Out of the Fire into the Frying Pan | Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (1949) | Radio Mystery Comedy

🎙️ YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR - "Out of the Fire into the Frying Pan" aka "Prize Hog Bodyguard" (Episode 015)
📅 Original Air Date: August 21, 1949
🎭 Starring: Charles Russell as Johnny Dollar
📻 Network: CBS Radio

Yes, you read that right - Prize Hog Bodyguard! August 1949 meant state fair season, and prize livestock was serious business. A champion hog could be worth a small fortune - and where theres value, theres insurance, and where theres insurance, theres Johnny Dollar.

🐷 WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS:
This shows the versatility that made Johnny Dollar last 13 years. One week hes chasing art thieves in Manhattan, the next hes protecting prize swine at a county fair. The expense account format could adapt to any setting.

🎧 RURAL AMERICA:
Farm audiences loved when radio came to them. Agricultural communities had stories worth telling, and this episode proves city writers understood that.

📝 1949 SNAPSHOT:
The first Volkswagen Beetle had just arrived in America. Bing Crosby was championing magnetic tape recording. A gallon of milk cost 84 cents.

⚠️ COPYRIGHT STATUS:
Pre-1972 radio broadcasts generally fall outside federal copyright protection.

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