I loved the Perry Mason mysteries. I watched Perry Mason on TV as often as I could.. When I was a young teenager I use to go the public library, pick out a Perry Mason mystery, sit down and spend four hours reading the mystery. It was very enjoyable cause I could hear Raymond Burr's voice in my mind as I read the mystery.
Erle Stanley Gardner must have had a couple of bad experiences with police lieutenants. Lieutenant Tragg was incompetent. He was always in such a hurry arrest a suspect. His investigation was sloppy and was not thorough. Any District Attorney would have fired him. But not in the Perry Mason mysteries.
I remember reading 'The Case of the Empty Tin.' Somewhere in the book, Erle Stanley Gardner told the reader that he wrote this mystery to show how incompetent Lieutenant Tragg was. I think the actual word Erle Stanley Gardner used was 'dumb.'
The other character I was very fond of was the Private Investigator Paul Drake. I loved the conversations Paul Drake, Della Street and Perry had in Perry's office. The court sessions were very interesting. They contained a lot of information for the viewer or reader.
The solutions to the mysteries seemed somewhat contrived only because the clues Perry picked up were never explained. But the viewer knew by the expression on Perry's face that he had solved the murder.
I also watched the Perry Mason movies after the series ended. Now I watch the old Perry Mason mysteries on channel 77 on CableVision.
Erle Stanley Gardner must have had a couple of bad experiences with police lieutenants. Lieutenant Tragg was incompetent. He was always in such a hurry arrest a suspect. His investigation was sloppy and was not thorough. Any District Attorney would have fired him. But not in the Perry Mason mysteries.
I remember reading 'The Case of the Empty Tin.' Somewhere in the book, Erle Stanley Gardner told the reader that he wrote this mystery to show how incompetent Lieutenant Tragg was. I think the actual word Erle Stanley Gardner used was 'dumb.'
The other character I was very fond of was the Private Investigator Paul Drake. I loved the conversations Paul Drake, Della Street and Perry had in Perry's office. The court sessions were very interesting. They contained a lot of information for the viewer or reader.
The solutions to the mysteries seemed somewhat contrived only because the clues Perry picked up were never explained. But the viewer knew by the expression on Perry's face that he had solved the murder.
I also watched the Perry Mason movies after the series ended. Now I watch the old Perry Mason mysteries on channel 77 on CableVision.
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