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But now it's time to get into filo vans.

And there were actually several series that were based on the character.

There were at least four series that I can find evidence of.

And I believe that this one was actually the first.

And it's a bit of an odd one.

The digital deli log doesn't have a very long log for this series.

So we have no idea when it started or ended, only that this episode came from that series.

And it doesn't even reference the series as in his encyclopedia of old time radio.

Filo vans was created in 1926 by SS Van Don and appeared in a series of novels that were really popular in the 1920s.

The character still was around and continued to be popular particularly through films, including those of William Powell.

In the 1930s.

And we'll talk a little bit more about the history of filo vans after the episode.

But let's go ahead and get into today's episode, the original air day, April 29, 1943.

And this one is the case of the Chalini Cup.

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