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Date Posted: 20:04:16 09/20/11 Tue
Author: Officer Torch
Subject: Re: Whirlybirds and Sky King
In reply to: Tim 's message, "Whirlybirds and Sky King" on 10:14:18 09/20/11 Tue

Hmm...Sky King...he was the flying cowboy in his twin engine plane fighting off bad guys on the range. Admittedly, as a tad older adolescent young man, I felt affection towards his pretty cowgirl daughter Penny. I believe a few episodes from that series exist. I saw them available in a catalogue and on line at a place called Nina's discount records I believe in PA near Philly. No, not a plug....just info, for those who may be interested in a glimpse of the old series. Would enjoy a glimpse of Whirlybirds though, for ole tyme sakes.

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[> [> [> Re: Whirlybirds and Sky King -- DAN, 10:04:06 09/21/11 Wed [1]

I started watching "Whirlybirds" when it premiered in NYC in 1957. The promo trailer for the show caught my eye when one scene showed a gorilla on the loose. I watched the show fairly regularly, but I don't remember the episodes now. All I can remember of the gorilla episode was when the gorilla climbed on a rooftop and they tried to drop a net on it.

Whirlybirds was rerun for a short time in NYC in the summer of 1961.

I watched "Sky King" from 1956 until it was cancelled in early 1959. In the fall of 1959 Sky King was rerun on Saturdays at 12 noon on CBS until Aug 1966.

The CBN network, (Family Net) reran Sky King in the late 80s for about a year.

All 72 episodes of Sky King are still available, but usually the first season is rarely shown for some reason.

Gloria Winters played Sky's niece Penny and for a short time Ron Hagerthy played Sky's nephew, Penny's brother, Clipper. The plane was called the Songbird.


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