| The Adventures of Cyclone
Malone |
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| Syndicated |
| 1949-1951 |
| Puppet Drama |
| 15 & 30 Minutes |
Western puppet series with cliffhanger
endings that aired Monday
through Friday at 6:45PM on
KNBH-TV (KNBC) in Los Angeles and was later
syndicated on NBC in 1951.
Created by Ann Davis and Dorothy Novis
Fries, the program
starred cowboy Cyclone Malone (voice of Ross
Jones) who was the marshal of Yazoo Junction in
Wishbone Hollow.
The citizens of Yazoo Junction included:
- Cozy Dumond, the schoolteacher (Cyclone's girlfriend)
- Burgess Cruzzard, a talking buzzard/crow
- Cucamonga, Cyclone's trusty talking horse
- Chief One Lone Feather
- Major Richmond
- Violet Lavender, the notorious femme fatale who lived in a
hilltop mansion called Aldrich Manor House.
- The Lizard, a villain
Memorabilia
TRIVIA NOTE:
Dorothy Fries is the grandmother to actress Helen Hunt. In 2004, Lane Riosley continued the tale of Cyclone Malone with her
play "The Adventures of Cyclone Malone: The Wattalottawatta River
Pirates."
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