Phil Harris & Alice Faye: "An Elephant for Mr. Scott" 12/14/52
Phil is led to believe that his show's sponsor wants an elephant for Christmas. So Phil sets out to get him an elephant for Christmas. What could possibly go wrong?
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With this blog closing down soon, I'm afraid this is the last Friday's Favorite OTR post.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: "Murder Merry-Go-Round" 3/11/49
Someone is sabotaging a small travelling circus. Johnny has to find out both why and who.
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Box 13: "Archimedes and the Romans" 7/31/49
A young boy writes Box 13 about a mysterious happening. Dan decides to check it out, though it's just a letter from a kid. Nothing will come of it. Right?
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Escape: "Train from Oebisfelde" 9/6/53
An American agent escorting a defecting scientist learns there's a bomb on the train and a very short time to find and disarm it.
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Great Gildersleeve: "Gildy Repairs His Car" 4/4/43
Gildersleeve's car isn't running. Since the local mechanic has been drafted, Gildy decides to repair it himself. What could possibly go wrong?
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Philip Marlowe: "The Sea Horse Jockey" 5/2/50
Marlowe is initially hired to transport a valuable sea-horse shaped brooch to a buyer. But he ends up having to catch a thief and a killer.
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Nick Carter: "The Haunted Rocking Chair" 5/20/45
Nick is asked to investigate a rocking chair that seems to rock by itself. This, of course, soon evolves into a murder case.
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X Minus One: "At the Post" 3/27/57
The fate of humanity might be in the hands of a man who handicaps horses for a living.
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Crime Classics:"John Hayes: His Head and How They Were Parted" 10/28/53
In the early 18th Century, a British soldier pays a bounty to end his enlistment early. He goes home to his lovely wife. This does not end well.
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The Chase: "Penny-Pinching Boarding House Owners" 2/8/53
Black Museum: "The Canvas Bag" 1952
A woman makes an unwise decision regarding what man she runs off with.
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Dragnet: "The Big Press" 6/15/50
Suspense: "A Week Ago Wednesday" 11/29/45
A woman comes home to discover she's lost a week of her life--and according to the newspaper, she's been murdered by her husband.
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Escape: "Seven Hours to Freedom" 11/3/50
A commercial fishing boat is hijacked by escaping convicts. The two-man crew is given a choice: Die now, or take the convicts to Mexico and die later.
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Screen Guild Theater: "Destry Rides Again" 2/2/41
Henry Fonda takes the role as the soft-spoken deputy tasked with cleaning up a lawless town.
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Burns and Allen: "Cast Your Ballot" 2/9/43
Gracie wants to be president of her women's club, so she wants to get a celebrity speaker for the next meeting. This requires telling one fib to Charles Laughton, telling a different fib to George and a THIRD fib to the club members. What can possibly go wrong?
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Broadway is my Beat: "The Charles and Jane Kimbell Murder Case" 3/17/50
A car is dredged up from the river. But the two corpses in it didn't drown--they were shot.
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You Are There: "New Amsterdam" 1/22/50
The British are demanding the Dutch surrender the city of New Amersterdam. Will they fight or will they give up?
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Gunsmoke: "Romeo" 1/22/56
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Archie Andrews: "Dinner in a Restaurant" 1949
Mr. Andrews decides to take his wife and Archie out to a nice restaurant for Sunday dinner. What can possibly go wrong?
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