On This Day, August 22: The Lone Ranger and Abe Burrows
Also featured: David Rose's California Melodies.
August 22 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for 6 historical broadcasts transmitting on August 22 across American network broadcasting history (1933–1949):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "David Rose Orchestra with Maxine Gray & Donald Novis" | Mutual-Don Lee (KHJ) 1940-08-22 8:30 PM PST |
Regional Advertisers California Sustaining |
David Rose and his Orchestra, Maxine Gray (Vocalist), Donald Novis (Baritone) | Don Lee Broadcasting System, Frank Bull (Announcer) | ["Music", "Easy Listening", "Orchestral"] |
Conductor David Rose leads his lush Hollywood strings in sweeping orchestral arrangements from KHJ Los Angeles, showcasing vocal soloists Maxine Gray and Donald Novis in romantic renditions of 'Holiday for Strings' and 'Whispering'. |
| "David Rose Orchestra Featuring Mel Tormé & Virginia Weidler" | Mutual-Don Lee (KHJ) 1942-08-22 8:30 PM PWT |
Sustaining U.S. War Bond Drives |
David Rose and his 35-piece Orchestra, Mel Tormé, Virginia Weidler, Don Lee Chorus | Walter Johnson (Director), David Rose (Music), Frank Bull (Announcer) | ["Music", "Easy Listening", "Orchestral"] |
David Rose and his 35-piece orchestra deliver an uplifting wartime broadcast from KHJ Hollywood, featuring a youthful Mel Tormé and the Don Lee Chorus performing stirring patriotic melodies and 'Our Waltz'. |
| "The Girl with the Three Blue Eyes (Song Satire)" | CBS (WCBS) 1949-08-22 9:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining CBS Summer Comedy |
Abe Burrows (Satirist / Host), Milton DeLugg (Piano) | Abe Burrows (Writer), Bill Robson (Director), Larry Thor (Announcer) | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Music"] |
Satirist and comedic songwriter Abe Burrows sits at his piano to lampoon overly dramatic Tin Pan Alley torch ballads and documentary travelogues, performing his deadpan original parodies including 'The Girl with the Three Blue Eyes'. |
| "Rustlers of the Rio Grande Canyon" | WXYZ Detroit 1933-08-22 7:30 PM EST |
Gordon Baking Company Silvercup Bread ("Energy for youth") |
George Stenius (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), James Jewell (Narrator) | George W. Trendle & Fran Striker (Creators), James Jewell (Director) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
The masked rider and faithful companion Tonto track a ruthless gang of cattle rustlers who have been terrorizing border ranchers along the Rio Grande, leaving a signature silver bullet in the outlaw leader's gunbelt. |
| "Ambush at Black Mountain Pass" | WXYZ / Mutual 1934-08-22 7:30 PM EST |
Gordon Baking Company Silvercup Bread |
Earle Graser (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), Brace Beemer (Announcer) | Fran Striker (Writer), James Jewell (Director), Fred Flowerday (Sound Effects) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto intercept a scheduled stagecoach carrying a gold bullion strongbox before it reaches a dynamited mountain pass, disarming the masked bandit gang. |
| "Medicine Man's Treachery" | Mutual (WXYZ / WOR) 1938-08-22 7:30 PM EST |
General Baking Company Bond Bread ("Look for the Bond wrapper") |
Earle Graser (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), Brace Beemer (Announcer) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles D. Livingstone (Director) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto expose a treacherous medicine show quack working in collusion with a corrupt reservation agent, proving that the villain planted poisoned herbs in the tribe's well. |