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these special episodes, I feel a little bit more celebrity
about what I go ahead and choose for them, as
opposed to the things that we will play Monday through Saturday.
We want to bring you a pretty standard detective story
every single day for those but as this is a
special we can kind of stretch the bounds of what
we might do on the program. We have done science
fiction detective programs with an episode of.
Speaker 3: X minus one, We've done some comedy.
Speaker 2: So how about a fantasy detective program? And I don't
mean fantasy in terms of Lords of the ringa something
like that. This is from a pretty unique series. It's
called Cloud Nine. There are five episodes in existence and
it's from nineteen fifty. We don't have a great deal
of information on the series other than what's contained in
it itself, and the central premise appears to be that
a man is constantly whisked up to Cloud nine, taken
on a journey to a fantasy location a location in
real life. One episode that's in existence had him going
out West, another had him going to Paris. Today's episode
has him going to the Land of Radio Detectives. So
with that introduction done, let's go ahead and take a
listen to today's episode. This is from Cloud nine, the original
air day July the twenty first of nineteen fifty.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 5: I figure everything you listen to is educational, you know
what I mean?
Speaker 3: Another one? Yeah, yeah, I guess so fundamental. Yeah, take
a break.
Speaker 5: You know, a guy can always learn just by listening.
That's why when a fella comes in and says, mister Harrington,
you know what's wrong with the world.
Speaker 3: I listen, you can always learn.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so you mind if I turn on a radio,
go ahead.
Speaker 6: That's why I come after you.
Speaker 5: Yo, you ain't gonna live that long either.
Speaker 7: Radio bother you.
Speaker 3: Well, what show is it? I don't know.
Speaker 7: It sounds like a thriller them?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I like them, Yeah, some of them. The only
thing I listened to.
Speaker 8: I just keep twisting a dial till I hear pistol shots.
Speaker 3: You can't miss that way, can you? Of course?
Speaker 5: Sometimes I don't understand the story, but it's very interesting.
Speaker 3: I see what you mean.
Speaker 8: Oh on the phone, I better turn this thing off.
Speaker 3: I'll get the phone.
Speaker 9: Watch place for me.
Speaker 3: I'll be right back, Sure, Lou.
Speaker 9: Quiet seems good, doesn't it, Boy?
Speaker 3: I didn't see anyone sitting there.
Speaker 9: Really, I've been here for some time.
Speaker 3: Friend.
Speaker 10: Hey, wait a second, about the time you recognize me?
Speaker 9: Ready for another trip to Cloud nine?
Speaker 3: Really, I'm always ready.
Speaker 9: Come along.
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Speaker 13: Next stop, Cloud nine. Here you are, mate Cloud nine? Well, friend,
you look pleased to be bored Cloud nine again?
Speaker 14: Yeah, yeah, I am. It's so peaceful and wonderful. No noise,
just easy floating peace.
Speaker 11: Yes, Cloud nine has a lot to offer.
Speaker 3: Oh, it's my favorite model traveling.
Speaker 2: M hm.
Speaker 3: You meet such interesting people.
Speaker 9: Yes, come to think of it, you do. It's one
about advantages.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 14: Say tell me, is there any place in the world
that Cloud nine can't go?
Speaker 9: Oh? That probably is, although I can't think of it.
By the way, would you care to take part in
a little experiment tonight? Sure?
Speaker 3: Right?
Speaker 6: North south, east and west davy eastern oh win davy.
Speaker 3: North southeast.
Speaker 9: Wh Yes, the place where going can't be located by
longitude and latitude.
Speaker 3: I don't understand.
Speaker 9: Tonight, I should like to have you meet a group
of gentlemen in a rather exclusive organization.
Speaker 3: Why no, almost, excuse me.
Speaker 9: I've got to bring her in a.
Speaker 13: Half wind, baby, prepare to cast, cast and hole.
Speaker 6: Easy, daby, settle her an easy, steady, easy easy.
Speaker 3: Where are we?
Speaker 9: A very unusual place?
Speaker 14: It looks like the middle of a city, but everything's
in shadow.
Speaker 9: Except that large building over there.
Speaker 14: Come along, it's funny. This looks real, and get a dozen.
That's something special about that building.
Speaker 10: Remember I told you tonight you'd meet a rather exclusive organization.
Speaker 9: That's their headquarters.
Speaker 3: I don't get it.
Speaker 9: You'll understand in a moment. Both careful, watch your step
rather doc he ah.
Speaker 14: The only lights are coming from the windows of this building.
Speaker 3: Very busy place here we are.
Speaker 9: Let me open the door for your thanks.
Speaker 3: Hey, what is this an office building?
Speaker 9: You might say that. Look at the names on the doors.
Speaker 14: Philip Marlowe, Nick Charles, the thin Man, Johnny Dollar.
Speaker 3: Goes on here. You mean all those guys are here.
Speaker 14: Their names are on the office doors. Sam Spading, look
over there on that one. Mm hmm, it says Sherlock.
Speaker 7: Oh hello, old fellow, just the chap I wanted to
see in trouble. Oh it's nasty little business on Baker Street.
Thought you might help. Oh, oh, excuse me.
Speaker 9: This is a friend of mine. Friend. This is mister Holmes.
Speaker 3: How are you, mister Holms? Splendid old man. Good to
meet you.
Speaker 7: Er mind if I trot along with you to your
office or not at all?
Speaker 3: Your office?
Speaker 9: There are a few things about me I haven't explained. Later, Well,
how have you been, su oh splendid? Really picked up
for another twenty six weeks?
Speaker 14: You know?
Speaker 7: Oh good God, yes, yes, oh oh, just a moment.
I want to stop in here for a moment. Don't mind,
do you? Poor chap can't remember the blasted tune.
Speaker 3: Pity.
Speaker 7: Yes, come to think of it, old boy Watson left
the papers concerning this. Make a street case on my disk.
I I'll fetch them a fine see you in the office. Yes,
it won't take a moment. Say tell me, is he
really Sherlock Holmes?
Speaker 9: Of course?
Speaker 14: But then all these names on the doors, there's all
radio detectives. I'm sure you've heard of them.
Speaker 9: Here's my office.
Speaker 3: All these names. You seem to know them? What cause?
Speaker 9: I had to put it simply, friend. It may seem immodest,
but I taught them quite a lot about the business.
Speaker 3: That is.
Speaker 9: I am the most private of private eyes. Don't do
it professionally any more. However, you are most of them
calling me for consultation that sort of thing.
Speaker 10: Oh excuse well, yes, is he just got in? Oh
I think we can fix that. Don't worry about it. Yeah, goodbye,
Oh dear, that was that inner sanctum Chap, the one who.
Speaker 9: Laughs normally, but he's very unhappy at the moment some
prankster oiled his squeaking door.
Speaker 14: Say this radio detective thing is quite a business, isn't it.
It has its problem. Sorry to bother your enment.
Speaker 7: Could you be good enough to come down to my
office for.
Speaker 9: A moment, But of course, your lock. I'll come with you.
Speaker 3: It's frightful, a good deal, a friend.
Speaker 10: Amuse yourself while I'm gone. I think there's an old
Sam Spade script on my desk.
Speaker 9: I'd like to look it over.
Speaker 14: Oh sure, sure, go ahead, let's see the script. I
wonder if I could do this stuff. The opening scene
a little miss Muffett Caper. I just finished hanging up
the phone after saying Sam Spade Detective Agency. Effie had
gone out, and I settled back in my chair with
a racing form, all set for a quiet afternoon. When
she came in, she being a well turned brunette, wearing
a sweater which did considerably more for than just make
a rich I was going to say hello as she
stuck out her hand, but on second glance I saw
that those long, tapering, well manicured fingers held a pearl
handle thirty eight shape thirty eight. I was cordial and said, cleverly,
sit on, no thanks.
Speaker 15: Mister Spade.
Speaker 3: Huh.
Speaker 15: I have heard a lot about you, mister Spade, and
I have no time to waste.
Speaker 3: Honey, put that thing down.
Speaker 14: I'm not Sam Spade.
Speaker 15: I do not believe you. I know you are.
Speaker 3: And now look, I just happened to be sitting here.
Speaker 15: Anything happens to me. I want you to find me.
I need protection.
Speaker 14: Hey, look, baby, you've got me wrong. Two fifty dollars bills.
Speaker 15: I must go now.
Speaker 14: Hey, wait a minute, what's your name? What minute? How
about that? Let's see that script. Her name, she said,
was Caesar Muffett. And when she went out, she slammed
the door. I'm sorry to bother you. But the funniest
thing I don't know, Well, a gal came in. She's
in trouble.
Speaker 7: One thing, old fellow. In this business, one is never ruffled.
I have remained calm through seventy eight murders, sixty kidnappings,
and the score of other crimes.
Speaker 3: Pause, my definitely. Did did you ever hear of a gal?
But the name of a Ziza Muffett?
Speaker 7: Strange name, By jove, there's a musical comedy singer and
dancer called Aziza. Yes, sir, Aziza Muffett could be the same.
You know, she's an Algeriana, some sort of thing. What
did she look like?
Speaker 3: Why don't know? She's a brunette shapely. Oh no, no, no, no,
my boy.
Speaker 7: In a detective show, the girls are always ravishingly beautiful,
never never played. Now, if this is the Aziza of
which I'm thinking, but let me describe her by all
means thank you, at first her crowning attribute, her sparkling,
shimmering hair, then the graceful slope of her ravishing shoulders,
and then her uh oh yes, I see her to
me yes, And finally, you might say, the delicate suggestion
of the manner in which she walks, and then when.
Speaker 14: She stops, When she stops, I can't be the same one.
Speaker 7: I've come to think of it. Gentlemen, As Caesar is
playing now at the Music Hall Theater, why don't you
two run along?
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, let's go. How does that happen?
Speaker 14: There's always a taxi whenever a detective wants it.
Speaker 10: No, it's quite simple, otherwise would slow up the plot.
Right over that driver stage door. That's it.
Speaker 3: Here you are?
Speaker 9: You notice that every detective always has the right change
and paying a cab. You just tend to drive bill
and get out. Yeah, I wondered about that, Just thought
you'd like to know. Here's the stage row.
Speaker 8: Hello, could I help you gentlemen.
Speaker 9: Peter, you working as a stage door.
Speaker 8: Oh, hello, my dear friend. Yes, yes I am. Things
are slow at the studio now you.
Speaker 9: Know we will meet a friend of mine. This is
mister Lorry.
Speaker 8: How are you, Oh yes, yes, it's nice to meet you, sir.
Speaker 9: Is there a singer by the name of Ziza here?
Speaker 8: Oh? Oh, yes, Aziza. Such a strange girl. She's coming
on now. Why don't you stand here in your wings
and watch her?
Speaker 3: That's the girl.
Speaker 12: Don't remas, don't shine, get my love, and.
Speaker 3: In the even time when I am with my baby,
it's not fun.
Speaker 12: When the sun rose, I get going.
Speaker 16: When the sun goes down, and I made mine.
Speaker 15: That's when we kiss and kiss and kiss, and then
we kiss them old.
Speaker 16: Don't ask how many times we kiss at a time
like this?
Speaker 15: Who needs goes so?
Speaker 12: I don't care the sun don't shine?
Speaker 11: What happened to the wind?
Speaker 4: The girl?
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Speaker 3: M M. You say this is a dressing room.
Speaker 8: Yes, yes it is. But she doesn't seem to be
in here.
Speaker 3: I wonder what could have happened to her.
Speaker 8: Perhaps perhaps she's murdered and hanging in a closet or
something like that. Oh no, she isn't. That's a pity.
It would solve everything.
Speaker 3: Will and I get mixed up on this. I was
just sitting there reading a Sam Spade script.
Speaker 17: Come in, Come in, most honorable professor. Oh, come in,
servant of honorable professor. Wished to be of assistance in
this baffling case. Cando, it was good to see you, Chan,
Oh Chan, meet a friend of mine. I'm deeply honored
to make the acquaintance of esteemed friend.
Speaker 3: Happy to know you. What goes on here with me?
Speaker 9: Brought illustrious co worker?
Speaker 3: Oh yes, I thought I'd pop along with him, you know. Oh,
good of you to come.
Speaker 9: It seems as he's a Muffett has disappeared, really planning to.
Speaker 3: Be away long? Where don't we go from here? Hmm?
Speaker 7: I wondered if there's a precedent. I remember how I
sold my most baffling case. Perhaps that would help?
Speaker 3: How is that?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 7: Yes, yes, I remember. I went to a phone box,
took a threepence from my pocket and called the police. Clever, yes,
it was thank.
Speaker 9: You, not at all this Sisa have husband? Well, let's
ask Loy knows practically everything.
Speaker 3: This is the club where former husband works.
Speaker 9: So they say, oh, he must be the one. Oh,
could we see you for a moment?
Speaker 3: Sure, what do you want?
Speaker 9: You're Tommy Muffett, Yeah.
Speaker 3: The husband of a Ziza Muffett I used to be.
Speaker 18: I don't know anything about her. Excuse me, it's time
for my number.
Speaker 3: I'll come back after your song.
Speaker 18: Will you sure be glad to count every star in
the midnight star? How every roll clevery file time. You'll
never know how much.
Speaker 8: I may.
Speaker 18: Heaven knows, I'm su count every leave on a willow tree,
count everywhere on a stormy sea, every star darling way,
and you do.
Speaker 13: You know the.
Speaker 3: Hey?
Speaker 14: See there he goes backstage. I'm going after him. Now
what's he running away for? Hey Tommy, Hey Tommy, Wait
a minute, that's funny. Must a gun in the store,
it's what I have to break it in?
Speaker 3: Here we go?
Speaker 9: Oh come in, friend?
Speaker 3: What Oh? Pull up a chair out by three cards? Please?
Three cards, of course.
Speaker 9: Chen, the most humble servant.
Speaker 3: We'll take one card.
Speaker 8: I think my friend. I want to stay.
Speaker 3: Hey friend, I want to talk to you.
Speaker 18: Go right ahead, they are.
Speaker 3: Chant The guy ran away. I thought he ran in
here for me to meet you. Open, I'll stay. I
was chasing him, and I show Chan.
Speaker 9: Most humble servant raisers too.
Speaker 3: Let's hear boy, I'm called beg.
Speaker 9: To show your full house.
Speaker 8: Nacious. Thank you gentlemen, very much, Thank you.
Speaker 3: Look you guys gotta help me. Now what do I do?
What do you do? The girls in trouble? She disappeared.
Speaker 17: Charlie Chan would be happy to help, but must return
to lot for retakes and latest picture.
Speaker 7: Yes, love to sist, Chap, but it's almost time for tea.
You know you might look in her apartment. All good
detective to do that?
Speaker 3: Well, where is it for convenience?
Speaker 9: It's just upstairs and the eighth floor.
Speaker 3: Thanks, I will.
Speaker 14: Up eight please, Thanks, And let's see aziz a muffat
mm hm.
Speaker 15: Oh hello, I thought you would never get here. What
do not stand there?
Speaker 8: Come in?
Speaker 3: It goes on around here. Aren't you in danger?
Speaker 8: Danger?
Speaker 15: Come sit down, sit here and I shall get you something. Okay,
you look at me strangely. I shall be back in
a second.
Speaker 14: Ah miss, yes, oh nothing, I I was just thinking
of something, a friend of mine said with water. Yeah, thanks,
uh huh. You know I don't get this, silly boy.
Don't you listen to detective shows? There is always a
scene with the handsome detective and the girl.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 14: You know, this business is getting more appealing every minute. Really, yeah,
I think I kind of like this, can mere? Baby?
Oh what a rack at this guy's spade?
Speaker 9: Is gut the drink?
Speaker 8: All right?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah? Fine?
Speaker 15: Of course on the radio it would have sleeping powder
in it, would it not?
Speaker 3: Who cares? Baby? Who cares?
Speaker 11: Oh?
Speaker 8: Didn't know what time then I met you?
Speaker 17: Oh what a lovely time it was, How sublime it
was too?
Speaker 16: Didn't know what day was? You held my head.
Speaker 3: Like the month of May it was, And I say it.
Speaker 8: Was broad.
Speaker 2: Broad to be.
Speaker 16: To be young, to be mad, to be yours a lord,
to see your face, to hear your voice say, I'm
on your.
Speaker 18: Didn't know what hear it was?
Speaker 16: Life was no cross.
Speaker 14: Wanted love, and hear it was shining heart of your eyes.
Speaker 5: And I know.
Speaker 15: You're getting sleep behind tune, getting sleepy, getting sleepy.
Speaker 11: Getting sleep.
Speaker 14: Yeah, my head feels funny, going around.
Speaker 8: He says, thank you, gentlemen, very much, thank you.
Speaker 9: It can't be located by latitude of longitude.
Speaker 14: Going around and around.
Speaker 7: For chap, can't remember the blasted tune.
Speaker 9: Oh friend, you can open your eyes.
Speaker 11: Now you're back on cloud nine.
Speaker 3: Cloud nine? Where's cloud nine? Right here?
Speaker 18: Friend?
Speaker 19: Look around about what happened to all those people, well,
all those detectives, Holmes and Charlie Chan and the girl.
Now I suppose you're going to say the usual thing,
It didn't happen.
Speaker 3: Huh happened. That's a curious word.
Speaker 10: Oh, time's up for now, and no, I could have sworn.
Speaker 11: That's cloud nine.
Speaker 8: Yeah.
Speaker 7: I just twisted dial till I hear pistol shots.
Speaker 3: How can you go wrong.
Speaker 8: Another one?
Speaker 3: Eh? Yeah? Yeah, okay, lo.
Speaker 5: Boy, I'd sure like to be one of those guys
huh yeah, detective you know, yeah, the gals they meet
boy oh boy, yeah yeah maybe Hey look at that
gal over there?
Speaker 3: Could she be a detective story hero? Which one the
cowl just sleeving? Oh a miss?
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Cloud nine is brought to you by Wrigley's Spearmint Gum.
Original music was composed by Frank Smith, who also conducted
the orchestra. In the dramatic cast, You heard the voices
of Hal Stark, Russ Reed, Arthur Peterson, and Larry Alexander.
Songs were by Elaine Rodgers and Lon Saxon. Sound by
Eddie Boudle, Engineering by Bob Meyer. Cloud nine is written
and produced by Charles Romine and Ski Woolf, the makers
of Wrigley Spearmint Chewing Gum. Hope you enjoyed tonight's journey
on Cloud nine and that you're enjoying Wrigley Spearmint Gum
every day. Programs come to you from Chicago. This is CBS,
the Columbia Broadcasting System.
Speaker 16: This is Andrew J.
Speaker 4: Graham, author of the web surface series Oh and a
Man of His Wife.
Speaker 3: You're listening to the great Detectives of Old time radio.
Welcome back. Well that was fun.
Speaker 2: A lot of really great in jokes about detective and
mystery programs of the era, as well as some of
the famous detectives. Of course, you have references to Sherlock Home,
Sam Spade.
Speaker 3: Jo On E.
Speaker 2: Doller, the Whistler, and Inner Sanctum, as well as Charlie
Chen and a fair Peter Lorian personation. The people really
use that all the time in the Golden Age of radio.
And then you have the music. The incidental music on
this was really nice, and then the scene was absolutely
top notch this episode. One other reason I played it
is that It originated from the city of Chicago, and
we don't get a lot of Chicago based programs. Very
few have survived. Of course, you have not Beat, which
is set in Chicago, butts recorded out in Allywood. But
this is a nice unique mix of talent and a
really unique program. Certainly nothing else like it that we've
played or probably will play in the future. But I
hope you enjoyed the change of pace. Monday, we'll be
back with not Beat Tuesday, listen for Follow That Man,
and then a week from Tuesday, it'll be time for
the Judge. In the meantimes. In your comments to Books
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