On This Day, August 22: The Lone Ranger and David Harding and Counterspy
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 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 (1941–1952):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Cross-Country Land Rush" | Mutual (WXYZ / WOR) 1941-08-22 7:30 PM EST |
General Baking Company Bond Bread ("Certificate of Quality") |
Earle Graser / Brace Beemer (Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), Bob Hite (Announcer) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles D. Livingstone (Director) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto help an honest young homesteader outride an armed posse hired by a ruthless cattle baron to prevent settlers from registering land claims at the federal territory office. |
| "The Last Coach West to Red River Gorge" | Blue / ABC (WXYZ) 1945-08-22 7:30 PM EWT |
General Mills Cheerios ("Breakfast of energy") |
Brace Beemer (The Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), Fred Foy (Announcer) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles D. Livingstone (Director) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto ride shotgun on the final scheduled overland stagecoach departing from St. Joe, thwarting a notorious highwayman's plot to dynamite the bridge over Red River Gorge. |
| "Race Against Time for Medical Serum" | ABC (WXYZ Detroit) 1947-08-22 7:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Cheerios & Kix Cereal |
Brace Beemer (The Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), Fred Foy (Announcer) | Fran Striker (Writer), Fred Flowerday (Sound Effects) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
With Silver galloping at breakneck speed, the Lone Ranger and Tonto race against time across an arid desert canyon to deliver life-saving medical serum to a quarantined settlement before an epidemic spreads. |
| "The Rancher's Ex-Convict Son" | ABC (WXYZ Detroit) 1951-08-22 7:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Cheerios & Wheaties ("Breakfast of Champions") |
Brace Beemer (The Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), Fred Foy (Announcer) | Dan Beattie (Writer), Charles D. Livingstone (Director) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
The masked rider helps a reformed ex-convict prove his innocence when local townspeople accuse him of robbing the county bank on the very day he returned home to take over his ailing father's ranch. |
| "The Canvas Suitcase and the Desert Stash" | ABC (WXYZ Detroit) 1952-08-22 7:30 PM EDT |
General Mills Cheerios |
Brace Beemer (The Lone Ranger), John Todd (Tonto), Fred Foy (Announcer) | Fran Striker (Writer), Charles D. Livingstone (Director) | ["Western", "Adventure", "Children"] |
The Lone Ranger and Tonto track a canvas suitcase stuffed with stolen payroll money abandoned in an old mining shack, setting a trap for the desperate bandit gang when they return to retrieve their loot under cover of darkness. |
| "The Case of the Counterfeit Passports" | Blue / ABC (WJZ) 1945-08-22 8:30 PM EWT |
Mail Pouch Tobacco Co. Kentucky Club Pipe Tobacco |
Don MacLaughlin (David Harding), Mandel Kramer (Harry Peters), Ralph Bell (Fritz) | Phillips H. Lord (Creator & Director), Jerry O'Brien (Sound Effects), Bob Hite (Announcer) | ["Espionage", "Mystery", "Drama", "Thriller"] |
Counterspy chief David Harding and operative Harry Peters investigate a forged passport ring operating out of a New York import-export warehouse, intercepting an escaped Nazi saboteur attempting to flee to South America with microfilmed industrial research. |