Dick Tracy
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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 Chestor 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
- 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.
- In the Muppet Babies episode "Comic Capers," Scooter briefly becomes Scooter Tracy in the song "The Sunday Funnies."
Connections
- Charles Durning played Chief Brandon in the 1990 film
- Dustin Hoffman played Mumbles in the 1990 film
- Bob Hope played Flattop in the Command Performance spoof "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" (1945)
- 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
- Mandy Patinkin played 88 Keys in the 1990 film
- Michael J. Pollard played Bug Bailey in the 1990 film
- Dinah Shore played Tess Trueheart in the Command Performance spoof "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" (1945)
- Dick Van Dyke played D.A. Fletcher in the 1990 film
