The Weather or Not Matter: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (July 15, 1962)

“The Weather or Not Matter” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 15, 1962. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar arrives in Sarasota, Florida, where his old friend Earl Foreman has called him in to investigate potential trouble. Earl's client, the wealthy retired T. Rockway Mayfield, is throwing a birthday party tomorrow, and his estranged stepchildren Betty and Frank Merritt are flying in to attend. Earl fears the siblings may be planning something sinister to gain access to Mayfield's considerable fortune.

Sarasota, Florida, at T. Rockway Mayfield's beachfront estate with swimming pool, patio bar, and mysterious pool house.

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Earl Foreman, T. Rockway Mayfield, Don Boomhauer, Betty Merritt, Frank Merritt, Cinnamon the bartender

Listen for: The strange joke Mayfield makes about Johnny Dollar's name and cents; his odd behavior and cryptic remarks about his stepchildren; the mysterious pool house he refuses to fully explain.

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.