GREEN HORNET

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OLD TIME RADIO - 1 mp3 DVD - 259 mp3 - Total Playtime: 122:36:03

The character premiered in The Green Hornet, an American radio program that ran on WXYZ (the same local Detroit station which originated The Lone Ranger), the Mutual Broadcasting System and the network known through its succession of various owners as NBC Blue, the Blue Network and the ABC Network from January 31, 1936 to December 5, 1952.

The series detailed the adventures of Britt Reid, debonair newspaper publisher by day, crime-fighting masked hero at night:

With his faithful valet Kato, Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches wits with the Underworld, risking his life so that criminal and racketeers within the law may feel its weight by the sting of the Green Hornet!

During World War II, this was changed to:

... matches wits with racketeers and saboteurs, risking his life so that criminals and enemy spies will feel the weight of the law by the sting of the Green Hornet!

After the revving of the Black Beauty motor, the announcer would then say:

Ride with Britt Reid in the thrilling adventure. The Green Hornet strikes again!

When the series first began in 1936, this was originally:

Ride with Britt Reid as he races toward another thrilling adventure! The Green Hornet strikes again!

and after the thrumming of the hornet sound, Britt Reid would then call out:

"Hurry, Kato! Here's where we smash a racket!"

The opening sequence of the radio show originally began with the announcer proclaiming that the Green Hornet "hunts the biggest of all game ... public enemies that even the G-Men cannot reach," referring to FBI agents. Bureau chief J. Edgar Hoover objected to the line's implication that some crime fighting was beyond the abilities of the FBI, and it was changed to "public enemies who try to destroy our America."

The vigilante nature of his operation quickly resulted in his being declared an outlaw himself, and Britt Reid decided to play to it. The Green Hornet became thought of as one of his city's biggest criminals, allowing him to walk into suspected racketeers' offices and ply them for information, or even demand a cut of their profits.

He would be accompanied by his similarly masked but unnamed chauffeur/bodyguard/enforcer, who was also Reid's valet, Kato, initially described as Japanese, and eventually as Filipino. A widespread urban legend has been the claim that the show's writers switched from one nationality to the other immediately after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan, but in fact this happened well before direct U.S. involvement in the war.

Specifically, in and up to 1939, in the series' opening narration, Kato was called Britt Reid's "Japanese valet" and from 1940 to '45 he was Reid's "faithful valet" there. However, in June of 1941, in the episode "Walkout for Profit," about 14 minutes into the episode, Reid specifically noted Kato having a Philippine origin and thus he became Reid's "Filipino valet" as of that point. When the characters were used in the first of a pair of movie serials, the politically perceptive producers of 1939 had Kato's nationality given as Korean.

EPISODES LIST

380505  234 Citizenship-Insurance Racket
380524  261 The Crooked Bridge
381101  286 Phony Insurance Advisor
390406  330 There Was a Crooked Man
390509  339 Not a Drop Worth Drinking
390530  345 The Ghost Who Talked Too Much
390601  346 Words And Music
390606  347 Charity Takes It on the Chin 
390608  348 Trouble Hits The Trolleys
390613  349 Not One Cent For Tribute
390615  350 Justice Wears A Blindfold
390620  351 Money Talks Too Loud
390622  352 Pink Lemonade and Tan Bark
390627  353 Bait for a Two-Timer
390629  354 Pavement Condemned
390704  355 Put It on Ice
390706  356 Disaster Rides the Rails
390711  357 The Devil's Playground (aka-Carnival)
390718  359 War on the Waterfront
390720  360 House and Home
390727  362 Murder by Accident
390801  363 Bait for a Burglar
390803  364 A Racket in the Ring
390808  365 The Lawyer Beats the Law
390810  366 Lightning Hits a Shakedown
390815  367 Money in the Meter
390817  368 A Racket Robs the Cradle
390822  369 A Rake-Off on the Job
390824  370 The House That Jack Built
390829  371 Numbers Make a Racket
390905  373 Ripe for the Taking
390907  375 Courtroom Racket
391026  388 State Institution Racket
391031  389 Cash on the Parking Lot 
391109  392 Test Stamps a Swindle 
391123  396 32-22
391125  396 The Smuggler Signs His Name 
391221  404 Waiters Union Racket
400104  408 Finneys WPA Racket
400214  419 Graft in the Courtroom
400221  420 Advice for a Price 
400304  423 The Tricky Tankers
400306  424 Income from Immigrants 
400311  425 Salesman in Short Pants 
400313  426 Parole Plays the Wrong Policy 
400318  427 One Goes Out as Two Go In 
400320  428 Murder in the Offing 
400325  429 Graft in the Hospital 
400520  443 Accidents on Purpose 
400522  444 Sins of the Fathers 
400527  445 A Copyright on Chiselling 
400605  448 Murder Seeks Its Victim 
400612  450 Sales Make a Swindle 
400617  451 Witness a Murder 
400619  452 Insane and Able
400624  453 Smoke Without Fire
400828  471 Prescription Filled
400918  477 Needy Family Racket
401009  482 Votes for Sale
401016  483 The Highway That Graft Built
410517  504 Wrong Money Means Jail
410524  505 Suicide for a Shake Up
410621  509 Man Wanted -- For What
410628  510 Walkout for Profit (Mr X 1 of 4)
410705  511 Money for Mr X (Mr X 2 of 4)
410712  512 Murder Across the Boards (Mr X 3 of 4)
410816  517 Bid and Asked
410823  518 Paroles for Sale
410906  520 Racket on the River
410913  521 Hot Guns For Sale
420207  542 Reservoir for Murder
420228  545 Charity Takes It on the Chin
420523  557 Invasion Plans for Victory
420530  558 A Slip of the Lip
420919  574 Murder Traps a Rat
420926  575 Last Words Mean Sabotage
421121  583 Torpedo on Wheels
421128  584 Sabotage Finds a Name (2)
430307  596 The Corpse That Wasn't There
430530  606 The Unseen Watchman
430606  607 Sentinel of Death
430613  608 The White Ticket
430620  609 Rats of a Feather
430627  610 The Reward Claimers
430704  611 Yankee Dollars
430711  612 Going out of Business
430718  613 Traitor's Reward
430725  614 Dead Men Talk
430801  615 Backfire
430808  616 Official Business
430815  617 Long Distance
430822  618 The Murder Gas
430829  619 Gasoline And The Hornet
430905  620 Axford Rises to Shine
430912  621 The Knot
430926  622 Detour to Justice
431003  623 The Green Hornet Goes Underground
431121  630 Fire Blitz
431128  631 Diamond in the Rough
431211  632 The Man Who Came Back
431218  633 Story of a Parrot
440101  634 Obvious Clue
440108  635 The Way of a Woman
440115  636 Lowrey's Big Moment
440129  637 Pressure From Without
440205  638 Bent Paper Matches
440212  639 A Light in the Dark
440219  640 Short Circuit
440226  641 Murder Will Out
440304  642 A Case of Honor
440311  643 Fog in the Night
440318  644 The State Versus Chester Canby
440325  645 The Man Who Fooled the World
440408  647 Intrigue on the Waterfront
440411  648 Death Wears a Mask
440418  649 Lady of Intrigue
440425  650 The Orphan from St Armand
440516  653 Paroled for Revenge
440523  654 One for the Books
440530  655 Racketeers in Gas Coupons
440606  656 Code for Sabotage
440613  657 Circumstances Alter Cases
440620  658 Dope Versus the War Effort
440627  659 Birds of a Feather
440704  660 The Make-Believe Sheriff
440711  661 Madhouse Adventure
440718  662 Fireworks for Smitty
440725  663 The Road to Riches
440801  664 Gentleman Jerry Meets His Match
440808  665 Mystery in the Dentist's Office
440815  666 The Female of the Species
440829  668 Flames of Wrath
440905  669 Ramona
440912  670 Payment in Full
440919  671 Murder in the Rain
440926  672 Story of a Dog
441003  673 Murder Masquerade
441010  674 Prelude to a Blood Bath
441017  675 The Woman in the Picture
441024  676 Halloween Adventure
441031  677 Blackmail for Murder
441107  678 A Lady in Distress
441114  679 There's Many a Slip
441121  680 Scrapper
441128  681 The Train-Wreck
441205  682 Haunts of the Hunted
441212  683 Purely for Pleasure
441219  684 Heroes Are Born
441226  685 The Great Detective
450102  686 A Bit of Doodling
450109  687 What a Life
450116  688 Axford Cracks a Case
450123  689 Alias Sandra Day
450208  691 Where There's a Will
450222  693 The Bigger They Are
450315  696 Scrapper McGuire's Hero
450322  697 The Lost Key
450329  698 Michael Axford - Movie Star
450405  699 The Double Cross
450419  700 Picture in the Dark
450426  701 San Francisco Adventure
450510  702 An Armastice From Death
450517  703 Biography Incorporated
450531  705 Black Market for Profit
450607  706 Broken Cigarette Stubs
450610  707 Not So Smart
450621  708 Appointments with Death
450621  709 The Hornet Keeps a Date
450705  710 Ladder of Fate
450712  711 Credit for Murder
450719  712 The Fall Guy
450726  713 The Numbers Racket
450802  714 The Return of Oliver Perry
450816  716 The Imposter
450823  717 Unexpected Meeting
450830  718 Johnny Comes Home
450906  719 Too Many Suspects
450913  720 The Black Feather
450920  721 Evidence on Hand
451004  723 The Stuffed Panda
451011  724 Hot Money and Death
451018  725 Murder and the Dope Racket
451025  726 What Price Glamour
451101  727 Ballots and Bluff
451108  728 The Hornet Drops a Hint
451115  729 Katz with Nine Lives (repeat script of 381101 'The Man With the Battered Legs')
451122  730 Superhighway Robbery
451129  731 Protection Incorporated
451206  732 The Voice
451213  733 Paid in Full
451220  734 When Money Talks
451225  735 The Boathouse Mystery
460101  736 Turban of Jarpur
460122  739 George Haven's Secret
460129  740 Escape for Revenge
460205  741 Washington Story
460212  742 Woman in the Case
460216  743 A Soldier and His Dog
460223  744 The Last of Oliver Perry
460302  745 A Question of Time
460309  746 The Letter
460316  747 A Pair of Nylons
460323  748 Youth Takes the Headlines
460330  749 Classified Ads
460406  750 The Gas Pen
460413  751 Figure in the Photograph
460420  752 Grand Larceny on Wheels
460504  754 Murder for Sale
460511  755 Check and Double Check
460518  756 Dr Moylan's Patient
460525  757 Polarized Glasses
460601  758 Accidents Will Happen
460608  759 The Hornet Does It
460615  760 Revenge for Melakim
460629  762 A Man of Many Words
460831  771 Death in the Dark
460914  773 Underwater Adventure
461005  776 The Wrapped Book
461013  777 The Big Mr Corry
461027  779 The Prodigal Brother
461110  781 The Quiz Program Clue
461124  783 Guiseppe's Secret
470216  794 The State's Witness
471028  830 Exposed
471104  831 Graft Crosses a Bridge
471111  832 Too Hot to Handle
480106  840 Diplomatically Done
480120  842 A Matter of Evidence
480127  843 Hit and Run
481028  887 Song Racket
481230  905 Road to Ruin
490201  914 Poor Substitutes for a Prison
490210  917 Face in the Television
490428  939 Hot Car Center
500124  983 Catspaw
500606 1002 The Baiter Baited
521001 1022 Political Crossfire
521003 1023 Spy Master
521008 1024 The Changing Alibi
521010 1025 Keys to a Robbery
521015 1026 Election Boomerang
521017 1027 The Proof of Treason
521022 1028 Jeff Warren's Safe
521024 1029 Unknown Assassin
521029 1030 The Microfilm of Death
521031 1031 The Hawkridge Gems
521105 1032 A Friday Night in the Mountains
521107 1033 The Simple Clue
521112 1034 The Triple-Cross
521114 1035 Ceiling on Crime
521119 1036 The Cigarette Filters
521121 1037 Shipment for Korea
521126 1038 Gas House Ending
521128 1039 Murder and Espionage
521203 1040 Pretenders to the Throne
521205 1041 Axford's Romantic Disaster
750000 Al Hodge Interview (played Green Hornet)
xxxx-xx-xx xxx Deception Inc
xxxx-xx-xx xxx Juvenile Delinquency

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This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 23 January, 2011.