The Villages Old-Time Radio Drama Club
To attend a meeting you MUST show your
Villages ID card,
or be a guest of a Villager!
The OTR Club meets the first Thursday of each month
at 7:00 PM
NORMALLY in the
Savannah Recreation Center – The Villages, Florida
BUT FOR THE MAY 2, 2024 MEETING IT'S AT
La HACIENDA RECREATION CENTER
****** NEXT MEETING MAY 2, 2024 ******
See Below for Program Details
Plenty of seating at round tables.
Popcorn and soft drinks provided (or Bring Your Own).
There is a $2 donation request to cover cost of snacks and printing.
Program for MAY 2, 2024:
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a
"fabulous" freelance insurance investigator "with the
action-packed expense account." The show aired on CBS Radio from
January 1949 to September 1962. There were 811 episodes in the
12-year run.
Each story started with a phone call from an insurance
executive, calling on Johnny to investigate an unusual claim.
Each story required Johnny to travel to some distant locale,
usually within the United States but sometimes abroad, where he
was almost always threatened with personal danger in the course
of his investigations. Johnny's file on each case was usually
referenced as a "matter," as in "The Silver Blue Matter" or "The
Forbes Matter." Later episodes were more fanciful, with titles
like "The Wayward Trout Matter" and "The Price of Fame Matter"
(the latter featuring a rare guest-star appearance: Vincent
Price).
Each story was recounted in flashback, as Johnny listed each
line item from his expense account. Most of the items related to
transportation and lodging, but no incidental expense was too
small for Johnny to itemize, as in "Item nine, 10 cents.
Aspirin. I needed them." Johnny usually stuck to business, but
would engage in romantic dalliances with women he encountered in
his travels; later episodes gave Johnny a steady girlfriend,
Betty Lewis. Johnny's precious recreational time was usually
spent fishing, and it was not uncommon for Johnny's clients to
exploit this favorite pastime in convincing him to take on a
job. The episodes generally finished with Johnny tallying up his
account, making final remarks on the report, and traveling back
to Hartford, Connecticut, where he was based.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
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