June 20, 2024 • 51 mins
Today's Mystery:A snobbish "gentleman" movie star is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 17, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 17, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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get into this week's episode of MisterChameleon. The original air date August seventeenth,
nineteen forty nine, and the titleis the Case of the Murdered movie
Star. Next Mister Comeleon and theCase of the Murdered movie Star. Tonight
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we again present the famous mister Comedianof Central Police Headquarters in his famous cases
of crime and Murder, brought toyou by the makers of genuine Bayer aspirin.
Mister Comeleon, as you know,is the famous and dreaded detective who
frequently uses a disguise to track downa killer, a disguise which at all
times is recognized by the audience.Tonight we give you, mister comedian.
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In the case of the murdered moviestar, the success of a great star
depends largely on his followers, andRichard Stratton, the famous screen star,
knows this very well. But ashe pushes his way through the autograph fans
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who surround him at the entrance toMartone's restaurant, his famous face is strained
and frightened, and he says tohis manager, Dirck Rodgers, get those
people out of the way. Dirkcan't stand at autograph hunters. Autograph hunters,
Why can't I be left alone?It's driving me mad, so you
say. But all right, sorry, folks, mister Stratton can't stop now,
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and I'll let him throw. Please, good, please, mister Stratton,
You're so divine. Please ploise justonce for my auto graf. I
promise my kid's sister I'd get yourautograph. What are you trying to do?
Hi, Hattis, You're not forgettingwhere your public are get out of
my way. You open that daughter, Get me out of this baloney.
This sort of thing is meeting gravyfor you, Stratton, your punk cut
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up kid. Let all. MisterStratton's on. Hop inside, Stratton.
It's rare as every nerve in mybody, Dick, what's the matter with
you, Richard? You act afraidof those autograph hunters? Most of them
are youngsters. That boy wasn't ayoungster. Well you're inside and safe now,
the great romantic favor Richard Stratton issafe from his adoring admirers, safe
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as a little poppy in his box. That's enough from you, Dirk.
I wonder if Polly's here yet.I want to get this luncheon over with.
I should think you would. Here'sMartne, the manager, Ah,
mister Derk Rogers, and mister RichardTratton. My restaurant is on a greatly
honor. Thank you, Marton.Do you have a private dining room for
me? The little gold one?Missus Stratton your favorite spot. I should
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take you there. Don't bother mytone. We know where it is.
You're busy, Thank you, misterRogers. It is my rush hour,
but I will look in later.Mister Stratton. Come on, Richard,
Dirk, I hate to face Polly. You the great star who can handle
any situation. Forget it, Dirk, come have lunching with you. Sorry,
Richard, I'm launching by myself inthe main dining room. Here's the
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Gold Room, your favorite private diningroom. See you later. Well,
there's nothing to do but get thisover with. Polly's here, not late
as usual. The room's empty.There's no one here. Oh you,
I didn't see you. What's thatstop? You shot me? You shot
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me? And a little later,mister Chameleon, the astute and dreaded detective,
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is driving in a squad car towardMartone's famous restaurant, and with him
is Detective Sergeant Dave Ardley, whois saying, oh, here we are,
mister chameleon. Hey, look atthat mob on the sidewalk. Will
you just a few of Richard Stratton'smany admirers, The great star of the
screen, the darling of society.And now he's dead, murdered, Dave,
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let's go car. Wait a minute, mister comeleion, mat how do
you know me? Who are you? I seen your picture in the papers,
mister Comellion, And I'm a fanof Richard Stratton's Is he dead?
Is he? Huh? Yes?Wait, I want to talk to you.
Wait, the kid's gone, misterComellion slipped right through the crowd.
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Did you see that kid's face,Dave, very old face, said young
buddy. Yeah, I didn't notice. Alright, let us throw here,
will you come on? Let usunder the restaurant one side. Oh,
here's my tone, mister Camelion.This is awful. Richard Stratton murdered in
my restaurant. Where's Ritchard Stratton's body? Martone? In that private dining room
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where the waiter found him, butno one heard a shot, mister comedian,
probably because it's so nicsy. Comealong, Dave, get to you
later, myton or mister Chamelion.Missus Stratton is with her husband's party.
She was lunching here with the Creton. Such a lovely woman. Fine,
people leave you with the cream ofsociety, including a murderer. Marton,
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you are Missus Stratton. Yes,I'm Comedian of Central Police Headquarters. This
is Detective Sergeant Davonald. I wantto look at mister Stratton's body. Shut
through the heart, mister command,Shut through the heart, Dave at fairly
close range. Dave wait here forthe coroner and search this room thoroughly.
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Missus Stratton, will you please stepin this room and let's ask you a
few questions. Couldn't they wait?No, I'm afraid not. Your husband
was murdered. Every second is importantif I am to find the murdering.
Is it down? Please? Ishan't take long. You'll take as long
as you please. Nothing matters,of course, except oh is the comedian
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Richard was at your wonderful husband.He was such a great start. Why
was he kid? Missus Stratton.I understand that you were here at this
restaurant with a friend having lunch atthe time of the murder. Were you
all lunching in the private dining room? No, I was in the main
dining room. I didn't even knowRichard was lunching here until the waiter ran
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out screaming he was dead shot.I quite understand, so I'll be brieved,
Missus Stretton. Were you and yourhusband having any trouble between you?
I certainly not. We would havevoted. Do you know who your husband
was lunching with in this private diningroom? Why Dirk? I suppose his
manager Dirk Rogers. You hesitated overthat name. Why, mister cameleon.
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Is there something about Dirk Rodgers thattroubles you? But is it what he
and your husband on bad terms?Yes? There was. We'll go on,
go on, mister Stretton. Hedischarged Dirk yesterday, mister comedian,
he had to How long had misterRogers been your husband's manager? Ten years
since the beginning of Richard's career asinactive, But Richard had to let him
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go, he'd grown. I seeis Dirk Rodgers here in the restaurant now?
So I'm sitting in Marton's office.Thank you, mister Stretton. I
suggest that you go home, andI promise that I'll do my best to
find your husband's murderer. I wonderif you'd mind telling Dirk Rodgers that I
would like to see him in hereimmediately. Yes, him, Thank you.
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So Dirk Rodgers was fine after tenyears, ten years of service and
then chucked out, and that can'tbe very pleasant. Come in, Dirk
Rodgers. I'm Comeleon of Central PoliceHeadquarters. Yes, I heard that the
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great mister Chameleon was working on thecase. Well, why not the great
romantic figure of the screen is murdered, so naturally a great detective appears to
catch his murderer. First line billingfor all you hated rich Streened, didn't
you, mister Rodgers. No,yes, Old Richard was difficult at times.
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He had his little quirk such aswell. He he hated crowds,
especially those young autograph hunters outside.He acted afraid of them, said they
said they weren't all harmless kids.When did he say that? Just today,
mister comedian. And he had anabsolute phobia against racetracks and betting on
races. He made that an excusefor firing you, miss Rudgers. That's
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it. That's why he fired mefor gambling, he said, for irresponsibility.
After ten years of working to makehim what he was, he kicked
me out. And yet you saythat you didn't hate him, mister Rodgers.
I say that it's possible that youhated him enough to kill him.
No, mist commedian, is that'swhy you turned so pale? Because you're
not the killer, mister Rodgers?And why do you keep glancing toward the
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door all the time? Is thatsomeone ant? No come back here,
mister comedian, Not until I hindeye well, young lady, come in.
Just who are you and why areyou eaves dropping? Mister Camilli?
And this girl as a friend ofmine. She was also Stratton's leading lady.
And I recognize him. Now you'rePolydores, don't you? Yes,
mister comedian, why you have I? I came to meet Dirck Rogers?
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Is sure you didn't come to meetRichard Stretton. Wasn't it you who was
going to lunch with him in thatprivate dining room where he was murdered?
No, that's her answer, MissRodgers. Well, Polydores, No,
I told you I came here tomeet Dirck Rogers. Polydores. If you're
lying, it's a mistake. AllI have to do is call Martne,
who runs this restaurant. All right, all right, I'll tell you everything.
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Yes, I came to see RichardStretton. I shouldn't have, but
I had. You mean you werein love with him? Isn't that what
you mean? Polydores? To keepout of this, mister Rogers. Richard
Stratton was murdered, and I wantthe truth, all right, Polly?
Were you deliberately pursuing Richard Stretton whenhe had no time for you? No?
Time for h Richard was chasing Pollyeverywhere. Thank you, mister Rogers.
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I thought i'd get a rise outof you. So Richard Stratton pursued
you, Polly, and then hethrew you over. Who told you that,
mister Commedion his wife Veronica? No, you just told me, Polly.
And besides, a man who'd throwout his manager after ten years service,
wouldn't hesitate to discard a woman hewas tired of. It's all right,
Polly, it'll be all right.We've both handled us stupidly, but
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it'll be all right, darling.Mister Camillion, can you come here?
I've got something to show you comingDave? Of course you understand, mister
Rodgers. You're being in love withPolly DAWs doesn't help your case any So
hold yourself ready. I want toquestion you later. How's it going,
mister commadion Dave? The famous screenstar Richard Stratton was not the gentleman at
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heart that he has in a pitance. Both his manager Dirk Rodgers and his
leading lady Polly Dawes wanted him dead, and they had very good reason.
I'd say, what is it youwant to show me? Look here,
mister Commedion. This window in theprivate dining room where Stratton was murdered opens
into an alley, and there's thefootprint of a child on that window.
Sell h child's footprint and the dustand the window cell. That's odd.
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Do you suppose one of those kidsoutside, those autograph hunters tried to climb
through the window. Eh? MaybeRichard Stratton was afraid of them, Dave,
or afraid of one of them.Why how could one of those youngsters
harm him? Remember that kid whostopped us outside? He had a face
that at stop a clock. Yesit was an old face, Dave,
not the face of an adolescent.He had the body of a boy.
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He could have made this footprint.But wait a minute, Wait a minute,
what's the matter of, mister Communion. Dave, Richard Stratton's manager,
told me something very interesting, thatRichard Stratton had a perfect fixation against racetracks
and racing. What's subtly to amister Commanion. What sort of a man
is it that has the body ofa boy a jockey? A jockey?
But what's the connection between Richard Strattonand a jockey? Well, on the
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face of it, none, ButI have a hunch there may be a
set connection somewhere. Come on,we're so, mister Chamelion. Well,
first we're going to send out ageneral alarm for that boy or jockey or
whatever he is, right, andthen we'll patrol that part of Eighth Avenue
day. But all the racetrack peoplein New York hang out. We're going
to look for that boy's face thatyou said with stop o'clock, The boy
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who was outside when we came inhere, the one who knew who I
was and started to say something andthen disappeared. He may tell us why
Richard Stratton was so afraid of theworld of horse racing. And later,
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mister Chameleon. A detective Sergeant DaveBartle are walking along Eighth Avenue searching the
crowds in vain when a squad carpulls up beside him. The familiar voice
of the Commissioner of Police says,well, Chameleon, any luck, have
you found your needle in the haystack? Hello Commissioner. Oh, so far
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you think I'm on the wrong track. Mention, Chameleon, I put you
on this case. It's your baby. Just don't fail, that's all I
ask. Oh, but here's whatI wanted to tell you early this morning,
Polly Dawes trying to commit suicide?What yes? That could or could
not be a confession of guilt.Also, Richard Stratton's widow, Veronica Stratton,
has asked for police protection. Shereceived a threatening phone call. Where
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is she not staying with the vanDurya's on the Long Island of State.
She and her husband traveled in finecompany far from Eighth Avenue. I know
you do think I've gone far afield. But the Commissioner, Dave Dave there
he is. You seem the boywho isn't the boy who spoke to us
outside Threaten's restaurant. You're right,mister Commedion, and he sees us too.
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He's trying to get away. Youthere, stop stop her will shoot
no, hold it, hold itto the clouds are too heavy. Stop
that boy, stop him. Stophim now we've got a clear space.
I'll fire my gun into the air. Stopped, all right, kid,
don't try to get away again,and don't struggle. What do you want?
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I didn't do nothing. What doyou want? You know who I
am, young man? I metyou outside of Marton's restaurant. You address
me by name? Now I supposeyou give me your name. Okay,
I'll give it to you. Myname is Toby Stratton. Stratton, did
you say Stratton? You heard me, mister Camellion. I'm Toby Stratton,
the jockey, and I'm Richard Stratton'sbrother. And I'm glad that phony so
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and so is dead. He deservedto die, mister chameleon, And the
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now back to mister Cameleon and thecase of the murdered movie star. The
shooting of Richard Stratton, first gentlemanof the screen, has led mister Comellion
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into strange byways, and now aftera wild chase on Eighth Avenue, he
has captured a young jockey named TobyStratton, and in his office at Central
Police Headquarters, he confronts the achevel man, saying to him, why
this is fantastic that you should claimto be the brother of a famous and
aristocratic man like Richard Stratton. Aristocraticthat phony. Our father was a race
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track tat. We were raised aroundrace tracks, we slept with the horses.
But my brother Richard always hated it. Mister Camellion, he always wanted
to be Somebody tell him, canyou prove that you're Richard Stratton's brother.
You bet, I can prove it. I got papers to prove it.
Then you are blackmailing him. No, yes, you are, Toby.
When Richard Stratton became famous and wealthyand pretended he came from a fine old
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family, that is when you movedin and began to blackmail him. No,
I tell you I never took apenny from him. But then,
why did you hang around with hisautograph fans? Why did you climb through
that restaurant window into the private diningroom. But he was murdered because I
wanted to see him, But hewas dead when I got there. Somebody
had already bumped him off. Youmean you killed him when he refused to
go on giving your money. Itold you, mister chameleon, I never
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asked for money, not after thetime he turned me down. So he
did turn you down. Now we'regetting somewhere. When did he do that?
Two years ago, just before myfather died. His father too,
mister chameleon, who didn't have enoughto eat? That's what dad died from,
not enough to eat. I wroteto Richard for helpy. He said
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he didn't know us. He wantedme to keep away from him. The
dirtys so and so. So youhated your brother, why shouldn't I.
You see your motto up there overyour desk. The innocent must be protected,
the guilty must be punished. Orwhat was my father guilty of?
Except that he was poor, whatRichard called common? That's all the poor
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old guy was guilty of. Willyou feel by not sending money? Richard
killed your father? You bet?I do so you in turn murdered Richard.
No, you murdered your brother.That was your way of revenging for
your father. No, but Igot my revenge all right before he died.
I used to follow him wherever Richardwent. There I was to remind
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him of what he came from.He was beginning to crack two. How
do you mean to me? Lastweek? He almost spoke to me.
He would have soon, he wouldhave blown his top and spilled the beans
that I was his brother? Tellhim? Did you know Richard's wife?
Veronica? Sure? Her old manwas a stable hand at the track,
A stable hand. Yeah. Thenshe got a bit part in the picture,
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married Richard, and both of themwent high society. But the movie
magazines always portrayed them as coming fromtop draw families, and they had a
good price. Agent. I wonder, what's the matter, mister chameleon.
What are you looking at me for? So funny? I was just thinking,
Toby, Well, don't look atme. I tell you I didn't
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kill my brother. That remains tobe seen. Tobin. I wann you
that you're under suspicion of murder.You haven't got anything on me. Don't
be too sure. Okay, youcan go and I won't be back.
Don't be too sure of that either, Dave. Oh, mister Chamillion,
did you give orders to Detective Follyto shadow Toby Stratton from the time he
left this building? I won't letthat jockey out of sight. Good.
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What's the score, mister Comellion,Well, the score is piling up with
a vengeance. Dame Richard Stratton mayhave played the perfect gentleman on the screen,
but his greatest talent may have beenin concealing the fact from his worthless
socialite friends that he was the sonof a poor racetrack Todd. Hey,
what a story this make when ithurts the newspapers. It's exactly Dave,
what a story? What a shockto the social circles in which Richard Stratton
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and his wife Veronica moved Staves andClarks and days Dave. We call Richard
Stratton's word O Veronica, Dirk Rodgers'smanager and Polydor's leading lady. Tell them
I want them at Martone's restaurant tomorrowmorning to reconstruct the murder of Richard Stratton.
There at the scene of the crime. What about us, brother Toby
Stratton. We'll keep him out ofit for the moment, but a friend
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of his will be there, afriend of Richard Stratton's father, talkative old
racetrack hanger on named Paddy Riley.You mean you're going to disguise yourself as
this Paddy Riley. Yes, DameMartone, the restaurant owner, will have
to be told, otherwise I'd neverget into the place. But I'm counting
on Paddy Riley to stir up ahornet's nest. There will not be a
re enactment of the shooting. Instead, there'll be a second shooting. And
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so, mister Comeleon, in thepicturesque disguise of Paddy Riley, an all
racetrack hanger on goes to Martone's,not at restaurant, and we hear him
saying to Martone in the voice ofPaddy Rally, I hear that, mister
Chameleon, the famous sex is here. I got news from Chancellor me and
I'm sorry you cannot come into therestaurant. Marton. Oh can't I?
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Marton? Do you won't admit while, mister chameleon, even though I knew
you were coming, I did notrecognize you in the disguise. Come in.
They're all here. Missus Startton isin my office, Polydores and mister
Rogers are in another private room.That one over there. Good now,
just vanish Marton. Paddy Riley canfind his way around very well, mister
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comedion. You think you are perfectlysafe? Paddy Riley nevery worries about his
personal safety. No, Sir,Paddy Riley isn't afraid to talk. He's
not scared to shoot his mouth half, mister comedian. Where is mister comedian?
I wondered, Uh, I wonderedif he's in here? Oh,
excuse me, what do you want? Who are you? Paddy Railey?
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Is your service and your Polly Daresthe actress. I've seen you many times
in the pictures. And where's misterCoremlian. What do you want with mister
comedian? I want to give himthe law down on Richard Stratton. What
do you mean, Dirk Derek,come here? Who's this character? Paddy
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Railey at your service? An oldfriend of the Richard Stratton family? What
how could you be a friend ofRichard Stratton's family? Ah, that's my
sacress. Can you give you alittle tip? I followed the horses and
I know Richard and his father.Well, I'm Dirk Rogers. I was
Richard Stratton's manager for years. You'reeither drunk or crazy. I still want
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to say, mister comeleion, whatdo we do? Mister Riley? Why
don't you wait here in this otherroom. I'll go look for mister chameleon.
Now you're talking, tell him Igot big nose for him about Richard
Stratton. I know why he wasmurdering. Okay, okay, you just
wait in here. I'll close thisdoor and just sit down and wait.
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Sure I do that. What's anelegant, tiny room all in gold and
this is the room where Richard Strattonwas murdered. I don't like that,
No, sir, I don't likeit at all. I who's that opening?
In the door. What is thatin the crack? Heaven help us.
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It looks like the muzzle of agun. Oh, how you killing
me? Okay, I've called her, mister chameleon, tell me gun,
give me mister Stratton, give thatgun to day Manad. That's better.
You got a dave. You mustbe mad? And who are you?
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You sound like mister cameleon, butyou look like some low creature from the
racetrack. A remarkable statement from thedaughter of a stable hend what you're no
more the person you claim to bethan I am Riley the racetrack hanger on
that I impersonated. You missed killingme, Veronica Stretton because I'm wearing a
bulletproof vest. Your murdered husband didn'thave that pretiction. I didn't kill my
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husband. Dirk Rogers, his manageror Polydors killed him one or the other.
They had reason to kill him.I didn't. And why do you
try to kill me? I'll answerit for him. I wasn't trying to
kill anybody. Try to kill mebecause you thought I was. Paddy Riley
here to tell the world that yourhusband's father was not top draw society but
a common race tracked house his brothera broken down jockey, and you the
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daughter of a stable. It's nottrue. It's not true, Veronica Stretton.
You've carefully built a place for yourselfin what you'r distorted mine believe high
social circles. In a madness ofsocial climbing, you forgot that prominence and
success from a humble beginning are somethingto be proud. I'm not of humble
origin. And you killed your famousfilm star husband because he was ready to
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acknowledge his brother Toby. The brothertold me that himself, and that was
more than you could take. Itmeant that your whole house of cards would
collapse. Richard Toby. Richard couldn'tstand it anymore, seeing his brother Toby
all the time. He was gonnalet the whole story out. He was
mad, he was gonna bring Tobyto live with us. I couldn't let
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him make that disgrace on me.I just couldn't missus. Stretton, your
kind of social claimer never ceases toamaze me. To you, murdered is
less disgraceful than a poor family background. It's that tape of thinking, I'll
never understand. Shall I arrest her? Mister cameleon? Yes, Dave,
she's confessed fantastic murder with a fantasticmurtive. And with these words, mister
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Welcome back. This whole concept ofentertainers coming up with false backstories is
definitely something that has happened, andnot just during the Golden Age of entertainment.
I would say that it actually isn'tjust a situation where people will fake
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having a richer background. Sometimes itcan cut both ways. People will actually
make their origins appear humbler than theyare, or somehow different or more edgy.
I've heard of hip hop artists tryingto hide that they actually went to
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nice school in the suburbs. Thatdoesn't quite give you straight cred. And
of course there are still others whowill hide how urban or rural their upbringing
might have been. Because as anaudience, people often have an expectation of
what a great talent is going tolook like and what their overall personalities will
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be. It's one of those greatchallenges when you have a gift in an
area such as acting or singing,and you've got to conform yourself to a
certain image. We've heard many peopleon radio who's working visual mediums were often
limited by factors they couldn't control,or were unable or unwilling to change.
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Themselves to fit whatever image was expectedof them. I don't feel like that's
what's actually being talked about in thisepisode. In many ways, it's a
bit of a recurring theme with theHummers of people pretending to be wealthy and
to put on these errors, butthey aren't. Unlike a story where you
have a fake nobleman trying to calmtheir way into a rich family by marrying
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an heiress, you have a couplewho care so much about what others think
that they actually value the opinion ofrich snobs over human life. I think
the brother was right that their fatherdied as a result of the actor's neglect,
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and of course she killed her husbandto protect her place in society and
avoid her lie being uncovered. Mightbe one of the really odd things about
the Hummers, really, so manyof their serials that they produced, not
all of them, certainly, butmany focused on the goings on with the
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great and the good a lot ofwealthy, famous people. But they didn't
have a really strong patience for theidea of putting on airs. There are
vices that each generation really tends tohate. In our time, hypocrisy may
be the thing that's hated the most. I think that snobbery might have been
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the most universally hated vice or attitudeduring this time period. Now, obviously
there were exceptions that many made forthings we might consider snobbery because it conformed
to their racial attitudes or something else. But I think that beyond that,
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the idea of looking down on someoneand high hatting them or thinking less of
them because you happen to come frommoney or have gotten money was something that
was really strongly hated, and Iwas almost universally despised in pop culture,
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and certainly the Hummer's work reflects that. Now I spent some time on some
serious analysis. I will note thatthe whole conversation with the brother was a
bit challenging at times when we talkabout the writing on this, But there
was this one part where he saysthat as a result of his brother's action,
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his father died, and that hisfather was also his brother's father.
Why didn't you just refer to yourfather as he is in action led to
the death of our father. Thatwould have been clear. I mean,
I can kind of get that sortof verbiage if you're talking about a situation
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where it was a stepfather, butthat was just painfully convoluted. We also
learned this episode that without Chameleon present, Dave Arnold has the impulse control of
a child, as he had tobe told don't fire your gun into the
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crowd, don't kill innocent civilians whoare standing there, because we are trying
to get the attention of someone wewant to question. I kind of feel
that if you are a police officerand mister Chameleon has to explain something that
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basic to you about the operation ofyour gun, you should not be carrying
a gun. With that though,we turned to listener comments and feedback,
and we start with a comment overon Spotify Peter Wrights regarding the episode the
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snapshot in the part murder case.Is it wrong that I prefer Carl Weber's
performance over Carl Swinson's. Today's episodewas a nice change of pace from Swinson's
recent performance as an increasingly grouchy misterChameleon. Well, I would never say
it was wrong, but I'll beinterested to hear what other listeners have to
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say on that. Peter. It'skind of interesting because I remember back when
we played in Spector Thorn In Ithink it was season six or season seven.
Everyone was talking about about how meanand pushy and shouty Carl Weber was
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in those first seven or nine episodesthat he played Inspector Thorne. So that's
an interesting perspective. For that reason, I do wonder whether the Chameleons seeming
increasingly grouchy was partially due to fatigue. Yeah, as an actor, you
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hate to have anything interfere with yourperformance or your energy. But Carl Swinson
was a busy man. He wasn'tjust doing mister Chameleon. He was doing
at least two other daytime soaps inaddition to whatever guest appearances that he was
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making. So if you had beenperforming mister Comeleian scripts for like fifty one
straight weeks, you might be alittle croachy too, although I tend to
think that that might be more thewriting. You know, given the way
that Chameleon in this episode, Ihave a sense that he realized when he
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actually talked with the brother that hedidn't do it. And then when the
brothers like, I'm not coming backhere, You're not going to end up
questioning me again, mister Kamelian startsarguing with him, like, oh,
well, you think just because youdidn't do it, and I realized that
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you didn't do it, that you'resomehow out of this case. No,
no, no, mister, I'mthe detective here. That might be more
the script than anything else. Thenwe also have a comment from Alexis,
and Alexis writes, is the actorwho plays Comeleion in other radio shows.
I want to know if his angrystyle talking to pretty much everyone but police
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is his usual performance style. Demandingto know why the ex criminal was near
the crime scene when a sense agothe ex criminal just explained that he lives
across the road at the trade school. Seemed like he simply doesn't listen.
Well, thanks so much for thequestion, Alexis. And yes, Carl
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Swinson was in other radio shows,a lot of other radio shows, although
many of them are lost or wejust don't have voice cast for all of
the programs that he was in.But he wasn't quite a few other things.
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We played him starring in Father Brownback in our second season, and
I think he generally played that alot lighter and a lot softer, except
for one scene where I think itwas kind of appropriate to get a little
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bit shouting when he did the adaptationof the Three Tools of Death. He
also starred in this daily serial calledLorenzo Jones, where he played an eccentric
inventor and it's kind of a comedysoap opera. Honestly, I was a
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little disappointed that there weren't more episodesin it, particularly from the forties where
they let it be that and heplays this kind of good natured but eccentric
adventure. In addition, he wasin Argyll Sunday, which I've not really
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listened to, don't really have anyinterest, but he played the love interest
of Sunday her husband, Lord HenryBrinthrope. And then I've heard him in
some anthology programs. He played thelead in the romance adaptation of Arman god
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Free, and I also heard himplay the Pied Piper, and that's just
a few of the roles that heplayed. So certainly he was an actor
with range, and really I thinkmost of the issues with the performance come
down to the script. And Ithink in that case it was less a
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case of cameleon the character not listeningthat it would be a case where the
hummerk thought perhaps the audience might havemissed it. I do think that there
are some spots where I kind ofcan understand the general philosophy of how they
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made the show, but there aresome points where I don't think they give
the audience enough credit, and thatmay have been one of them. Thanks
for the question, Alexis. AndAlexis also gave a five star rating to
the snap Shot in the Park Murdercase and also to the Dangerous Assignment episode
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Capture James C. Stoller, Sothank you so much for rating us over
there, and thank you to Francescawho gave a five star rating to the
Case of Murder and the Scarface Man. Then we had another comment on Spotify
where Harrison actually wrote regarding the thinMan episode the Moon Murder, why did
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the taxi driver sound like mister Cameleongoing undercover as a taxi driver? Well,
I can't be certain on that,Harrison. I'm not as good at
recognizing most New York radio actors.I think I'm a little better at Hollywood's
still not perfect on everything, butit would not surprise me at all if
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Carl Swinson had played the role ofa taxi driver. He was very talented,
very in demand, and certainly willingto work in the radio acting business
just because you had two feature rolesin a daytime cereal doesn't mean that you
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rest on your laurels. As Iwas talking about. I believe it was
last week about radio acting being moreof a situation of gigs rather than jobs.
People worked a lot, took ona lot of these little, small
roles, even if they had biggerroles in other series, because it's part
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of the economics of making a livingin radio. Probably the radio voices that
I'm picking out in New York Citythe most are Ralph Bell, Larry Haynes,
and Maurice tarp One. And itwould not surprise me in the lease
if it was Carl Swinson, andI would not expect to catch Carl Swinson
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given what we've heard on mister Chameleonand his ability to change voices. Speaking
of that, we have a coupleemails. First, Jay Riots, I
agreed with your comments that mister Chameleon'sbutler voice in this episode was good.
The plauts are silly, but CarlSwinson's ability to switch voices is very impressive.
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I like to imagine mister Coameleion deliveringhis speeches about how he caught the
bad guys while in costume, thistime in the butler's uniform, pitty.
He hasn't had to impersonate a balletanswer. Keep up the good work.
Well, you never know. Weare still relatively early in the series,
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and I suspect we have quite afew more episodes that'll come into circular And
then rich offers mister Cameleon feedback fromtoday's episode. I've been carpooling with my
twenty year old daughter for several monthsand I've introduced her to your podcast over
this time. I asked her ahypothetical question today about which great detective she
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would like to invite over for dinner, and she chose mister Cameleon, as
he would be able to serve asbutler, chef, etc. She did
worry that he would start yelling atus when he was not in disguise,
and I can't argue with her onthat. Keep up the great work,
and we both enjoy hearing your podcastwhile we commute all the best. Richard,
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Well, thank you so much,Richard, appreciate both of you listening
and you introducing your daughter to thepodcast as you do what is called in
the industry co listening. That isthe term for when you listen to the
podcast with someone else, be itspouse, child or whatever. And this
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has actually been put out there asthis big new thing in the podcast world,
where it's like co listening is thisbrand new thing, and I don't
know that this has been going onfor years and years. I can definitely
sympathize with her choice, and Ithink she's got some good reasoning behind it.
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Probably the potential of yelling would outweighthat. It's tough for me.
I think that the Falcon would notbe particularly fun because really he's all about
trying to find a date and Icouldn't help him, and so I think
he would just kind of be distracted. I don't think we could put out
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a fancy enough spread for bulldog drummen, you know, the sort of British
gentleman detective. I don't think wewould be interesting enough for Steve Mitchell.
He you know, when he's backin the States, he wants to find
some sort of deal, and wejust we don't do deals like at all.
You know, mister Kamilan, We'vecovered. I think I would like
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to have Friday and Romero over fordinner, but the thing is that they
would get interrupted and leave before weeven ate. That would have the benefit
of them not overstaying their welcome,but yeah, you kind of at least
would like them to make it throughthe meal. I think if I were
to have someone over, it wouldhave to be Johnny Doller, because Johnny
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is very genuine, He's polite,but he's just a type of person that
it seems like you'd like to hangaround with. And honestly, that's probably
the big strength of Johnny Dollar asa series, because you know, there
are weaknesses in the plots and mysteries, but the way Bob Bailey performs,
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I mean just he just seems likea real down to earth sort of guy
who just, you know, sitright up to the table and have interesting
things to say and just be funto be around. I will say there
are probably some other detectives in ourarchive that I might consider more fondly,
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like Harry Craig, guy I reallylove. I would love to have him
over, and there are others,but I think of the current definitely Johnny
Dowler. All right, and Iwant to acknowledge thanks for the upload from
Jerry on YouTube regarding the case ofmurdering the Scarfaced Man. And now I
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want to go ahead and thank ourPatreon supporter of the day, and I
want to go ahead and thank Laura. Laura has been one of our Patreon
supporters since June of twenty twenty,supporting the show at the Shawmus level of
four dollars or more per month.Thank you so much for your port Laura,
and that will actually do it fortoday. If you're enjoying the podcast,
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Johnny Dollar, where I know you'rethere? No answer the meat,
Yes, really you're going downstairs.I want to talk to mister Dollar in
private. Whatever you say and throwsthat door, mind my back, mister
Doll, I couldn't see you ifI looked into your face. Now,
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then when are you going to arrestthat crook and bring my Lincoln speech back
to me? Well, I'm goingto need a lot of help and information,
missus meekit what kind of information?Mostly about the museum? Well,
do you know who was in therethe night the manuscript disappeared? Certainly the
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dirty robber, was anyone else?Ol Peeza always there, supposed to be
guarding place, but he didn't doa very good job the other night,
got himself sucked. Hope you'll bewith us then in the meantime. Send
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get into this week's episode of MisterChameleon. The original air date August seventeenth,
nineteen forty nine, and the titleis the Case of the Murdered movie
Star. Next Mister Comeleon and theCase of the Murdered movie Star. Tonight
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we again present the famous mister Comedianof Central Police Headquarters in his famous cases
of crime and Murder, brought toyou by the makers of genuine Bayer aspirin.
Mister Comeleon, as you know,is the famous and dreaded detective who
frequently uses a disguise to track downa killer, a disguise which at all
times is recognized by the audience.Tonight we give you, mister comedian.
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In the case of the murdered moviestar, the success of a great star
depends largely on his followers, andRichard Stratton, the famous screen star,
knows this very well. But ashe pushes his way through the autograph fans
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who surround him at the entrance toMartone's restaurant, his famous face is strained
and frightened, and he says tohis manager, Dirck Rodgers, get those
people out of the way. Dirkcan't stand at autograph hunters. Autograph hunters,
Why can't I be left alone?It's driving me mad, so you
say. But all right, sorry, folks, mister Stratton can't stop now,
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and I'll let him throw. Please, good, please, mister Stratton,
You're so divine. Please ploise justonce for my auto graf. I
promise my kid's sister I'd get yourautograph. What are you trying to do?
Hi, Hattis, You're not forgettingwhere your public are get out of
my way. You open that daughter, Get me out of this baloney.
This sort of thing is meeting gravyfor you, Stratton, your punk cut
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up kid. Let all. MisterStratton's on. Hop inside, Stratton.
It's rare as every nerve in mybody, Dick, what's the matter with
you, Richard? You act afraidof those autograph hunters? Most of them
are youngsters. That boy wasn't ayoungster. Well you're inside and safe now,
the great romantic favor Richard Stratton issafe from his adoring admirers, safe
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as a little poppy in his box. That's enough from you, Dirk.
I wonder if Polly's here yet.I want to get this luncheon over with.
I should think you would. Here'sMartne, the manager, Ah,
mister Derk Rogers, and mister RichardTratton. My restaurant is on a greatly
honor. Thank you, Marton.Do you have a private dining room for
me? The little gold one?Missus Stratton your favorite spot. I should
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take you there. Don't bother mytone. We know where it is.
You're busy, Thank you, misterRogers. It is my rush hour,
but I will look in later.Mister Stratton. Come on, Richard,
Dirk, I hate to face Polly. You the great star who can handle
any situation. Forget it, Dirk, come have lunching with you. Sorry,
Richard, I'm launching by myself inthe main dining room. Here's the
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Gold Room, your favorite private diningroom. See you later. Well,
there's nothing to do but get thisover with. Polly's here, not late
as usual. The room's empty.There's no one here. Oh you,
I didn't see you. What's thatstop? You shot me? You shot
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me? And a little later,mister Chameleon, the astute and dreaded detective,
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is driving in a squad car towardMartone's famous restaurant, and with him
is Detective Sergeant Dave Ardley, whois saying, oh, here we are,
mister chameleon. Hey, look atthat mob on the sidewalk. Will
you just a few of Richard Stratton'smany admirers, The great star of the
screen, the darling of society.And now he's dead, murdered, Dave,
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let's go car. Wait a minute, mister comeleion, mat how do
you know me? Who are you? I seen your picture in the papers,
mister Comellion, And I'm a fanof Richard Stratton's Is he dead?
Is he? Huh? Yes?Wait, I want to talk to you.
Wait, the kid's gone, misterComellion slipped right through the crowd.
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Did you see that kid's face,Dave, very old face, said young
buddy. Yeah, I didn't notice. Alright, let us throw here,
will you come on? Let usunder the restaurant one side. Oh,
here's my tone, mister Camelion.This is awful. Richard Stratton murdered in
my restaurant. Where's Ritchard Stratton's body? Martone? In that private dining room
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where the waiter found him, butno one heard a shot, mister comedian,
probably because it's so nicsy. Comealong, Dave, get to you
later, myton or mister Chamelion.Missus Stratton is with her husband's party.
She was lunching here with the Creton. Such a lovely woman. Fine,
people leave you with the cream ofsociety, including a murderer. Marton,
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you are Missus Stratton. Yes,I'm Comedian of Central Police Headquarters. This
is Detective Sergeant Davonald. I wantto look at mister Stratton's body. Shut
through the heart, mister command,Shut through the heart, Dave at fairly
close range. Dave wait here forthe coroner and search this room thoroughly.
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Missus Stratton, will you please stepin this room and let's ask you a
few questions. Couldn't they wait?No, I'm afraid not. Your husband
was murdered. Every second is importantif I am to find the murdering.
Is it down? Please? Ishan't take long. You'll take as long
as you please. Nothing matters,of course, except oh is the comedian
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Richard was at your wonderful husband.He was such a great start. Why
was he kid? Missus Stratton.I understand that you were here at this
restaurant with a friend having lunch atthe time of the murder. Were you
all lunching in the private dining room? No, I was in the main
dining room. I didn't even knowRichard was lunching here until the waiter ran
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out screaming he was dead shot.I quite understand, so I'll be brieved,
Missus Stretton. Were you and yourhusband having any trouble between you?
I certainly not. We would havevoted. Do you know who your husband
was lunching with in this private diningroom? Why Dirk? I suppose his
manager Dirk Rogers. You hesitated overthat name. Why, mister cameleon.
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Is there something about Dirk Rodgers thattroubles you? But is it what he
and your husband on bad terms?Yes? There was. We'll go on,
go on, mister Stretton. Hedischarged Dirk yesterday, mister comedian,
he had to How long had misterRogers been your husband's manager? Ten years
since the beginning of Richard's career asinactive, But Richard had to let him
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go, he'd grown. I seeis Dirk Rodgers here in the restaurant now?
So I'm sitting in Marton's office.Thank you, mister Stretton. I
suggest that you go home, andI promise that I'll do my best to
find your husband's murderer. I wonderif you'd mind telling Dirk Rodgers that I
would like to see him in hereimmediately. Yes, him, Thank you.
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So Dirk Rodgers was fine after tenyears, ten years of service and
then chucked out, and that can'tbe very pleasant. Come in, Dirk
Rodgers. I'm Comeleon of Central PoliceHeadquarters. Yes, I heard that the
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great mister Chameleon was working on thecase. Well, why not the great
romantic figure of the screen is murdered, so naturally a great detective appears to
catch his murderer. First line billingfor all you hated rich Streened, didn't
you, mister Rodgers. No,yes, Old Richard was difficult at times.
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He had his little quirk such aswell. He he hated crowds,
especially those young autograph hunters outside.He acted afraid of them, said they
said they weren't all harmless kids.When did he say that? Just today,
mister comedian. And he had anabsolute phobia against racetracks and betting on
races. He made that an excusefor firing you, miss Rudgers. That's
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it. That's why he fired mefor gambling, he said, for irresponsibility.
After ten years of working to makehim what he was, he kicked
me out. And yet you saythat you didn't hate him, mister Rodgers.
I say that it's possible that youhated him enough to kill him.
No, mist commedian, is that'swhy you turned so pale? Because you're
not the killer, mister Rodgers?And why do you keep glancing toward the
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door all the time? Is thatsomeone ant? No come back here,
mister comedian, Not until I hindeye well, young lady, come in.
Just who are you and why areyou eaves dropping? Mister Camilli?
And this girl as a friend ofmine. She was also Stratton's leading lady.
And I recognize him. Now you'rePolydores, don't you? Yes,
mister comedian, why you have I? I came to meet Dirck Rogers?
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Is sure you didn't come to meetRichard Stretton. Wasn't it you who was
going to lunch with him in thatprivate dining room where he was murdered?
No, that's her answer, MissRodgers. Well, Polydores, No,
I told you I came here tomeet Dirck Rogers. Polydores. If you're
lying, it's a mistake. AllI have to do is call Martne,
who runs this restaurant. All right, all right, I'll tell you everything.
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Yes, I came to see RichardStretton. I shouldn't have, but
I had. You mean you werein love with him? Isn't that what
you mean? Polydores? To keepout of this, mister Rogers. Richard
Stratton was murdered, and I wantthe truth, all right, Polly?
Were you deliberately pursuing Richard Stretton whenhe had no time for you? No?
Time for h Richard was chasing Pollyeverywhere. Thank you, mister Rogers.
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I thought i'd get a rise outof you. So Richard Stratton pursued
you, Polly, and then hethrew you over. Who told you that,
mister Commedion his wife Veronica? No, you just told me, Polly.
And besides, a man who'd throwout his manager after ten years service,
wouldn't hesitate to discard a woman hewas tired of. It's all right,
Polly, it'll be all right.We've both handled us stupidly, but
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it'll be all right, darling.Mister Camillion, can you come here?
I've got something to show you comingDave? Of course you understand, mister
Rodgers. You're being in love withPolly DAWs doesn't help your case any So
hold yourself ready. I want toquestion you later. How's it going,
mister commadion Dave? The famous screenstar Richard Stratton was not the gentleman at
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heart that he has in a pitance. Both his manager Dirk Rodgers and his
leading lady Polly Dawes wanted him dead, and they had very good reason.
I'd say, what is it youwant to show me? Look here,
mister Commedion. This window in theprivate dining room where Stratton was murdered opens
into an alley, and there's thefootprint of a child on that window.
Sell h child's footprint and the dustand the window cell. That's odd.
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Do you suppose one of those kidsoutside, those autograph hunters tried to climb
through the window. Eh? MaybeRichard Stratton was afraid of them, Dave,
or afraid of one of them.Why how could one of those youngsters
harm him? Remember that kid whostopped us outside? He had a face
that at stop a clock. Yesit was an old face, Dave,
not the face of an adolescent.He had the body of a boy.
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He could have made this footprint.But wait a minute, Wait a minute,
what's the matter of, mister Communion. Dave, Richard Stratton's manager,
told me something very interesting, thatRichard Stratton had a perfect fixation against racetracks
and racing. What's subtly to amister Commanion. What sort of a man
is it that has the body ofa boy a jockey? A jockey?
But what's the connection between Richard Strattonand a jockey? Well, on the
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face of it, none, ButI have a hunch there may be a
set connection somewhere. Come on,we're so, mister Chamelion. Well,
first we're going to send out ageneral alarm for that boy or jockey or
whatever he is, right, andthen we'll patrol that part of Eighth Avenue
day. But all the racetrack peoplein New York hang out. We're going
to look for that boy's face thatyou said with stop o'clock, The boy
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who was outside when we came inhere, the one who knew who I
was and started to say something andthen disappeared. He may tell us why
Richard Stratton was so afraid of theworld of horse racing. And later,
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mister Chameleon. A detective Sergeant DaveBartle are walking along Eighth Avenue searching the
crowds in vain when a squad carpulls up beside him. The familiar voice
of the Commissioner of Police says,well, Chameleon, any luck, have
you found your needle in the haystack? Hello Commissioner. Oh, so far
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you think I'm on the wrong track. Mention, Chameleon, I put you
on this case. It's your baby. Just don't fail, that's all I
ask. Oh, but here's whatI wanted to tell you early this morning,
Polly Dawes trying to commit suicide?What yes? That could or could
not be a confession of guilt.Also, Richard Stratton's widow, Veronica Stratton,
has asked for police protection. Shereceived a threatening phone call. Where
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is she not staying with the vanDurya's on the Long Island of State.
She and her husband traveled in finecompany far from Eighth Avenue. I know
you do think I've gone far afield. But the Commissioner, Dave Dave there
he is. You seem the boywho isn't the boy who spoke to us
outside Threaten's restaurant. You're right,mister Commedion, and he sees us too.
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He's trying to get away. Youthere, stop stop her will shoot
no, hold it, hold itto the clouds are too heavy. Stop
that boy, stop him. Stophim now we've got a clear space.
I'll fire my gun into the air. Stopped, all right, kid,
don't try to get away again,and don't struggle. What do you want?
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I didn't do nothing. What doyou want? You know who I
am, young man? I metyou outside of Marton's restaurant. You address
me by name? Now I supposeyou give me your name. Okay,
I'll give it to you. Myname is Toby Stratton. Stratton, did
you say Stratton? You heard me, mister Camellion. I'm Toby Stratton,
the jockey, and I'm Richard Stratton'sbrother. And I'm glad that phony so
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and so is dead. He deservedto die, mister chameleon, And the
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now back to mister Cameleon and thecase of the murdered movie star. The
shooting of Richard Stratton, first gentlemanof the screen, has led mister Comellion
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into strange byways, and now aftera wild chase on Eighth Avenue, he
has captured a young jockey named TobyStratton, and in his office at Central
Police Headquarters, he confronts the achevel man, saying to him, why
this is fantastic that you should claimto be the brother of a famous and
aristocratic man like Richard Stratton. Aristocraticthat phony. Our father was a race
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track tat. We were raised aroundrace tracks, we slept with the horses.
But my brother Richard always hated it. Mister Camellion, he always wanted
to be Somebody tell him, canyou prove that you're Richard Stratton's brother.
You bet, I can prove it. I got papers to prove it.
Then you are blackmailing him. No, yes, you are, Toby.
When Richard Stratton became famous and wealthyand pretended he came from a fine old
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family, that is when you movedin and began to blackmail him. No,
I tell you I never took apenny from him. But then,
why did you hang around with hisautograph fans? Why did you climb through
that restaurant window into the private diningroom. But he was murdered because I
wanted to see him, But hewas dead when I got there. Somebody
had already bumped him off. Youmean you killed him when he refused to
go on giving your money. Itold you, mister chameleon, I never
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asked for money, not after thetime he turned me down. So he
did turn you down. Now we'regetting somewhere. When did he do that?
Two years ago, just before myfather died. His father too,
mister chameleon, who didn't have enoughto eat? That's what dad died from,
not enough to eat. I wroteto Richard for helpy. He said
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he didn't know us. He wantedme to keep away from him. The
dirtys so and so. So youhated your brother, why shouldn't I.
You see your motto up there overyour desk. The innocent must be protected,
the guilty must be punished. Orwhat was my father guilty of?
Except that he was poor, whatRichard called common? That's all the poor
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old guy was guilty of. Willyou feel by not sending money? Richard
killed your father? You bet?I do so you in turn murdered Richard.
No, you murdered your brother.That was your way of revenging for
your father. No, but Igot my revenge all right before he died.
I used to follow him wherever Richardwent. There I was to remind
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him of what he came from.He was beginning to crack two. How
do you mean to me? Lastweek? He almost spoke to me.
He would have soon, he wouldhave blown his top and spilled the beans
that I was his brother? Tellhim? Did you know Richard's wife?
Veronica? Sure? Her old manwas a stable hand at the track,
A stable hand. Yeah. Thenshe got a bit part in the picture,
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married Richard, and both of themwent high society. But the movie
magazines always portrayed them as coming fromtop draw families, and they had a
good price. Agent. I wonder, what's the matter, mister chameleon.
What are you looking at me for? So funny? I was just thinking,
Toby, Well, don't look atme. I tell you I didn't
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kill my brother. That remains tobe seen. Tobin. I wann you
that you're under suspicion of murder.You haven't got anything on me. Don't
be too sure. Okay, youcan go and I won't be back.
Don't be too sure of that either, Dave. Oh, mister Chamillion,
did you give orders to Detective Follyto shadow Toby Stratton from the time he
left this building? I won't letthat jockey out of sight. Good.
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What's the score, mister Comellion,Well, the score is piling up with
a vengeance. Dame Richard Stratton mayhave played the perfect gentleman on the screen,
but his greatest talent may have beenin concealing the fact from his worthless
socialite friends that he was the sonof a poor racetrack Todd. Hey,
what a story this make when ithurts the newspapers. It's exactly Dave,
what a story? What a shockto the social circles in which Richard Stratton
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and his wife Veronica moved Staves andClarks and days Dave. We call Richard
Stratton's word O Veronica, Dirk Rodgers'smanager and Polydor's leading lady. Tell them
I want them at Martone's restaurant tomorrowmorning to reconstruct the murder of Richard Stratton.
There at the scene of the crime. What about us, brother Toby
Stratton. We'll keep him out ofit for the moment, but a friend
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of his will be there, afriend of Richard Stratton's father, talkative old
racetrack hanger on named Paddy Riley.You mean you're going to disguise yourself as
this Paddy Riley. Yes, DameMartone, the restaurant owner, will have
to be told, otherwise I'd neverget into the place. But I'm counting
on Paddy Riley to stir up ahornet's nest. There will not be a
re enactment of the shooting. Instead, there'll be a second shooting. And
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so, mister Comeleon, in thepicturesque disguise of Paddy Riley, an all
racetrack hanger on goes to Martone's,not at restaurant, and we hear him
saying to Martone in the voice ofPaddy Rally, I hear that, mister
Chameleon, the famous sex is here. I got news from Chancellor me and
I'm sorry you cannot come into therestaurant. Marton. Oh can't I?
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Marton? Do you won't admit while, mister chameleon, even though I knew
you were coming, I did notrecognize you in the disguise. Come in.
They're all here. Missus Startton isin my office, Polydores and mister
Rogers are in another private room.That one over there. Good now,
just vanish Marton. Paddy Riley canfind his way around very well, mister
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comedion. You think you are perfectlysafe? Paddy Riley nevery worries about his
personal safety. No, Sir,Paddy Riley isn't afraid to talk. He's
not scared to shoot his mouth half, mister comedian. Where is mister comedian?
I wondered, Uh, I wonderedif he's in here? Oh,
excuse me, what do you want? Who are you? Paddy Railey?
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Is your service and your Polly Daresthe actress. I've seen you many times
in the pictures. And where's misterCoremlian. What do you want with mister
comedian? I want to give himthe law down on Richard Stratton. What
do you mean, Dirk Derek,come here? Who's this character? Paddy
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Railey at your service? An oldfriend of the Richard Stratton family? What
how could you be a friend ofRichard Stratton's family? Ah, that's my
sacress. Can you give you alittle tip? I followed the horses and
I know Richard and his father.Well, I'm Dirk Rogers. I was
Richard Stratton's manager for years. You'reeither drunk or crazy. I still want
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to say, mister comeleion, whatdo we do? Mister Riley? Why
don't you wait here in this otherroom. I'll go look for mister chameleon.
Now you're talking, tell him Igot big nose for him about Richard
Stratton. I know why he wasmurdering. Okay, okay, you just
wait in here. I'll close thisdoor and just sit down and wait.
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Sure I do that. What's anelegant, tiny room all in gold and
this is the room where Richard Strattonwas murdered. I don't like that,
No, sir, I don't likeit at all. I who's that opening?
In the door. What is thatin the crack? Heaven help us.
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It looks like the muzzle of agun. Oh, how you killing
me? Okay, I've called her, mister chameleon, tell me gun,
give me mister Stratton, give thatgun to day Manad. That's better.
You got a dave. You mustbe mad? And who are you?
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You sound like mister cameleon, butyou look like some low creature from the
racetrack. A remarkable statement from thedaughter of a stable hend what you're no
more the person you claim to bethan I am Riley the racetrack hanger on
that I impersonated. You missed killingme, Veronica Stretton because I'm wearing a
bulletproof vest. Your murdered husband didn'thave that pretiction. I didn't kill my
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husband. Dirk Rogers, his manageror Polydors killed him one or the other.
They had reason to kill him.I didn't. And why do you
try to kill me? I'll answerit for him. I wasn't trying to
kill anybody. Try to kill mebecause you thought I was. Paddy Riley
here to tell the world that yourhusband's father was not top draw society but
a common race tracked house his brothera broken down jockey, and you the
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daughter of a stable. It's nottrue. It's not true, Veronica Stretton.
You've carefully built a place for yourselfin what you'r distorted mine believe high
social circles. In a madness ofsocial climbing, you forgot that prominence and
success from a humble beginning are somethingto be proud. I'm not of humble
origin. And you killed your famousfilm star husband because he was ready to
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acknowledge his brother Toby. The brothertold me that himself, and that was
more than you could take. Itmeant that your whole house of cards would
collapse. Richard Toby. Richard couldn'tstand it anymore, seeing his brother Toby
all the time. He was gonnalet the whole story out. He was
mad, he was gonna bring Tobyto live with us. I couldn't let
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him make that disgrace on me.I just couldn't missus. Stretton, your
kind of social claimer never ceases toamaze me. To you, murdered is
less disgraceful than a poor family background. It's that tape of thinking, I'll
never understand. Shall I arrest her? Mister cameleon? Yes, Dave,
she's confessed fantastic murder with a fantasticmurtive. And with these words, mister
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Welcome back. This whole concept ofentertainers coming up with false backstories is
definitely something that has happened, andnot just during the Golden Age of entertainment.
I would say that it actually isn'tjust a situation where people will fake
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having a richer background. Sometimes itcan cut both ways. People will actually
make their origins appear humbler than theyare, or somehow different or more edgy.
I've heard of hip hop artists tryingto hide that they actually went to
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nice school in the suburbs. Thatdoesn't quite give you straight cred. And
of course there are still others whowill hide how urban or rural their upbringing
might have been. Because as anaudience, people often have an expectation of
what a great talent is going tolook like and what their overall personalities will
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be. It's one of those greatchallenges when you have a gift in an
area such as acting or singing,and you've got to conform yourself to a
certain image. We've heard many peopleon radio who's working visual mediums were often
limited by factors they couldn't control,or were unable or unwilling to change.
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Themselves to fit whatever image was expectedof them. I don't feel like that's
what's actually being talked about in thisepisode. In many ways, it's a
bit of a recurring theme with theHummers of people pretending to be wealthy and
to put on these errors, butthey aren't. Unlike a story where you
have a fake nobleman trying to calmtheir way into a rich family by marrying
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an heiress, you have a couplewho care so much about what others think
that they actually value the opinion ofrich snobs over human life. I think
the brother was right that their fatherdied as a result of the actor's neglect,
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and of course she killed her husbandto protect her place in society and
avoid her lie being uncovered. Mightbe one of the really odd things about
the Hummers, really, so manyof their serials that they produced, not
all of them, certainly, butmany focused on the goings on with the
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great and the good a lot ofwealthy, famous people. But they didn't
have a really strong patience for theidea of putting on airs. There are
vices that each generation really tends tohate. In our time, hypocrisy may
be the thing that's hated the most. I think that snobbery might have been
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the most universally hated vice or attitudeduring this time period. Now, obviously
there were exceptions that many made forthings we might consider snobbery because it conformed
to their racial attitudes or something else. But I think that beyond that,
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the idea of looking down on someoneand high hatting them or thinking less of
them because you happen to come frommoney or have gotten money was something that
was really strongly hated, and Iwas almost universally despised in pop culture,
(35:21):
and certainly the Hummer's work reflects that. Now I spent some time on some
serious analysis. I will note thatthe whole conversation with the brother was a
bit challenging at times when we talkabout the writing on this, But there
was this one part where he saysthat as a result of his brother's action,
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his father died, and that hisfather was also his brother's father.
Why didn't you just refer to yourfather as he is in action led to
the death of our father. Thatwould have been clear. I mean,
I can kind of get that sortof verbiage if you're talking about a situation
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where it was a stepfather, butthat was just painfully convoluted. We also
learned this episode that without Chameleon present, Dave Arnold has the impulse control of
a child, as he had tobe told don't fire your gun into the
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crowd, don't kill innocent civilians whoare standing there, because we are trying
to get the attention of someone wewant to question. I kind of feel
that if you are a police officerand mister Chameleon has to explain something that
(37:00):
basic to you about the operation ofyour gun, you should not be carrying
a gun. With that though,we turned to listener comments and feedback,
and we start with a comment overon Spotify Peter Wrights regarding the episode the
(37:20):
snapshot in the part murder case.Is it wrong that I prefer Carl Weber's
performance over Carl Swinson's. Today's episodewas a nice change of pace from Swinson's
recent performance as an increasingly grouchy misterChameleon. Well, I would never say
it was wrong, but I'll beinterested to hear what other listeners have to
(37:44):
say on that. Peter. It'skind of interesting because I remember back when
we played in Spector Thorn In Ithink it was season six or season seven.
Everyone was talking about about how meanand pushy and shouty Carl Weber was
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in those first seven or nine episodesthat he played Inspector Thorne. So that's
an interesting perspective. For that reason, I do wonder whether the Chameleons seeming
increasingly grouchy was partially due to fatigue. Yeah, as an actor, you
(38:30):
hate to have anything interfere with yourperformance or your energy. But Carl Swinson
was a busy man. He wasn'tjust doing mister Chameleon. He was doing
at least two other daytime soaps inaddition to whatever guest appearances that he was
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making. So if you had beenperforming mister Comeleian scripts for like fifty one
straight weeks, you might be alittle croachy too, although I tend to
think that that might be more thewriting. You know, given the way
that Chameleon in this episode, Ihave a sense that he realized when he
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actually talked with the brother that hedidn't do it. And then when the
brothers like, I'm not coming backhere, You're not going to end up
questioning me again, mister Kamelian startsarguing with him, like, oh,
well, you think just because youdidn't do it, and I realized that
(39:37):
you didn't do it, that you'resomehow out of this case. No,
no, no, mister, I'mthe detective here. That might be more
the script than anything else. Thenwe also have a comment from Alexis,
and Alexis writes, is the actorwho plays Comeleion in other radio shows.
I want to know if his angrystyle talking to pretty much everyone but police
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is his usual performance style. Demandingto know why the ex criminal was near
the crime scene when a sense agothe ex criminal just explained that he lives
across the road at the trade school. Seemed like he simply doesn't listen.
Well, thanks so much for thequestion, Alexis. And yes, Carl
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Swinson was in other radio shows,a lot of other radio shows, although
many of them are lost or wejust don't have voice cast for all of
the programs that he was in.But he wasn't quite a few other things.
(40:46):
We played him starring in Father Brownback in our second season, and
I think he generally played that alot lighter and a lot softer, except
for one scene where I think itwas kind of appropriate to get a little
(41:07):
bit shouting when he did the adaptationof the Three Tools of Death. He
also starred in this daily serial calledLorenzo Jones, where he played an eccentric
inventor and it's kind of a comedysoap opera. Honestly, I was a
(41:32):
little disappointed that there weren't more episodesin it, particularly from the forties where
they let it be that and heplays this kind of good natured but eccentric
adventure. In addition, he wasin Argyll Sunday, which I've not really
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listened to, don't really have anyinterest, but he played the love interest
of Sunday her husband, Lord HenryBrinthrope. And then I've heard him in
some anthology programs. He played thelead in the romance adaptation of Arman god
(42:15):
Free, and I also heard himplay the Pied Piper, and that's just
a few of the roles that heplayed. So certainly he was an actor
with range, and really I thinkmost of the issues with the performance come
down to the script. And Ithink in that case it was less a
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case of cameleon the character not listeningthat it would be a case where the
hummerk thought perhaps the audience might havemissed it. I do think that there
are some spots where I kind ofcan understand the general philosophy of how they
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made the show, but there aresome points where I don't think they give
the audience enough credit, and thatmay have been one of them. Thanks
for the question, Alexis. AndAlexis also gave a five star rating to
the snap Shot in the Park Murdercase and also to the Dangerous Assignment episode
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Capture James C. Stoller, Sothank you so much for rating us over
there, and thank you to Francescawho gave a five star rating to the
Case of Murder and the Scarface Man. Then we had another comment on Spotify
where Harrison actually wrote regarding the thinMan episode the Moon Murder, why did
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the taxi driver sound like mister Cameleongoing undercover as a taxi driver? Well,
I can't be certain on that,Harrison. I'm not as good at
recognizing most New York radio actors.I think I'm a little better at Hollywood's
still not perfect on everything, butit would not surprise me at all if
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Carl Swinson had played the role ofa taxi driver. He was very talented,
very in demand, and certainly willingto work in the radio acting business
just because you had two feature rolesin a daytime cereal doesn't mean that you
(44:29):
rest on your laurels. As Iwas talking about. I believe it was
last week about radio acting being moreof a situation of gigs rather than jobs.
People worked a lot, took ona lot of these little, small
roles, even if they had biggerroles in other series, because it's part
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of the economics of making a livingin radio. Probably the radio voices that
I'm picking out in New York Citythe most are Ralph Bell, Larry Haynes,
and Maurice tarp One. And itwould not surprise me in the lease
if it was Carl Swinson, andI would not expect to catch Carl Swinson
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given what we've heard on mister Chameleonand his ability to change voices. Speaking
of that, we have a coupleemails. First, Jay Riots, I
agreed with your comments that mister Chameleon'sbutler voice in this episode was good.
The plauts are silly, but CarlSwinson's ability to switch voices is very impressive.
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I like to imagine mister Coameleion deliveringhis speeches about how he caught the
bad guys while in costume, thistime in the butler's uniform, pitty.
He hasn't had to impersonate a balletanswer. Keep up the good work.
Well, you never know. Weare still relatively early in the series,
(45:55):
and I suspect we have quite afew more episodes that'll come into circular And
then rich offers mister Cameleon feedback fromtoday's episode. I've been carpooling with my
twenty year old daughter for several monthsand I've introduced her to your podcast over
this time. I asked her ahypothetical question today about which great detective she
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would like to invite over for dinner, and she chose mister Cameleon, as
he would be able to serve asbutler, chef, etc. She did
worry that he would start yelling atus when he was not in disguise,
and I can't argue with her onthat. Keep up the great work,
and we both enjoy hearing your podcastwhile we commute all the best. Richard,
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Well, thank you so much,Richard, appreciate both of you listening
and you introducing your daughter to thepodcast as you do what is called in
the industry co listening. That isthe term for when you listen to the
podcast with someone else, be itspouse, child or whatever. And this
(47:04):
has actually been put out there asthis big new thing in the podcast world,
where it's like co listening is thisbrand new thing, and I don't
know that this has been going onfor years and years. I can definitely
sympathize with her choice, and Ithink she's got some good reasoning behind it.
(47:25):
Probably the potential of yelling would outweighthat. It's tough for me.
I think that the Falcon would notbe particularly fun because really he's all about
trying to find a date and Icouldn't help him, and so I think
he would just kind of be distracted. I don't think we could put out
(47:51):
a fancy enough spread for bulldog drummen, you know, the sort of British
gentleman detective. I don't think wewould be interesting enough for Steve Mitchell.
He you know, when he's backin the States, he wants to find
some sort of deal, and wejust we don't do deals like at all.
You know, mister Kamilan, We'vecovered. I think I would like
(48:12):
to have Friday and Romero over fordinner, but the thing is that they
would get interrupted and leave before weeven ate. That would have the benefit
of them not overstaying their welcome,but yeah, you kind of at least
would like them to make it throughthe meal. I think if I were
to have someone over, it wouldhave to be Johnny Doller, because Johnny
(48:37):
is very genuine, He's polite,but he's just a type of person that
it seems like you'd like to hangaround with. And honestly, that's probably
the big strength of Johnny Dollar asa series, because you know, there
are weaknesses in the plots and mysteries, but the way Bob Bailey performs,
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I mean just he just seems likea real down to earth sort of guy
who just, you know, sitright up to the table and have interesting
things to say and just be funto be around. I will say there
are probably some other detectives in ourarchive that I might consider more fondly,
(49:20):
like Harry Craig, guy I reallylove. I would love to have him
over, and there are others,but I think of the current definitely Johnny
Dowler. All right, and Iwant to acknowledge thanks for the upload from
Jerry on YouTube regarding the case ofmurdering the Scarfaced Man. And now I
(49:42):
want to go ahead and thank ourPatreon supporter of the day, and I
want to go ahead and thank Laura. Laura has been one of our Patreon
supporters since June of twenty twenty,supporting the show at the Shawmus level of
four dollars or more per month.Thank you so much for your port Laura,
and that will actually do it fortoday. If you're enjoying the podcast,
(50:05):
please follow us using your favorite podcastsoftware and be sure to rate and
review the podcast wherever you download itfrom. We will be back next Wednesday
as we begin broadways my beat,and then next Thursday we'll be back with
another episode of Mister Chameleon. Butjoin us back here tomorrow for yours truly,
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Johnny Dollar, where I know you'rethere? No answer the meat,
Yes, really you're going downstairs.I want to talk to mister Dollar in
private. Whatever you say and throwsthat door, mind my back, mister
Doll, I couldn't see you ifI looked into your face. Now,
(50:52):
then when are you going to arrestthat crook and bring my Lincoln speech back
to me? Well, I'm goingto need a lot of help and information,
missus meekit what kind of information?Mostly about the museum? Well,
do you know who was in therethe night the manuscript disappeared? Certainly the
(51:14):
dirty robber, was anyone else?Ol Peeza always there, supposed to be
guarding place, but he didn't doa very good job the other night,
got himself sucked. Hope you'll bewith us then in the meantime. Send
your comments to Box thirteen at GreatDetectives dot net, follow us on Twitter
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slash Great Detectives from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham.
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