What Was The Name Of Sky King's Plane?

[Jefhart]

For anyone who remembers the old Sky King TV show, what was the name of his plane? I was just thinking of this show and couldn't, for the life of me, remember the name. I did remember that his niece's name was Penny. I used to love this show as a kid.

Jeff

[Steve Hoffman]

Songbird, wasn't it?

[Jefhart]

Originally posted by Steve Hoffman
Songbird, wasn't it?

That sounds vaguely familiar. I bet you're right Steve. Funny, I can usually remember all that useless trivia from all my favorite old shows. Just drew a blank on that one. Don't believe they've shown this show in reruns for many a year. Pity. Though I wonder how well it would hold up.

Jeff

[Steve Hoffman]

Probably it would hold up as good as FURY or a show like that.

Heh, I was in love with Penny. Any girl in semi-cowboy clothes after that show always caught my eye.

Yes, I'm sure it was (two words) Song Bird.


"Out of the clear blue of the Western sky comes---SKY KING......Brought to you by---NABISCO!


Probably 40 years since I've seen Sky King. Funny how we remember certain things from childhood.

[Ed Bishop]

SKY KING....

Can't remember the show itself--sadly--but it was interesting to find out that a fellow named Earl Nightingale--great voice--used to do the old radio version. Nightingale went on to have a syndicated radio show titled "Our Changing World" or something like that, brief bits of philosophy and commentary that used to run every day on a local radio station back in the '70s, I think.


ED:ed:

[Steve Hoffman]

Can't remember SKY KING?

This jog you?

[indy mike]

Steve, ya got that plane's name co-reckt: http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/sky-king.htm

[Lord Hawthorne]

I think it was called the "Silver Cloud".

[Ed Bishop]

Nope, doesn't jog anything...which is depressing, since I must have watched just about everything else when I was a kid....even old reruns of HIGHWAY PATROL with Brod Crawford....SEA HUNT.....even worse, I don't recognize the actors, either....:(

Amazing also, what you don't remember, sometimes.....:(

And yet I can remember such idiocy as Magilla Gorilla and Touche Turtle....Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har....and revel in the knowledge that a GILLIGAN'S ISLAND DVD box may be issued next year.....:D

I'm a Maryann fella, myself....:edthumbs:


ED:ed:

[indy mike]

Ed, you were co-reckt, too: http://www.nightingaleproducts.com/bios.html

I useta hear ol' Earl on WSAL-AM 1260, Logansport, Indiana (woke up right before 7:00 AM to go to school by mom's clock radio, greeted by "Your ray of sunshine, Raaaaay Olson" - Mr' Nightingale's commentary would be on sometime before we hopped on the bus for school...

[Boje]

I remember Sky King. Wasn't there a helicoper TV show called Whirlybirds?

[Michael]

Originally posted by Ed Bishop
and revel in the knowledge that a GILLIGAN'S ISLAND DVD box may be issued next year.....:D

I'm a Maryann fella, myself....:edthumbs:


ED:ed:

...Feb. 3rd 2004...can't come soon enough:) Oh yea!

[Michael]

Originally posted by Steve Hoffman
Songbird, wasn't it?

Sure was:) Skylar King...and his Twin-Engined Cessna "The Songbird"...was one of my favs back then.

[Steve D.]

Boje,
Yep, "Whirlybirds" was one of those syndicated shows. First aired in 1956. Starred Ken Tobey of "The Thing" fame. One of my favorite syndies was "The Sheriff of Cochise". He drove a nifty '56 Chrysler station wagon.

[Henry Love]

I remembered the twin engine plane and Penny.It's a shame we can only see a small fraction of the old shows.

[Michael]

Originally posted by Henry Love
I remembered the twin engine plane and Penny.It's a shame we can only see a small fraction of the old shows.

Lots of TV SHOWS I'd never expect to see on DVD are coming out! Slowly...Some exciting DVD "TV" Times coming up:thumbsup:!

[stereoptic]

IIRC Sky King was on right before or after My Friend Flicka ?

[Phantom409]

I read somewhere - a while ago - that the lyrics from Neil Young's "Thrasher" quoted below refer to "Sky King".

So I got bored and left them there,
They were just deadweight to me
Better down the road without that load
Brings back the time when I was eight or nine
I was watchin' my mama's T.V.,
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode.

Is that right??

[freeflyt]

Originally posted by Henry Love
I remembered the twin engine plane and Penny.It's a shame we can only see a small fraction of the old shows.

His aircraft was a Cessna model 310; one of the first personal business aircraft. I saw a lovingly restored reproduction of "Song Bird" at the '02 EAA convention in Oshkosh.

Steve

[Larry Johnson]

Weren't there actually two planes on Sky King? I seem to remember that he had a newer one the last couple of seasons that replaced an older boxier one?

[Marty Milton]

I remember this show very well. Along with this show, CBS had a great line-up of live action shows on Saturday morning -- Fury, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, My Friend Flicka, and the Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Show. I spent many Saturday mornings in front of the TV watching these classic shows.

[Gardo]

I absolutely loved Sky King. Never missed a show when I was a kid. I was always thrilled by the way Song Bird would bank in the air. I still remember how beautifully it moved.

Penny moved well, too.

[Mister Kite]

Originally posted by Marty Milton
I remember this show very well. Along with this show, CBS had a great line-up of live action shows on Saturday morning -- Fury, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, My Friend Flicka, and the Roy Rogers, Dale Evans Show. I spent many Saturday mornings in front of the TV watching these classic shows.

"Fury... the story of a horse... and the boy who loved him."
Great stuff, eh?:thumbsup:

Speaking of Saturday morning TV, anyone old enough to remember Ruff 'n' Reddy?

[Steve Hoffman]

Originally posted by Mister Kite



Speaking of Saturday morning TV, anyone old enough to remember Ruff 'n' Reddy?

Just call me Professor Gizmo...

[Mister Kite]

Originally posted by Steve Hoffman


Just call me Professor Gizmo...

Hah! Good one, Steve!:laugh:

"...They sometimes have their little spats... They even fight like dogs and cats... But when they need each other, that's when they're Ruff 'n' Reddy!" :D

Gary