{"id":2903,"date":"2011-11-06T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T18:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2021-01-17T15:40:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:40:49","slug":"theater-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/11\/06\/theater-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Deader Than A Philadelphia Nightclub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/11\/06\/theater-mind\/sunday-matinee-header\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sunday-matinee-header\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5092\" title=\"sunday-matinee-header\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?resize=640%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/sunday-matinee-header.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>After last week&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/30\/chicken-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween radio matinee,<\/a><\/strong> I decided to offer up some more audio delights this week with the wondrous works of <strong>Mr. Jack Webb!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/webb-smokes.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/08\/14\/sunday-matinee-tijuana-bible\/webb-smokes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/webb-smokes.jpg?fit=640%2C481&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,481\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"webb-smokes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/webb-smokes.jpg?fit=640%2C481&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3555\" title=\"webb-smokes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/webb-smokes.jpg?resize=576%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/webb-smokes.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/webb-smokes.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>Before he was Joe Friday; before <strong>William Holden<\/strong> stole his girl in <em><strong>Sunset Boulevard<\/strong><\/em>, and well before he produced this show:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVVADz0Afss\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBefore all of that, Jack Webb played a tough-as-nails private eye in the radio drama series <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pat_novak_for_hire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pat Novak for Hire<\/strong><\/a> who delivered a constant stream of hard-boiled patter that simply must be heard to be believed. It sounds like James Ellroy on Benzedrine or a <em><strong>Mad Magazine<\/strong><\/em> parody. The show contains incredible lines like <em>&#8220;Sad as a tap dancer in moccasins,&#8221;<\/em> and<em> &#8220;I know more lost souls than a Hong Kong bartender&#8221;<\/em> and the line below (click the little triangle to the left):<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2903-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phila_Nightclub.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phila_Nightclub.mp3\">https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phila_Nightclub.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The line above is what caught my attention while I was listening to old time radio dramas streaming on my computer. You can listen to more Pat Novak programs below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/PatNovakForHire\" width=\"500\" height=\"140\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Downloadable <strong>Pat Novak for Hire<\/strong> shows can be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/PatNovakForHire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Internet Archive<\/strong><\/a> which is an absolute trove of public domain treasures!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last week&#8217;s Halloween radio matinee, I decided to offer up some more audio delights this week with the wondrous works of Mr. Jack Webb! Before he was Joe Friday; before William Holden stole his girl in Sunset Boulevard, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/11\/06\/theater-mind\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31,368],"tags":[986,580,987,955],"class_list":["post-2903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-movie-matinee","tag-drama","tag-jack-webb","tag-pat-novak-for-hire","tag-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-KP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3550,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/08\/14\/sunday-matinee-tijuana-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":2903,"position":0},"title":"Tijuana Bible and Smut Peddling Ring &#8211; Today&#8217;s Sunday Matinee","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a story from when cigarette advertising was perfectly legal, but underground comics were still underground. 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