TCOT Podcast Episode 060 - Prodigal Parent

TCOT Podcast Episode 060 - Prodigal Parent

Season 1 - Episode 36

Originally aired - June 7, 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 1 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:

Virginia Field - 6 eps of PM(Simple Simon)/74 roles from 1934 -1974 including Adam-12/Charlie Chan movies/Connecticut Yankee in King Athur’s Court/

Irene Collaro


Herbert Rudley - 4 eps of PM(Captain’s Coin)/125 from 1938 -1983 including The Mothers in Law/That Girl/I Dream of Jeannie/

George Durell


Fay Wray - 3 eps of PM/126 roles from 1923 -1980 including Gideon’s Trumpet/Alfred Hitchcock/King Kong/Ben-Hur/

Ethel Harrison


Andra Martin(2022) - 2 eps of PM/27 roles from 1957 -1962 including Maverick/76 Sunset Strip

Lorraine Stevens


Ann Doran - 3 eps of PM/383 roles from 1922 -1988 including Cagney & Lacey/6 eps of Ironside/Adam-12/Mod Squad/Bewitched/Petticoat Junction/Rebel Without a Cause/Lone Ranger/

Claire Durell


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

Joseph Harrison


Terry Becker - 2 eps of PM/53 roles from 1950 -2011 including 71 eps of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea/Twilight Zone/Gunsmoke

Philip Larkin


Morris Ankrum 9/2/64(67) - 22 eps of PM/282 roles from 1952 -1965 including Red Skelton/Rin Tin Tin/Amos ‘n Andy(Judge 1951)/Bonanza

Judge


Nancy Kulp - 2 eps of PM/96 roles from 1951 -1989 including Quantum Leap (Sister Sarah)/Love Boat/5 eps of Sanford and Sons/Petticoat Junction/Twilight Zone/M3S/Red Skelton/I Love Lucy/Lucy Show/Shane/A Star is Born

Sarah Winslow

Chet Stratton - 5 eps of PM(Dead Ringer - Minister)/151 roles from 19xx -1972 including Hogan’s Heroes/Dragnet/3 eps of Beverly Hillbillies/

Mr. Alcorn


Michael Fox - 25 eps of PM/26 eps of Burke’s Law at same time/Batman, Lost in Space/276 eps of the Bold and the Beautiful

Dr. Hoxie

(Dr. Samuel Anders-IMDB)


Richard Bull - only ep of PM/138 roles from 1953 -2011 including Hill Street Blues/Little House on the Prairie (Nels Oleson)/Family Affair/Ironside/27 eps of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea/The Andy Griffith Show

Court Reporter


Dean Casey - 4 eps of PM/4 roles from 1958 -1961 including The Millionaire

Det. Sanchez

 

Leo Needham

Officer Norton

Fred Aldrich

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Don Anderson

Police Officer (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Customer in Jewelry Shop (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Mitchell Rhein

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Edwin Rochelle

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

I could be wrong, but I didn’t see any smoking in this episode, but here are a couple of ashtrays on Perry and burger’s desks. Perry also has one of those ink pen stands and they’re also appears to be a horse. I wonder if it’s from the fan dancer! There was a crystal ashtray at the scene of the murder.

Money Translation

70 in 1958 = $756.06 in 2024

Dee Spills the Tea:

In 1984, Kulp ran unopposed as the Democratic nominee for the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. She was the underdog and ran against the Republican incumbent Bud Shuster in a Republican-dominated district.

Her Hillbillies co-star Buddy Ebsen contacted the Shuster campaign and volunteered to make a radio campaign ad against Kulp. He called Kulp "too liberal". Kulp said "He's not the kindly old Jed Clampett that you saw on the show ... It's none of his business and he should have stayed out of it." She said Ebsen and she "didn't get along because I found him difficult to work with. But I never would have done something like this to him." Kulp lost the election. Kulp told people not to bring up his name around her except in interviews related to the Beverly Hillbillies. They did reconcile shortly before Kulp’s death and after her death Ebsen privately expressed remorse for doing the ad.


Next Week’s Episode: Season 2 - Episode 21 - Lost Last Act