The Laughing Matter - Ep 2

From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Oh, yes was hoping you'd come out of seclusion Seclusion I arrived in Ensenada at four o'clock this afternoon It's now 10 p.m. And I still haven't been able to see the man. I'm supposed to protect Well my insurance company doesn't agree with you and they've got a half million dollars running on your life

Knock it off, Burton. I know the good old lovable Charlie Legend, and I've seen your TV show. I'm not sure. Look, are you gonna talk to me, or do I wear my company to cancel your policy and notify your sponsor that you've refused to cooperate with us?

Let's... I'll be there in an hour, Burton. You wait on me for a change. Tonight and every weekday night, Bob Bailey and the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. From special investigator Johnny Dollar, location in Sonata, Mexico, to the home office, union states, casualty company Hartford, Connecticut, assignment, the laughing matter. Expense account continued. Item five, $1.40, taxi from the hotel in the village to the Condencia police on Frente Avenue.

I wanted to run down at one of the maids at the hotel, a girl named Valena Morales. I'd seen her on the hotel terrace shortly after dark near Charlie Burton's room. Seen her arguing with some man who had managed to slip away from me in the darkness.

Captain Peralle said he'd check with me later and politely avoided asking what it was all about. If he had, I couldn't have told him. The Charlie Burton comedy show was on location at Ensonaro, Mexico, and Frank Maltz, the producer, had frantically phoned Hartford and claimed Burton's life had been threatened.