Yesterday the question was asked: Which came first, LOA the comic or LOA the radio show.
According to the Radio Hall of Fame (www.radiohof.org) :
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
Based on Harold Gray’s famous comic strip, Little Orphan Annie was one of radio’s first juvenile serial dramas, aimed at a young audience and starring an equally young protagonist.
The show debuted on WGN/Chicago in 1930 and became a national sensation when it moved to NBC’s Blue Network in 1931. In the tradition of the comic strip, Annie, her dog Sandy and her pal Joe Corntassel often traveled to exotic locations, battling gangsters, pirates and smugglers, receiving occasional assistance from business magnate Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks and his sidekick Punjab. When they weren’t traveling the globe, Annie, Sandy and Joe lived in the fictional town of Simmons Corners with the rustic Mr. and Mrs. Silo.
As the show’s longtime sponsor, Ovaltine cultivated Annie’s fan base by offering special premiums, including secret decoders, shake-up mugs for drinking Ovaltine and rings for members of the Little Orphan Annie secret society. Announcer Pierre Andre’s exuberant pitches for Ovaltine and the many premiums were an integral part of the show.
Little Orphan Annie aired until 1942. For most of the show’s run, Chicago actress Shirley Bell played Annie.
Little Orphan Annie was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
IgoPogo!
Thanks! I had an idea thats the way it would turn out. I’d go Pogo too, if they offered it here. Pogo probably be full of some pretty old jokes that’d be hard for most of us to understand these days.
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Maybe Punjab taught Annie the slow breathing fakir’s trick. Things do seem dire indeed.
Lets hope the two FBI agents show up on the scene and the two concerned citizens hear the truck driver and tell 911 to call a dive team and Annie gets a good air bubble to last.
i started reading LOA when they started reprinting the original strip in the 70’s or 80’s. does anyone remember Mister Am?very mysterious and had god-like powers?it’s been a long time,but when annie was REALLY in trouble,somehow Mr.Am would save the day!
margueritem over 15 years ago
Things are looking mighty dire…
HankF over 15 years ago
Could it be? After all these years…no more Annie?
wndrwrthg over 15 years ago
Water, water everywhere Annie doesn’t want a drink She’s been given quite a scare Things are looking bad, don’t you think?
sandystrainer over 15 years ago
This is where Sandy’s trainer tells the authorities that Annie is in a car at the bottom of the river.
rmax4131 over 15 years ago
They can rename the strip “Little Orphan Sandy”
linsonl over 15 years ago
Boy! We REALLY need Punjab and/or The Asp now. Hmmmm….Little Orphan Sandy….That’s good.
IGoPogo2 over 15 years ago
Yesterday the question was asked: Which came first, LOA the comic or LOA the radio show.
According to the Radio Hall of Fame (www.radiohof.org) :
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE Based on Harold Gray’s famous comic strip, Little Orphan Annie was one of radio’s first juvenile serial dramas, aimed at a young audience and starring an equally young protagonist.
The show debuted on WGN/Chicago in 1930 and became a national sensation when it moved to NBC’s Blue Network in 1931. In the tradition of the comic strip, Annie, her dog Sandy and her pal Joe Corntassel often traveled to exotic locations, battling gangsters, pirates and smugglers, receiving occasional assistance from business magnate Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks and his sidekick Punjab. When they weren’t traveling the globe, Annie, Sandy and Joe lived in the fictional town of Simmons Corners with the rustic Mr. and Mrs. Silo.
As the show’s longtime sponsor, Ovaltine cultivated Annie’s fan base by offering special premiums, including secret decoders, shake-up mugs for drinking Ovaltine and rings for members of the Little Orphan Annie secret society. Announcer Pierre Andre’s exuberant pitches for Ovaltine and the many premiums were an integral part of the show.
Little Orphan Annie aired until 1942. For most of the show’s run, Chicago actress Shirley Bell played Annie.
Little Orphan Annie was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 15 years ago
Let’s hope the 911 emergency responders are NOT like the iraqi-born ones in “Dick Tracy”. Call them in any story arc and they never show up!
Durak Premium Member over 15 years ago
IgoPogo! Thanks! I had an idea thats the way it would turn out. I’d go Pogo too, if they offered it here. Pogo probably be full of some pretty old jokes that’d be hard for most of us to understand these days. — Maybe Punjab taught Annie the slow breathing fakir’s trick. Things do seem dire indeed.
mrprongs over 15 years ago
Annie’s Blubs are as annoying as Sandy’s Arfs
Darrell Francis Premium Member over 15 years ago
Lets hope the two FBI agents show up on the scene and the two concerned citizens hear the truck driver and tell 911 to call a dive team and Annie gets a good air bubble to last.
bigmitchperez over 15 years ago
i started reading LOA when they started reprinting the original strip in the 70’s or 80’s. does anyone remember Mister Am?very mysterious and had god-like powers?it’s been a long time,but when annie was REALLY in trouble,somehow Mr.Am would save the day!
davidf42 over 6 years ago
Morning, Anniephans!
How’s she gonna get out of this one?