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Episode Information |
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| Title: | The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley |
| Episode #: | 01x19 |
| Production Number: | 43625 |
| Original Airdate: | Sunday March 07th, 1976 |
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Episode Summary |
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Popular songwriter Alvin Wyner is murdered during the musical interlude on a radio interview show when he goes to the station's library to find a record. A waiter who had previously accused Wyner of stealing one of his songs is the leading suspect but Ellery thinks differently and once again gets in a battle of wits with the nearly unarmed Simon Brimmer.
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Episode Notes |
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This episode marked the final appearance of John Hillerman as radio star Simon Brimmer who was 0 for the series doing battle against Ellery Queen.
| Ken Berry had previously starred in F Troop and Mayberry RFD.
| Norman Fell is best known to TV viewers for his role as tightwad landlord Stanley Roper on Three's Company.
| Rudy Vallee and Ellery Queen co-star David Wayne both played villains on Batman. Romero played Lord Marmaduke Fogg and Wayne played the Mad Hatter.
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Episode Quotes |
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Ellery: Danny, you watch your temper.
| Brimmer: (to Wyner) A bit overplayed, wouldn't you say?
| Ellery: What happened?
Brimmer: Murder, plain and simple. Tell your father to alert his minions.
| Inspector Queen: A record library is the perfect place for a murder. Nobody around.
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