Cover for an Hour: Let George Do It (September 18, 1950)

“Cover for an Hour” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 18, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is knocked out and locked in a closet for an hour by a mysterious delivery boy named Joe, who sends George's assistant Miss Brooks on a wild goose errand across town. When George recovers, he discovers someone used his office during that missing hour, but nothing appears to have been stolen. George suspects the office was used as a cover for something sinister, while a confused stenographer named Sue arrives claiming she was hired to take letters during that same hour.

George Valentine's detective office and various locations around the city, including Wagner's investment office across town.

Characters: George Valentine, Miss Brooks, Joe, Lieutenant Riley, Mr. J.W. Wagner, Barney, Sue

Listen for: The mystery of what actually happened during the missing hour and why someone would go to such elaborate lengths to use George's office as a cover.

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.