Today is the exciting conclusion of “The Indestructible Mike Matter,” from Yours Truly Johnny Dollar! All week long we’ve been releasing one installment per day as a reward for meeting our Patreon goal, and today Johnny hopes his insurance fraud case ends with an arrest! How much leeway are the police willing to grant Johnny on this case? Can you guess Johnny’s final tally of expenses without going over? Is anyone out there writing Johnny Dollar fan-fiction? Listen for yourself and find out! Then vote and let us know what you think!
Thank you for doing this five part story. Johnny Dollar was what originally got me into old-time radio. A radio station in my city (Calgary, Alberta) would play old radio shows at night and my brother and his college roommates would sometimes listen and he told me about this ridiculous show about an insurance guy named Johnny Dollar. I thought it would be fun to listen and laugh at the silly name, but I found that it was actually really enjoyable. And then I heard some other shows (they played a wide variety – X-1, Suspense, Our Miss Brown, The… Read more »
An absolute classic. Looking forward to more serial episodes of YTJD on the podcast.
This was great. Prior to this, I had only heard one episode of “Johnny Dollar”, one of the half-hour non-serialized ones. That one was fine, but this was a lot better.
I’m a great fan of “Yours Truly Johnny Dollar”. Having followed it through several stars I find Bob Bailey the best, even edging out the great Edmond O’Brien in the role of Johnny Dollar. “The Indestructible Mike Matter” has got to be one of the very best…mainly because of the hilariously funny Howard McNear. He plays roles in several other YTJD episodes, but this is the most memorable. Also fun to listen to is Allan Reed in the role of the villain here. There is a 1982 interview with Bob Bailey’s daughter, Roberta Goodwin, by John Dunning from a Denver… Read more »
I also love this serial, primarily because of Howard McNear. I am catching up on old episodes, and in Episode 44 the guys were delighted to discover the voice of Floyd the barber, but I don’t think they ever even mentioned him by name in these discussions. I love the Bob Bailey Johnny Dollars, and particularly the serials, but in this one I thought McNear stole the show! I am a relative newcomer to old time radio, but I have seen every episode of Andy Griffith, so his voice is probably the one I recognize most often. I was a… Read more »
Listening to this series reminded me of a story in The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum about a drunk with an insurance policy. I looked it up and found his name was Mike Malloy and this article comparing the character to the person http://www.mwotrc.com/rr2014_04/dollar.htm This was such fun! Thank you!
Very fun. Really enjoyed the character of Jonny Dollar. Would love to see him rebooted in a Kolchak-type show, where he is trying to document the supernatural, but the company is always shutting him down.