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ONE OF RADIO’S LONGEST RUNNING SHOWS
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was a 15-minute serial that was one of radio’s
longest running shows, from (October 12, 1937 to April 19, 1955). It aired on the
NBC Blue network until 1947, when it switched to CBS. The program was produced
by Frank and Anne Hummert. Mr. Keen and Mike Clancy were primarily homicide detectives. Bennett Kilpac (above) was the longest-running Mr. Keen; Philip Clarke
took over late in the run. and Jim Kelly was Mike Clancy. The series sponsors
included Whitehall Pharmacal Company, Dentyne, Aerowax, RCA Victor and
Chesterfield cigarettes.
TODAY IN HISTORY ~
DRAMA SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1935
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the
DuPont Company. It documented historical events using stories of individual
courage, initiative and achievement, but It occasionally presented a musical
program. The series was originally broadcast on CBS radio until 1953. The
show pioneered the use of anthology drama
FINALLY A SIXTH SEASON, SORT OF
(The Hollywood Reporter) – NBC’s The Six Million Dollar Man has been
off the air since 1978, but fans who have spent the last three and a half
decades wishing for a sixth season of the Lee Majors-starring drama will
finally see their dream come true — kind of — next year when Dynamite
Entertainment launches The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 6.
The monthly comic book picks up the continuity of the original television
series from the end of the fifth and final season, with writer James Kuhoric
promising to "bring back all the things that made it special to me back in
the day." Amongst those things, Kuhoric said, are the show’s trademark
slow motion effect sequences. He said "We went out of our way to use
the ‘Kung Fu Slow Motion’, the sound effects, and all the oddities of that
era so the comic book would feel like the original TV series.”
The Six Million Dollar Man: Season 6 will be released in comic book stores
and digitally in February 2014, in time for the series’ 40th anniversary year
(It debuted on NBC January 18, 1974).
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