Speaker 1: Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho.
This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're
going to bring you this week's episode of Charlie Chan.
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dot Rightdetectives dot net. Well, I don't have a precise
date for this week's episode of Charlie chand, however, I
was able to locate a synopsis for the first episode,
which aired the week before the one we played last weekend.
This isn't the same story, so this aired after that
sometime during the summer of nineteen forty four. Here is
the Pearl of Great Price.
Speaker 2: Good Evening. This asides an ex filling in for Peter Laurie.
When the danger threatens anyone of her brood, even the
placid and uninspired mother, hen can become an avenging demon,
purposeful and unmindful of her own safety. And in man too,
this instinct to preserve one's own is strong. Indeed, as
you will hear tonight in the Mystery Playhouse. Tonight, the
Mystery Playhouse is proud to play host to an ardent
stamp collector, a proud and loving father and master detective,
the incomparable Charlie Chan. The record of mister Chan's achievements
in crime detection, you know, is equaled only by his
reputation as a family man, a role he much prefers.
By the way, however hard Charlie has tried, he's never
been able completely to retire and live the life of
a simple, home loving man. Take for instance, one night
when he was seated in the living room poring over
his beloved stamp collection, his daughter Rose was writing a
letter to her boyfriend overseas with the Navy, and Tommy,
his number one son, was expected home from a war
bottle rob. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Can you see an imprint of a kiss by vemale rouge.
Speaker 4: Very disconcerting machine designed to transfer letter to film. A
humbly suggest you substitute words I salute my brave warrior
with a kiss.
Speaker 3: Sounds silly there, I'll just say, consider yourself kissed you much.
Speaker 4: He is not American slang for dog.
Speaker 3: Sure, he's in the navy as me, so he's no
sea dog.
Speaker 4: Would appear seagull more appropriate for a navy flaying man.
Speaker 3: I can't say, consider yourself kissed.
Speaker 2: You all go.
Speaker 4: If boyfriend to receive letter from number one daughter before
his return home, suggests choice of suitable epithet and letter
sealed and mailed. Okay, Hi, Sis, neighbors surely must appreciate
the effort of number one son in keeping them from
quiet evening.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, there is the noisiest kid I know.
Speaker 5: Kid.
Speaker 6: Okay, Grandma, Oh son, you brought newspaper as we quested paper.
Speaker 4: The newspaper.
Speaker 6: Oh, I'm sorry that I meant to, but I well,
I can run down now, I'll be right back.
Speaker 4: Wait, Sun that takes sister's letter.
Speaker 3: Oh, now, don't do any favors. Besides, I want to
make sure this letter reaches you. Mean, it doesn't say
in your.
Speaker 4: Pocket, So I'll mail it myself.
Speaker 3: And what's more, Dad, if you want to read your
paper tonight, I'll see that you get it.
Speaker 6: I suppose you'll never forget anything important that so long.
Speaker 4: Suggest that family storm be deferred thunder outside of more
immediate concern possible rain coming, since new stand some distance away,
suggests number one daughter.
Speaker 5: Okay, Dad, it.
Speaker 3: Won't be wrong, and don't worries it rains. I'll take
a cab be right there.
Speaker 6: Someday I'm gonna lose my temper with that name sound
then yes, Dad.
Speaker 4: Suggest you retain temper and go to the kitchen for usual
snacks before retiring. Oh all right, Dad, I fully appreciate
now burden of honorable wife with eleven sources of trouble.
Ie some what happened sounded like shot?
Speaker 2: Oh Dad, did I scare?
Speaker 4: You? Did not soothe me? Number one son carries gun?
Speaker 2: Perhaps no, Dad, just some firecrackers.
Speaker 6: I was taken out of my pocket a torpedo dropped.
Speaker 5: To the floor.
Speaker 4: Hire crackers hardly placing for one your age.
Speaker 6: Huh Oh gosh, Dad, you got me wrong. I was
just holding them for the neighborhood kids so they wouldn't
hurt themselves. They were using them to whip up the
bond sales in Chinatown.
Speaker 4: With number one some holding same fear greatly honorable mother
will have no home to return to if best seem
to me.
Speaker 6: Well, okay, Dad, But if they don't sell a lot
of bonds, those kids will have your stamps, your paper, miss.
Speaker 4: Kind of web.
Speaker 5: Sorry, that's okay?
Speaker 2: Is it?
Speaker 3: Take the cabra up?
Speaker 7: Yeah, cabra from the bank.
Speaker 8: Day, Hey cab I stop it?
Speaker 2: Sorry kid, my CAP's take.
Speaker 5: You can't stay in here.
Speaker 2: I've hired the take.
Speaker 5: Hey, look comes a back.
Speaker 2: I see you've broken that.
Speaker 5: It's tough, okay. Manti here comes.
Speaker 2: Chucking, going muy.
Speaker 5: Hey, who's your name? I don't know, but she's coming along.
Speaker 8: She's sinking too much.
Speaker 2: Hey you there's an investigation going on her here.
Speaker 4: On a thousand pleasants. Captain sinnery, But I too, am investigating.
Speaker 2: Well, Charlie chan ha, how higher disturbed?
Speaker 4: Captain disturbed? Tell me why are you here?
Speaker 2: I'll hold up at the bank. Pretty routine stuff, chan
guard shot nothing that would interest you? What are you
looking at?
Speaker 4: Notice? Small coral beads in hem.
Speaker 2: M oh these pick him up and gutter? Why the interest?
Speaker 4: Believe small beats came from necklace one by number one?
Daughter rose, Yes, she failed to return from posting letter.
Beads suggest possible harm befell her.
Speaker 2: Hey, wait a minute, the news voice said a Chinese
girl got in the can age.
Speaker 4: Seldom gives credit to eyes of youth. Tell me it
was car followed.
Speaker 2: Yes, Chan, one of our squad cars gave it a chase.
I got away by beating a freight train to a carsing.
We're sure one of our bullets at the back of.
Speaker 4: The car fervently trusted the same bullet did not go further.
Danger to daughter almost too much to bear.
Speaker 2: Easy, Now, Chan, you go home. I'll get rose back
for you. Turn in my bad Thank you.
Speaker 4: First time in humble career, find emotions stronger than detecting instincts.
Speaker 6: Dad, you've got a cop that's pacing up and down. Well,
you haven't been off your feet in twenty two hours?
Speaker 4: Dad, did you hear me? Give me some ears open,
but mine clothed?
Speaker 6: Well? Oh, will you eat something? A bowl of soup,
a little wise anything?
Speaker 4: No, thank you. Some thoughts are not of food. They
little and number one daughter.
Speaker 5: Gosh, Dad, I shouldn't have let her go.
Speaker 2: I should have gone myself.
Speaker 4: And greatful, lulnerable mother knows nothing of misfortune.
Speaker 6: Oh, I'll get a dad, it's good news, I'm sure.
Speaker 5: Hello. Oh, yes, he's here, Cappy Flannery.
Speaker 8: Yes you have Oh, oh that's all right, I'll tell
him Dad.
Speaker 4: They found the cab in a ditch in ditch you
mean he's dad.
Speaker 6: It was empty, looked as though it had been driven
there deliberately to hide it.
Speaker 5: It had a bullet hole in the back.
Speaker 2: I must go, said Dad. Dad.
Speaker 5: Wait, I tell you the rest.
Speaker 4: Captain Fennery has surely located owner, Captain Ferry. How do
you know, no, Captain Fennery.
Speaker 5: Well, I'll go with you, Dad.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 4: Son remain here close to phone in case there is
further news of sister.
Speaker 2: Basic as Charlie Chan. He wants to ask you a
couple of questions.
Speaker 9: Look, I ain't deny it. It was my care but I
don't know nothing about to hold up. I loaned the
heck to my brother.
Speaker 4: I had to. The kid was wild.
Speaker 9: The only way I could keep him straight was to
let him drive the careboys in a while so we
could make some money.
Speaker 4: Where does wild brother make headquarters?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 2: How do you reach step tunk when you want them? Why?
I don't you see what well is?
Speaker 9: There's a cigar store on the outskirts of the town.
Sometimes I can get him there, but not now I try.
Speaker 2: Well, you better keep trying. You don't want to murder.
Speaker 5: I crossed that, ye right?
Speaker 4: So I am mixed up and old Robinson.
Speaker 2: It was your cab.
Speaker 9: But but I tell you.
Speaker 4: I alluse please Captain Flennary, mister Russick, should you contact
while brother inform him please? I'm holding him responsible for
safety of number one daughter Rose? Uh your daughter?
Speaker 2: You heard him?
Speaker 5: Rose?
Speaker 2: Chan was in your cab when your kid brother pulled
that bank job. He hasn't returned since.
Speaker 4: Who I no wonder you're so interested in his kids? Hey?
Speaker 9: Do look at me like that, mister Chan? Honest, I'd
never been mixed up in O Robins and killing's.
Speaker 2: Get going, Russick and find your brother.
Speaker 4: Eh, yeah, sure, I'll do my press.
Speaker 9: You can better A yes, sir, sure will?
Speaker 2: What do you think Chan? Is he in another? None?
Speaker 4: Think? Not too surprised at mention of daughter? He was it.
Speaker 2: Wise to mention her? Wouldn't she be safer? I didn't
know who she is?
Speaker 4: Believe unknown Chinese girl might become liability to men and hiding,
therefore kill her. But daughter askst for bargaining.
Speaker 2: Then you feel pretty sure their next move will be
to contact you.
Speaker 4: Hope such his case. Return home now to await developments.
Oh there you are, Dan, Gosh, where have you been
taking first steps on path that leads to honorable sister. Gosh,
I'm sure glad you got back.
Speaker 6: This was stuck under the door, but when I looked out,
no one was there.
Speaker 4: And written note and rapping prefa.
Speaker 6: It's a demand for money for sister's release.
Speaker 4: Gosh, Dad, what's happened to her, honorable sister getting cab
used for holder by a mistake?
Speaker 2: Then this is a ransom note?
Speaker 4: Yes, son, geez ten thousand dollars?
Speaker 5: Well you get it.
Speaker 4: Here is legitimate question. Long standing friends may help, but
first we'll attempt to contact mister Vaughan, president of bank,
which was rob. Oh, we'll answer, Dor, Please phone mister Vaughan. Yes, Dad,
Captain Flannery.
Speaker 2: Glad you're here. Chen Russick just came back to the station.
Host said he was sure he could locate his brother.
Speaker 4: Good also have news for you. Ransom note delivered here
demanding ten thousand dollars for release of daughter.
Speaker 2: Ten thousand dollars. Yeah, I got mister Vaughan on the.
Speaker 4: Phone coming son.
Speaker 2: Hey, now, look, Chan, you're not gonna pay any ransom
while I'm on the forest.
Speaker 4: Give me time, Imily suggest good friend retained shirt. You'll
only use banker to divide and conquer enemies, the use
of cab driver Russick.
Speaker 2: What do you mean?
Speaker 4: Listen to phone conversation. Hello, Hello, mister Vaughan. Regret delay. No,
have not yet apprehended criminals. Hope to do so before
night is out. Greatly need your worthy assistance. Also cooperation
of some suburban bank owner of cab involved will also help.
Listen closely. Please to most dangerous plan for releasing daughter
who had more is in hands of desperate criminals.
Speaker 10: Would you please take these can cuss off.
Speaker 3: It's uncomfortable being locked to this chair.
Speaker 4: Don't move, miss Chan.
Speaker 2: They won't hurt.
Speaker 4: Size of his hideout wasn't built for your comfort. Oh
are you sure you left that note where your old
man will find Yeah.
Speaker 5: Chucky, Yeah, it slipped it under the door, just like
this said.
Speaker 2: I stay to be sure.
Speaker 5: I'm telling you.
Speaker 4: Yeah, like you told me.
Speaker 11: You can handle it.
Speaker 2: It away.
Speaker 4: So, of all the dames in the world, we got
to pick up Chan's daughters.
Speaker 5: That's bad. Huh.
Speaker 11: He's for getting ten grand for all, aren't we?
Speaker 5: Did you pull off the bank stick up? No, you're
pumped off a guard and got.
Speaker 4: No dough shut out.
Speaker 8: It must he could be my dad, Charlie, chance open
that door.
Speaker 11: Shots, well, you'll stop the inflot jumping.
Speaker 5: Okay, if I got news sucked up, it was my brother.
I want to see me all right. He's got a proposition.
I don't want to hit the kids such a proposition. Look, Molly,
I'm not quiet, go too well. My brother picked up
two old gents in his caps. See they're on their
way to would hit the bank about five miles from here,
I put.
Speaker 4: It's get all it.
Speaker 5: Though, So oh, what are going to meet the guy
that's going to open up this hill bank.
Speaker 4: I'm still listening.
Speaker 2: Okay, get this payoff.
Speaker 5: They're going there to get that ten grand we're asking
for this chanting.
Speaker 4: Yeah, on a level, they couldn't open.
Speaker 5: A vunch bank on the kind of time locks or
something that sounds to me like a frame up. And
I'll wait a minute. My brother ain't no store for
the cops.
Speaker 9: I'll tell you he picked up.
Speaker 2: These two gents cruises.
Speaker 5: It could happen, Chuck, but it didn't.
Speaker 4: Why is your brother playing ball with us?
Speaker 5: All of a sudden, he's getting smart for a change,
beginning to realize he ain't going to make a million
driving a hug.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it took him a long time.
Speaker 9: Wait a minute, Chuck.
Speaker 11: If I heard rough to kill this himself, i'd know.
Speaker 6: Fer Kid, let the cigar still waiting for you.
Speaker 4: I think I'll talk. Yes a minute, Molly, suppose this
is a trap.
Speaker 2: We still got cham Kid.
Speaker 5: Wait, lovedy, keep your eye on it.
Speaker 4: Do we get back all ye?
Speaker 5: I say we play this safe.
Speaker 2: I want ten grand for that name, and I want.
Speaker 11: Ten times that from the Hicks Bank.
Speaker 2: Chad.
Speaker 4: I think that's a car now, Yeah, that's it, splendid,
mister Ussic. Wait, man has left the car. The woman's
pucking it. Hey, report's supposed to meet me in my cads, Suspect.
Only one will accompany you to bank, although we'll return
to hiding place to await outcome if anything wrong. Fear
for safety of number one daughter and your brother. I
fig you're right, cheer man already in cad. Woman on
way too, intercene. We telephone number one son to follow
gang car back to hiding place. Okay, I'd better go
up before it gets suspicious. Much depends on you, mister Ussic.
Remember carefully all instructions speak caution, doory.
Speaker 9: Chat I will I'll be chick, but chut. Like I've
been telling you, Molly, it looks like it. Let five
sish to me a lot better than hold Chance daughter
for measly ten grand.
Speaker 5: Chanzer what she got to do with this setup?
Speaker 4: Russick, quit storm and folks.
Speaker 9: One guy in my cat call the other one form.
He's the president of the bank you stuck up while
you were using my cats.
Speaker 2: What you say, yeah?
Speaker 9: And sort of the cops who shot at you when
they put that bullet hole in the body of my head.
Speaker 11: That still don't put Chance daughter in the picture, Russick.
Speaker 2: The guy did that.
Speaker 9: He's the pig suret of his hick bank, and he
told Bond he was helping him because he was afraid
of the chance.
Speaker 4: Okay, so how come he didn't drive him out to
this hick bank, because that's why they were heading.
Speaker 9: They wouldn't do that till eleven thirty. So I drove
him the chance house. By the way, it's getting light,
and that bikes is a good four miles from you.
Speaker 11: H Russic, you really like this deal?
Speaker 2: Huh sure? I think that's you set up.
Speaker 4: For real, doo and.
Speaker 5: You'll do the driving.
Speaker 9: Who else I want to hid my fifty percent cut fifty.
Speaker 11: Let him dream Russick.
Speaker 5: If it don't come off, you and your.
Speaker 4: Kid brother both lose.
Speaker 12: We all do not like you, Rustic.
Speaker 11: You see Chuck here handles a sort off real nice.
Speaker 5: If the cops are at the Hick.
Speaker 4: Bank, your head gets blowed off.
Speaker 11: Yeah, because I won't be there to have the pleasure
because I'm not going with you, just you and Chuck.
I'll be back at the hideout if Chuck don't come
back by midnight. Little brother gets it too right between
his baby blue eyes.
Speaker 4: You still want to play bank robber?
Speaker 1: We sure?
Speaker 4: Why shouldn't I?
Speaker 11: Okay, you uh haven't any way of contact?
Speaker 5: And mister Chan have you?
Speaker 2: I wouldn't know him if I fell over him.
Speaker 10: Yeah, too bad.
Speaker 11: Somebody can't tell Chan tell him what that?
Speaker 5: If this is a frame up?
Speaker 11: His daughter gets it two.
Speaker 4: You see. Yeah, that's his worry.
Speaker 2: Let's get started. It's almost eleven thirty.
Speaker 7: Huh yeah, Hey yeah, Molly, this little gang ain't on
the level.
Speaker 4: He's got more guts than this kid brother yourself? What
choices he got? Now?
Speaker 11: Okay, you too better get throwing the seeing your Russic.
Speaker 4: That rustic. It's stone building. A head must be Yeah.
Speaker 9: See here that looks like water and there's.
Speaker 2: The other guy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and I just went in. This begins to look good.
Should pull up? Are you nuts for case?
Speaker 2: The black? First? Go around the black? Slow chump? But
it ain't it.
Speaker 9: Easier if we walk in while if busy getting the money,
we can't be there.
Speaker 7: Do like I say, Okay, pull up right in front
of the door, right in front, that's right, so.
Speaker 4: As I can cover you in the entrance while you're going.
Speaker 5: You'll hurt me.
Speaker 2: Rus get going.
Speaker 4: But I walk right up to the door and stand
beside it.
Speaker 12: I'll keep it covered with the sort of Okay, wait, wait,
but you.
Speaker 4: Asked for us, all right, Yeah, he shot mystery.
Speaker 2: Well you won't be bothered by him anymore.
Speaker 4: He's dead.
Speaker 9: N he's trailing a day.
Speaker 4: Evil woman has gone inside house. Pray that trailing her
proofs fruitful. In quest for honorable sister the park car here, sir,
all right, dad, be quiet, Come let us investigate. Okay, Dad,
see dead? Look that window on the side, there's a
light approach seemed cautiously. I can see honorable sisters inside
this handcuffed chair. Gee what are we going to do?
Speaker 6: Should I get the car and get help? No?
Speaker 4: Wait, son, have plan. Go to car, drive up to
front of the door with much cress. Okay, Dad, humble
father will remain here to make sure no harm before
his honorable sister.
Speaker 11: So, miss Chen, if Russick is on the square, we'll
leave you here tied up. You're smart old man to
find and what.
Speaker 4: Happened to be?
Speaker 6: If he.
Speaker 11: You mean of Russic double crosses. Look, if Chuck don't
show up by midnight, and that ain't far off, I'm
sending you to what you call your honorable ancestors.
Speaker 4: Hey, Molly, you you won't kill her, will you?
Speaker 11: Don't you worry your little head, muggsy, you won't know
a thing about it.
Speaker 2: What does that mean?
Speaker 4: Are you kidding?
Speaker 5: If Chuck don't get back, you'll get bumped off too.
Now stop worrying, honest Smiley, I'm telling you my butter
is no story.
Speaker 2: We'll see kid, Molly.
Speaker 5: Maybe the cat broke.
Speaker 2: Down on the way back.
Speaker 8: The mate.
Speaker 2: Hey, it's Chuck.
Speaker 4: I told you to pull it off and get back.
Speaker 5: None soon, neither.
Speaker 2: Enough the tailor.
Speaker 5: I'm getting out. I ain't got no rod. You've a
way that door, don't open it? Off olf of the window. Hey,
I miss that'll hold somewhere.
Speaker 2: I gotta chance.
Speaker 5: I'm going I take that dog shut.
Speaker 8: I'll try you out for it.
Speaker 12: Open that door, you shine, I'm sorry, you'll be killed.
Speaker 5: What is yellow? I find it out?
Speaker 13: See you?
Speaker 10: So you should gut him? Key, you'll there surrenders?
Speaker 5: So I had another rod? Have I lost the doors?
Speaker 13: If I don't love about blasphemy.
Speaker 5: She'll open it. You'll like you CAUs you're long shoe.
Speaker 3: I can't have handcuts, remember, okay, Okay, I'll take him off.
Speaker 5: I want to get out there and stop them there
now they're off, Now get out there? Hey, what are
you doing?
Speaker 10: See how you look with the handcuts on?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 2: Stand there?
Speaker 3: Will you be sife?
Speaker 4: Oh dad, I'm happy to find pearl of great price
un harmed?
Speaker 2: Boy?
Speaker 4: Am I glad to see you?
Speaker 5: You're right, sir? So you tell me?
Speaker 10: I'm okay with.
Speaker 4: Where are the others? What others? Daughter?
Speaker 10: What were the police surrounded the house?
Speaker 4: No police? Only humble father and brother? What?
Speaker 5: Hey? Hard of a handcuff? You're on? You asked? Smart?
Speaker 12: Huh?
Speaker 9: Oh I get it?
Speaker 3: How but dead?
Speaker 4: Where'd all the shops come from you.
Speaker 10: You hardlyver carry a gun.
Speaker 4: Is correct, did not do so on this occasion?
Speaker 5: Hey, what are you've given her?
Speaker 11: I suppose you made all that racket out there with firecrackers.
Speaker 4: Again, correct, firecrackers taken from number one son, which were
to be used and worthy cause? What do you mean dead?
No questions now? Please, first must attend wounded brother of
mister Russick, then deliver evil lady to police. Explanations will
come at home.
Speaker 2: Smarty dads.
Speaker 4: Palette says yes, stomach says no. Gee.
Speaker 6: Captain Flannery sure was please, and we turned over that
Molly dame. Huh, Dad, he thought you were great on
this case.
Speaker 4: I'm deeply grateful to a number one son for assistance
there was nothing. Also deeply grateful for brave assistance of
mister Russick and mister Vaughan.
Speaker 5: And don't forget says here, Oh, cut it out down, No,
I mean it.
Speaker 2: She was wonderful, wasn't she, Dad?
Speaker 4: Yes, son, how wonderful. I did not realize until I
thought I might lose her. Fate turns on small wheels.
Consider good fortune at beginning when beads were torn from
worthy sisters still the evil one.
Speaker 10: Oh but Dad, those seeds weren't torn.
Speaker 3: Explain please, Oh gosh, your daughter's in heres with a
little of her father's ability, I dropped those beads deliberately.
Speaker 4: Number one daughter causes humble father deepprived.
Speaker 10: Thanks d But tell me what about those firecrackers?
Speaker 4: In case of firecrackers, must admit fortune smiled kindly on.
Humble father took them from honorable brother who held saman
safe keeping for neighborhood children.
Speaker 6: Yes, yes, the kids were going to use him to
sell war bonds. Well, I guess they won't be too disappointed.
Chinatown will sell its quota without fireworks.
Speaker 4: Your son and humble father will do his bit with
share of reward from bank, will purchase fund for each
firecracker exploded.
Speaker 6: Gosh, Dad, then this war bond drive will really.
Speaker 2: Go over with a bang. Well, Charlie, you did it again.
I guess it doesn't hurt to have a smart daughter around. Huh.
Certainly been fine to have you with us tonight, and
I hope we can tear you away again from the
family heart to say nothing of your stamp collection real soon.
Right about now, mister Lorry, if we were here invite
you all to the green room eavesdrop on the rehearsal
for our next mystery playhouse production, and who might be different?
Follow me?
Speaker 10: Please come, don't be so self conscious. I never said
any such thing about the corn that comes.
Speaker 5: Out of your tripe writer nail I made for you.
Speaker 8: Oh no, you're thinking of the precious mister Warren, our
leading man, the ambulatory werewolf of the Mega typles.
Speaker 2: Don't be bitter, burnhard, jeffill right, you fat aparts when
you can handle it.
Speaker 10: I was playing leads when you were a standing I'll lay.
Speaker 2: Off at will you.
Speaker 5: Look, you've all worked together so long. You've got your
private lives mixed up with the characters you're supposed to
be playing. Okay, okay, check Master Control to see if
we're getting the air on time. Check but it looks
like we got the channel on the nose.
Speaker 12: Okay, ed No, as you were saying, I was saying
that if you.
Speaker 5: Can't keep your petty jealousies outside the studio, I'll have
a new cast.
Speaker 10: So what about our public jet?
Speaker 5: They won't like that flowed your irreplaceable illusions like a
toy balloon, And what about our contract? Read your cancelation
clause and don't start anything you can't finish.
Speaker 11: What about our subordinate characters, Jeff?
Speaker 5: Are we also on the griddle?
Speaker 2: Yes? Yes?
Speaker 6: Can't?
Speaker 5: You can quit wandering around the studio making tastes at
every engine who I cast on this show?
Speaker 11: And how are you faking?
Speaker 2: Or lay off the wise tracks?
Speaker 5: Can't or your reputation is the hand that dies. A
thousand deaths will catch up with you.
Speaker 8: What about Mary's smith, Jeff, haven't you any unkind words
for our honey haired heroin of tonight's master piece of man?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 13: I have not.
Speaker 5: Mary at least tries to play her part in spite
of Warren's wolfing, and you're burn my resent.
Speaker 8: What she and Warren does.
Speaker 10: There's no concern of mind.
Speaker 5: I'll lay off Palmer. In the studio, I'm the boss.
I'll make the wise cracks and I'll do the telling outside.
You can beat each other's brains out for all I care, Jeff.
Speaker 4: I can take care of myself.
Speaker 2: When it comes to Warren the wonder Man.
Speaker 4: Mary, worry about me?
Speaker 5: Fight down?
Speaker 4: Can't look Mary?
Speaker 2: Just play your part.
Speaker 5: You're new to radio, but you're good. Don't let these
technically perfect Mike Monkeys tell different.
Speaker 8: Yeah, dear, and don't fall for Jeff Private lessons and
emotional acting.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mary, beware, take care.
Speaker 4: We're an audious aggregation.
Speaker 8: And directors never never collect etchings or go to Atlantic City.
Speaker 5: Ye abstracts this season, Darling letter to go jet. Okay, now, Cas,
there's nothing the matter with this show that you can't remedy.
If you just forget your personal differences for the next
thirty minutes, I'll snap out of it.
Speaker 2: Let's go. I'm about to sound that shooting spot in
the phone book.
Speaker 5: That's okay, but keep that gun away from the town. Michael,
you'll blow us off the air.
Speaker 2: Okay, And mister thanks for staying up for Mary Wells.
He's a good kid. Top.
Speaker 4: Why doesn't she let on that she's your daughter.
Speaker 2: She wants to make her own way in radio, not
to like for doing myself.
Speaker 7: Well she will pop twenty second yet.
Speaker 5: Okay, Gang, I'm going in the control room. Stand by
and make it good.
Speaker 4: Why okay?
Speaker 5: Here comes the last scene ed so far, so good?
Speaker 10: Yeah, Hello like to Tective Agency Alice. Oh yes, Charlie,
where are you phoning from from.
Speaker 13: The phone booth at the corner drug.
Speaker 4: Shawalla, but you show so far?
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, cut the volume on that show room speaker
in OK, Jeff, I thought you wanted to.
Speaker 2: Really hear this last see I do, but not that badly.
Speaker 4: That's better that lacing it gave the cast.
Speaker 5: Sure snapped them.
Speaker 2: Out of Jeff.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but there's so much bad thought out there. I
don't have to make some stage that shooting spot is
coming up.
Speaker 4: What I've just found out and killed our fian who
was our old friends.
Speaker 9: I'm sure.
Speaker 12: Somebody, somebody.
Speaker 5: They played that like the remember that yeah for one truck? Yeah, probably,
and I probably pulled the ticket. Wife, Say, what's going
out there in the studio? I didn't fire that shot.
He's over by the curtain in front of the phone.
Boots ed cut the show. I'm going out there to
see what goes come him as the control of the
pipe in the sand by officer.
Speaker 2: Well, well, looks like actors are expendable too, doesn't it.
This one certainly died in the line of duty, write
in the radio studio script in hand, probably the best
scene he ever played, so much for snide remarks, why
don't you plan to be in your seats our next performance?
When Bigtown Steve Wilson, fighting newspaper editor that he is,
becomes involved in murder in.
Speaker 4: The radio studio.
Speaker 2: Peter Laurie is our regular mystery, a master of ceremonies,
and he'll be back on the job soon. But for now,
this is Sergeant X closing the doors of the Mystery
Playhouse and saying for him good night, sweet type. This
is the armed Forces of Lady O.
Speaker 1: Says welcome back. I have a special place in my
heart for this episode. No great sleuthing, but as an
episode promoting national unity and showing Charlie Chan and his
dedication to his family with both their strong points as
well as a nice little bit of bickering. This is
a fun episode. I do have to say that the
teaser is one of the most tantalizing that I've ever
heard on mystery playoffs. But sadly the episode advertised is missing,
along with every other episode from July nineteen forty two
on to nineteen forty eight, which is really sad. If
someone found the script for that episode, I would love
to hear a reperformance. This is such a great setup
for a mystery, and you've got some radio bid stuff
going on. I wish I knew what happened. Now, I
should note regarding Charlie Chan, that there was one more
American Charlie Chan series in nineteen forty seven to forty eight.
Santos Ortega, who started in so many New York based
detective series, held the incomparable Charlie Chan. Sadly it was
a serial show and we don't have any complete stories.
So next week we'll turn our attention down under well
listener comments and feedback, and we have some comments regarding
episode four seven eight six s Wall of sixty nine
rites over on Spotify. I'm sure I missed the reason,
but why is a Honolulu detective helping another series? And
David actually responded the movie Beverly Hills Cop with Eddie
Murphy might explain that premise. Maybe, Well, I have never
heard the axle fully to Charlie Chan connection, but now
I've heard it, I can't hear it. Appreciate the comment David,
who writes also that I enjoyed this episode and I
will be back for more. I'll look forward to it.
Now it's time to thank our Patreon support of the day,
and I want to thank Martin, Patreon supporter since March
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Speaker 13: All right, you the lady over there, Belcolm h We
want you to be sure, man, I'm sure. Well no,
it's not my sister that way out man.
Speaker 4: Now, the gentlemen, my wife was blond? Is this your wife?
Speaker 2: Take it easy.
Speaker 4: I haven't seen Aggie in three years. It's going as
five six weight one twenty four, approximately twenty two years
of age. Aggie's gonna turn up here one of these days.
Speaker 7: I'll make book on it.
Speaker 4: She ain't done it yet, lives ain't Aggie through that
door over there?
Speaker 2: Please, you're next, lady.
Speaker 1: I hope you'll be with us then. In the meantime,
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