X Minus One - The Man in the Moon (#6)

05/29/55, episode 6
This episode provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group
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George Lefferts wrote this as he wrote four of the first seven X Minus One stories. In this one, John Smegley is missing, so of course this involves the Federal Bureau of Missing Persons. The bureau is having trouble because interference from, of all places the moon, is interrupting a message. Then we find out a list of missing persons is assembled before the person is missing. A good story with a few twists. (from "The Critical X Minus One" by Jim Fanisher)
Credits (Goldin): William Welch (producer), Ed Latimer, Fred Collins (announcer), Fred Weihe (director, transcriber), George Lefferts (writer), Joe DeSantis, Luis Van Rooten, Bob Haag, Ross Martin, Santos Ortega, Sydney Smith

[@E.L.RipleyAtNostromo]

“Charlie” at the beginning was credited as Ross Martin. I went back and listened and sure enough that’s Ross Martin from the TV show “The Wild Wild West” from ten years after this in 1965. He played Artemis Gordon along with Robert Conrad who played James West. Kind of neat to hear him years before I first saw him on Television.

[@paulsarnik8506]

Um, yeah 🤷🏼‍♂️ See my comment. 🤓😎✌🏻🚀

[@E.L.RipleyAtNostromo]

@@paulsarnik8506Um, yeah, 🤷‍♂️ see my comment, from _8 months before yours_ of 1 hour ago.

[@davidarundel6187]

Another great short story , with thrills like the rest , and thrills for good measure .
The early broadcast shows , still can't be beat - don't think anyone trust anymore , since tv & the net took over .
Namaste 🙏❤️

[@simonmcgrath4112]

This is by far one of the best episodes of x-one (in my opinion) and how anyone can put a thumbs down is beyond me!!!

[@klat2baraada579]

Before there was . . . Star Trek,
Before there was . . . The Twilight Zone,
Before there was . . . The Outer Limits,
There was . . . Xxxx Minusususus Onenene

[@shawnmalone9711]

This is a great episode! Everytime I listen to it , this program makes me laugh, lol! 😂😂😂😂

[@janetcraft]

Good story :)
I don't know about you, but I'd love to take a trip to the Moon - and come back home in one piece of course!
(Or maybe stay there and set up camp :)

[@nardpuncher]

@1:47 he says the guys looney. Funny as that comes from lune

[@peedeel2077]

Oh Henry.

[@betsya7054]

Loved it

[@snappykat9928]

I can hear Burgess Meredith here.

[@paulsarnik8506]

Artimis Gordon in this one but no Elroy 😞. 🤓😎✌🏻🚀