The Jim Backus Show

1. E1. The Mad Bomber

   Oct 6, 1960 · 30m

   Headline News, owned by Mike, runs an article on a crazed bomber creating havoc in the city. The person reads it, angering him and he vows revenge against the news office.

2. E2. The Patriots

   Oct 25, 1960 · 30m

   O'Toole is struggling to find a good story to offer when he discovers an apparent first hand account of a revolution in a south American nation written by a new correspondent. He sells it to a client paper, then finds it was fiction. So Dora and the rest of the staff must bluff that country's leaders into believing it's real to save the story

3. E3. Mike O'Toole, Angler

   Nov 1, 1960 · 30m

   Mike is trying to raise funds for an orphanage without much success. He decides to stage a robbery with the help of "Fingers" Larkin , expecting the publicity will bring a flood of donations. The plan misfires of course.

4. E4. No Help Wanted

   Nov 8, 1960 · 30m

   A retired stage actress is trying to adapt to a normal life when John's car breaks down near her house. Using her phone as she appears to be a cleaning woman, he thinks she is destitute and goes to great lengths to get her back on her feet

5. E5. South Hampton Story

   Nov 15, 1960 · 30m

   O'Toole sends an eager young reporter out to cover the arrival in town of a beautiful heiress. When the reporter is unable to get a story, O'Toole takes the assignment himself and finds he is the new romantic interest of the heiress

6. E6. The Marry-Go-Round

   Nov 15, 1960 · 30m

   Irresponsible millionaire playboy Sonny Slote has divorced and about to marry again, this time to a stripper half his age. Anxious for a story, O'Toole and Dora appear at the Slote home, but forgetful old Sonny mistakes Dora for an ex-lover and O'Toole for her father.

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