The God That Failed

CBS Radio Mystery Theater "The God That Failed" is a Mystery from Monday, November 19, 1979.

Sen. Bob Blaisdell (Blaze, for short) is sent by his committee chairman to visit Alesser, a new nation in Asia. Blaze tries his best to suggest ways to modernize the land, but its people have no use for supermarkets or oil refineries. They do have one decrepit airplane, and Blaze is taken on a sightseeing trip which ends when the plane crashes in a remote jungle. The people who rescue him think he must be some kind of a god descended from the sky and expect him to heal the sick, stop the floods and end the wars. “But I can’t even do that in the United States Senate,” wails Blaze, whose only wish is to get back to Washington—fast.