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Personal notice, danger's my stock and trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you got a job for me, George Valentine. Write full details. A few years ago, a new slogan or slang expression was thrust on the vocabulary of the American public. You remember it. It came in very handy when the wife wanted you to clean out the attic. Or your brother-in-law put the bite on you for a ten spot. It was, quote, drop dead, unquote. Of course, it never did you any good, but it w…

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Synopsis

In the Let George Do It episode 'Drop Dead', George Valentine receives a frantic call from a writer named Jerry Huell, who claims to have stumbled upon a story that he cannot finish without George's help. The story revolves around a green and orange parrot that ominously repeats the phrase 'Drop Dead', and it seems to be connected to a series of mysterious events involving a seaman and a counterfeiter. Intrigued, George agrees to meet Jerry at the dilapidated Captain Charlie's Neptune Palace, an old hotel in a rough part of town.

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Bob Bailey

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Credits

  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_Let_George_Do_It_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
  • Cast and sponsor data from RadioGold Index (J. David Goldin / UMKC Libraries).
  • Historical context from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

LGDI 51-07-23 (254) Drop Dead (HSG).mp3

Let George Do It, Episode 254

Drop Dead

Monday, July 23, 1951 · 27:11

Let George Do It, Episode 254

Drop Dead

Monday, July 23, 1951 · 27:11

Summary

George Valentine investigates a mysterious story involving a parrot that ominously repeats the phrase 'Drop Dead' and a series of strange events surrounding its former owner.

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  • 1951 — Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.
  • 1951 — Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 disappears while flying from Vancouver to Tokyo. The aircraft and its 37 occupants are never found.
  • 1951 — King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • 1951 — Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.

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