The Fat Man


















Jack Smart

 
"The Fat Man" premiered on ABC on Monday, January 21, 1946, at 8:30pm. J. Scott Smart played the lead role of Brad Runyon
 
The show started with:
"There he goes, into that drugstore. He's stepping on the scales. Weight? 237 pounds. Fortune? Danger. Whoooooo is it?"

And then J. Scott Smart's deep, sonorous tones are heard --
the voice the boy has been waiting to hear all day --
replying: "THE FAT MAAAAN!"

"The Fat Man" originated in the studios of WJZ in New York and began as a modestly priced sustainer [no sponsor but the station] vaguely based upon character ideas in Dashiell Hammett's writings and fleshed out by producer, E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg. The announcer was Charles Irving. The directors for the program were Clark Andrews, creator of "Big Town," and Charles Powers. The main writer for the series was Richard Ellington, but it was also scripted by Robert Sloane, Lawrence Klee and others. The veteran character actor Ed Begley was featured as Sgt. O'Hara. Regulars on the program included Petty Garde, Paul Stewart, Linda Watkins, Mary Patton as Lila North, and Vicki Vola, also the female lead in "Mr. District Attorney." Amzie Strickland played the ingenue, Cathy Evans, and Nell Harrison played Runyon's mother during the early episodes. The cast also included Dan Ocko, Roily Bester (wife of Alfred Pester, the science fiction writer), and Robert Dryden. An eleven-piece orchestra was on hand to provide live music, and was directed by Bernard Green, who also wrote that memorably stirring theme. The sound effects were by Ed Blaney, who actually did drop a coin in a change slot each week for the sound of the drug store scale.

1 CD with 48 shows
This CD is in the MP3 format.




Episodes
46-01-21 American The 19th Pearl
46-02-00 American The Twice-Told Secret
46-07-08 American The Black Angel
46-09-09 American The Crooked Horse
47-10-03 American Window for Murder
49-04-01 American Murder Wins the Draw
49-07-22 American Murder is the Medium
51-01-17 American Nightmare Murder
51-09-15 American Order for Murder
xx-xx-xx American Murder Plays Hide & Seek
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder and the Peacock
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Appears Out of the Past
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder by Mail
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Calls the Undertaker
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Finds a Coffin
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder for Sale
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Forecasts Death
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder from the Past
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder in the Dark
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder is Forecast
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Made Stylish
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes a Black Moon
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes a Broken Heart
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes a Ham
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes a Silent Partner
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes a Statue
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes Music
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes the King's Coffee
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Makes the Payoff
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Meets an Uncertain Lady
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Pays the Dividends
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Plays the Horses
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Repeats Itself
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Rides a Wheelchair
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Rings the Bell
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Runs a Want Ad
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Seeks a Lost Penny
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Sends a Christmas Card
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Shows a Card
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Shows a Phantom Face
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Shows an Unfamiliar Face
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Shows Eyes in the Dark
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Squares the Triangle
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Stalks the Dead
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Takes a Picture
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Through a Crystal
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Wears a Fake Face
xx-xx-xx Australian Murder Writes a Story.