Archival Dispatch: August 30 Calendar Walk — Great Gildersleeve, Kay Kyser, and The Sea Hound
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Tags: August 30, Calendar Walk, The Great Gildersleeve, Harold Peary, Walter Tetley, Parkay Margarine, Kay Kyser, Lucky Strike, Point Loma, The Sea Hound, Captain Silver, Curtain Time, Mars Candy, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Humphrey Lyttelton, BBC Radio 4, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 30 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 389 — August 30 Kickoff)
This archival dispatch initiates the August 30th calendar walk, documenting the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 30 across American network radio and British BBC broadcasting, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve's fishing trip to Lake Hackmatack for Parkay Margarine (1942), Kay Kyser's musical Kollege remote from the Navy West Coast Sound School at Point Loma for Lucky Strike (1944), two seafaring juvenile adventures with Captain Silver on The Sea Hound (1943–1948), Mars Candy's Curtain Time (1947), and Humphrey Lyttelton chairing I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4 (1942–1986):
1. August 30 Archival Inventory (Increment 389)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sea_Hound_1943.mp3 Alt: Caribbean Lagoon Silver |
"Captain Silver Sails into the Caribbean Lagoon" | ABC Blue (WJZ) 1943-08-30 4:45 PM EWT |
Sustaining Maritime Juvenile |
Ken Daigneau, Hastings | Sea Hound Production Staff | ["Adventure", "Maritime", "Juvenile", "Action", "Serial"] |
Captain Silver navigates the Sea Hound into an uncharted Caribbean cove while evading an armed enemy submarine lurking offshore. |
Sea_Hound_1948.mp3 Alt: Sunken Galleon 1948 |
"The Secret of the Sunken Galleon" | ABC (WJZ) 1948-08-30 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Maritime Juvenile |
Ken Daigneau, Hastings | Sea Hound Production Staff | ["Adventure", "Maritime", "Juvenile", "Treasure", "Serial"] |
Captain Silver and Jerry dive beneath reef waters to recover an encrypted Spanish navigation log before modern salvage pirates arrive. |
Kay_Kyser_1944.mp3 Alt: Navy Sound School Pt Loma |
"Navy West Coast Sound School, Point Loma, California" | NBC (WEAF) 1944-08-30 10:00 PM EWT |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Kay Kyser, Carroll | Ish Kabibble & Sully Mason | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Quiz", "Big Band", "Military Remote"] |
Kay Kyser quizzes sailors and sonar trainees at the Navy Sound School on musical trivia and leads swing standards. |
Gildersleeve_1942.mp3 Alt: Fishing Hackmatack |
"The Fishing Trip to Lake Hackmatack" | NBC (WEAF) 1942-08-30 6:30 PM EWT |
Kraft Cheese Co. Parkay Margarine |
Harold Peary, Tetley | Leonard L. Levinson (Creator) | ["Sitcom", "Comedy", "Family", "Small Town", "Americana"] |
Gildersleeve takes nephew Leroy and Judge Hooker on a chaotic weekend camping excursion to Lake Hackmatack. |
Curtain_Time_1947.mp3 Alt: Page One Wedding |
"Page One Wedding" | NBC (WNBC) 1947-08-30 7:30 PM EDT |
Mars, Inc. Mars Candy Bars |
Harry Elders, Sargent | Russell Hughes (Writer) | ["Drama", "Romance", "Newspaper", "Mystery", "Anthology"] |
A cynical newspaper reporter investigating high-society extortion uncovers a romantic blackmail scheme on the eve of a debutante wedding. |
ISIHAC_1986.mp3 Alt: Nannies Ball 1986 |
"The Nannies' Ball and Silly Word Games" | BBC Radio 4 1986-08-30 12:27 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Radio Comedy |
Humphrey Lyttelton, Cryer | Garden, Brooke-Taylor, Rushton | ["Comedy", "Panel Game", "Satire", "Improv", "British"] |
Humphrey Lyttelton presides over comedic panel games including Mornington Crescent and satirical singing rounds at the piano. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 30 (Walk Kickoff)
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 30: 6 / 377
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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