TCOT Podcast Episode 063 - Credulous Quarry

 

Thursday, August 29, 2024

TCOT Podcast Episode 063 - Credulous Quarry

Season 4 - Episode 2

Originally aired - September 24, 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: Burger

Guest Stars:

Katherine Squire - 3 eps of PM/66 roles from 1949 -1989 including When Harry Met Sally/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Search For Tomorrow

Clara Thorpe


Russell Arms - 3 eps of PM/59 roles from 1941 -1985 including Different Strokes/Mod Squad/By the Light of the Silvery Moon/Gunsmoke

Everett Dorrell


John Conwell - only ep of PM/14 roles from 1951 -1960 including Twilight Zone/Asst to Producer and casting director

Richard Hammond


Vinton Hayworth - 3 eps of PM/168 roles from 1934 -1970 including I Dream of Jeannie/Green Acres(Dr Faber)/Petticoat Junction/Beverly Hillbillies/Batman/Hazel/

Marvin Claridge


Walter Reed - 2 eps of PM(Sunbather’s Diary)/213 roles from 1929 -1972 including Ironside/M3S/Batman/Ozzie and Harriet/Dragnet/Lone Ranger

Alex Hill


Nan Peterson(2023/92) - X eps of PM/20 roles from 1958 -1964 including Twilight Zone/Gunsmoke

Barbara Claridge

Russ Bender

Policeman

Willis Bouchey

Judge

Fred Graham

Fire Chief

Renee Godfrey

Miss Winslow

Bart Conrad

Autopsy Surgeon

George E. Stone

Court Clerk

Brandon Beach

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice (uncredited)

Time Capsule:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

$17.50 ($177.37 in 2024)

Dee Spills the Tea:

Raymond Burr helps out a fellow actor:

In the 1950s George E. Stone (court reporter in this episode) worked often in television. When his eyesight began to fail, industry friends helped him get small parts. Raymond Burr was one of them and arranged for him to play the court clerk on more than 40 episodes of perry mason. I also remember him playing a bartender in one episode. Nice guy, Ray!

Next Week’s Episode: Season 5 - Episode 19 Glamorous Ghost

TCOT Podcast Episode 062 - Gallant Grafter

TCOT Podcast Episode 062 - Gallant Grafter

Season 3 - Episode 15

Originally aired - February 6, 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. With Special Guest Host Lisha!

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:

Charles Aidman - only ep of PM/182 roles from 1952 -1992 including Narrator Twilight Zone 85-87/Quincy/Andy Griffith/2 ep if original Twilight Zone/Mod Squad/Wagon Train

Arthur Siddons


Fintan Meyler - 2 eps of PM(Howling Dog - Murderer)/33 roles from 1957 - 1973 including Emergency/Father Knows Best/Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel tv series

Patricia Martin


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

Edward Nelson


Virginia Chapman - only ep of PM/9 roles from 1949 -1960 including Highway Patrol/Gunsmoke

Sylvia Nelson

(as Virginia Arness)


John Stephenson- 3 eps of PM(Runaway Corpse)/286 roles from 1956 -2014 including Scooby Do/8 eps of Hogan’s Heroes/Beverly Hillbillies/Andy Griffith

Frank Avery


Phillip Terry - 5 eps of PM(Bedevilled Doctor husband)/110 roles from 1937-1974 in Police Woman passed in 1993 married Joan Crawford he was mentioned in Mommy Dearest

Robert Doniger – this is my tea!!!


Charlotte Austin SA - only ep of PM/20 roles from 1952 -1962 including All movies never heard of GE True/Frankenstein 1970/The Bride and the Beast

Norma Williams


Nelson Leigh - 9 eps of PM/173 roles from 19xx -1969 including

Judge


Henry Hunter - 7 eps of PM(Dr in Silent Partner)/120 roles including Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet, The Munsters, Leave it to Beaver and Bewitched from 1936 - 1972 & one role in 1986 one year after he passed at 77

Banker


Eve McVeagh - 3 eps of PM(Roommate in Footloose Doll)/162 roles from 1946 -1988 including Airport/Ironside/The Graduate/I Love Lucy/

Saleswoman


John Alvin - 4 eps of PM/180 roles from 1943 -1994 including MSW/Beverly Hillbillies/Dragnet/April in Paris/Lone Ranger

Bank Teller


Joan Staley - X eps of PM/67 roles from 19xx -1982 including Ironside/Kissin’ Cousins/Batman/

Judith


George E. Stone

Court Clerk

Don Anderson

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)


Harris

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava

Elevator Starter (uncredited)

Time Capsule:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Money Translation

Adjusted for inflation, $112,000 in 1960 is equal to $1,168,556 in 2024.

Dee Spills the Tea:

 

About Phillip Terry who played Doniger

During the 1930s and 1940s Joan Crawford was one of Hollywood’s most famous movie stars and one of the highest paid women.

Although she was single, in 1939 she adopted a baby girl, whom she named Joan Crawford, Jr. and later renamed her Christina. Christina always alleged that Joan abused her. She wrote a book which was made into a movie – Mommy Dearest alleging years of abuse. Friends, family and Joan’s other children disputed Christina’s claim. A year or two later, Joan adopted a boy.

Joan Crawford was a single parent for roughly three years from 1939-1942. She was concerned about the children not having a father figure. Phillip Terry came into the picture became an instant father for the two young children. Joan married Phil in 1942. She named the son Phillip Terry Jr.

In 1946 each starred in movies that were up for best picture academy awards. Joan for Mildred Pierce and terry starred in the lost weekend. The Lost Weekend" won for Best Picture and Joan won for Best Actress.

They were divorced in 1946. Joan renamed her son Christopher Crawford.

Next Week’s Episode: Season 4, Episode 2 - Credulous Quarry

TCOT Podcast Episode 061 - Lost Last Act

TCOT Podcast Episode 061 - Lost Last Act


Season 2 - Episode 21

Originally aired - March 21, 1959






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 2 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:


Joanne Gilbert SA - only ep of PM/16 roles from 1953 -1966 including Outer Limits/Gunsmoke/Ben Casey

Faith Foster


Katharine Bard - only ep of PM/53 roles from 1951 -1978 including Alfred Hitchcock/Playhouse 90/Favorite AH Hour Day of Reckoning/Inside Daisy Clover with Natalie Wood/Big Valley Days

Helen Dwight


Jerome Cowan - 2 eps of PM(Artful Dodger-Accountant)/222 roles from -1971 including Dagwood’s boss in 9 Blondie movies/Maltese Falcon/Mr. Skeffington with Bette Davis/Miracle on 34th Street/The Real McCoys/The Munsters/Here’s Lucy/Julia

Royce



Stacy Harris - 3 eps of PM/143 roles from 1950 -1972 including Adam-12/Dragnet/Ironside/Bonanza/Dragnet/Mannix

Frank Brooks



Richard Erdman - 6 eps of PM/177 roles from 1944 -2017 including 53 eps of Community/2 eps of MSW/6 Mil Man/Beverly Hillbillies/Gomer Pyle/Mayberry/Burns and Allen/

Jim West



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

John Gifford


Robert McQueeney(2002) - 2 eps of PM/46 roles from 1951 -1970 including Gunsmoke/Hawaiian Eye/Sunset Strip/Green Hornet/Bonanza

Michael Dwight


Richard Gaines - 14 episodes(Violent Vest) as Judge

Judge

Judge


Connie Cezon(2004) - 17 eps of PM/25 roles from 1936(11) -1966 including Abbott and Costello/Death Valley Days/Three Stooges Movie/Rin Tin Tin

Gertie


George E. Stone - 46 eps of PM (Georgy Porgy DD) mostly court clerk/started out in Silent films

Court Clerk

Don Anderson

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Waiter (uncredited)

Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice (uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Edwin Rochelle

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Time Capsule:


Furniture/Design


Perry’s Office Window View




Fashion










Cars





Cigarettes






Money Translation

$75,000 in 1959 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $809,456.19 today


$10,000 in 1959 has the same purchasing power as $103,381.44 in 2024. 

Next Week’s Episode: Season 3 Episode 15 Gallant Grafter

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

TCOT Podcast Episode 059 - Candy Queen

 

TCOT Podcast Episode 059 - Candy Queen

Season 9 - Episode 3

Originally aired - September 26, 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: Steve Drum (Season 9) 26 eps of PM - 192 roles from 1947 - 1998 including MSW/The Fugitive/Columbo/5 eps of Ironside/1973 became Oscar Goldman Bionic Man & Woman Bionic Ever after /Fantasy Island

Richard Anderson (Dead Ringer)


DA: Burger



Guest Stars:


Bebe Kelly- 4 eps of PM/21 roles from 1965 -1982 including 18 eps of Trapper John/Addams Family/Daniel Boone

Hat Check Girl


H.M. Wynant SA - 10 eps of PM(DA-RRBoots)/156 roles from 1953 -2018 including DooL/ Dallas/6 Million/Ironside/Wild Wild West/Twilight Zone

Tony Mario

John Archer - 5 eps of PM(Father-RRBoots)/148 roles from 1938 -1996 including Columbo/Ironside/Bonanza/Batman/Hazel/Twilight Zone/Ozzie and Harriet/Frank Sinatra Show

Harry Arnold


Robert Rockwell - 5 eps of PM/113 roles from 1948 -1995 including 6 eps of Different Strokes/DooL/Benson/Lassie/Hreen Acres/The War of the Worlds/

(Dick Benedict-Deadly Toy)

Ed Purvis


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

Mark Chester


Nina Shipman SA - 2 eps of PM/X roles from 1957 -1987 including Family Affair/Mod Squad/Andy Griffith/Ozzie and Harriet/Beverly Hillbillies

Carol Olin

Kitty Kelly - 4 eps of PM/69 roles from 1925 -1968 including Twilight Zone/The Loretta Young Show/Batma/Get Smart

Landlady


Patricia Smith - only ep of PM/97 roles from 1953 -1991 including Who’s Julia/Twilight Zone/Bonanza/

Wanda Buren


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

Terrance Clay


Nancy Gates - 3 eps of PM/96 roles from 1942 -1969 including Mod Squad/Bonanza

Claire Armstrong


Kenneth MacDonald

Judge

Walter Mathews

Intern

William Boyett

Detective

Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice

Sam Flint

Old Man

Charles Stroud

Court Clerk


Russ Whiteman

Steward


Don Anderson

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Waiter

(uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

             Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Next Week’s Episode: Season 1 - Episode 36 Prodigal Parent

TCOT Podcast Episode 058 - Nautical Knot

Season 8 - Episode 6

Originally aired - October 29, 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.


Paramount + - The Case of the Nautical Knot

A young woman, deserted by her bridegroom is charged with the murder of his uncle.

Police Lt: Andy

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Anne Whitfield 2/15/24 - 3 eps of PM/66 roles from 1950 -1999 including Emergency/Adam-12/4 eps of Ironside/Father Knows Best/White Christmas/Dragnet

Joanna Monford


Renata Vanni - only ep of PM/88 roles from 1949 -1989 including Beauty and the Beast/5 eps of That Girl/Mod Squad/2 eps of The Lineup/

Rosa Martinez


Hank Brandt - 2 eps of PM/118 roles from 1961 -2004 including Golden Girls/Dumb and Dumber/Generations/Murder She Wrote/Rockford Files/Here’s Lucy/ 6 Million Dollar Man/ 27 eps of Julia/2 eps of Ironside

Rick Scott

(as Henry Brandt)

Tom Tully - 2 eps of PM/90 roles from 1932 -1973 including Andy Griffith Show/Dick Van Dyke/The Rookies/Mod Squad/5 years on The Lineup

Harvey Scott


Lisa Gaye - 7 eps of PM/93 roles from 1953 -1970 including Mod Squad/The Lineup/Shake, Rattke and Roll with Fats Domino/Burns and Allen/Get Smart/Hawaiian Eye

Pamela Blair


Mark Roberts - 8 eps of PM(Silent Partner & NN/133 roles from (1921) 1938 -2003 including MSW/General Hospital/Rockford Files/Ironside/World of Giants/Ma and Pa Kettle/Barnaby Jones

Ben Scott


Barbara Bain SA - 2 eps of PM/80 roles from 1958 -2020 including MSW/Space 1999/Mission Impossible/Get Smart/Dick Van Dyke Show/My Mother the Car

Elayna Scott


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

Laurence Barlow


Lane Bradford YNK - 2 eps of PM/266 roles from 1940 -1973 including 13 Gunsmoke/14 Bonanza/12 DVD/15 Lone Ranger/

Rider On Horseback


Arline Judge - only eps of PM/55 roles from 1931 -1964 including Crawling Hand/Mr Wong Bela Lugosi/

Emmalou Schneider


Francis McDonald - 3 eps of PM/382 roles from 19xx -1965 including Lone Ranger/Rou Rogers Show/Ten Commandments/

Peg-Leg Jasper

Maurice Wells

Captain Vinson

Fern Barry

Esther Larson

Glen Vernon

Steward

Kenneth MacDonald

Judge

Thomas Hasson

Bellboy

Willis Robards

Banker

Leon Alton

Passenger in Ship's Lounge (uncredited)

Don Anderson

Door Bailiff (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Passenger in Ship's Lounge (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Even a Bug!

Cigarettes

Dee Spills the Tea:



In November 1969 (well after his PM appearance), Tully traveled to Vietnam on a USO tour. While in Vietnam, Tully contracted a filarial worm, similar to the creature that causes elephantiasis. After returning to the United States, his condition worsened. There was a blood clot and his left leg was amputated close to the hip. He suffered Complications from his surgery which caused pleuritis, deafness, and serious debilitation. But he continued to act! In 1973, he appeared in a movie called Charley Varrick, and he played a crooked gun dealer, who was in a wheelchair.

In Two Week’s Episode: The Case of the Candy Queen Season 9, Episode 3