Comments on: Episode 187: John Saint John

By: Smuggins

Smuggins — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:31:53 +0000

Great episode, loved the dialogue. Favorite was how he ran into a janitor in the lady’s building, but luckily it was his wife’s birthday. It took me a moment to realize he had bribed the janitor to let him into the apartment.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 17:18:51 +0000

I was listening to some Pat Novak today and remembered this episode and wondered if there was a collection of the show's zingers somewhere. Turns out there is: http://patnovak.50webs.com/quotes.html

By: Lamont Cranston

Lamont Cranston — Tue, 11 May 2021 23:18:11 +0000

Pat Novak is one of my all time favorites. There’s something about a character that will snap at anything and how can you not love lines like:
When she said ‘good luck’, you knew she was just being polite and didn’t mean it anymore than the hangmen when he tells you to watch your step. or
He was a tough, hard cop, with a heart big enough to hide behind a piece of birdseed.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 20:59:53 +0000

I found myself, much like Eric, getting lost in the plot and forgetting that the plot wasn’t why we were listening.

My favorite line was “throbbed like a love story in a women’s magazine.”

All in all, this was a fun episode, all the language was great, but in this vein, I prefer Candy Matson. I feel like her delivery is so wry, it is more enjoyable for me than is Jack Webb’s playing-it-straight (and no offense to Jack Webb, he’s great). But yeah, all throughout the listen I kept wishing Candy would show up and lighten the mood. “Oh sister!”

In other words, I wish you guys would do more Candy Matson. 🙂

By: Jack Boots

Jack Boots — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:29:32 +0000

I truly enjoy all of Jack Webb’s radio shows. Please include Pete Kelly’s Blues at some point in the future.