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