Show #18 - "Suspense" and "Baby Snooks and Daddy"

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This week, we've got Suspense, with the venerable Ronald Colman in "Vision of Death".  Suspense from this era was produced and directed by Elliott Lewis, one of the great old radio actors.  From this show, you can tell that he's not too bad behind the glass either.  "Vision of Death", though is an anomaly of Suspense from the Elliott Lewis era, as Suspense presents more "based on a true story" tales.  For my money, those shows are not close to holding a candle to the classic tales that sometimes pop up like "Vision of Death".

Speaking of classic, we've also got a couple of classic routines from Fanny Brice and Hanley Stafford as Baby Snooks and Daddy.  Picture Brice in her late 40s (just about the same age as Stafford, in fact) in front of the mike, dressed as a baby, doing Snooks.  Stafford was more than just the harried Daddy, with credits ranging from Christmastime favorite, The Cinnamon Bear (Snappersnick the Crocodile) to adventure serial, The Shadow of Fu Manchu.

Many of the Snooks routines were similar, but the writing and talents of Brice and Stafford kept the comedy fresh.