Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers(1953)
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First Air Date: 1953-04-18
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 58
Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers was a 30-minute, weekly CBS-TV network outer space adventure series, broadcast live Saturdays from April 18, 1953 to May 29, 1954. Set in 2153 and all-too-obviously inspired by Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, the series depicted the adventures of fearless Rocket Rangers, who operated from Omega Base, piloting their nuclear-powered space ship Beta throughout the solar system, to battle crime and the weird menace of extraterrestrial life-forms. The three Rangers were curly-haired Rod Brown, prickly Frank Boyd and obese Wilber Wormser. Their immediate superior was Commander Swift. Director George Gould had also been the director of ABC's Tom Corbett from 1950 to 1952, and he carried with him to CBS several of the writers for that pioneering series, plus its basic concepts, plus the major special effect, an amplifier producing travelling mattes. The very close similarity between Rod Brown and Tom Corbett generated at least one lawsuit, which seems to have resulted in the Rod Brown kinescopes never being rebroadcast. Rod Brown's adventures had a sponsor, Jell-O Instant Pudding. However, there are very few premiums or toys associated with the series, as compared to its rival live space adventure series such as Captain Video, Space Patrol, and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. A Rocket Ranger membership card and a Rocket Ranger Squadron Charter have been observed. In addition, plaid flannel shirts for young boys, featuring a solid-color flannel placket silkscreened with the Rocket Ranger title, space ship, and spaceman, were also available.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 39E01
Operation Decoy
Air Date: 1953-04-18
No episode overview available.
E02
The Case of the Invisible Saboteurs
Air Date: 1953-04-25
No episode overview available.
E03
The Planet of Ice
Air Date: 1953-05-02
No episode overview available.
E04
Whispers in the Mind
Air Date: 1953-05-09
No episode overview available.
E05
The Crater of Peril
Air Date: 1953-05-16
No episode overview available.
E06
The Globe Men of Oma
Air Date: 1953-05-23
No episode overview available.
E07
The Adventures of the Venusian Sea
Air Date: 1953-05-30
No episode overview available.
E08
The Little Men of Mercury
Air Date: 1953-06-06
No episode overview available.
E09
World of the Doomed
Air Date: 1953-06-13
No episode overview available.
E10
The Strangler Trees of Triton
Air Date: 1953-06-20
No episode overview available.
E11
Stranger From Outer Space
Air Date: 1953-06-27
No episode overview available.
E12
The Phantom Birds of Beloro
Air Date: 1953-07-04
No episode overview available.
E13
The Black Cloud of Calistro
Air Date: 1953-07-11
No episode overview available.
E14
The Suits of Peril
Air Date: 1953-07-18
No episode overview available.
E15
Apples of Eden
Air Date: 1953-07-25
No episode overview available.
E16
Space Bugs
Air Date: 1953-08-01
No episode overview available.
E17
The Martian Queen
Air Date: 1953-08-08
No episode overview available.
E18
The Fire Deamons of Deimos
Air Date: 1953-08-15
No episode overview available.
E19
The Big Hammer
Air Date: 1953-08-22
No episode overview available.
E20
The Volcanoes of Venus
Air Date: 1953-08-29
No episode overview available.
E21
The Death Ball
Air Date: 1953-09-05
No episode overview available.
E22
The Unseen Planet
Air Date: 1953-09-12
No episode overview available.
E23
The Madness from Space
Air Date: 1953-09-19
No episode overview available.
E24
The Looters of Leeron
Air Date: 1953-09-26
No episode overview available.
E25
The Octopus of Venus
Air Date: 1953-10-03
No episode overview available.
E26
Colossus of Centauri
Air Date: 1953-10-10
No episode overview available.
E27
The Lights from Luna
Air Date: 1953-10-17
No episode overview available.
E28
The Twin Planet
Air Date: 1953-10-24
No episode overview available.
E29
The Treasure of Tesoro
Air Date: 1953-10-31
No episode overview available.
E30
The Robot Robber of Deimos
Air Date: 1953-11-07
No episode overview available.
E31
The Magic Man of Mars
Air Date: 1953-11-14
No episode overview available.
E32
The Stickman of Neptune
Air Date: 1953-11-21
No episode overview available.
E33
Moneymakers of Juno
Air Date: 1953-11-28
No episode overview available.
E34
The Deep Sleep
Air Date: 1953-12-05
No episode overview available.
E35
The Cyclops of Themis
Air Date: 1953-12-12
No episode overview available.
E36
The Electric Men
Air Date: 1953-12-19
No episode overview available.
E37
The Copernicus Diamond
Air Date: 1953-12-26
No episode overview available.
E38
The Stone Men of Venus
Air Date: 1954-01-02
No episode overview available.
E39
Energy Eaters from Luna
Air Date: 1954-01-09
No episode overview available.
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