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Episodes of the green hornet radio program may 5, 1938 the green hornet, the citizenship insurance racket may 24, 1938 the green hornet, there was a crooked man may 30, 1938 the green hornet, the ghost who talked too much june 1, 1939 the green hornet, words and music june 6, 1939 the green hornet, charity takes it on the chin june 8, 1939 the green hornet, trouble hits. Van had been one of the stars on two previous tv shows, bourbon street beat, and surfside 6, as ken madison on both shows. It was produced and narrated by william dozier the singleseason series premiered september 9, 1966, and ran through march 17, 1967, lasting 26 episodes. A newspaper publisher and his asian valetmartial arts expert battle crime as. Get the best deals for green hornet tv series dvd at. Trendle for an american radio program in the 1930s. The green hornet television series aired on the abc us television network in the 19661967 tv season, starring van williams as the green hornetbritt reid and bruce lee as kato. The green hornet was really britt reid who was a newspaper salesman. With his aid kato, he sets out to discover where it originated and soon finds himself investigating the elite explorers club. It aired for the 19661967 television season and starred van williams as both the green hornet and britt reid, and bruce lee as kato. The hornet causes the arrest of max gregory, an illicit munitions dealer. We start with another william dozierproduced show about a wealthy man and his acrobatic young sidekick who wear masks and fight crime.
Britt reid was a part playboy until the murder of his father left. The great green hornet 1960s show would always start with the al hirt trumpet theme and the narrator saying another challenge for the green hornet, his aide kato, and their rolling arsenal, the black beauty. The green hornet debuted shortly after the 1966 batman tv series and was produced by the same company. With van williams, bruce lee, wende wagner, lloyd gough. The green hornet episode 01 the silent gun 09 sep 1966. I used to listen to the green hornet on radio with my dad back in the late 1940s and very early 50s. A history of radio, motion pictures, comics and television, by martin grams jr. Listen to 53 episodes of the green hornet for free. Trendle is the sequel to the 1940 serial the green hornet. If you like this series, check out for even more classic radio shows.
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The singleseason series premiered september 9, 1966, and ran through march 17, 1967, lasting 26 episodes. The green hornet is contacted about a known list of targets, but before any more information is divulged, his racketeering informant is also killed. Several directors helmed episodes of both shows, among them leslie h. Green hornet, with his sidekick kato, use martial arts as well different weapons like gas guns to fight crime, riding in their car the black beauty.
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