On This Day, September 4: Pinocchio and Jack Webb
Also featured: Kraft Music Hall.
September 4 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial story metadata declarations, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 4 across Cliff Edwards reprising his voice role as Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio on Academy Award Theater for Squibb, two classic guest-host eras on Kraft Music Hall (Don Ameche in 1941 and Nelson Eddy in 1947), Jack Webb's tough waterfront sleuth on Johnny Madero, Pier 23, vintage aviation serial cliffhangers on Jimmie Allen, and youth spy adventures on Speed Gibson, Cliff Edwards (1946), Don Ameche (1941), Nelson Eddy (1947), Jack Webb (1947), Jimmie Allen (1936), and Speed Gibson (1936–1947):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Arc Metadata | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Pinocchio with Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket" | CBS (KNX) 1946-09-04 10:00 PM EDT |
E.R. Squibb & Sons Squibb Dental Cream |
Cliff Edwards (Jiminy) | Dee Engelbach (Dir.) | ["Drama", "Fantasy", "Academy Award Theater", "Cliff Edwards", "Squibb"] |
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A wooden puppet carved by Geppetto embarks on a whimsical journey to become a real living boy by proving himself brave, truthful, and unselfish. |
| "Guest Host Don Ameche with Joan Bennett and Roland Young" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1941-09-04 9:00 PM EDST |
Kraft Cheese Co. Miracle Whip & Mayonnaise |
Don Ameche (Host) | Joan Bennett & Young | ["Music", "Variety", "Kraft Music Hall", "Don Ameche", "Joan Bennett"] |
null |
Guest host Don Ameche trades comedic banter with screen stars Joan Bennett and Roland Young between swing and pop orchestral medleys. |
| "Guest Host Nelson Eddy with Nadine Conner" | NBC (WEAF) 1947-09-04 9:00 PM EDT |
Kraft Foods Co. Kraft Mayonnaise |
Nelson Eddy & Conner | John Scott Trotter | ["Music", "Vocal", "Kraft Music Hall", "Nelson Eddy", "Kraft"] |
null |
Operatic baritone Nelson Eddy and soprano Nadine Conner perform classical arias and romantic Broadway showtunes. |
| "Trapped in the Hangar with Jimmie Allen" | Syndication / Skelly 1936-09-04 |
Skelly Oil Company Tagolene Motor Oil |
Murray McLean (Jimmie) | Bob Burtt & Moore | ["Adventure", "Aviation", "Jimmie Allen", "Skelly Oil", "Juvenile"] |
{"title": "The Transcontinental Air Race", "part": 28, "total_parts": 45} |
Teenage aviator Jimmie Allen is locked inside an airfield hangar by saboteurs attempting to tamper with his racing plane's fuel lines. |
| "The Fatal Pearl Diving Syndicate with Jack Webb as Johnny Madero" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-09-04 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Hardboiled Detective |
Jack Webb (Johnny) | Richard L. Breen (Writer) | ["Detective", "Hardboiled", "Johnny Madero", "Jack Webb", "Mutual"] |
null |
San Francisco waterfront boat-renter Johnny Madero investigates the drowning murder of an offshore deep-sea pearl diver. |
| "Speed Is Lost in the Tunnel with John Lake as Speed Gibson" | Syndication / Mutual 1937-09-04 |
Sustaining International Spy Drama |
John Lake (Speed) | Howard McNear & Cooke | ["Adventure", "Spy", "Speed Gibson", "John Lake", "Juvenile"] |
{"title": "The Octopus Gang", "part": 38, "total_parts": 60} |
Young secret agent Speed Gibson navigates a pitch-black subterranean tunnel beneath an Asian mountain fortress to escape the Octopus cartel. |