Archival Dispatch: August 24 Calendar Walk — Jack Paar, Duffy's Tavern, and Aviation Pioneer de Seversky
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Tags: August 24, Calendar Walk, Sky Blazers, Col Roscoe Turner, Alexander de Seversky, Wonder Bread, The Jack Paar Show, Hans Conried, Lucky Strike, Duffys Tavern, Ed Gardner, Charlie Cantor, Vitalis, Dunninger The Mentalist, Kem-Tone, Chick Carter Boy Detective, Bill Lipton, Leon Janney, Mutual, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 24 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 62)
This archival dispatch documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network, golden age aviation biography, summer variety satire, tavern comedy, telepathic mentalism, and juvenile detective radio history (1940–1950):
1. August 24 Archival Inventory (Increment 62)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sky_Blazers_1940_08_24.mp3 Alt: Alex de Seversky Pursuit, Col Roscoe Turner 1940 |
"Major Alexander de Seversky's Pursuit Plane Triumph (Col. Roscoe Turner — Wonder Bread)" | CBS (WABC) 1940-08-24 8:00 PM EDST |
Continental Baking Wonder Bread & Hostess |
Col. Roscoe Turner, Santos Ortega, Karl Swenson | Phillips H. Lord, William Sweets, Frank Gallop | ["Adventure", "Aviation", "Biographical", "Historical", "Military"] |
Aviation hero Col. Roscoe Turner dramatizes the true story of Russian immigrant pilot Major Alexander de Seversky, detailing his arrival in America after World War I and his brilliant breakthrough designs in high-altitude pursuit planes for Wonder Bread. |
Jack_Paar_1947_08_24.mp3 Alt: Cinderfella Parody, Jack Paar Lucky Strike |
"Cinderfella Parody & Blue Moon (Jack Paar & Hans Conried — Lucky Strike)" | NBC (WNBC) 1947-08-24 7:00 PM EDT |
American Tobacco Co. Lucky Strike — "L.S./M.F.T." |
Jack Paar (Host), Hans Conried, Florence Halop | Larry Marks & Mac Benoff, Hy Averback | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Parody", "Satire", "Music"] |
Jack Paar summer-substitutes for Jack Benny with rapid-fire conversational wit, staging a riotous fairytale parody sketch called 'Cinderfella' with Hans Conried and singing 'Blue Moon' with the Page Cavanaugh Trio for Lucky Strike. |
Duffys_Tavern_1950.mp3 Alt: High Society Debutante, Ed Gardner Vitalis |
"Archie's High-Society Debutante Scheme (Ed Gardner as Archie — Vitalis)" | NBC (WNBC) 1950-08-24 9:30 PM EDT |
Bristol-Myers Co. Trushay & Vitalis |
Ed Gardner (Archie), Charlie Cantor (Finnegan) | Larry Gelbart & Dick Martin, Rod O'Connor | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Vaudeville", "Slapstick", "Americana"] |
"Duffy's Tavern, where the elite meet to eat, Archie the manager speakin', Duffy ain't here..." Archie schemes to pass Finnegan off as an eccentric Park Avenue millionaire bachelor to woo a visiting high-society debutante for Vitalis Hair Cream. |
Dunninger_1945_08_24.mp3 Alt: Mind Reading Feats, Dunninger Kem-Tone 1945 |
"Master Mentalist Mind-Reading Feats (Joseph Dunninger — Kem-Tone)" | Blue/ABC (WJZ) 1945-08-24 8:30 PM EWT |
Sherwin-Williams Kem-Tone Miracle Wall Finish |
Joseph Dunninger (Master Mentalist), Bill Slater | Frances R. King, Earl McGill, Glenn Riggs | ["Mystery", "Magic", "Talk", "Entertainment", "Game Show"] |
Master mentalist Joseph Dunninger performs astonishing telepathic mind-reading feats before a panel of prominent guest judges and studio audience members, offering his standing ten-thousand-dollar challenge for Kem-Tone Paint. |
Chick_Carter_1943.mp3 Alt: Mayors Final Decision, Chick Carter 1943 |
"The Mayor's Final Decision (Bill Lipton as Chick Carter — Mutual)" | Mutual (WOR) 1943-08-24 5:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Juvenile Detective Serial |
Bill Lipton (Chick), Leon Janney (Tex) | Street & Smith, Fritz Blocki, Ken Powell | ["Detective", "Adventure", "Juvenile", "Action", "Mystery"] |
Chick Carter and Tex Tucker race against the clock to deliver critical ballistic evidence to City Hall before the corrupt syndicate coerces the Mayor into signing a rigged municipal defense franchise. |
Chick_Carter_1944.mp3 Alt: Waterfront Smugglers, Chick Carter Mutual 1944 |
"The Subterranean Waterfront Smugglers (Bill Lipton as Chick Carter — Mutual)" | Mutual (WOR) 1944-08-24 5:30 PM EWT |
Sustaining Juvenile Detective Serial |
Bill Lipton (Chick), Joanne Myers (Sue) | Street & Smith, Fritz Blocki, Ken Powell | ["Detective", "Adventure", "Juvenile", "Action", "Mystery"] |
Chick Carter and Sue Farraday discover a secret subterranean tunnel beneath the old harbor docks used by a ring of waterfront saboteurs smuggling black-market wartime goods. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 24
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 24: 372
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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