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The Adventures of the Falcon, the old-time radio detective (Mutual and NBC radio, 1943 to 1954): a new episode every week, in the order they first aired, to play right here or in any podcast app. A Stupid Potato channel.
The Adventures of the Falcon is the old time radio detective show about Michael Waring, the Falcon, a suave New York freelance detective "always ready with a hand for oppressed men and an eye for repressed women." Listen free online here or follow the free podcast, which plays the episodes in the order they first aired, from a 1945 Mutual broadcast to the last cases of 1954.
Every show opens the same way: the telephone rings, the Falcon picks up ("Yes, this is the Falcon speaking") and breaks a date with one of his many girlfriends, "You'll have to give me a rain check, Angel," because some new murder has come up. The character was created by Drexel Drake, and as the announcer reminded listeners, "you met the Falcon first in his best-selling novels, then you saw him in his thrilling motion picture series." On radio the Falcon was played by several actors: James Meighan in the 1945 shows here, Les Damon in the 1950 to 1952 shows and George Petrie in 1954.
The early cases carry titles like "Murder Is a Family Affair"; from 1950 they are "The Case of the" something, from the Puzzling Pinup to the Widow's Gorilla. The Falcon trades wisecracks with the police, charms the women and gets slugged by the hoods, and the stories wrap up in a half hour with a last flirtatious line. The 1950 and 1951 NBC broadcasts come with their Kraft Foods commercials for Miracle Whip and Kraft Dinner, and the Mutual shows with ads for Gem razor blades.
Several actors played Michael Waring, the Falcon. In the episodes here you will hear James Meighan (1945), Les Damon (1950 to 1952) and George Petrie (1954).
They share a name and a type: a debonair amateur sleuth with an eye for the ladies. The movie Falcon was played by George Sanders and then Tom Conway; the radio show's Falcon is Michael Waring, the character created by Drexel Drake.
The series moved between networks. The episodes here come from Mutual in the 1940s, NBC in 1950 and 1951, sponsored by Kraft Foods, and Mutual again from 1952 to 1954.
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