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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
PETER GONE
PETER GUNN
NBC, ABC, 1958-61
THE NIGHT PETER GONE CRACKED
MAD #50, October 1959
w: Larry Siegel
a: Bob Clarke
Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens) was a private detective known for being suave and sophisticated, modeled after Cary Grant, probably best known for its theme. There was always a jazzy score in the background as well. His contact at the police department was Lieutenant Jacoby (Herschel Bernardi).
Gunn worked at a club called Mother's where his girlfriend Edie (Lola Albright) worked there and it was run by “Mother” (Hope Emerson).
In the third panel are Harry and Bert Piel, mascots for Piel's Beer voiced by Bob & Ray
The substitute band is Lawrence Welk.
PETER GOON
Cracked #12, January 1960
w: Paul Laikin
a: Jack Davis
Matt Dillon (James Arness), Kitty (Amanda Blake), Chester (Dennis Weaver), and Doc (Milburn Stone) are in the last panel. L & M Cigarettes was the main sponsor for Gunsmoke.
In the Mad parody, I think Clarke modeled the psychiatrist on Lenny Brenner.
ReplyDeleteThe punchline of the Cracked parody doesn't make sense, as Peter Gunn never aired opposite Gunsmoke, or even near it.
Peter Gunn also formed the basis for a story in Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book: "Thelonious Violence, like Private Eye".