On This Day, August 24: Mickey Rooney (Judy Canova) and Gregory Hood
Also featured: ARTC.
August 24 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network and contemporary independent audio drama history (1943–2012):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The State vs. Gordon Bradley: The Lab Cyanide Murder (Famous Jury Trials)" | ABC (WJZ) 1946-08-24 8:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining ABC Legal Drama |
Maurice Franklin (Judge), Frank Readick, Karl Swenson | Milton Lewis (Writer), Charles Powers, Roger Krupp | ["Courtroom", "Legal", "True Crime", "Drama", "Procedural"] |
The trial of a disgruntled chemical lab technician accused of poisoning his laboratory director with potassium cyanide, resting on dramatic expert witness testimony analyzing chemical residues on a laboratory coat. |
| "Superheroes in Therapy (Atlanta Radio Theatre Company)" | ARTC Podcast 2007-08-24 (Dragon*Con Audio) |
Sustaining Independent Audio Drama |
Daniel Taylor, David Benedict, Clair W. Gilbert | David Benedict (Writer/Director), Caran Wilbanks | ["Comedy", "Satire", "Superhero", "Audio Drama", "Sci-Fi"] |
A comedic satire of costumed comic-book superhero conventions and bureaucratized villainy, featuring an underground support group for caped crusaders navigating the mundane legal hazards of saving the world. |
| "Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: Taxing Our Patience (ARTC Drama)" | ARTC Podcast 2012-08-24 (Studio Release) |
Sustaining Independent Audio Drama |
Ron Zukowski (Dr. Will Ward), Paul Mercier | Kelley S. Ceccato (Writer), William Alan Ritch | ["Comedy", "Sci-Fi", "Audio Drama", "Satire", "Adventure"] |
In a zany steampunk-flavored science adventure, eccentric inventor Dr. Will Ward battles an invasive interdimensional audit from the Ministry of Temporal Revenue while attempting to repair his unstable matter converter. |
| "A Date with Mickey Rooney (Special Guest Mickey Rooney — Colgate)" | CBS (WABC) 1943-08-24 8:30 PM EWT |
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate Dental Cream & Halo |
Judy Canova, Mickey Rooney, Mel Blanc, Ruby Dandridge | Fred Fox & Henry Hoople, Diana Bourbon, Ken Niles | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Music", "Vocal", "Sitcom"] |
Hillbilly singing sensation Judy Canova enters a high-society Hollywood jitterbug contest after winning a date with MGM superstar Mickey Rooney, trading hilarious one-liners and yodeling showstoppers for Colgate. |
| "A Date with Mickey Rooney (West Coast Relay — Colgate Dental Cream)" | CBS (KNX) 1943-08-24 8:30 PM PWT |
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate Dental Cream & Halo |
Judy Canova, Mickey Rooney, Mel Blanc, Ruby Dandridge | Fred Fox & Henry Hoople, Diana Bourbon, Ken Niles | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Music", "Vocal", "Sitcom"] |
The West Coast broadcast of Judy Canova's hilarious MGM romance with Mickey Rooney, featuring Judy's show-stopping rendition of 'Goodnight, Irene' and comedic antics with Pedro (Mel Blanc) and Geranium (Ruby Dandridge). |
| "The Case of the Byzantine Amulet (Starring Martin Gabel as Gregory Hood — Petri Wine)" | ABC (WJZ) 1950-08-24 8:30 PM EDT |
Petri Wine Co. Petri California Wine |
Martin Gabel (Gregory Hood), Greer Johnson | Anthony Boucher & Denis Green, Art Gilmore | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Crime", "Adventure"] |
San Francisco antiquarian and amateur detective Gregory Hood and lawyer sidekick Sanderson Taylor travel to Chinatown to authenticate a stolen gold Byzantine amulet, dodging knife-wielding smugglers in a foggy dockside warehouse. |