We start the work week with another look at “The Town Budget,” the episode of the Alcoa Theatre anthology series that first aired on December 15, 1958. Crooks on the run Jonas and Frankie (Arthur Batanides) try to act natural. Jonas has just shot a cop and is pretty happy about it.

For 30-odd years, Batanides was a reliable character actor who appeared in scores of television programs and several films as well. My Mystery Science Theater 3000 pals will remember him as the high-strung Danny from The Unearthly (1957). Towards the end of his career he had a recurring role as Mr.Kirkland in several of the Police Academy comedies.