On This Day, August 30: Great Gildersleeve and Kay Kyser
Also featured: The Sea Hound.
August 30 Update
This report initiates the August 30th day-by-day review, documenting the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 30 across American network radio and British BBC broadcasting, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve's fishing trip to Lake Hackmatack for Parkay Margarine (1942), Kay Kyser's musical Kollege remote from the Navy West Coast Sound School at Point Loma for Lucky Strike (1944), two seafaring juvenile adventures with Captain Silver on The Sea Hound (1943–1948), Mars Candy's Curtain Time (1947), and Humphrey Lyttelton chairing I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4 (1942–1986):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Captain Silver Sails into the Caribbean Lagoon" | ABC Blue (WJZ) 1943-08-30 4:45 PM EWT |
Sustaining Maritime Juvenile |
Ken Daigneau, Hastings | Sea Hound Production Staff | ["Adventure", "Maritime", "Juvenile", "Action", "Serial"] |
Captain Silver navigates the Sea Hound into an uncharted Caribbean cove while evading an armed enemy submarine lurking offshore. |
| "The Secret of the Sunken Galleon" | ABC (WJZ) 1948-08-30 5:00 PM EDT |
Sustaining Maritime Juvenile |
Ken Daigneau, Hastings | Sea Hound Production Staff | ["Adventure", "Maritime", "Juvenile", "Treasure", "Serial"] |
Captain Silver and Jerry dive beneath reef waters to restore an encrypted Spanish navigation log before modern salvage pirates arrive. |
| "Navy West Coast Sound School, Point Loma, California" | NBC (WEAF) 1944-08-30 10:00 PM EWT |
American Tobacco Lucky Strike Cigarettes |
Kay Kyser, Carroll | Ish Kabibble & Sully Mason | ["Comedy", "Variety", "Quiz", "Big Band", "Military Remote"] |
Kay Kyser quizzes sailors and sonar trainees at the Navy Sound School on musical trivia and leads swing standards. |
| "The Fishing Trip to Lake Hackmatack" | NBC (WEAF) 1942-08-30 6:30 PM EWT |
Kraft Cheese Co. Parkay Margarine |
Harold Peary, Tetley | Leonard L. Levinson (Creator) | ["Sitcom", "Comedy", "Family", "Small Town", "Americana"] |
Gildersleeve takes nephew Leroy and Judge Hooker on a chaotic weekend camping excursion to Lake Hackmatack. |
| "Page One Wedding" | NBC (WNBC) 1947-08-30 7:30 PM EDT |
Mars, Inc. Mars Candy Bars |
Harry Elders, Sargent | Russell Hughes (Writer) | ["Drama", "Romance", "Newspaper", "Mystery", "Anthology"] |
A cynical newspaper reporter investigating high-society extortion uncovers a romantic blackmail scheme on the eve of a debutante wedding. |
| "The Nannies' Ball and Silly Word Games" | BBC Radio 4 1986-08-30 12:27 PM BST |
Sustaining BBC Radio Comedy |
Humphrey Lyttelton, Cryer | Garden, Brooke-Taylor, Rushton | ["Comedy", "Panel Game", "Satire", "Improv", "British"] |
Humphrey Lyttelton presides over comedic panel games including Mornington Crescent and satirical singing rounds at the piano. |