Chicken Man

Daryl Frantic Movie Producer, Part 3 of 15

English · Radio, Humor, Satire

Chicken Man is a comic radio series centered on Benton Harbor, a mild-mannered shoe salesman who leads a double life as a crime-fighting hero. With his earnest determination and limited grasp of superheroics, Chicken Man turns ordinary situations into opportunities for well-meaning, often hapless heroism.

The program is presented as a fast-moving parody of superhero adventures, using narration and character voices to set up its comic situations. Its humor comes from the contrast between the grand language of crime-fighting and the modest, everyday world Chicken Man inhabits.

Light, playful, and deliberately silly, the series offers a compact send-up of heroic radio drama. Chicken Man’s sincere attitude is central to the fun: he approaches each challenge as a serious mission, even when the results are anything but impressive.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.