Broadway's My Beat: Nick Norman, Santa Claus (EP4577)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1949
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Howard McNear; Gil Stratton; Shepard Menken; Peggy Webber; Hal March; Bert Holland; Estelle Dodge
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the redactives of old-time radio. |
| 0:31.5 | In a moment, we're going to give you an episode of Broadway's My Beat, but first, I do want to encourage you if you enjoy the podcast |
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| 1:16.1 | Thank you so much for your support. |
| 1:18.9 | Now it is time for our first Christmas episode, the original air date, December 24th, 1949, and the title |
| 1:27.5 | is Nick Norman |
| 1:29.3 | Santa Claus. |
| 1:33.0 | Broadway's |
| 1:33.8 | My Beat, from Times Square |
| 1:35.5 | to Columbus Circle, the gaudiest, |
| 1:37.8 | the most violent, |
| 1:39.5 | the lonest, most mile in the world. |
| 1:53.3 | Broadway's My Beat, with Larry to the music of carols flowing out of tinseled loudspeakers. The kids mash their noses against plate glass, lick it and watch the mechanical clown, the mechanized tour army, the tin man dancing a jig on a tin box, and their eyes are dark with desire and hunger. |
| 2:26.9 | They make a wish on a neon star. |
| 2:29.4 | That's how it is on Christmas Eve, on Broadway. |
| 2:33.1 | My Beat. |
| 2:39.0 | Music is on Christmas Eve, on Broadway. My Beat. On the morning of the day before Christmas, |
| 2:41.2 | creatures are stirring at police headquarters. |
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