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Monday, November 2, 2020 - OTR Comedies

The Adventures of Maisie - "Newspaper Columnist"

Maisie (Ann Southern) takes a temporary job filling in for a newspaper advice columnist known as Cupid -- offering love sick readers solutions to their romantic problems.

Eddie, Maisie's boyfriend, is not aware of her temporary employment. Because he has been feeling rather ignored lately, he decides to take some action. What better way to spice up their relationship than by getting some advice from Cupid!

Featuring: Ann Southern, Elvia Allman, Patrick McGeehan, Sidney Miller, Frank Nelson.

Original Air Date: March 29, 1951 on the Mutual Network

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Thursday, October 29, 2020 - OTR Westerns

The Six Shooter - "General Gillford's Widow"

When Britt becomes lost, he stops at a home to ask for directions. The woman who lives there advises Britt she is the wife of General Gillford and that the General is inside taking a nap.

The crazy thing is, Britt and the rest of the citizens in town believe General Gillford lost his life in the Civil War.

Featuring: Jimmy Stewart, Virginia Gregg, Parley Baer, Robert Griffin.

Original Air Date: April 8, 1954 on NBC

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - OTR Mysteries

Dragnet - "The Big Cup"

When a persistently barking dog is not quieted by its owner, a local neighbor senses something is wrong. When he goes to check on the dog, he discovers his neighbor has been murdered in her kitchen.

Friday and Smith are assigned to the case, and quickly develop the ex-husband as the prime suspect. And the man does little to change the detectives' minds.

Look for a big surprise at the end of this episode when you will discover how the story got its name.

Featuring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Jack Kruschen

Original Air Date: March 9, 1954 on NBC

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - OTR Dramas

Suspense - "Short Order"

The owner of a diner hires a new cook and business could not be better. That is until a man with a severely disfigured face comes into the cafe and begins eating all of his meals there, driving other customers away.

Simultaneously, the owner's wife seems to call everyday with another report of bad luck: Kids threw stones through all of their windows; the car was hit and demolished by an uninsured motorist as it sat right in front of their house.

How much can one man take?

Featuring: Joseph Kearns, Gerald Mohr, Conrad Binyon, Ted Myers

Original Air Date: August 6, 1945 on CBS

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Monday, October 26, 2020 - OTR Comedies

The Jack Benny Show - "At the Academy Awards"

Jack takes Mary to the Academy Awards ceremony and the evening is fraught

with potential problems. For instance, Jack gives an interview in the lobby of the Pantages Theater and the interview ends turns into a major fiasco.

Funny bit with Sheldon Leonard as the tipster from the race track.

Featuring: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Frank Reynolds, Sheldon Leonard

Original Air Date: March 23, 1952 on CBS

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Thursday, October 22, 2020 - OTR Westerns

Luke Slaughter of Tombstone - "Tracks Out of Tombstone"

While on a cattle drive from Mexico to Tombstone, Luke and Wichita discover a fugitive on the run; the pursuing sheriff from Tombstone shows up soon after.

When Luke arrives in Tombstone and sells his cattle, the money from the sale is stolen -- now Luke and Wichita become the pursuers.

But circumstances make them wonder if they are pursuing the right person.

Featuring: Sam Buffington, Junius Matthews, Sam Edwards, Vic Perrin, Lawrence Dobkin, Jack Moyles, Frank Gerstle

Original Air Date: March 2, 1958 on CBS

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - OTR Mysteries

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "Phantom Fingers"

Wolfe and Archie are driving upstate when they happen upon a dying man. It soon becomes obvious the man was severely attacked; before he dies he names his attacker - Joe.

As they travel on, a flash flood traps them in a house located on top of a precipice; the only way to the house, a bridge, collapses after they cross it.

Inside the house they are confronted by three individuals. When Wolfe announces one of them is the murderer, a game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

This Agatha Christie-type script is great fun and will keep you guessing until the very end.

Featuring: Sydney Greenstreet, Gerald Mohr, Gege Pearson, Howard McNear, Eddie Fields, Tim Graham.

Original Air Date: January 26, 1951 on NBC

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - OTR Dramas

Escape! - The Man With the Steel Teeth

Arthur Henderson Luttrell is a newspaper correspondent stationed in Moscow. One night, while attending the Bolshoi Ballet, Arthur is arrested by Soviet secret police and transported to Lubyanka Prison where they try to coerce him into confessing he is a spy.

Unable to crack him, Arthur refuses to confess.

Later, when Arthur awakens from unconsciousness, he discovers his cell door has been left open. Anticipating a set-up, Arthur expects to be stopped before he can completely get away -- but he never is.

Leading Arthur to wonder why?

Featuring: Harry Bartell, Jack Kruschen, Charlotte Lawrence, Stephen Roberts, Paul Dubov

Original Air Date: March 15, 1953 on CBS

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Monday, October 19, 2020 - OTR Comedies

The Great Gildersleeve - "Beautiful Lady"

Throckmorton Gildersleeve likes to think of himself as an urbane ladies man -- but even the great ones can be struck down.

Gildy is smitten. He observes a beautiful woman leaving a cafe just as he enters, and he knows at once he must meet her. After asking around, he discovers she is the guest of the president of the country club - and Gildy's sworn enemy.

When Gildy learns she is going to be at the country club dance Saturday Night, he knows the only way he can possibly get an invitation is by apologizing to the man he detests.

Featuring: Hal Peary, Walter Tetley, Earle Ross, Floyd Munson

Original Air Date: November 13, 1946 on NBC.

Frontier Gentleman: "Wonder Boy"

Kendall is in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, where he visits the Eli Jackson Tailor Shop and is waited on by Dick Jackson, the proprietor's 17 year-old son.

After discussing briefly his travels with the young man, Kendall learns Dick inherited his uncle's six shooters and he asks Kendall for some pointers on using them.

When Kendall and Dick go outside, Kendall asks the youngster to fire a few rounds. That is when he discovers that the young man has developed a remarkable skill -- he is the fastest draw Kendall has ever seen.

Featuring: John Dehner, Virginia Gregg, Eddie Firestone, Stacy Harris, Jack Kruschen, Ben Wright.

Original Air date: 8/17/58 on CBS

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