Suspense - Murder In G Flat

Stay Tuned For Murder Suspense - Murder In G Flat April 5, 1951 Easy come, easy go. That's probably not the first phrase that comes to mind, when thinking of Jack Benny and money. The money, all twenty-five thousand of it, does come easily when bags get mixed up on the subway. Soon, however, piano tuner Hercules Remington (Benny) learns that the person who picked up his tool bag, leaving the money, has identified him and wants his bag back. Of course, piano tuner Remington wanted to keep the money, despite his wife's admonitions, but when the phone call comes from the shady character who picked up the wrong bag, he learns the easy-go half of the equation. Unfortunately, when Hercules is cajoled into returning the money to its unrightful owner, things do not go as smoothly as planned. The main focus of this 'story of treachery and greed' is not the crime that has been committed, rather it is the different attitudes of those who have received the ill-gotten gains. Benny, finder of the money, is elated to be suddenly rich (in 1951, twenty-five thousand went a long way), but is shrewd enough to defer to his wife's better judgement. His wife Martha, played by Bea Benaderet, is wise enough and honest enough to know that the money should be handed over to the proper authorities. The fly in the ointment is Uncle Herman, the black sheep of the family, played by Joseph Kearns. Upon seeing the money, Uncle Herman develops the attitude of 'finders keepers', as well as suddenly becoming…