TCOT Podcast Episode 056 - Stand In Sister

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 056 - Stand In Sister 

Season 6 - Episode 8

Originally aired - November 16, 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 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: Anderson 

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Allen Joseph - 2 eps of PM/51 roles from 1950 -1985 including Ironside/Mission Impossible/Get Smart

Senator Cord


Douglas Evans - 10 eps of PM/165 roles from 1937 -1968 including Hazel/Dragnet/I Love Lucy/Lone Ranger/Mr Smith Goes to Washington

William Rice


Peter Whitney - 3 eps of PM/144 roles from 1941 -1972 including Bonanza/Green Acres/Death Valley Days/Beverly Hillbillies/Lone Ranger/Superman

Stefan 'Big Steve' Jahnchek


Jay Della - only ep of PM/32 roles from 1958 -2000 including Gunsmoke/Batman/Lethal Weapon 2, 3 & 4

Davino (Marshal)


R.G. Armstrong - 3 eps of PM/185 roles from 1954 -2001 including Children of the Corn/Cybil/Predator/Dick Tracy/Fantasy Island

John Gregory


Peter Mamakos - 3 eps of PM/190 roles from 1949 -1990 including Daniel Boone/Mod Squad/Red Skelton/The Untouchables/The Lone Ranger

Nick Paolo

Susan Seaforth Hayes SA - only ep of PM/63 roles from 1953 -2024 including Days of Our Lives/ Young and the Restless/Ironside/Airport/Dragnet/M3S

Helen Gregory

(as Susan Seaforth)


Steven Geray - 2 eps of PM/204 roles from 1929 -1966 including Dick Van Dyke Show/I Dream of Jeannie/The Untouchables/Hazel/Superman/ Blondie

Franz Moray


Parley Baer - 6 eps of PM(Captain’s Coins)/287 roles from 1950 -1996 including Fresh Prince of Bel Air/9 eps Bewitched/Mod Squad/Green Acres/Petticoat Junction/Hogan’s Heroes/Adams Family/Mayor Roy Stoner Andy Griffith Show/Star Trek Voyager/Y&R

David Bickel


Meg Wyllie - 4 ep PM(Nebulous Nephew)/Star Trek/4 ep GG/ Lila Quartermaine GH

Mrs. Margaret Stone


Walter Stocker - 3 eps of PM
Van Bennett

Ralph Clanton - 

Karl Corby

S. John Launer

Judge

Michael Fox

Autopsy Surgeon

George Selk

Attendant

Charles Stroud

Court Clerk

Kay Farrington

Admitting Nurse (as Kaye Farrington)

Russell Custer

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Senator Leaving Subcommittee

Hearing (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

Seaman (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Money Translation - $100,000 = $1,000,000

Next Episode in Two Weeks:

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Bountiful Beauty

TCOT Podcast Episode 055 - Unwelcomed Bride

TCOT Podcast Episode 055 - Unwelcomed Bride

Season 5 - Episode 14

Originally aired - December 16, 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 5 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: Tragg

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

DeForest Kelley - only ep of PM/134 roles from 1945 -1998 including Room 222/Ironside/Bonanza/Lone Ranger/Star Trek

Peter Thorpe

(as De Forest Kelley)


Melora Conway SA - 5 eps of PM/20 roles from 1959 -1970 including Mod Squad/I Spy/Bonanza

Amanda Thorpe


Emile Meyer - 2 eps of PM/125 roles from 1950 -1977 including The Rookies /Bonanza/Ozzie and Harriet/Blackboard Jungle/Shane

Patrolman


Diana Millay - 3 eps of PM/47 roles from 1954 -1971(passed 2021) including Dark Shadows/Father Knows Best/Bonanza/M3S/

Sue Ellen


Bryan Grant SA - only ep of PM/6 roles from 1956 -1968 including Daniel Boone/Teenagers from Outer Space

Gregson Frazer


Torin Thatcher - only ep of PM/154 roles from 1927 -1976 including Land of the Giants/Star Trek/Lost in Space/

Walter Frazer


Gerald Mohr - 4 eps of PM/155 roles from 19xx -1969 including Lost in Space/Maverick/Red Skelton/Lucy Show/I Love Lucy/

Medeci



Alan Hale Jr. - X eps of PM/232 roles from 1933 -1992 including Gilligan’s Island

Lon Snyder (as Alan Hale)


Willis Bouchey

Judge


Ben Young - X eps of PM/X roles from 19xx -19xx including
Cary Duncan

George E. Stone - 46 eps of PM mostly court clerk bartender in DD/started out in Silent films/with Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot 

Court Clerk

Don Anderson

Plainclothesman (uncredited)


Eddie Baker

Bailiff (uncredited)


Lovyss Bradley

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


Jack Gordon

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice (uncredited)


Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fred Rapport

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Mitchell Rhein

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


Carl Sklover

Club Bartender

(uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

$50,000 = $522,294.31 today!

Dee Spills the Tea: The author of the Perry Mason novels

Earle Stanley Gardner wrote 80 Perry Mason novels. And he was a lawyer himself. Gardner started his legal career by working as a typist at a law firm. Once he was admitted to the Bar, he started working as a trial lawyer by defending impoverished people, in particular Chinese and Mexican immigrants. This experience led to his founding the Court of Last Resort in the 1940s. The Court of Last Resort, dedicated to helping people who were imprisoned unfairly or couldn't get a fair trial, was the first of several organizations that advocate for the wrongly convicted. This turned into a monthly magazine column which Gardner wrote for 10 years. In 1952, he wrote a book, The Court of Last Resort, which also became a tv show.

Next Week’s Episode:

Season 6, Episode 8 -  The Case of the Stand In Sister

TCOT Podcast Episode 054 - Red Riding Boots

TCOT Podcast Episode 054 - Red Riding Boots

Season 4 - Episode 11

Originally aired - December 10, 1960

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: H.M. Wynant SA - 10 eps of PM/156 roles from 1953 -2018 including DOOL/ Dallas/6 Million/Ironside/Wild Wild West/Twilight Zone

Deputy D.A. Sampson (3 episodes Dec 3, 1960 and Jan 7, 1961 -3/13/60 -9/24/60 last back 1/22/61

Guest Stars:

Shirley Ballard - only ep of PM/44 roles from 1946 -1976 including Tarzan/Bonanza/Twilight Zone/

Rita Conover Scripts and continuity movies including MadMax


Corey Allen - 2 eps of PM(Lester Menke BB)/58 roles from 19xx - 2009 including Rebel Without a Cause/Dragnet/

Director including ST:DS9 ST:TNG/MSW/Hill Street Blues/Ironside

Rennie Foster


Frank Maxwell - 3 eps of PM/161 roles from 1951 -2000 including General Hospital/Family Affair/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock

Joe Dixon


Elen Willard SA - only ep of PM/20 roles from 1960 -1966 including Twilight Zone/Gunsmoke

Ann Farwell


Linda Leighton - 4 eps of PM/43 roles from 1940 -1977 including Hazel/Barnaby Jones/Lone Ranger

Jill Farwell


John Archer - 5 eps of PM/148 roles from 1938 -1996 including Columbo/Ironside/Bonanza/Batman/Hazel/Twilight Zone/Ozzie and Harriet/Frank Sinatra Show

Burt Farwell


Reba Waters SA - only ep of PM/25 roles from 1956 -1963 including Leave It to Beaver/Father Knows Best/Lassie

Kathy Jergens


Willis Bouchey

Judge

(as Willis B. Bouchey)


Richard Deacon

Wilmer Beaslee


Sara Seegar

Miss Pennock


Bill Idelson

Autopsy Surgeon

George E. Stone

Court Clerk

Michael Harris

Deputy Sheriff

Don Anderson

Bailiff (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Button Fly Jeans

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Dee Spills the Tea:

The connection between Corey Allen and a cult leader/murderer (IRL)

Although Corey Allen started his career as an actor, he later became a director. In 1967, Corey met with Charles Manson. Manson was a cult leader who was later convicted of first degree murder in the deaths of seven people. Allen wanted Manson to be a script consultant on a movie he was writing called Black Jesus. The movie was about a leader of an African liberation movement. Manson's "family" was allowed to live briefly in Corey's small acting studio. After Corey's then-girlfriend expressed her concerns about Manson, he broke ties with him.



Next Week’s Episode:

Season 5 Episode 14 - Unwelcome Bride

TCOT Podcast Episode 053 - Flighty Father

TCOT Podcast Episode 053 - Flighty Father

Season 3 - Episode 26

Originally aired - June 11, 1960

Hello friends! Love your PM podcast

Hello Miss April and Miss Dee,

I finally got ahold of the season 1 PM and have been loving your podcas

Just delightful, you are so enjoyable to listen to.


I love your observations about the 50s details we get to see -- the hats! the candlestick phones! the fedoras! the gigantic cars! All the smoking, all the drinking, how darling Della Street is.


It is really fun to hear the tiny bits in between, always an interesting surprise -- April was in the Marine corps! You two are apparently sisters!


I haven't heard you say where you grew up, but sometimes April will say a word that sounds like New York to me, so maybe that's where? Or maybe Philly?


OK just wanted to say hi, you are doing awesome, love, K

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: 

DA: 

Guest Stars:

Anne Benton - only ep of PM/12 roles from 1957 -1962 including Father Knows Best/Bonanza (passed in 2005)

Trudy Holbrook


Hayden Rorke - 3 eps of PM(Violent Vest)/151 roles from 1943 -1985 including Lone Ranger/ Burns and Allen/Andy Griffith-Hollywood/Dr Kildare/Dr Bellows - I Dream of Jeannie

Jay Holbrook #1


Francis X. Bushman - 3 eps of PM/231 roles from 1911 -1966 including Batman/Ozzie and Harriet/Silent Films

Lawrence King


Henry Beckman - 4 eps of PM(Dead Ringer/Captain’sCoins)/210 roles from 1950 -2002 including X-Files/Poltergist/Booker/Quincy/Welcome Back, Kotter/4 eps Ironside/Here Comes the Brides/I Dream of Jeannie/

David


William Allyn - 4 eps of PM/roles from 1950 -1983 including The Day After/Hogan’s Heroes/Producer of Peyton Place and Last Child

Wally Harper


Berry Kroeger - 7 eps of PM/107 roles from 1941 -1978 including Demon Seed (Proteus)/Bonanza/Mr Ed/WKRP

Donald J. Evanson


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

Jay Holbrook #2


Dan Riss - 2 eps of PM/101 roles from 1949 -1965 including Mod Squad/Dragnet/Lone Ranger

Peter Sample


Grandon Rhodes

Judge


Tom Fadden - 4 eps of PM/158 roles from 1938 -1977 including Gunsmoke/Petticoat Junction/Green Acres/Blondie

Gus Nickels

Arthur Hanson

Autopsy Surgeon

Betty Farrington

Housekeeper

Gail Bonney

Maid

Paul B. Kennedy

Court Reporter

George E. Stone

Court Clerk

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

see

Fashion

Cars

Dee Spills the Tea:

The sexiest man alive: Francis X. Bushman?

Can you believe the man who played Uncle Lawrence, the blind guy, the murder victim, Francis X. Bushman was once called the handsomest man in the movies? Today he might have made People’s sexiest man alive, but back then nobody talked about or mentioned the word sex.

As a young man he began a body building regimen that would give him his famous film physique. In his early years, he worked as a sculptor's model, often posing in the nude.

After appearing in the theater in his early years, Bushman launched his movie career and came to stardom in 1911. Over the next five years he appeared generally as the leading man in over a hundred silent films and became a matinee idol. Although by this time Bushman was married with five children, the studio’s publicity department kept his marriage secret. Bushman’s fans sent him thousands of letters, including hundreds of marriage proposals.

In 1918, he was the subject of a national scandal when the affair with his longtime costar Beverly Bayne became public. They made 24 movies together. Three days after his divorce from his first wife, Bushman married Bayne. Again, Bushman and his studios kept his marriage secret for fear of losing popularity.

It was during this time that Bushman became known as the handsomest man in the world.

If you’ve ever watched the Beverly Hillbillies, Aunt Pearl was in love with Francis X Bushman and mentioned him in several episodes. When she came to Beverly Hills, she kept wishing that she would get to see him.

https://youtu.be/BkQ_TVAfx3A?si=sdTOZcdND_U8WJyy

Next Week’s Episode: Season 4, Episode 11 - Red Riding Boots

TCOT Podcast Episode 052 - Curious Bride

TCOT Podcast Episode 052 - Curious Bride

Season 2 - Episode 5

Originally aired - October 18, 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 2 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: Ray Collins

Lt. Tragg

DA: William Talman

Hamilton Burger

Guest Stars:

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

Rhoda Reynolds


Max Showalter - 6 eps of PM(Ugly Duckling)/103 roles from 1948 -1984 including 16 Candles/Lucy Show/Hazel/Twilight Zone/Andy Griffith/Bewitched/Sgt Peppers/

Carl Reynolds

(as Casey Adams)


Michael Emmet - 2 eps of PM-Silent Partner victim/50 roles from 1954 -1987 including

Arthur Kane


John Hoyt - 5 eps of PM/258 roles from 1946 -1987 including Grandpa Stanley Kaniski with Nell Carter in 82 eps of Gimme a B reak /Desperately Seeking Susan/7 eps of Hogan’s Heroes/Ironside/Petticoat Junction/pilot for ST:TOS/Sparticus/Burs and Allen/Blackboard Jungle/

Philip Reynolds


James Seay - 3 eps of PM (victim Cautious Coquette) /230 roles including The F.B.I./Death Valley Days/Gomer Pyle/Andy Griffith Show/I Spy/The Fugitive/The Lucy Show/Twilight Zone/The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp/Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and War of the World

Dr. Harris


Peggy Maley - 3 eps of PM Romantic Rogue and Silent Partner Lola/60 roles from1943 to 1961 mostly molls/passed in 2007 at 84

Edna Freeman


Dorothy Neumann - 2 eps of PM/146 roles from 19xx -1991 including Adam-12/Mannix/Waltons/Gunsmoke/Red Skelton/Valley of the Dolls/Andy Griffith (Rita Campbell-Otis wife)/Ten Commandments/Blackboard Jungle

Ellen Crandall


Tommy Cook SA - 2nd ep of PM/110 roles from 1940 - present/The Life and Legend of Wyatt

Earp/CHiPs/The Thing with Two Heads/cartoon voices

Frank Lane


Lewis Charles - 2 eps of PM/182 roles from 1940 -1980 including Adam-12/Ironside/Get Smart/Andy Griffith/Birdman of Alcatraz/Untouchables/

Sidney Otis


S. John Launer

Judge

James Nolan

Deputy (credit only)

Don Anderson

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Edwin Rochelle

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Dee Spills the Tea:

 

Warren William: The First Perry Mason

The Case of the Curious Bride was made into a film long before the TV show. It aired in 1935 and featured Warren William as the first actor to play Perry Mason. William played Mason in four movies, this was the second. In the movie version, our protagonist was Rhoda Montaine (not Reynolds) and she was Perry’s ex-girlfriend. Also, this is the first movie appearance by Errol Flynn who went on to attain worldwide fame. Flynn played Richard Moxley (or Artie Kane of the tv version). Perry Mason Mysteries: The Original Warner Brothers Movie Collection (featuring all four of Warren Williams appearances as Mason) is available on Amazon for $28.

Next Week’s Episode:

Season 3, Episode 26 - Flighty Father