Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Expense Account Submitted
Just finished listening to "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Expense Account Submitted" released by Radio Spirits.
One of the curious things about this collection of Johnny Dollar adventures, which was first released by Radio Spirits back in 2014 - yes, sometimes I don't get around to listening to something for years - even a decade isn't too surprising for me - is that not only is it a heady mixture of the week long adventures that were stretched out into 15-minute segments on weekday nights when the first aired before going back to the original and traditional 30-minute format - is that in some of the 30-minute episodes Johnny Dollar breaks through the Fourth Wall and actually address the listening audience to let them know that they are listening to his adventures on the radio, which he appreciates, and that he is actually a real person.
To the best of my knowledge, radio historians such as Elizabeth McLeod, have never addressed as to why this subtle wink and nod to bending the listener's reality and why show producers wanted people to think that there was a real life Johnny Dollar has never been addressed.z
And since Radio Spirits have blocked me from posting on their Facebook page to due reviews where I have been critical of the inferior packaging of some of their collections that was probably done to cut costs in the foolish belief that low quality is better for their bottom line, I can't post the question directly to their radio historians.
Still, promoting the belief that Johnny Dollar was a real-life person led to the episode "The Wholly Unexpected Matter" - in where the real life Johnny Dollar is stalked by a determined fan who is determined to uncover one of his oft-mentioned and best kept secrets in the series.
Actor Bob Bailey returns as the sesquicentennial Johnny Dollar, and my favorite episodes in this collection are:
"The Funny Matter," "The Silent Queen Matter," "The Silver Belle Matter," and "The Shankar Diamond Matter."
http://radiospirits.com/detailsv2.asp...
One of the curious things about this collection of Johnny Dollar adventures, which was first released by Radio Spirits back in 2014 - yes, sometimes I don't get around to listening to something for years - even a decade isn't too surprising for me - is that not only is it a heady mixture of the week long adventures that were stretched out into 15-minute segments on weekday nights when the first aired before going back to the original and traditional 30-minute format - is that in some of the 30-minute episodes Johnny Dollar breaks through the Fourth Wall and actually address the listening audience to let them know that they are listening to his adventures on the radio, which he appreciates, and that he is actually a real person.
To the best of my knowledge, radio historians such as Elizabeth McLeod, have never addressed as to why this subtle wink and nod to bending the listener's reality and why show producers wanted people to think that there was a real life Johnny Dollar has never been addressed.z
And since Radio Spirits have blocked me from posting on their Facebook page to due reviews where I have been critical of the inferior packaging of some of their collections that was probably done to cut costs in the foolish belief that low quality is better for their bottom line, I can't post the question directly to their radio historians.
Still, promoting the belief that Johnny Dollar was a real-life person led to the episode "The Wholly Unexpected Matter" - in where the real life Johnny Dollar is stalked by a determined fan who is determined to uncover one of his oft-mentioned and best kept secrets in the series.
Actor Bob Bailey returns as the sesquicentennial Johnny Dollar, and my favorite episodes in this collection are:
"The Funny Matter," "The Silent Queen Matter," "The Silver Belle Matter," and "The Shankar Diamond Matter."
http://radiospirits.com/detailsv2.asp...
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