Let George Do It featured
Bob Bailey (who later voiced Johnny Dollar) as
G.I.-turned-P.I. George Valentine. What began as a sitcom, complete
with live laugh-it-up studio audiences, quickly transitioned into one of
the most popular detective shows of the era.
George's backstory as an ex-soldier and 'everyman'
returning to civilian life struck a chord with audiences immediately
following WWII,
prompting a highly successful run of the half-hour episodes from 1946
through 1954..
The show was buoyed equally by (1) brilliant script-writing and (2) one of the most beloved 'sidekicks' in radio history, the street-wise yet charming Claire "Brooksie" Brooks, played by Frances Robinson (pictured at left with Bailey).
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