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Billed at one time as \\u201cthe handsomest man in the world,\\u201d silent screen idol Francis X. Bushman may seem a strange choice to play Rex Stout\\u2019s gargantuan gourmet Nero Wolfe, but in 1945 he lent his considerable stage presence to the role on radio. Bushman headlined The Amazing Nero Wolfe, a short-lived series that co-starred radio actor and director Elliott Lewis as Archie Goodwin. We\\u2019ll hear their take on the classic gumshoes in the show\\u2019s sole surviving episode \\u2013 \\u201cThe Shakespeare Folio,\\u201d originally aired on Mutual on November 30, 1945.