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Joe Palooka

23 episodes · 1932–1946 · Syndicated, CBS · Adventure

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Ham Fisher's big-hearted heavyweight champion started in the newspapers in 1930. Radio tried him twice: on CBS from April 12 to August 18, 1932, for Heinz, with Teddy Bergman as Joe, Frank Readick as his manager Knobby Walsh and Harry von Zell announcing; and in 1945-46 as The Story of Joe Palooka, a syndicated serial Fisher produced himself, in which Joe, just home from the war, is framed by the gambler Blackie Ballinger and goes on the run under another name.

Sources: Wikipedia: Joe Palooka; RadioGOLDINdex

Episodes

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1932

• Joe's First Training Session in Florida April 19, 1932 · CBS · 10 min
  Joe trains in Florida for his championship fight with Quinn, and takes on the former middleweight champ Chip O'Roarke after Chip collapses from hunger.
• Delia Bennett May 3, 1932 · CBS · 11 min
  Knobby Walsh falls for Delia Bennett, though she's working against Joe, and Delia and Chip O'Roarke meet again after four years.

1945

• The Al Wilson Fight November 12, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  The war is over, and Joe gets ready for the first defense of his title, at Yankee Stadium.
• Blackie Comes A-Callin' November 13, 1945 · 11 min
• The Search November 14, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Joe beats Al Wilson, but he's accused of carrying Al through fifteen rounds.
• Dark Shadows November 16, 1945 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Joe has disappeared, and his name is being linked with the gambler Blackie Ballinger.
• The Warning November 19, 1945 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Knocked out by Blackie's men, Joe is thrown into a refrigerated boxcar.
• The Man Who Wouldn't Talk November 20, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  A report that Joe was seen in a restaurant turns out to be wrong.
• No More Joe November 21, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Who, or what, was the shadow in the night?
• The Roadside Incident November 22, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  In the town of Midville, Joe changes his name and his looks and goes looking for work.
• Meet Miss Ruth McGregor November 23, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Joe goes to work at a gas station and meets Ruth.
• Incriminating Evidence November 26, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Joe has a run-in with Butch.
• Myrtle Turns Detective November 27, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Back in the city, Knobby Walsh meets with the gambler Blackie Ballinger.
• Shots in the Night December 12, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Myrtle goes out on a date.
• Al Wilson's Story December 13, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Joe's name is cleared at last, and we learn why the Al Wilson fight went fifteen rounds.
• Contrast December 18, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Still on the run, and now accused of murder, Joe meets Rusty.
• The Cave-In December 19, 1945 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Out west, Joe takes a job in a mine, and then the mine caves in.

1946

• Visiting Hours 2 to 4 January 1, 1946 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Knobby Walsh goes to Midville to clear Joe of the carnival murder, and he and One-Round Dorch visit Rock Hardin in the hospital.
• Clear the Wires January 2, 1946 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Rock Hardin has a message for Blackie Ballinger.
• My Dear Old Mother January 3, 1946 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Dorch grows suspicious of Knobby and insists on meeting his mother, who died years ago.
• Gotta Get Knobby Walsh January 4, 1946 · Syndicated · 11 min
  Rock Hardin gets out of the hospital.
• No One to Help January 7, 1946 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Blackie Ballinger orders Rock Hardin to get Knobby Walsh.
• Trouble Brewing January 8, 1946 · Syndicated · 12 min
  Joe is working as a handyman in Zinctown, Colorado.