Podcasts Arts Performing Arts Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) Episode 457 Last Laughs (Deductions Deluxe, Amazing Mr. Smith, and Results, Incorporated)

Episode 457 Last Laughs (Deductions Deluxe, Amazing Mr. Smith, and Results, Incorporated)

Published: Oct. 10, 2021, 5:18 p.m.

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Radio sleuthing wasn\'t always a serious business. Some detectives successfully mixed in comedy with their crimesolving, and we\'ll hear three examples this week. First, Adolphe Menjou and Verree Teasdale as a husband and wife duo in\\xa0Deductions Deluxe, an audition recording that aired on\\xa0Forecast (originally aired on CBS on July 28, 1941). Then, Allyn Joslyn stars as\\xa0The Amazing Mr. Smith in "The Story of the Hooting Owl" (audition recorded on November 5, 1946). Finally, Lloyd Nolan and Claire Trevor are the operatives of the agency\\xa0Results, Incorporated. They\'re on the hunt for a missing mummy in this episode (originally aired on Mutual on December 30, 1944).

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