TCOT Podcast Episode 082 - Blushing Pearls
Season 3 - Episode 4
Originally aired - October 24, 1959
Japan's surrender at the end of World War II was a result of multiple factors, including the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union's declaration of war, and the devastating impact of the war on the Japanese mainland. The surrender ceremony took place on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, officially ending the war in Asia.
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: Tragg
DA: Burger
Guest Stars:
Nobu McCarthy - 2 eps of PM/60 roles from 1954 - 2004 including Love Boat/Different Strokes/Batman/Karate Kid II
Mitsou Kamuri
Christine White - 3 eps of PM(Demure Defendant)/60 roles from 1951 -1976 including Twilight Zone/Father Knows Best/Alfred Hitchcock/The Frank Sinatra Show
Alice Carson
Benson Fong - 4 eps of PM/86 roles from 1936 -1986 including Kung Fu/Ironside/7 eps M3 Sons/Charlie Chan movies
Itsubi Nogata
George Takei - only ep of PM/220 roles from 1955 -2022 including Hot in Cleveland/Futurama/BBT/Chico and the Man/Twilight Zone/Godzilla
Toma Sakai
Steven Terrell SA - only ep of PM/56 roles from 1951 -1957 including Ozzie & Harriet/Bonanza/Father Knows Best/Dragnet
Grove Nichols (as Steve Terrell)
Angela Greene - only ep of PM/106 roles from 1944 -1976 including Alfred Hitchcock/Tess Truehart in Dick Tracy
Thelma Nichols
Ralph Dumke - 2 eps of PM(Substitute Face)/95 roles from 1937 -1960 including Andy Griffith/Dennis the Menace/Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Hudson Nichols
John Gallaudet
Municipal Judge
Joe Di Reda - 3 eps of PM/89 roles from 1947 -1963 including General Hospital/Andy Griffith/Gunsmoke/Love Me Tender
Edgar Beals
(as Joe De Reda)
Rollin Moriyama - 2 eps of PM/52 roles from 1941 -1981 including McHale’s Navy/Flying Leathernecks w/John Wayne/
Ito Kamuri
John Barclay
Judge
Bill Walker - only ep of PM/191 roles from 1946 -1984 including The Wiz/Good Times/Twilight Zone/Porgy and Bess/To Kill a Mockingbird/What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?/Amos n Andy/Harlem Globetrotters 1951
Watchman
Leah Waggner
Maid
(as Lia Waggner)
Toma Wilde
Detective
(as Tom Wilde)
Jack Carol
Technician
Martha Wentworth - 3 eps of PM(Runaway Corpse - Motel Manager)/101 roles from 1936 -1963 including Dragnet/A Tree Grows in Brooklyn/Cartoon voices in the ‘30’s
Landlady
Sam Harris
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Flower Parry
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Time Capsule:
Furniture/Design
Perry’s Office Window View
Fashion
Cars
Cigarettes
Money Translation
Adjusted for inflation, $250,000 in 1959 is equal to $2,730,147 in 2025.
$35 in 1959 is equivalent to $386.64
$300 in 1959 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $3,314.07 today
Dee Spills the Tea:
One of the few black people you’ll ever see on PM – William Walker – Five interesting facts
- William Walker was the grandson of slaves.
- Best known as Rev. Sykes in To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Gregory Peck won an academy award for his portrayal of the attorney Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. In his acceptance speech, he singled out Walker for his contribution to the film.
- Walker was most proud of his membership in the Screen Actors Guild, where he served on the board for over 20 years. He boasted about being “speaking cousins” with Ronald Reagan who served as SAG president. In 1953 with Reagan at his side, Walker pleaded with a gathering of Hollywood producers to hire more black actors.
- He was quoted as saying “I had a lot of arguments with directors. Most of them knew nothing about how a Negro feels, how he lives, what he thinks.”
Where Do They Go From Here?:
Mitsu and Toma are together. Does Grove marry Alice and take over the business? Mr. Nagoto should go to jail.
Next Week’s Episode:
Fickle Fortune Season 4, Episode 15
