 Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollars George read here well good morning George bad morning Johnny now what's the matter you remember to die a killer eccentric only in love animals sure well for the second and for the second time it's disappeared I'm right I hope it's not another singing mouth I'm afraid I take it away dog Johnny and I take it at that you mean a talking dog Oh no exciting adventures of a man with the action packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator is truly Johnny dollar I didn't know about mice I do know about dogs and I've never heard one yet that could say anything but rough or maybe you haven't but Michael Murphy had Michael Murphy iron Mike Murphy vice president of Milford Steel Oh what's he got to do with it well he's the former owner of the articulating canine Gellers bought the dog from him according to this application he did hmm when did it happen about three weeks ago first I heard of it was when Gillis called from New York asking for the coverage how much insurance does he have an agreement the maximum we'd allow seventy five hundred seventy five oh no no George that's how he was my time I can't make any commission from a small policy like that why don't you pay him off and forget it I'd like to Johnny but it isn't that simple no no since you found his mouth Gillis thinks you're some kind of a miracle work no pied pipey I mean a pie I'd something anyway the boys upstairs agreed to let you write your own ticket again providing yeah providing you locate the dogs are in the event you don't you pass by Gillis keep him happy so that he doesn't cancel his other policy and if I can't a leader then you wind up with your regular commission and expense account which are auditors will check and double check hmm a real sucker bet but okay George you've got yourself a deal I'm going to come out of two eighty five cents there back to my apartment item three twenty six dollars transportation hybrid in New York City including kids there to the staffer hotel at the time I checked in change my shirt with a thirty I picked up the phone and called the number George we did give me man think of Mr. Gillis please yeah yeah no I had a hunch your father was sitting at your place five fourteen fifty-first feet everyone was there what kind I'll tell you what you got here now hurry right expense account item four one dollar and seventy cents taxis from the stat later the east fifty-first feet address the entrance to the building face toward deep in place and one side of it looked out over the east river I can hear the noise from apartment four C before I step off the elevator I had a good many friends which figured because of a blonde hair and a few other well yeah I put the buzzer and waited I was about to press it again when the door opens for the off down the hall I'm all right I'm going to go on making you to the kitchen but God made it very clear that he wants to see you now and alone alone with that mob in there he's waiting for you in the damage this way how do you get all fine fine just fine like quite a party I sent out the invitations before the pop disappeared I offered to call it off but dad wouldn't let me any special kind of celebration I think so it's to announce my engagement you're a lot of you know who's a lucky man his name is Bill Fisher who's an executive with the powers advertising agency real big time operator just talked one of his clients into putting on a new TV show you know you have all my good wishes all right. I wondered why you disappeared to build a funny guy I congratulate you're getting a fine girl yes I think so from the right and what's hard yes oh well it's done so you finally decided to get here I want to get a little bit come in come in come in that's a little bit later Johnny sure you're ready to go to work yes whatever you are don't want to get paid to be a detective well I can't do my job without your cooperation with the government well what do you want me to do answer a couple of questions but didn't that sweet pee of an agent tell you all you need to know I couldn't he didn't know anything except that a dog you haven't you're a dog a dog is that what you call her why you need a more cold hearted dog well isn't that what you've lost Mr. Gilliland don't you ever let me hear you calling that if she's a little lady if you must prefer the type of being she is well she's a she's a canine okay do you mind telling me under what circumstances the canine disappeared and please call her mean car big apartment mean car that's the name mean car in Murphy what's married are you deep and all isn't that kind of an unusual name for a dog a canine or you think that shows how stupid that she's a Chinese Chinese yes a pecan he's a pecan he's and being his first owner's name was Murphy the whole thing mean car Murphy you sit here to a team. Yeah now exactly when did you notice mean toy was missing. The back and back we should see I'd love me going here locked up taking time but when we got back the door was standing open the front door and I'm not into this door and mean car was gone. Of course he was gone that's what all the fuss is about but the front door was closed it was somebody's coming he's told me that I had sense enough to close the front door when they left you're for sure somebody did steal I know what the things all I know is mean time. Canine animals like it don't grow on trees. Are you mean because of her special talent. Now you're yet to remember because she can talk now Mr Gillers can you honestly say you've heard her speak or a man or dogs can speak but mean I talk just like when being I suppose you know I see you don't believe me who you get mark yourself over here there's tape recorder Oh Mr Gillers if she can talk like you say it's still going to take me a while to kind of get used to the whole country providing we get it back the whole country TV boy what telly a new show called the big shock the first was on tomorrow night what's a marry don't you read the paper anywhere they started advertising about two weeks ago looking for a dog that could say happy hollow dog food is yum yum yummy happy hollow dog that's the company spots and show don't they're going to open a show with the animals say in that slogan you see and today I was going to take me quite on there and let it say it and collect the fifty thousand dollars for the fifty thousand dollars the fifty thousand dollars they're often to give for a dog that can say happy hollow dog food I know I know I know I know anyway when I first heard about this I remembered Mike Murphy said something me over a year ago about having a canine in his can you have to talk to him so I went over there three weeks ago and I bought it was the end of the paper at that time of course it wasn't well how did you know it was going to be Miriam told me how did you know that dress dummy she's fixing the marry the advertising agency he works at it they're the ones that taught the happy hollow people in the put on that show oh I see well you see it was about time I also see that you don't exactly approve a fisher for a son-in-law or I wouldn't say that I don't approve I don't disagree with me if you must marry a stuffed shirt that's her business you know let me play this tape recording for you you're going to hear the sweetest little voice this side of town we made this with Mike Murphy all right good now talk to me pretty now talk pretty canine be quiet what happened she saw a cat you think you still doubt she can talk now I think I'd like to see it with my own eyes have you put an end on the lost and found columns of the papers of course what about the people in this building then I had Mars he's a super put it on for the janitor they call them supers in the city so what's the matter you don't you know any of it I had to put a notice in each apartment tell him to be on the lookout for her but so far nobody said a word and naturally they wouldn't because she's not around here he's been stolen oh no look why would anyone want to steal or they couldn't put stolen maybe it could have been somebody doing it but fight fight who yes like I am Mike Murphy you know he's been saying nasty things to me claim an I cheated him out of mean toy well did you close it to Gillis is there any other possible way she could have gotten out of this role well now there's several huh no no just to think about that that window window yes yes was that open yesterday and I forgot to close it what's down below there nothing nothing nothing but the I continued questioning him making sure he's given me all the facts and after promising to take him along when I visited and like Murphy I said good night and let expense account item five one dollar and seventy cents for a cab back in my hotel the next morning I called Murphy and wangled an invitation to his Long Island home at exactly nine o'clock I was in front of the Gillis apartment yeah you look for me to get it no Mr. Gillis you seen him sure sure when they got to put their back to face oh yeah I see do you pick up the trash and garbage from the apartment every morning back to my job is in your what time do you usually hit this floor at the same time it's an hour about ten nine o'clock either the Gillis is going for breakfast every morning at this time or most every morning what about the day before yesterday did this all when the little one disappeared he was the same hour tell me Morris do you remember seeing anyone on this floor that you know one who did not have a business to hear but there was someone I see the other girl is a person where you stand the way thing at the meeting or who was it you know oh no I don't know his name am I yeah he's such a nice a gentleman and he carried what I know was another person for me to give is I tell them they were out of for their breakfast and he went away you still haven't told me what was more I have a senior who else would bring a Mr. Gillis such a pretty box of such a beautiful gift who else about the gentleman she's shown to marry that too of yours truly Johnny dollar and the ming toy Murphy matters usually keep on ours so I wasn't surprised that Morris the janitor had seen Marion Gillis's pianist they outside the apartment the morning the dog pardon me can I and I disappeared I think Morris first help went back down stairs to my cab when I saw the Gillis is walking toward me from First Avenue morning morning sorry we're late get to Gavin over there I can have a coffee better not let your doctor hear you say that oh no Mary you're ready already waiting for the killer and then let's go but a few things I can't wait to say that Mr. I and Mike Murphy now remember that no second I remember nine yeah they're going to be busy around noon I don't think so far just thought we might have lunch together 21 anywhere you like say 12 30 perfect for you then according to Mr. Gillis and Mike Murphy he didn't know all the ming toy was missing so it was going to be interesting to see his reactions when we told him the movie hall was where the car for a couple of acres near a great bank the main house with a large two-story brick affair with a tack long swimming pool in the kennels behind it or and Mike pursued his hobby of raising Pekinies dog he found Murphy at the camp well Gillis you're lying to them devil you hold your tongue man what do you do or not here anyway I came on to help Mr. Bobby he doesn't know you like I do so I wouldn't be able to tell when you're lying like I can't I suppose you think that's funny darling you know what this man did to me he stole a wonderful little dog right out from under me know you stole her back or what do you mean by that you know what I mean the day after you called me on the phone you saw that ad in the paper for the next day somebody stole mean toy and I'm sure it was you you can't be Irishman for your dirty minded evil old man I have a mind to take a horse with two year for sale oh you did not of course I didn't know you can you say it again I didn't know it was me. Well I whipped you when you're in the steel mills and I can whip him out. Oh Mr. Gillis remember what you thought it said and yes help me. Get yourself back me back to you Mr. Gillis please that's the way I come. When I was over Mr. Gillis had a black eye and murky a bloody nose. Gillis and I went back to town twelve dollars that's that's the thing Mr. Gillis safely to his apartment I went across town to the twenty one Mary and arrived we were shown to a table and I told her as quickly as I could what had happened at the mercy home. Johnny my father is supposed to get excited I know he knows and I tried to stop him but he wouldn't stop that over losing me to anything else especially something as dangerous as a fight well it might prove to be too much. He's all right believe me I'll call him in a few minutes. This morning when I was waiting for you to come back from breakfast I had a talk with the super a chair. I told you to join a tiny I hope you don't mind no of course not no thanks I've been out all morning with dad Oh I think for the dog that's right any luck I'm not sure excuse us though but what did more have to say Johnny. It wasn't important don't try lying to me Johnny dollar I know you too well. The morning the dog disappeared you were at Marion's apartment weren't you. Of course he wasn't well they before yesterday. No it's sure positive I was in my office all morning what time did you get there remember yes we've been very busy lately getting the big shot ready for the air was about eight forty secretary will swear to them naturally. A couple of phone calls you're right back. I called bill's office spoke to a secretary and of course you'd lie instead of going back to the table I took a cab to my hotel made a couple of more phone calls and waited about 40 minutes later bill Fisher called and asked me to meet him in a bar near Rockefeller Center you like a drink Johnny thanks now right now no I think you'd be thirsty you've been such a busy little boy how do you mean you know what I mean calling my secretary then calling the happy hollow people to find out whose idea it was to advertise offering 50 grand for talking dog I wouldn't be ashamed of having that idea if I were you it's a good one except for one thing it was meant strictly for the publicity value nobody ever heard of a dog that could really talk so I guaranteed them their fifty thousand would be safe. It was tough enough getting the happy hollow people to put a show on TV in the first place they really don't have that kind of money and if they had to pay out the fifty grand on top of everything else well that would be it we lose their account I'd lose my job so what did you do with me and Troy well naturally since she could talk I had to get rid of her you understand that don't you how did you get into the Gillis apartment that was easy I'd been there the night before when I left I slipped the latch to the door wouldn't lock when they went out to breakfast the next morning I went in I was going to put her in that box and carry her out but she put up such a fuss I well I tossed her out the window into the river yes dollar into the East River but what can I do about it after all mean to I was only a dog it wasn't like she was a person what can you do about it I'm not sure but whatever it is I hope it's plenty I left in there and walked down Fixed Avenue when I reached the corner of fifty first I called Marianne and asked her to meet me in a little park near her apartment building somehow I told her as simply and directly as I could well it's kind of funny isn't it John I don't know if I haven't met Bill none of this would ever have happened dad would still be feeling chipper I might have been engaged to somebody else maybe even a nice guy like you and I think it's like this I don't know where I just don't know about a block away from her apartment when we heard the we watched the turn in the fifty-first street then stop then we were running it's not I know are you don't know any such things all right folks all right now keep back in the man room to work on anything they're not going in the building no no they're doing something out there in the middle of the street I haven't said I was there I was there what happened that sounds like a little girl's caught down there under the street under the lady in the drain pipe that goes down to the river are you sure it's a little girl and not a dog you kidding dogs can't talk like that like what like well it sounds like she's trying to say something about a dog food being yum yum yum me if you find the marriage excuse me I joined the power of watermen who had lifted up a manhole cover and put down a ladder it didn't take us long to the street just a couple of a minute and we climb back out of here. Where is she where is my baby she's still down and you know that's how you got like she's not all right she's fine and why didn't you bring it back well maybe you better look for yourself and get right I'll do just that you got you can't you just try stopping me one come on dollar money can be careful on the floor just don't you worry about me you just look out for yourself just all right I'm. A dollar the dollar you hear she's a happy hallowed dog by George by George boy let me let me down here where is she where is my little sweet that's very much like a lot of that's very much like a lot of this water part of this one I guess you'll have to go down here. What. That means on that. But I think we could be down here to. That's why she disappeared to have her family. He called me Papa Papa. Well, you're not in a good mood, my golly. Well, hereby I got the hood on top. I guess Ming-choy did too. Yes, yes, he must have. Yes, indeed. Look, Johnny, I'm a grandfather. I did tell Gillis exactly how Ming-choy had been helped out of the apartment. All he knew was that Marianne for reasons of her own had called off her engagement to bill. Ming-choy spent a week in bed recovering from her ordeal, and naturally, since Gillis refused to let her appear on TV that night, the $50,000 went unclenched. And, alas, the long-suffering public has yet to hear the dulcet tones of a talking dog named Ming-choy Murphy. Expense account total, including hotel and semettles and transportation back to Hartford, $225.70. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. To tell you about next week's story. Next week, a vessel that was lost at sea suddenly turns up. Thanks to the true love of my gay young life. Join us, won't you? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey, originates in Hollywood. Written by Charles Smith, it is produced and directed by Jack Brownstone. Heard in our cast were Virginia Gregg, G. Stanley Jones, Joseph Kearn, J. Novello, Bill James, and Howard McNeer. Musical supervision is by Amarigo Marino. Be sure to join us next week. Same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly, Johnny Dollar. This is Dan Coverley speaking.