This week we’re diving into one the final episodes of Quiet Please, “The Hat, the Bed, and John J. Catherine”! An eccentric aspiring actor, relegated to the position of a stage hand, sees a hat on a bed onstage. Convinced that the omen foretells death, he walks away from his job into a strange, dreamlike state. Did he indeed experience a preview of death? What hidden meanings live within his theatrical references? Did Wyllis Cooper steal this story from the Coen Brothers? Listen for yourself and find out! (And check out a special preview of our first attempt at a secret episode for our Patreon supporters, “Hat on a Bed,” from the series Origin of Superstition!) Then vote and let us know what you think!
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Thought this episode of Quiet, Please was impressive in the sense that you really didn’t know where it was going, and I didn’t know that the narrator of the show was the one doing the lead role–he was really good. It started out normal, that gradually got all strange and experimental until the end. Really intriguing episode, however.