I credit my love of old-time radio shows to the radio station QR77. Each year they had a series they called "12 Days of Christmas" and would present one Christmas episode of an old-radio show each evening for the 12 nights leading up to Christmas Day. I've done the same on this blog every now and then but this year I've decided to follow the actual 12 days of Christmas - meaning, I'm starting today and will finish on January 5th. I hope this may help you keep some fine Christmas sentiment through the entire Christmas season.
We'll begin with "The Santa Claus of Bum's Blvd." from Casey, Crime Photographer. On this Christmas program, Casey and his reporter friend Ann Williams investigate a philanthropist called "Mr. Shepherd" who visits the rundown "Bum's Blvd." each Christmas to hand out money. This year, someone has taken Mr. Shepherd's money.
"The Santa Claus of Bum's Blvd." originally aired December 12, 1947. It was written by the show's producer, Alonzo Deen Cole. Is it just me, or does "Mr. Shepherd" sound a lot like one of the performers from the Greatest Story Ever Told?
Tomorrow: Dragnet!
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