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I love when the title of a thing tells you exactly what the thing is about

anyway on that note I'm super excited to read Maigret, Lognon, and the Gangsters

#reaction posts #inspector maigret #i fuckin love Lognon he's so pathetic

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Lee Mont, Va. May 31, 1912

How about it? Ha! Ha!

#vintage postcards #leap year

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i like how, when Nero Wolfe finds out that a woman has been desperately pursuing Archie, he's like "Apparently you find him as vexatious as I do."

#reaction posts #nero wolfe

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#idk what google thinks an OTP is but i do t think i've ever autodeleted an OTP after 24 hours #i ship them for years #fandom #dumb posts

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it's a Perry Mason case, of course there have

#reaction posts #perry mason

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this old-timey beverage sounds like a bootleg game boy game

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i'm sick and tired of getting to keep the Legendary Pokémon because I'm worthy or whatever, like I am not, the Legendary Pokémon should be free, if it comes with me it's just gonna languish in the PC forever

(.... also some Legendary Pokémon probably have important ecological niches? like that dude really early on in Sun/Moon was like "oh in Alola we don't have to worry much about law enforcement because the gods keep everybody in line" or whatever which was weird enough, but then later I caught all the gods?? like who's gonna take care of the islands now)

#reaction posts #pokémon #pokémon scarlet violet

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Happy birthday to my favorite radio actor, Larry Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002)!

Character actor Lawrence Dobkin was a frequent supporting player in radio, with hundreds of credits across dozens of different programs. He appeared in over 170 episodes of Gunsmoke, playing all kinds of characters from gunmen to gentlemen. Other shows where he was often heard include Escape; Romance; Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar; The Whistler; Let George Do It; Frontier Gentleman; Fort Laramie; Have Gun, Will Travel; NBC University Theatre; etc.

Larry Dobkin's only leading role in a radio series was the title sleuth in Ellery Queen from February 1947 to April 1948--and even there he wasn't exactly a headliner, because, in keeping with the pseudonymous source material, the show was always coy about identifying the actors who played Ellery. You might recognize him as Lieutenant Matthews on The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, the first of three main Archie Goodwins on The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, Dave on The Man From Homicide, or Pat McCracken (usually) on Johnny Dollar--and if you ask me, his most memorable and lovable radio character was Louie, the Brooklyn cabbie who sometimes played sidekick to Vincent Price on The Adventures of the Saint.

Dobkin also played numerous roles in film and television and later did writing and directing work for television.

Here are a few of my favorite radio episodes featuring Larry Dobkin:

Ellery Queen 1947-12-04 "Man in the Street": A swindler is murdered before Inspector Queen and Ellery can put him in jail. Whodunit? There were only about ten thousand people with a motive!

The Saint 1950-11-19 "No Hiding Place": The Saint tries to help a young man who has escaped from prison after several attempts on his life. Who framed him, who's out to get him, and why? (Louie isn't in this episode as much as in some others, but the lines he does get include some of my favorite lines ever, and anyway I think it's one of the strongest episodes of the series.)

Escape 1949-07-07 "The Fourth Man": Dobkin narrates this classic story of three "civilized" men adrift on a raft in the tropics, battling thirst and each other while their "savage" pilot calmly sits by.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1949-07-09: An escaped convict, bent on revenge against Richard Diamond, kidnaps Diamond's girlfriend.

Philip Marlowe 1950-01-21 "The Bid for Freedom": A woman has escaped from an asylum, and now her husband is in danger of being murdered. Or maybe it's not that simple.

Philip Marlowe 1950-07-28 "The Glass Donkey": Lieutenant Matthews calls to ask about a girl Marlowe used to date--a girl who's just been murdered. It's real personal as Marlowe offers his services to find out why a nice girl had to die.

Philip Marlowe 1951-08-18 "The Young Man's Fancy": There's no murder in this somewhat atypical Philip Marlowe episode by Kathleen Hite. Marlowe goes out for Moscow Mule ingredients, and gets involved in the family troubles of the nice old man from whom he buys his limes.

The Story of Dr. Kildare 1950-10-25: A madman with a gun is holed up inside a school building. Dr. Kildare goes in after him, while Dr. Gillespie scrambles to remotely diagnose a mental illness without ever talking to the patient.

Gunsmoke 1952-06-28 "The Ride Back": This recently rediscovered Gunsmoke episode is almost entirely a radio play for only two voices, as Marshall Dillon brings a twisted killer through hostile Indian country.

Gunsmoke 1952-08-02 "Renegade White": Matt goes after a white man who's been selling guns to Indians, and winds up a prisoner of the Indians himself.

Gunsmoke 1953-02-21 "Meshougah": Matt and Chester find a whole town held hostage by a crazed killer and his gang of outlaws.

Fort Laramie 1956-05-13 "War Correspondent": A smart newspaperman from the East tags along with Captain Quince, hoping to show the folks back home a fair picture of life on the frontier. He's got a lot to learn!

Fort Laramie 1956-06-03 "Don't Kick My Horse": One of Captain Quince's soldiers is a meek little man whose only friend is his horse. He's been in the cavalry ten years, and it's time for a new horse. Dude is not ready to accept this. Tragedy ensues.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 1956-01-09 – 1956-01-13 "The Todd Matter": A tip on an old burglary leads Johnny into a very fresh shooting. Dobkin plays five roles in this story (two of them in close proximity) and what always strikes me is that he doesn't do five radically different voices--he doesn't even change his accent very much! He just acts each character so completely that you're not even inclined to pay attention to the actor.

Have Gun, Will Travel 1958-12-14 "The Outlaw": Paladin makes a deal with a convicted killer who wants to see his newborn son before being hanged.

Suspense 1954-07-27 "Destruction": "And it had a kind of warmth to it, this dying…" A strange, melancholy, poetic script by radio noir greats Fine and Friedkin, about a pathetic little man at the end of his rope.

#my favorite radio actor let me show you him #larry dobkin #lawrence dobkin #ellery queen #gunsmoke #philip marlowe #old time radio

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Tartaglia: Ah, rain is indeed a moody thing, eh Danny?

Clover: Hm? Oh. Oh, hello, Gino.

Tartaglia: I tossed a similar comment to Mrs. Tartaglia during the night. I knocked on her shoulder, woke her up and said, "Mrs. T, rain is a moody thing. It taps on windows, calls up memories of tothood."

Clover: You woke her to tell her that?

Tartaglia: Once she woke me about snow. We have an understanding about things like that, Danny.

- Broadway Is My Beat 1952-03-15

#marriage goals #broadway is my beat #NO BUT THE REASON I LOVE THIS SO MUCH IS LIKE #gino is maybe a little bit annoying and danny does not always have much patience with him #and it would have been so easy for the show to have decided to convey the impression that his wife also finds him annoying #but no! #turns out she too is an ABSOLUTE DELIGHT

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Tartaglia: Danny! Danny, what's the matter? Danny, you look sick. No. No, it's something different from sick. Hey Danny, can I get you a glass of water or something?

Clover: What do you want, Tartaglia.

Tartaglia: --Well--Danny, I just want you shouldn't look like that.

Clover: What else do you want, Tartaglia.

- Broadway Is My Beat 1950-02-03

#what else do you want because if what you want is for danny clover to stop being morose you are out of luck #broadway is my beat #sgt gino tartaglia is a goddamn cinnamon roll

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illya is so dramatic oh my god i love him

#the man from u.n.c.l.e. #i think of this line often

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OH NO

#reaction posts #perry mason #poor hamilton #it's been like 27 years and i never quite noticed

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Della Street is hella bi

#reaction posts #perry mason #gay perry mason blog

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he's not wrong

this kind of thing is even funnier when you're binge reading the series because you're just like "yep, preliminary hearing, time for Perry Mason to pull off some crazy bullshit"

#reaction posts #perry mason

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this kind of thing is even funnier when you're binge reading the series because you're just like "yep, preliminary hearing, time for Perry Mason to pull off some crazy bullshit"

#reaction posts #perry mason #when hamilton burger first showed up he was really cool! #like he wanted to work with mason to find out the truth and stuff! #but eventually he became an antagonist because he is understandably fed up with perry mason's shit

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oh no that's really cute

#reaction posts #perry mason #the three of them are so great together i can't even

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#reaction posts #perry mason #this is now a gay perry mason blog sorry i dont make the rules