TCOT Podcast

Thursday, November 21, 2024

TCOT Podcast Episode 069 - Fugitive Nurse

Season 1 - Episode 22

Originally aired - February 15, 1958

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: Tragg

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Shepperd Strudwick - only ep of PM/103 roles from 1938 -1982 including OLTL Victor Lord/Twilight Zone/Car 54
Dr. Morris
(as Sheppard Strudwick)

Bethel Leslie - 3 eps of PM/121 roles from 1949 -1999 including AMC Claudia Connor 1991/
Janet Morris

Dabbs Greer - 8 eps of PM(Lavender Lipstick/Sad Sicilian/Skeleton’s Closet )/321 roles from 1939 - 2003 including Lizzie Maguire/Invasion of the Body Snatchers/Alfred Hitchcock/Burns and Allie/Superman/The Loretta Young/Twilight Zone/Andy Griffith/Dick Van Dyke Show/Gomer Pyle/The Ghost and Mrs Muir/Bonanza/Mod Squad/3 eps of Ironside/42 eps of Gunsmoke/Green Eyes with Paul Winfield/Little House on the Prairie/The Green Mile
Dave Kirby

Maxine Cooper - 2 eps of PM/45 roles from 1948 -1980 including Twilight Zone/Dragnet/Alfred Hitchcock
Gladys Strome

Jeanette Nolan - 6 eps of PM(mother Hateful Hero/killer Nine Dolls/Counterfeit Crank)/205 roles from 1948 -1998 including Horse Whisperer (Last role as Grandma Ellen Booker)/Psycho(Norma Bates’ voice)/Alfred Hitchcock/Twilight Zone/25 eps of The Richard Boone/My 3 Sons/Ironside/Gunsmoke/Dirty Sally/2 eps of Columbo/Golden Girls Rose’s mother
Mrs. Kirby

Woodrow Chambliss - 2 eps of PM/60 roles from 1946 -1983 including 38 eps of Gunsmoke/The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman/Wild Wild West/Andy Griffith/The Waltons
Phil Reese

Helen Brown - 3 eps of PM/135 roles from 1935 -1994 including Dragnet/Father Knows Best/Death Valley Days
Mrs. Strome

Al Lettieri (d 47) - only ep of PM/33 roles from 1957 -1976 including The Godfather/Untouchables/Rin Tin Tin
Arthur Strome
(as Anthony Lettier)

Arthur Hanson - 4 eps of PM

Lt. Brewer

Larry J. Blake - X eps of PM/X roles from 19xx -19xx including

Smith

(as Larry Blake)

George Davis

Frederick

Sydney Mason

Detective Ralston

Lee Roberts

Detective Ron Jacks

Gil Frye

Marshall

Joey Ray

Workman

Jack Kenney

Detective

Owen Cunningham

Judge

Jack Harris

Court Clerk

(as Jack W. Harris)

Paul Kruger

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Kermit Maynard

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Time Capsule:

Furniture/Design

Perry’s Office Window View

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Value of $92,000 from 1958 to 2024. $92,000 in 1958 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1,004,881.94 today

Adjusted for inflation, $154 in 1958 is equal to $1,663 in 2024.

$100 in 1958 = $1,080.09 in 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024

TCOT Podcast Episode 068 - Fanciful Frail

Season 9 - Episode 24

Originally aired - March 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. 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: Drumm - Richard Anderson

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Pippa Scott SA - 2 eps of PM/90 roles from 1955 -2013 including Mannix/Columbo(victim)/2 eps of Ironside/Waltons/Mission Impossible/Gomer Pyle

Ethel Andrews

Henry Hunter

Reverend Alford

Vera Marshe

Mrs. Alford

Arch Johnson - 5 eps of PM(as killer in Singular Double)5 eps of Bewtiched/Buddy Holly’s Father to Gary Busey

Frank Carruthers

Abigail Shelton - 3 eps of PM/47 roles from 1957 -1986 including Columbo/Medical Center/Bonanza

Peggy Sutton

Mildred Harrison - only eps of PM/4 roles from 1966 -1969 including original Bill Cosby Show/

Chambermaid

Barry Kelley - only eps of PM/151 roles from 1947 -1977 including Petticoat Junction/11 eps of Mister Ed/Adams Family/Bonanza

Mr. Park Milgrave

Joan Huntington - 2 eps of PM/36 roles from 1962 -1975 including Beverly Hillbillies/Ironside/Bewitched

Althea Milgrave

Coleen Gray(2015:92) - 4 eps of PM(sister Glamorous Ghost)/109 roles from 19xx -1986 including 2 eps of Ironside/Days of our Lives/M3S/Mr Ed/Alfred Hitchcock/Maverick

Martha Erskine

John Rayner SA - 2 eps of PM/X roles from 1960 -1998 including Ben(Pest control)/I Spy/Bonanza/Mod Squad/3 eps of Ironside

Tierney

Jack Betts SA - 4 eps of PM/109 roles from 1959 -2019 including Monk/Spiderman/Friends/One Life to Live/AMC(Lars Bogard)/Bonanza/General Hospital

Bruce Strickland

(as Hunt Powers)

Phil Arthur

Pit Boss

Roy Engel

Detective

S. John Launer

Judge

Ray Montgomery

Attendant

Timothy Blake

Waitress

Marshall Kent

Ed Thomas

Seamon Glass

Driver

Lee Miller Sgt. Brice

Time Capsule:

Cigarettes

Money Translation -$50,000 in 1966 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $486,575.62 today. And $20 in 1966 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $194.63 today

Next Week’s Episode: Season 1, Episode 22 - Fugitive Nurse

Thursday, October 24, 2024

TCOT Podcast Episode 067 - Paper Bullets

Season 8 - Episode 2

Originally aired - October 1, 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 8 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: Frank Marth - 2 eps of PM/161 roles from 1949 -1994 including Young and the Restless/6Mill/Little House/Hogan’s Heroes/30 eps of Jackie Gleason Show/10 eps of Honeymooners

Carl Rohr

House Peters Jr. - 2 eps of PM/146 roles from 1935 -19x74 including Lassie/Lone Ranger/Gunsmoke and other Westerns

Lt. Jeffers

DA: Booth Colman - 2 eps of PM/187 roles from 1950 -2008 including Frasier/ST:Voyager/Young and Restless

Guest Stars:

Patrick McVey - 3 eps of PM(Dubious Bridegroom:DA)/111 roles from 1941 -1973 including Hazel/Gunsmoke/Maverick/

Harry Mardig

Richard Anderson/Police Lt: Steve Drum (Season 9) 26 eps of PM - 192 roles from 1947 - 1998 including MSW/The Fugitive/Columbo/5 eps of Ironside/1973 became Oscar Goldman Bionic Man & Woman Bionic Ever after /Fantasy Island

Jason Foster

Lynn Loring - only ep of PM/56 roles from 1951 -1975 including Mos Squad/M3S/Search For Tomorrow

Susan Foster

Jan Shepard SA - 4 eps of PM(Deadly Verdict)/89 roles from 1952-1989 including The Rookies/King Creole and Paradise, Hawaiian Style with Elvis, retired from acting in 1973

Margaret Foster

Melora Conway SA - 5 eps of PM(Curious Bride/Startled Stallion) 20 roles from 1959 -1970 including Mod Squad/I Spy/Bonanza
Alma Rice

Ford Rainey - 4 eps of PM)Ugly Duckling/189 roles from 1949 -2017 including 9 eps Bionic Woman & 3 ep 6 Million Dollar Man same/Bonanza/Lost in Space
Randolph Cartwell

Arthur Space 288 roles Amos and Andy Leonard nebulous nephew
Edgerton Cartwell

Stewart Moss -2 eps of PM(Dead Ringer)/ 74 roles from last 1964- 1983 including MSW/10 eps of Generations/8 eps Hogan’s Heroes/Ironside/Star Trek/The Fugitive
David Cartwell

Carl Prickett - 4 eps of PM/7 roles including Real Mc
Rufus Findlay

Lou Krugman Gambling Boss

Joel Fluellen - only ep of PM/128 roles from 1937 -1986 including Columbo/Mod Squad/Julia/Tarzan/A Raisin in the Sun/Porgy and Bess/Imitation of Life/The Jackie Robinson Story

Bartender

Paul Barselou

Coroner's Physician (as Paul Barselow)

Jason Johnson

Judge

William Tracy

Photographer

Ann Ayars

Woman Reporter

Robert Rothwell

Campaign Worker No. 1

John Truax

Taxi Driver

Time Capsule:

Furniture/Design

Perry’s Office Window View

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

$75 in 1964 = $744.53 in 2024

Dee Spills the Tea:

Joel Fluellen: an activist as well as an actor.

Fluellen was born in 1908 in Louisiana. Prior to beginning his acting career, he resided in Chicago where he worked as a milliner and store clerk. He gained his first role as a bit player in Cabin in the Sky in 1943. Fluellen, as a member of the Screen Actors Guild, tried to get SAG to protect their Black members against discrimination. He submitted numerous resolutions urging the union to do so. The guild, headed by Ronald Reagan at the time, repeatedly rebuffed his resolutions. Fluellen became an early member of the Negro Actors Guild of America, whose mission was to provide better opportunities for Black actors. Fluellen acted until the 1970s mostly as a film extra in mainstream films. He did, however, gain notable exposure in all-black films such as The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) and A Raisin in the Sun (1960). Unfortunately, Fluellen suffered health problems and was becoming blind toward the end of his life. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot in 1990.

Next Week’s Episode: Season 9, Episode 24 - Fanciful Frail

Thursday, October 10, 2024

TCOT Podcast Episode 066 - Floating Stones

Season 7 - Episode 8

Originally aired - November 21, 1963

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tcot-a-perry-mason-podcast/id1665405923

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ClQnPlUEHggGbQrmkRpPo?si=6GPhbqGgSVWiJWL8oonPnQ

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 7 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: Walter Brooke

Guest Stars:

Dale Ishimoto Japanese - only ep of PM/ Family Affair/Kung Fu/Twilight Zone

Lao

Richard Loo - only ep of PM/173 roles from 1932 -1981 including Kung Fu/Ironside/Bewitched/Family Affair

Mr. Eng

Victor Maddern - only ep of PM/185 roles from 1946 -1992 including 6 eps of Dr Who/Bonanza/

Gilbert Tyrell

James Hong SA - 2 eps of PM(Weary Watchdog)/461 roles from 1953 -present including Kung Fu Panda/Mike Tyson’s Mysteries/Elementary/Key and Peele/Big Bang Theory/Hangin’ With Mr Cooper/Maude/9 eps Kung Fu/Ironside/Family Affair/Gomer Pyle/actually Korean and played many Asian parts including Japanese

Louis Kew

Irene Tsu SA - only ep of PM/86 roles from 1961 -2021 including 2 eps Star Trek: Voyager/Ironside/M3S/My Favorite Martian

Juli Eng

Joyce Jameson - 2 eps of PM/119 roles from 1951 -1984 including Ironside/Gomer Pyle/Hogan’s Heroes/Andy Griffith/Franky and Johnny

Lorraine

Gertrude Flynn - 4 eps of PM/61 roles from 1953 -1987 including Gunsmoke/Alfred Hitchcock/Twilight Zone

Agatha Culpepper

Ken Lynch - 3 eps of PM/197 roles from 1947 -1983 including Battlestar Galactica/Ironside/All in the Family/Kung Fu/Bonanza/Mod Squad/Gomer Pyle/Andy Griffith/Star Trek/Dick Van Dyke/

Wendel

Jerry Oddo - 2 eps of PM/27 roles from 1957 -1963 including Untouchables/Bonanza

Ralph Iverson

James Forrest - 3 eps of PM/22 roles from 1957 -1973 including Bonanza/McHale’s Navy/Daniel Boone

Tudor Sherwin

Bill Zuckert

Judge

Gilchrist Stuart - only eps of PM/Sound of Music

Inspector Mac Ritchie (as Gil Stuart)

Walter Janovitz

Dr. Lefcourt

Baynes Barron - 3 eps of PM/116 roles from 1946 -1979 including Bewitched/I Dream of Jeannie/Ten Commandments/Lone Ranger

Chowen

Marshall Reed

Fisherman

Don Anderson

Customs Inspector (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Passenger in Ship's Lounge (uncredited)

Jimmy Dime

Henchman Arty (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Time Capsule:

Furniture/Design

Perry’s Office Window View

Fashion and Cigarettes

Cars

Money Translation

$40,000 in 1963 is worth $411,498.04 today

Dee Spills the Tea:

In the 1960s, Tsu met Frank Sinatra in Florida where they were both filming. She wrote about it in her book A Water Color Dream: The Many Lives Of Irene Tsu. Her manager sent her to a networking lunch and when they met she said she got lost in his blue eyes. Later a dinner was arranged and Tsu was to meet Frank that night at 7:30. Now Frank was almost 30 years older than she was and he was married to Mia Farrow at the time. While she prepared for the date, Frank himself called and said: 'Baby, I don’t know if you heard, but my divorce has been announced and there’s paparazzi all over my property. I’m heading out to the desert. I want you to come with me. She went out there with him, they had a wonderful weekend and the two started dating.

They dated for over two years. Irene says her relationship with Frank ended amicably, and that he sent her a gift in 1971 when she got married.

She wrote 'I got a call from Frank one day and he said: "If you don’t tell me what you want as a wedding present you’re going to get a Ming vase." I said. "No Ming vase! But I could use a washer/dryer actually." He laughed so much. He said: "What are you going to do, open a Chinese laundry?’ But I got it,' she shared.

Next Week’s Episode: Season 8, Episode 2 Paper Bullets

Thursday, September 26, 2024

TCOT Podcast Episode 065 - Skeleton’s Closet

Season 6 - Episode 26

Originally aired - May 2, 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.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tcot-a-perry-mason-podcast/id1665405923

https://open.spotify.com/show/0ecjYRpYa3925HL3E7loOn?si=99YrY4DERveCtcx3HxhmCQ

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: Tragg and Andy

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Keith Andes - 2 eps of PM/72 roles from 1944 -1980 including Star Trek/Buck Rogers/The Lucy Show/Andy Griffith(made Andy jealous)/Death Valley Day

Dave Weaver

Peggy McCay - 2 eps of PM/140 roles from 1959 -2016 including Lou Grant/The Rookies/Gunsmoke/Andy Griffith/Alfred Hitchcock/Marcus Welby/The Waltons/DOOL

Margaret Layton

Frank Aletter - 2 eps of PM/123 roles from 1955 -1995 including First ep Golden Girls(engaged to Rose)/Murder She Wrote/Lou Grant/Marcus Welby/MASH/Maude(engaged to Carol)/Mid Squad/Petticoat Junction/Twilight Zone/

Harry Collins

Michael Pate - 2 eps of PM/174 roles from 1940 -1997 including Mission Impossible/Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea/Tarzan/Death Valley Day/Wild Wild West/Daktari/Get Smart/40,000 Horsemen-Arab Carpet Seller / Arab Customer / Sikh Policeman
Richard Harris

David Lewis - 7 eps of PM(Carefree Coronary/Lost Last Act)/95 roles from 1949 -1993 including Edward Quartermaine on GH/Hill Street Blues/Ironside/Batman/Gomer Pyle/Andy Griffith

Albert McCann

Dabbs Greer - 8 eps of PM(Lavender Lipstick/Sad Sicilian)/321 roles from 1939 - 2003 including Lizzie Maguire/Invasion of the Body Snatchers/Alfred Hitchcock/Burns and Allie/Superman/The Loretta Young/Twilight Zone/Andy Griffith/Dick Van Dyke Show/Gomer Pyle/The Ghost and Mrs Muir/Bonanza/Mod Squad/3 eps of Ironside/42 eps of Gunsmoke/Green Eyes with Paul Winfield/Little House on the Prairie/The Green Mile

Jack Tabor

Pat Finley SA -only ep of PM/24 roles from 19xx -2006 including 3 Perry Mason Movies/Different Strokes/Rockford Files/Lou Grant/15 Eps of Bob Newhart Show(sister)

Grace Kingman

John Heath -2 eps of PM/6 roles from 1944 -1965 including Wing and a Prayer

George Layton

Walter Mathews
Second Reporter

Diane Mountford SA - 2 eps of PM/26 roles from 1958 -1971 including Family Affair/My Three Sons/Gomer Pyle/Patty Duke Show/Leave it to Beaver

Janet Layton

Linda Marshall SA - 2 eps of PM(Nun in NN)/13 roles from 1963 -1974 including My 3 Sons/ Tammy/Hazel/Dick Van Dyke

Norma Weaver

Toby Michaels SA - only ep of PM/12 roles from 19xx -1972 including Bonanza/Dobie Gillis/Ozzie and Harriet

Secretary

Sally Smith SA - only ep of PM/6 roles from 1961 -1966 including My 3 Sons/Wagon Train/Alfred Hitchcock

Nancy Layton

Daniel Elam - 2 eps of PM/78 roles from 1952 -1986 including Columbo/McCloud/Room 222/Mission Impossible/Wild Wild West/Batman

Judge (uncredited)