TCOT Podcast Episode 050 - Carefree Coronary

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 050 - Carefree Coronary

Season 9 - Episode 6

Originally aired - Oct 17, 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 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: None

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Hal Baylor - 3 eps of PM/193 roles from 1938 -1978 including Emergency/Bonanza/ST:TOS/Hazel/Addams Family/

Jack David


Shirley Mitchell- 5 eps of PM/96 roles from 1944 -2012 including Fresh Prince of Belair/4 eps of Green Acres/Pettycoat Junction/Lease Don’t Eat the Daisies/

Marilyn David


Joseph Sirola - 3 eps of PM(Shifty Shoebox bf)/67 roles from 1954 -2015 including Quincy/Wonder Woman/Hawaii 50 /Andy Griffith musician Freddy Fleet/

Dr. Raul Caudere


Bruce Bennett - 5 eps of PM/151 roles from 1931 -1980 including Lassie/Blondie/Tarzan/Love Me Tender

Reve Watson


David Lewis - 7 eps of PM/95 roles from 1949 -1993 including Edward Quartermaine on GH/Hill Street Blues/Ironside/Batman/Gomer Pyle/Andy Griffith/

Wallis Lamphier



Dan Tobin - 16 eps of PM 15 as T. Clay/128 roles from 1942 - 1977 westerns

Terrance Clay


Robert Emhardt - 3 eps of PM killer Ominous /167 roles from 1939 -1982 including Andy Griffith/Gomer Pyle/Alfred Hitchcock/Twilight Zone/My 3 Sins/That Girl

Arthur Wendell


Benny Baker - 1st of 3 PM Shifty Shoebox/140 roles from 1934 -1991 including Green Acres, Julia/Ironside/Bill Cosby/Red Skelton/Leave it to Beaver

Jerry Ormond


Whit Bissell - 8 eps of PM Lavender Lipstick/322 roles from 1939 - 1984 including 2 eps of Ironside/Soylent Green/Airport/Mannix/Mod Squad/Star Trek

Dennison Groody


Lawrence Montaigne - 1 eps of PM/71 roles from 1953 -2007 including ST:TOS/FBI/Bewitched/Batman

Dr. Chauncy Hartlund


Tracy Morgan SA - 2 eps of PM/15 roles from 1957 -1992 including Julia/Paper Chase

Doreen Wilde


Dan Seymour - 7 eps of PM/113 roles from 1942 -1987 including Batman/Get Smart/Superman/Untouchables/Beverly Hillbillies

Nappy Tyler


Alexander Lockwood

Deputy

William Woodson

Dr. Willard Sholby

Tommy Farrell

TV Reporter

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Dee Spills the Tea:

Three interesting facts about Bruce Bennett (Reve Watson, President of Safeline)

1. In addition to his acting career, Bruce Bennett was also a successful businessman

2. Bennett lived to be 100.

3. He pursued an interest in parasailing and skydiving, doing his last dive at the age of 96.


Next Week’s Episode: Season 1, Episode 10 Case of the Runaway Corpse

TCOT Podcast Episode 049 - Sleepy Slayer

TCOT Podcast Episode 049 - Sleepy Slayer 

Season 8 - Episode 4

Originally aired - Oct 15, 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: Andy


DA: Burger



Guest Stars:

Gigi Perreau SA - 2 eps of PM/86 roles from 1943 -2020 including M3S/Lassie/Bonzo Goes to College/Gunsmoke/Gomer Pyle/Brady Bunch(sister Lauren 9 Dolls)
Phyllis Clover


Richard Hale- 4 eps of PM/154 roles from 1944 -1985 including To Kill a Mockingbird/Wagon Train/Green Acres/Bonanza/Petticoat Junction/ST:TOS/

Abner Gordon

Phyllis Hill- 3 eps of PM/48 roles from 1948 -1975 including That Girl/380 eps of Three Steps to Heaven/FBI
Rachel Gordon

Hugh Marlowe- 6 eps of PM/69 roles from 1964-1982 including
Andy Griffith/Another World
/The Day the Earth Stood Still/Meey Me in St Louis with Judy Garland
Dr. Lambert

Robert Brown- 3 eps of PM/32 roles from 1948 -1994 including In Th the Heat of the Night/Archie Bunker’s Place/Columbo/ST:TOS/Here Comes the Brides

Tracey Walcott


John Napier - 3 eps of PM/31 roles from 1956 -1969 including Gomer Pyle/DooL/Land of the Giants/

Bruce Jay


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

Charles Norman


Joan Tompkins - 3 eps of PM/95 roles from 1954 -1980 including Eight is Enough/Gomer Pyle/Bewitched/

Sadie Norman


J. Edward McKinley - 2 eps of PM/91 roles from 1959 -1986 including Little House on the Prairie/Bewitched/Ironside/Andy Griffith/

Harlan Farrell

Morris Ankrum

Judge

Fun Stuff:

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Dee Spills the Tea:
Guess what?
The butler and the housekeeper were really married. Karl Swenson (Charles Norman) and Joan Tompkins (Sadie Norman) were married from 1951 until his death in 1978.
Hasty Honeymooner Ep 30 Two more married couples
At the time of this episode, Hugh Marlowe (who played Guy Munford) and K.T. Stevens (Alice Munford) were actually married in real life. They were married between 1946 and 1968 and had two sons.

Next Week’s Episode: Season 9 Episode 6 - Carefree Coronary

TCOT Podcast Episode 048 - Ugly Duckling

TCOT Podcast Episode 048 - Ugly Duckling 

Season 7 - Episode 30

Originally aired - May 21, 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 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

Police Lt: Andy

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Anne Whitfield SA - 3 eps of PM/67 roles from 1950 -1999 including White Christmas/That Girl/4 eps of Ironside/Adam-12/Emergency!

Alice Trilling


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

Harry Trilling


Max Showalter - X eps of PM/X roles from 19xx -19xx including

Talbot Sparr


Adam Lazarre - X eps of PM/X roles from 19xx -19xx including

Anthony Usher

(as Adam LaZarre)


Constance Towers SA - 5 eps of PM/67 roles from 1952 -2023 including General Hospital (Helena Cassadine)/ST-DS9/Frasier/Murder, She Wrote/Fantasy Island

Natalie Graham

Reginald Gardiner

Albert Charity


S. John Launer

Judge

Jay Adler

Herman

Frances Morris

Landlady

William Boyett

Police Officer


Dick Geary

Scuba Fella (as Richard Geary)

Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice

Don Anderson

Lounge Patron at Table and Bar / Police Officer / Courtroom

Spectator (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Dee Spills the Tea:

 

What happened to Reginald Gardiner’s arm? Or hand?

Reginald Gardiner (Al Charity) was a popular actor whose career spanned over 50 years in radio, film and TV. One thing you’ll notice about him in tv and film is that his left arm was almost always hidden. Sometimes he held it in his pocket. You’ll notice in the screen shot that he’s holding his left hand and holding it rather oddly. There is speculation over exactly what was wrong and how it happened. Some things I read said that his left arm was paralyzed. Another said that it was just his hand that was damaged. Here’s the suggestion I found most interesting. Gardiner dated Hedy Lamarr, who was also a popular actress in the 30s, 40s and 50s. They dated in early 1938, but remained friends. He even painted her portrait. It was said that he hurt his hand or arm, when he fell from a fire escape while chasing her. I tried and tried but couldn’t find additional deets on this one. If anyone knows, please tell us. But either way, it didn’t stop or even hinder his long career.

Next Week’s Episode:

Season 8 Episode 4 Sleepy Slayer

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 047 - Hateful Hero

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 047 - Hateful Hero

Season 6 - Episode 5

Originally aired - October 15, 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: Wesley Lau(41) - 82 eps of PM/90 roles from 1952 -1981 including Alfred Hitchcock/Twilight Zone/Land of the Giants/Mod Squad/Mission Impossible/Ironside/Gunsmoke

Lt Andy


Lt Tragg

Ray Collin


DA: Hamilton Burger

William Talman

Guest Stars:

Richard Davalos - 2 eps of PM/61 roles from 1953 -2008 including The Jeffersons/East of Eden James Dean’s brother/Cool Hand Luke/BJ and the Bear/Murder She Wrote

James Anderson (as Dick Davalos)


William Boyett(35) - 8 eps of PM mostly as cops(MM- PI at cabin)/217 roles from 1951 -1998 including ST:TNG/Dragnet/Family Affair/Dragnet/

Otto Norden


William Phipps - 2 eps of PM/236 roles from 1947 -2000 including Murder She Wrote/War of the Worlds/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Death Valley Days/Lassie/The Munsters/Baretta/The Waltons

Dwight Wilson


Mabel Albertson - only eps of PM/104 roles from 1928 -1975 including 18 eps Bewitched as Darrin’s mother/That Girl Donald’s mother/Andy Griffith Mrs Sprague, Howard’s mother/Red Skelton

Carrie Wilson


Leonard Stone - 4 eps of PM/148 roles from 1956 -2005 including Alice DooL/Quincy/General Hospital/Barney Miller/Sanford and Sons/3 eps of Ironside/Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (father)/2 eps Mod Squad/Lost in Space/

Jerel Leland


Frank Gerstle - 4 eps of PM/203 roles from 1949 -1970 including Hogan’s Heroes/Gomer Pyle/Banana Splits

Det. Steve Toland


Edmon Ryan

Arthur Morrell

Jeanette Nolan (51)- 6 eps of PM/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/

Erna Norden


Sue England

Fleta York


Mike Steele

Howard Duncan


Richard Tretter

Intern


George Ives

Police Board Chairman

S. John Launer

Judge

Leonard Bremen

Superintendent (as Lennie Bremen)

Jon Lormer

Autopsy Surgeon


Richard Tretter

Intern


George Ives

Police Board Chairman

S. John Launer

Judge

Leonard Bremen

Superintendent (as Lennie Bremen)

Jon Lormer

Autopsy Surgeon


Eddie Baker

Bailiff (uncredited)

Paul Cristo

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Miller Sgt. Brice (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

Venetian Blinds, scone lights

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Three large ashtrays on the table!

Money Translation


Adjusted for inflation:

$60,000 in 1962 is equal to $613,492 in 2024.

$25,000 in 1962 = $255,621.67 in 2024

$100,000 in 1962 = $996,158.94 in 2024

Email:

From Jennifer W

btw: I first began watching it with my maternal grandmother in the late 60s when it was being shown in the afternoons.


And for quite awhile because Perry Mason is kind of a happy place, I would listen to it on Paramount (before FreeVee had them) and I would drift off to them, so that some episodes I am discovering for the first time.


Btw: frndlytv does now stream 3 channels that have Perry Mason.

And it was through one of those (FeTV, I think?) where I first saw Paul Drake’s Dilemma for the first time.


FreeVee has most of the episodes including the ones on Season 6 that are a bit harder to find.

Paramount is completely missing both seasons 6 and 9.

Sent from my iPhone

Dee Spills the Tea:

The producer of Perry Mason–Gail Patrick

Gail Patrick was a bit of a badass. She was the executive producer of Perry Mason during the entire run of the show from 1957-66. She was one of the first female producers, and the only female executive producer in prime time during the nine years Perry Mason was on the air.

After she completed two years of law school, she entered a beauty and talent contest on a lark and won train fare for her and her brother to come to Hollywood. She was offered a standard contract for actresses at that time. But that was not for her. She visited studio officials to negotiate. She asked for $75 a week instead of the customary $50. She blacked out the clause saying she had to do cheesecake stills, because in the back of her mind after Hollywood she wanted to go home and practice law. She acted for almost 20 years and as far as I can tell she never became a lawyer. She stopped acting in the mid-50s.

Her third husband, Cornwell Jackson, was literary agent for Erle Stanley Gardner. After a series of disappointing Warner Brothers films and a radio series he despised, Gardner refused to license the Perry Mason character for any more adaptations. Patrick became friends with Gardner, she shared Gardner’s love of the law and earned his trust. Patrick, her husband and Gardner formed a production company, Paisano Productions with Patrick as president. Patrick developed the Perry Mason series and sold it to CBS. The rest, they say, is history,



Gail Patrick and Erle Stanley Gardner

Patrick served two terms (1960–62) as vice president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and as president of its Hollywood chapter. She was the first woman to serve in a leadership capacity in the academy, and its only female leader until 1983. Unbelievable!


Next Week’s Episode:

Season 7 Episode 30 - The Case of the Ugly Duckling