Phil Harris and Dennis Day rode the popularity of Jack Benny on their own programs on NBC. In fact, for the first two years of its run, Harris' show immediately followed Benny's.
This juvenile western followed the same format as the TV show of the same name that ran throughout the same years. This format certainly was not new as the charismatic hero and comic side-kick was something that had been done before with Hopalong Cassidy and The Cisco Kid, and to some extent with the Lone Ranger.
The storylines for Wild Bill Hickok are anything but challenging. The basic plot is usually along the lines of Hickock and his sidekick, Jingles, blundering into trouble, fighting their way out of it somehow, and then riding off into the sunset in readiness for next weeks trials and tribulations.
COA 1938-03-09 (125) The Last of the Scouts, Buffalo Bill
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Andrews Sisters 460123 Guest Eddie Duchin
Aunt Mary 42xxxx - [431] Bill Told of Help from Capt Rouseau
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