Saturday, January 10, 2009

Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" The Trail Of The Cougar (10-21-54)


Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock" The Trail Of The Cougar(Aired October 21, 1954)


This juvenile western followed the same format as the TV show of the same name that ran throughout the same years. This format certainly was not new as the charismatic hero and comic side-kick was something that had been done before with Hopalong Cassidy and The Cisco Kid, and to some extent with the Lone Ranger. FIRST BROADCAST: May 17, 1951 LAST BROADCAST: February 12, 1956 SPONSORS: Kellog CAST: Guy Madison and Andy Devine. ANNOUNCERS: Charlie Lyon PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Paul Pierc. The storylines for Wild Bill Hikock are anything but challenging. The basic plot is usually along the lines of Hickock and his sidekick, Jingles, blundering into trouble, fighting their way out of it somehow, and then riding off into the sunset in readiness for next weeks trials and tribulations.


THIS EPISODE:

October 1954. Program #243. Mutual network. "The Trail Of The Cougar". Sponsored by: Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops, Kellogg's Variety. Old Dad Winters' herd is being whittled down by a "killer cat." The system cue is added live. The date above is approximate. Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Charles Lyon (announcer), David Hire (producer), Paul Pierce (writer, director), Richard Aurandt (music), Ralph Moody, Leo Curley, Frank Gerstle. 24:52.

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