On This Day, August 24: Nick Carter and Bing Crosby
Also featured: Rosemary Clooney, Van Johnson.
August 24 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 24 across American network, pulp detective, and vocal variety radio history (1944–1962):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Everything's Coming Up Roses (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1960-08-24 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining CBS Morning Variety |
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole Trio | Bill Morrow (Producer), Murdo MacKenzie, Ken Carpenter | ["Music", "Vocal", "Easy Listening", "Jazz", "Duet"] |
Rosemary Clooney belts out a showstopping rendition of Broadway's 'Everything's Coming Up Roses' from Gypsy, followed by relaxed duets and comic banter with Bing Crosby and the Buddy Cole Trio. |
| "Just You, Just Me (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1961-08-24 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining CBS Morning Variety |
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Buddy Cole Trio | Bill Morrow (Producer), Murdo MacKenzie, Ken Carpenter | ["Music", "Vocal", "Easy Listening", "Jazz", "Duet"] |
Bing and Rosie share the microphone for an upbeat morning session featuring 'Just You, Just Me' and breezy harmonic banter backed by organist Buddy Cole's swinging rhythm section. |
| "Guest Star Van Johnson (Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney — CBS)" | CBS (WCBS) 1962-08-24 10:45 AM EDT |
Sustaining CBS Morning Variety |
Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Van Johnson | Bill Morrow (Producer), Murdo MacKenzie, Ken Carpenter | ["Music", "Interview", "Vocal", "Easy Listening", "Hollywood"] |
Hollywood leading man Van Johnson joins Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney in the studio to reminisce about MGM musical films, trade showbiz quips, and sing along with the Buddy Cole Trio. |
| "The Twilight Terror (Part 4 — Lon Clark as Nick Carter — Old Dutch)" | Mutual (WOR) 1944-08-24 9:30 PM EWT |
Cudahy Packing Co. Old Dutch Cleanser |
Lon Clark (Nick Carter), Helen Choate, Ed Latimer | Ferrin N. Fraser (Writer), Jock MacGregor, Michael Fitzmaurice | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Pulp", "Crime"] |
"Another case for Nick Carter, Master Detective!" Nick Carter and Patsy Bowen corner a ruthless blackmail syndicate operating out of a secluded upstate sanatorium in Part 4 of the pulse-pounding 'Twilight Terror' case for Old Dutch Cleanser. |
| "The Case of the Murdered Mummies (Lon Clark as Nick Carter — Old Dutch)" | Mutual (WOR) 1947-08-24 6:30 PM EDT |
Cudahy Packing Co. Old Dutch & Delrich |
Lon Clark (Nick Carter), Charlotte Manson, John Kane | Ferrin N. Fraser (Writer), Jock MacGregor, Michael Fitzmaurice | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Pulp", "Crime"] |
Master detective Nick Carter investigates the macabre discovery of modern murder victims preserved inside ancient Egyptian sarcophagi at the Metropolitan Antiquities Museum for Old Dutch Cleanser. |
| "The Case of the Tired Bullet (Lon Clark as Nick Carter — Mutual)" | Mutual (WOR) 1952-08-24 6:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Detective Mystery |
Lon Clark (Nick Carter), Charlotte Manson, Ed Latimer | Ferrin N. Fraser (Writer), Jock MacGregor, John Winters | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Pulp", "Crime"] |
Nick Carter solves a puzzling ballistics riddle when a victim is struck and killed by a spent bullet fired miles away, unmasking an ingenious sniper who used high-angle trajectory physics to commit an untraceable assassination. |