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S5 E01 Perry Mason The Case of the Jealous Journalist
In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 5 Episode 1: The Case of the Jealous Journalist This episode includes: Law Library: Uniform Simultaneous Death Act Plot: Episode plot Trivia: LA newspapers, Richard Geary and Claire Griswold, and Perry's fave newspaper The Theme: Greed The Perry Proverb: "Make it five..." The Water Cooler: Deleted scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt PLUS a listener letter Contact me at theperrypod@gmail.com. Keep on walking that Park Avenue Beat!
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Perry Mason Movie 10 The Case of the Lethal Lesson
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at the 10th Made for TV Perry Mason movie: The Case of the Lethal Lesson This episode includes: Law Library: Video piracy Plot: Movie plot Trivia: Law School tech, William Moses, and Perry as a law school student The Theme: Forgetfulness The Perry Proverb: "I'll always..." The Water Cooler: Deleted scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt PLUS two listener letters ...
S04 E28 Perry Mason The Case of the Guilty Clients
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 28: The Case of the Guilty Clients This episode includes: Law Library: Sabotage and Fraud Plot: Episode plot Trivia: FAA regulations, Guy Mitchell, and Perry's legal work for a friend The Theme: Confusion The Perry Proverb: "A friend in court..." The Water Cooler: Deleted scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt PLUS a listener letter UCLA info:...
S04 E27 Perry Mason The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 27: The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather This episode includes: Law Library: Replacing legal representation Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Blackstone, Carl Held, and Perry's fan The Theme: Grumbling The Perry Proverb: "You're scared to death..." The Water Cooler: Deleted scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt PLUS listener letters Carl Held Inter...
S04 E26 Perry Mason The Case of the Duplicate Daughter
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 26: The Case of the Duplicate Daughter This episode includes: Law Library: Thorny inheritance issue Plot: Episode and novel plots Trivia: Lie detectors, Joyce Mackenzie, and Perry Tragg The Theme: Duplicates The Perry Proverb: "Simple..." The Water Cooler: Last ep’s Paul Prompt PLUS listener letters Contact me at theperrypod@gmail.com...
S04 E25 Perry Mason The Case of the Misguided Missile
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 25: The Case of the Misguided Missile This episode includes: Law Library: Conflict of Interest Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Missile Corporations, Robert Rockwell, and Perry's Navy Jerry's Air Force The Theme: Being Misguided The Perry Proverb: "It's time to..." The Water Cooler: Last ep’s Paul Prompts, PLUS listener letters Robert Benev...
S04 E23 Perry Mason The Case of the Torrid Tapestry
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 23: The Case of the Torrid Tapestry This episode includes: Law Library: Brazilian Extradition Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Art estimates, Lillian Buyeff, and Perry's hobbies/kindness The Theme: Copies The Perry Proverb: "If it's publicity you want..." The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompts, PLUS listener letters Contac...
S04 E21 Perry Mason The Case of the Difficult Detour
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 21: The Case of the Difficult Detour This episode includes: Law Library: Trespassing Plot: Episode plot Trivia: the Florentine touch, Suzanne Lloyd, and Perry's deals The Theme: Fear The Perry Proverb: "I won't let it..." The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt, PLUS a listener letter Contact me at theperrypod@gmail.co...
S04 E20 Perry Mason The Case of the Barefaced Witness
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 20: The Case of the Barefaced Witness. This episode includes: Law Library: Common Law Marriage Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Paul's car, Paul Fix, and Perry knows Paul The Theme: Coming clean The Perry Proverb: "Was it self-defense..." The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt, PLUS listener letters Contact me at theperrypo...
S04 E17 Perry Mason The Case of the Wintry Wife
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 17: The Case of the Wintry Wife. This episode includes: Law Library: Contract Law Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Circulation problem, Robert Karnes, and Perry makes Paul and Della wait The Theme: Technology The Perry Proverb: "Consistently wrong..." The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt, PLUS a listener letter Contact me...
S04 E16 Perry Mason The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 16: The Case of the Waylaid Wolf. This episode includes: Law Library: Spousal Privilege Plot: Episode and Novel plots Trivia: British sheep, Tony Travis, and Perry's nosh mates The Theme: Wolfishness The Perry Proverb: "Murder is..." The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt, PLUS a listener letter Contact me at theperry...
S04 E15 Perry Mason The Case of the Fickle Fortune
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 15: The Case of the Fickle Fortune. This episode includes: Law Library: Probate and Greenbacks Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Greenbacks, Cathy O'Donnell, and Perry's reputation The Theme: Fickleness The Perry Proverb: "Perceptive..." The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt, PLUS a listener letter Contact me at theperrypod...
S04 E13 Perry Mason The Case of the Envious Editor
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 13: The Case of the Envious Editor. This episode includes: Law Library: Public decency laws Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Chinese orphanages, James Coburn, and Perry's patronage The Theme: Envy The Perry Proverb: "Sometimes..." The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt, PLUS listener letters Contact me at theperrypod@gmail....
S04 E11 Perry Mason The Case of the Red Riding Boots Edit
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S04 E11 Perry Mason The Case of the Red Riding Boots Edit
S4 E10 Perry Mason The Case of the Loquacious Liar
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In this episode of The Perry Pod, I look at Season 4 Episode 10: The Case of the Loquacious Liar. This episode includes: Law Library: Corporate Law Plot: Episode plot Trivia: Judson's example, Bruce Gordon, Perry's Cast The Theme: Lying to Yourself The Perry Proverb: " The Water Cooler: Deleted Scenes, last ep’s Paul Prompt, PLUS listener letters Contact me at theperrypod@gmail.com. Keep on wal...
S04 E08 Perry Mason The Case of the Provocative Protege
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S04 E08 Perry Mason The Case of the Provocative Protege
S04 E06 Perry Mason The Case of the Wandering Widow
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S04 E06 Perry Mason The Case of the Wandering Widow
S04 E05 Perry Mason The Case of the Lavender Lipstick
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S04 E05 Perry Mason The Case of the Lavender Lipstick
S04 E04 Perry Mason The Case of the Singular Double
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S04 E04 Perry Mason The Case of the Singular Double
S04 E03 Perry Mason The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker
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S04 E03 Perry Mason The Case of the Ill-Fated Faker
S04 E02 Perry Mason The Case of the Credulous Quarry
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S04 E02 Perry Mason The Case of the Credulous Quarry

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  • @sandradawson4390
    @sandradawson4390 5 дней назад

    Thank you so much so hard to find 0:38

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 16 дней назад

    Five years ago? 5 YEARS ago? Gee, thanks for the reco, RUclips. Better late than never!

  • @pallmallred13
    @pallmallred13 Месяц назад

    Why would you have people thinking they can watch the episode not hear your irritating voice talk

  • @pallmallred13
    @pallmallred13 Месяц назад

    This episode will be on Philo on September 5th at 3 am

  • @wandamundy1759
    @wandamundy1759 Месяц назад

    I thought we were a really going to hear the play. Disappointed.

  • @BETTERWORLDSGT
    @BETTERWORLDSGT Месяц назад

    I was thinking this was the radio program, but just this idiot talking about Perry Mason the whole time!

  • @CynthiaMann-qk5ev
    @CynthiaMann-qk5ev Месяц назад

    So do i cause they are so good.

  • @ronyeo1904
    @ronyeo1904 Месяц назад

    I still watch the shows from the late 50’s and the 60’s.

    • @2004mojo
      @2004mojo Месяц назад

      Just discovered this youtube channel! It's like a Christmas present for me since I love anything vintage Perry Mason & I'm not that familiar with the novels except those made into films in the 30s. I love that Perry Mason comes on all day on the various channel in my cable package especially since I now get the Justice Central Channel. When I add up the total number of episodes daily on these channels: Justice Central, MEtv, FEtv, it's ' now about 12-13 episodes a day. On days when it also airs on Great American Family Channel the count goes up to 27 episodes a day. I can't get enough of this show no matter how many times I watch it! Subscribed!

  • @christiansgrandma6812
    @christiansgrandma6812 Месяц назад

    My favorite TV episode with Constance Ford, playing a dual personality.

  • @michaelcanty4940
    @michaelcanty4940 Месяц назад

    Gail Kobe was secretary to sucessful business man Arthur Curtis in the Twilight Zone episode "A World of Difference". Attractive, hardworking and loyal to her boss, she is very much a Della Street asset in the office.

  • @michaelcanty4940
    @michaelcanty4940 Месяц назад

    Judy Tylers death was the subject of the song Goodbye Little Star by Kenny Baker. It is said that Elvis would never watch the movie "Jail House Rock".

  • @michaelcanty4940
    @michaelcanty4940 2 месяца назад

    Michael Fox became known for the Doctor Fox effect. He presented a lecture in 1970 to health care professionals as Dr Myron Fox MD. The topic was on the use of game theory in medical diagnosis. It was basically a collection of medical jargon . Despite the complete fabrication of a non existent "science", the lecture was highly praised by the audience. It has come to be seen as a concept that as long as a lecture is presented in an interesting and informative manner, the speaker will be highly rated.

  • @TheGiantKillers
    @TheGiantKillers 2 месяца назад

    Screened in the United Kingdom on January 6th 1962

  • @johnchristophersutton9706
    @johnchristophersutton9706 2 месяца назад

    Raymond burr was 40 when the show premiered.

  • @katiemurphy1197
    @katiemurphy1197 2 месяца назад

    Why are some of these episodes missing on streaming services?

  • @edwardkoo0911
    @edwardkoo0911 3 месяца назад

    I love all of the Perry Mason movies. This one was particularly interesting bcos it reunited Raymond Burr with Don Galloway from their Ironside days!👍

  • @Buggy-su4oy
    @Buggy-su4oy 3 месяца назад

    Why does Kimberly claim Scott ruined everything when he confessed...just wondering.

  • @kilvy8136
    @kilvy8136 3 месяца назад

    Does anyone know what orc hestra did the the " I need a man? "

  • @Yakone
    @Yakone 3 месяца назад

    Should’ve been called “the case of the three guns“. Don’t know about the book, but at least for the television version, that would have fit the episode better.

  • @PJordan-d4x
    @PJordan-d4x 3 месяца назад

    Perry mason wins his cases

  • @ninamarkovic4853
    @ninamarkovic4853 4 месяца назад

    I love everything about this! I love how your brain works Sir!subscribed! Lookn forward to diggn more!

  • @bananabob2185
    @bananabob2185 4 месяца назад

    Missed you for so long!!!

  • @christian2085
    @christian2085 5 месяцев назад

    I love your running commentary, friend! Your narration of the radio-type Perry Mason script. Great job, Perry Pod!!!🎉😂🥳

  • @amywilson3593
    @amywilson3593 5 месяцев назад

    gerry wilson glad i found this as i missed end of this episode on tv

  • @charlessilverfox906
    @charlessilverfox906 5 месяцев назад

    I find that both Mr. Burger and his Homicide cop friend Lieutenant Dragg seem crooked because they always want to free the criminals. 😂😅😂😅 It's a good thing that Mr. Perry Mason is on the job to stop these tyrants from freeing the criminals. 😂😅😂😅😢

  • @michaelcanty4940
    @michaelcanty4940 6 месяцев назад

    The movie "So Proudly We Hail" is the story of US Army nurses in the 2nd World War. Starring Claudette Colbert, it shows the burning of US currency to prevent capture by the Japanese. According to sources, several million was burned.

  • @charlessilverfox906
    @charlessilverfox906 6 месяцев назад

    Perry Mason is one of the best tv shows the have one excellent lawyer fighting with a couple of corrupt homicide cops, and a lawyer named Burger who always trying to get the real criminals free it always seems that they've judged them before they even been to court. 😅😅😅

  • @mikealvord55
    @mikealvord55 6 месяцев назад

    He said something about this being exciting, still waiting

  • @teresatheesfeld2622
    @teresatheesfeld2622 6 месяцев назад

    Have you ever thought of recording a reading of the novel?

  • @Durbelethwen
    @Durbelethwen 6 месяцев назад

    ruclips.net/video/caZCx_j6tko/видео.htmlsi=D8BbEhmvekfYsAqm William Talman’s lung cancer ad

  • @rosannestrazisar3198
    @rosannestrazisar3198 6 месяцев назад

    Who did it

  • @charlessilverfox906
    @charlessilverfox906 7 месяцев назад

    Burger and Tragg seem like tyrants and they judge people before they’re charged and most episodes they try to get their real killer/ killers out scott free so it’s good that Mr Perry Mason is on the job otherwise there would have been a hole lot of innocent people doing time on this show. Lol 😂 😅😂

  • @BackToTheBlues
    @BackToTheBlues 8 месяцев назад

    Peter Leeds is superb in this episode. When I first saw it I thought "Oh - typical gangster style heavy" and of course, that's exactly what they were aiming at as his character was just acting a part! I loved the way his character's real manner was so mild and happy go lucky.

  • @i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b
    @i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b 8 месяцев назад

    Don't confess, DON'T CONFESS!

  • @bananabob2185
    @bananabob2185 8 месяцев назад

    Welcome back!

  • @nooctip
    @nooctip 9 месяцев назад

    Objection! What is your objection? Oh I don't have one. I just wanted to shout something dramatic.

  • @bananabob2185
    @bananabob2185 9 месяцев назад

    🧀🫕🧀🧀🤣

  • @bananabob2185
    @bananabob2185 9 месяцев назад

    Merry Christmas Jonathan! (I just finished watching The Missing Melody… in my jammies!) Thanks for sharing! 🕵🏻‍♂️

  • @beverlybanks8139
    @beverlybanks8139 9 месяцев назад

    The narrator's voice!

  • @dolosang
    @dolosang 10 месяцев назад

    This episode isn’t available to stream ….. or is it?

  • @Buggy-su4oy
    @Buggy-su4oy 10 месяцев назад

    What was Morgan's motive for murdering the two men...was it more than just blackmail?

  • @kingdaviYT049
    @kingdaviYT049 11 месяцев назад

    Couldn't (or didn't want to) aafford the royalty payment for and actual episode.

  • @MelBee128
    @MelBee128 11 месяцев назад

    This prosecutor Sampson is the absolute worst fill-in for HamBurger. He treats everyone rudely, and forgets the purpose of a prosecutor is justice not winning. This is the second episode in a row where he harangued someone who had just lost a loved one. He is even rude to the judge and often jumps the gun on his objections. He even yells at his own witness whose testimony actually helped his case! Instead of being grateful, he rudely snapped, "just answer the question." His treatment of Ann was also borderline sadistic. She is obviously a fragile young girl and within 5 seconds he's yelling at her. Prosecutors do not need to put every single person on the stand. The state often puts hostile witnesses on the stand which makes no sense. It was totally inappropriate to put a mentally disturbed girl on the stand. We saw the result of his mistake when Ann tried to commit suicide. Sampson should have been held in contempt for his treatment of pretty much everyone in the courtroom. If he was trying to be the replacement for William Tallman he went about it all wrong. He was terrible and completely unlikable. Also, the idea that he withheld pertinent information about witnesses (a possible suspect who was wanted for manslaughter) seemed at the very least to be misconduct. He said it had no bearing on the case, which was totally ridiculous. Why would he hide that fact from Perry? Don't you want to find the murderer? These days lawyers must share all evidence with one another so there's very little surprise. In PM, the state often withholds evidence from Perry and he is surprised in court. Seems to miss the point of a fair trial. Everyone should be privy to all evidence so they can deal with it accordingly. At least Burger seems to actually care about justice. This guy Sampson is like a lot of prosecutors today. He just wants to convict someone, anyone to keep his win/loss ratio up. Even though the father was not the murderer, he was the real villain in this case. His skirt chasing hurt his daughter over and over. His solution was to marry this gold digger sooner rather than putting it off. What a selfish ass he was.

  • @MelBee128
    @MelBee128 11 месяцев назад

    Another awful Burger replacement grandstanding and chewing up the scenery in hopes of being hired on full-time. His snarky comments to Perry did not endear him to the audience. When Perry asks to see a piece of evidence, he makes a rude comment about how looking at it won't arrest evidence. Why didn't the judge tap his pen and tell him to cut the sh!t? But the main problem with the DA was that his entire case against Donna was circumstantial. That's obviously a writing issue, but the way in which the DA presented his case was all in the hands of the actor. "We found your fingerprints in the decedent's car. A-ha!" "We found a tissue with your lipstick. A-HA! "He literally held up the bracelet given to Donna and waved it back and forth in front of the jury as though it was a video of her committing the murder. The prosecutor acted shocked when he learned that the dead guy purchased a car and paid Donna's rent. The wife testified that David had taken care of Donna since her parents died. What did the prosecutor think that meant? Everything David bought her was in her name so none of it was a motive for murder! Why didn't the judge or Perry tell this guy that finding evidence of the defendant having been seen with the dead guy was not evidence of murder? She was his protege. They spent a lot of time together. Even the story about her having been in love with him wasn't proven. The DA's poor treatment of David's wife should have at least garnered a pen tap by the judge. She was described as a hostile witness, but she was also a woman who had just lost her husband. If the state is working on behalf of the people, don't they have a responsibility to treat her with kid gloves or at least with some respect? Incidentally, why do they insist on putting hostile witnesses on the stand? Is your case so thin that you can't find anyone else willing to testify? Either way, the whole case was beyond flimsy. When Perry tells the wife that the police don't arrest a person unless they have solid evidence I nearly spit out my drink. They certainly do! At least in this show.

  • @MelBee128
    @MelBee128 11 месяцев назад

    Lots of very overdramatic and unlikable characters in this episode. Lisa the overdramatic bigamist, the actress with the fake beauty mark by her eye and of course Gerry the wheelchair-bound circus owner. Gerry showed himself to be a coward from the first moment we saw him. Women do not like men who openly cower in fear for any reason. Gerry was afraid of big cats (despite his part ownership in a circus that featured many of them), stood there frozen while he was mauled by a cat, screamed in terror when the cats got loose again, and then became hysterical in court at the memory of the loose cats. My distaste for Gerry's cowardice grew with every scene. Lisa opening the cats' cages made no sense even if she was drunk. She acted foolish and childlike throughout. The explanation for why she didn't seek a divorce or anulment before marrying Gerry was flimsy and made little sense. If she still loved Felix, making him believe she had committed bigamy would not prove that love. I was happy when she stood up in court and let Gerry know she was actually married to Felix. Maybe Gerry will learn a lesson about being a wimp in prison. Plot of this episode was also filled with a lot of unexplainable holes and errors. Felix was acting as the "treasurer" in collecting the money Gerry needed to buy out Curtis. Why on Earth did they NEED a treasurer? Why wouldn't they just give the money to Gerry directly? It was going to him anyway and wouldn't it have been easier to let him collect the money so he knows where he stands? This was an example of a story element added to service other plot elements. It made very little sense and bore no relationship to reality. At one point, Lisa refers to her husband as Franklin. What wife would call her husband by his last name? When Lisa said she was not a bigamist because she had a friend perform her second wedding ceremony this didn't make sense either. Marriage is about more than the ceremony. Wouldn't Gerry have gone to get a marriage license? Or was he so dumb that he just took Lisa's word for it? Just sloppy writing in this episode.

  • @MelBee128
    @MelBee128 11 месяцев назад

    The state reached an all-time low with their prosecution of Lorraine Kendall for the murder of Stokes. They admitted that the murder weapon belonged to the victim, that there was a struggle, and that Lorraine's brother apparently paid blackmail to Stokes on her behalf. At best this looked like self-defense, not murder. This show's court cases often rely on circumstantial evidence that points rather obviously to one person. Then Mason does some actual detective work and finds the real murderer. But in this case, I had a hard time seeing why Lorraine was even arrested. Who would have their brother pay blackmail money only to go and meet Stokes again without a weapon, pay him again, and then struggle and kill him? Clearly she didn't show up there to kill him so how can they justify charging her with murder? The only evidence they had that the brother paid blackmail money on Lorraine's behalf was his own testimony. Seems like as thorough as Tragg normally is, wouldn't he investigate this further? This entire case hinged on suspicion and not much else. However, Lorraine was very unlikable. What mother would think it wise to keep her son's father from him and then contribute to locking him up for murder when she suspected he wasn't guilty? Time and again she showed herself to be a bad mother. From taking Jimmy away in the dead of night, refusing to answer when he suspected something was wrong, lying about who his father was, putting his father in prison, and then trying to keep her murder trial from him until Mason forces the issue? Did she not realize this boy would get older and have questions about his family's past? Fast forward 20 years and he would probably want nothing to do with his mother who cloaks her own selfishness in supposed protection of her kid.

    • @Buggy-su4oy
      @Buggy-su4oy 10 месяцев назад

      So Stokes was killed because Ward wanted the company that bad and he and Kendall were standing in his way?

  • @MelBee128
    @MelBee128 11 месяцев назад

    Yet another in a long line of unlikable substitute prosecutors. By this point, it's become pretty clear that the show producer Gail Patrick was deliberately casting hateable actors to replace Hamilton Burger in protest against William Tallman's firing. It's the only explanation for the cavalcade of snappish, rude, irritable, pompous, greasy weasels overdosing on Bryl-cream every week. Every one of them either grunts their lines between clenched teeth or snaps at they Perry and the judge. In the previous episode the prosecutor tried to tell the judge how to run his courtroom! Patrick must have been doing this on purpose to drum up support for the reversal of Tallman's firing. And thank goodness for that! These guys are intolerable!

  • @MelBee128
    @MelBee128 11 месяцев назад

    Love this show and once again another great episode. However, this episode shows exactly why policing rules were changed. Tragg is able to enter people's homes without serving a warrant even when he doesn't have exact proof of their involvement. He always gets the search warrant on the flimsiest of evidence. What judge is signing off on these warrants? The constitution protects against unlawful search and seizure but not in the world of Perry Mason. Tragg also refuses to allow Perry to accompany his client for questioning. So the police can elicit a confession or other incriminating evidence behind closed doors or protection for the suspect. The Miranda case was ruled upon in the mid-60s so there's no rule about having an attorney present for questioning yet. It's no wonder the police and Burger always get it wrong. They take the first suspect they see and try to convict him. Watching this in the 21st century, it's strange to see the ways in which suspects' rights are trampled upon by the police. Another thing we see is how the police have access to things they would not be able to access today. Technology is better now but apparently in 1960 they were smarter or more intuitive. They always criticize Perry for his court antics, but he also always finds the guilty party. Why isn't Burger or Tragg criticized for arresting innocent people and ruining their lives?

  • @MelBee128
    @MelBee128 11 месяцев назад

    This episode is almost ruined by the awful hysterics of Anne Benton as Trudy Holbrook. She is supposed to be an 18-year old girl, but behaves like a 5 year old through most of the episode. Benton has two acting styles: hysterical and downright unhinged. Her reaction to most everything is to cry hysterically (and phonily) or to behave as though she had a head injury. When she finds out that her real father might not be who she thought, she begins screaming and crying and throws herself down on the courtroom table. Not sure if Gardner wrote this reaction into his original story, but the episode didn't develop it enough. She had known the first man claiming to be her father for a very short time. She behaved as though he had raised her from birth and she was just finding out he might not be her dad. There was really no reason for her to be so attached to him. The episode made it seem like anyone who got there first claiming to be her dad might have elicited the same reaction. In fact, we saw that she suspected he was not legit on more than one occasion. He didn't remember key details about the house or her mother. She even comments on how strange his selective memory is. If the episode showed us her suspicions, then why would she react so hysterically to finding out that he might not be her dad? Wasn't the point that she found her real father no matter who he was? I chalk this up to Benton's poor acting. She behaved like an extra trying to get the camera to notice her. (If I'm not moving, crying, screaming, I don't exist). I enjoyed the episode, but did not enjoy the casting choice for Trudy. Even Raymond Burr seemed like he thought she was a little much. At one point she begins her crying bit and we see a flash of annoyance run across his face. It must have taken an incredible amount of control not to slap some sense into her.

  • @jewelltann6485
    @jewelltann6485 11 месяцев назад

    Shut up and play the movie