Drop Dead (HSG): Let George Do It (July 23, 1951)

“Drop Dead (HSG)” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 23, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Writer Jerry Yule calls George Valentine with a mysterious story involving a green and orange parrot. When George and his associate Miss Brooks meet Yule at the run-down Captain Charlie's Neptune Palace hotel near the docks, they discover a dead sailor in an alley and learn the parrot's connection to his demise.

Captain Charlie's Neptune Palace, a dilapidated hotel near the commercial docks in a foggy seaside district; an alley nearby.

Characters: George Valentine, Miss Brooks, Jerry Yule, Captain Charlie, Morton, Sadie, Lamey, Lieutenant

Listen for: The parrot's distinctive squawk and repeated phrase 'Drop dead'; discussion of a dead sailor found in an alley and the mystery surrounding his death; clues involving tobacco chewing and a valuable parrot.

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.