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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Episode 335 – Frees as a Bird (Green Lama & The Whistler)

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Jack Mooney

Arts, Performing Arts, Tv & Film

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Whether he was thwarted by Rocky and Bullwinkle or leading visitors on a tour of the Haunted Mansion, Paul Frees' rich voice has been a part of pop culture for generations. But before all of that, he was a versatile voice actor on radio - one of the era's men of a thousand voices. We'll hear him starring as Jethro Dumont in "The Man Who Never Existed" from The Green Lama (originally aired on CBS on June 5, 1949). Then he's an impressionist roped into a scheme in "Fatal Fraud" from The Whistler (originally aired on CBS on May 22, 1949).

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0:00.0

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.

0:07.0

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

0:18.0

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

0:22.0

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize.

0:25.0

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

0:30.0

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

0:33.0

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. the Hello and welcome to down these means streets and more mystery and crime fighting from the

1:00.3

golden age of Radio.

1:02.8

This week we're saluting Paul Frees, one of radio's men of a thousand voices.

1:09.4

Even if you don't recognize his name, chances are you've heard his voice on the big or small screens or during a visit to Disneyland.

1:18.0

Welcome, foolish mortals to the haunted mansion.

1:24.0

I am your host, your ghost host.

1:29.0

In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe lies a medium-sized star,

1:38.0

and one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet planet is now dead.

1:45.0

Well, there they are fearless leader, all of Moose and Squirrels, Monion Papers.

1:50.0

And what do you think they'll do now, bad enough? They'll start for home. And how do you think they'll do now bad enough?

1:52.7

They'll start for home.

1:54.1

And how do we get secret rocket fuel formula from Moose if he goes home?

1:58.9

You mean?

2:00.0

Yes, in the words of our decayed American enemies, you goofed. I'll have to report this to Mr Big.

2:07.8

Mr Bigg! Oh no, no, not that, I beg of you, fearless leader.

2:12.8

Take back my medals, my bad conduct ribbon,

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