Month: November 2009

EP0015Bonus: Have Gun Will Travel: Ella West

 

Paladin must take on the hardest challenge he has ever faced, turning 
a wild girl into a civilized girl.

Original Air Date: December 07, 1958

Written by Gene Roddenberry

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EP0015: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Slow Boat From China

Johnny Dollar heads to Singapore to save an insurance company from a paying out $2500 day for a shipping delay. Trouble comes when Dollar finds the Insurance company’s man in Singapore missing.
Original Air Date: February 5, 1949
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EP0014: Sherlock Holmes: The Hebraic Breastplate

Holmes investigates a mystery surrounding a relic dating back to the time of King Solomon.
Original Air Date: November 11, 1934
 
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EP0013: Let George Do It: The Brooksdale Orphanage

George is retained by a Western Movie Actor who has become afraid of horses and even more afraid of letting down the kids at an orphanage who want to see him perform. George has to find someone to ride the horse.
Original Air Date: October 25, 1946
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EP0012: Pat Novak for Hire: Marcia Halpern

(Courtesy of Digital Deli.)

A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to find out who she really is before Hellman rushes him off to the gas chamber.

Quote of the Episode:

“If I didn’t move fast, I was deader than a Philadelphia nightclub.”

Original Air Date: February 27, 1949

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EP0011: Box 13: Suzi Quits the Paper to Work for Dan

An elderly woman sends an urgent message to Box 13. The reason…there’s a dead body in her room.

Original Air Date: January 21, 1948
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The Guide to OTR Distribution Models

There are a number of ways to get an Old Time Radio fix. Each has advantages and disadvantages to it.  There’s some debate back and forth between various sites. I think each can meet the needs of a specific base of fans.

My purpose is not to reccomend any specific products, hosts, or services, only to give the interested fan a look at the benefits and drawbacks of each way of accessing Old Time Radio.

It should also be said that just because there are disadvantages to a method doesn’t mean the medium is bad, just giving pros and cons.

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Show Popularity Ranking

Here’s a ranking of which shows are most popular based on downloads of the first episode, one week after release:

1) Pat Novak for Hire
2) Box 13
3) Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
4) Sherlock Holmes
5) Let George Do It

EP0010: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Parikoff Policy

Johnny Dollar investigates a murder, with an insured man facing a death penalty if convicted.  (First Charles Russell episode.)
Original Air Date: February 11, 1949
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EP0008: Let George Do It: Cousin Jeff and the Pigs

 
George Valentine is hired by his farmer cousin, Jeff to find him a bride that loves pigs.
Original Air Date: October 25, 1946
 
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EP0007: Pat Novak for Hire: The Jack of Clubs

When Pat Novak finds $1000 depsited in his bank account and a beautiful woman who wants him to find a Jack of Clubs, he runs into murder.

 Original Air Date: February 20, 1949

“You can’t find your hip pocket with radar.”-Pat Novak to Hellman

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The Un-Fun Part of Podcasting

Finished the least fun part of Podcasting this morning as I went through the painstaking submission process for the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio to increase search engine hits and subscriptions onto Itunes. It’s been a long time since I did this with The Old Time Dragnet Show. However, I’m pleased to report that it only took a couple hours to get through. I focused on directories that I found the Dragnet podcast in as well as the top podcast directories outside of Itunes. One directory that focused on Drama Podcasts had disappeared since the last time I did this.

The great thing about this is that with Google, Blogging, and Itunes, much of this is much more automatic than it used to be. Way back in the olden days of the 1990s. It took days to complete site promotion.

EP0006: Box 13: Insurance Fraud Scheme

A life insurance company sends a letter to Box 13 in hopes of getting Dan Holiday to locate a missing man who the insurance adjuster believes is alive.

Original Air Date: January 14, 1948
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