Episode 87 aired November 29, 1949 on CBS Radio. Some of Hollywood's best character actors stood in front of the CBS ESCAPE microphone, including Jack Webb, Frank Lovejoy, Howard McNear, Harry Bartell, Alan Reed, Jeanette Nolan, John Dehner and many others. Narrating duties were shared by William Conrad and Paul Frees. Frees said that the two striking bass voices had an informal agreement that one would narrate each week while the other acted, swapping generally every other show.