Archival Dispatch: August 26 Calendar Walk — Nick Carter, Beyond Our Ken, and The First Nighter
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Tags: August 26, Calendar Walk, Nick Carter Master Detective, Lon Clark, Charlotte Manson, Old Dutch Cleanser, Cudahy, Beyond Our Ken, Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, BBC, The First Nighter Program, Don Ameche, June Meredith, Campana Italian Balm, Thats Our Boy, Eddie Mayehoff, Anacin, Deadline, Larry Haines, Jerry Devine, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 26 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 183)
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 26 across American and British radio, Lon Clark solving cases on Nick Carter, Master Detective (for Old Dutch Cleanser and Mutual), Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams on holiday in BBC's Beyond Our Ken, Don Ameche starring on The First Nighter Program for Campana's Italian Balm, Eddie Mayehoff on That's Our Boy for Anacin, and Larry Haines on Deadline (1931–1958):
1. August 26 Archival Inventory (Increment 183)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deadline_1953.mp3 Alt: Death by Proxy, Deadline 1953-08-26 |
"Death by Proxy (Larry Haines & Mason Adams — Mutual Deadline)" | Mutual (WOR) 1953-08-26 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Newspaper Drama |
Larry Haines (Reporter), Mason Adams | Jerry Devine, Ted Cott, Bob Hite | ["Newspaper", "Detective", "Docudrama", "Crime", "Noir"] |
"Deadline! The thrilling, authentic dramatizations of the men and women of the press who risk their lives to bring you the news!" In 'Death by Proxy', an investigative metropolitan reporter investigates the mysterious electrocution of an industrial chemist, unmasking a corporate espionage proxy contract killer. |
Nick_Carter_1945.mp3 Alt: Nick Carter 198 Vanishing Postman, Old Dutch 1945 |
"The Case of the Vanishing Postman (Lon Clark & Charlotte Manson — Old Dutch)" | Mutual (WOR) 1945-08-26 5:30 PM EWT |
Cudahy Packing Co. Old Dutch Cleanser ("Chases Dirt") |
Lon Clark (Nick), Charlotte Manson (Patsy) | Jock MacGregor, Michael Fitzmaurice | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Mystery", "Crime", "Action"] |
"Old Dutch Cleanser presents Nick Carter, Master Detective, starring Lon Clark with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen!" Nick Carter investigates the inexplicable midday disappearance of a veteran mail carrier along his routine postal route, uncovering a counterfeit bearer bond mail fraud ring operating from a suburban cellar for Old Dutch Cleanser. |
Nick_Carter_1951.mp3 Alt: The Case of the Murder Memory, Murder Memory |
"The Case of the Murder Memory (Lon Clark & Charlotte Manson — Nick Carter)" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-08-26 6:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Detective Mystery Series |
Lon Clark (Nick), Charlotte Manson (Patsy) | Jock MacGregor, John Bryson | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Mystery", "Psychological", "Crime"] |
"Mutual presents Nick Carter, Master Detective, starring Lon Clark!" An amnesiac veteran arrives in Nick Carter's office tormented by terrifying, fractured flashbacks of committing a violent homicide, prompting Nick and Patsy to reconstruct the man's missing 48 hours to expose a hypnotic blackmail conspiracy. |
Thats_Our_Boy_1950.mp3 Alt: That's Our Boy, Eddie Mayehoff Anacin |
"The Football Mascot Fiasco (Eddie Mayehoff as Jarvis Jackson — Anacin)" | CBS (WCBS/KNX) 1950-08-26 8:30 PM EDT |
Whitehall Pharmacal Anacin Fast Pain Relief |
Eddie Mayehoff (Jarvis), Barbara Eiler | Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Lemond | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Domestic", "Family", "Americana"] |
"Anacin presents That's Our Boy, starring the uproarious comedy of Eddie Mayehoff as Jarvis Jackson!" Overzealous, athletic father Jarvis Jackson tries to turn his frail, bookworm son Junior into a varsity high school football star, leading to a riotous disaster when Jarvis accidentally steals the rival team's live bulldog mascot for Anacin. |
Beyond_Our_Ken_1958.mp3 Alt: A Trip To France, Beyond Our Ken 1958 |
"A Trip to France (Kenneth Horne & Kenneth Williams — BBC Beyond Our Ken)" | BBC Light 1958-08-26 8:30 PM |
Sustaining Light Entertainment |
Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick | Eric Merriman, Barry Took, Smith | ["Comedy", "Satire", "British", "Sketch", "Parody"] |
"The BBC Light Programme presents Beyond Our Ken, starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, and Betty Marsden!" Kenneth Horne guides the troupe on a chaotic cross-channel holiday to France, featuring surreal travel sketches, Arthur Fallowfield's rural philosophizing, and Rodney and Charles on the Riviera. |
First_Nighter_1931.mp3 Alt: The Devil's Pitchfork, Campana Italian Balm 1931 |
"The Devil's Pitchfork (June Meredith & Don Ameche — Campana Italian Balm)" | NBC Red (WMAQ) 1931-08-26 9:30 PM EDST |
Campana Corp. Campana's Italian Balm |
June Meredith, Don Ameche, Hughes | Arch Oboler, Vincent Pelletier | ["Drama", "Melodrama", "Romance", "Theatrical", "Americana"] |
"From the Little Theater off Times Square, Campana's Italian Balm presents The First Nighter Program!" In 'The Devil's Pitchfork', an ambitious young mountain engineer (Don Ameche) is torn between his devotion to a gentle village schoolteacher (June Meredith) and the sinister temptations of a wealthy copper baron offering him fortune at the cost of his integrity for Campana. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 26
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 26: 323
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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