Rex Stout

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Ladies and gentlemen, it's the bulkiest, balkiest, smartest, and most unpredictable detective in the world, that chair-born genius, Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout and brought to you in a new series of adventures over this NBC network in the person of Mr. Sidney Greenstreet.

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It began earlier than eight, however, the case of the slaughtered Santas.

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You have been listening to The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, starring Sidney Greenstreet.

Tonight's transcribed story was based on the characters created by Rex Stout,

This is an Edwin Fadiman program produced and directed by J. Donald Wilson.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's that renowned genius who is the bulkiest, balkiest, most ponderous and most brilliant detective in the world.

Yes, none other than that chair-born mass of unpredictable intellect, Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout and brought to you in a new series of adventures over this NBC network in the person of Mr. Sidney Greenstreet.

When Mr. Wolfe and I talk about this little difficulty, he calls it the case of Archie Goodwin and how he got hooked.

However, I call it the case of the disappearing diamonds.

Oh.

Well, what's wrong?

Well, you see, there's a writer named Rex Stout.

Oh, I know.

That corpulent, orchid-raising, beer-drinking gourmet who also happens to be a genius.

Rex Stout's incomparable Nero Wolfe, starring Mr. Sidney Greenstreet.

Tonight, Nero Wolfe's long-suffering assistant, Archie Goodwin, tells us of the case of the careless cleaner.

The Careless Cleaner

Right.

But Rex Stout's Nero Wolf certainly is.

Right.

And he, too, is wealthy and eccentric and he never goes out.

So many authors of the mystery novel pick up on this formula and incorporate it in some way as they make their creation successful.

Indeed, exactly.

It's interesting you point out Rex Stout not going out, so he's an armchair sleuth.

That is also like Dupin.

You have been listening to The New Adventures of Nero Wolf, starring Sidney Greenstreet.

[upbeat music] Tonight's transcribed story by Peter Berry was based on the famous characters created by Rex Stout.

This is an Edwin Fadiman program, produced and directed by J. Donald Wilson.

In the cast were Herb Ellis as Archie Goodwin, and Lee Millar, Marna Cannelli, Larry Dobkin, Barney Phillips, and Jerry Hausner.

Jake looked embarrassed and said sorry.

He reads a lot of mystery novels by Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Ed McBain, and that stuff seems to happen all the time.

Eddie says that big money can do weird things to people.

And then I got a quote here from the book.

And the lengthy production for this evening dates back to 1951 when it was originally broadcast.

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe and the Case of Room 304, based on characters created by Rex Stout, perform live here with Maury Harris, Carol Moog, Andy Pettit, and some voices by me as well.

I'm manning the controls for the program at 5:00.

At 7:00, Freedom Songs, Kadesha Little.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's that renowned genius who is the bulkiest, balkiest, most ponderous, and most brilliant detective in the world.

Yes, none other than that chair-born mass of unpredictable intellect, Nero Wolfe, created by Rex Stout, and brought to you in a new series of adventures over this NBC network in the person of Mr. Sydney Greenstreet.

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This case I like to refer to as the case of the tell-tale ribbon.

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You have been listening to The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, starring Sydney Greenstreet.

[upbeat music] Tonight's transcribed story by John Edison was based on the characters created by Rex Stout.

This is an Edwin Fadiman production, produced and directed by J. Donald Wilson.