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Podcast: 1001 RADIO DAYS
Episode: THE MEI LING BUDDHA MATTER, DOUBLE INDEMNITY MATTER, MISSING MISSILE MATTER JOHNNY DOLLAR
Description: Bob Bailey, generally thought of as the most popular of the Johnny Dollars, brought a new interpretation to the character – tough, but not hard-boiled; streetwise, but not overly cynical, Bailey's Dollar was smart and gritty when he had to be. But Bailey's Johnny Dollar was also human. His character would get emotionally involved in a number of his cases. He had a streak of impatience, and would occasionally not fully listen to a witness and rush off on a tangent before realizing his mistake. The weekday serialized episodes are generally acknowledged as some of the finest radio de...