Old Time radio
The Phil Harrie-Alice Faye Show: "The City Hall Christmas Tree" 12/19/1949They're shopping for a Christmas tree to chop down for the town (which had forgotten to budget for it - you can see this is an old show).
I can't hear the name "Alice Faye" without thinking of the first scene of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Martha is trying to remember what movie the line, "What a dump!" comes from. At one point, George says, "Chicago"! It's called "Chicago."Martha: What is?
George: I mean the picture. It's "Chicago."
Martha: Oh, good grief! Don't you know anything? "Chicago" was a '30s musical... starring little Miss Alice Faye. Don't you know anything?
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: "Milford Brooks III" 12/07/1948Johnny Dollar is busy trying to keep Milford Brooks III drunk. "Time for your bottle" Johnny says to Brooks as they're driving to where they're supposed to meet someone. But - oh! - the bottle costs $18. I never hear of anything on these old shows that costs that much. Johnny Dollar can get a steak dinner & a taxi across town for $2.25 (we know this b/c Johnny is always giving his expense account amounts).
Well, they're off to see a woman b/c Johnny thinks taking Milford Brooks to this woman will the man a reason to live.
.... ok, it was an attempt at insurance fraud. Milford Brooks III was trying to convince people that he had been murdered in order to put the blame on someone else. This was the first episode of "Johnny Dollar", when it was first designed to have 1/2 hour episodes. They changed it to 15-minute episodes later.
I can't hear the name "Alice Faye" without thinking of the first scene of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Martha is trying to remember what movie the line, "What a dump!" comes from. At one point, George says, "Chicago"! It's called "Chicago."Martha: What is?
George: I mean the picture. It's "Chicago."
Martha: Oh, good grief! Don't you know anything? "Chicago" was a '30s musical... starring little Miss Alice Faye. Don't you know anything?
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: "Milford Brooks III" 12/07/1948Johnny Dollar is busy trying to keep Milford Brooks III drunk. "Time for your bottle" Johnny says to Brooks as they're driving to where they're supposed to meet someone. But - oh! - the bottle costs $18. I never hear of anything on these old shows that costs that much. Johnny Dollar can get a steak dinner & a taxi across town for $2.25 (we know this b/c Johnny is always giving his expense account amounts).
Well, they're off to see a woman b/c Johnny thinks taking Milford Brooks to this woman will the man a reason to live.
.... ok, it was an attempt at insurance fraud. Milford Brooks III was trying to convince people that he had been murdered in order to put the blame on someone else. This was the first episode of "Johnny Dollar", when it was first designed to have 1/2 hour episodes. They changed it to 15-minute episodes later.