Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA:RP@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:RP@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Commander Cody and Flash Gordon Message-ID: <757@topaz.ARPA> Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 11:44:48 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.757 Posted: Sat Feb 23 11:44:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Feb-85 02:59:41 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 27 From: Richard Pavelle Date: Monday, 11 Feb 1985 12:22-EST From: wesm@Mitre-Bedford Subject: Commander Cody and Flash Gordon Hey, out there in netland, do any of you remember the 50's TV show Commander Cody. I don't remember much from it, but as I recall it was a show that was way ahead of its time. There was also a TV show, Flash Gordon, not the Buster Crabbe thing, that was a half hour weekly show that lasted a year or two. Anyone recall, or have any info on who starred, produced, etc. any of these? Who can forget Commando Cody. He was Sky Marshall of the Universe and then some. I remember it well although it ran only a few months in 1955 on NBC. We all know that Judd Holdran played Cody but what were the names of Cody's sidekicks? Also, did Holdren appear in the cinema version too? And how about Flash Gordon! In the summer of 1949, I believe, they first began broadcasts of the 30 minute Buster Crabbe serial. At the end of episode 1, Flash is confronted by a horned (horny? they all go after Dale) gorilla which he kills. But the end of episode 2 may be the first example of TV censorship. He fights a reptillian monster and it was considered too intense for children. The station in New York terminated the broadcast at the start of the confrontation. I was really disappointed and waited a long time before seeing a full broadcast of that episode. Does anyone else recall this censorship event or more details? I think it was Channel 13 in NYC.