On This Day, September 4: Cisco Kid and Hop Harrigan
Also featured: Jeeves.
September 4 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story arcs, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 4 across three distinct western adventures on The Cisco Kid with Jack Mather & Harry Lang (1952, 1956, 1958), Chester Stratton piloting experimental aircraft in Part 7 of The Channel Wing Plane on Hop Harrigan for Grape-Nuts Flakes, Michael Hordern and Richard Briers in Part 4 of P.G. Wodehouse's Joy in the Morning on What Ho, Jeeves!, and Ruth Cornwall Woodman's frontier mining chronicles on Death Valley Days for 20 Mule Team Borax, Jack Mather & Harry Lang (1952, 1956, 1958), Chester Stratton (1947), Michael Hordern & Richard Briers (1973), and John White (1936–1973):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "A Part for Sheriff Fanton with Jack Mather and Harry Lang" | Mutual / Ziv 1952-09-04 |
Regional Bakeries Weber's Bread |
Jack Mather & Harry Lang | Frederic Ziv & O. Henry | ["Western", "Adventure", "The Cisco Kid", "Jack Mather", "Harry Lang"] |
Cisco and Pancho orchestrate a theatrical ruse to help an aging sheriff regain his confidence and outsmart cattle rustlers. |
| "The Lost Aztec Mine with Jack Mather and Harry Lang" | Mutual / Ziv 1956-09-04 |
Sustaining Syndicated Western |
Jack Mather & Harry Lang | Ziv Production Staff | ["Western", "Adventure", "The Cisco Kid", "Jack Mather", "Harry Lang"] |
Cisco and Pancho protect an honest prospector and his granddaughter from greedy bushwhackers pursuing a secret map to an ancient Aztec gold vein. |
| "Rusty Silversmith's Rescue with Jack Mather and Harry Lang" | Syndication (Ziv) 1958-09-04 |
Sustaining Syndicated Western |
Jack Mather & Harry Lang | Ziv Production Staff | ["Western", "Adventure", "The Cisco Kid", "Jack Mather", "Harry Lang"] |
Cisco and Pancho intercept a bandit ambush to rescue a captured frontier craftsman and restore stolen ceremonial silverware. |
| "The Channel Wing Plane (Part 7) with Chester Stratton" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-04 5:00 PM EDT |
General Foods Grape-Nuts Flakes |
Chester Stratton (Hop) | Kenny Delmar & Blummer | ["Aviation", "Adventure", "Hop Harrigan", "Chester Stratton", "Grape-Nuts"] |
Hop Harrigan tests the high-lift experimental channel wing prototype in secret trials while enemy agents attempt to sabotage the hangar runway. |
| "Joy in the Morning (Part 4) with Michael Hordern and Richard Briers" | BBC Radio 4 1973-09-04 |
Sustaining British Comedy |
Michael Hordern & Briers | Chris Miller & Wodehouse | ["Comedy", "British", "What Ho Jeeves", "Michael Hordern", "Richard Briers"] |
Bertie Wooster finds himself entangled in further romantic chaos in Steeple Bumphlebury while Jeeves devises a strategy to placate Aunt Agatha. |
| "The Lost Gold of the Panamints with The Old Ranger" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1936-09-04 8:30 PM EDST |
Pacific Coast Borax 20 Mule Team Borax |
John White (Old Ranger) | Ruth Cornwall Woodman | ["Western", "History", "Death Valley Days", "The Old Ranger", "20 Mule Team Borax"] |
The Old Ranger recounts the true frontier chronicle of two prospectors who braved extreme desert heatwaves to stake a claim in the Panamint mountains. |