The First Client: Let George Do It (September 20, 1946)

“The First Client” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 20, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine, a newly independent private investigator, acquires his first client when mystery writer Jonathan Winters arrives at his office claiming he is about to be murdered. Before Valentine can learn more, Winters collapses, and when Valentine and his new assistant Sonny Brooks return to the office, the body has vanished. Valentine must now solve the mystery of the disappeared client before the police arrive.

George Valentine's new private detective office in a city building, and Jonathan Winters' home study.

Characters: George Valentine, Sonny Brooks, Claire Brooks, Jonathan Winters, Mrs. Winters, Caleb

Listen for: The comical dynamic between George and his pushy young assistant Sonny; George's skepticism about Winters' murder claim; the mysterious disappearance of the body and Winters himself.

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.