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Monday, May 3, 2021 - OTR Comedies

The Great Gildersleeve - "The Commissioner Turns Off the Water"

When Throckmorton reads in the newspaper that the water commissioner in Springfield was arrested because his his books came up short, Gildy begins to contemplate his own situation.

To complicate matters, Judge Hooker explains to Gildy that the water commissioner is responsible for controlling the department's accounts receivable. If too many past due accounts are ignored, he could be held liable.

When Gildy decides to turn off the water of all customers with balances going back more than three months, the result is romantic problems with Leila.

Featuring: Hal Peary, Walter Tetley, Lillian Randolph, Shirley Mitchell, Earle Ross, Dick LeGrand

Original Air Date: September 16, 1948 on NBC

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Saturday, May 1, 2021 - Old Time Radio Grab Bag #5

Here is the line up for this Grab-Bag:

1. Lights Out....7/16/47....Boris Karloff

2. The Big Show....12/3/50....Fred Allen & Phil Silvers

3. The Green Hornet....9/14/16...."Underwater Adventure"

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Thursday, April 29, 2021 - OTR Westerns

The Six Shooter - "Helen Bricker"

When Britt visits the town of Yellow Crest after months of being on the range, he runs into a woman he has not seen for years. It is Helen Bricker, now Helen Stark, and Brit is surprised to learn that the entire town is snubbing her.

It seems Helen left Yellow Crest ten years earlier to marry Billy Stark, a young man Helen's father strenuously objected to. When Billy became a notorious outlaw, Helen stuck with him.

Now Billy has been found guilty of murder and is to hang, Helen has returned home and Britt has become involved in trying to repair the broken family.

Featuring: James Stewart, Lillian Buyeff, Ken Christy, Herb Vigran, Parley Baer, Will Wright

Original Air Date: January 24, 1954 on NBC

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - OTR Mysteries

Dragnet - "The Big Elevator

It was Wednesday, November 9; it was foggy in Los Angeles. Sargent Joe Friday and his partner, Bill Lockwood, were working the nightwatch of Homicide detail. It was 11:28 PM when they got to the third floor at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, Doctor Terrell's office.

A dead woman's body has been left in the hospital elevator and there is no lead to the identity of the corpse and no apparent cause of death. It’s Friday and Lockwood's job to investigate.

All clues point to the husband, who is arrested. But did they get the right man?

Featuring: Jack Webb, Martin Milner, Vic Perrin, Hal Gibney

Original Air Date: April 24, 1952 on NBC

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April 27, 2021 - OTR Dramas

Hollywood Star Playhouse - "Calculated Risk"

Crime paid -- and paid well for Bart Willard. He was no ordinary crook. He was a virtuoso. He planned to make a heist worth $1,000,000 on his wedding day. No plan was left to chance.

As Bart works out all the details of how he plans to rob the Hypernion Payroll Service, we are along for the ride: Set off the alarm, intercept the alarm repairmen, change appearance, make the heist.

But even with the best of plans the most brilliant criminal minds still must appreciate that they are taking a calculated risk.

Featuring: Vincent Price, Betty Lou Gerson, Ed Max, Byron Kane, Gerry Hausman, Herb Rawlinson

Original Air Date: February 5, 1951 on CBS.

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Monday, April 25, 2021 - OTR Comedies

The Bickersons - "The Pink Slip"

On the same day that Blanche's sister arrives from Chicago

with her husband and two boys, John learns he has been fired from his job as a bowling ball salesman.

How is he going to break the news to Blanche? With Christmas coming and her relatives in town, he knows she has big plans.

In the meantime, Blanche has a big surprise for John -- and it has to do a baby being added to their household.

There is a truly laugh out loud encounter when John meets a very obnoxious child on the train during his ride home from work.

Featuring: Don Ameche, Frances Langford

Original Air Date: December 13, 1947 (unconfirmed)

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Thursday, April 22, 2021 - OTR Westerns

Gunsmoke - "The Kentucky Tolmans"

The Tolmans are from from Kentucky. Hannah, the daughter is both pretty, intelligent and stubborn. Jed, the father, is a brooding drunk with a secret that is driving him to drink more than ever.

When Hannah comes to Matt it's because she's afraid her father is about to get himself killed. She asks Matt to lock her pappy up in jail in order to protect him.

When Matt confronts Jed, the old man refuses to confide in him. Soon Matt figures out the secret might have something to do with Vic, a son who is both a killer and robber -- and who has just been released from prison.

Featuring: William Conrad, Parley Baer, Virginia Gregg, Joseph Kearns, Junius Matthews, Harry Bartell, Lou Krugman, Peter Leeds

Original Air Date: August 9, 1952 on CBS

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - OTR Mysteries

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - "The Cronin Matter"

Joe Parker of Surety Mutual calls Johnny to ask him to attend a party to be given by Dolly McLean. Dolly, Johnny knows, was known during the roaring twenties as the Champagne Dream Girl and the Dancing Darling.

When Dolly married Barnaby Cronin he purchased a rare and valuable piece of jewelry, the "Circle of Fire" necklace, and presented it to her as a wedding gift.

Now Barnaby has been dead ten years and the precious necklace has been tucked away in a bank lock box. When Dolly decides to throw a party for old times sake, and plans on wearing necklace, Joe fears the necklace will be a target of theft and wants Johnny to protect it.

Excellent script by Les Crutchfield.

Featuring: Bob Bailey, Virginia Gregg, Shirley Mitchell, Vivi Janiss, Barbara Fuller, Betty Rubin, John Dehner, Parley Baer

Original Air Date: December 5 - 9, 1955 (5 episodes)

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Tuesday, Apriol 20, 2021 - OTR Dramas

The Whistler - "The Cheat"

James had dreamed that life in Mexico City would be exciting and romantic. But instead he found it was just as boring and unfulfilling as it had been back in San Francisco.

The same way it had been for too many years since marrying Rose, a dull uninteresting woman with lots of money.

James Matthews needs $35,000 if he is ever to have his independence. Now he must figure out how he can talk the money out of Rose, his very wealthy, very boring wife.

Featuring: John Hoyt, Sarah Selby, Marvin Miller

Original Air Date: February 6, 1949 on CBS

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Monday, April 19, 2021 - OTR Comedies

Fibber McGee & Molly: Cleaning the Hall Closet

The very favorite (and perhaps most remembered) of the all the running gags on the Fibber McGee & Molly program is opening the hall closet door. That beloved closet, and the hilarious results of opening it, first appeared in this episode.

The plot: Fibber needs his dictionary from the hall closet. When Molly goes to retrieve it for him she opens the closet door and suddenly finds herself buried in a mountain of tumbling rubble -- all the junk Fibber has salvaged and squirrelled away over the years.

The closet routine was repeated over and over again throughout the run of the show -- much to the anticipation and delight of audiences and listeners everywhere.

Featuring: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Harold Peavy, Isabel Randolph, Gracie Allen, Bill Thompson, Billy Mills Orchestra, The Kingsmen

Original Air Date: March 5, 1940 on NBC

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