On This Day, September 1: Paul Rhymer's Vic and Sade
Also featured: Death Valley Days, Mindwebs.
September 1 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 September 1 across Paul Rhymer's masterwork midwestern domestic comedies, Western frontier lore, speculative audio tapestries, juvenile aviation serial adventures, and university dramatic historical biographies, Bernardine Flynn, Art Van Harvey, and Clarence Hartzell in Vic and Sade (1940, 1944), Death Valley Days for 20 Mule Team Borax (1939), Michael Hanson on Mindwebs (1978), Hop Harrigan (1947), and The American Adventure (1939–1978):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Channel Wing Plane (Part 4) with Chester Stratton" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-01 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Aviation Serial |
Chester Stratton, Lynch | Dramatic Cast | ["Aviation", "Adventure", "Juvenile", "Hop Harrigan", "Mutual"] |
Hop and Tank test-fly the revolutionary channel-wing aircraft prototype over rugged mountains while evading industrial saboteurs. |
| "Let George Do It with The Old Ranger and 20 Mule Team Borax" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1939-09-01 9:30 PM EDST |
Pacific Coast Borax 20 Mule Team Borax |
John White (Old Ranger) | Ruth C. Woodman | ["Western", "Historical", "Death Valley Days", "Old Ranger", "Borax"] |
The Old Ranger recounts how a quiet California telegraph operator outfoxed a ruthless band of stagecoach bandits. |
| "Russell Miller's Birthday Party Invitation with Bernardine Flynn and Art Van Harvey" | NBC Red (WMAQ) 1940-09-01 3:30 PM EDST |
Procter & Gamble Crisco Shortening |
Flynn, Van Harvey | Paul Rhymer (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Domestic", "Vic And Sade", "Paul Rhymer", "NBC Red"] |
Rush agonizes over what gift to purchase for Russell Miller's birthday celebration while Sade debates neighborhood etiquette. |
| "Uncle Fletcher Plans to Go on His Landlady's Honeymoon with Clarence Hartzell" | NBC (WMAQ) 1944-09-01 1:30 PM EWT |
Procter & Gamble Crisco & Ivory Snow |
Van Harvey, Hartzell | Paul Rhymer (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Domestic", "Vic And Sade", "Paul Rhymer", "Uncle Fletcher"] |
Uncle Fletcher bewilders the small house halfway up in the next block by insisting he accompany his elderly landlady on her honeymoon. |
| "The Maze with Michael Hanson (WHA Madison)" | WHA Madison / NPR 1978-09-01 |
Sustaining Speculative Fiction |
Michael Hanson (Host) | WHA Radio Drama | ["Sci-Fi", "Speculative", "Mindwebs", "Michael Hanson", "NPR"] |
Host Michael Hanson pairs an evocative electronic music score with speculative fiction exploring an astronaut trapped in an alien maze. |
| "Grandfather Jefferson with John Ehle and UNC Chapel Hill" | WUNC / NER 1955-09-01 |
Sustaining Educational Drama |
Dramatic Voice Cast | John Ehle (Writer) | ["Historical", "Educational", "American Adventure", "Thomas Jefferson", "UNC"] |
An elderly Thomas Jefferson reflects upon founding the University of Virginia and counsels his grandchildren from Monticello. |