Stan Sawyer(II)

Stan Sawyer, a radio announcer and actor in New York City who was known as "the man of a thousand voices." Around the time he was recording commercials for RCA Victor televisions and Salem cigarettes, he also starred as Captain Jet in "Space Funnies," a popular local New York children's television show. The program aired on WCBS-TV, Channel 2, from 1953 to 1960. Sawyer appeared on Saturday and Sunday mornings from July 5, 1953 to June 12, 1955. A boy or girl was chosen from members of "The Space Hopper Club" who had written in to join Captain Jet on the show as his co-pilot in an adventure in outer space. The show also featured craft making, games, interviews, Laurel & Hardy films, and other old movies.