The Jerome J Jerome Case

Here's another in NBC's Great Parade of New Shows. How Dick Paul has Richard Diamond, Private Detective.

Hello there, this is Diamond. You know if you've ever got a few idle minutes and you need a good chuckle to keep you going, just turn to the personals and any of the local papers.

I'm a guy with a strange sense of humor And it really takes something right out of left field to get a spasm out of my funny bone. Well just listen to this one out of the little rock beautiful.

Oh, now. Bachelor, sincere young man, four feet ten, one hundred and ninety pounds. Handsome, out of work for a year, desires to meet woman who can straighten him out. See what I mean. If this guy does find a woman who can straighten him out, she'll probably do it with a flat arm.

Oh, and, uh, and get this one. Young man with large personality Desires to meet woman with big bank account And small sense of humor Object, murder Oh, excuse me, that's merger Oh, and here's a real wizard Attractive, intelligent girl Thirty years old with bubbling enthusiasm for life Neither smokes, drinks nor stays up late

Vegetarian and hate comic books would like Playmate who enjoys active recreation. Hmm. There'll be a month of fasting after that one. Oh yeah, I knew I had something else. But in case I got mixed up in last week.

If you think those personals are silly, Willie, hear about this. It all started about 11 o'clock one morning in my office. Mr. Richard Diamond, private detective. I was out with a hula dancer last night.

Wait, I'll look in the mirror and tell you. Come on in so you can see too. My name is Jerome J Jerome. Well, I'm not going to ask you what the J stands for. You are Mr Diamond, aren't you?