Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to our midweek bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets.

Today we'll kick off two weeks of old time radio Thanksgiving comedy

just in time for next week's celebration of Turkey Day.

Sadly, with COVID still surging across the country,

it looks like most of us won't be able to see family and friends

around the table this year.

Yours truly included.

So to try to brighten the mood, like we've been doing nearly every week since this pandemic

began, and to maybe make it feel a little bit more like

Thanksgiving we'll hear a pair of comedies this week with two more next week all

about some of our favorite old-time radio stars enjoying their turkey

dinners. But in today's first episode, Jack Benny dreams that he's the one on the menu.

Originally aired on NBC on November 21st,

1943,

this show finds Jack and Mary picking out a live turkey from the store.

After all, it is cheaper.

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