The Saint: Tuba or not Tuba, That is the Question 01/21/1951
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Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
29 min
9 speakers
8 chapters
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What is the premise of 'Tuba or not Tuba'?
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The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
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The Saint.
Hi, Mr. Templer. Theodore. Excuse me while I drag her in, huh? Drag her? Oh, yes. She is a very nice tuber, Mr. Templer. Perhaps.
I will take her out of the case now and... Theodore, if you lift that confounded thing to your lips, you're a dead man. You do not have to get violent, Mr. Templer. I don't. Theodore, you forget that on one occasion you trapped me. I have heard you play that thing. Well... I have never before nor since wanted to be deaf. Mr. Templer, I have been practicing since then. Are you trying to tell me you now play better? Well, louder.
Louder? Goodbye, Theodore. I have got a problem. I don't doubt it. But not what you think. It ain't the neighbors. Oh, they've all moved out, huh? The landlord nailed my windows down. He's a man of genius. My problem is something else. It would help if I... Keep away from that tuba.
But I only want to play... I've never strangled anyone yet, but there can always be a first time. Okay, I won't demonstrate. But you heard me play.
Five years of my life went down the drain on that unhappy day. What did I play for you? It had a title? Well, I guess it don't really matter on account of I only know one piece, so... Well, anyways, that's what I played for Mr. Stanley.
Who immediately and no doubt happily proceeded to return to Africa, yodeling for Livingston? No. Mr. Stanley is hard of hearing? He hates music.
No, he is the guy who owns the Stanley Casino, which is kind of upstate and is a very swanky roadhouse-type roadhouse. Oh, you had him tied to a chair. Mr. Templer, he asked me to play. He called me up and asked me to come over and play. And? And after he heard me play, he hired me. Oh?
To do what?
Sweep the roadhouse? To play the tuba in his band. You know, it doesn't happen very often, but tonight it's happened.
Words have failed me.
Not only has Mr. Stanley hired me, but he is going to pay me a hundred bucks a week. And not only is he going to pay me a hundred bucks a week, he also handed over a hundred bucks in advance. In cash.
Theodore, I suppose I should congratulate you.
Why, thanks.
But what's your problem?
Mr. Templer, I love to play the tuba. But I don't play it good, I know that. You're an honest man, Theodore. Even I sometimes can't stand the sounds I make. Mr. Templin, nobody would pay me dough to play if it was legitimate. You may be right, Theodore. So what should I do? I still got the whole hundred bucks. Should I give it back to Mr. Stanley? What kind of a man is he, anyway, by reputation? From what I have heard around, he is a very big operator type. And I do not think he has had a reputation ever since he was expelled from reform school. Oh, why was he expelled?
Who is Theodore and what is his connection to the tuba?
Oh, he lowered the tone of the place. Theodore, when do you start working for him? I make my debat tonight. Debat, I see. So what I'm asking you, Mr. Templer, is will you please be there when I... But that means there will be at least one friend of mine in the audience, and I got a feeling I am going to need a friend.
You may be right, Theodore, but if the roadhouse is the kind of place most roadhouses are, the patrons will be thinking of other things than music anyway.
Yeah, but suppose they think of murder.
Mr. Templer.
Yes, Louie? It ain't none of my business. Will that stop you? No. I didn't think it would. One of these days, I'm going to hail somebody else's cab.
So then what happens to my wife and my six... No, no, don't, don't, don't say it. I haven't got a wife and six kids. You never will have if you don't keep your eye on the road. Up here in the country, what could I run into?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of 'Tuba or not Tuba'?
0:00–3:56
2
Who is Theodore and what is his connection to the tuba?
3:56–6:24
3
What challenges does Theodore face regarding his tuba playing?
6:24–8:56
4
How does Theodore's tuba playing lead to trouble?
8:56–11:27
5
What is the significance of Mr. Stanley in Theodore's story?
11:27–13:39
6
How does the plot twist around Theodore's potential murder?
13:39–16:17
7
What clues suggest Theodore's innocence?
16:17–23:31
8
How does the episode conclude regarding Theodore's fate?
23:31–29:41
Speakers
9 identifiedMore from Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
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