Boxcars711 Overnight Western "Wild Bill Hickock"
"The Monsterous Toothache" (04-09-52)
The show is in the tradition of the Lone Ranger and the Cisco Kid. Guy Madison starred as Bill with Andy Devine as his sidekick, Jingles. (Now there’s a name you want to go through Hollywood with.) This Wild Bill Hickock was quick with his fists and a quip, but Jingles (dear god that nickname) got all his glory by using his immense girth to fight the bad guys. Jingles if you couldn’t tell was the comedic element in the series. And what is it with overweight sidekicks in westerns? See Cisco Kid’s partner, the jolly and rotund Pancho. Give the horses a break. The radio program lasted until 1954. The television show was started at the same time in 1951 and lasted until 1958. Also Wild Bill was portrayed by Gary Cooper in the 1936 movie, The Plainsman. Wild Bill has shown up in various other movies and television shows, most recently in the show Deadwood on HBO.
THIS EPISODE:
April 9, 1952. Program #68. Mutual network. "The Monstrous Toothache". Sponsored by: Kellogg's Sugar Corn Pops. Jingles gets a toothache, and that leads to a murderer with a drill! The system cue is added live. Paul Pierce (director), David Hire (producer), Richard Aurandt (music), Charles Lyon (announcer), Larry Hayes (writer), Virginia Gregg, Guy Madison, Andy Devine, Ken Christy, Jess Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey Silver, Jack Moyles. 25:28. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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