Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Tuesday, March 12 - SCTV: Various Episodes & Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Big Switch

SCTV Network: (TV Series (1981–1983)

Vic Hedges appears in a 1960 B&W crime show called Vic Arpeggio Private Investigator. It's an obvious spoof of the show Johnny Staccato about the private eye who was also a jazz pianist. Here Arpeggio is a saxophonist, he constantly talks in musical terms, &c.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962): The Big Switch (Season 1 | Episode 15 - aired 8 January 1956)

Chicago, 1920: Gangster Sam Dunleavy has just returned to town, and is visited by Al, a former childhood friend who is now a police officer. Al knows that Sam's girlfriend has just dropped him, and he warns Sam not to try anything violent. But Sam does plan to kill his ex-girlfriend, and he knows he needs an alibi. He sees his friend Barney, who promises to give him a perfect alibi for $2500. They work out the details, and Sam returns to Barney's place later to put the plan into action. But Al also shows up, so Sam knows that the plan must work perfectly.

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