Radio Recap: Meet Miss Sherlock

Meet Miss Sherlock was a CBS mystery program that aired on two occasions as a replacement series, first from July-September, 1946 and the second time from September-October, 1947. The series was written by veteran writer E. Jack Neuman.

We have only 2 surviving episodes of Meet Miss Sherlock and they're both from the 1946 version (apparently the 1947 version had a completely different cast). The series starred Sondra Gair as the titular Jane Sherlock and Joe Petruzzi as Peter Blossom, Jane's boyfriend. William Conrad had a recurring part as the local police detective and there were supporting parts by familiar CBS voices like Paul Frees.

Meet Miss Sherlock is not in the same class as other female-led detective shows like Candy Matson. Jane Sherlock was simply an empty-headed blonde dumbbell in the tradition of Gracie Allen. She was an amateur sleuth who would constantly stumble into crimes that her boyfriend (an attorney) would have to solve. She frustrated Conrad's police detective mostly by always greeting with a cute nickname.

It isn't a great radio comedy-detective series; it's basically the same as Mr. and Mrs. North. The presence of talents like Conrad and Frees elevates the material a bit, but the ditzy persona of Miss Sherlock is the most noteworthy aspect of the program.

You can hear the 2 surviving episodes of Meet Miss Sherlock at the Old Time Radio Researchers Library.