Weight . . . 237 pounds . . . Fortune . . . Danger! Who Is It? / The Fat Man / "A Window for Murder," The complete, unedited, ABC network broadcast of October 3, 1947, Sponsored by Pepto Bismol -- AND (ON THE FLIP SIDE) -- Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer presents The New Adventures of The Thin Man / "The Passionate Palooka," Unedited, exactly as heard on NBC radio July 6, 1948 (VINTAGE RADIO MYSTERY VINYL LP -- DASHIELL HAMMETT INTEREST)

"The Fat Man" starring J. Scott Smart / "The New Adventures of the Thin Man" starring Les Tremayne and Claudia Morgan, with Ed Herlihy announcing

Published by The Radiola Co., Sandy Hook, Conn., 1977

About this Item

Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing (presumably mono) vinyl record, Radiola MR-1082, near-mint vinyl in a near-mint cardboard jacket, transcribing actual old-time dramatic radio broadcasts of 1947 and 1948. "The Fat Man" -- concept credited to Dashiell Hammett -- broadcast from the studios of WJZ Radio in Newark, New Jersey from 1946 to 1951, by which time television was making inroads. The Fat Man was developed by producer E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg and co-starred Ed Begley as Sgt. O'Hara. "The Adventures of the Thin Man" (1941-1950) were based on the William Powell-Myrna Loy films, which were in turn based, of course, on the 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett. (Yes, times have changed, but for a man weighing 237 lbs. to be considered "really fat," how short would he have to be? Five-foot-four? New York's fattest congressman, Jerry Nadler, stands 5-foot-4 and peaked at 338 lbs. before resorting to surgery, which has reportedly now reduced him to a lithe 277.) This radio-theater LP now reduced (without surgery) from $21.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Weight . . . 237 pounds . . . Fortune . . . Danger! Who Is It? / The Fat Man / "A Window for Murder," The complete, unedited, ABC network broadcast of October 3, 1947, Sponsored by Pepto Bismol -- AND (ON THE FLIP SIDE) -- Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer presents The New Adventures of The Thin Man / "The Passionate Palooka," Unedited, exactly as heard on NBC radio July 6, 1948 (VINTAGE RADIO MYSTERY VINYL LP -- DASHIELL HAMMETT INTEREST)
• Publisher: The Radiola Co., Sandy Hook, Conn.
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theater
  • Mysteries
  • Spoken Word