Thursday, May 4, 2023

TCOT Podcast Episode 016 - Singular Double

 

 Thursday, May 4, 2023


TCOT Podcast Episode 016 - Singular Double

Season 4, Episode 4

Originally Aired - October 8, 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. We discuss an episode of Perry Mason and talk about what we like about the episode, actors and fashion. Fun with Perry Mason. Write us at thatapril@gmail.com and follow us on instagram at @TCOTPodcast !

There will be spoilers!


Episodes of PM we are discussing in this episode:





Common Thread:

Paul vacation


Guest Stars:



Connie Hines - 2 eps of PM/best known as Wilbur’s wife Carol on the Mr. Ed show from 1961 to 1966. One episode of the Mod Squad and Room 222. She stopped acting in 1973, but lived until 2009.

Lucy Stevens


Mary Webster - only ep of PM/47 roles from 1955 to 1963 and retired and/2 episodes of Jeopardy in the senior tournament/passed away in 2017

Marjorie Ralston


Wilton Graff - 3rd ep of PM/always plays a businessman.

Hugo Burnette


Andrea King - 4 eps of PM/original ep of Columbo

Catherine Locke


Alan Baxter - 4 eps of PM/Leading lady in 40’s and 50’s

Whitney Locke


Sue England - 5 eps of PM/Defendant in Crimson Kiss

Switchboard Girl


Arch Johnson - 5 eps of PM murder victim in Traveling Treasure/5 eps of Bewtiched/Buddy Holly’s Father to Gary Busey

John Ruskin


Harry Townes

A.D.A. Grosvenor Cutter


Morris Ankrum - 22 eps of PM

Judge


Michael Fox - 25 eps of PM/26 eps of Burke’s Law at same time

Autopsy Surgeon


Dick Geary - 13 eps of PM/6 eps of Star Trek

Skin Diver (as Richard Geary)


George Bruggeman

Stenographer (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fred Rapport

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)










Fun Stuff:


Furniture/Design




Fashion


Marjorie’s Fur collared loose coat



Cars

Lucy’s Chevy

Perry’s Convertible



Cigarettes

Brunette Smoked

Money Translation

$60,000 is $611,829





Perry and Della’s love life (or lack thereof)



The character of Hamilton Burger temporarily disappeared from the TV series during the series' third season. Talman was fired by CBS March 18, 1960, hours after he entered a not-guilty plea to misdemeanor charges related to his presence at a party that was raided by police.


March 14 1960 newspaper Associated Press said that raiders found Talman and others nude or partly nude and “all were high on marijuana”


Eight people were booked on suspicion of possession of marijuana and lewd Vagrancy, a morals count.


The charges were dismissed in June that same year, but the network still didn’t re-hire him. It wasn’t until Earl Stanley Gardner (the creator) himself spoke out, together with millions of viewers that the network brought  Talman back to work in December 1960.


Next episode will be TCOT Crimson Kiss

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