Stay tuned for Nero Wolf. This Sunday marks the premiere of the big show on NBC.

Not just any big show, it's THE big show.

NBC's hour and a half of comedy, music, and drama, the best of each.

The big show will be heard every Sunday afternoon over most of these stations, with Toula

Bankhead as mistress of ceremonies.

Your stars for this Sunday's broadcast include Jimmy Durranti,

Fred Allen, Ethel Merman, Frankie Lane, Mindy Carson, Meredith Wilson, Danny Thomas, and hosts

of others. All this and Toula too. No wonder it's the big show.

My boss is the smartest and the stubbornest, the fattest and the laziest, the cleverest and the craziest,

the most extravagant detective in the world, Nero Wolf. It's the adventure of the case of the dear dead lady with that brilliant eccentric private detective

orchid fancier and gargantuan gourmet near a wolf starring Sydney Green Street. Niro Wolf had just come downstairs, having tended to his precious orchids.

He was, as usual, seated in the library, which served as the office.

He just dialed a phone number, with his eyes closed was leaning back in his

specially built chair which was big enough for two but not two of him. Mr. Helzberger's market, domestic and imported delicacies.

Mr. Helzberger, this is near a wolf.

Oh, yeah, Mr. Wolf, I was just about to ring you.

Well, I have need of two pounds of duck liver.

I do not, of course, refer to the commercialized Strasbourg petit.

I appreciate the order, Mr. Wolf, but...

Next, my cook Fritz informs me that we will require three fine fat geese.

Look, Mr. Wolf, there's a little matter of an unpaid...

You might add 12 cases of beer, a butcher of Vermont apples, green for stuffing and a gallon of

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