TCOT Podcast Episode 036 - Prankish Professor

Season 6 - Episode 15

Originally aired - January 17, 1963

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 the 15th 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: Andy


DA: Burger



Guest Stars:

Barry Atwater - 6 eps of PM/116 roles from 1954-1978 including Loretta Young Show/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Dr. Kildare/Bewitched with Willie Mays

Prof. Ronald Hewes

Don Dubbins-7 eps of PM last 3 as DA Vincent

Murderer in Duplicate Daughter /127 roles from 1953-1991 including Mod Squad/I Dream of Jeannie/Murder She Wrote/Dynasty and last role in Separate But Equal tv series with Sydney Poitier

Kenneth Dalgran

Ned Bertell


Jackie Searl - 2 eps of PM/103 roles from 1929 - 1969 including (1949-1960) born 1921

Ollie Benson

(as Jack Searl)


Kent Smith - 2 eps of PM/137 roles from 1936 - 1978 including Wonder Woman/Peyton Place/Alfred Hitchcock/Have Gun Will Travel/Gunsmoke/Outer Limits

Dr. Curtis Metcalfe


Constance Towers SA - 5 eps of PM/Still on General Hospital as Helena Cassadine/67 roles from 1952 - present including MSW/Fantasy Island/Capitol

Esther Metcalfe


Patricia Breslin - 3 eps of PM/66 roles from 1949 - 1969/104 eps of People’s Choice as Jackie Cooper’s wife/Alfred Hitchcock/Twilight Zone/Peyton Place/General Hospital

Laura Hewes


Joyce Van Patten SA - 2 eps of PM/160 roles from 1946 - 2021 including Andy Griffith/Family Affair Gail Spencer/Bob Newhart/Love American Style/2 eps of Columbo/Mary Tyler Moore Show/AMC/Sopranos/

Sally Sheldon


Barbara Pepper

Mrs. Williamson


John Bryant

John Bryant - 6 eps of PM (Mike Estridge / Arnold Keith /

Larry Osborne / George Clark / Stacey Chandler / Bob Wallace)MTS

Mike Estridge


Lee Miller - 122 eps of PM/54 roles from 1948-1985 including last role in PM Returns (passed in 2002 at 84)/17 eps of Ironside/several Godzilla movies/War of the Worlds/Sunset Boulevard/Bonzo Goes to College

Sgt. Brice

John Gallaudet

Judge

 

Harold Goodwin

Hotel Clerk

Chris Washburn

Moncton

Leon Alton

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Russell Custer

Bailiff (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Stenographer (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

John Roy

Bailiff (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Bookstore Patron / Hotel Guest

(uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

            Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation



$90,000 = $878,675 today.



Dee Spills the Tea:

I looked for a book l’affair Annabelle. I couldn’t find one and I don’t think it was a real book. But there was a movie called The Affairs of Annabel, a 1938 comedy starring Lucille Ball. There was also a 1931 movie called Anabelle’s affairs, which starred Jeanette McDonald. Both of these movies were comedies, which the book l’affair Annabelle certainly was not.


Next Week’s Episode: Drifting Dropout - Season 7 Episode 28

TCOT Podcast Episode 035 - Counterfeit Crank

Season 5 - Episode 27

Originally aired - April 28, 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 the 27th 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 Lt: Tragg

DA: Burger

Guest Stars:

Otto Kruger - 4 eps of PM/121 roles from 1915 - 1965 (passed in 1974 at 89) including Della/The grandnephew of South African pioneer and former president Paul Krüger

August Dalgran


Bank Teller - 2 eps of PM/163 roles from 1937-1980 including Mr Ed/Bonanza/8 eps of Family Affair reoccurring part/

John Hubbard


Jeanette Nolan - 6 eps of PM / prolific actor/killer in 9 Dolls/Columbo

Martha Blair


Michael King - only ep of PM/7 roles including Alfred Hitchcock and Bonanza

Don Morley

Don Dubbins-7 eps of PM last 3 as DA Vincent

Murderer in Duplicate Daughter /127 roles from 1953-1991 including Mod Squad/I Dream of Jeannie/Murder She Wrote/Dynasty and last role in Separate But Equal tv series with Sydney Poitier

Kenneth Dalgran


Connie Hines - 2 eps of PM Singular Double/best known as Wilbur’s wife Carol on the Mr. Ed show from 1961 to 1966. One episode of the Mod Squad and Room 222. She stopped acting in 1973, but lived until 2009.

Sandra Dalgran


John Larkin - 4 eps of PM/22 roles from 1954-1965 including 18 eps of Saints and Sinners/108 eps of Edge of Night/He was previously married to Audrey Larkin, Teri Keane, Sibyl Genelle Gibbs and Helen Adele Sweeney. Heart attack at age 51

Jay Fenton


Burt Reynolds - only ep of PM/186 roles from 1958-2017 including Golden Girls/50 eps of Gunsmoke/Twilight Zone/Love American Style/Dan August 1970-71/Deliverance/The Longest Yard/Smokey and the Bandit/The Best Little Whorehouse

Chuck Blair


William Woodson

Dr. Jackman

Paul Langton

Bertram Telford

Charles Irving

Judge #1

S. John Launer

Judge #2

William Keene

Joseph Tayback

Russ Bender

Deputy Bowman

Frank Biro

Judge #3

(as Barney Biro)

Lee Miller

Sgt. Brice

Paul McGuire

Deputy Turner

David Saber

Joe Fanning

Mickey Golden

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Spectator at Hearing (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

Perry’s Office Window View 

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

$100,000 in 1962 = $989,323.33 in 2023.

Dee Spills the Tea:

John Larkin (Jay Fenton) played the role of Perry Mason on the radio. The show was broadcast ON cbs radio, Monday through Friday in a 15-minute time slot, Larkin played Perry starting in 1947 and remained with the role for eight-and-a-half years until the program's conclusion in December 1955.

You can listen to these radio shows on youtube. When I looked at the site, there was a picture of Raymond Burr not John Larkin, but Raymond Burr never played Mason on the radio.

Perry Mason 2145 Perry At The Womans Prison | Perry Mason | Crime | Old Time Radio Downloads

Perry was soooooo fine!

Next Week’s Episode:

Season 6 Episode 15 - Prankish Professor

TCOT Podcast Episode 034 - Ill Fated Faker

TCOT Podcast Episode 034 - Ill Fated Faker 

Season 4 - Episode 3

Originally aired - October 1, 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 the the 4 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: Kenneth Tobey

Deputy D.A. Jack Alvin

The Case of the Credulous Quarry

Sep 24, 1960 

15. The Case of the Fickle Fortune 

Jan 21, 1961

Guest Stars:

Howard Petrie - 2 eps of PM/74 roles from 1946 - 1962 including 7 Brides for 7 Brothers/Father Knows Best/Bonanza/Bat Masterson/Edge of Night

Carl Gorman


June Dayton - 5 eps of PM/112 roles from 1950 to 1986 including Quincy/Twilight Zone/Dick Van Dyke/The Fugitive/Ironside/Death Valley Days/Gunsmoke/Room 222/Get Christie Love

Alice Gorman


William Campbell - 2 eps of PM/85 roles from 1950 - 1996 including Star Trek/Love Me Tender/Trelane in TOS

Jim Ferris


Sue Randall - 2 eps of PM/64 roles from 1950-1965 including Twilight Zone/28 episodes of Leave It To Beaver as Miss Alice Lander/Death Valley Days/Passed away in 1984 from lung cancer at age 49

Betty Wilkins


Tyler McVey - 2 eps of PM/222 roles from 1050 - 1986 including 2 eps of Ironside/From Here to Eternity/The Caine Mutiny/4 eps of I Love Lucy/Police Chief in 3 eps of The Mickey Mouse Club/The Red Skeleton Show/Gunsmoke/6 eps of Alfred Hitchcock/Dennis the Menace/Mayberry RFD/last rule was in three episodes of Highway to Heaven

Harold Ames


Sarah Selby - 3 eps of PM Runaway Corpse/139 roles from 1941- last Rhoda 1978/ Dragnet/ I Love Lucy/Petticoat Junction/Burns and Allen/Hardy Boys/Father Knows Best/My Three Sons

Dora Ames


S. John Launer - 33 eps as Judge

Judge


Pitt Herbert

Autopsy Surgeon


George E. Stone

Court Clerk


Al Bain

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Paul Cristo

Bar Patron

(uncredited)

Daniel Nunez

Hotel Clerk

(uncredited)

Flower Parry

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fred Rapport

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

Fashion

Cars

 

Cigarettes


Ashtray at Pink Lady



Money Translation



$10 in 1960 is worth $103.73 today

$80,000 in 1960 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $829,800 today,

Dee Spills the Tea:

I’m spilling tea today about William Campbell aka Jim Ferris. Lesser know about Campbell were his charity efforts. His favorite charity was The Motion Picture & Television Fund. This was a charitable organization that offered assistance and care to those in the motion picture industry with limited or no resources. As part of his fundraising efforts, Campbell founded "FantastiCon" in 1996. This was an annual science fiction and fantasy convention. It was held annually for several years. Unfortunately, upon Campbell’s failing health, the convention became defunct.

So he wasn’t a real stinker after all. But that’s why they call it acting.


Next Week’s Episode: Counterfeit Crank Season 5 Episode 27

Email!

Hi, Dee and April.


I just discovered your podcast and listened to the first episode. I loved it! I told my wife about it and we are putting your podcast on our list to listen to together. My wife and I are both huge fans of the old Perry Mason show. We were born in the late 60s, just after the show ended, so never got to see them as they were first being run. But we both had parents who loved good mystery and grew up watching Perry and Columbo and so on. We have the whole series on DVD and I'm pretty sure have seen all the episodes at least once on TV over the years, but have been slowly going through the DVDs watching them in order. I think we're up through season 7 and even though we fell off the wagon a bit we're looking to get back into it this fall. Anyway, I loved hearing the two of you talk about the show, keeping it real as just a couple of regular fans like my wife and I are. We will be listening to your show, catching up on the older ones first, but just wanted to let you know you are doing great and I appreciate the work you're putting into it.


Best to you both,

Dan

TCOT Podcast Episode 033 - Artful Dodger

TCOT Podcast Episode 033 - Artful Dodger

Season 3 - Episode 9

Originally aired - December 12, 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 the the 9th 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.

Listener Email:

So glad I found this podcast!

I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying this podcast. I love listening to you 2 sisters talk about the episodes, you seem like such nice people and are really relaxing to listen to. I enjoy all the little facts and observations you bring into the discussion. I remember as a little girl, hearing my parents watching Perry Mason after my bedtime. The music was so intriguing and I longed to be able to get up and watch, too! Of course as I was growing up the reruns were always on to watch and I still enjoy the episodes now I'm in my late 60's. The characters and plots were great. Keep up the good work, it's such a nice podcast to listen to!

Leesie

Police Lt: Ray Collins

Lt. Tragg

DA: William Talman

Hamilton Burger

Guest Stars:

Lurene Tuttle - 6 eps of PM defendant in Substitute Face/this was her first/ 189 spanning over 50 years inc MSW and 48 eps of Julia/Eliza Chambers in Psycho

was the wife of Sheriff Al Chambers in Fairvale/Petticoat Junction/Jeanie’s mom on I Dream of Jeanie

Sarette Winslow

William Campbell - 2 eps of PM/85 roles from 1950 - 1996 including Star Trek/Love Me Tender

Allen Sheridan

(as William J. Campbell)

Douglas Henderson - 6 eps of PM Clumsy Clown /Manchurian Candidate

(committed suicide via carbon monoxide poisoning on April 5, 1978)

Ralph Curtis


Patricia Donahue - 2 ep of PM/82 roles from 1954 - 1987 including 7 eps of The Thin Man/Twilight Zone/Alfred Hitchcock/Night Gallery/Rockford Files/General Hospital

Joyce Fulton


Peter Leeds - 3 eps of PM/254 roles from 1941 - 1987 including Ma and Pa Kettle movies/Dragnet/I will Miss Brooks my little Margie/Alice/The Jeffersons/Chico and The Man/Sanford and Sons

Lou Caporale


Jerome Cowan - 2 eps of PM/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

Victor Latimore

Nelson Leigh

Judge

Michael Fox

Dr. Hoxie

Vera Marshe

Maid

Kenneth Patterson

Technician Fred

(as Ken Patterson)

George E. Stone

Court Clerk

Terry Loomis

Doris

Max Wagner

Gate Officer

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Dee Spills the Tea:

The address that Latimore gives Mason for actor-posing-as-gambler Lou Caporale is 1040 Las Palmas. This address appeared in TCOT Crying Cherub and is used again in TCOT Lavender Lipstick. 1040 N. Las Palmas Los Angeles, CA 90038, is the address of what is now Sunset Las Palmas Studios. In the 50's it was called General Service Studios, and you guessed it… this is where the show was filmed.



Next Week’s Episode: Ill Fated Faker - Season 4 Episode 3

TCOT Podcast Episode 032 - Howling Dog

 TCOT Podcast Episode 032 - Howling Dog

Season 2 - Episode 23

Originally aired - April 11, 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 the the 23rd 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: Ray Collins

Lt. Tragg

DA: William Talman

Hamilton Burger

Guest Stars:

Marcia Drake SA 3/27/37 only acted in three shows, PM, Bachelor Father and Have Gun Will Travel from 1958-1960

Nurse

Ann Rutherford - 4 eps of PM/83 roles from 1935 - 1976 including dozens of Hardy Boys Movies/Gone With the Wind Scarlett's little sister/

Yvonne in Dramatic School

(1976), whereupon she retired. Ann was approached to play the older Rose in 1998's mega hit Titanic

(1997) but turned it down. She happily enjoyed her retirement being constantly deluged with fan mail and granting several interviews and appearances. She died at her Beverly Hills home on June 11, 2012 with her close friend Anne Jeffreys by her side. She was 94 years old.

Evelyn Cartright Forbes


Ed Prentiss - 5 eps of PM 3 as judges/116 roles from 1954 - 1996 including Bonanza/Guiding Light/Days of Our Lives and in his later years cartoon voices

Dr. Bayliss


Robert Ellenstein - 3 eps of PM/128 roles from 1954-1998 including Columbo/4 eps of Ironside/Murder She Wrote/Mission Impossible/Wild Wild West and other Westerns

Arthur Cartright


Tom Greenway - 2 eps of PM/113 roles from 1949 - 1965 including Dragnet/Gunsmoke/Have Gun Will Travel/last role was in a movie called Della

Rod Andrews


Elaine Edwards - only ep of PM/45 roles including Bachelor Father/Lone Ranger

Polly Forbes


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

Thelma Brent


John Holland - 4 eps of PM victim in CK/ 147 roles from 1937 -1986 including Battlestar Galactica/Chinatown/1 ep of Ironside/My Mother the Car/Death Valley Days/Have Gun Will Travel tv series/Mary Tyler Moore/Sugarfoot

Clinton Forbes


Gregory Walcott - only ep of PM/116 roles from 1952 - 1994 3 eps of Murder She Wrote/Norma Rae/Baretta/6 Million Dollar Man/Mod Squad/30 eps of 87th Precinct/Sugarfoot and Lots of westerns

Bill Johnson


Grace Raynor - only ep of PM/24 roles from 1954 - 1964 including Sugarfoot

Marilyn Storm


S. John Launer

Judge


Vito Scotti - 237 roles including Get Shorty/Columbo/Golden Girls/Flying Nun/Giligan’s Island/Addams Family/Twilight Zone/4 eps Bachelor Father/Sugerfoot

Joseph D'Amato


Pitt Herbert

Coroner (credit only)


George E. Stone

Court Clerk


Frank Hagney

Watchman

Fun Stuff:

Furniture/Design

Fashion

Cars

Cigarettes

Money Translation

Dee Spills the Tea:

Not so much tea as an interesting coincidence. According to MikeM, Did you know Ann Rutherford (Evelyn Forbes) and Raymond Burr were each born in British Columbia in 1917 Burr in May and Rutherford in November).

Next week we will be covering season 3 episode 9 The Case of the Artful Dodger