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Program: Let George Do It
Episode: The Tunnel Project
Original Airdate: 5/3/1948
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Episode Summary:
George Valentine and his secretary, Brooksie, pose as a newspaper reporter and photographer to investigate why a tunnel project under a river is having so many problems, accidents, and delays. Both the company President (Kane) and his suspicious partner (Bowers) want an investigation, which is suspicious right off the bat and they both have suspicions about each other. Further, George is suspicious of a trawler in the river, Brooksie, quite frankly, doesn’t trust anyone, at times including George. The police arrest George for drunk and disorderly, which is no way to solve the case . . . or is it?
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Program Summary:
Let George Do It debuted in 1946 as a mystery-detective show, featuring Private Investigator George Valentine. Valentine acquired his cases through a newspaper ad that read: "Personal Notice: Danger’s my stock-in-trade. If the job’s too tough for you to handle, you’ve got a job for me, George Valentine. Write full details." In the early days of the broadcasts, Valentine solved his cases using brains rather than brawn, but in later shows he demonstrated his tough-guy talents, as well.
The show was a solid, well-written detective series, with the role of George Valentine played by Bob Bailey, who later went on to voice Johnny Dollar (in Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar) from 1955 to 1960. Eddie Firestone (who made appearances in practically every major television series through the 50s and 60s) played Sonny, the dim office boy. "Brooksie", Valentine’s secretary/girl Friday, Clair Brooks, was played by Frances Robinson, and Caleb the Elevator Man was played by Joe Kearns (best known as the original "Mr. Wilson" on television’s Dennis the Menace).
22 фев 2019
