Dick Powell Radio Detective Shows
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:00 am
Dick Powell is my favorite radio detective. He was on a Rogues' Gallery series before Richard Diamond. And he had about the same breezy style. I checked out a Radio Detective multi-cassette edition from the library, in which there were several Richard Rogue shows. All of them had hilarious fluffs in them, leading me to think maybe they were rehearsal shows. Later on, I heard other Rogue's Gallery Shows over internet radio, and they had no mistakes. So there.
However the Richard Diamond series had the edge on writing, production and Dick Powell's wonderful style. They were having a lot of fun during the broadcast. especially the announcer's close over Dick Powell's improvised whistling the theme music. Must have been trying to break up the announcer.
This from Hal Evans, an old radio announcer, who was too easy to break up on the air.
However the Richard Diamond series had the edge on writing, production and Dick Powell's wonderful style. They were having a lot of fun during the broadcast. especially the announcer's close over Dick Powell's improvised whistling the theme music. Must have been trying to break up the announcer.
This from Hal Evans, an old radio announcer, who was too easy to break up on the air.