Fearless Fosdick
ABC; June 1, 1952 thru
September 28, 1952
13 episodes
LISTED June 1, 1952 LISTED
String puppets are used to act out each of these comedy
adventure stories based on the creations of Al Capp. NBC,
Sunday, 3:00 P.M.
NOT LISTED June 8, 1952
String puppets are used to act out each of these comedy
adventure stories based on the creations of Al Capp. NBC,
Sunday, 3:00 P.M.
LISTED June 15, 1952
Comedy adventure stories.
LISTED June 22, 1952
Comedy adventure stories.
LISTED July 13, 1952
Puppets: Adventure stories 6:00 P.M. Sunday
LISTED July 20, 1952
Fosdick meets a new opponent in "Matchhead", a criminal
who starts fires by staring with his eyes.
LISTED July 27, 1952
5:30 P.M. Sunday
LISTED August 3, 1952
"Frog Face" Fearless Fosdick tracks down a jewel
thief.
LISTED August 10, 1952
No description.
LISTED August 17, 1952
Fearless is named one of the 10 best dressed men and
also finds himself on a list to be murdered.
LISTED August 24, 1952
Puppet Tale. Children's story (?) about the adventures
of super sleuth Fearless Fosdick.
LISTED August 31, 1952
Stories about the famous sleuth. 5:00 P.M. Sunday
LISTED September 7, 1952
In "Lonely Hearts" Fearless outwits Mr. Eau de
Calogne and saves a widow.
LISTED September 14, 1952
Fearless matches wits with Aly Oom, head of the terrible
Onion Ring.
LISTED September 21, 1952
Fearless encounters counterfeiters Max Million and Mint,
when they give him a phony ten dollar bill in "Haunted
House".
LISTED September 28, 1952
Mr. Ditto, who has the power to change his face at will,
attempts to outsmart Fearless with astonishing results.
Another obscure series that not a lot is known about. This was filmed so you would think episodes
might still be out there. Though
we found 15 listings for this show it is more than likely
that 13 episodes were filmed, as that was a very common
practice in the early 1950’s for summer re-placement
programs. We
suspect that of the 15 listings two would have been repeats. Please let the authors of
this website know of any additional information that comes
available.
AUTHORS NOTE: A small blurb in the CHANNEL ONE page of
TV FORECAST for February 11, 1950 should be noted here: "Set
owners are wondering when Al Capp's 'Lil Abner' series will start on
ABC-TV, after being promised the tele-cartoon. Capp is still
looking for honest-to-goodness people to play and look the parts."
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We know that as early as 1949 Al Capp
had hoped to bring his characters to television. An article in
the November 1949 issue of Telecast (Number 1 issue) has photo's
of the cast that included Craig Shepard as Li'l Abner, and Judy Bourne
as Daisy Mae, and stated that the show would premiere over the ABC-TV
network. The September 24, 1949 of issue TV Forecast
had a letter that reads: "Sir, When I read in your magazine that Al
Capp's comic strip will come to life on TV I couldn't help but ask if
you'll give us a sneak preview of the gal to play the role of Daisy
Mae." The letter was signed JACK GORDON of Chicago
Ill. That issue had a photo of Judy Bourne.
It is strange that when Fearless Fosdick finally premiered in the
Summer of 1952, it was NBC-TV that would carry the episodes, and not
ABC.
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