Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about
a freelance insurance investigator "with the action-packed
expense account." The show aired on CBS Radio from February
11, 1949 to September 30, 1962. Johnny Dollar was a smart, tough,
wisecracking detective who tossed silver-dollar tips to waiters
and bellhops.
Each story started with a phone call from an insurance
agent, 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.
This collection of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Greats
includes 610 different shows and appearances for a total of 224+
hours of listening enjoyment.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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