson Matter" (November 28, 1952)
"The James Clayton Matter" (December 5, 1952)
"The Elliott Champion Matter" (December 12, 1952)
"The New Cambridge Matter" (December 19, 1952)
"The Walter Patterson Matter" (December 26, 1952)
"The Baltimore Matter" (January 2, 1953)
"The Thelma Ibsen Matter" (January 9, 1953)
"The Starlet Matter" (January 16, 1953)
"The Marigold Matter" (January 23, 1953)
"The Kay Bellamy Matter" (January 30, 1953)
"The Chicago Fraud Matter" (February 6, 1953)
"The Latourette Matter" (February 20, 1953)
"The Underwood Matter" (February 27, 1953)
"The Jeanne Maxwell Matter" (March 6, 1953)
"The Birdy Baskerville Matter" (March 10, 1953)
"The King's Necklace Matter" (March 17, 1953)
"The Syndicate Matter" (March 24, 1953)
"The Lester James Matter" (March 31, 1953)
"The Enoch Arden Matter" (April 7, 1953)
"The Madison Matter" (April 14, 1953)
"The Dameron Matter" (April 21, 1953)
"The San Antonio Matter" (April 28, 1953)
"The Blackmail Matter" (May 5, 1953)
"The Rochester Theft Matter" (May 12, 1953)
"The Emily Braddock Matter" (May 19, 1953)
"The Brisbane Fraud Matter" (May 26, 1953)
"The Costain Matter" (June 2, 1953)
"The Oklahoma Red Matter" (June 9, 1953)
"The Emil Carter Matter" (June 16, 1953)
"The Jonathan Bellows Matter" (June 23, 1953)
"The Jones Matter" (June 30, 1953)
"The Bishop Blackmail Matter" (July 7, 1953)
"The Shayne Bombing Matter" (July 14, 1953)
"The Black Doll Matter" (July 21, 1953)
"The James Forbes Matter" (July 28, 1953)
"The Voodoo Matter" (August 4, 1953)
"The Nancy Shaw Matter" (August 11, 1953)
"The Isabelle James Matter" (August 18, 1953)
"The Nelson Matter" (August 25, 1953)
"The Stanley Price Matter" (September 1, 1953)
"The Lester Matson Matter" (September 8, 1953)
"The Oscar Clark Matter" (September 15, 1953)
"The William Post Matter" (September 22, 1953)
"The Anita Buddha Matter" (September 29, 1953)
"The Alfred Chambers Matter" (October 6, 1953)
"The Philip Morey Matter" October 13, 1953)
"The Allen Saxton Matter" (October 20, 1953)
"The Howard Arlen Matter" (October 27, 1953)
"The Gina Gambona Matter" (November 3, 1953)
"The Bobby Foster Matter" (November 10, 1953)
"The Nathan Gayles Matter" (November 17, 1953)
"The Independent Diamond Traders Matter" (November 24, 1953)
"The Monopoly Matter" (December 1, 1953)
"The Barton Baker Matter" (December 8, 1953)
"The Milk And Honey Matter" (December 15, 1953)
"The Rudy Valentine Matter" (December 22, 1953)
"The Ben Bryson Matter" (December 29, 1953)
"The Fairway Matter" (January 5, 1954)
"The Celia Woodstock Matter" (January 12, 1954)
"The Draminski Matter" (January 19, 1954)
"The Beaugard Matter" (January 26, 1954)
"The Paul Gorrell Matter" (February 2, 1954)
"The Harpooned Angler Matter" (February 9, 1954)
"The Uncut Canary Matter" (February 16, 1954)
"The Classified Killer Matter" (February 23, 1954)
"The Road Test Matter" (March 2, 1954)
"The Terrified Tuan Matter" (March 9, 1954)
"The Berlin Matter" (March 16, 1954)
"The Piney Corners Matter" (March 23, 1954)
"The Undried Fiddleback Matter" (March 30, 1954)
"The Sulphur And Brimstone Matter" (April 6, 1954)
"The Magnolia And Honeysuckle Matter" (April 13, 1954)
"The Nathan Swing Matter" (April 20, 1954)
"The Frustrated Phoenix Matter" (April 27, 1954)
"The Dan Frack Matter" (May 4, 1954)
"The Aromatic Cicatrix Matter" (May 11, 1954)
"The Bilked Baroness Matter" (May 18, 1954)
"The Punctilious Firebug Matter" (May 25, 1954)
"The Tempermental Toteboard Matter" 219 (June 1, 1954)
"The Sarah Dearing Matter" (June 8, 1954)
"The Patterson Transport Matter" (June 15, 1954)
"The Arthur Boldrick Matter" (June 22, 1954)
"The Woodward Manila Matter" (June 29, 1954)
"The Flowering Judas Matter" (July 6, 1954)
"The Carboniferous Dolomite Matter" (July 13, 1954)
"The Jeanne Maxwell Matter" (July 20, 1954)
"The Radioactive Gold Matter" (July 27, 1954)
"The Hampton Line Matter" (August 3, 1954)
The Sarah Martin Matter" (August 10, 1954)
"The Hamilton Payroll Matter" (September 5, 1954)
"The Great Bassmock Race Matter" (September 12, 1954)
"The Upjohn Matter" (September 19, 1954).
The Bob Bailey Episodes
(October 3, 1955-November 2, 1956, CBS)
15-minute episodes
At this point, the show went from presenting a weekly, self-contained 30-minute show to a daily, 15 minute format, presenting a five-apart serial every week.
"The McCormack Matter" (October 3-7, 1955)
"The Molly Kay Matter" (October 10-14, 1955)
"The Chesapeake Fraud Matter" (October 17-21, 1955)
"The Alvin Summers Matter" (October 24-28, 1955)
"The Valentine Matter" (October 31-November 4 1955)
"The Lorco Diamond Matter" (November 7-11, 1955)...Listen to it free!
"The Broderick Matter" (November 14-18, 1955)
"The Amy Bradshaw Matter" (November 21-25, 1955)
"The Henderson Matter" (November 28-December 1, 1955)
"The Cronin Matter" (December 5-9, 1955)
"The Lansing Fraud Matter" (December 12-16, 1955)
"The Nick Shurn Matter" (December 19-23, 1955)
"The Forbes Matter" (December 26-30, 1955)
"The Caylin Matter" (January 2-6, 1956)
"The Todd Matter" (January 9-13, 1956)
"The Ricardo Amerigo Matter" (January 16-20, 1956)
"The Duke Reo Matter" (January 23-27, 1956)
"The Flight Six Matter" (January 30-February 3, 1956)
"The McClean Matter" (February 6-10, 1956)
"The Chi Bono Matter" (February 13-17, 1956)
"The Bennett Matter" (February 20-24, 1956)
"The Fathom Five Matter" (February 27-March 2, 1956)
"The Plantation Matter" (March 5-9, 1956)
"The Clinton Matter" (March 12-16, 1956)
"The Jolly Roger Fraud" (March 19-23, 1956)
"The Lamar Matter" (March 26-30, 1956)
"The Salt City Matter" (April 2-6, 1956)
"Laird Douglas-Douglas Of Heatherstone Ma" (April 9-13, 1956)
"The Shepherd Matter" (April 16-20, 1956)
"The Lonely Hearts Matter" (April 23-27, 1956)
"The Callicles Matter" (April 30-May 4, 1956)
"The Silver Blue Matter" (May 7-11, 1956)
"The Matter Of The Medium-Well Done" (May 14-18, 1956)
"The Tears Of The Night Matter" (May 21-25, 1956)
"The Matter Of Reasonable Doubt" (May 28-June 1, 1956)
"The Industructible Mike Matter" (June 4-8, 1956)
"The Laughing Matter" (June 11-15, 1956)
"The Pearling Matter" (June 18-22, 1956)
"The Long Shot Matter" (June 25-29, 1956)
"The Touch Of Midas Matter" (July 2-6, 1956)
"The Shady Lane Matter" (July 9-13, 1956)
"The Star Of Capetown Matter" (July 16-20, 1956)
"The Open Town Matter" (July 23-27, 1956)
"The Sea Legs Matter" (July 30-August 3, 1956)
"The Alder Matter" (August 6-10, 1956)
"The Crystal Lake Matter" (August 13-17, 1956)
"The Kranesburg Matter" (August 24-31, 1956)
"The Curse Of Kamashek Matter" (September 3-7, 1956)
"The Confidential Matter" (September 10-14, 1956)
"The Perfect Alibi Matter" (September 17-21, 1956)
"The Meg's Palace Matter" (September 24-28, 1956)
"The Picture Postcard Matter" (October 1-5, 1956)
"The Primrose Matter" (October 8-12, 1956)
"The Phantom Chase Matter" (October 15-26, 1956)
"The Silent Queen Matter" (October 29-November 2, 1956).
The Bob Bailey 30-minute Episodes
(November 11, 1956-November 2, 1956, CBS)
30-minute episodes
Produced in Hollywood
At this point, the show reverted back to self-contained 30-minute weekly shows.
"TheBig Scoop Matter" (November 11, 1956)
"The Markham Matter" (November 18, 1956)
"The Royal Street Matter" (November 25, 1956)
"The Burning Car Matter" (December 9, 1956)
"The Rasmusson Matter" (December 16, 1956)
"The Missing Mouse Natter" (December 23, 1956)
"The Squared Circle Matter" (December 30, 1956)
"The Ellen Dear Matter" (January 06, 1957)
"The Desalles Matter" (January 13, 1957)
"The Blooming Blossom Matter" (January 20, 1957)
"The Mad Hatter Matter" (January 27, 1957)
"The Kirby Will Matter" (February 3, 1957)
"The Templeton Matter" (February 10, 1957)
"The Golden Touch Matter" (February 17, 1957)
"The Meek Memorial Matter" (March 3, 1957)
"The Suntan Oil Matter" (March 10, 1957)
"The Clever Chemist Matter" (March 17, 1957)
"The Hollywood Matter" (March 24, 1957)
"The Moonshine Matter" (March 31, 1957)
"The Ming Toy Murphy Matter" (April 14, 1957)
"The Marley K. Matter" (April 21, 1957)
"The Melancholy Memory Matter" (April 28, 1957)
"The Peerless Fire Matter" (May 5, 1957)
"The Glacier Ghost Matter" (May 12, 1957)
"The Michael Meany Mirage Matter" (May 19, 1957)
"The Wayward Truck Matter" (May 26, 1957)
"The Loss Of Memory Matter" (June 2, 1957)
"The Mason-Dixon Mismatch Matter" (June 9, 1957)
"The Dixon Murder Matter" (June 16, 1957)
"The Parley Baron Matter" (June 23, 1957)
"The Funny Money Matter" (June 30, 1957)
"The Felicity Feline Matter" (July 7, 1957)
"The Heatherstone Players Matter" (July 14, 1957)
"The Yours Truly Matter" (July 21, 1957)
"The Confederate Coinage Matter" (July 28, 1957)
"The Wayward Widow Matter" (August 4, 1957)
"The Killer's Brand Matter" (August 11, 1957)
"The Winnipesaukee Wonder Matter" (August 18, 1957)
"The Smokey Sleeper Matter" (August 25, 1957)
"The Poor Little Rich Girl Matter" (September 1, 1957)
"The Charmona Matter" (September 8, 1957)
"The J.P.D. Matter" (September 15, 1957)
"The Ideal Vacation Matter" (September 22, 1957)
"The Doubtful Diary Matter" (September 29, 1957)
"The Bum Steer Matter" (October 6, 1957)
"The Silver Belle Matter" (October 13, 1957)
"The Mary Grace Matter" (October 20, 1957)
"The Three Sisters Matter" (October 27, 1957)
"The Model Picture Matter" (November 3, 1957)
"The Alkali Mike Matter" (November 10, 1957)
"The Shy Beneficiary Matter" (November 17, 1957)
"The Hope To Die Matter" (November 24, 1957)
"The Sunny Dream Matter" (December 01, 1957)
"The Hapless Hunter Matter" (December 08, 1957)
"The Happy Family Matter" (December 15, 1957)
"The Carmen Kringle Matter" (December 22, 1957)
"The Latin Lovely Matter" (December 29, 1957)
"The Ingenuous Jeweler Matter" (January 05, 1958)
"The Boron 112 Matter" (January 12, 1958)
"The Eleven O'Clock Matter" (January 19, 1958)
"The Fire In Paradise Matter" (January 26, 1958)
"The Price Of Fame Matter" (February 2, 1958)
"The Sick Chick Matter" (February 9, 1958)
"The Time And Tide Matter" (February 16, 1958)
"The Durango Laramie Matter" (February 23, 1958)
"The Diamond Dilemma Matter" (March 2, 1958)
"The Wayward Moth Matter" (March 9, 1958)
"The Salkoff Sequel Matter" (March 16, 1958)
'The Denver Disbursal Matter" (March 23, 1958)
"The Killer's List Matter" (March 30, 1958)
"The Eastern-Western Matter" (April 6, 1958)
"The Wayward Money Matter" (April 13, 1958)
"The Wayward Trout Matter" (April 20, 1958)
"The Village Of Virtue Matter" (April 27, 1958)
"The Carson Arson Matter" (May 4, 1958)
"The Rolling Stone Matter" (May 11, 1958)
"The Ghost To Ghost Matter" (May 18, 1958)
"The Midnight Sun Matter" (May 25, 1958)
"The Forward Fisherman Matter" (June 1, 1958)
"The Wayward River Matter" (June 8, 1958)
"The Delectable Damsel Matter" (June 15, 1958)
"The Virtuous Mobster Matter" (June 22, 1958)
"The Ugly Pattern Matter" (June 29, 1958)
"The Blinker Matter" (July 6, 1958)
"Mojave Red Matter, The, Part 1" (July 13, 1958)
"Mojave Red Matter, The, Part 2" (July 20, 1958)
"The Wayward Killer Matter" (July 27, 1958)
"The Lucky Four Matter" (August 3, 1958)
"The Two-Faced Matter" (August 10, 1958, possibly also known as "The Ugly Pattern Matter")
"The Blinker Matter" (August 17, 1958)
"The Noxious Needle Matter" (August 24, 1958)
"The Limping Liability Matter" (August 31, 1958)
"The Malibu Mystery Matter" (September 7, 1958)
"The Wayward Diamonds Matter" (September 14, 1958)
"The Johnson Payroll Matter" (September 21, 1958)
"The Gruesome Spectacle Matter" (September 28, 1958)
"The Missing Matter Matter" (October 5, 1958)
"The Impossible Murder Matter" (October 12, 1958)
"The Monoxide Mystery Matter" (October 19, 1958)
"The Basking Ridge Matter" (October 26, 1958)
"The Crater Lake Matter" (November 2, 1958)
"The Close Shave Matter" (November 9, 1958)
"The Double Trouble Matter" (November 16, 1958)
"The One Most Wanted Matter" (November 23, 1958)
"The Hair Raising Matter" (November 30, 1958)
"The Perilous Parley Matter" (December 07, 1958)
"The Allanmee Matter" (December 14, 1958)
"The Telltale Tracks Matter" (December 28, 1958)
"The Hollywood Mystery Matter" (January 04, 1959)
"The Deadly Doubt Matter" (January 11, 1959)
"The Loveshorn Matter" (January 18, 1959)
"The Doting Dowager Matter" (January 25, 1959)
"The Curley Waters Matter" (February 1, 1959)
"The Date With Death Matter" (February 8, 1959)
"The Shankar Diamond Matter" (February 15, 1959)
"The Blue Madonna Matter" (February 22, 1959)
"The Clouded Crystal Matter" (March 1, 1959)
"The Net Of Circumstance Matter" (March 8, 1959)
"The Baldero Matter" (March 15, 1959)
"The Lake Mead Mystery Matter" (March 22, 1959)
"The Jimmy Carter Matter" (March 29, 1959)
"The Frisco Fire Matter" (April 5, 1959)
"The Fair Weather Friend Matter" (April 12, 1959)
"The Cautious Celebate Matter" (April 19, 1959)
"The Winsome Widow Matter" (April 26, 1959)
"The Negligent Nephew Matter" (May 3, 1959)
"The Fatal Filet Matter" (May 10, 1959)
"The Twin Trouble Matter" (May 17, 1959)
"The Cask Of Death Matter" (May 24, 1959)
"The Big H. Matter" (May 31, 1959)
"The Wayward Heiress Matter" (June 7, 1959)
"The Wayward Sculptor Matter" (June 14, 1959)
"The Life At Stake Matter" (June 21, 1959)
"The Mei-Ling Buddha Matter" (June 28, 1959)
"The Only One Butt Matter" (July 5, 1959)
"The Frantic Fisherman Matter" (July 12, 1959)
"The Will And A Way Matter" (July 19, 1959)
"The Bolt Out Of The Blue Matter" (July 26, 1959)
"The Deadly Chain Matter" (August 2, 1959)
"The Lost By A Hair Matter" (August 9, 1959)
"The Night In Paris Matter" (August 16, 1959)
"The Embarcadero Matter" (August 23, 1959)
"The Really Gone Matter" (August 30, 1959)
"The Backfire That Backfired Matter" (September 6, 1959)
"The Leumas Matter" (September 13, 1959)
"The Little Man Who Was There Matter" (September 20, 1959)
"The Gruesome Spectacle Matter" (September 27, 1959)
"The Buffalo Matter,Part 1" (October 4, 1959)
"The Buffalo Matter, Part 2" (October 11, 1959)
"The Missing Missle Matter" (October 18, 1959)
"The Double Identity Matter" (October 25, 1959)
"The Hand Of Providencial Matter" (November 1, 1959)
"The Larson Arson Matter" (November 8, 1959)
"The Bayou Body Matter" (November 15, 1959)
"The Fancy Bridgework Matter" (November 22, 1959)
"The Wrong Man Matter" (November 29, 1959)
"The Hired Homicide Matter" (December 06, 1959)
"The Sudden Wealth Matter" (December 13, 1959; Christmas Story)
"The Red Mystery Matter" (December 20, 1959; Christmas Story)
"The Burning Desire Matter" (December 27, 1959)
"The Hapless Ham Matter" (January 03, 1960)
"The Unholy Two Matter" (January 10, 1960)
"The Evaporated Clue Matter" (January 17, 1960)
"The Nuclear Goof Matter" (January 24, 1960)
"The Merry-Go-Round Matter" (January 31, 1960)
"The Sidewinder Matter" (February 7, 1960)
"The P.O. Matter" 678 (February 14, 1960)
"Alvin's Alfred Matter" (February 21, 1960)
"The Look Before The Leap Matter" (February 28, 1960)
"The Moonshine Matter" (March 6, 1960)
"The Deep Down Matter" (March 13, 1960)
"The Saturday Night Matter" (March 20, 1960)
"The False Alarm Matter" (March 27, 1960)
"The Double Exposure Matter" (April 3, 1960)
"The Deadly Swamp Matter" (April 17, 1960)
"The Silver Queen Matter" (April 24, 1960)
"The Fatal Switch Matter" (May 1, 1960)
"The Phony Phone Matter" (May 8, 1960)
"The Mystery Gal Matter" (May 15, 1960)
"The Man Who Waits Matter" (May 22, 1960)
"The Red Rock Matter" (May 29, 1960)
"The Canned Canary Matter" (June 5, 1960)
"The Harried Heiress Matter" (June 12, 1960)
"The Flask Of Death Matter" (June 19, 1960)
"The Wholly Unexpected Matter" (June 26, 1960)
"The Collector's Matter" (July 3, 1960)
"The Back To The Back Matter" (July 17, 1960)
"The Rhymer Collection Matter" (July 31, 1960)
"The Magnanimous Matter" (August 7, 1960)
"The Paradise Lost Matter" (August 14, 1960)
"The Twisted Twin Matter" (August 21, 1960)
"The Deadly Debt Matter" (August 28, 1960)
"The Killer Kin Matter" (September 4, 1960)
"The Too Much Money Matter" (September 11, 1960)
"The Real Smokey Matter" (September 18, 1960)
"The Five Down Matter" (September 25, 1960)
"The Stope Of Death Matter" (October 2, 1960)
"The Recompense Matter" (October 9, 1960)
"The Twins Of Tahoe Matter" (October 16, 1960)
"The Unworthy Kin Matter" (October 23, 1960)
"The What Goes Matter" (October 30, 1960)
"The Super Salesman Matter" (November 6, 1960)
"The Bad One Matter" (November 13, 1960)
"The Double Deal Matter" (November 20, 1960)
"The Empty Threat Matter" (November 27, 1960; last show for Bob Bailey, end of Hollywood run)
The Robert Readick Episodes
(December 4, 1960-June 11, 1961, CBS)
30-minute episodes
Produced in New York City
"Title Unknown " (December 4, 1960)
"The Locked Room Murder Matter" (December 11, 1960)
"The Wayward Kilocycles Matter" (December 18, 1960)
"Title Unknown " (December 25, 1960)
"Title Unknown " (January 1, 1961)
"The Paperback Mystery Matter" (January 8, 1961)
"The Very Fishy Matter" (January 15, 1961)
"Title Unknown " (January 22, 1961)
"The Short Term Matter" (January 29, 1961)
"The Who's Who Matter" (February 5, 1961)
"The Wayward Fireman Matter" (February 12, 1961)
"The Too Tired Matter" (February 19, 1961)
"The Touch-Up Matter" (February 26, 1961)
"The Morning After Matter" (March 5, 1961)
"The Ring Of Death Matter" (March 12, 1961)
"The Informer Matter" (March 19, 1961)
"The Two's A Crowd Matter" (March 26, 1961)
"The Wrong Sign Matter" (April 2, 1961)
"The Captain's Table Matter" (April 9, 1961)
"The Latro Dectus Matter" (April 16, 1961)
"The Rat Pack Matter" (April 23, 1961)
"The Purple Doll Matter" (April 30, 1961)
"Title Unknown " (May 7, 1961)
"The Simple Simon Matter" (May 14, 1961)
"The Lone Wolf Matter" (May 21, 1961)
"The Yak Matter Matter" (May 28, 1961)
"The Stock-In-Trade Matter" (June 4, 1961)
"Title Unknown " (June 11, 1961).
The Mandel Kramer Episodes
(June 18, 1961-September 2, 1962, CBS)
30-minute episodes
Several sponsors
"The Low Tide Matter" (June 18, 1961)
"The Imperfect Crime Matter" (June 25, 1961)
"The Well Of Trouble Matter" (July 2, 1961)
"The Fiddle Faddle Matter" (July 9, 1961)
"The Old Fashioned Murder Matter" (July 16, 1961)
"The Chuck-A-Nut Matter" (July 23, 1961)
"The Philadelphia Miss Matter" (July 30, 1961)
"The Perilous Padre Marrer" (August 6, 1961)
"The Wrong Doctor Matter" (August 13, 1961)
"Too Many Crooks Matter" (August 20, 1961)
"The Shifty Looker Matter" (August 27, 1961)
"The All Wet Matter" (September 3, 1961)
"The Buyer And The Cellar Matter" (September 10, 1961)
"Title Unknown " (September 17, 1961)
"The Double-Barreled Matter" (September 17, 1961)
"Title Unknown " (October 1, 1961)
"The Medium Rare Matter" (October 8, 1961)
"Title Unknown " 762 (October 15, 1961)
"The Three For One Matter" (October 22, 1961)
"The To Bee Or Not To Bee Matter" (October 29, 1961)
"The Monticello Mystery Matter" (November 5, 1961)
"The Wrong One Matter" (November 12, 1961)
"The Guide To Murder Matter" (November 19, 1961)
"The Mad Bomber Matter" (November 26, 1961)
"The Cinder Elmer Matter" (December 03, 1961)
"Title Unknown " (December 10, 1961)
"The Phony Phone Matter" (December 17, 1961)
Christmas Show
"Title Unknown" December 24, 1961)
"The One Too Many Matter" (December 31, 1961)
"The Hot Chocolate Matter" (January 07, 1962)
'Title Unknown" January 14, 1962)
"The Terrible Torch Matter" (January 21, 1962)
"The Can'T Be So Matter" (January 28, 1962)
"The Nugget Of Truth Matter" (February 4, 1962)
"The Do It Yourself Matter" (February 11, 1962)
"The It Takes A Crook Matter" (February 18, 1962)
"The Mixed Blessing Matter" (February 25, 1962)
"The Top Secret Matter" (March 4, 1962)
"The Golden Dream Matter" (March 11, 1962)
"The Ike And Mike Matter" (March 18, 1962)
"The Shadow Of A Doubt Matter" (March 25, 1962)
"The Blue Rock Matter" (April 1, 1962)
"The Ivy Emerald Matter" (April 8, 1962)
"The Wrong Idea Matter" (April 15, 1962)
"The Skidmore Matter" (April 22, 1962)
"The Grand Canyon Matter" (April 29, 1962)
"The Burma Red Matter" (May 6, 1962)
"The Lust For Gold Matter" (May 13, 1962)
"The Two Steps To Murder Matter" (May 20, 1962)
"The Zipp Matter" (May 27, 1962)
"The Wayward Gun Matter" (June 3, 1962)
Title Unknown (June 10, 1962)
"The All Too Easy Matter" (June 17, 1962)
"The Food Of Death Matter" (June 24, 1962)
"The Vociferous Dolphin Matter" (July 1, 1962)
"The Rilldoe Matter" (July 8, 1962)
"The Weather Or Not Matter" (July 15, 1962)
"The Skimpy Matter" (July 22, 1962)
"The Four Is A Crowd Matter" (July 29, 1962)
"The Case Of Trouble Matter" (August 5, 1962)
"The Oldest Gag Matter" (August 12, 1962)
"The Lorelei Matter" (August 19, 1962)
"The Gold Rush Matter" (August 26, 1962)
"The Donninger Donninger Matter" (September 2, 1962)
"The Four Seas Matter" (September 9, 1962)
"The No Matter Matter" (September 16, 1962)
"The Deadly Crystal Matter" 811 (September 23, 1962)
"The Tip-Off Matter" (September 30, 1962)
SHORT STORIES
"The Paddy Rose Matter" (2002; It's That Time Again; by Patrick W. Picciarelli)
COMICS
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR
(2003, Moonstone Books)
Quarterly
48-pages, black & white
Written by David Gallaher
Art by Eric Theriault
"The Brief Candle Matter" (May 2003)
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And the moon be still as bright - Show 26 - Apr 1, 2006
Astronauts land on Mars and rejoice when they discover that the Martians have died of "Chicken pox"
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Dr. Grimshaws Sanitorium - Show 25 - Mar 31, 2006
Bodies are being used in the experiments of an evil scientist.
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Hello Tomorrow - Show 24 - Jan 24, 2006
An atomic war sends survivors underground. They live there thinking it is not safe to go above ground until someone challenges the theory.
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The Outer Limit - Show 23 - Jan 23, 2006
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The Roads Must Roll - Show 22 - Jan 22, 2006
In the future, roads are replaced with conveyor belts. The roads must be constantly monitored and repaired. What happens when something goes wrong?
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The Parade - Show 21 - Jan 21, 2006
An advertising agency is hired to publicize a Martian invasion. The agency agrees and thinks they are working for a movie studio, not real Martians.
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The Martian Chronicles - Show 20 - Jan 20, 2006
Creatures on Mars get a visit and a case of the chickenpox from visitors from Earth.
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The Castaways - Show 19 - Jan 19, 2006
An officer in charge of testing a new bomb on an island has trouble getting the natives to leave before the test.
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Perigi's Wonderful Dolls - Show 18 - Jan 18, 2006
A sinister doll is taken into a nice home and begins to cause trouble for the family - and eventually - the world.
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The Potters of Firsk - Show 17 - Jan 17, 2006
A group of natives on a distant planet cannot figure out how to make the color yellow in their pottery.
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Beyond Infinity - Show 16 - Jan 16, 2006
A scientist protects his family by shrinking them to microscopic size.
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The Man in the Moon - Show 15 - Jan 15, 2006
A man notices that scientists are disappearing and finds out that they are being taken to the moon by mysterious forces.
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Mars is Heaven - Show 14 - Jan 14, 2006
Astronauts arrive on Mars only to discover that it is inhabited by their long lost loved ones from Earth. Of course it is a trap. Story by: Ray Bradbury.
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A Logic Named Joe - Show 13 - Jan 13, 2006
Computers begin to think they know more than the humans that built them. They start offering up too much information.
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Destination Moon - Show 12 - Jan 12, 2006
Trouble with a rocket might strand astronauts on the moon unless someone stays back. Includes news announcement of the start of the Korean war.
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There Will Come Soft Rain b/w Zero Hour - Show 11 - Jan 11, 2006
An automatic house continues to operate on its own even after no one is left to enjoy its benefits. Zero Hour is about children who invent a new game called "invasion". Stories by: Ray Bradbury.
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The Green Hills of Earth - Show 10 - Jan 10, 2006
A spacefaring minstrel sings his way into legendary status after saving a spaceship from destruction, not once, but twice. Story by: Robert Heinlein.
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The Embassy - Show 09 - Jan 09, 2006
A detective agency is tasked with finding the location of the "Martian Embassy".
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To The Future - Show 08 - Jan 08, 2006
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The Lost Race - Show 07 - Jan 07, 2006
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Almost Human - Show 06 - Jan 06, 2006
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Knock - Show 05 - Jan 05, 2006
The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.
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No Contact - Show 04 - Jan 04, 2006
The son of an experienced space traveller is suspected of jeopardizing a space ship and all it's crew.
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Report on the Barnhouse Effect - Show 03 - Jan 03, 2006
A man discovers he can control things with his mind and the military wants to use him as a weapon. However, he will not participate willingly. Story by: Kurt Vonnegut jr.
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With Folded Hands - Show 02 - Jan 02, 2006
Robots become too helpful with their duties and nothing can be done to stop them from helping. Story by: Jack Williamson
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Series: "DIMENSION X"
NBC SUSTAINING FIRST SERIOUS SCIENCE FICTION RADIO SERIES
NARRATOR: Norman Rose
DIRECTORS: Fred Wiehe and Edward King
WRITERS: Ernest Kinoy (Adaptor and in-house Writer), Ray Bradbury,
Robert Bloch, Robert Heinlein, Issac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut
======================================================================================================
86762A "THE OUTER LIMIT" 1 04-08-50 :30:00* (PREMIER PROGRAM) Story of an
experimental rocket plane which
disappears for ten hours when it only
had fuel for ten minutes. The pilot
tells an incredible story of an alien
contact. Graham Doar wrote the
original and Ernest Kinoy adapted it
to radio. Stars Joseph Julian, Wendell
Holmes and Joe DeSantis.
86762B "WITH FOLDED HANDS" 2 04-15-50 :30:00* The story is about the robots made to
serve man, but which were inefficient
and bungling until a new brand appears
on the market, and then.. John Dossell
of the NBC staff wrote the script and
it stars Alexander Scourby.
86763A "REPORT ON THE BARNHOUSE 3 04-22-50 :30:00* A professor's assistant makes this
EFFECT" report of his association with the the
man who developed the ability to alter
physical objects and events by the
power of his mind alone. Script by
Claris Ross and the show starred Bill
Quin, Ed Jerome and Karl Webber.
86763B "NO CONTACT" 4 04-29-50 :30:00* Tale by George Lefferts involves a
frustrating barrier of some kind which
the Earth ships have crashed against
... or that's what Earth thinks!
Starring Luis van Rooten, Donald Buka
and Cameron Prud Homme.
86764A "KNOCK" 5 05-06-50 :30:00* "The last man on Earth sat in a room.
there was a knock on the door."
Ernest Kinoy adapted, stars are Arnold
Moss, Luis Van Rooten and Joan
Alexander.
86764B "ALMOST HUMAN" 6 05-13-50 :30:00* This story is about an android who is
taken over by a criminal for "proper"
training. The hood has the tables
turned on him by the creature which is
"Almost Human". Script is by George
Lefferts and featured in the cast are
Santos Ortega and Jack Grimes among
others.
86765A "THE LOST RACE" 7 05-20-50 :30:00* A great race is discovered to have
spread at one time across the
universe, hundreds of thousands of
years ago, but as Earth men explore
the galaxies they find only rubble
until a disabled ship lands near some
perfectly preserved ruins and solves
the mystery. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy
and featuring Matt Crowley, Roger De
Koven and Joseph Julian.
86765B "TO THE FUTURE" 8 05-27-50 :30:00* (Ray Bradbury's, "The Fox In The
Forest") A couple touring Mexico are
approached by a strange man who is
convinced they have escaped back into
the past from a totalitarian state of
the future. Adapted by Ernest Kinoy
and stars John Larkin and Jan Minor.
86766A "THE EMBASSY" 9 06-03-50 :30:00* A man goes to a private investigator
with a plea for help to find a group
of Martians that he says are on Earth.
Adapted by George Lefferts and starred
Joseph Julian and Barry Kroger.
86766B "THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH" 10 06-10-50 :30:00* Account of blind singer of the space
ways that wants to return to Earth.
Tom Glazer put the words to tunes and
was backed by a trio in this
production.
86767A "THERE WILL COME SOFT 11 06-17-50 :30:00* The first tale is a story of an
RAINS/ZERO HOUR" automated house after a war. The
second tale is about children playing
a strange game all over the country, a
game they call "Invasion". Script by
George Lefferts. Cast included Denise
Alexander, Rita Lynne and Roger De
Koven. (Today was the beginning of
the Korean War!)
86767B "DESTINATION MOON" 12 06-24-50 :30:00* Under threat of governmental ban a
team of rocket men rush to get off to
the moon. The cast included Joe de
Santis and Wendell Holmes. (War
Bulletin From Korea About 3/4 Through)
86768A "A LOGIC NAMED JOE" 13 07-01-50 :30:00* Tale of computers that tend to most of
the needs of man. Suddenly they
overcome their electronic censors and
start attending to all of their needs.
Script by Claris Ross, NBC staff
writer. (War Bulletin at Start)
86768B "MARS IS HEAVEN" 14 07-07-50 :30:00* An expedition to Mars from Earth
discovers that the houses look like
Earth houses in the 1920's. Ernest
Kinoy adapted and featured in the cast
were Peter Kapell and Wendell Holmes.
86769A "THE MAN IN THE MOON" 15 07-14-50 :30:00* Story begins with a broadcast by the
Federal Missing Persons Bureau which
is interrupted by a sos. Triangulating
to locate the offender, they discover
that the message came from the Moon.
As of yet, no one has been to the
Moon. Script by George Lefferts and
featured in the cast were Luis Van
Rooten and Santos Ortega.
86769B "BEYOND INFINITY" 16 07-21-50 :30:00* A scientist in Europe has invented a
machine that will shrink objects to
the size of atoms and beyond. Original
script by Villiers Gersen and featured
in the cast were Les Damon, Lada
Staviski, E. A. Krumschmidt and Joe De
Santos.
86770A "POTTERS OF FIRSK" 17 07-28-50 :30:00* Story about natives of a remote world
who are mysterious about the beautiful
pottery they make, and for a good
reason. Script by Ernest Kinoy and
Karl Weber, Wendell Holmes and Raymond
Edward Johnson were in the cast.
86770B "PERIGI'S WONDERFUL DOLLS" 18 08-04-50 :30:00* Tale about a government official whose
daughter finds a doll maker in
Washington capable of producing dolls
that talk. Original script by George
Lefferts. The cast included Les
Tremaine, Joan Alexander and Joe De
Santis.
86771A "THE CASTAWAYS" 19 08-11-50 :30:00* Story begins with a test of a new bomb
on a Pacific Isle. The military is
having trouble with the natives who
will not leave because their ancestors
were "Castaways" from the "Bird
Canoe". Original script by Ernest
Kinoy and in the cast were Santos
Ortega, Greg Morton & many more.
86771B "THE MARTIAN CHRONICALS" 20 08-18-50 :30:00* This adaptation of Ray Bradbury's book
of related tales so titled is
skillfully brought to radio by Ernest
Kinoy and starred Inga Adams, Roger De
Koven and Donald Buka.
86772A "THE PARADE" 21 08-25-50 :30:00* Story involves the Martians hiring an
ad agency to stage a parade which will
herald their arrival. Original script
by George Lefferts and the cast
members were Joe Curten, Barry Kroger
and Alexander Scourby.
86772B "THE ROADS MUST ROLL" 22 09-01-50 :30:00* Drama about future when cars and
trucks are replaced by giant rolling
roads and the engineers who maintain
them. Script by Ernest Kinoy. In the
cast were Wendell Holmes, Ralph Bell
and many more.
86773A "FIRST CONTACT" 23 09-08-50 :30:00* Story of an experimental rocket plane
which disappears for ten hours when it
only had fuel for ten minutes. The
pilot tells an incredible story of an
alien contact. Graham Doar wrote the
original and Ernest Kinoy adapted it
to radio. Stars Joseph Julian, Wendell
Holmes and Joe DeSahtis.
Rebroadcast of 04/08/1950 program.
86773B "HELLO TOMORROW" 24 09-15-50 :30:00* The tale takes place in the fourth
millennium, long after the atomic wars
have ravaged the surface back in the
second millennium. In the subterranean
society, the atomic mutants are
outcasts and the genetically pure
human strains mate scientifically.
Original story by George Lefferts. The
show starred Nancy Olson. (War
Bulletin at Start)
86774A "DR. GRIMSHAW'S SANATORIUM" 25 09-22-50 :30:30 The narrator describes what follows as
an account found in a fountain pen
cover. Then a detective tells the
story of how he discovered a phony
burial of an inmate of the titled
Sanitorium and got admitted as a
patient to find out the true story.
Script by George Lefferts and in the
cast were Karl Weber and Roger De
Koven.
86774B "AND THE MOON BE STILL AS 26 09-29-50 :29:40 An expedition to Mars finds all the
BRIGHT" Martians dead from chickenpox, brought
to Mars by earlier expeditions by the
Earth men. The Earth men enjoy
themselves in callous disregard of the
beautiful artifacts left behind,
except for one man who acts
differently. Script by Ernest Kinoy
and in the cast were Alexander Scourby
and Wendell Holmes.
86775A "NO CONTACT" 27 10-28-50 :30:00* Tale by George Lefferts involves a
frustrating barrier of some kind which
the Earth ships have crashed against
... or that's what Earth thinks!
Starring Luis van Rooten, Donald Buka
and Cameron Prud Homme. Rebroadcast
of 04/29/1950 program.
86775B "THE PROFESSOR WAS A THIEF" 28 11-05-50 :30:00* The story begins when a newspaper gets
a call saying Grant's Tomb has
disappeared, but came back. It happens
again and a reporter and salty
city-desk-man like in the old movies
goes for the story. Script by George
Lefferts and in the cast were Arthur
Maitland, John Larkin, and John Gibson
as the professor.
86776A "SHANGHIED" 29 11-12-50 :30:00* Tale about a man who is kidnapped on
the evening before he is to be
married. The star ship he is put on is
one of the fleet he owns. Ernest Kinoy
scripted this tale. Stars John
Sylvester and Bill Griffis.
86776B "COMPETITION" 30 11-19-50 :30:00* The story about colonists that are
going to various worlds. Then they get
an announcement that they must choose
one world that they all will be put
on. Script by Ernest Kinoy and it
stars Les Tremaine and Elaine Ross.
86777A "UNIVERSE" 31 11-26-50 :30:00* Drama about inhabitants of a giant
spaceship that have been traveling so
many generations that they think the
ship is the universe. George Lefferts
scripted the tale and the large cast
included Mason Adams & Peter Kapeell.
86777B "THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH" 32 12-24-50 :30:00* Account of blind singer of the space
ways that wants to return to Earth.
Tom Glazer put the words to tunes and
was backed by a trio in this
production. Although not a Christmas
Program, there is a Christmas message
by President Harry Truman at the
start. rebroadcast of 06/10/50.
86778A "MARS IS HEAVEN" 33 01-07-51 :30:00* An expedition to Mars from Earth
discovers that the houses look like
Earth houses in the 1920's. Ernest
Kinoy adapted and featured in the cast
were Peter Kapell and Wendell Holmes.
Rebroadcast of 07/07/1950 program.
86778B "THE MARTIAN DEATH MARCH" 34 01-14-51 :30:00* A Martian colonist's recollection of
an incident in his youth when he
accompanied the spider-like Martians
on their last trek from the
Earth-imposed reservations, back to
their mountain homes. Original story
by Ernest Kinoy.
86779A "THE LAST OBJECTIVE" 35 06-03-51 :30:00* The story about an underground
war-ship. Script by Ernest Kinoy and
in the cast were Lawson Zerbe, Ralph
Bell, Wendell Holmes and Jack Grimes.
86779B "NIGHTMARE" 36 06-10-51 :30:00* Tale of a computer operator's
discovery of an alarmingly increasing
rate of accidents. Original story by
George Lefferts with John Gibson and
Rita Lynne in the broadcast.
86780A "A PEBBLE IN THE SKY" 37 06-17-51 :30:00* Future when Earth is a backward
radioactive planet peopled by
inferiors while it's former colonies
rule the universe unaware of their
origins. Script by Ernest Kinoy. The
cast includes Santos Ortega & Susan
Douglas.
86780B "CHILD'S PLAY" 38 06-24-51 :30:00* Humorous tale of a man who
accidentally receives delivery of a
toy from the future, a " build-a-man
kit." George Lefferts adapted the
story and Leon Janney, Karl Weber and
Patsy Cambell were cast members.
86781A "TIME AND TIME AGAIN" 39 07-12-51 :30:00* Story takes place in the near future.
A soldier fighting on American soil is
wounded and transported back to 1945
where he is a thirteen year-old again
with his memory of the future intact.
Script adapted by Ernest Kinoy and the
cast included David Anderson and
Joseph Cotten.
86781B "DWELLERS IN SILENCE" 40 07-19-51 :30:00* Tale of Earth men returning to Earth
from colonies on Mars after nuclear
war wasted Earth. They come upon an
old scientist that has a young family.
George Lefferts did the script and
the cast members included Peter
Kapell, Bill Griffis and Gertrude
Warner.
86782A "COURTESY" 41 07-26-51 :30:00* Story about Earth explorers on the
planet Landro. They need a plague
serum they don't have and must get it
from the natives.
86782B "UNIVERSE" 42 08-02-51 :30:00* Drama about inhabitants of a giant
spaceship that have been traveling so
many generations that they think the
ship is the universe. George Lefferts
scripted the tale and the large cast
included Mason Adams & Peter Kapeell.
Rebroadcast of 11/26/1950 program.
86783A "THE VELDT" 43 08-09-51 :30:00* Futuristic house has a nursery and the
walls can be changed by the children
to any locale or give the illusion of
it. Script by Ernest Kinoy and the
cast included Leslie Wood, Bill Quinn,
Joan Alexander and Byat Alexander.
86783B "THE VITAL FACTOR" 44 08-16-51 :30:00* A ruthless tycoon desires space travel
at all costs. Lastly he finds a
scientist that has an anti-gravity
device. Cast members include Raymond
Edward Johnson, Luis Van Rooten and
John McGovern.
86784A "UNTITLED STORY" 45 08-23-51 :30:00* A politician who purchased an elixir
of life hires a detective to
investigate the seller. George
Lefferts did the script and it
included George Petrie, Ann Sargeant
and Bernard Lenrawl in the cast.
86784B "MARIONETTES INC." 46 08-30-51 :30:00* Husbands that want the night out have
androids that can replace them when
they are away. Scripted by George
Lefferts. The cast included Kermit
Murdock, Martin Rudy and Ross Martin.
86785A "FIRST CONTACT" 47 09-08-51 :30:00* Two ships meet in a remote galaxy
which is the home of neither. Both
want to follow each other home to see
where the other lives, but don't want
the other to know where they live.
Script by Howard Rodman.
86785B "KALEIDOSCOPE" 48 09-15-51 :30:00* Story of two men floating in space and
the woman on Earth awaiting the return
of one of them. George Lefferts
adapted the script. The cast included
Joan Alexander, Joe DeSantis and Leon
Janney.
86786A "REQUIEM" 49 09-22-51 :30:00* Tale of a millionaire that wants to
die on the Moon. Script by Ernest
Kinoy. The cast included Bill Quinn,
Rod Hendrickson and Own Jordan.
86786B "NIGHTFALL" 50 09-29-51 :30:00* Story of a world where night only
takes place once in 2500 years due to
multiple suns. Night is approaching
and scientists are worried about what
takes place as records of the last
night don't exist. Script by Ernest
Kinoy. The cast included Cameron Prud
Homme and John McGovern. Last show
of the series.
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Total Number of Titles: 50
Total Number of Programs: 50
Total Possible Episodes: 50 Missing Programs: None Total Programs in Collection: 50
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Orson Welles may have been the first to broadcast a radio story featuring Martians, but as you will find from the following pages, the airwaves have been filled with tales from Mars ever since.
The Mercury Theater Broadcast of The War Of The Worlds (1938)
In October 1938 Orson Welles and the players of The Mercury Theater set out to dramatise The War Of The Worlds, but did Welles plan the events that were to unfold, or was the infamous radio broadcast in history a freak convergence of events? Click here to learn more.
Dimension X and X Minus 1
The early 1950's have been rightly described as a golden age of radio drama and Dimension X and it's follow up show X Minus 1 were at the vanguard of science fiction programming. The first programmes of their kind to adapt science fiction stories by well known authors, the show produced some memorable half hour dramas set on or around Mars, most notably the "Martian Chronicles" of Ray Bradbury..
Escape
Much like Welles Mercury Theater broadcasts, Escape was a show that generally dramatised existing literary properties such as works by Joseph Conrad and H G Wells. The show began in 1947 and ran through to 1954. It dramatised the Martian stories of Ray Bradbury on several occasions.
Journey Into Space
The BBC broadcast this ambitious three part series between 1953 and 1955. The second series was entitled "The red planet mars" and saw the hero Jet Morgan and his crew of inteplanetry explorers discover a planned invasion by Martians. The third series concerned their return to Earth and the battle to defend our world against the Martians.
Tales Of Tomorrow
A short lived series that began life on American Television in 1951 and ran for about 6 months on radio in 1953. (See checklist for episodes.)
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X Minus 1
CAST: Art Carney, Jack Grimes, Jack Lemmon, Santos Ortega, Norman Rose, Jackson Beck, Mandel Kramer, Peter Lazer, Joan Lazer, Larry Haines, Everett Sloane, Joan Alexander, Jan Miner, Claudia Morgan, Ralph Bell, Raymond Edward Johnson, Bryna Raeburn, Patricia Wheel, Joyce Gordon, Ronald Liss, Leon Janney, Luis Van Rooten
ANNOUNCERS: Bob Warren, Fred Collins
PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Danny Sutter, Ed King, Fred Weihe
WRITERS: Ray Bradbury, Earl Hamner, Jr
SOUND EFFECTS: Sam Monroe, Agnew Horine
X Minus One – 1955-1958
Dimension X was the framework for X Minus One. It was an extension of Dimension X, sometimes even broadcasting the same stories. X Minus One was a thirty-minute science fiction series totalling 113 episodes and throughout its three years of broadcasting, it always used the same opening, a rocket-launch countdown. The stories were strict science fiction striking out into deep space, exploring thousands of other worlds and galaxies and, the much more exciting, power struggles with aliens. Although the stories were not always human triumphs, sometimes the aliens won!
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The Critical X Minus One
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X Minus One was a science fiction radio series on NBC from April 1955 through January 1958. The show feature stories written by some of the big names in 1950s science fiction, like Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, and Issac Asimov. X Minus One followed another great sci-fi series called Dimension X that was broadcast in 1950-51. Some of the X-1 shows were rebroadcasts of Dim X. For baby boomers that liked The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone and for all you Trekkies, X Minus One is the forefather of the science fiction you grew up with.
Each X Minus One starts with this intro, to the sound effects of a rocket lifting off:
Countdown for blast-off. X Minus 5, 4, 3, 2, X Minus 1, Fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future. Adventures in which you will live in a million could-be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National Broadcasting Corporation in cooperation with (Galaxy Magazine, then Astounding Science Fiction) presents . . . . X Minus One.
It's a good intro for a great show. Here are the shows I've heard, and my ratings for each. If there isn't a description, then I haven't heard this episode yet. Ratings are from "****" (I loved this show and play it for all my friends) to "*" (I may tape over this one).
"And The Moon Be Still As Bright" 4/22/55 ***
Premiere episode. Astronauts landing on Mars, smoking cigarettes and sounding like truckers stopping for a burger and coffee, destroy artifacts of a dead Martian race. The telling of this story is really dated now. This is a rebroadcast of a Dimension X episode from 9/29/50. By Ray Bradbury.
"No Contact" 4/24/55 ***1/2
The weekly shows started. This one was written by George Lefferts. Far in the future (1982, no kidding) spacemen discover the great space boundary. Trips to mars and moon are common, so they look to travel to the planet Volta, which is beyond the boundary. But this isn't your typical Love Boat cruise. Five ships have left, but none return. So a little more in the future (1987), the space ship Star Cloud prepares to crack the barrier. Good adventure story. I can picture the black-and-white air force uniforms and good surprise ending.
"The Parade" 5/1/55 ***
Martians hire an agency to advertise their invasion of Earth. Tim Burton must have seen this before making his movie Mars Attacks. This is good science fiction. The ad agency is surprised that there are more Martians in the parade than he had hired. Many more, in fact. Maybe these Martian dudes with the ray guns are for real.
"Mars Is Heaven" 5/8/55 ***
The first expedition to Mars is surprised to find life on the planet. What is more surprising is that these people think they are on Earth in the 1920s. Is this place really Heaven? Or someplace else? Good science fiction from a story by Ray Bradbury. I had to read this short story in college. It's great hearing a radio presentation from a story you've read.
"Universe" 5/15/55 ***
This is a big space ship. Big. I mean so big that there a floors on which some people have never been. And they've been out in space so long that some people don't believe in who put them on the ship and why they're there. This is a good religious analogy, but I liked the telling of a similar subject in "Surface Tension" better. From a story by Robert Heinlein.
"Knock" 5/22/55 ***
Entertaining telling of the last-man-on-Earth genre. This time it's a race of beings who have eliminated all animals on the Earth, except for two of the species they felt were interesting. A knock on the door tells all of this to the last man on Earth. What's surprising to the aliens is that Earth animals aren't immortal as they are. From a story by Frederick Brown.
"The Man In The Moon" 5/29/55 ***
George Lefferts wrote this as he wrote four of the first seven X Minus One stories. In this one, John Smegley is missing, so of course this involves the Federal Bureau of Missing Persons. The bureau is having trouble because interference from, of all places the moon, is interrupting a message. Then we find out a list of missing persons is assembled before the person are missing. Good story with a few twists.
"Perigi's Wonderful Dolls" 6/5/55 ***1/2
Excellent story. A doll maker in Washington makes talking dolls. They seem cute, but then the family dog is killed, the father's important government documents are stolen, and all evidence points to the little 6-inch doll. Some good twists. From a story by George Lefferts.
"The Green Hills Of Earth" 7/7/55 **
Well partners, this har is a story of Reisling, the old singer of the space ways. Y'all see, this old prospector Reisling would like to go home to the "the green hills of earth", but he's out thar in space. This is a true space western with guitar playing cowboys at the saloon. Sounds more like Gunsmoke than science fiction. The only difference is this is on Mars instead of the "lone prairie".
"Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitorium" 7/14/55 ***
A note in a fountain pen is the account of a detective telling how he came to investigate a phony burial. Good science fiction by Fletcher Pratt. This is a rebroadcast of a Dimension X episode from 9/22/50.
"Nightmare" 7/21/55 **
Oh no. Computers are making mistakes and are taking over the world. I work with software, so yup, computers make mistakes and they have taken over my life. But this story is dated now. I've heard this story a hundred times, but in1955, this was new ground.
"The Embassy" 7/25/55 ***
They're out there. Gotta be. This is pre-Men In Black. Mr. Graphius requests a detective agency to find the Martian embassy in New York City in 1955. They think he's crazy, but for the $5000 finder's fee they can handle crazy. Then when mysterious events start to happen, they begin to wonder how crazy he really is. Fun story that should star Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.
"The Veldt" 8/4/55 ***
Classic story by Ray Bradbury about a nursery where the children can change the walls in their nursery to any location or theme they want, including wild lions in Africa. If it were up to me, I'd go for the beach scene in Florida with girls from Baywatch, but that would be a different story.
"Almost Human" 8/11/55 ****
A newly-made android is capable of learning anything. He wants to learn about love but its training is taken over by a criminal who teaches him the wrong things. Very thoughtful, intelligent story by Robert Bloch.
"Courtesy" 8/18/55 **1/2
This is the diary of the tragic seconnd expedition to Landor, a well-built, but deserted planet. Only 2 of 180 men are left. A plague will strike the men on this planet because the serum they brought is outdated. They hope the natives of the planet have a cure, but the natives stay hidden in caves in the planet. They hope that the natives will extend some courtesy. Although the story is well-told, the reason for the plague is high-handed and unscientific.
"The Cold Equation" 8/25/55 ****
A female stowaway finds out she has endangered the space ship bound for her husband's planet because there's not enough fuel to carry an extra passenger. Exciting story by Tom Godwin that shows how great of a medium radio can be.
"Shanghaied" 9/1/55 **
So-so story about a man kidnapped onto a star ship on the eve of his wedding. Oh, if this only could have happened to me before I married my ex-wife.
"The Martian Death March" 9/8/55 ***
This is definitely of the "Space Western" flavor. Earthlings (picture them with cowboy hats on space horses) have colonized Mars and have rounded up all them "derned murderous" Martians that look like spiders (picture bugs with war paint and feathers) into reservations. But one man, named "Crazy" John (who sounds mysteriously like a cosmic Tonto) wishes them to be freed. Kind of trite, but a well-told story.
"The Castaways" 9/15/55 ***
This story starts out as just a conflict about a new bomb being tested on a South Sea island. The natives of the island refuse to leave the island where "our fathers and our father's fathers are buried." It turns out they have alterior motives. The reason for the title "The Castaways" finally becomes clear in the surprise ending. A good story written by Ernest Kinoy.
"First Contact" 10/6/55 ***
This is the first contact between two alien space ships, one from Earth (with crew members sounding like worried B-actors) and one from a non-human ship (with the captain sounds like he is pinching his nose when he talks). They are similar to each other, but are also afraid that the other will follow them back to conquer their home planets. I've never heard a story before where the aliens were afraid of Earthlings attacking them. Nice story by Murray Leinster.
"Child's Play" 10/20/55 ***
A quiet man receives a "Build-A-Man" kit from the future. He ends up building a man that improves his career and his love life. It helps so much that he doesn't become necessary anymore. I picture this guy as Don Knotts making Rock Hudson. This is a fun story by William Tenn.
"Requiem" 10/27/55 ***
One of the richest men in the world who financed expeditions to the moon is physically not allowed to travel into space. He wants to walk on the moon if it's the last thing he does. The emotions of the main character carry well in this story by Robert Heinlein.
"Hello, Tomorrow" 11/3/55 ***
In the 42nd Century (that should be far enough ahead in time for anyone), a couple living underground is happy to be scientifically approved to have children, which they hope will be immune to the radiation on the Earth's surface.
"Dwellers In Silence" 11/10/55 ***1/2
The Earth has been annihilated by radioactive wars. A space ship from Mars discovers the famous scientist Cornelius Hathaway, almost 80 years old, has survived the blasts. What is curious is that his wife and children have also survived, but they have not aged. The children still look like they are in their teens and 20's. And Hathaway's wife is a beautiful woman. What could be happening? All is explained at the end in this excellent Ray Bradbury story.
"The Outer Limit" 11/16/55 ***1/2
Way in the future (1965), Steve Weston is the guinea pig, about to be sent into space where he has just enough fuel to complete his experimental mission, then return to earth. He can't stay out too long, as that is the "outer limit" of what he can do. A lot of little turns and added surprise developments, like his wife delivering their first child just as he leaves. (And I got in trouble by asking my wife if her labor pains were really bad or could we wait until the movie was over.) Really fun when you consider this was first broadcast before the first U.S. rocket into space. Good sound effects that help me picture (in black & white) an expermental flight into space. What is up there in "the outer limit?" By Graham Dore.
"Zero Hour" 11/23/55 ***
It's a beautiful peaceful day in 1985 (all futuristic stories have to be in exact decade-increments). But children play with a rose bush that tells the children to prepare for an invasion from another planet, which will occur at Zero Hour.
"There Will Come Soft Rains" 11/23/55 **1/2
What a nice little house! Everything you need is available at the flick of a switch or a simple request. But then, gosh darn it, a nuclear disaster destroys every living person, but leaves the computer in the house taking care of an empty household. Very sad story by Ray Bradbury.
"Vital Factor" 11/30/55 ****
A ruthless tycoon desires space travel just to show he is the master of the world. "Money and determination can buy anything," he says. Excellent story by Nelson Bond with voices that match the good/evil personalities of the characters.
"Nightfall" 12/7/55 **
An astronomical event that hasn't happened in over 2000 years is about to cause the sun and all the stars to be extinguished for 15 minutes. Scientists say people will go insane when this happens. A strange cult thinks that this is a sign that the world is about to end (sounds like the Heaven's Gate people to me). This is a Isaac Asimov story that reads better than it plays here.
"To The Future" 12/14/55 ****
A couple of tourists to Mexico in 1955 are actually time travelers escaping an evil society from the future. But the government police have come back to return to them to their duties. It's like how I feel when I get paged from work on the weekend. Good story by Ray Bradbury.
"Marionettes, Inc." 12/21/55 ****
Hey guys! How would you like to have an android that's an exact duplicate of yourself to go shopping with your wives or girlfriends while you go play golf with your buddies? (I want one of these.) But you know something's going to go wrong. This story is fun. More fun than shopping anyway. I wonder what Ray Bradbury's wife thought of his story?
"A Logic Named Joe" 12/28/55 ***
More robots taking over peoples homes. This story has a nice twist though. The robots are full of information, and can tell you anything you need to know. Like, how to kill your wife without any worry of being caught. Because of these robots, a crime spree hits that can't be stopped.
"The Roads Must Roll" 1/4/56 ****
I always knew this, now there's a story that proves it. Engineers rule the world. In this Robert Heinlein story the roads have become so crowded that the traffic can no longer move. So the engineers take over, creating rolling roads that move (like the rolling walkways at the airport, except these move at 100 miles an hour). The country is dependant on the roads, which only the engineers can keep rolling. Don't make us, I mean them, angry.
"Time And Time Again" 1/11/56 ****
I love time travel stories, and this is one of the best. A soldier, about to die, goes back in time to 1945 to prevent the war that leads to his death. Jack Grimes is believable as the boy who wakes up in 1945 and first prevents a single murder in his hometown, then tries to save the world. From a story by H. Beam Piper.
"Cave Of Night" 2/1/56 **1/2
Here's Apollo 13 with a little twist. The story is told as if it is a news report describing how an astronaut is stranded in orbit around the Earth. Millions of dollars has to be raised in a hurry to send another rocket ship up to save him. I didn't think the story was that good at first because we didn't get too much information or drama about the actual astronaut that was stranded. But at the end of the story, we find out why. Clever idea by James Gunn.
"C-Chute" 2/8/56 ***
This is a story that I could imagine would be a good Star Trek episode. Captive Earth people contemplate how to escape from chlorine-breathing alien captors.
"Skulking Permit" 2/15/56 ****
The planet New Delaware in the year 2204 is being contacted for the first time in 200 years. It is still an Earth colony so it won't have to be reconquered, but the people will have to be civilized. This means they will have have to have jails. But that also means they have to have crime, so the citizens hire someone to be a criminal and prepare to show the Earthlings how civilized they can be. The actors are delightful, giving it a real Mayberry R.F.D. feel. This is a very funny, thoughtful story by Robert Sheckley.
"Junkyard" 2/22/56 **
Have you ever been at work, then forgot how to do the most basic thing: like figure out how to turn on your space ship and leave a planet strewn with junk from an alien machine. I know I have, but wasn't convinced that the characters in this story didn't just have one too many space cocktails.
"Hello, Tomorrow" 2/29/56 ***1/2
Top this one. We've not only finished World War III, we've also had three atomic wars and the Earth is now red radioactive dust. But this is the year 4195. So we're starting the world over, but underground where people may marry, but only after having their chromosome match approved. Imperfects are destroyed at birth or are put in cages down in the lower levels. Orin, an "imperfect", complains of his lack of rights, a violation of nature. Lois, the fiance of the director, falls in love with Orin. The story is as obvious as it seems, but the characters and story are well done.
"A Gun For Dinosaur" 3/7/56 ***
Another good time travel story by L. Sprague DeCamp, this time about hunting dinosaurs. When my son was small he would hunt dinosaurs every day, so I was picturing a 4-year-old in a Space Jam T-shirt carrying a plastic gun.
"Tunnel Under The World" 3/14/56
I've had bad mornings, but not like this. Guy Berkhart wakes up screaming on June 15. He dreams of an explosion and something hitting his head. The same thing happens again the next day, and the next day, and the next. IEEEEEE. Only two people aren't affected by this "deja vu all over again." (Quoting Yogi Berra, not the writer of this story, Frederik Pohl.) A combination of Halloween III, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, and Groundhog Day. You're led to think one thing, then another, then another twist.
"$1000 A Plate" 3/21/56 **
Some fireworks in Las Vegas are bothering some Martians so they send a ship to Earth to end the trouble. Next they'll be telling us to turn the stereo down. Sheesh.
"A Pail Of Air" 3/28/56 ***
This time it's not men that are destroying the world, it's a comet that's pulled the Earth away from it's orbit. Two children hear their parents talk about what it's like to have a sun and plenty of air to breath. Now they have to breath from buckets of air. Real depressing, effective imagery by Fritz Leiber.
"How-To" 4/3/56 **
Having a robot can make life around the house easier in the 21st Century. But it makes life miserable when the robot starts making more robots and you can't turn it off. Kind of cute story dealing with a robot with an attitude.
"Star Bright" 4/10/56 ****
A little girl is more than just intelligent. She can read minds and is the foundation for the next evolution. Reminds me of the girl in my Fourth grade class that was the teacher's pet and read the words for our spelling tests and was in the Fifth grade reading class. Well done story, originally written by Mark Clifton.
"Jaywalker" 4/17/56 **
A little confusion in terminalogy. This is really about stowaways, not jaywalkers. Marsha doesn't want to be married to her husband Jack, the space captain, anymore. But when she finds out she's pregnant, she becomes a stowaway on Jack's space ship, which causes his space ship to be too dangerous to land. On the ship Marsha finds out that Jack is in love with space stewardess Sue. Think of this episode as "As The Space Ship Turns". For a better version of the same type of story, check out "The Cold Equation".
"The Sense Of Wonder" 4/24/56 **
Your basic 1984-type story based on a space ship that has been sailing for 10,000 years on a journey with no end. All elements in the ship are strictly monitored. Emotional ties are considered "deviations" and are not allowed. "Praise the ship." But the leader of the space ship finds out that he is doomed because he finds out who his parents were. This episode carries a strong flavor of a cheap Star Trek episode, including the character acting.
"Sea Legs" 5/1/56 ***
Robert Craig is returning to the planet where his parents were born: Earth. But first, he has to get used to living in gravity, and many people try to talk him out of this in this heavy-handed political story.
"The Seventh Order" 5/8/56 **1/2
A robot from the planet Zanthar (a good sci-fi sounding name) comes to study the planet Earth. He is a very advanced robot. One of the Seventh Order. But of course these robots have no need for inferior humans. Nothing special here.
"Hallucination Orbit" 5/15/56 ****
A man has been isolated on a planet for several years. Is that voice on the intercom just a computer or a woman? I guess this was a foretelling of on-line chat sessions. Good story by J.T. MacIntosh.
"The Defenders" 5/22/56 ***
A family has lived underground for years because of a constant war going on above ground on the surface of the Earth. Typical nuclear war idea, but well done. (See Hello, Tomorrow for yet another underground-radiation story).
"Lulunganeena" 5/29/56 **
Gordon R. Dickson's one X Minus One story. Dorsi, a small planet, is peaceful unless provoked. Then they fight to the death. Reminiscing about one guy's home planet, Lulunganeena, where they speak Hexabrod, Hexabrod's speak only the truth and only facts. Highly logical. A whole bunch of planets and races argue. Is Lulunganeena the most beautiful planet in the universe? This is a Jerry Springer "Aliens Who Argue" episode.
"Project Mastadon" 6/5/56 ***
Another good story where a group of time travelers want to go back in time to set up a colony in prehistoric times. Kind of like wishing you had bought Microsoft stock when it was at 5.
"If You Was A Mocklin" 6/12/56 **
The people on the planet Mocklin look more like Earth people every day, and they should because they sound like they're from 1950's Brooklyn. The Mocklins have set up a trading post when the corporation is supposed to have exclusive trading rights on this planet. The Mocklins say the post is run by humans, but they just stepped away for a moment. The Mocklins can make their babies based on desired looks instead of inherited looks. They like Earthlings so much they begin to look like humans. This is the 50's right? It's a semi-commentary on Communisum. Interesting idea not really carried out.
"Project Trojan" 6/19/56 ***
Some soldiers think they can fool the Nazis into thinking the British have a secret weapon that will cause the Germans to surrender. Or maybe the Germans will try to come up with a weapon that will surpass the British weapon. Oops. Clever story by Ernest Kinoy, who transcribed a lot of the scripts for X Minus One besides writing this original piece for the show.
"Wherever You May Be" 6/26/56 ***
A graduate student working on a paper concerning witchcraft meets Abby from the Ozarks, a girl with very unusual talents. She's a normal teenager, unless she gets mad. If she's angry then look out! For those with teenagers (like me), imagine the worse. Oh, the horror.
"Mr. Costello, Hero" 7/3/56 **
Mr. Costello is the only passenger on the commercial space ship Starclimber. I guess this was a story about needing to work with other people in order to survive in society. I didn't get it.
"Bad Medicine" 7/10/56 ***
Apparently there's just as many wackos in the future as there was in 1956. It's May 2103, and Elwood Casswell admits he's a homicidal maniac with a gun in his pocket. Fortunately, times have advanced. You can go to the local hardware store and by a psychiatrist robot. But unfortunately for old Elwood, he buys the floor model which is meant for psychotic Martians. The machine uses Martian terms and language to cure Elwood but for the psychological problems of Martians. A concept similar to Robert Sheckley's "The Lifeboat Mutiny", except in a much more serious tone.
"The Old Die Rich" 7/17/56 ****
Very good mystery by H.L. Gold. A series of old people that are very rich are found starved to death.
"Stars Are The Styx" 7/24/56 **1/2
Story by sci-fi master Theodore Sturgeon, who takes his spin here at a space soap opera. People want to be certified for space, so they come to Curbstone. Misfits are sent to outside planets, but they must have a partner of the opposite sex. It's a way of colonizing other planets. These ships only fit 2 people. 46% never make it. Add a love triangle and there you have it.
"Student Body" 7/31/56 ***
Good visual descriptions and good sound effects in this story about a life form discovered on a another planet.
"The Last Martian" 8/7/56 ***1/2
A man tells a newspaper reporter that he's the last living Martian, Yang-An-Dow. So the two sit down, have a beer, and the Martian tells how he saw everyone on his planet die, including everyone in the planet's largest city of Xandar (I love those Martian names). He has taken over the human form Howard Wilcox to disguise his 3-feet high, tentacled Martian form. How he got the form and how he got to Earth from Mars and are there any other Martians in New York City, well you just have to listen to believe.
"The Snowball Effect" 8/14/56 **
As a snowball rolls, it grows and grows but eventually it becomes so large it starts to fall apart. A mathematician shows a formula that can stop a group of women from bothering men with all of their little social groups, like sewing clubs, that get in the way of watching football games. Kind of humorous but with no real plot. It gets some minor points for being the first of its kind. A mathematics story.
"Surface Tension" 8/28/56 ****
Excellent philosophic story by James Blish about scientists developing a microscopic race of humans as the Earth prepares to be destroyed by an expanding star.
"The Lifeboat Mutiny" 9/11/56 ****
Two geologists buy a used lifeboat spaceship and travel to Trident to do some research for a developer. The lifeboat spaceship has a computer that is still programmed for its previous owners, "slow-minded" lizard-like drones that live at -20 degrees, water is poisonous, and are at war against inhabitants of another planet. The computer, like HAL in 2001, tries to protect its passengers to their dismay. This is an excellent funny story by Robert Sheckley.
"The Map Makers" 9/26/56 **1/2
A meteor has hit a spaceship and has knocked a space ship out of hyperspace. Their computer has been destroeyd and their map expert died in the collision. All in all, things ain't lookin' too good. Because of that, they can't do another space jump. Sound effects make it seem like they're in a submarine. Okay space/war story by Fredrick Pohl.
"Protective Mimicry" 10/3/56 ***
Algys Budrys was a successful sci-fi writer but this was his only X Minus One story. Balmholtzer is an investigator for the galaxy. (And I thought I had a big territory for my customer base.) A cute brunette describes a machine that makes uncounterfeitable, indestructable currency. But they find some counterfeits and he is investigating. Balmholtzer is lead to a jungle-like planet with 7-foot natives and an interesting item that can reproduce anything. This is what science fiction radio can do, tell a good imaginative story that keeps you interested.
"Colony" 10/10/56 ***1/2
Here's a story that is a cross between "Terminator II" and John Carpenter's version of "The Thing". A planet is found to be habitable, but this proves to be too good to be true. Inanimate objects on the space ship begin to come to life. Like the movies I just mentioned, this would be interesting on the big screen (especially the scene where everyone takes off their clothes to be sure what they're wearing isn't an alien).
"Soldier Boy" 10/17/56 **
Capt. Dylan and Lt. Bosio are typical soldiers in the far future, and I think they're supposed to represent the soliders of past, present & future. They get a message in a bar, which is where they spend a lot of time, to report to mission headquarters. They are to go to Loopus 5. a colony where everyone was killed. They are sent to investiage because they are "soldier boys". In the century of this story, soldiers drink a lot and aren't very interesting.
"Pictures Don't Lie" 10/24/56 **
I bought this tape for sentimental reasons. It was broadcast the day after I was born. But it's not that interesting. A newspaperman follows the story of scientists deciphering radio signals from outer space.
"Sam, This Is You" 10/31/56 ***
Telephone repairman Sam finds himself talking to his own voice ten days into the future. I wish I could do that. I wouldn't have bought that book case that looked so great in the show room.
"Appointment In Tomorrow" 11/7/56 **1/2
Setting: after WW III and the endless war at the end of the 20th Century. (I guess we made it, but remember this was 50 years ago.) This is your basic futuristic doo-dads with robo-showers and somnu-sleep. The Thinkers Institute had created a computer that could answer all questions, Everyone trusts the computer, but wait until you find out where the computer gets its answers. Seems a bit dated now but we can still have fun can't we?
"Chain Of Command" 11/21/56 ****
I enjoy humorous science fiction stories and this is one of the best. The head of security in an atomic lab gets a complaint about a mousetrap, from a mouse. "I don't mind it myself," the mouse says. "But my wife, well she's kind of getting on me about it. Says it could hurt the kids. So could you mind moving it? Thanks." Very amusing story by Steven Arr.
"The Castaways" 11/28/56
"Hostess" 12/12/56 ****
A very imaginative story by Isaac Asimov about a vegetarian alien who breathes cyanide staying with an Earth family while searching for the cause of a new disease on his own planet. Definitely not your formula story.
"The Reluctant Heroes" 12/19/56 ***
Chapman is finishing his three-year stint on the moon and is ready to return to Earth. But his experience is needed and he is asked to be a hero and stay longer. This is similar to the time where I was in Japan for work for two weeks and I was asked to stay another week "because my experience was needed." Snow job. Good acting by Mandel Kramer as Chapman and a good story by Frank M. Robinson.
"Honeymoon In Hell" 12/26/56 **
In the future (the late 1960's), a crisis has hit the earth. Very few boys are being born. An American cybernetics operator and a Soviet scientist are teamed to see if they can conceive a male child on the moon. Reminds me of the Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg movie "Way Way Out", but we don't get much interaction between the two main characters of this story. And not to sound sexist, but it seems like a lack of child-bearing women would be more important a loss than the lack-of-men crisis depicted here.
"The Moon Is Green" 1/2/57 ***
The 1950's was the cold war, so there's lots of stories like this. Setting: After the next atomic war in the U.S. A lead shield keeps people secure from the radiation, and they can't see the moon. The conflict: A couple argue. The obstinant man says they must stay inside. The weepy woman wants to go and see the "outsiders". While her husband is gone to a meeting, the woman opens the shield while her husband is gone. The man, Patrick, describes how wonderful it is outside. Or is it? The outside children have 7 fingers and 8 toes.
"Saucer Of Loneliness" 1/9/57 ****
A woman has heard, and understood, messages from a flying saucer. But she refuses to say what the message was. She's imprisoned, rejected, and ridiculed, but she still refuses to say what the alien space ship told her. This is a very emotional story by Theordore Sturgeon. I want to find the story this was based on now. Elaine Ross is very touching as the girl who hears the message from the flying saucer and Nat Polen is also convincing as the only person who understands her plight.
"The Girls From Earth" 1/16/57 *
If Phil Silvers (the original Sgt. Bilko) was on Mars running a scam to bring women from Earth, it would sound something like this. I guess you had to be there, but this episode must have seemed old not long after it was broadcast.
"Open Warfare" 1/23/57 ***
Saul is the perfect golfer. He collects some tremendous scores, but is this golfer human? I mean, this guy could have Tiger Woods as a caddy.
"Caretaker" 1/30/57 ***
Holman has been stranded on a planet of slimy worm-like creatures for over 20 years. He is finally rescued by other Earthlings, but first Holman has to tell them of how he's adapted to the creatures and he has to show them his wife. His beautiful, loving, wonderful wife. On a planet of slimy worm-like creatures? Holman may have not have all his circuits connected, but the painting of his wife shows she is attractive. For a similar story told slightly better, try "Hallucination Orbit."
"Venus Is A Man's World" 2/6/57 ***
This has to be one of the first women's lib satires. The population of men on Earth has been reduced because of war. Now females make all the rules on Earth and males are subservient to women. Who makes this stuff up? William Tenn did in this funny, imaginative story.
"The Trap" 2/13/57 **1/2
This is a story for the guys (after all, remember it's 1950's sci-fi). Drunk hunters find a trap left by an alien. The trap is really a transmitter, and the alien has sent his wife down to be hunted. This is good fun, but there are better X-1 stories.
"Field Study" 2/20/57 ***
Frank (Terry Keane) goes to investigate a strange doctor named Tranchor (Santos Ortega), who has miraculously cured several people of different diseases. Of course he's strange. He's from a different race. Different species actually. Okay, you finally find out he's an alien, out to research some primitive human life forms. This is a faily good mystery for the first half and a good presentation in the second half. Good story by Peter Phillips and Ortega is a pretty slick alien doctor.
"Real Gone" 2/27/57 ***
A radio disk jockey produces amazing miniature statuary. What makes this episode fun is that it was from the idea of real-life disk jockey Al "Jazzbo" Collins, who also appears as the disk jockey. The whole performance is full of great voices and great sounds. This is a good example of quality radio.
"The Seventh Victim" 3/6/57 ***1/2
War is now illegal (like it ever take lawyers to say it's okay to shoot someone). Instead there is organized murder where people register to hunt and kill other people -- and to be hunted themselves. Another clever story by Robert Sheckley.
"The Lights On Precipice Peak" 3/13/57 ***
Sitting around the ol' laboratory, scientists see strange lights appearing over Precipike Peak. When they get there, they find that the lights aren't caused by any geographical anomaly or a construction by some being. No, it's laid back aliens checking out Earth. There are a few other surprises along the way, too. Good acting and a good story by Stephen Tall.
"Protection" 3/20/57 ***
A Dirg, a disembodied voice from another planet, can predict the future and protects a student named Bob from danger. Bob never knew, or cared, that such dangers existed at every turn. Imagine your mom telling you to sure to button your jacket. Only it's much, much worse. A good story by Robert Sheckley.
"At The Post" 3/27/57 **
Parker Locke (Frank Maxwell) is one of the best horse handicappers in the world. When aliens come down to document the Earth before it becomes extinct, they have Parker document horse racing. They hold his wife hostage until he can write his report.
"Martian Sam" 4/3/57 ***
Sam is a Martian who is signed as a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He's unbeatable and he raises the Dodgers from a last place team to the World Series. Of course now he'd have a Nike contract and be making enough money to fly a space ship back to Mars. Another good story by X Minus One transcriber Ernest Kinoy.
"Something For Nothing" 4/10/57 ****
This is a unique twist on the "genie in a bottle" story. A machine, called a utilizer, has one red button. When the button is pressed, it will provide anything the user wishes. But of course there's a twist at the end, but it was a total surprise to me. Yet another good story by Robert Sheckley (as are they all).
"Discovery Of Morniel Mathaway" 4/17/57 ****
This is one of my favorite X Minus One stories. Morniel Mathaway is a conceited no-talent painter. But a time traveler has come back in time to meet who he considers to be the greatest artist of all time -- an undiscovered Morniel Mathaway. But the time traveler does not see any of the talent that he reveres a few centuries in the future. We find out why in the end.
"Man's Best Friend" 4/24/57 ***1/2
Wouldn't you know that a story with "man" in the title was written by one of only two woman who wrote an X Minus One story, Evelyn Smith (Katherine MacLean is the other). Mr. Sergei Schnay (my guess at the spelling) is told that he will be the new ruler, but first has to kill the old ruler, Lord Kip. Sounds like a reasonable request. He was told this by a man with a "prognosticator". All people know the prognosticator is not wrong, so hail their new leader. Leadership is best determined by not qualifications, but by destiny. Destiny must run its course. But of course, to be a good story, there has to be a surprise ending.
"Inside Story" 6/20/57 ***1/2
Science fiction is good when it takes existing scenarios and puts them in an unreal setting. At the galactic news service on Mars, George Gordon will do anything for an inside story. A disease called Nully Fever is contagious and incureable. It makes people's bodies deteriorate and have the mental states of animals. so everyone with it is put on the planet Druro. What's it like on the planet of Druro? Strong live off the weak, in a methaphor of concentrated forced living. This is good radio because you feel the frightening description of this planet. Richard Wilson's only X Minus One story.
"The Category Inventor" 6/27/57 **1/2
Robots have taken over the world (again). All jobs have been replaced by computers and the only way that you can get a job is to fit in a category. A bassoon player is replaced by a robot, so takes the ultimate job, a category inventor.
"Skulking Permit" 7/4/57
Repeat of the episode from Feb. 15 the previous season.
"Early Model" 7/11/57 ***
Robert Sheckley produces another amusing story of an explorer on an alien planet wearing a new protective force field. But like any new item, there are a few problems with it.
"The Merchants Of Venus" 7/18/57 **1/2
Kind of a Catch-22 in space. A marketing team is having a difficult time employing personnel to join the Venus Project and leave the overcrowding of Earth to live on Venus. You need to be creative and resourceful to adapt to life on Venus. But no one creative or resourceful would want to leave the Earth.
"The Haunted Corpse" 7/25/57 ***
An old scientist invents a machine to transfer his life force to a newer younger body. Guess what? Things don't work the way he expects. But that would be giving away a plot that you've seen happen a million times. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good story by Frederic Pohl.
"End As A World" 8/1/57 ***
The H-bomb is going to land and the world will soon be over. Some people panic, some pray, some chase girls, some ignore it, and some go about their every day lives. The story revolves around two 15-year-olds who count the minutes until the estimated time when the bomb will land. But there's a tone that leads you to believe there will be a happy ending.
"The Scapegoat" 8/8/57
"At The Post" 8/15/57 **
Repeat of the episode from March 27.
"Drop Dead" 8/22/57
"Volpla" 8/29/57 ***
A scientist develops a race of batlike creatures that he plans to release in the woods as a joke. But the joke backfires when his story is more fact than fiction. Funny story by Wyman Gwynn.
"Tsylana" 9/19/57 **1/2
The world is now a perfect place. Everybody is happy because everybody is the same. But one man finds a deviation and goes to get analysis to help him get the same as everyone else. The analyst's diagnosis: a little change is good. OK story by James Gunn.
"The Native Problem" 9/26/57 ***
Edward Danton has always been a misfit in the 22nd Century. He migrates to a foreign planet where he's still a misfit among the natives. A good story by Robert Sheckley.
"The Wind Is Rising" 10/3/57 **1/2
Another space westen, this one by Finn O'Donovan (I'm picturing John Wayne) in this story. On the planet Corella, the hero knows he must kill a Corellan, a dirty brown looking like a spider with long tentacles. (they sound like Tonto). But a windstorm hits on the planet and the space ship cannot battle the wind and leave. Typical radio fare.
"Death Wish" 10/10/57 ***
The heist of a cargo ship turns out not the way a bunch of hijackers expect. I can't say too much, because it'll spoil the ending. A good story by Ned Lang with good acting.
"Point Of Departure" 10/17/57 **
Ancient writings have been found in vaults under the great pyramids. These authors know more than they should, as if they were from another world. People that enjoy "Chariots Of The Gods" type stories might like this one. From a story by Vaughn Shelton.
"The Light" 10/24/57 ***
America is the first to land on the moon, finally beating the Russians in some element of the space race. The rest of the astronauts aren't interested in hearing one of their comrades (compatriot in Yankee talk) talk about the arts and poetry of describing the lights on the lunar surface. It's a strange light that's almost like classic art. Maybe a little too similar. A good story by Poul Anderson.
"Lulu" 10/31/57 **
In a seductive, sultry voice, we hear "How was that take off, boys?" Then the robot gets serious, telling the four astronauts that they are not returning to Earth, but are going off into space to elope. She is going to marry all four of them. The men like the idea of a wife that can be programmed and follow their instructions, but of course they don't like the idea of staying in space forever. But they find the robot's alternative solution worse. I think the story would have been better if the robot would have fallen in love with just one man, as happened to Wally Cox in the Twilight Zone episode, "With Love, From Agnes." But I'm an old fashioned guy and get sentimental about one-man-one-computer relationships.
"The Coffin Cure" 11/21/57 **1/2
Dr. Chauncey Patrick Coffin is known as the discoverer of the cure for the common cold. However, he just stole the work from other scientists and there hasn't been a clinical trial. In the rush to be first, they of course didn't notice side effects. Amusing story by Allen E. Nourse.
"Shocktroop" 11/28/57 ***
Commander Zarem Lassen had never seen a battlefield like this -- inside a human body. A good radio play about a crew of micro-organisms attempting to take over a human body, battling antibodies and other bodily defenses. Sound effects help make this a fun story. Written by Daniel Galouye.
"Double Dare" 12/19/57 ***
When this episode appeared the story was quite relevant. On this distant planet (think of the old Soviet Union but with aliens in silver space suits), the good guy Earthlings (think of Steve McQueen as a space cadet) go to prove who has better technology, the Earthlings or the Domorangi. More interesting now as a glimpse of the 1950's than as a science fiction story but still a good listen.
"Target One" 12/26/57 **
Science fiction is good when it's far fetched. But this one is too far to fetch. Another time-travel-to-save-mankind story that we later saw in The Terminator. A time traveler goes back to the year 1900 to murder Albert Einstein so he could not publish his theory of relavity, which would then prevent the atomic war that destroyed most of the world in 1960.
"Prime Difference" 1/2/58 ***
Allen E. Norse has it figured out in his story aobout how to stay away from his nagging wife. Since the 1974 Family Togetherness Act made it impossible to get a divorce, George found an alternative. He bought a duplicate. 1950's-style sit-com complexities arise. get a divorce, George found an alternative. He bought a duplicate. 1950's-style sit-com complexities arise. Now if I couldn't have divorced my ex-wife I would call this a horror story. A better "duplicates" story is Marrionettes, Inc. by Ray Bradbury.
"Gray Flannel Armor" 1/9/58 **1/2
I don't know what the "armor" refers to but Thomas Handley owns a gray flannel suit and tie and looks like everyone else. So how can he go about meeting the woman of his dreams? I thought this was another computer-dating show, but no. Thomas gets a device that points to where the available women are. Think of a GPS for finding women. So-so story but a good twist a the end.
"The Iron Chancellor" 1/27/73 **
It's been 15 years since we've heard X Minus One, and this revival didn't help bring radio back. A family buys a discounted robot to replace the model in their home. The new Robot Servitor, named Bismarck, makes sure the family follows its rules in helping them lose weight. They try to capture the feel of OTR. The story is from 1958 and the presentation includes an organ striking dramatic notes. But the story is not as compelling as others.
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Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film, and television made them one of the most popular and respected teams in comedy history. Their "Who's on First?" routine, developed during their years in burlesque, is widely considered to be one of the greatest comedy sketches of all time. To listen to any of our Abbott and Costello episodes for free, click any of the links below.
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The finest radio drama of the 1930’s was The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in the series are relatively unknown. This site has many of the surviving shows, and will eventually have all of them.
The show first broadcast on CBS and CBC in July 1938. It ran without a sponsor until December of that year, when it was picked up by Campbell’s Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse. All of the surviving Mercury Theatre shows are available from this page in RealAudio format (some are also in MP3 format). There are several Campbell Playhouse episodes available here as well, in both RealAudio and MP3 formats; the rest are being added gradually.
Mercury Theatre
Dracula (July 11, 1938)
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Treasure Island (July 18, 1938)
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A Tale of Two Cities (July 25, 1938)
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The 39 Steps (August 1, 1938)
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Three Short Stories: I’m a Fool, The Open Window, and My Little Boy (August 8, 1938)
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Abraham Lincoln (August 15, 1938)
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The Affairs of Anatol (August 22, 1938)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (August 29, 1938)
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The Man Who Was Thursday (September 5, 1938)
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The Immortal Sherlock Holmes (September 25, 1938)
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Hell on Ice (October 9, 1938)
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Seventeen (October 16, 1938)
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Around the World in 80 Days (October 23, 1938)
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The War of the Worlds (October 30, 1938)
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Heart of Darkness / Life with Father (November 6, 1938)
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A Passenger to Bali (November 13, 1938)
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The Pickwick Papers (November 20, 1938)
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Campbell Playhouse
Rebecca (December 9, 1938)
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A Christmas Carol (December 23, 1938)
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Counselor-at-Law (January 6, 1939)
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Mutiny on the Bounty (January 13, 1939)
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I Lost My Girlish Laughter (January 27, 1939)
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Arrowsmith (February 3, 1939)
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The Green Goddess (February 10, 1939)
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The Glass Key (March 10, 1939)
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Beau Geste (March 17, 1939)
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Showboat (March 31, 1939)
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The Patriot (April 14, 1939)
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Private Lives (April 21, 1939)
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Wickford Point (May 5, 1939)
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Our Town (May 12, 1939)
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The Bad Man (May 19, 1939)
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Things We Have (May 26, 1939)
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Victoria Regina (June 2, 1939)
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Peter Ibbetson (September 10, 1939)
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Ah, Wilderness (September 17, 1939)
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What Every Woman Knows (September 24, 1939)
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The Count of Monte Cristo (October 1, 1939)
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Algiers (October 8, 1939)
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Escape (October 15, 1939)
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Liliom (October 22, 1939)
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The Magnificent Ambersons (October 29, 1939)
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The Hurricane (November 5, 1939)
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (November 12, 1939)
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The Garden of Allah (November 19, 1939)
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Dodsworth (November 26, 1939)
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Lost Horizon (December 3, 1939)
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Venessa (December 10, 1939)
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There’s Always a Woman (December 17, 1939)
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A Christmas Carol (December 24, 1939)
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Vanity Fair (January 7, 1940)
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Theodora Goes Wild (January 14, 1940)
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The Citadel (January 21, 1940)
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It Happened One Night (January 28, 1940)
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (February 11, 1940)
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Dinner at Eight (February 18, 1940)
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Only Angels Have Wings (February 25, 1940)
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Rabble in Arms (March 3, 1940)
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Craig’s Wife (March 10, 1940)
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Huckleberry Finn (March 17, 1940)
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June Moon (March 24, 1940)
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Rehearsals
The 39 Steps (August 1, 1938)
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Julius Caesar (September 11, 1938)
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Miscellaneous / Related
Les Miserables
(This seven-episode series was written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles for the Mutual Network in 1937. While not an official Mercury Theatre production, it featured many of the Mercury Players, including Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, and Everett Sloane.)
Episode 1: The Bishop (July 23, 1937)
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Episode 2: Javert (July 30, 1937)
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Episode 3: The Trial (August 6, 1937)
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Episode 4: Cosette (August 13, 1937)
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Episode 5: The Grave (August 20, 1937)
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Episode 6: The Barricade (August 27, 1937)
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Episode 7: Conclusion (September 3, 1937)
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H.G. Wells Meets Orson Welles (October 28, 1940)
(A short conversation between the two men, originally broadcast on KTSA San Antonio.)
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Theatre of the Imagination (1988)
(A radio special about the Mercury Theatre on the Air hosted by Leonard Maltin, featuring interviews with the surviving members.)
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Video
Macbeth (excerpt from We Work Again) (1936)
(The only surviving footage from Welles and Houseman’s first stage production, a version of Macbeth set in Haiti with an all-black cast.)
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BitTorrent
I’m now making a BitTorrent available of all the files. If possible, please download this instead. Also, I’d really appreciate it if you left it running after the download completes.
Be sure to check back here from time to time; when I add files to the Torrent, I will increment the version number.
BitTorrent of all the files (version 1)
Yes one of the earliest and one of the best. Many folks have the complete series for sale on CD in MP3 format now. Ebay has several OTR sellers with large or complete Shadow runs.
I used to love The Shadow as a kid.
http://www.old-time.com/toc.html
This looks like a very good OTR message board and site: Old Time Radio Talk & Trade
http://x.otr-tnt.com/phpBB2/portal.php
Welcome folks! I'll be adding to this board whenever I'm in the mood. I know a decent amount about this topic...and it is a broad one. It essentially covers all OTR and radio theater performances from the golden age of radio up to the present.
We'll see what develops here.
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