“I can’t get over the feeling that I had sitting there watching that pilot film. … As I saw the manner in which your ideas, your tact and persistence had gradually changed the approach and resulted in a highly polished, finished product I was tremendously proud of you and of my association with you. I think that you saw possibilities in Raymond Burr which no one else saw. I think that you developed those possibilities and I think you have inspired not only the cast but the producers and directors. I think we are on the trail of a highly successful presentation.” 
“I had no life outside of Perry Mason,” Burr recalled. “And that went on 24 hours a day, six days a week. I never went home at night. I lived on the lot. I got up at 3 o’clock every single morning to learn my lines for that day, and sometimes I hadn’t finished until 9 o’clock. I had a kitchen, bedroom, office space, sitting room—all of that—on every lot I ever worked on.” 
Here We Go Folks, Closing Arguments. 
Let’s pay homage to all the people behind the scenes, who made all this happen. One of the hardest most stringent crews in TV history. 
ERLE STANLEY GARDNER Creator. 
Gail Patrick Jackson Executive Producer. Developed by Paisano Productions, the first test film. “The Case of The Moth – Eaten Mink”was later released in season 1 on 12/12/1957 episode 13. 4/1957 on stage 8 it all started, at the William Fox Studios, each episode budget was $100,000 that’s equal to $830,000 today. Other actors considered for Perry were, Mike Connors, Richard Carlson, Richard Egan, William Holden, you can say they choose the right one. Fred Steiner wrote the very famous opening theme song, ” Park Ave Beat”. A total of 3 studios were used during the shows run, William Fox Studios, General Service Studios, and the Chaplin Studios. The beautiful display of cars of the show, were furnished by the 2 leading car makers at that time. They basically swapped each week’s episode, GM and Ford supplied the cars. Perry drove Caddys all convertibles, 1957, 58, & 59. Even the Flintstones got in the act, with the parody of Perry Masonary & Bronco Burger. Sparse as it is to be referred too, Perry’s Office phone number is Madison 5-1190 and his office is on the 9th floor of the Brent Building. Only 1 episode was ever filmed in color, “The Case of The Twice-Told Twist”, only aired during Season 9 and remained unaired for 20 years, before being released in re-runs. The showed earned 2 Emmy’s both going to Raymond, in 1959 he beat out, James Arness-GunSmoke, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.-77 Sunset Strip, Richard Boone-Have Gun Will Travel, James Garner-Maverick, Craig Stevens-Peter Gunn. 1961 beats out, Robert Stack-The Untouchables, Jackie Cooper-Hennesey. The Producers Ben Brady, Herbert Hirschman, Seeleg Lester, Arthur Marks, Art Seid. There were 12 Judges that took the Bench during the shows run. Not every show winds up in the Courtroom. Vital to the show the Courtroom was where it all went down, and we get some of the best writing in TV history. Your Honor(s), S John Lauder (33), Kenneth McDonald (32), Willis Bouchey (23), Morris Ankrum (22), John Gallaudet (20), Grandon Rhodes (16), Richard Gaines (14), Charles Irving (11), Nelson Leigh (9), Frank Wilcox (8), Lilian Bronson (the only woman Judge) (3), Vince Townshed Jr. (the only black Judge) (1). 
During filming of Season 7, Raymond took ill and needed surgery, thus calling for a stand in for Perry, who is on vacation. The guest list was a Hollywood who’s who. Bette Davis, Mike Connors, Hugh O’Brian, Walter Pidgeon, and Micheal Rennie. Exposing the guilty. 
Proving the accused to be innocent. 
No matter what it takes, getting help along the way through many various means it all works out, with his 2 biggest supporters Della Street, & Paul Drake they’ll get the job done. 
And sometimes even the most unlikely of all help out, because Justice is what they are all working for. 
We covered every angle, looked down every rabbit hole, checked for overlooked facts, it’s all here in The Perry Mason Story, 8 info filled articles, full of facts, personal backgrounds of the actors. Perry Mason is one of those on the TV Mount Rushmore. Coming up on the 3rd Floor Podcast we get into the movie that influenced the movie ALIEN, flat out the greatest Sci-Fi movie ever made. Where did the idea come from, we’ll find out when we delve into ” IT, The Terror from Beyond Space” Starring Marshall Thomas, who just happens to appear on Perry Mason, nice Segway!!! 
So until next time remember to BOWL UP, BONG UP, And THEN BEAM UP to the 3rd Floor Podcast, check out the 3rd Floor Podcast on SPOTIFY.
“You’ll find that I’m a lawyer who has specialized in trial work, and in a lot of criminal work…I’m a specialist on getting people out of trouble. They come to me when they’re in all sorts of trouble, and I work them out … If you look me up through some family lawyer or some corporation lawyer, he’ll probably tell you that I’m a shyster. If you look me up through some chap in the District Attorney’s office, he’ll tell you that I’m a dangerous antagonist but he doesn’t know very much about me. 
“Mr. Mason…from time to time you seem to find yourself in predicaments from which you extricate yourself by unusual methods which invariably turn out to be legally sound. The Court feels you are fully capable of looking after your own as well as your clients’ interests.”