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today's episode of Mister Moto. Project seventy seven. Mister I A mos NBC
presents the world's greatest international secret agent, mister Ia Moso, the popular Japanese
character created by Puliter Prize winner John T. Markwan across the world from Japan
the Jersey, from Cape Horn to moment, Mister Moto is fighting the evil
of communism quietly, ruthlessly, courageously. The Night Story Project seventy seven starrying
Mister Motor Mister I A Moto Commander Free. It is so simple. The
drawing board is here, pencils, rulers, a few lines, and I
will unchange you at once. The answer is no. Oh, let's us
pray that your stubbornness maybe fraud new Colossal thinking him a critical journey. No
profanity, Commander, Please remember I am a minister of the gospel, because
they I'll get you for this. Someday I'll beat that. Thank cimonious saving
yoursn't turn on the sun lamp again. You could tell us thank you,
my dear listen, commander, you look like a holiday in Miami, so
terrible sunburns Katawa cool the commander with a little more for haven't say from under
three ear. If necessary, I will keep you under that sun lamp until
your flesh can be flexed off and fed to the mountain birds. I always
get what I want, O you always, and I want Projects seventy seven.
The assignment on Project seventy seven began two feet in front of a jet
motor frying faster than suns the law. The jet never reached our ears as
we streactly crossed the blue certificate thirty five thousand feet. I was mean sent
for Tari, Japan, the land of my honored photo a Otoro rushed up
to meets, looking white and serene. Beside the sparkling siegean I could see
two hundred miles away across the Tata streets, the gloomy coast of Russia.
I help orders to report to Captain Thomas Stanni the offer in charge of the
United States Labal Experimental Stations at As. The station consisted of two United States
Destroyer of course d with doc at the end of which miss only sixth grade
anti cut. Captain Stanny nother Santent was in his office. In her case,
Randers Free did that loggerboard the night before last, and he has nothing
saintin No. He is entirely in charge of budget seventy seven year and anywhere
else. Didn't you know that? Yes, because I wondered if you did,
when will you like to see Randa Free? And I took the shelter
and out nine days ago to win. Amanda Freer wished to test seventy seven
of the Sascora Trent, the Tuscarora Trench. It's an onspiring sea, Mistermoto.
There's a canyon on the floor of the sea just east of Japan.
Our sounding apparatus indicated depths of over five thousand fathoms five thousand, there's almost
six miles there go on, even if it's enormous depth, even straight down
through six miles of water, seventy seven caused explosions at the bottom of the
tuch Aurora, and the tests have been successful. Beyond our wildest dream real.
Yes, even underwater seventy seven traveled in extens of two hundred miles an
hour. It isn't a torpedo. It's an underwater pullet. Small guest propels
with an atomic warhead. It will end submarine warfare. No submersible in the
world can elude a guided missile traveling at that speed. Captain Stanley, are
you aware that certain details of Protect seventy seven are already in the hands of
foreign agents? Which, Tomoto, you're joking? No, it's absolutely top
secret. In January, an associated Samanda Pears named Lowell disappeared in Paris.
He had one of the anastrophic crystals with him. Yes, yes, I
believe Commander's Frear is the missing link. Jet To tells underwater missiles are in
the arsenals of every mission in the world. The big obstacle hitting a missile
on its costs. Underwater at the high speeds, he is hurtled by the
unstocked crystal. Diagrams of the crystal and the exact wavelength figure exist only in
two places, Washington and Commander Frere's head. Then he is the only man
in the Aureate who can exactly all that the potential enemy needs to know is
the figure one followed by a decimal point and five unknown digits. This figure,
just as drawing of the crystal equals seventy seven, so that its commander's
fear was forced to talk the project to become the property of whomever he talked
to order. What can we do, Commander Frear is my responsibility? Who
sign last? The officer of the deck storm leave his laboratory and hutty It's
six forty five and night before last. Yes, it was the commander's habit
to take a walk right A's to dinner every evening, ah where Sir blossoming
Shalamar along the Tishima road. We used to send a man along with him,
and he insisted he could take care of himself. A missionary named Kisdale
saw on past it's the Reverend James Tisdale, a productant missionary. It's a
nice guy, not stuff he or anything like that. He has a mission
up in the hills, married a native woman, and he saw command of
fair row past the mission about seven to fifteen up to the hills freer ways
and said, good evening. He hasn't been seen since then. I will
begin with a man who saw command of fear. Last, I shall invite
myself to tea as a mission of the veterans. James Tiddey just the motive.
It is so refreshing to meet someone from the outside world. Thank you.
I get lonely for informed conversations. Oh MOUTI thank you devicious A Katawa
cheap please, mister Moto. My wife is a Niner woman. She believes
that the wife is a slave whose only duty is to serve her husband.
She sings to her native customs and refuses to behave as my equal. She
is Christian. No, I am leaving her conversion in the hands of the
Almighty. I bring the tea masters you and more little cakes too. How
thoughtful, I will say, mister Murdo thing you should be honored, mister
Moto. That is the first time she's ever done that. That, mister
motive is Japanese on America. Thank you very much the tea Kate, our
surpassing delicacy. Thank you, it is my honor. Tea. No,
thank you, dear. That's all. Yes, you see what I mean.
Sometimes I think all the mystery of the Orient is hidden in those beautiful
jettis, and their hands so languid, so elegant, the breeding of uncounst
centry. Yes, and now rereented. Oh yes, about Commander Fear,
I am very upset. The natives here, as you may know, are
isles. Yes, I do know. They once occupied the whole of Japans.
There are only some twelve thousand of them left now. Their situation is
not unlike that of the American Indian at home. But basically they are honest,
and I believe that because of this I can help you. And may
I ask how the Isrols will talk to me where they would say nothing to
an outsider. The country around here is wild and primitive, mostly hill name
hunters. Many of them are abandoned. Now. I suspect that a band
of them somewhere in the hills have kidnapped Commander Fear and are holding him for
ransom. I will ask about it at Prayer meeting. Tone you have a
large pace, no, only four hundred converts in three years. But those
who haven't braced Christianity are fervent and sincere. If Commander Prayer is anywhere in
the district, someone in the congregation will come to me and tell me.
And when they do, you will contact me at the station, please or
at once, mister Motor immediately. You have been very very kind, and
this has been very very pertant. Command of Freyer's disappearance is more urgent than
it appears on the surface. I will try to help in my humble way.
Then I shall leave you now and thank you again. It has been
my pleasure, believe me. Goodbye, Reverence is sale, good bye?
Shot off down seller quickly and bring the straw and the needles. We have
wasted enough time on command of Fael. Now really, Commander Prayer, this
has gone too far. It pains me deeply. You could be sold by
the pound as broad beef. Now will you do as I asked? Chottoo
can have my enormous sucidity. I could not advance blay my country hands upon
the straw underneath. Commander Prayer is unconscious a little vinegar will revive him quickly.
Choto, Yes, well he's a Oh now, Commander Payer, can
you understand? Can you hear me? I won't do it except for the
method of keeping the missile on course. We have everything I want, the
wavelength that excites that crystal and the diagram of the crystal itself. Now there
is pencil and paper and the drawing board. I won't do it. I'm
all you want to kill me your hand Chotto? Are you ready? Does
the barbarian and lastal Commander Kyoto is an Anue warrior. If you insist on
being stubborn, he inserts that straw under your skin and blows you up,
Commander Prayer until you burst like a balloon. You no things? You go
ahead? Shoto? Yeah, no, no, don't please all right,
I'll give it. God has banished the stubbornness from your soul. Unchanging Toto,
Yes, hurry, tootle. Now come on the figures, just four
of them, five five, define points one point one? Why? Three?
Eight? And excellent? Now the drawing quicklick. It's so hard for
me to help him. Yotok, are you comfortable, Commander? Then draw
the crystal? Ah, this is the Remember in and hour you can get
back at the station. Have I the word, a few lines on a
piece of paper, and you are free. I promise, Ah, there's
gone backs on a paradise. This is seem must be exactly one wave line
for the radiation for me and faith. Thank you, Commander Kyoto as Freda
I listened, Catholic. Send a code cable to Comrade kabulosk in Blaod the
suck. You must get a plane to a tarow at once. Tell him
I have obtained the last link in Project seventy seven, and that I will
deliver it to him tomorrow night at seven in the Cafe of the Grinning Buddha
on the salary that would and I will prepare for crab meaty. The man
the fear is unconscious again, Well, perhaps it is easier that way disposed
of him. You can bury him somewhere in the hills. That's the motto.
You're wrong, tis Day is a minister of the gospel. I'm as
sure as I'm sitting here he's on a level there. Should you reply to
my table any moment that the man radiates sincerity and integrity, I am sure
the reverence Tod will gives an impression of great divinity. That's Captain Stanley.
He is a life. Oh tell me one thing, he said. You
forget Captain Stanley, that I speak Japanese. A's bluently as I do age.
He told me he had four hundred positions on my way home from the
mission. I've called on the tactics. They are simple people, good people,
that's certain Stanley. Not once did I see a course or a Bible,
not in a single home. These people are not being teached to the
energy about today. What does the free I heard an old woman a Cominomichi,
the way of the fun. These people are being preached a new Shintoism,
Shintoism with a new god to be worshiped, a god of communists.
Judy tells them they are being exploited, the communist. All is worth on
the minority group, repressed, the poor carried the table just came in,
sir from Amoto. Ah, thank you very much. And there's something else
said, come on with laws. Ah. This is from the Board of
Foreign Missions in Boston. No Protestants is nominission as a residence visionary. I
thought follows. I was right. I can't believe tisday was a phone.
Excuse me soon there's another message, and Coolly just brought this to the front
gate of hut Sea. It's from a Tomoto to Fagons Lawson. That's all.
I am so very very pleased. Everything is progressing very very well.
By telling me why this is from it. I knew woman, she deal
wife. I knew I was right. I knew I recognized her sick.
Yes, red, Why oh I am you do not read Japmanese. Forgive
me, she writes to the first third to the first served during the fells
this evening. I don't get it. An young woman of her breeding would
always serve her husband's first, no matter how important or how numerous to get.
And didn't she this afternoon when she served gacause she served me ahead of
Sidney first to t then with little cakes. That is what she means by
to the first thirst and the bell. She wants me to come to her
to night while the reference did Dale conducts what he calls his prayer meeting.
Let is detail. Let me in tea, I am alone. School.
You have come, if you are judge, yes coming, Please I prostrate
my start to your beauty, and as it is, get your manners and
graciousness, miess, the motives the understanding of my message came to you.
It's great clarity. Three times I have presented things from happening followingly. Harry
could imitate the heat of my hate, but this I understand. I could
not possibly defray my husband to a I barbarian. You asked what you love?
Been sent to me by Paul. I'm stopped for the way in opening,
fuming, disc turning, lost, furming your God, the day has
stopped. It is the sinness, the most most honorable lady. Your eligence
is beyond statement. But the matter is so very very urgent. May I
humbly beg you to proceed. The soul of command of free has fled his
body when the Teesdale exposed into a lamp of the sun, until it was
the color of boiling blood. This death, this spring, the diagony was
of the crashing of whales. The servant of my my husband killed him in
the hills. It's the commander. Give your husband any information about the weapon?
This about a thing called seven seven, a bullet death flies beneath the
waters. What sort of information please hurry, honorable ladies. Smith is of
desperate urgency a series of numbers and a blowing of a crystal. Where is
the Tuesday carries at the value of the voting body the tomorrow night, Yes,
it's rowing will be given to a man named Tablas rushing from Vladava.
Fuck in the bring to them speak of the blossomy Shallima, how shower on
you a thousand breads? What's the model? I ask only one thing.
It is I am a daughter of the house of Tom, the most glorious
name, and I knew his See when I saw what the tisday were meant
to do to my people, I married him. I fight him constantly.
If he knows I have to crayed him, he will kill me. Then
my usefulness to my people will end. I give you my word that you
will be protected. Captain Sunny, I want you to send twenty men down
to the Grinning Buddha Cafe and arrested there at once. You and I will
accompany the right any word of the pain not yet, but glad of us.
Start is only a three hundred miles fight. All the radar stations have
been notified. The moment cabalost lands, you'll be arrested. Every patrol boat
in the harbor standing by. You have told the men that his there is
not a minute g Then let us go at once for the cafe of the
bringing buddhast stress shut. I told you not to come here. Earth happened
Sunday with twenty American sellers just the station five minutes ago. What do you
mean they're going to arrest you? Arrest me? They wouldn't there evening,
Master, the wife entertain the Japanese mist of what you're saying, I swear
to fool. My brother watched her house while I was in the hills disposing
that commander fear and I came back. He told me Mother thought to her
during a prayer meeting. My brother saw him, come and go. You
will meet the power told in the best Master, you must leave that one
there will be here any moment climbed. Not yet. The boat is waiting
to be kissyplane to take the paper. Go out in the boat and give
it to Kavalak. When you have delivered a stafely into his hands, come
to the cave in the hills beside the Glasmon Bridge. The power and I
will meet you there. Leaves her Master. She is against us. That
is why I shall take her with me hurry. Then when you are not
here, they will got one to the mission, gets back paper to Kabalac.
I will collect myring wife. You will meet us at the cave.
They could look for a hundred years and not find us in those hills.
I cannot understand it. Then she do your obviously left in the honey.
But somewhere in this mission that woman would leave me a clue. It's a
lot and fach the house thoroughly. There was nothing somewhere in this chapel we
will find Stummach. I know, Stanley. Let me quickly over. Here's
the organ that turned on. I just thought core matches laid on the keys.
I knew she would try to leave me a message. What is it?
Waite and standing, don't touch the matches, ah acoustics on top of
the organ. And for matches, I'm a key and let me think.
I don't get it matches I'm a key, B and C, D G
E. Bridge. Of course she gets the move of the organ running and
spells out the word bridge. Yeah, but what break that is the crucifix
work in not a crucifixis for Lawton across across a bridge. What's there on
the floor its flowers. A Judgment dottum across the Judgmine bridgetain standis I think
you've got suffer. There are caves that there are a lot of them.
The bridge crosses the gorge and leads to a pass up the mountain of your
mother. You she wouldn't do it fur a coupain Sandys collect your mends.
We must throw at once across the Judgment bridge. That's the semi street.
What anopheonist you know? To the right it has a life. Yes,
you're thenocular feet ah a landon in front of a rock. What a woman?
Jasmine blossoms at every turn in the past. And now a ladder.
You're up there in one of the caves. The lantern is sticking from Siddale.
Got a rock? Give me your result. The captains the motor please
do it that the men are split out too much. Get them together and
as quietly as it is possible for prenty American sailor to move. Have then
a post that I will go in first. No Kisdale to have machine guns
rifles? Those cases are please please this is there is a brave woman,
as samis to protector is there is capable of murdering her if he is common
stop give me your whistles. I can't let you with this. Please,
Dobs assemble the men as quietly as bubout all. Even if you hear shot.
Do not come into that thing until I blow this with Katawa. You
have sinned against your husband, sin deeply. But as a man of God,
I have decided to forgive you. Come here you. You are more
like anither than a woman. You are very beautiful, and I love you
very much, even though you are a heathen native im My ancestors were carving
tea when you were cutting off each other's scars for summer. In five languages,
I read and life. I read your karmas from Germans before you read
it in English. Lazy fucking love you when you're excited. A months of
charity and cons I say, and I've betrayed you before. Look I can't
play cat and mouse all night. Now, let's be. We're alone,
Mika, and I'm your disting present. I don't want to be brutal.
The brute is all you know. Will come here, tell yourself, I
give it your little do. Let me go, beautiful lovelu some fresh heap
that run. We'll play it allway you want to be. You want to
will need the lesson my little beauty, and now your brother get it from
the name of tran floor your lust. Mister mister, you have some stilt.
I have suspected for some time at Tata and Toroto where plopping against her
when mister Moto said kill him. Holy death ships the baseness of the evil
you till mister Moso. Now Otto, I can explain everything. Keep now
to put that Guns and Soto have been arrested of a trouble factor that he
claimed them. No more time, Moto, it's no pleas. Let's me
explain what has happened. L You will be played by a single judy fire.
I are cost in your own trouble killed. If you do not yourself
and said free, He'll tell it for four. I beg of you,
mister Moso. Listen to me, look at me. I set this man.
He's a devil. He will get away a lettus s some motive,
the curse. He has got what it takes. Hm hm hm, I
am sorry. I think you do. You would have killed you. You
are excused for ridiculous. There are American sailors outside. You're close at all
would my coat thinking of that who save on my untendingly. You have been
what I have been to a man who called him first a man of God.
He was not a man of God. He was a man of the
devil, the great devil. You have just heard the world's greatest international secret
agent, Mister I a Moso. James Monk stars as mister Moto. The
script was written and directed by Harry W. Junkins, produced by Carol Irwin.
Members of the cast were Bill Smith, Connie Lempkey, Bill Litton,
Scott Tennyson, and Ian Martin. The music was transcribed This is Fred Collins
Sinking And here was a preview of next week's story. Is mister I a
Moso? Thank you? Next week a story of danger and a fight of
dainty unknowns, a search for the unsuspected man engaged in sabatos enough maybe a
start of night watch over your feet and the post new Your Dreams is Dying.
Didn't moved, he didn't changement, good night. It's just over Jubilee
on NBC M welcome back. Well, I can't melodramatic and uh maybe a
little bit confusing though when you get right down to it. But every program
is entitled to an off day, so hopefully we'll have something better next week.
Well, we do turn to some listener comments and feedback. Michael has
a question. I'm guessing the tape Dragnet shows. They taped Dragnet shows as
opposed to live audience. This is accurate. How long did it take them
to tape the show? What studio did they usually use? Well, thanks
for the question, Michael. Some of those I don't have firm answers on,
but we do have some information. First of all, Dragnet was actually,
if not recorded before live audience, it was recorded live and uptil nineteen
fifty one, when the TV version launched, and so that would have been
recorded at NBC studios at that point. In terms of where they recorded the
transcripted ones, I would probably guess at the lot where the Dragnet TV programs
were filmed out at the boint of Istelot that Web specifically had built and designed
for the programs. And at that time Web was putting out an incredible number
of programs. On average, he was doing thirty nine television episodes plus most
seasons. There was one season they took us summer break, but most seasons.
He was doing fifty two radio episodes, and there were movie projects.
Really would not want to go down to NBC studios. I think common sense
would suggest that they went ahead and they recorded the radio programs where they recorded
the television shows. In terms of how long the radio programs took, what
we been able to find from research was that Web did not have a did
not have time for rehearsal. The programs were recorded as time went, were
recorded really in more of a reading style, with very few rehearsals. So
these were not these were not jobs that took a long time. Even the
television episodes only took a day and a half with no rehearsals. For radio,
you know, and allowing for some mistakes. I think if I were
to guess, I'd say probably an hour or two based on the information I've
been able to garner. So I hope that helps Michael. And of course
that doesn't include all the time that work was done on the program, just
because you know, writing, et cetera, all that does take time.
But for radio it was never you know, as complicated as television without that
visual format, and even without Web's insistence on a more minimalistic approach radio actors
frequently, you know, would do ten or eleven shows a week, so
it would not be a long process. So I hope that helps, and
I hope that the guess is based on the information I have found is not
far off the mark. So if anyone has additional thoughts, I'd love to
hear about it. All right, well, we will be back on Wednesday,
when we'll continue with your truly Johnny Dollar. Join us next Tuesday for
another episode of Mister Motto. And thanks so much for your support for the
last thousand episodes, and we'll look forward to even better things to common our
next thousand. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham.
Soon and off, be sure to listen later on today for a one
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