Comments on: Episode 24: Song of the Slasher

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 07:33:39 +0000

Woah! I did not see that twist coming! (Not the final twist, but the twist before the last twist)

By: David D

David D — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 07:44:53 +0000

I remember this episode from when I was younger and Raymond’s gallows humor and the hardboiled nature of it continue to really work for me. I remember that poem Raymond says from way back as it’s just so brutal and Mary’s quaint rebuttal is vintage radio horror strangeness at its finest. I side with Joshua’s sympathies here and he makes a good point about the double-standard of judging Raymond’s vintage sadistic humor when other more gratuitously violent entertainment is culturally OK now. The often regrettable ridiculously-impassioned-weirdo-artist cliche fits right in here and it’s great because he turns out to be one of the “normal” characters. I love the noir flavour of Inner Sanctum horror Mysteries, the thrumming organ and bleak and often surreal stories. To me personally, this one is a classic up there with Dead Freight.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 09:18:50 +0000

I loved this one! Thanks!

By: Joshua English Scrimshaw

Joshua English Scrimshaw — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 01:47:13 +0000

In reply to Jamie B.. Not exactly a crossover, but Jack Benny did do an excellent parody of The Whistler called The Fiddler! It's about twelve and a half minutes in...

By: Joshua English Scrimshaw

Joshua English Scrimshaw — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:41:42 +0000

In reply to Joshua English Scrimshaw. I think your empty milk carton observation perfectly summarizes the essential comic appeal of the Raymond/Mary double-act. As I said in the podcast, I don’t think the story itself deserves classic status, but I do think Raymond and Mary are comedy gold and a definite radio classic. Thank you again for your suggestion!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:05:10 +0000

Thanks so much for covering this one– even though you didn’t feel it was a timeless classic, I’m glad you enjoyed it. The dialog between Raymond and the Lipton tea lady in these episodes of Inner Sanctum is my favorite thing in all of old time radio, because it’s just so weird! Her attitude is always a mildly exasperated “oh, RAYMOND,” like he put an empty milk carton back in the fridge and didn’t just make a pun about wife beating and murder. Anyway, loved it!

By: Jamie B.

Jamie B. — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:07:24 +0000

So, did these old radio shows ever do crossovers? Because this seems like a missed opportunity. They could have gotten The Whistler involved! And then Raymond and the framed-but-exonerated Whistler could jokingly fight over The Lipton Tea Lady, whom they both have a crush on. She, as usual, refrains from throwing tea at Raymond, who is *terrible* at flirting.

And this just turned into flash fanfic. My humble apologies.