The Happy Thanksgiving radio fans. Dinner won't be served until tomorrow, but we've got a bonus episode of down these mean streets to pair with your turkey and stuffing.

Our menu consists of Turkey Day adventures

from two old-time radio detectives. Up first we've got Jack Webb as the

Lion's Eye, Jeff Regan investigator, and the Pilgrim's Progress, originally aired on

CBS on November 20, 1948.

Jeff Regan was one of Jack Webb's hard-boiled private eye characters he popularized

before he donned the badge and just the fact's demeanor of Sergeant Joe Friday on Dragnet.

Her Butterfield co-stars is Reen's penny-pinching tyrant of a boss, Anthony

Jay Lyon. The supporting cast includes Mary Lansing, Paul Fries, Marvin Miller, and Paul Dubov.

The script was by Jackson Gillis and Larry Roman, and the show was produced by Sterling

Tracy.

Then we'll Let George do it in an episode from CBS on November 20th 1950 titled

Cause for Thanksgiving Bob Bailey who was five years away from playing Johnny Dollar stars as George Valentine

with Virginia Greg as Girl Friday Brooksy. She played the detective's gal over on

Richard Diamond as well. The cast in this one includes Wally Mayor

as Lieutenant Riley with Alan Reed, Dick Ryan, and Tony Barrett. Jackson Gillis

shares a co-writing credit on this episode too.

He was a prolific writer for radio and television mysteries,

and his co-writer was David Victor.

The episode was directed by Don Clark. My name is Regen. I get ten a day and expenses from a detective bureau run by a guy

named Anthony J. Lion. They call me the lion's eye.

With Jack Webb is Jeff Reagan, the lion's eye,

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