©Jimbo 2010/2011/2012
Showing posts with label detectives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label detectives. Show all posts
Sunday, April 15, 2012
I talk a little about detectives
In an excerpt of a podcast done by Keith Heltsley, I talk a little about detective shows:
Friday, September 9, 2011
Interview with Adam Graham (The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio)
I am honored today to have Adam Graham answering a few questions, Mr. Graham runs the nicely done, "The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio" website and podcast.
OTR BUFFET: Tell us a little about yourself and about your website.
Adam Graham: Well, for me, old time radio started indirectly with a Dragnet spoof on the Kids Math show Square One when I was a kid. This got me interested in the 1960s TV shows, which I watched for a while on Nick at Nite. Then, when it went off Nick at Nite, I spotted some of those deceptive looking DVD sets that have a picture of Joe Friday and Frank Gannon on it but really feature 1960s TV episodes. I liked the 1950s TV episode but quickly found I'd watched all the ones I could find and then on Ebay I found a DVD with 300 episodes of Dragnet on it. 300 episodes! I bought that as quick as I could. Knowing what I know now, it was a bad deal on poor quality 24kbps encodes that I could have gotten for free. However, I was just very happy to be able to listen to Dragnet.
In 2007, I was getting into podcasts and it occurred to me that Old Dragnet episodes would make for an interesting podcast and that others would enjoy the episodes. So, I charged off into the wilds of podcasting with the Old Time Dragnet Show, made a few mistakes (mainly because I didn't know what I was doing), got some helpful criticism, some surpringly nasty comments, and found the difficulties of 24kbps recordings. The sound quality got better as I discovered higher quality encodes of Dragnet, and Andrew Rhynes came on board as my volunteer sound engineer.
Anyway, bit by bit, we built up a great audience from all over the world that liked the show and enjoyed my company as I shared what I was passionate about, and I got a lot of demand to do other Old Time Radio Detectives, particularly Johnny Dollar. I really had not listened to other OTR Detectives, but stumbled onto a few and fell in love with the genre. In 2009, I had an idea for a new podcast called, The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. My initial idea for the show needed work. I figured we'd podcast five episodes a week, Monday-Friday and go completely through a radio series. I figured to start off with Pat Novak for Hire.
After recording 15 episodes, I realized the model wouldn't work well, because different detective shows appeal to different people. If you Podcasted through Pat Novak for Hire and then you did Sherlock Holmes, you'd lose a bunch of audience. So, I went with a different format. Every day, Monday-Friday would be a different detective.
The initial lineup was Monday-Box 13, Tuesday-Pat Novak for Hire, Wednesday-Let George Do It, Thursday-Sherlock Holmes, Friday-Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. Our Mondays and Tuesdays have changed quite a bit. (Barrie Craig currently is on Monday and Tuesday is Rogue's Gallery) but Wednesday-Friday won't change for quite a while yet. In addition to this, every 50 episodes, we do a Special on Saturdays with a Mystery episode of Suspense, Lux Radio Theater, or some other program.
Our main website not only includes the show notes and the actual radio episodes, but also articles on the weekend, and I really write about a variety of things, but everything ties into detective stories, old time radio, classic television, or classic movies.
Beyond the website, I'll say that I'm a Writer with a day job living in a townhouse with my wife and cat. :)
OTR BUFFET: What's your favorite detective shows and why?
My top three would be Philip Marlowe with Gerald Mohr, Dragnet, Let George Do It, and the Johnny Dollar serials with Bob Bailey.
Gerald Mohr really brought the character of Philip Marlowe to life, with this embodied balancing of contradictions. His Marlowe is a bundle of contradictions. The writing is spot on and the opening of the show can't be beat.
Dragnet is just so well done with some groundbreaking storytelling methods, great sound effects, and the most fascinating minor characters you can imagine. Webb had a great talent for getting his listeners interested in every minor character. We would laugh, we would cry, or do whatever we were supposed to do. Joe Friday has got great lines to close episode and every so occasionally delivers a classic speech.
I love Let George Do It because it really was unique. The show often walked the line between soft boiled and hard boiled schools of detective. Some plots from Let George Do It could easily have been Philip Marlowe stories, while others could have been adapted for Sherlock Holmes. The writing is usually spot on, with the talent of Jackson Gillis (who would later write for Colombo) and great chemistry between Bob Bailey and the two Brooksies (Frances Robinson and then Virginia Gregg) with Wally Maher often providing the perfect police foil in Lieutenant Riley.
I love the Bob Bailey Johnny Dollar serials because they are usually much more complex stories with a lot of twists, and usually fairly good cliffhangers.
OTR BUFFET: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorites. I love Basil Rathbone as Holmes but I almost like Tom Conway just as much. What is your opinion of those two and the show in general?
Adam Graham: Tom Conway was definitely a downgrade from Basil Rathbone, there’s no question about that. Rathbone was a true talent, a master actor of stage and screen who was more than Sherlock Holmes. In fact, listening to the last season with Rathbone, the writers worked in a lot of parts where Rathbone had the opportunity to demonstrate his true talent through various accents and occasionally doing a stage role as part of the radio play. But Conway made the downgrade a much smaller one. He did hit a stride after the first few episodes, and with a voice that sounded a lot like Rathbone’s and he and Bruce began to work fairly well together. Conway had a tough act to follow and he did it admirably.
The Sherlock Holmes radio franchise as a whole is fun because it allows us to see Sherlock Holmes in adventures nowhere else chronicled. While Doyle’s original stories are great, they can also become well-worn. These “New Adventures” really bring the character to life and for that reason will always be a favorite.
OTR BUFFET: What is your opinion of humor in detective shows? Which detective do you think was the most humorous?
Adam Graham: Humor takes many forms in old time radio detectives: from the wisecracks of the hardboiled eyes to the uncharacteristic chortling of Nero Wolfe to the romantic interplay between the Abbotts or Mr. and Mrs. North, humor is present in the vast majority of shows. As long as it’s not stupid or inappropriate, it definitely is a bonus.
In terms of the most humorous detective show, I’d say without a doubt, it’s Pat Novak for Hire. Other hard boiled detective may throw out a half dozen similes in an episode like they were using a revolver to fire them, Pat Novak is a machine gun. There are dozens of prime quotes in every episode, add to that, the inebriated pontificating of Jocko Madigan, and you’ve got quite a combination.
OTR BUFFET: Obviously, both radio and film detectives were affected by the pulps. My question is, do you feel like radio affected films more or vice versa?
Adam Graham: I think films had more impact on radio. Take for example, the hard boiled detective genre which Dick Powell launched on the radio in 1945 with Rogue’s Gallery. Hard boiled detectives had been popular in movies since The Maltese Falcon had been released years before. To the extent that one affected the other, radio was the one that copied from the movies.
OTR BUFFET: What's the best detective show we should be listening to but probably aren't?
Adam Graham: If you haven’t listened to, Let George Do It, you should. It’s not as well known as other detective show due to it being a West Coast only syndication, but you’d have to search hard to find a better one for reasons listed above.
If you do listen to Let George Do It, then I would recommend the very unique series, A Life In Your Hands which features as its hero a rich lawyer who steps into cases as an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) and with the permission of the judge, cross-examines and calls witnesses without working for either prosecution or defense but simply to get at the truth. It was an interesting concept.
OTR BUFFET: Do you consider the newspaper crime fighters to be detectives?
Adam Graham: As long as they’re dealing in crime and mystery on a regular basis, I’m on-board. It really doesn’t matter whether a crime’s solved by Philip Marlowe or Randy Stone (Nightbeat). While the newspapermen aren’t detectives by professions, if they do the same work as a detective, then it works for me. I do make a distinction between crime drama shows like Big Town and mystery programs like Night Beat, which are really the best analog for detective shows.
OTR BUFFET: Who is your favorite female actress in radio detective old-time radio?
Adam Graham: In terms of character and supporting actresses, I’d have to say Virginia Gregg. As a character actress, Gregg could be made anybody. She could just as easily play a teenage girl or an old lady as a femme fatale. She also was the 2nd Brooksie on Let George Do It and played girlfriends to Richard Diamond and Bob Bailey’s Johnny Dollar. It’s hard to imagine what radio detective shows would have been like without her.
In terms of leading actresses, I tend to think most of Alice Frost as Mrs. North and Mercedes McCambridge in Defense Attorney. Frost played Mrs. North as this very sweet and feminine, but also very clever and daring person that made her a great amateur detective. McCambridge’s acting skill and voice talent are very unique and it’s a shame that we don’t have more episodes of Defense Attorney in circulation due to the fact that it broadcast over ABC.
OTR BUFFET: Do you consider the Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon to be detective shows?
Adam Graham: Elements of detective mysteries will show up in the darnedest places. On radio, I’ve heard episodes of the drama series, Mayor of the Town which had elements of detective fiction in it. Ditto for Superman. On television, many episodes of series such as Star Trek or MacGyver, that have strong elements of the detective story in it. These elements are borrowed a lot because they work. It shows the influence of detective fiction beyond strict detective stories.
I tend to look at a series and ask what the series is really about. Is it about someone whose major thing is unraveling mysteries or is the occasional mystery somewhat incidental to the overall plot? Mayor of the Town is a family drama, Superman is a juvenile superhero adventure show, Star Trek is a science fiction series, and Macgyver is an Adventure Series. I feel we could similarly categorize the Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon.
However, I’ll be the first to acknowledge that these are some of the shows that people could spend forever debating. I know Thrilling Detectives considers Have Gun Will Travel to be a private eye series. It’s a fun discussion with good arguments on both sides.
OTR BUFFET: Who are the 5 best radio detectives?
Adam Graham: Recently, I did a series of blog posts where I ranked the best detective shows by Network. I would follow somewhat with that. I think in the list, you’d have to have Philip Marlowe, Dragnet, and Let George Do It. In addition, I would add Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Richard Diamond to the mix.
OTR BUFFET: Thank you Adam for your answers and your time!
Adam Graham: Thanks so much. Always a pleasure.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Adam Graham: Well, for me, old time radio started indirectly with a Dragnet spoof on the Kids Math show Square One when I was a kid. This got me interested in the 1960s TV shows, which I watched for a while on Nick at Nite. Then, when it went off Nick at Nite, I spotted some of those deceptive looking DVD sets that have a picture of Joe Friday and Frank Gannon on it but really feature 1960s TV episodes. I liked the 1950s TV episode but quickly found I'd watched all the ones I could find and then on Ebay I found a DVD with 300 episodes of Dragnet on it. 300 episodes! I bought that as quick as I could. Knowing what I know now, it was a bad deal on poor quality 24kbps encodes that I could have gotten for free. However, I was just very happy to be able to listen to Dragnet.
In 2007, I was getting into podcasts and it occurred to me that Old Dragnet episodes would make for an interesting podcast and that others would enjoy the episodes. So, I charged off into the wilds of podcasting with the Old Time Dragnet Show, made a few mistakes (mainly because I didn't know what I was doing), got some helpful criticism, some surpringly nasty comments, and found the difficulties of 24kbps recordings. The sound quality got better as I discovered higher quality encodes of Dragnet, and Andrew Rhynes came on board as my volunteer sound engineer.
Anyway, bit by bit, we built up a great audience from all over the world that liked the show and enjoyed my company as I shared what I was passionate about, and I got a lot of demand to do other Old Time Radio Detectives, particularly Johnny Dollar. I really had not listened to other OTR Detectives, but stumbled onto a few and fell in love with the genre. In 2009, I had an idea for a new podcast called, The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. My initial idea for the show needed work. I figured we'd podcast five episodes a week, Monday-Friday and go completely through a radio series. I figured to start off with Pat Novak for Hire.
After recording 15 episodes, I realized the model wouldn't work well, because different detective shows appeal to different people. If you Podcasted through Pat Novak for Hire and then you did Sherlock Holmes, you'd lose a bunch of audience. So, I went with a different format. Every day, Monday-Friday would be a different detective.
The initial lineup was Monday-Box 13, Tuesday-Pat Novak for Hire, Wednesday-Let George Do It, Thursday-Sherlock Holmes, Friday-Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. Our Mondays and Tuesdays have changed quite a bit. (Barrie Craig currently is on Monday and Tuesday is Rogue's Gallery) but Wednesday-Friday won't change for quite a while yet. In addition to this, every 50 episodes, we do a Special on Saturdays with a Mystery episode of Suspense, Lux Radio Theater, or some other program.
Our main website not only includes the show notes and the actual radio episodes, but also articles on the weekend, and I really write about a variety of things, but everything ties into detective stories, old time radio, classic television, or classic movies.
Beyond the website, I'll say that I'm a Writer with a day job living in a townhouse with my wife and cat. :)
OTR BUFFET: What's your favorite detective shows and why?
My top three would be Philip Marlowe with Gerald Mohr, Dragnet, Let George Do It, and the Johnny Dollar serials with Bob Bailey.
Gerald Mohr really brought the character of Philip Marlowe to life, with this embodied balancing of contradictions. His Marlowe is a bundle of contradictions. The writing is spot on and the opening of the show can't be beat.
Dragnet is just so well done with some groundbreaking storytelling methods, great sound effects, and the most fascinating minor characters you can imagine. Webb had a great talent for getting his listeners interested in every minor character. We would laugh, we would cry, or do whatever we were supposed to do. Joe Friday has got great lines to close episode and every so occasionally delivers a classic speech.
I love Let George Do It because it really was unique. The show often walked the line between soft boiled and hard boiled schools of detective. Some plots from Let George Do It could easily have been Philip Marlowe stories, while others could have been adapted for Sherlock Holmes. The writing is usually spot on, with the talent of Jackson Gillis (who would later write for Colombo) and great chemistry between Bob Bailey and the two Brooksies (Frances Robinson and then Virginia Gregg) with Wally Maher often providing the perfect police foil in Lieutenant Riley.
I love the Bob Bailey Johnny Dollar serials because they are usually much more complex stories with a lot of twists, and usually fairly good cliffhangers.
OTR BUFFET: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is one of my favorites. I love Basil Rathbone as Holmes but I almost like Tom Conway just as much. What is your opinion of those two and the show in general?
Adam Graham: Tom Conway was definitely a downgrade from Basil Rathbone, there’s no question about that. Rathbone was a true talent, a master actor of stage and screen who was more than Sherlock Holmes. In fact, listening to the last season with Rathbone, the writers worked in a lot of parts where Rathbone had the opportunity to demonstrate his true talent through various accents and occasionally doing a stage role as part of the radio play. But Conway made the downgrade a much smaller one. He did hit a stride after the first few episodes, and with a voice that sounded a lot like Rathbone’s and he and Bruce began to work fairly well together. Conway had a tough act to follow and he did it admirably.
The Sherlock Holmes radio franchise as a whole is fun because it allows us to see Sherlock Holmes in adventures nowhere else chronicled. While Doyle’s original stories are great, they can also become well-worn. These “New Adventures” really bring the character to life and for that reason will always be a favorite.
OTR BUFFET: What is your opinion of humor in detective shows? Which detective do you think was the most humorous?
Adam Graham: Humor takes many forms in old time radio detectives: from the wisecracks of the hardboiled eyes to the uncharacteristic chortling of Nero Wolfe to the romantic interplay between the Abbotts or Mr. and Mrs. North, humor is present in the vast majority of shows. As long as it’s not stupid or inappropriate, it definitely is a bonus.
In terms of the most humorous detective show, I’d say without a doubt, it’s Pat Novak for Hire. Other hard boiled detective may throw out a half dozen similes in an episode like they were using a revolver to fire them, Pat Novak is a machine gun. There are dozens of prime quotes in every episode, add to that, the inebriated pontificating of Jocko Madigan, and you’ve got quite a combination.
OTR BUFFET: Obviously, both radio and film detectives were affected by the pulps. My question is, do you feel like radio affected films more or vice versa?
Adam Graham: I think films had more impact on radio. Take for example, the hard boiled detective genre which Dick Powell launched on the radio in 1945 with Rogue’s Gallery. Hard boiled detectives had been popular in movies since The Maltese Falcon had been released years before. To the extent that one affected the other, radio was the one that copied from the movies.
OTR BUFFET: What's the best detective show we should be listening to but probably aren't?
Adam Graham: If you haven’t listened to, Let George Do It, you should. It’s not as well known as other detective show due to it being a West Coast only syndication, but you’d have to search hard to find a better one for reasons listed above.
If you do listen to Let George Do It, then I would recommend the very unique series, A Life In Your Hands which features as its hero a rich lawyer who steps into cases as an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) and with the permission of the judge, cross-examines and calls witnesses without working for either prosecution or defense but simply to get at the truth. It was an interesting concept.
OTR BUFFET: Do you consider the newspaper crime fighters to be detectives?
Adam Graham: As long as they’re dealing in crime and mystery on a regular basis, I’m on-board. It really doesn’t matter whether a crime’s solved by Philip Marlowe or Randy Stone (Nightbeat). While the newspapermen aren’t detectives by professions, if they do the same work as a detective, then it works for me. I do make a distinction between crime drama shows like Big Town and mystery programs like Night Beat, which are really the best analog for detective shows.
OTR BUFFET: Who is your favorite female actress in radio detective old-time radio?
Adam Graham: In terms of character and supporting actresses, I’d have to say Virginia Gregg. As a character actress, Gregg could be made anybody. She could just as easily play a teenage girl or an old lady as a femme fatale. She also was the 2nd Brooksie on Let George Do It and played girlfriends to Richard Diamond and Bob Bailey’s Johnny Dollar. It’s hard to imagine what radio detective shows would have been like without her.In terms of leading actresses, I tend to think most of Alice Frost as Mrs. North and Mercedes McCambridge in Defense Attorney. Frost played Mrs. North as this very sweet and feminine, but also very clever and daring person that made her a great amateur detective. McCambridge’s acting skill and voice talent are very unique and it’s a shame that we don’t have more episodes of Defense Attorney in circulation due to the fact that it broadcast over ABC.
OTR BUFFET: Do you consider the Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon to be detective shows?
Adam Graham: Elements of detective mysteries will show up in the darnedest places. On radio, I’ve heard episodes of the drama series, Mayor of the Town which had elements of detective fiction in it. Ditto for Superman. On television, many episodes of series such as Star Trek or MacGyver, that have strong elements of the detective story in it. These elements are borrowed a lot because they work. It shows the influence of detective fiction beyond strict detective stories.
I tend to look at a series and ask what the series is really about. Is it about someone whose major thing is unraveling mysteries or is the occasional mystery somewhat incidental to the overall plot? Mayor of the Town is a family drama, Superman is a juvenile superhero adventure show, Star Trek is a science fiction series, and Macgyver is an Adventure Series. I feel we could similarly categorize the Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon.
However, I’ll be the first to acknowledge that these are some of the shows that people could spend forever debating. I know Thrilling Detectives considers Have Gun Will Travel to be a private eye series. It’s a fun discussion with good arguments on both sides.
OTR BUFFET: Who are the 5 best radio detectives?
Adam Graham: Recently, I did a series of blog posts where I ranked the best detective shows by Network. I would follow somewhat with that. I think in the list, you’d have to have Philip Marlowe, Dragnet, and Let George Do It. In addition, I would add Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Richard Diamond to the mix.
OTR BUFFET: Thank you Adam for your answers and your time!
Adam Graham: Thanks so much. Always a pleasure.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Contrasting types of detectives
"Boston Blackie" - as you may know - is the blog's biggest fan and I try to get him to write here as much as possible. His ideas are always interesting and thought-provoking.
Boston Blackie: While on one of my morning walks, my mind went to detective shows. There are numerous types of detectives. Let’s take Philip Marlowe. Much of what you get here is Marlowe talking to you about his thoughts. Pat Novak and Jeff Regan do the same. They describe in their minds about women figures and features. Marlowe also talks about the horizon, ocean, sun rising or settings and things like that. Pat Novak you get, well you get ‘the stuff Pat Novak says.’ These detectives provide you information about their cases through the thinking process and share it out loud with the listener. They seem more calculating then the other camp of detectives. They do not have constant sidekicks that they bounce ideas off. The other camp like Boston Blackie and Nick Carter is different. They are mainly about action. Yes, they think as well, but, you do not hear their thoughts. You get dialogue between Boston Blackie and Sargent Farraday or his friend Mary. Nick Carter converses with Patsy. The show relies on action. 
We can go down the list of detective shows and place them for the most part into these two camps. I do not think one is necessarily better than the other. One thing I know is that late at night when listening to the first camp described above I fall asleep faster during the show. Not because the story is not good, because they are good, but, because a lot of the show is the same voice. You get their interaction with people, but much is their thinking process which is their voice.Jimbo: This is very interesting. I believe there are actually four camps of detectives. The two you mentioned and then add a deductive thinker (such as Sherlock Holmes) and I also think there is the humorous detective too (such as The Saint.) Both these new camps may see some action and there may some narration in him, but the deducer has a very clever mind and the comic 's got a sense of humor.
[After days of going back and forth on the subject, we came up with this list...]
ACTION
- Casebook of Gregory Hood
- Casey, Crime Photographer
- Mr. District Attorney
- Nick Carter, Master Detective
- Bulldog Drummond
- Casebook of Gregory Hood
- The Chase
- I Love a Mystery
- Mystery Is My Hobby
- Nick Carter, Master Detective
DESCRIPTIVE
- Broadway is My Beat
- The Falcon
- Jeff Regan
- Fat Man
- Nero Wolfe
- Frank Race
- Pat Novak
- Johnny Madero, Pier 23
- I Hate Crime
- Barry Craig
- Rocky Jordan
- Michael Shayne
- Johnny Madero
HUMOROUS
- Boston Blackie
- Let George Do It
- Mr. and Mrs. North
- Richard Diamond
- Rogue's Gallery
- The Saint
- Thin Man
- Rocky Fortune
- Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective
DEDUCTIVE
- Sherlock Holmes
- Candy Matson
- Ellery Queen
- Charlie Chan
- Mr. Keen: Tracer of Lost Persons
- Address Unknown
- Inspector Thorne
- Philo Vance
NOT CLASSIFIED
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (This show seems to have equal parts of all four elements!)
Jimbo: At one point of this conversation, we had "newspaper crime fighters" (Big Town, City Desk, etc.) , superheroes (The Adventures of Superman, Green Hornet, etc.) and about nine other categories. We wisely backed out of that, although, it was interesting.Boston Blackie: We did go beyond detectives because there are so many good other types of shows to consider. We went from Detectives to Law and Order and to Crime Fighters. They all try to get the criminals locked up and put away. But for now it is the detective that we decided to describe the differences.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
YOUR HELP WANTED - Radio detectives: strengths and weaknesses
With inspiration from my friend, Boston Blackie, I came up with an idea. How about we make up a radio detective strengths/weakness post.
For instance, radio's Richard Diamond's main strengths are his wit and his charm. His weaknesses include the many blows to the head he's sustained (that's gotta hurt!)
Pat Novak's main strength seems to be the poetic way he can put a situation into words. His weakness may be a swell dame - since he does seem to get involved with them.
On the other hand, Johnny Dollar has the strength to avoid being manipulated (usually) by a female client and he also has the strength to be able to keep an honest expense account. He's actually pretty strong in several areas - so what's his weak point?
The Fat Man is highly intelligent but he has gluttony for a weakness.
Boston Blackie can crack a safe or steal a painting without getting caught but doesn't make him a criminal? Isn't that a weakness?
Joe Friday of Dragnet was a helluva cop but he lived with his mother. Is that a weakness?
I know few of you participate but this might be fun if you just leave a comment about your favorite radio detective's strengths and weaknesses.
For instance, radio's Richard Diamond's main strengths are his wit and his charm. His weaknesses include the many blows to the head he's sustained (that's gotta hurt!)
Pat Novak's main strength seems to be the poetic way he can put a situation into words. His weakness may be a swell dame - since he does seem to get involved with them.
On the other hand, Johnny Dollar has the strength to avoid being manipulated (usually) by a female client and he also has the strength to be able to keep an honest expense account. He's actually pretty strong in several areas - so what's his weak point?
The Fat Man is highly intelligent but he has gluttony for a weakness.
Boston Blackie can crack a safe or steal a painting without getting caught but doesn't make him a criminal? Isn't that a weakness?
Joe Friday of Dragnet was a helluva cop but he lived with his mother. Is that a weakness?
I know few of you participate but this might be fun if you just leave a comment about your favorite radio detective's strengths and weaknesses.
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