On This Day, August 30: Mr. and Mrs. North and Front Page Drama
Also featured: SF 68.
August 30 Update
This report documents 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, syndicated newspaper drama, and science fiction archives, Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin solving an empty mausoleum mystery in The Empty Coffin (or) Rest in Peace on Mr. and Mrs. North for Colgate (1949), three dramatized investigative scoops on Front Page Drama for The American Weekly (1940–1953), cosmic temporal distortion on SF 68 (1968), and Peg Lynch's domestic satire on The Couple Next Door (1940–1968):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Empty Coffin (or) Rest in Peace" | CBS (WCBS) 1949-08-30 8:30 PM EDT |
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate Shave / Palmolive |
Alice Frost, Joseph Curtin | Richard & Frances Lockridge | ["Mystery", "Comedy-Mystery", "Detective", "Lockridge", "Colgate"] |
Pamela and Jerry North investigate a bizarre grave robbery where an unearthed mausoleum coffin is found completely empty. |
| "The Sands of Time" | Syndicated Sci-Fi 1968-08-30 |
Sustaining Sci-Fi Anthology |
Dramatic Voice Cast | SF 68 Production Staff | ["Science Fiction", "Space", "Anthology", "Mystery", "Drama"] |
Astronauts marooned on a desolate desert planet discover temporal anomalies that rapidly age matter and unravel memory. |
| "Murder on the High Wire" | Syndicated Drama 1940-08-30 |
American Weekly Sunday Newspaper Magazine |
Dramatic Cast Ensemble | Front Page Drama Staff | ["Drama", "Newspaper", "Circus", "Mystery", "American Weekly"] |
A circus acrobat plummets to his death during a high-wire act, prompting a tenacious reporter to prove the safety cables were deliberately severed. |
| "The White Rajah" | Syndicated Drama 1941-08-30 |
American Weekly Sunday Newspaper Magazine |
Dramatic Cast Ensemble | Front Page Drama Staff | ["Drama", "Newspaper", "Adventure", "Exotic", "American Weekly"] |
An intrepid foreign correspondent travels deep into the Borneo jungle to interview an eccentric English adventurer governing a remote tribal kingdom. |
| "The Phantom Smuggler" | Syndicated Drama 1953-08-30 |
American Weekly Sunday Newspaper Magazine |
Dramatic Cast Ensemble | Front Page Drama Staff | ["Drama", "Newspaper", "Crime", "Smuggling", "American Weekly"] |
Waterfront customs detectives track down a shadowy smuggler sneaking stolen industrial diamonds aboard luxury transatlantic ocean liners. |
| "Fed Up Waiting on People" | CBS (WCBS) 1960-08-30 2:30 PM EDT |
Sustaining Daytime Comedy |
Peg Lynch, Alan Bunce | Peg Lynch (Writer) | ["Comedy", "Sitcom", "Domestic", "Marriage", "Peg Lynch"] |
Exasperated after an afternoon of unpunctual repairmen and late guests, the couple vows to completely disconnect from modern social schedules. |