Month: December 2009

EP0049: Sherlock Holmes: The Retired Colourman (Rathbone-Bruce)

Sherlock Holmes lets Doctor Watson take the lead in investigating a missing person’s case involving the wife of retiree Josiah Amberly.
Original Air Date: March 25, 1940
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EP0048: Let George Do It: The Wolf Pack

A teenage girl asks George to help a boy out of jail on a bum rap to avoid returning.

Original Air Date: April 26, 1948

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EP0047: Pat Novak for Hire: Sam Toliver

Pat Novak does a favor for a friend out of prison and picks up a package. He returns to his office to find a cop standing over a dead body.

Original Air Date: April 23, 1949

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EP0046: Box 13: The Great Torino

Dan is asked to help a magician’s assistant who’s afraid that a jealous magician will create an accident during a dangerous trick.

Original Air Date: March 10, 1948

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EP0045: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: How I Played Santa Claus And Almost Got Left Holding the Bag

Johnny Dollar is called into investigate a series of thefts in the department store. When a store detective is shot, the case takes on a more menacing turn.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1949
 
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Carnival of Christmas Up

The Carnival of Christmas is up. This year’s episode of “Let George Do It” was an entry. So, I hope that for this Christmas, someone gets to discover the fun and joy of 60 year old radio shows. 🙂

On an unrelated, John Miller has an article in the Wall Street Journal on Sherlock Holmes in relation to the new movie. Definitely worth a read.

EP0044: Sherlock Holmes: The Night Before Christmas

One of Moriarity’s henchman switches Christmas sacks with Dr. Watson when both are dressed as Santa Claus. Sherlock Holmes has to catch the thief and save Watson and his Christmas party.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1945
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EP0043: Let George Do It: Follow That Train


It’s Christmas and George gets a letter from a new client-a department store Santa Claus that wants him to solve the mystery of a missing electric train. But when Brooksie disappears, the case takes a more serious turn.

Original Air Date: December 19, 1949

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EP0042: Pat Novak for Hire: Shirt Mix Up at the Laundry

When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. Novak is knocked out and wakes up next to a dead body. Par for the course, Hellman suspects him of murder.
Original Air Date: April 9, 1949
Quotes:

You’re not going to make any more headway than a hummingbird in a wind tunnel.

Novak (to Hellman): You couldn’t track down a live bear in a telephone booth.
Hellman: I’ll make a try on you, Mister. And when I’m through there’ll be enough to put you in that gas chamber.
Novak: They could save money and do the same thing.
Hellman: Huh?
Novak: They can lock me in the same closet with you.
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EP0041: Box 13: Book of Poems

Dan receives a book of poems in Box 13 that takes him back to a fire he covered ten years ago when working for the Star-Times.

Original Air Date: March 3, 1948

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EP0040: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Case of the $100,000 Legs


Johnny Dollar is sent to protect an actresses legs as part of a publicity policy. He arrives to find her murdered and him the prime suspect.

Original Air Date: April 15, 1949

EP0039: The Bruce Partington Plans (Rathbone-Bruce Version)

 

Sherlock Holmes’ brother Mycroft calls on Holmes to help find stolen  top secret papers relating to  submarine plans.

Original Air Date: November 6, 1939

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EP0038: Let George Do It: The Penthouse Roof

George is hired by a bird watcher who thinks he spotted a man pushing another off the roof.

Original Air Date: April 19, 1948

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EP0037: Pat Novak: Father Lahey

A priest hires Pat Novak to intercept an escaping convict. However, when Novak allows the convict to make an unplanned stop, trouble of the lethal kind ensues.
Original Air Date: April 2, 1949

Quotes:

“Your men couldn’t follow a moose through a revolving door.”-Novak to Hellman

“You got a funny feeling that he didn’t walk into the night, that he was big enough to wrap it around his shoulders and take it with him.”

“Somebody had used to her badly, like a dictionary in a stupid family.”

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EP0036: Box 13: Double Mothers

Dan Holiday goes to a park and find himself taking care of a young child who seems to be confused about who her mother is.

Original Air Date: February 25, 1948

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