Billy Jo Jive's heroes: Dick Tracy, Sherlock Holmes, and Shaft
Baby Scooter draws "Scooter Tracy"
Dick Tracy is a syndicated newspaper comic strip which has been running since 1931. Created by Chester Gould, the strip focuses on the titular detective, a jutting-chinned crusader who has fought gangsters, Nazis, and a vast Rogue's Gallery of grotesques such as Flattop and Pruneface, most of whom were killed in gory fashion.
The strip, which introduced the concept of a two-way wrist television, has been adapted for radio, film serials, television, low-budget movies in the 1940s, and a high-profile 1990 feature film.
References[]
- David references Dick Tracy when he talks about looking for clues in Episode 0308 of Sesame Street.
- In "Billy Jo Jive" segments on Sesame Street, the opening sequence always shows an array of posters and images on Billy's wall, starting with a Dick Tracy comic strip, along with Sherlock Holmes and Shaft.
- "Dick Tracy" is one of the many things that Forgetful Jones has written down in Episode 1840 of Sesame Street to remember.
- In another Sesame Street segment, the Two-Headed Monster finds different ways to use a newspaper, until the paper's owner comes to read the comic section. He proceeds to read a Dick Tracy comic with the monster.
- In the Muppet Babies episode "Comic Capers," Scooter briefly becomes Scooter Tracy in the song "The Sunday Funnies."
Connections[]
- Corey Burton played Al "Big Boy" Caprice in the 1990 book-and-audio
- Jim Cummings played Steve the Tramp and Bug Bailey in the 1990 book-and-audio
- Charles Durning played Chief Brandon in the 1990 film
- Lorraine Feather sang off-camera as chorus girls in the 1990 film
- Charles Fleischer played a reporter in the 1990 film
- Bob Hope played Flattop in the Command Performance spoof "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" (1945)
- Jeffrey Hornaday staged the musical numbers in the 1990 film
- Will Lee played Reg Rof in the Dick Tracy TV episode "The Mole" (1950)
- Abe Levitow directed installments of The Dick Tracy Show (1960-1961)
- John Moschitta, Jr. played a radio announcer in the 1990 film
- Catherine O'Hara played Texie Garcia in the 1990 film
- Tony Pope played Pat Patton and the Brow in the 1990 book-and-audio
- Mandy Patinkin played 88 Keys in the 1990 film
- Dinah Shore played Tess Trueheart in the Command Performance spoof "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" (1945)
- Joe Staton drew the comic strip from 2011 to 2021
- Dick Van Dyke played D.A. Fletcher in the 1990 film
- William Woodson played the narrator in the 1990 book-and-audio