"The man with the action-packed expense account", Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, was a CBS Radio staple for 13 years (1949-62), alternating between a weekly, done-in-one mystery format, and a daily serial, which ran 15 minutes a day, five days a week.
The most definitive Dollar in the eyes & ears of fans was Bob Bailey (ex-Let George Do It), whose portrayal of the sleuth was as low-key as possible. Bailey left the series when CBS decided to move operations from Hollywood to New York.
Let's take a trip to November, 1959, and the episode, "The Larsen Arson Matter":
A quick check of the series' history shows that radio vet Gerald Mohr had auditioned for the part at one point. So did Edmund O'Brien. Bailey made the part his own. This episode is included in Radio Spirits' "Gamblers & Gangsters" CD set, and we'll be diving into that again soon.
Rating: A.
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