Radio Retropolis

A famous jockey hires Novak to find his missing racehorse, Fleet Lady. At the stables, Novak meets both the seductive owner of the horse as well as a dead body.  Commentary on Webb and Burr's machine gun dialogue rhythm.  Plus the Top 5 Novak Zingers!

A man is reported missing by his wife. His drinking companion, knows...but isn't talking.  Commentary on the funny opening sequence and its similarities to Don Knotts as Barney Fife.

Although Lois and Horatio survived the crash, the duo are now fighting for their lives to river debris as they float down the current to the treacherous rocky falls ahead with them getting weaker by the moment.  Commentary on Horn's phrase "By Gulliver!"

In a bizarre tale, a man takes the train home and murders his wife with a poker.  He hops back on the train to take it to work believing no one would remember he was on the train and therefore he could claim he was at work the whole time.  In fact, that’s exactly what happened so what could go wrong?  Commentary on what makes this a "black comedy".

When the coded message sending Superman to a mountain lodge proved to be a false lead, the lodge caretaker provided a forwarding address in Metropolis where the abductors now reside.  However, that address was nothing but an empty lot leaving Superman without a clue of where to go next to find the professor.  Commentary on the bumbling duo of Lois and Horatio as well as what Superman's "true" identity really is.

A woman who casually bumps into Novak one night claiming amnesia suddenly drops dead leaving Novak as the primary suspect in her murder.  Commentary on Burr's Hellman, why characters have no emotional connection to violence and the Top 5 Novak Zingers!

The department gets a call from a man who tells you his wife has failed to keep an appointment. There's no trace of her and is feared kidnapped, yet her husband seems to know who did it.  Commentary on the tar and feathering done n this episode.

Although Perry White completely dismisses Horn’s assumption that an American atomic scientist is to be kidnapped, Kent wisely decides to go the scientist’s house with Horn and Lois Lane to investigate. Commentary on the history of the Irish cop.

A man still in love with a woman who doesn’t want him decides to kill her and has a surefire alibi guaranteed to not get caught.  Commentary on murdering an already dead person and a very non-political political take on how perspective guides our emotions and life's convictions.

One Horatio F, for French, Horn is desperate to reach Perry White with what he believes is a bombshell front page story for the Daily Planet.  Commentary on the seriousness of this serial despite its comedic guest character.