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Carl has some interesting programs from the archives this week, including A LIFE IN YOUR HANDS, the game show IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT and TOM CORBETT SPACE CADET. Plus, CRIME CLASSICS, THE ADVENTURES OF FRANK MERRIWELL and THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE with Willard Watterman.

Episode Segments

H360: A life in Your Hands

OTR Drama: A Life in Your Hands 8-27-52 “Blackmailed by a Secretary” starring Carlton KaDell. Politician Peter Grant has been shot. His blackmailer is accused of the crime, but others have excellent motives too. Created by Erle Stanley Gardner. NBC.


OTR Comedy Part 1: It Pays To Be Ignorant 8-30-46 “What is a Bargain Sale?” with Tom Howard as master of ceremonies. Panel: George Shelton, Lulu McConnell and Harry McNaughton. Ken Roberts (ann). Mutual.

H360: The Adv. of Frank Merriwell

OTR Comedy Part 2: It Pays To Be Ignorant 8-30-46 “What is a Bargain Sale?” with Tom Howard as master of ceremonies. Panel: George Shelton, Lulu McConnell and Harry McNaughton. Ken Roberts (ann). Mutual.


OTR Adventure: The Adventures of Frank Merriwell 4-9-48 “The April Shower Adventure” starring Lawson Zerbe. Frank and Bart become locked in a half-finished swimming pool in the middle of a baseball game. Cast: Hal Studer and Elaine Rost. Harlow Wilcox (ann). NBC.

H360: Tom Corbett Space Cadet

OTR Sci-Fi: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 1-29-52 “Vanadium Hijackers” starring Frank Thomas Jr. The cadets track down a gang of vanadium hijackers to the dark side of Mercury. Cast: Edward Bryce and Jan Merlin. Spon. by Kellogg’s Pep. ABC.


OTR Comedy Part 1: The Great Gildersleeve 12-13-50 “Chief Gates on the Spot” starring Willard Waterman. Gildy has a drastic plan to save Chief Gates’ job – he’s going to find him a criminal to arrest! Cast: Arthur Q. Bryan, Richard LeGrand, Walter Tetley and Porter Hall. Spon. by Kraft. NBC.

H360: Crime Classics

OTR Comedy Part 2: The Great Gildersleeve 12-13-50 “Chief Gates on the Spot” starring Willard Waterman. Gildy has a drastic plan to save Chief Gates’ job – he’s going to find him a criminal to arrest! Cast: Arthur Q. Bryan, Richard LeGrand, Walter Tetley and Porter Hall. Spon. by Kraft. NBC.


OTR Mystery: Crime Classics 7-6-53 “The Shrapnelled Body of Charles Drew, Sr.” starring Lou Merrill. In 1739 England Charles Jr. killed his dad before he can change his will. Cast: Paul Frees, Antony Ellis, Terry Kilburn, Ben Wright, Irene Tedrow and Bill Johnstone. Sust. CBS.

Friday • March 20

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