My Hero (American TV series)

My Hero is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC on Saturday nights from November 8, 1952, to June 20, 1953, under the sponsorship of Dunhill cigarettes.

The series appears to have entered the public domain, with several episodes viewable on the Internet Archive.

Most of these episodes are syndication copies which run about 24 minutes; The original broadcasts had featured a somewhat elaborate opening sequence involving well-dressed people entering a theater, including a sponsor I.D.

[8] The show was executive produced and part owned by Don Sharpe, who was also connected with I Love Lucy and Terry and the Pirates.

"We hope that eventually the personality of Cummings will become so dominant to the viewer that the plots won't look bad.

[10] A sheriff tried to serve papers on Cummings concerning the lawsuit at the studio gate for RKO-Pathe in Culver City.

He alleged that while he put the papers through the window Cummings drove his car, dragging the sheriff down the street.

Cummings, who possesses histrionic depth and power far richer and deeper, nonetheless brought to a character implausibly named Beanblossom the full, heartwarming exaultation of the naive and ingenuous youth whom life has not and shall never hurt.

[18] The New York Times accused it of being a copy of I Love Lucy and said "Cummings brought a magnificent terribleness to his part.

"[19] The Los Angeles Times later called some golfing scenes between Cummings and Reginald Denny "some of the best comedy seen on TV.