Sky King
New To RUSC - Sky King
I have been asked many times if we can include the juvenile adventure drama Sky King on RUSC and had just scheduled an episode to add to RUSC today when Joy and I sat down (Sunday Evening) to watch the recent film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.We couldn’t help noticing the similarities to Old-Time-Radio and comic book stories as the film was obviously futuristically set in the 1940’s.
Just like Sky King in his plane the Song Bird, Sky Captain in the film ended up in exotic places on his missions. Even the synopsis of the film reads like an OTR plot line;
“Famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared and Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins along with ace aviator Sky Captain are on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around the world, can the fearless duo stop Dr. Totenkopf, the evil mastermind behind a plot to destroy the earth? Aided by Franky Cook, commander of an all-female amphibious squadron, and technical genius Dex, Polly and Sky Captain may be our planet’s only hope”.
It finally seems that the powers that be in the film industry have realised how good the stories from the golden age of radio are!
As for Sky King, the radio version, I will continue adding the few episodes extant of which I believe there are only ten in total, throughout the week. So be warned do not get too involved in the storyline as the 15 minute episodes were weekday serialised episodes and of course we cannot complete the storyline, although some of you may remember the outcomes!
Good news though, four of the episode we have are complete 30 minutes stories as in September 1947 ABC changed tack from the daily cliffhanger continuations to twice weekly 30-minute complete stories.
So, sit back and enjoy the adventures with Sky King, America's favorite flying cowboy as he flies off in his plane the Song Bird to some exotic location on an adventure along with his niece and nephew to put the world’s wrongs to right.
Happy listening my friends,