Day: August 7, 2024

Broadway’s My Beat: The Otto Prokosh Murder Case (EP4463)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a hated acrobat in a vaudeville theater.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1949

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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Edgar Bergen Show: Guest Star: Liberace (AWR0256)

Batman Villains of Old Time Radio

We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week we focus on Liberace, who played music-based villain Chandel and his gangster brother, Harry, in a season two two-parter of Batman.

We begin by featuring an episode of the Edgar Bergen Show. Bergen confronts Charlie McCarthy about his run-in with the law and then tries to explain the three wise monkeys to Mortimer Snerd. Then we learn the historic events behind, “The Discovery of Liberace” and how he began as a song plugger working for Charlie McCarthy.

Original Air Date: January 17, 1954

Featuring: Edgar Bergen as Himself, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd, Liberace, Ray Noble, Jack Kirkwood, and Gloria Gordon

After the show, I talk about the season two two-parter “The Devil’s Fingers” and “The Dead Ringers” from 1966.

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