# Call Mr. D

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-mr-d/775337>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-mr-d/775337 "2016-12-22T02:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-mr-d/775337/1 "2016-12-22T02:45:09Z")

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Richard Diamond, PI.

Episode “Rodeo”. Guest stars Lee Van Cleef, bad as ever, from _The Big Valley_, and Dan Blocker from\* Bonanza\*, confused as ever.

I am running out of 50s and 60s detective shows to watch.

Johnny Staccato is the best so far.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-mr-d/775337/2 "2016-12-23T05:23:59Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I am running out of 50s and 60s detective shows to watch.

Then start listening to them.

There’s a ton of Noir-ish detective radio shows available online. From sites like “Radio Echoes” and “OTR Researchers Group”. And dozens of podcasts, too, like “Case Closed” and “The OTR Podcast”.

Richard Diamond, Boston Blackie, The Saint (with Vincent Price – a lot tougher than Roger Moore), Casey: Crime Photographer, and my favorite:  
_“From Times Square to Columbus Circle, the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world… **Broadway Is My Beat**.”_

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-mr-d/775337/3 "2016-12-23T16:42:18Z")

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Vincent Price certainly had the voice for the Saint.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-mr-d/775337/4 "2016-12-23T17:07:51Z")

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I’m currently reading David Bianculli’s _The Platinum Age of Television_ and in addition to the 1950’s crime show usual suspects (Richard Diamond, Peter Gunn, etc.) he also singles out [Naked City](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051297/?ref_=nv_sr_1), the TV version of [Gang Busters](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044264/?ref_=nv_sr_1) and a long-forgotten CBS show called [Brenner](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052454/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_9) as noteworthy.

He also liked [Highway Patrol](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047739/?ref_=nv_sr_1), but I think that was more because of Broderick Crawford and the scenery than anything else.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-mr-d/775337/5 "2016-12-23T23:45:22Z")

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I heard his interview on NPR.  
I’ll check in to those, thanks!