On This Day, August 28: Mr. and Mrs. North
Also featured: Words at War, Peg Lynch.
August 28 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 28 across American network radio and syndication, Pam and Jerry North solving a Chinatown warehouse stabbing (1946) and an upstate farm poisoning (1951), Santos Ortega portraying Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave in Burma Surgeon on Words at War, real-life romance on Front Page Drama, and Peg Lynch & Alan Bunce in two hilarious domestic dilemmas on The Couple Next Door (1937–1959):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "North Faces East" | NBC (WEAF) 1946-08-28 8:00 PM EDT |
Colgate-Palmolive Halo Shampoo / Shave Cream |
Joseph Curtin, Alice Frost | Frank Lovejoy, Lockridges | ["Detective", "Comedy", "Mystery", "Husband and Wife Sleuths", "Chinatown"] |
Pam and Jerry North investigate when an oriental antique importer is found stabbed inside a locked Chinatown tea warehouse. |
| "Murder and the Farmer's Daughter" | CBS (WABC) 1951-08-28 8:30 PM EDT |
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate Dental / Palmolive |
Richard Denning, Barbara Britton | Francis De Sales | ["Detective", "Comedy", "Mystery", "Husband and Wife Sleuths", "Rural"] |
Pam and Jerry North travel upstate for a quiet country vacation, only to stumble upon the suspicious poisoning of a local dairy farmer's daughter. |
| "Burma Surgeon" | NBC (WEAF) 1943-08-28 8:30 PM EWT |
Council on Books Sustaining Wartime Drama |
Santos Ortega (Dr. Seagrave) | Hector Chevigny (Adapter) | ["Docudrama", "Medical", "Wartime", "Biography", "World War II"] |
A missionary surgeon and his corps of native nurses perform frontline surgical operations while retreating through jungle mountains following the fall of Burma. |
| "Lucky in Love" | Syndicated Elec 1937-08-28 |
The American Weekly Hearst Publications |
Dramatic Cast | Syndicated Drama Staff | ["Drama", "Romance", "Journalism", "Anthology", "Americana"] |
A dramatization of a real-life news story following a struggling chorus girl who uncovers an inheritance conspiracy after inheriting a lucky charm. |
| "Driving the Babysitter Home" | CBS (WCBS) 1958-08-28 1:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Daytime Comedy |
Peg Lynch, Alan Bunce | Peg Lynch (Creator/Writer) | ["Sitcom", "Comedy", "Domestic", "Marriage", "Americana"] |
Albert experiences a comedy of late-night errors while trying to drive their teenage babysitter home in torrential rain without his eyeglasses. |
| "An Invitation for Lunch" | CBS (WCBS) 1959-08-28 1:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Daytime Comedy |
Peg Lynch, Alan Bunce | Peg Lynch (Creator/Writer) | ["Sitcom", "Comedy", "Domestic", "Marriage", "Americana"] |
Ethel panics over last-minute menu preparations after impulsively inviting a fastidious neighborhood acquaintance over for an impromptu luncheon. |