OLD TIME RADIO - 2 mp3 CD - 202 Shows - Total Playtime: 99:15:21
Let George Do It was a radio drama series produced by Owen and Pauline Vinson from 1946 to 1954. It starred Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine (with Olan Soule stepping into the role in 1954).
Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad:
Personal notice: Danger's my stock in trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. George Valentine.
The few earliest episodes were more sitcom than private eye shows, with a studio audience providing scattered laughter at the not-so-funny scripts. Soon the audience was banished, and George went from stumbling comedic hero to tough guy private eye, while the music became suspenseful.
Valentine's secretary was Claire Brooks, aka Brooksie (Frances Robinson, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Buyeff). As Valentine made his rounds in search of the bad guys, he usually encountered Brooksie's kid brother, Sonny (Eddie Firestone), Lieutenant Riley (Wally Maher) and elevator man Caleb (Joseph Kearns). For the first few shows, Sonny was George's assistant, but he was soon relegated to an occasional character.
Sponsored by Standard Oil, the program was broadcast on the West Coast Mutual Broadcasting System from October 18, 1946 to September 27, 1954, first on Friday evenings and then on Mondays. In its last season, transcriptions were aired in New York, Wednesdays at 9:30pm, from January 20, 1954 to January 12, 1955.
John Hiestand was the program's announcer. Don Clark directed the scripts by David Victor and Jackson Gillis. The background music was supplied by Eddie Dunstedter, initially with a full orchestra. When television supplanted radio as the country's primary home entertainment, radio budgets got skimpier and skimpier and Dunstedter's orchestra was replaced by an organ.
SHOWS LIST
DISC 1
460400 000 Audition 1
460400 000 Audition 2
460514 000 The First Client (Audition)
460920 001 First Show
461004 003 Kleptomaniac
461011 004 The Picnic
461018 005 Cousin Jeff and the Pigs
461025 006 The Brookdale Orphanage
461108 008 The Robber
461115 009 Snookums
461129 011 The Investment
471003 055 FortyTwo on a Rope
480405 082 The Smugglers
480412 083 Am I My Brother's Keeper
480419 084 The Bewildered Bird Watcher akaThe Penthouse Roof
480426 085 The Wolf Pack
480503 086 Under The River akaThe Tunnel Project
480510 087 The Spirit World
480531 090 Friendship Club akaIsland in the Lake
480607 091 Have Some Excitement
480614 092 A Piece Of Publicity akaHired for a Bodyguard
480621 093 Problem Child akaThe Unfit Mother
480628 094 Mr. Korawski American akaThe Racket
480705 095 Murder Me Twice akaThe Man Who Was Murdered Twice
480712 096 A Close Call
480719 097 A Deadman Who Was a Murderer
480726 098 The Seven Murder
480802 099 The Money Maker
480809 100 Perfect Speciman
480816 101 The Ghost on Bliss Terrace
480823 102 The Corpse That Took a Powder
480830 103 A Minor Case of Murder
480906 104 The Impatient Redhead
480913 105 The Father Who Had Nothing to Say
480920 106 The Hearse Was Painted Pink
480927 107 The Little Man Who Was Everywhere
481018 110 Death Wears a Gay Sports Jacket
481025 111 The Seven Dead Years
481101 112 The Flowers That Smelled of Murder
481108 113 Murder Its A Gift
481122 115 Who Is Sylvia
481129 116 Stand In for Murder
481206 117 The Malignant Heart
481227 120 Death in Fancy Dress
490103 121 Murder and One to Go
490110 122 The Corpse on a Caper
490117 123 The Payoff Is Murder
490124 124 Till Death Do Us Part
490131 125 Mayhem by Experts
490207 126 One Against A City
490214 127 Destination Dead End
490221 128 Journey into Hate
490228 129 Your Money or Your Life
490307 130 The Roundabout Murder
490314 131 The Motive Is Murder
490321 132 Four Sided Triangle
490328 133 The Host of Casa Diablo
490418 136 The Elusive Hundred Grand
490425 137 The Lady in Distress
490502 138 Out of Mind
490509 139 Vultures on the Wing
490516 140 Come and Get Me
490523 141 Stranger Than Fiction
490530 142 A Matter of Doubt
490530 143 Death in Blue Jeans
490613 144 Serenade to the Southern Star
490620 145 The Next to the Last Guest
490725 150 Laura's House
490801 151 Perfect Alibi
490808 152 One Chance at the World
490815 153 The Problem of Joe Martin
490822 154 Empress of Fishfalls
490829 155 End of Summer
490905 156 Everything Is Nice
490912 157 Valley Sunset
490919 158 The Coward
490926 159 The Man Under the Elm Trees
491017 162 Double Death
491024 163 The Rose Petal Staircase
491031 164 Every Shot Counts
491107 165 The Dark Chain
491114 166 Run Until Dead
491121 167 Sweet Poison
491128 168 No Riders
491205 169 Too Near the Sky
491212 170 Partner in Panama
491219 171 Follow That Train
491226 172 Snow Blind
500102 173 Needle In The Haystack
500109 174 The Silent Waterfall
500116 175 Juniper Lane
500123 176 The Floaters
500130 177 The Ugly Duckling
500206 178 The Old Style
500213 179 Go Jump in the Lake
500320 184 The Ghost of Ireland Betty (repeated on 540927)
500327 185 The Tears of Sorrow
500403 186 The Brothers McIntosh
500410 187 Portrait by Priscilla
500417 188 Mixup In La Cruza
DISC 2
500424 189 Death Begins at 45
500501 190 The Chair of Humanities
500508 191 Picture with a Black Frame
500515 192 The Ant Hill
500522 193 Portuguese Cove
500529 194 Sudden Storm
500605 195 The Witch of Mill Hollow
500612 196 The Iron Cat
500619 197 Solo in Whispers akaSo Low in Whispers
500626 198 Most Likely to Die
500703 199 The Scream of the Eagle
500710 200 Island in the Desert
500717 201 Eleven Oclock
500724 202 The Golden Lizard
500731 203 The Voice of the Giant
500807 204 Sweet Are the Uses of Publicity
500814 205 The High Price of a Penny
500821 206 The Treasure Of Millies Wharf
500828 207 High Card
500904 208 Second Degree Affection
500911 209 The White Elephant
500918 210 Cover for an Hour
500925 211 Tag Youre It
501002 212 The House That Jack Built
501009 213 The Spider and the Fly
501016 214 Its A Mystery To Me
501023 215 The Hand In The Coconut
501106 217 A Visit from Merlin
501113 218 Angels Grotto
501120 219 Cause for Thanksgiving
501127 220 Nothing but the Truth
501204 221 And Hope to Die
501211 222 The Bookworm Turns
501218 223 Opportunity Knocks Twice
501225 224 Santa Claus in Glass
510108 226 The Man Behind the Frame
510115 227 Tune on a Triangle
510122 228 Knock on Wood
510129 229 Christmas in January
510205 230 Tongalani
510219 232 How Guilty Can You Get
510226 233 See Me Once Youve Seen Me Twice
510305 234 The Public Eye
510312 235 The Prairie Dog
510319 236 Murder for Two
510326 237 No Escape from the Jungle
510402 238 The Eight Ball
510409 239 Uncle Harrys Bones
510416 240 The Noose Hangs High
510423 241 Sabotage
510430 242 Human Nature
510507 243 Once a Crook
510514 244 Chance and Probability
510521 245 The Four Seasons
510528 246 Dead of Night
510604 247 The Voice of the Giant
510611 248 Sucker Stunt
510618 249 The High Price of a Penny
510625 250 The Treasure of Millies Wharf
510702 251 Is Everybody Happy
510903 260 Blue Plate Special
510924 263 Framed for Hanging
511001 264 No Way Out
511022 267 A Crime Too Simple
511029 268 The Woman in Black aka Lady In Black
511119 271 Destination Danger
511126 272 The Meddler
511203 273 Off the Record
511210 274 The Last Payoff
511217 275 Stolen Goods
511224 276 Christmas Letter
520107 278 A School of Sharks
520114 279 The Bad Little God
520121 280 A Matter of Honor
520128 281 The Common Denominator
520204 282 Surprise Surprise
520211 283 Cortez Island
520218 284 The Symbol Three
520225 285 The Starlight Pier
520303 286 The Deadly Pines
520310 287 LQ The Darkest Shadow
520317 288 Three Times and Out
520324 289 The Gray Stone Ghost
520414 292 The Forgotten Murder
520421 293 War Maneuver
520428 294 Operation Europa
520505 295 Come to the Casbah
520512 296 The Iron Hat
520519 297 It Happened on Friday
520609 300 The Violent Van Pattons
520616 301 The Mystic
520818 310 Seed of Destruction
520825 311 Sabotage
520915 314 Human Nature
520922 315 Once a Crook
520929 316 Chance and Probability
521006 317 The Four Seasons
521013 318 The Dead of Night
521020 319 Cay Reposo aka Guy Reposo
521110 322 Dead on Arrival
521117 323 The Stand In
540927 420 The Ghost of Ireland Betty (repeats 500320 #184)
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