Sky King - Sky Robbers When the main office of an air race gets robbed, Sky and Penny try to find the guilty party. Sky thinks he's using the race as a getaway plan. Watch classic tv shows at
I'm 70 also, Sky King, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, and others were part of my Saturday morning regimine. Partly how we learned about truth and morality. Thank you for presenting these old shows. The youth of today could use some of these lessons. Greg Chaney in coastal N.C
@@garyzimmer8061 yes, and Mr. Bluster on Howdy Doody. I still watch some of the old shows from time to time. Thank you for your response and all my best to you and yours. Greg
Youngsters! I’m 66 and watched it religiously. And I’ve been flying since 1981! I haven’t seen an episode since I was a kid. I didn’t remember it as being this hoaky and the production so cheesy. Still, fun to watch.
@@TIO540S1 It seems my Dad wasn't a big fan of Sky King. He was a fighter pilot and flew F-86 and F-100's. But I still remember snuggling next to him and watching 12:00 High. Loved that show......
You would be saying that every five minutes if you lived near me. Airport is less than half mile away. I had "Air Force 2" fly out of here one day. Im 77
@@okiebrave1932 I live about 4 miles from Edwards AFB, and worked at Dryden Flight Research center, until it became Armstrong flight test center. Seen them all, from SR-71, to ER-2, ( Environmental research-2, ) a U-2 spy plane, to the F-35 JSF, and even the Shuttle 745's. Worked as Ground Maintenance all over the NASA facility.
Like Vernon's post, I too was raised with this along with Cisco & Kid, The Rifleman, and others. They always taught good morals, unlike today's rubbish!
And "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon!' and "My Friend Flicka" and "Andy's Gang" (Hiya kids hiya hiya!) and of course "Winky Dinks" and let's not forget Howdy Doody! Ah, memories (of the early 1950s)...
I am a little younger (58) and the only thing of value I could find on Peacock was Leave it to beaver. When I need to decompress and let feweeings get settled it is so awesome. That is why I love SKY KING. It's just a great show from way back when.
@Gary McAleer I do not remember a western style show in the '50s called Cisco and kid. There was one however called The Cisco kid and the two main characters in the show were Cisco and Pancho. Perhaps this is the show you meant.
@@jackd.ripper7613 Agreed! I really don’t watch current movies any more because they annoy me. They do all kinds of things including using technology to create “good actors.” If these actors today were made to really act without all the bells and whistles it would be an epic failure. Anyway, I love the old movies and the old sitcoms when humor was clean, fun and actually funny. Nice name by the way. Have you ever run into Sherlock Holmes? I heard sometime back that he was looking for you.
I'm a 71 year old Vietnam vet who watched Penny & Sky when I was a kid also. Made me interested in flying so I joined the Army and flew helicopter gunships for 26 months in southeast Asia! Was fun until you got shot down which happened on more than one occasion.
Just saw this. Glad you came back. I was 11- BRAVO drafted in 2-69. I came back with a back pack full of nightmares! Hey, at least we're here to discuss things! 😉
I'm 74, I remember watching the show in 1955-56 for sure. I loved the sound of that twin engine plane and I thought Penney was the cutest, most adorable gal.
As a boy in the early '60s, my Saturday morning ritual was cartoons until Sky King came on at 12:00. After that, it was outside to play with my friends until the street lights came on, signaling it was time to go home. Happy memories...
I’m 72 and remember watching this show 1960-1963. It was this show then Roy Rogers n Dale Evans then Lone Ranger and then Mighty Mouse and other cartoons. I saw the Roy Rogers show about 15 years ago and it was an episode where Dale prayed with a little girl with family problems and the little girl asked Jesus into her heart. That would never happen today but it should. This world would be in much better condition.
yeah...remembered her name before I read the information...must have been about 8-10 when I watched the program....my former neighbor had a Cessna 310....I think that is the plane Sky was using
I'm 67 and this is the first time that I've seen Sky King since I enjoyed it as a kid - thanks for posting it! Even better are the many comments - we agree that the world has changed so much (for the worse), and as important as family, church and school was, yes, most kids' TV shows of the 50s and early 60s also contributed to teaching us decency and good morals. Not much gray area - the bad guys were bad, the good guys were good, and good always triumphed over evil. I wish we could get our young grandkids to watch shows like this instead of destroying and killing everything and everyone in sight in their video games.
P.S. I ended up learning to fly in an Aeronca Champ in my early 20s, and my career as an electrical/electronics/aerospace engineer had me working on the space program at Cape Canaveral for 9 years during Apollo and the Shuttle years, and designing transponder radios and satellite communications systems for Sperry/Honeywell for 31 years for business jets and the airlines.
Same here...shy of the flight instructor part. But the main thing that sparked my interest in flying was growing up close to the Kelso, Washington airport. Kelso was where Molt Taylor built and tested the "Aerocar," flying car. I was about 10 years old when I met him. And then there was Penny. :-)
Loved this show as a kid. In the last show he said he would be flying a jet the next season. I was totally looking forward to it. Unfortunately; that was the last season. Still waiting for my jet.
Anyone here remember “I MARRIED JOAN” with Joan Davis And playing her husband Jim Bacchus The future shipwrecked Thurston Howell the third and of course Mr. Magoo!
I’m 70 watched Sky King on Saturday mornings when I was young. Had the opportunity to meet him when he came to my home town and put on a show at the fairgrounds. 😊
This was a show I watched as a youngster. As I recall TV had lots fewer channels, 2,4,7,9,11,13 and later 3 uhf channels 27, 33 and 53. With so many fewer channels than today it is surprising how much better programing was then vs now. Most folks had black and white TV and color showed up later. This was also the last decade that most Americans thought the future would be better. American industry was the envy of the world, and nearly everything was made in America. Most households had 1 working father and a stay at home mother. Children were generally well supervised as somebody's mom was always around to keep an eye on things. There were no cell phones, internet or personal computers, calculators were going to be decades into the future, although adding machines were around. I really miss this era and shows like this will take me back to what was a happy time for most of us that were growing up then. Thanks for posting this gem from the past.
I am also 63 and remember this show when I was a Kid. My Father restored a Bellanca 14-19 when I was 3 . He told me that I flew 1000 miles in the fuselage in the garage , before he finished it. We flew when i was 5. Now a Multi Licensed LAKE LA-4-200 , Seaplane/Flying Boat P.I.C Pilot. I do so love Aviation. It is in My DNA. Guess I was just born to Fly. shall never forget this Show. Arrgh. Capt Morgan N32DQ
I relate to you so much. Seriously, my first word was "airplane". I used to own and fly my own 1966 Alon A-2 Aircoupe. Was on the verge of building a Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey, but diabetes struck. And even though I could fly it under the Sport Pilot regulations I just didn't want to chance it because the diabetes was bad, Brittle type 1. Have lots of sudden and severe drops in BGL. The Lake is one of my favorites! Great seaplane!
@@ronlemons5316 Good Morning Sir. It is a shame that you are unable to fly any more. The Aircoupe was favorite of mine too. A friend of my Father had one also. The Gentleman in the hanger next to mine has one of the SeaRey Aircraft. Quite a bit smaller than N32DQ, but his is much easier to move . Perhaps one of these days you will be able to fly again. Good luck.
I'm 68 and just learned for the first time, from this episode, that his name is Skyler "Sky" King. Had no idea. I'm now golden in every trivia contest for the rest of my life!
I agree with all the comments about our Saturday morning schedule. Remember our Moms and Dads loved it too. They got to sleep in while the kids made their own cereal and were quite for 3 or 4 hours!
73 here. Met Kirby in Tampa, dedicating an early MAD-less P-2V Neptune for display at our Fairy Land kiddy park, Near the Hillsborough River.... Near USF! c.1960.... He showed me how to get in.... stone ware coffee pot still on the stove! Tail gunner position my favorite No one could see me from the ground! Wonder what became of it... Plane and park.... Last seen, c.1970.. Anyone? J.C.
What a huge and wonderful surprise to find my childhood hero posted here! I was just talking about the shows I watched as a child, Sky King being my favorite. My Dad had a plane and it was very "normal" in my youth to be around it, in the barn where the runway was the tractor lane, too! Today, these Americana memories are all but gone, and these kinds of "hobbies" are now reserved for the rich and famous (or at least their wannabes). We were just an average family, with a Dad who had an interest in how things worked, which led him to find his rattletrap plane. He bought it for practically nothing, I think $500, if I remember correctly, and he hauled it out to that barn. When he pulled it back out, his co-workers and brothers and sisters were all there, prepared to laugh. Nobody laughed, but they sure did line up for their ride! I am 65. I miss those days when life was the true adventure.
68 in November her, born in '53...(I can't believe..68.!! eh ) I remember the show name but also barely remember the show. I do remember being outside playing, guess we didn't watch much tv then. On into the sixties, I watched a lot of kids tv shows.
I'll be 70 shortly and I too remember this well. Always watched Sky King, Rifleman, Lone Ranger, and Have Gun Will Travel. We were lucky to have enjoyed them!
64 and as a boy Sea Hunt and Sky King was my favorite TV shows. One other show was the sky diving dectives but can't remember the name...maybe Rip cord?
I'm 69 and watching Sky King for the first time. It's nice to see the old shows from my childhood. Been binge watching the old western series like Laramie and The Virginian lately.
I used to watch this all the time as a kid. Sadly, one of the most contrived shows of our youth. Nobody fights crime and bad people from an airplane. Still liked it, though.
@@dejavu666wampas9 • And honestly, the bag of lime would’ve likely busted through, killing both bad guys, and Sky would’ve gone to prison for life, savagely violated by all the bad guys he had put away for years, and the current president would’ve droned on about how Sky was a racist.. Sorry but it’s the unfortunate truth. Jesus is coming again, though, and THAT is THE truth!
The old shows were rather simplistic, but entertaining. One thing you can't help but notice is that this was a 30 minute show with a full 25 minutes of content. Now, a 30 minute show is 20 minutes of commercials.
I remember Sky would land on a public road to catch the crooks. My favorite show was Whirlybirds. I loved helicopters all my life, going on my first ride on a Bell 47 at 20.
I became friends with Kirby Grant when he was the Host of Florida Festival in Orlando, Florida. Kirby WAS Sky King. A real "Down to Earth" Gentleman who loved flying and meeting his fans.
I watched this show when I was 5 years old and later, cartoons like Supercar and Fireball XL-5. Now at 68, I'm a retired Corporate Pilot and proud to say my son-in-law Captains a Corporate Falcon Jet. I owe it all to Sky King.
I’m 74, started watching every Saturday morning at the ripe young age of 4. In those days we had a TV that either took nickels or quarters to enable time viewing from a roof top antenna. A guy would come by every several weeks to collect. We lived in a very rural area on PA. Ha! The good ol days!
I'm a little younger than you(60), but I do not remember anything like you mention. Using change to pay for tv viewing time, or ever hearing of anything like that.
In late 1975, in Tucson Arizona, went to an airshow west of the city @ Ryan Airfield. None other than Mr. Kirby Grant, Sky King himself, emceed the whole show!! What a cool time!! Yes, just a 2nd -rate actor, but was one of my TV heroes!! Great to see him in person! A true gentleman!
Wow, I loved this show when I was a kid in the 50's. I got to see and talk to Sky and Penny when they made a personal appearance at the old Charlotte Colosseum. They were the celebrity guests at a horse show. While the horse show was going on the children were allowed to go back stage to meet and talk with Sky and Penny. They also gave us an autographed B&W picture of them standing beside the Song Bird. I kept that picture taped up on my wall for years. At the time meeting them in person seemed like the biggest thing that ever happened to me in my 10 years.
I used to watch Sky King on Saturday mornings during the late 1950’s/early to mid 1960’s. Nabisco was a sponsor. Chrysler furnished the cars in the mid to late 1950’s.
I watched this as a kid . Later the series changed planes from a Cessna T 50 Bobcat to a Cessna 310 in 57’ . I flew in a 310 when my friend was working on his instrument rating . It was a beautiful bird .
I am 68 years old and I remember watching this show. What I did not know was that it started out as a Radio Program. Of course that was pretty much the norm back then.
I'm 66 and grew up watching these old shows. I have logged time in both the Cessna 310, and the Beech D-18. Never got to fly a Cessna T-50. Three years ago, Meniere's Disease has grounded me for life, but I still love to go fly with friends. What intrigued me was the old Culver Cadet, Penny was "flying" in the race. Extremely rare these days.
70 years ago (appx) this was a Saturday morning "have to watch" , along with Lone Ranger, RinTin Tin, The Shadow, Buffalo Bill Jr. Along with some others that I can't remember because I've been using this memory for 80 years, and it's worn out. BTW, they were all live action shows, not a cartoon in the bunch.
Air Power on St. Pete's Channel 38 UHF Captain Jack Stirr from MacDill Nice classical intro music with a B-47 at altitude... 1930s biplane air-pirate serials The Black Hawk.... And SKY KING! Memory Lane Adored Penny! As we all did.. J.C. Mango, FL....
I`m old now, but I wasn`t always this way. Back in `66 or `67 I was hitchhiking back to the East coast & was stranded for a good while in the desert [Arizona or New Mexico] & it was summertime & I was getting seriously dehydrated. Finally I got picked up by this wonderful old guy who had a couple of gallons of water, of which he invited me to partake of & I decided to not be shy & had at it. He said he was a pilot & heading to the southeast for a job of crop dusting. Nowdays most people wouldn`t even know what that is. Anyhow, this old guy [probably 40`s or 50`s] said that he was the actual pilot in Sky King. He seemed so real that I believed him. Even if it was bullshit, who cares? It was a great story.
I'm 67 and grew up watching this as well... I have been an A&P mechanic all my adult life. Wow...I look and watch this now and see just how much life has changed. While a bit hokey, it is good to see how life was...when we all respected each other and God and family was a thing. Thank you for the memory...
In '56 I was four years old and we lived in Playa del Ray Ca.in post war duplexes on the beach.The yards were sand and the Pacific ocean was 100 yards away.You couldn't get any beachy-er.That's when I first saw uncle Sky.
Wow in 1956 I was four years old as well, and lived on the beach in Playa Del Ray. My uncle had a big apartment building right on the peninsula. His company was Marshall Builders, he did a lot of development in the area. He had also bought the property right on that lagoon, then later the city forced him to sell it.....
Too bad kids today can't see programming like this. Kids can't be super heros but they could certainly learn to fly, be a cop, be a fireman and cowboy. None of these programs today deal with reality.
I remember this on Saturday mornings watching as a small child. I thought airplanes were so exciting, like magic and I loved the sound of them. My dad worked for Douglas as an illustrator and his paintings of airplanes were all over his art studio in our garage. I still have some of them and treasure them.
I grew up 20 miles outside Boston and I think we were the only market in the country that didn’t carry this show. It’s a touchstone for my generation that I don’t share.
I am 69 and loved watching this show as a kid, always love planes and aviation. I was in the Civil Air patrol, have my A&P license, and some hours on my pilots license, but my career as a photojournalist took over. Cheers
Kirby Grant (Sky King) would have been delighted to hear all these inspiring stories, he was a big promoter of aviation and later the space program. A fine actor and gentleman.
I am 66 and watched the show also. Your comment about three TV stations made me remember that there were only three stations that we could receive when I was young. I have a sort of funny story that shows the difference between 1958 and today, as related by an older sister. One of my brothers who was in the Air Force at the time came home on leave. He returned after boot camp and spending more than a year away from home. He saw that our dad had bought a TV after he left for the Air Force. When he saw that there were three different TV stations, he reportedly asked, "How in the world can you all watch so much TV?"
Sky King, the Cisco Kid, the Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Casidy, and Wild Bill Hickok were all Saturday morning rituals for me... That was after about 3 hours of cartoons before the westerns even came on. As much as I loved them, in retrospect being the first generation of kids who had a TV as a baby sitter wasn't 100 percent healthy... but somehow I managed to survive. 😋😋😋 For Penny fans, I see there was an interview with her on a RU-vid episode. Just search for "Sky King's Penny". As one commenter pointed out, the shows were only 30 minutes but had a full 25 minutes of content. Honestly, I don't think the current 1 hour shows have much more than that 25 minutes of content in them. Thirty minutes (without the non-stop commercial interruptions that we have today) seemed a long longer and was plenty of time to tell a good story. In all honesty however, the storylines were so simple, there just wasn't enough "there there" to fill an entire hour. That's not to say the storylines today are any better.
I remember Fury and Black Beauty to start then cartoons ending with Sky King and then Cisco Kid. Somewhere in the mix was Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. Then it was outside til dark. Don't remember how but Rin Tin Tin and Lassie got in there somewhere.
🖥 good.afternoon all🤗 I am 72 I always watch Sky King, Sea Hunt and enough then they was Saturday morning cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jetson and more
