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Jack Benny:

Jeepers - Ed Sullivan is on.... Before he became "the" Ed Sullivan. He's still a columnist at the time (the episode, I see, is only from 1939; Sullivan went on T.V. in 1948, according to Wikipedia). That explains the fact that he was introduced and the audience didn't just start applauding.

The Lives of Harry Lime:"It's a Knockout"

I remember this one. It comes down to Harry working a con. For some reason it makes me feel uncomfortable - although he's always working on a con with women. And the cons - on the radio program, at least - never work.

X-Minus One: "The Girls from Earth"

Two guys try to con a bunch of miners on Mars with promises of pre-arranged marriages. The guys promise pretty girls, and the girls on earth are promised really attracted men. The guys are dirty miners, the women are no prizes either. I like this - the woman who's a gym teacher who's been causing a disturbance.

Of course, because both the men and women are from the haggard side of the tracks, they're so much happier to be with each other than to be with a bunch of models (the guys are ok with their non-gorgeous women can be explained because they've been on Mars for 7 years, and the women from Earth are just ok with anything they can get, I guess; actually, I understand the feeling).

I turned off Calling All Cars because it was too annoying. Now I'm hoping for something else.