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Published by The Radiola Co., Sandy Hook, Conn., 1977
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not a book but a 12-inch, 33-1/3 rpm Long Playing (presumably mono) vinyl record, Radiola MR-1082, near-mint vinyl in a near-mint cardboard jacket, transcribing actual old-time dramatic radio broadcasts of 1947 and 1948. "The Fat Man" -- concept credited to Dashiell Hammett -- broadcast from the studios of WJZ Radio in Newark, New Jersey from 1946 to 1951, by which time television was making inroads. The Fat Man was developed by producer E.J. ("Mannie") Rosenberg and co-starred Ed Begley as Sgt. O'Hara. "The Adventures of the Thin Man" (1941-1950) were based on the William Powell-Myrna Loy films, which were in turn based, of course, on the 1934 novel by Dashiell Hammett. (Yes, times have changed, but for a man weighing 237 lbs. to be considered "really fat," how short would he have to be? Five-foot-four? New York's fattest congressman, Jerry Nadler, stands 5-foot-4 and peaked at 338 lbs. before resorting to surgery, which has reportedly now reduced him to a lithe 277.) This radio-theater LP now reduced (without surgery) from $21.