PROJECT AUDION 28: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/32235/PA-28_YTJD.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></p> <p>"Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar" - that was both the title and the closing phrase of each episode of this well-loved crime drama, which aired on CBS for over 800 episodes and 13 years. The setup was always a big insurance settlement that will have to be shelled out... unless "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator" can crack the case open - which he invariable does.</p> <p>Project Audion's transcribed-live episode recreates the fourth-ever show from March 11, 1949, before the more-familiar cliches of the series took over.</p> <p>Charles Russell played Johnny Dollar 73 years ago, but OUR transcontinental cast includes:</p> <p>JOHNNY DOLLAR: Kim Titus, TX</p> <p>ANNOUNCER: Geoffrey Mark, CA</p> <p>LOUISA PEPPER: Jan Welch, NC</p> <p>MYRTLE PEPPER: Rhiannon McAfee, CA</p> <p>SHANTY BRENNAN: Greg McAfee, CA</p> <p>CARTER LACEY: Tom Konkle, CA</p> <p>It was directed by Joe Mendell from England, and Production was by Larry Groebe in Dallas Texas</p>