Space Patrol

Commander Buzz Corry…..……….………………..Ed Kemmer

Cadet Happy………………………..………………..Lyn Osborn

Major Robertson…………………..…………..……..Ken Mayer

Carol Carlisle………………..…………………..Virginia Hewitt

Tonga………………………..……….…………………Nina Bara

Created and Produced by Mike Moser

Premiered as a daily 15 minute show on KECA-TV Los Angeles on March 13, 1950

Last Daily show June 12, 1953??

First Saturday half-hour show premiered on December 30, 1950

Last Saturday show February 26, 1955

ORIGINAL PLAY DATES UNKNOWN:

SPACE PATROL daily show: No Commercials. ABC Presents

Previously: Major Gruell’s plan to escape is beginning to backfire.

In order to get to the Mars orbit area as quickly as possibly Commander Corry has taken the Secretary Generals ship. While Carol, in a Space Patrol Space Car is buzzing around Gruell’s getaway ship like a hornet. Meanwhile, Robbie overcomes Gruell in a hand to hand combat (nicely staged). After Robbie Subdues Gruell and reports to Commander Corry he is told to report directly to him with Gruell in his headquarters. He confronts Gruell with a Z-Ray, energy spent, that has been stolen from the security lab and hidden in his boot. Corry is interrupted by Carol who has just received a message from Dr. Bowen that Happy can be picked up immediately. It is announced at the end of the show that Agent X and Tonga are planning their escape.

(CLUES: Both Major Robertson and Major Gruell are wearing uniforms from the Captain Marvel serial. Very nice graphics are used. Corry has lightning bolt on chest. Space Patrol uniform tops are light colored, with dark pants with a wide two-inch strip down the side. Commander Corry is very hard on Major Robertson in this episode, and chides him for letting his prisoner escape it is possible his character is still being refined by Ed Kemmer in what appears to be an early episode of this series.)

Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, Don Dixon.

Written and Produced by Mike Moser; Directed by Dik Darley; Production Manager: E. Carlton Winckler; Art Director: Herbert O. Phillips; Technical Director: Charles Coleman

NO COMMERCIALS (“PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE” inserts are used twice in this episode..

SPACE PATROL daily show: No Commercials. ABC Presents

Previously: Prince Baccarratti (The Black Falcon) has encountered Commander Corry face-to-face and met defeat. Happy tries to reach Major Robertson on his miniature space-o-phone and is knocked out by a mysterious hand.

This episode: Major Robertson, waiting outside the tunnel entrance, has heard Happy’s interrupted message and is trying to get an answer from him. Finally he enters the cave. Meanwhile, Happy lays unconscious inside the cave on the floor of a hidden laboratory, as a mysterious hooded stranger prods him awake. Commander Corry ties up Baccarratti (unseen) and then leaves in search of Major Robertson. Robertson reaches the end of a tunnel and with gun handy crawls toward a doorway, but a magnetic force causes the ray gun to jump out of his hand and he is captured. Commander Corry approaches the cave entrance where he finds Robbie’s discarded space helmet. After he discards his own helmet he enters, and manages to grab the wrists of the mysterious stranger.

This episode features some very interesting graphics.

(Clues to date of episode: This episode features early uniforms – Happy has Eagle emblem on his chest Major Robertson is wearing what appears to be the uniform from the Captain Marvel serial and has lightning bolt on chest. Major Robertson’s pin stripe on his black pants is narrower. Robbie and Commander Corey are using what appears to be the Flash Gordon air pistol. The mysterious villain has some other kind of hand weapon. Interesting planet graphics are used in this episode after traditional cloud opening. I believe that Corry’s character is still being refined by the writer and Ed Kemmer in this early episode.)

Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayor

Produced by Mike Moser; Directed by Dick Darley; Written by Norman Jolly; Art Director Herbert O. Phillips

Art Director: Irwin Stanton

NO COMMERCIALS (“PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE” inserts are used twice in this episode.)

SPACE PATROL daily episode: Sponsored by Dr. Ross’ Dog and Cat Food.

Previous episode Carol is captured by Danning and Dr. Carstairs when she discovers that Danning is impersonating Buzz Corry. Dr. Carstairs orders Danning to keep out of sight, and tells Major Harrison that he has Danning and Carol locked in rooms, and that Carol is heavily sedated. The real Commander Corry walks into the Space Patrol Offices and is ready to continue the investigation of Major Harrison. But later the real Commander Corry encounters Danning, and chases him – in these scenes you can tell the difference between the real Corry and Danning because Corry is wearing his Space Patrol cap. The chase scenes are very carefully staged so that you think there are in fact two people that look like Corry. After Corry is subdued by Major Harrison, the Danning look-a-like shows up at the Space Patrol office where Happy and Robbie are working and requests that the Governor be thrown out of office – it is part of a plan to make Major Harrison the new Governor of Earth.

The version I have from Swapsale has a scene that has been re-edited. Both scenes are in this tape.

(POSSIBLE CLUES TO DATING THIS EPISODE: Major Harrison has a planet earth emblem on his chest – Happy has eagle, Corry has lightning bolt, Robbie has starburst – these are the newer uniforms and the Space Patrol gun that is similar to the Dart Gun that was merchandised for Space Patrol.)

Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Howard Troy, Joe Stonek. Jay Cook, announcer.

Originated and Produced by Mike Moser; written by Maury Hill; Script supervision by Norman Jolley; Directed by Dik Darley; Art Director: Herbert O. Phillips; Settings designed by Carl Macauley; Technical Director: Irwin Stanton.

SPACE PATROL daily episode: Sponsored by Dr. Ross’ Dog and Cat Food.

This is a Friday episode before a Holiday weekend!

The Terra V and Commander Corry are on Phoebes before leaving for Mars to pick up Happy and Carol. Corry is making an inspection of a laboratory and surroundings regarding Moritz’s work. In the meantime Tonga is giving first aid to Robbie who’s been burned by a wide energy charge. Moritz, bound in a laboratory, regains consciousness and manages to escape. When Robbie and Tonga return to the laboratory where they expect to find a bound Moritz, they find that he’s gone He takes their Space Patrol Space Car to complete his escape Happy and Carol are in a mining area on Mars and receive a message from Martin in Security that a small space car has landed in the Aurora Triangle, a few miles from them. They decide to check the area out. In the meantime Moritz has asked Boris, who calls him Master, to meet him in the mining area, where he decides to destroy the area in order to keep the miners from discovering his laboratory and the secret of Tenaxian Energy. Boris does not want to see “his City” destroyed, and wrestles with Moritz to keep him from setting off the explosives. Carol and Happy turn up in time to keep Moritz from destroying the area.

(CLUES for determining play date are: New heavily outlined Space Patrol logo.)

New “Space Patrol” logo is heavily Outlined.

Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, Nina Bara. (Ed Kemmer does not appear in this episode.) Jay Cook, announcer.

Originated & Produced by Mike Moser; Written by Howard Price; Script Supervision: Norman Jolley; Settings by Carl Macauley; Technical Director: Harold Huntsman; Directed by Dik Darley (autograph).

From KECA-TV Hollywood

SPACE PATROL daily episode: Sponsored by Dr. Ross’ Dog and Cat Food.

Newly designed “Space Patrol” logo related to above episode

Previously: When Terra V landed on the Martian Salt Desert, Moritz caught Happy off guard and took control of the Terra V. Then as they blasted off they were surrounded by a dreaded salt Storm.

Commander Corry tries to pilot the Terra V through the storm. Happy, Robby and Tonga are locked up in the rear of the ship when it crashes. Robbie tries to escape and is apparently gunned down by Moritz. Then Corry and Robbie, feigning serious injury overturn the tables on Moritz and recapture him

Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Nina Bara.

(Clues to finding correct date: New “Space Patrol” logo is heavily Outlined. Terra V)

No Credits at end of program.

Episode #537 presented Tuesday April 1, 1952 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.

(from script written by Maury Hill)

SPACE PATROL sponsored by Dr. Ross

Script Editor: Norman Jolley; Production Designer: Larry Robertson

“Despite their efforts Happy and Tonga have been captured by Duveen and are being sent by teleportation to Alpha Centauri. Meanwhile, on this {sic} unknown planet, Buzz and Carol have decided to attempt further questioning of their strange host, Professor Gorelik.”

Episode #833 presented Tuesday May 26, 1953 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.

(from script written by G. Gordon Dewey)

SPACE PATROL sponsored by Leslie Salt Company featuring Buzz, Happy, Carol, Tonga, Robbie and Granville.

(Norman Jolley: Script Editor; Larry Robertson: Production Director; Carl Macauley: Art Director; Maury Orr: Production Assistant; Mike Moser: Originator.

Buzz and Happy aboard the Terra V with Happy, Tonga and Major Robertson speeds to Venus to rescue Carol, trapped in her crashed space ship by Granville, the invisible bandit.

Episode #836 presented Friday May 29, 1953 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.

SPACE PATROL Buzz and company are concluding their capture of a bank robbing gang but Granville escapes. Meanwhile a menacing object has entered the solar system

NOTE: A search through old television listings indicate that the very first daily show to play in Chicago was on September 11, 1950 on Channel 7 (ABC) in the 4:45 to 5:00 P.M. slot. Prior to this ABC may have been off the air between 1:00 and 6:00 P.M. These were kinescopes. On October 23^rd the show switched to the 4:15 to 4:30 time slot. Daily listings continue until Friday December 19^th (the first Saturday show was broadcast on Decembe3r 30^th, 1950). In Chicago the show was off the air from December 19^th until Sunday March 4, 1951 when it appears on Channel 7 (ABC) in the 4:00 to 4:30 time slot. The show appears in the 1:30 time slot on March 18, 1951. The show is not listed in Chicago from mid April until mid June of 1951. On Saturday June 16, 1951 the show appears in the 5:00 to 5:30 P.M. slot. At this time the programs aired are shown two weeks (kinescopes) after the live presentations in L.A.. The show switches back to Sundays in the 3:30 time slot beginning September 9, 1951. On December 30, 1951 the show again changes to the 5:00 P.M. slot.

According to available listings the kinescopes continue to run in Chicago two weeks after the original broadcast dates until April of 1952 when the spread narrowed to one week. On Sunday May 18^th, 1952 the TV listing describes a show that may have broadcast live on May 17^th.

On Saturday June 14, 1952 the show moved over to Saturday at 10:00 in the morning. This show was definitely broadcast live in Chicago. It would remain locked in the 10:00 A.M. time slot.

I am only just now beginning to research these daily shows. As far as I can tell the five times weekly show after a certain date played only in the L.A. area. I have obtained TV magazines from various lother locals in California and can find no listings for Space Patrol. I’m not sure how long the daily shows ran in L.A., it may have been until sometime in 1953. I recently came across a Los Angeles TV magazine dated April 24, 1953 that list the daily shows on Channel 7 from 6:45 until 7:00 P.M. The radio show is listed on April 27, 1953 in the 9:30 – 10:00 A.M. time slot on station K.E.C.A.

FIRST CHICAGO LISTING:

LISTED Week of September 11, 1950 (Monday thru Friday): 4:45- 5:00 p.m. WENR-TV channel 7

SPACE PATROL

Up • Space Patrol Daily Episodes • Space Patrol Saturday Episodes
Space Patrol Commander Buzz Corry…..……….………………..Ed Kemmer Cadet Happy………………………..………………..Lyn Osborn Major Robertson…………………..…………..……..Ken Mayer Carol Carlisle………………..…………………..Virginia Hewitt Tonga………………………..……….…………………Nina Bara Created and Produced by Mike Moser Premiered as a daily 15 minute show on KECA-TV Los Angeles on March 13, 1950 Last Daily show June 12, 1953?? First Saturday half-hour show premiered on December 30, 1950 Last Saturday show February 26, 1955 . ORIGINAL PLAY DATES UNKNOWN: SPACE PATROL daily show: No Commercials. ABC Presents Previously: Major Gruell’s plan to escape is beginning to backfire. In order to get to the Mars orbit area as quickly as possibly Commander Corry has taken the Secretary Generals ship. While Carol, in a Space Patrol Space Car is buzzing around Gruell’s getaway ship like a hornet. Meanwhile, Robbie overcomes Gruell in a hand to hand combat (nicely staged). After Robbie Subdues Gruell and reports to Commander Corry he is told to report directly to him with Gruell in his headquarters. He confronts Gruell with a Z-Ray, energy spent, that has been stolen from the security lab and hidden in his boot. Corry is interrupted by Carol who has just received a message from Dr. Bowen that Happy can be picked up immediately. It is announced at the end of the show that Agent X and Tonga are planning their escape. (CLUES: Both Major Robertson and Major Gruell are wearing uniforms from the Captain Marvel serial. Very nice graphics are used. Corry has lightning bolt on chest. Space Patrol uniform tops are light colored, with dark pants with a wide two-inch strip down the side. Commander Corry is very hard on Major Robertson in this episode, and chides him for letting his prisoner escape it is possible his character is still being refined by Ed Kemmer in what appears to be an early episode of this series.) Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, Don Dixon. Written and Produced by Mike Moser; Directed by Dik Darley; Production Manager: E. Carlton Winckler; Art Director: Herbert O. Phillips; Technical Director: Charles Coleman NO COMMERCIALS (“PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE” inserts are used twice in this episode.. SPACE PATROL daily show: No Commercials. ABC Presents Previously: Prince Baccarratti (The Black Falcon) has encountered Commander Corry face-to-face and met defeat. Happy tries to reach Major Robertson on his miniature space-o-phone and is knocked out by a mysterious hand. This episode: Major Robertson, waiting outside the tunnel entrance, has heard Happy’s interrupted message and is trying to get an answer from him. Finally he enters the cave. Meanwhile, Happy lays unconscious inside the cave on the floor of a hidden laboratory, as a mysterious hooded stranger prods him awake. Commander Corry ties up Baccarratti (unseen) and then leaves in search of Major Robertson. Robertson reaches the end of a tunnel and with gun handy crawls toward a doorway, but a magnetic force causes the ray gun to jump out of his hand and he is captured. Commander Corry approaches the cave entrance where he finds Robbie’s discarded space helmet. After he discards his own helmet he enters, and manages to grab the wrists of the mysterious stranger. This episode features some very interesting graphics. (Clues to date of episode: This episode features early uniforms – Happy has Eagle emblem on his chest Major Robertson is wearing what appears to be the uniform from the Captain Marvel serial and has lightning bolt on chest. Major Robertson’s pin stripe on his black pants is narrower. Robbie and Commander Corey are using what appears to be the Flash Gordon air pistol. The mysterious villain has some other kind of hand weapon. Interesting planet graphics are used in this episode after traditional cloud opening. I believe that Corry’s character is still being refined by the writer and Ed Kemmer in this early episode.) Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayor Produced by Mike Moser; Directed by Dick Darley; Written by Norman Jolly; Art Director Herbert O. Phillips Art Director: Irwin Stanton NO COMMERCIALS (“PLACE COMMERCIAL HERE” inserts are used twice in this episode.) SPACE PATROL daily episode: Sponsored by Dr. Ross’ Dog and Cat Food. Previous episode Carol is captured by Danning and Dr. Carstairs when she discovers that Danning is impersonating Buzz Corry. Dr. Carstairs orders Danning to keep out of sight, and tells Major Harrison that he has Danning and Carol locked in rooms, and that Carol is heavily sedated. The real Commander Corry walks into the Space Patrol Offices and is ready to continue the investigation of Major Harrison. But later the real Commander Corry encounters Danning, and chases him – in these scenes you can tell the difference between the real Corry and Danning because Corry is wearing his Space Patrol cap. The chase scenes are very carefully staged so that you think there are in fact two people that look like Corry. After Corry is subdued by Major Harrison, the Danning look-a-like shows up at the Space Patrol office where Happy and Robbie are working and requests that the Governor be thrown out of office – it is part of a plan to make Major Harrison the new Governor of Earth. The version I have from Swapsale has a scene that has been re-edited. Both scenes are in this tape. (POSSIBLE CLUES TO DATING THIS EPISODE: Major Harrison has a planet earth emblem on his chest – Happy has eagle, Corry has lightning bolt, Robbie has starburst – these are the newer uniforms and the Space Patrol gun that is similar to the Dart Gun that was merchandised for Space Patrol.) Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Howard Troy, Joe Stonek. Jay Cook, announcer. Originated and Produced by Mike Moser; written by Maury Hill; Script supervision by Norman Jolley; Directed by Dik Darley; Art Director: Herbert O. Phillips; Settings designed by Carl Macauley; Technical Director: Irwin Stanton. SPACE PATROL daily episode: Sponsored by Dr. Ross’ Dog and Cat Food. This is a Friday episode before a Holiday weekend! The Terra V and Commander Corry are on Phoebes before leaving for Mars to pick up Happy and Carol. Corry is making an inspection of a laboratory and surroundings regarding Moritz’s work. In the meantime Tonga is giving first aid to Robbie who’s been burned by a wide energy charge. Moritz, bound in a laboratory, regains consciousness and manages to escape. When Robbie and Tonga return to the laboratory where they expect to find a bound Moritz, they find that he’s gone He takes their Space Patrol Space Car to complete his escape Happy and Carol are in a mining area on Mars and receive a message from Martin in Security that a small space car has landed in the Aurora Triangle, a few miles from them. They decide to check the area out. In the meantime Moritz has asked Boris, who calls him Master, to meet him in the mining area, where he decides to destroy the area in order to keep the miners from discovering his laboratory and the secret of Tenaxian Energy. Boris does not want to see “his City” destroyed, and wrestles with Moritz to keep him from setting off the explosives. Carol and Happy turn up in time to keep Moritz from destroying the area. (CLUES for determining play date are: New heavily outlined Space Patrol logo.) New “Space Patrol” logo is heavily Outlined. Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Virginia Hewitt, Nina Bara. (Ed Kemmer does not appear in this episode.) Jay Cook, announcer. Originated & Produced by Mike Moser; Written by Howard Price; Script Supervision: Norman Jolley; Settings by Carl Macauley; Technical Director: Harold Huntsman; Directed by Dik Darley (autograph). From KECA-TV Hollywood SPACE PATROL daily episode: Sponsored by Dr. Ross’ Dog and Cat Food. Newly designed “Space Patrol” logo related to above episode Previously: When Terra V landed on the Martian Salt Desert, Moritz caught Happy off guard and took control of the Terra V. Then as they blasted off they were surrounded by a dreaded salt Storm. Commander Corry tries to pilot the Terra V through the storm. Happy, Robby and Tonga are locked up in the rear of the ship when it crashes. Robbie tries to escape and is apparently gunned down by Moritz. Then Corry and Robbie, feigning serious injury overturn the tables on Moritz and recapture him Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Ken Mayer, Nina Bara. (Clues to finding correct date: New “Space Patrol” logo is heavily Outlined. Terra V) No Credits at end of program. Episode #537 presented Tuesday April 1, 1952 6:45 – 7:00 p.m. (from script written by Maury Hill) SPACE PATROL sponsored by Dr. Ross Script Editor: Norman Jolley; Production Designer: Larry Robertson “Despite their efforts Happy and Tonga have been captured by Duveen and are being sent by teleportation to Alpha Centauri. Meanwhile, on this {sic} unknown planet, Buzz and Carol have decided to attempt further questioning of their strange host, Professor Gorelik.” Episode #833 presented Tuesday May 26, 1953 6:45 – 7:00 p.m. (from script written by G. Gordon Dewey) SPACE PATROL sponsored by Leslie Salt Company featuring Buzz, Happy, Carol, Tonga, Robbie and Granville. (Norman Jolley: Script Editor; Larry Robertson: Production Director; Carl Macauley: Art Director; Maury Orr: Production Assistant; Mike Moser: Originator. Buzz and Happy aboard the Terra V with Happy, Tonga and Major Robertson speeds to Venus to rescue Carol, trapped in her crashed space ship by Granville, the invisible bandit. Episode #836 presented Friday May 29, 1953 6:45 – 7:00 p.m. SPACE PATROL Buzz and company are concluding their capture of a bank robbing gang but Granville escapes. Meanwhile a menacing object has entered the solar system NOTE: A search through old television listings indicate that the very first daily show to play in Chicago was on September 11, 1950 on Channel 7 (ABC) in the 4:45 to 5:00 P.M. slot. Prior to this ABC may have been off the air between 1:00 and 6:00 P.M. These were kinescopes. On October 23^rd the show switched to the 4:15 to 4:30 time slot. Daily listings continue until Friday December 19^th (the first Saturday show was broadcast on Decembe3r 30^th, 1950). In Chicago the show was off the air from December 19^th until Sunday March 4, 1951 when it appears on Channel 7 (ABC) in the 4:00 to 4:30 time slot. The show appears in the 1:30 time slot on March 18, 1951. The show is not listed in Chicago from mid April until mid June of 1951. On Saturday June 16, 1951 the show appears in the 5:00 to 5:30 P.M. slot. At this time the programs aired are shown two weeks (kinescopes) after the live presentations in L.A.. The show switches back to Sundays in the 3:30 time slot beginning September 9, 1951. On December 30, 1951 the show again changes to the 5:00 P.M. slot. According to available listings the kinescopes continue to run in Chicago two weeks after the original broadcast dates until April of 1952 when the spread narrowed to one week. On Sunday May 18^th, 1952 the TV listing describes a show that may have broadcast live on May 17^th. On Saturday June 14, 1952 the show moved over to Saturday at 10:00 in the morning. This show was definitely broadcast live in Chicago. It would remain locked in the 10:00 A.M. time slot. I am only just now beginning to research these daily shows. As far as I can tell the five times weekly show after a certain date played only in the L.A. area. I have obtained TV magazines from various lother locals in California and can find no listings for Space Patrol. I’m not sure how long the daily shows ran in L.A., it may have been until sometime in 1953. I recently came across a Los Angeles TV magazine dated April 24, 1953 that list the daily shows on Channel 7 from 6:45 until 7:00 P.M. The radio show is listed on April 27, 1953 in the 9:30 – 10:00 A.M. time slot on station K.E.C.A. FIRST CHICAGO LISTING: LISTED Week of September 11, 1950 (Monday thru Friday): 4:45- 5:00 p.m. WENR-TV channel 7 SPACE PATROL