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Let George Do It - Single Episodes

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LET GEORGE DO IT

Let George Do It was a radio drama series produced by Owen and Pauline Vinson from 1946 to 1954. It starred Bob Bailey as detective-for-hire George Valentine (with Olan Soule stepping into the role in 1954). Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad:
Personal notice: Danger's my stock in trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me. George Valentine.
The few earliest episodes were more sitcom than private eye shows, with a studio audience providing scattered laughter at the not-so-funny scripts. Soon the audience was banished, and George went from stumbling comedic hero to tough guy private eye and the music from wah-wah-wah to suspenseful. Valentine's secretary was Claire Brooks, aka Brooksie (Frances Robinson, Virginia Gregg, Lillian Buyeff). As Valentine made his rounds in search of the bad guys, he usually encountered Brooksie's kid brother, Sonny (Eddie Firestone), Lieutenant Riley (Wally Maher) and elevator man Caleb (Joseph Kearns). For the first few shows, Sonny was George's assistant, but he was soon relegated to an occasional character. Sponsored by Standard Oil, the program was broadcast on the West Cast Mutual Broadcasting System from October 18, 1946 to September 27, 1954, first on Friday evenings and then on Mondays. In its last season, transcriptions were aired in New York, Wednesdays at 9:30pm, from January 20, 1954 to January 12, 1955. John Hiestand was the program's announcer. Don Clark directed the scripts by David Victor and Jackson Gillis. The background music was supplied by Eddie Dunstedter, initially with a full orchestra. When television supplanted radio as the country's primary home entertainment, radio budgets got skimpier and skimpier and Dunstedter's orchestra was replaced by an organ. Information from WikiPedia From the Old Time Radio Researcher's Group. See "Note" Section below for more information on the OTRR.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

1

27:18

2

2:43

Prairie Dog

27:13

4

27:18

The Eight Ball

20:03

Every Shot Counts

27:22

The Anthill

24:25

8

27:13

9

27:10

Uncle Harry's Bones

27:25

No Escape From The Jungle

27:14

12

27:22

Man Behind The Frame

27:26

14

16:21

15

26:42

16

27:20

17

27:13

18

27:12

19

27:00

20

28:00

#024 - 510618 - "The High Price of a Penny"

27:24

#025 - 510115 - "Tune On A Triangle"

4:20

23

27:45

#033 - 501127 - "Nothing But the Truth"

27:30

#034 - 510702 - "High Card"

27:40

#037 - 501130 - "Angel's Grotto"

26:22

27

23:42

28

27:11

#040 - 500925 - "Tag, You're It"

27:26

#041 - 500911 - "The White Elephant"

27:15

31

27:06

32

3:06

#044 - 510416 - "The Noose Hangs High"

27:22

#045 - 501002 - "The House That Jack Built"

27:21

35

27:19

#047 - "And Hope To Die"

27:20

#048 - 510625 - "The Treasure of Millie's Wharf"

27:18

38

26:57

39

27:16

40

21:27

41

22:26

42

29:35

43

29:34

44

29:57

45

29:44

46

29:49

47

29:47

48

29:44

49

29:49

50

29:55

51

29:49

52

29:51

53

29:36

54

28:57

55

29:38

56

29:36

57

29:52

Friendship Club [aka-Island in the Lake]

30:01

Have Some Excitement

30:01

A Piece Of Publicity [aka-Hired for a Bodyguard]

29:33

Problem Child [aka-The Unfit Mother]

29:57

Mr. Korawski - American [aka-The Racket]

30:01

Murder Me Twice [aka-The Man Who Was Murdered Twice]

29:55

A Close Call

29:27

Cry Murder [aka-A Deadman Who Was a Murderer]

29:36

The Seven Murder

29:35

The Money Maker

29:40

The Perfect Specimen

29:28

The Ghost on Bliss Terrace

29:27

The Corpse That Took a Powder

29:40

A Minor Case of Murder

29:33

The Impatient Redhead

29:30

The Father Who Had Nothing to Say

29:29

The Hearse That Was Painted Pink

29:39

The Little Man Who Was Everywhere

29:31

Death Wears a Gay Sports Jacket

2:22

The Seven Dead Years

29:25

The Flowers That Smelled of Murder

29:40

Murder - It's a Gift

29:36

Who Is Sylvia

28:10

Stand-In for Murder

29:33

The Malignant Heart

29:13

Death In Fancy Dress

29:33

Murder and One To Go

29:44

The Corpse on a Caper

29:46

The Payoff is Murder

29:43

Till Death Do Us Part

30:05

Mayhem By Experts

30:12

One Against a City

30:39

Destination - Dead End

29:50

Journey Into Hate

29:45

Your Money or Your Life

29:50

The Roundabout Murder

28:59

The Motif Is Murder

29:50

The Four-Sided Triangle

29:44

The Host of Casa Diablo

30:16

The Elusive Hundred Grand

29:38

Lady in Distress

29:45

Out of Mind

29:14

Vultures on the Wing

29:34

Come and Get Me

29:50

Stranger Than Fiction

29:02

A Matter of Doubt

29:29

Death in Blue Jeans

29:30

Serenade to the Southern Star

29:41

The Next to the Last Guest

28:30

Laura's House

29:34

Perfect Alibi

29:38

One Chance at the World

29:50

The Problem of Joe Martin

29:32

Empress of Fishfalls

29:28

End of Summer

29:38

Everything Is Nice

29:47

Valley Sunset

29:59

The Coward

29:50

The Man Under the Elm Trees

29:42

Double Death

29:52

The Rose Petal Staircase

29:49

Every Shot Counts

30:00

The Dark Chain

29:57

Run Until Dead

29:51

Sweet Poison

30:07

No Riders

29:49

Too Near the Sky

29:48

Partner in Panama

29:12

Follow That Train

28:14

Snow Blind

28:12

Needle In The Haystack

29:05

The Silent Waterfall

29:25

Juniper Lane

29:20

The Floaters

29:16

The Ugly Duckling

29:20

The Old Style

29:15

Go Jump in the Lake

29:14

The Tears of Sorrow

29:15

The Brothers Macintosh

29:17

Portrait by Priscilla

29:20

Mixup in La Cruza

29:20

Death Begins at 45

29:20

The Chair of Humanities

29:22

Picture with a Black Frame

29:10

The Ant Hill

29:19

Portugese Cove

29:06

Sudden Storm

28:45

The Witch of Mill Hollow

29:13

The Iron Cat

29:11

So Low in Whispers

29:09

Most Likely to Die

29:12

The Scream of the Eagle

28:58

Island in the Desert

29:18

Eleven O'Clock

29:20

The Golden Lizard

29:03

Voice of the Giant

29:00

Sweet Are the Uses of Publicity

29:39

The High Price of a Penny

29:26

The Treasure Of Millie's Wharf

29:00

High Card

30:02

Second Degree Affection

30:10

The White Elephant

0:37

Cover for an Hour

29:17

Tag, You're It

29:21

The House That Jack Built

28:31

The Spider and the Fly

29:22

It's A Mystery To Me

27:14

The Hand In The Coconut

27:11

Sedan From The City

27:11

A Visit from Merlin

29:50

Angel's Grotto

29:30

Cause for Thanksgiving

29:12

Nothing but the Truth

28:27

And Hope to Die

30:24

The Book Worm Turns

30:38

Opportunity Knocks Twice

30:34

Santa Claus in Glass

30:49

The Man Behind the Frame

30:21

Tune on a Triangle

30:42

Knock on Wood

30:49

Christmas in January

31:00

Tongalani

24:44

The Marauder

28:00

How Guilty Can You Get

29:59

See Me Once, You've Seen Me Twice

30:11

The Public Eye

30:01

The Prairie Dog

30:13

Murder for Two

29:58

No Escape from the Jungle

30:13

The Eight Ball

30:38

Uncle Harry's Bones

30:57

The Noose Hangs High

30:56

Sabotage

29:48

The Discovery of Ponce, the Lion

27:20

Big Brother

16:21

Sucker Stunt

27:00

The Man From Jaune Cache

27:12

Is Everybody Happy

26:39

What's Become of Terry Cable

26:42

Drop Dead

27:10

The Fearless Clown

27:13

Deal Me Out and I'll Deal You In

27:06

Murder On Vacation

27:22

Blue Plate Special

3:06

Framed for Hanging

30:18

No Way Out

30:08

A Crime Too Simple

29:47

The Woman in Black

30:19

Destination, Danger

29:33

The Meddler

29:51

Off the Record

28:39

The Last Payoff

29:55

Stolen Goods

29:32

Christmas Letter

28:40

A School Of Sharks

29:15

The Bad Little God

29:17

A Matter of Honor

29:41

The Common Denominator

29:08

Surprise, Surprise

29:58

Cortez Island

30:12

The Symbol Three

29:48

The Starlight Pier

29:48

The Deadly Pines

29:58

The Darkest Shadow

29:51

Three Times and Out

30:04

The Gray Stone Ghost

30:02

The Forgotten Murder

29:35

War Maneuver

29:51

Operation Europa

29:43

Come to the Casbah

29:22

The Iron Hat

29:27

It Happened on Friday

29:24

The Violent Van Pattons

29:31

The Mystic

29:29

Seed of Destruction

29:14

Sabotage

29:46

Human Nature

29:49

Once a Crook

28:58

Chance and Probability

29:32

The Four Seasons

29:52

The Dead of Night

29:13

Guy Reposo

29:30

Dead on Arrival

29:41

The Stand-In

29:01

The Ghost of Ireland Betty

30:16

Bewertungen

West Coast Bias

(5 Sterne)

Let George Do It remains one of the great underrated gems of the golden age of radio. The character of Brooksie remains the best Girl Friday in all of old time radio and arguably the most useful detective sidekick ever. The mysteries are usually well-crafted with a nice mix of story lines. Early episodes also feature fantastic chemistry between our hero and his policeman foil Lt. Riley (played by the great Wally Maher.) To top it off we have George Valentine (played beautifully by Bob Bailey), a detective that alternates between brilliant deductions worthy of the soft boiled mastere, and delivering some two fisted action to the villains. The only downside to this eet is that the audio quality is only so-so (most of these 32kbps incomes with a few 64 kbps thrown in.) If you can get past the sound quality, do yourself a favor and enjoy the best detective show you've never heard.

A memorable show

(5 Sterne)

The show started as a comedy and was funny until after a few episodes I was shocked.... Asto what Happened but the show changed to be a great crime show George and Brooksie are great characters the show is well written and keeps you hooked each... I love episodes with ghosts and episodes with George Making a sucker out of him I love it when LT Riley goes... Valentine Valentine anyways... Bob Bailey as George delivers a brilliant performer and Virginia Gregg is my favorite Brooksie... So brilliant episode The forgotten murder (under a different title here), So Low in Whispers, Laura's House, spider and fly, rose petals staircase, The Silent Waterfall, The Witch of Mill Hollow, Double Death and so many more!!!!!!

Bob Bailey Did An Excellent Job As George Valentine

(5 Sterne)

The first time I heard "Let George Do It" was as a youngester in the Fall 1948. I enjoyed it then and I am very pleased to again be a listener. The plot was introduced at the beginning of the program and followed through in good fashion by George and his secretary. I did not recognize as a child the "close relationship" between George and Brooksy, which is so apparent as an adult listener. They both make an excellent team, which adds to the pleasure of listening. Bob Bailey was excellent as Johnny Dollar, but the latter role did not diminish the good work he did as George Valentine.

episode #101- wrong title

(5 Sterne)

This episode should be titled Solo in whispers. It relates to the show being about operas and the story line behind them. I don't know if y'all have an official title list for these shows, but since solo sounds like so low, I'm thinking that's how the mix-up occurred. So, that's why the title should be called Solo in whispers because a soloist is a title for an opera singer or a piece played by a musician. I just thought y'all should know. By the way, I really love Let George Do It, but I just wish there was more to listen too!

Has a herteronomative Eurocentric biase

(5 Sterne)

Sure this show was made 60 years ago. However that does not absolve authors of the essential hate crime commited when they did not include homosexual realtionships between the oppressed LatinX transgendered protagonists. Ignores the role of BIPOCs in solving crimes. Portrays white males in a positive light. Portraying white males as somethung other than weak bufoons who have somehow managed to enslave and oppress the entire world is exttemely problematic. Listening to thus likely makes u a member of the klucluckclan

How Well George Did It

(4 Sterne)

An earlier series before Johnny Dollar, it suffers a bit from intrusive organ cues and Bob Bailey more tuff guy than he later was as Johnny D. Drama is the emphasis here with the fine actress Frances Robinson the frustrated romantic. Scripts are good though the denouement is often rushed as Bob pushes the suspect to confess. In sum, a fine show, just not quite the Johnny Dollar series.

Good Audio Quality

(5 Sterne)

These shows have remarkably good audio quality. Much on the bright side without distorting, so I have to "tone it down" and up the bass. Some of the shows have very good story lines. And I enjoy hearing supporting cast voices like Harry Bartel and John Dehner form time to time. Thanks very much for sharing. Too bad half hour shows like this couldn't come back on the air.

Let George continue to do it!

(5 Sterne)

Indeed, the series started slowly. The listener's patience will be rewarded, however. George soon matures into a most capable private eye. And Brooksie? She adds immeasurably to the show! Their dynamic tension and playfulness is so endearing. The change to organ music was unfortunate, but I suppose budget constraints reared their ugly heads even in the "Golden Age." Stay with it, it's a great series!