TCOT Podcast Episode 088 - Twice-Told Twist

TCOT Podcast Episode 088 - Twice-Told Twist

Season 9 - Episode 21

Originally aired - February 27, 1966

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.

This is an episode from season 9 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. I will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Summary: Lennie Beale is a teenager in a car-stripping gang who is caught after Perry's car is stripped. Perry sees something good in Lennie, giving him a second chance. When a ringleader of the gang is stabbed to death, Lennie is charged.

Police Lt: Drumm

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Lennie is played by Kevin O’Neal who was in 24 episodes of No Time for Sergeants. The same year this came out, he was in 2 episodes of The Fugitives and played a character named Perry in one.

Harlan Warde -

Sgt. Roddin

Nicolas Surovy - Mike Roy All My Children

Tick Gleason 

Time Capsule:

Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

 

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

$1700 Perry forfeited from the insurance = $17,000/  mjn

Where Do They Go From Here?:

Lenny becomes a Marine 

 

Next Week’s Episode:

Season 1, Episode 35 - Lazy Lover

TCOT Podcast Episode 087 - Grinning Gorilla

TCOT Podcast Episode 087 - Grinning Gorilla 

Season 8 - Episode 28

Originally aired - April 29, 1965

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season x that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. I will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: 

DA: Robert Colbert

Guest Stars:

Lurene Tuttle - 6 eps of PM/this was her first/ 189 spanning over 50 years inc MSW, Psycho and 48 eps of Julia

Eliza Chambers


Bartlett Robinson - 6 eps of PM/151 roles from 1948 -1982 including Green Acres/Ironside/Andy Griffith/Twilight Zone

Sydney Hardwick

Time Capsule:

Furniture/Design

 

Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

 

Cars

Where Do They Go From Here?:

Helen gets the money and Josephine gets her legal fees paid. Mr. Fallon and Mr. Hershey are in Jail

Next Week’s Episode: TCOT Twice-Told Twist - Season 9, Episode 21

TCOT Podcast Episode 086 - Nervous Neighbor

 TCOT Podcast Episode 086 - Nervous Neighbor

Season 7 - Episode 18

Originally aired - February 13, 1964

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season x that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: Andy

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Richard Rust - 2 eps of PM(Startled Stallion)/56 roles from 1955-1988 including Get Christie Love/Mod Squad/Gunsmoke/Alfred Hitchcock

Charles Fuller


Katherine Squire - 3 eps of PM(Credulous Quarry)/66 roles from 1949 -1989 including When Harry Met Sally/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Search For Tomorrow

Vera Hargrave


Sheila Bromley - 5 eps of PM/158 roles from 1930 -1975 including I Love Lucy/Alfred Hitchcock/Hazel/Petticoat Junction/Adam-12

Mrs Alice Bradley


Francis X. Bushman - 3 eps of PM(Flighty Father, 9 Dolls 2x victim)/231 roles from 1911 -1966 including Batman/Ozzie and Harriet/Silent Films

Philip


Barry Atwater - 6 eps of PM(Prankish Professor/Demured Defendant)/116 roles from 1954-1978 including Loretta Young Show/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Dr. Kildare/Bewitched with Willie May

Karl Dickinson


Paul Winchell - Gargamel and Tigger

Henry Clement

Les Tremayne - 8 eps of PM DA every season except 2/146 roles from 1950-1993 including War of the Worlds, North by Northwest, Edward Quartermaine GH and a slew of cartoons passed in 2003

George Browne


Jeanne Cooper - 5 eps of PM(Glamorous Ghost)/136 roles from 1953 -2013 including 3 eps of Ironside/The Untouchables/Twilight Zone/the Young and the Restless/

Mary Browne


Booth Colman - 2 eps of PM(Paper Bullets)/187 roles from 1950 -2008 including Frasier/ST:Voyager/Young and Restless/Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Time Capsule:

What was Happening:
The Beatles arrived from England at New York City's JFK International Airport at 1:20 in the afternoon on Pan American Airlines Flight 101 from London, and received a tumultuous reception from a throng of screaming fans, marking the first occurrence of "Beatlemania" in the United States. and then went on to perform on the Ed Sullivan show.

Electroencephalography

Diagnostic test

An EEG records the electrical activity of the brain through electrodes put on the scalp. EEG results show changes in brain activity. This may help diagnose brain conditions such as epilepsy and other seizure conditions. An electroencephalogram is a test that measures electrical activity in the brain.

Where Do They Go From Here?:

Charles and his mother are going to be set. I have a feeling Alice will give some money to the senior rec center

Next Episode:

Grinning Gorilla  Season 8, Episode 28

 

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TCOT Podcast Episode 085 - Potted Planter

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 085 - Potted Planter

Season 6 - Episode 27 

Originally aired - May 9, 1963

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season 6 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: 

DA: 

Guest Stars:

 - XConstance Ford

Frances

Diane Brewster

Andrea Walden

(as Diana Brewster)

Paul Fix

District Attorney Hale

Mark Goddard

Roy Mooney

Robert Bray - 3 eps of PM(Footloose Doll)/131 roles from 1946 -1954 including Twilight Zone/Burns and Allen/Lassie/Lone Ranger

Martin Walden

Joe Maross - 3 eps of PM(DA Lavender Lipstick)/123 roles from 1952 -1986 including MSW

(last)/Twilight Zone/Gunsmoke/Peyton Place/Mission Impossible/The Rookies/Mannix/Dallas

Nelson Tarr

Davey Davison

Melinda Tarr

T. Roleet

Qu Betenla

William Allyn

David Pinter

Harry Lauter

Chris Hearn

Frank Behrens

Doctor Oldham

Robert Foulk

Delehanty

Allan Hunt

Jimmie Moore

David Macklin

Boy

Jaclyn Carmichael

Girl

Jamie Forster

Judge

Pepper Curtis

Receptionist

Richard Emory

Intern

John Barton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

 

Where Do They Go From Here?:

I guess Andrea and Nelson will get together and Andrea can use the money to save the radio station. Will she go back on the stage?

Next Week’s Episode: Season 7, Episode 18 - Nervous Neighbor

TCOT Podcast Episode 084 - Tarnished Trademark

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 084 - Tarnished Trademark

Season 5 - Episode 18

Originally aired - January 20, 1962

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season x that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: Andy

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Karl Swenson - 4 eps of PM(Sleepy Slayer)/175 roles from 1935 -1978 including 41 eps of Little House on the Prairie /Lassie/Mod Squad/Ironside/Gomer Pyle

Axel Norstaad

Osa Massen 3 eps

Lisa Pedersen

Marie Windsor

Edie Morrow

Malcolm Atterbury - 5 eps of PM (Dennis Briggs WW/Drifting Dropout)/164 roles from 1954 - 1976 including Dragnet/Wagon Train/My 3 Sons /Cow Thief Mayberry/Twilight Zone/Bonanza/Towering Inferno/Little House on the Prairie

Maigret

Phillip Terry - 5 eps of PM(Bedevilled Doctor husband/Gallant Grafter victim)/110 roles from 1937-1974 in Police Woman passed in 1993 married Joan Crawford he was mentioned in Mommy Dearest

Latham Reed

Wesley Lau

Lt. Anderson

Dennis Patrick - 4 eps of PM(victim Deadly Toy)/65 eps of Dark Shadows/MSW

Martin Somers

Morgan Woodward

Carl Pedersen

Edward Norris 2 eps

Sam Hadley

Francis De Sales - 6 eps of PM(FF & FF/174 roles from 1959 -1978 including Rabbit Test/Barnaby Jones/The Rookies/Columbo/Bod Squad/DOOL/ Green Acres

Floyd Chapman

Where Do They Go From Here?: Poor Lisa, no job I guess. Edie and Axel are married and the Children's Hospital gets built.

Next Week’s Episode: Season 6, Episode 27 - Potted Planter

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 083 - Fickle Fortune

Season 4 - Episode 15

Originally aired - January 21, 1961

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.


This is an episode from season 4 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

Police Lt: Tragg

DA: Tragg

Guest Stars:

Vaughn Taylor - 8 eps of PM(Restless Redhead Murder/Drifting Dropouts) - was in everything!/207 roles from 1948 -1976 including Janet Leigh’s boss in Psycho/Twilight Zone/Dennis the Menace/Untouchables/JailHouse Rock with Elvis

Ralph Duncan

Helen Brown - 3 eps of PM(Fugitive Nurse-mother)/135 roles from 1935 - 1994 including Dragnet/Father Knows Best/Death Valley Days

Mrs. Hollister

Virginia Christine - 3 eps of PM/176 roles from 1943 -1985 including Ironside/Bonanza/Lone Ranger/Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Helen Duncan

Robert Casper - 2 eps of PM/72 roles from 1955 -1990 including Murder She Wrote/12 eps Room 222/Little House

Charley Nickels

Liam Sullivan - 3 eps of PM(Unsuitable Uncle)/130 roles from 1948 -1997 including Star Trek(he made Kirk kiss Uhura)/Twilight Zone(Silence)/Gomer Pyle/Family Affair/Little House on the Prairie

Lloyd Farrell

Cathy O'Donnell - only ep of PM/46 roles from 1945 -1959 including Ben-Hur and Bonanza

Norma Brooks

Philip Ober

Albert Keller

Richard Gaines

Judge

Eve March

Nurse Hamilton

Connie Cezon

Gertie Lade

Michael Fox

Autopsy Surgeon

Berkeley Harris

Patrolman

Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice

George E. Stone

Court Clerk

Hal Taggart

Clerk

Vincent Troy

Waiter

Ralph Brooks

Lounge Employee (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Lounge Patron (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator / Waitress (uncredited)

Time Capsule:

Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

$148,000 = $1,638,000

Where Do They Go From Here?:

Charlie is in jail for theft. Does Ralph get fired? Norma should get fired. Plus Albert should be in trouble as well

Next Episode: 

Tarnished Trademark - Season 5, Episode 18

TCOT Podcast Episode 082 - Blushing Pearls

TCOT Podcast Episode 082 - Blushing Pearls 

 

Season 3 - Episode 4

Originally aired - October 24, 1959

Japan's surrender at the end of World War II was a result of multiple factors, including the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union's declaration of war, and the devastating impact of the war on the Japanese mainland. The surrender ceremony took place on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially ending the war in Asia. 

 

The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.

 

This is an episode from season 3 that we are choosing at random using a random number generator. We will be choosing our episodes this way season by season. We’re excited by this new process which will give each season a chance to shine.

 

Police Lt: Tragg

 

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Nobu McCarthy - 2 eps of PM/60 roles from 1954 - 2004 including Love Boat/Different Strokes/Batman/Karate Kid II

Mitsou Kamuri

 

Christine White - 3 eps of PM(Demure Defendant)/60 roles from 1951 -1976 including Twilight Zone/Father Knows Best/Alfred Hitchcock/The Frank Sinatra Show

Alice Carson

 

Benson Fong - 4 eps of PM/86 roles from 1936 -1986 including Kung Fu/Ironside/7 eps M3 Sons/Charlie Chan movies 

Itsubi Nogata

 

George Takei - only ep of PM/220 roles from 1955 -2022 including Hot in Cleveland/Futurama/BBT/Chico and the Man/Twilight Zone/Godzilla

Toma Sakai

 

Steven Terrell SA - only ep of PM/56 roles from 1951 -1957 including Ozzie & Harriet/Bonanza/Father Knows Best/Dragnet

Grove Nichols (as Steve Terrell)

 

Angela Greene - only ep of PM/106 roles from 1944 -1976 including Alfred Hitchcock/Tess Truehart in Dick Tracy

Thelma Nichols

 

Ralph Dumke - 2 eps of PM(Substitute Face)/95 roles from 1937 -1960 including Andy Griffith/Dennis the Menace/Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Hudson Nichols

 

John Gallaudet

Municipal Judge

 

Joe Di Reda - 3 eps of PM/89 roles from 1947 -1963 including General Hospital/Andy Griffith/Gunsmoke/Love Me Tender

Edgar Beals

(as Joe De Reda)

 

Rollin Moriyama - 2 eps of PM/52 roles from 1941 -1981 including McHale’s Navy/Flying Leathernecks w/John Wayne/

Ito Kamuri

 

John Barclay

Judge

 

Bill Walker - only ep of PM/191 roles from 1946 -1984 including The Wiz/Good Times/Twilight Zone/Porgy and Bess/To Kill a Mockingbird/What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?/Amos n Andy/Harlem Globetrotters 1951

Watchman

 

Leah Waggner

Maid

(as Lia Waggner)

 

Toma Wilde

Detective

(as Tom Wilde)

Jack Carol

Technician

 

Martha Wentworth - 3 eps of PM(Runaway Corpse - Motel Manager)/101 roles from 1936 -1963 including Dragnet/A Tree Grows in Brooklyn/Cartoon voices in the ‘30’s

Landlady

 

Sam Harris

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Time Capsule: 

Furniture/Design

 

Perry’s Office Window View 

 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Adjusted for inflation, $250,000 in 1959 is equal to $2,730,147 in 2025.

 

$35 in 1959 is equivalent to $386.64

 

$300 in 1959 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $3,314.07 today

Dee Spills the Tea:

One of the few black people you’ll ever see on PM – William Walker – Five interesting facts

1. William Walker was the grandson of slaves.
2. Best known as Rev. Sykes in To Kill a Mockingbird.
3. Gregory Peck won an academy award for his portrayal of the attorney Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. In his acceptance speech, he singled out Walker for his contribution to the film.
4. Walker was most proud of his membership in the Screen Actors Guild, where he served on the board for over 20 years.  He boasted about being “speaking cousins” with Ronald Reagan who served as SAG president. In 1953 with Reagan at his side, Walker pleaded with a gathering of Hollywood producers to hire more black actors.
5. He was quoted as saying “I had a lot of arguments with directors. Most of them knew nothing about how a Negro feels, how he lives, what he thinks.”

 

 

Where Do They Go From Here?: 

Mitsu and Toma are together. Does Grove marry Alice and take over the business? Mr. Nagoto should go to jail.

 

Next Week’s Episode: 

Fickle Fortune Season 4, Episode 15