Out of the Fire into the Frying Pan: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (August 21, 1949)

“Out of the Fire into the Frying Pan” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 21, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator, arrives at the Carver County Fair in Iowa as a bodyguard for Rolo, a prize-winning spotted Poland China pig insured for $25,000 by the Blue Ribbon Prime Packing Company. When a woman's diamond brooch is stolen in a staged commotion near the fairgrounds entrance, Johnny becomes a suspect and must clear his name while protecting the valuable swine from potential theft.

Carver County Fair in Carver County, Iowa, during a hot summer day at the fairgrounds and livestock building.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Sheriff Harry, Mrs. Tiller, Worthington Tiller, Alva Anderson, Rolo (Rosie Barron of Iowa)

Listen for: The clever banter between Johnny Dollar and the suspicious sheriff, Johnny's witty commentary about guarding a pig, and his flirtation with Alva Anderson as he learns about pig husbandry.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.