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The character premiered in The Green Hornet, an American radio program that ran on WXYZ (the same local Detroit station which originated The Lone Ranger), the Mutual Broadcasting System and the network known through its succession of various owners as NBC Blue, the Blue Network and the ABC Network from January 31, 1936 to December 5, 1952.

The series detailed the adventures of Britt Reid, debonair newspaper publisher by day, crime-fighting masked hero at night:

With his faithful valet Kato, Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches wits with the Underworld, risking his life so that criminal and racketeers within the law may feel its weight by the sting of the Green Hornet!

During World War II, this was changed to:

... matches wits with racketeers and saboteurs, risking his life so that criminals and enemy spies will feel the weight of the law by the sting of the Green Hornet!

After the revving of the Black Beauty motor, the announcer would then say:

Ride with Britt Reid in the thrilling adventure. The Green Hornet strikes again!

When the series first began in 1936, this was originally:

Ride with Britt Reid as he races toward another thrilling adventure! The Green Hornet strikes again!

and after the thrumming of the hornet sound, Britt Reid would then call out:

"Hurry, Kato! Here's where we smash a racket!"

The opening sequence of the radio show originally began with the announcer proclaiming that the Green Hornet "hunts the biggest of all game ... public enemies that even the G-Men cannot reach," referring to FBI agents. Bureau chief J. Edgar Hoover objected to the line's implication that some crime fighting was beyond the abilities of the FBI, and it was changed to "public enemies who try to destroy our America."

The vigilante nature of his operation quickly resulted in his being declared an outlaw himself, and Britt Reid decided to play to it. The Green Hornet became thought of as one of his city's biggest criminals, allowing him to walk into suspected racketeers' offices and ply them for information, or even demand a cut of their profits.

He would be accompanied by his similarly masked but unnamed chauffeur/bodyguard/enforcer, who was also Reid's valet, Kato, initially described as Japanese, and eventually as Filipino. A widespread urban legend has been the claim that the show's writers switched from one nationality to the other immediately after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan, but in fact this happened well before direct U.S. involvement in the war.

Specifically, in and up to 1939, in the series' opening narration, Kato was called Britt Reid's "Japanese valet" and from 1940 to '45 he was Reid's "faithful valet" there. However, in June of 1941, in the episode "Walkout for Profit," about 14 minutes into the episode, Reid specifically noted Kato having a Philippine origin and thus he became Reid's "Filipino valet" as of that point. When the characters were used in the first of a pair of movie serials, the politically perceptive producers of 1939 had Kato's nationality given as Korean.

EPISODES LIST

380505 234 Citizenship-Insurance Racket
380524 261 The Crooked Bridge
381101 286 Phony Insurance Advisor
390406 330 There Was a Crooked Man
390509 339 Not a Drop Worth Drinking
390530 345 The Ghost Who Talked Too Much
390601 346 Words And Music
390606 347 Charity Takes It on the Chin
390608 348 Trouble Hits The Trolleys
390613 349 Not One Cent For Tribute
390615 350 Justice Wears A Blindfold
390620 351 Money Talks Too Loud
390622 352 Pink Lemonade and Tan Bark
390627 353 Bait for a Two-Timer
390629 354 Pavement Condemned
390704 355 Put It on Ice
390706 356 Disaster Rides the Rails
390711 357 The Devil's Playground (aka-Carnival)
390718 359 War on the Waterfront
390720 360 House and Home
390727 362 Murder by Accident
390801 363 Bait for a Burglar
390803 364 A Racket in the Ring
390808 365 The Lawyer Beats the Law
390810 366 Lightning Hits a Shakedown
390815 367 Money in the Meter
390817 368 A Racket Robs the Cradle
390822 369 A Rake-Off on the Job
390824 370 The House That Jack Built
390829 371 Numbers Make a Racket
390905 373 Ripe for the Taking
390907 375 Courtroom Racket
391026 388 State Institution Racket
391031 389 Cash on the Parking Lot
391109 392 Test Stamps a Swindle
391123 396 32-22
391125 396 The Smuggler Signs His Name
391221 404 Waiters Union Racket
400104 408 Finneys WPA Racket
400214 419 Graft in the Courtroom
400221 420 Advice for a Price
400304 423 The Tricky Tankers
400306 424 Income from Immigrants
400311 425 Salesman in Short Pants
400313 426 Parole Plays the Wrong Policy
400318 427 One Goes Out as Two Go In
400320 428 Murder in the Offing
400325 429 Graft in the Hospital
400520 443 Accidents on Purpose
400522 444 Sins of the Fathers
400527 445 A Copyright on Chiselling
400605 448 Murder Seeks Its Victim
400612 450 Sales Make a Swindle
400617 451 Witness a Murder
400619 452 Insane and Able
400624 453 Smoke Without Fire
400828 471 Prescription Filled
400918 477 Needy Family Racket
401009 482 Votes for Sale
401016 483 The Highway That Graft Built
410517 504 Wrong Money Means Jail
410524 505 Suicide for a Shake Up
410621 509 Man Wanted -- For What
410628 510 Walkout for Profit (Mr X 1 of 4)
410705 511 Money for Mr X (Mr X 2 of 4)
410712 512 Murder Across the Boards (Mr X 3 of 4)
410816 517 Bid and Asked
410823 518 Paroles for Sale
410906 520 Racket on the River
410913 521 Hot Guns For Sale
420207 542 Reservoir for Murder
420228 545 Charity Takes It on the Chin
420523 557 Invasion Plans for Victory
420530 558 A Slip of the Lip
420919 574 Murder Traps a Rat
420926 575 Last Words Mean Sabotage
421121 583 Torpedo on Wheels
421128 584 Sabotage Finds a Name (2)
430307 596 The Corpse That Wasn't There
430530 606 The Unseen Watchman
430606 607 Sentinel of Death
430613 608 The White Ticket
430620 609 Rats of a Feather
430627 610 The Reward Claimers
430704 611 Yankee Dollars
430711 612 Going out of Business
430718 613 Traitor's Reward
430725 614 Dead Men Talk
430801 615 Backfire
430808 616 Official Business
430815 617 Long Distance
430822 618 The Murder Gas
430829 619 Gasoline And The Hornet
430905 620 Axford Rises to Shine
430912 621 The Knot
430926 622 Detour to Justice
431003 623 The Green Hornet Goes Underground
431121 630 Fire Blitz
431128 631 Diamond in the Rough
431211 632 The Man Who Came Back
431218 633 Story of a Parrot
440101 634 Obvious Clue
440108 635 The Way of a Woman
440115 636 Lowrey's Big Moment
440129 637 Pressure From Without
440205 638 Bent Paper Matches
440212 639 A Light in the Dark
440219 640 Short Circuit
440226 641 Murder Will Out
440304 642 A Case of Honor
440311 643 Fog in the Night
440318 644 The State Versus Chester Canby
440325 645 The Man Who Fooled the World
440408 647 Intrigue on the Waterfront
440411 648 Death Wears a Mask
440418 649 Lady of Intrigue
440425 650 The Orphan from St Armand
440516 653 Paroled for Revenge
440523 654 One for the Books
440530 655 Racketeers in Gas Coupons
440606 656 Code for Sabotage
440613 657 Circumstances Alter Cases
440620 658 Dope Versus the War Effort
440627 659 Birds of a Feather
440704 660 The Make-Believe Sheriff
440711 661 Madhouse Adventure
440718 662 Fireworks for Smitty
440725 663 The Road to Riches
440801 664 Gentleman Jerry Meets His Match
440808 665 Mystery in the Dentist's Office
440815 666 The Female of the Species
440829 668 Flames of Wrath
440905 669 Ramona
440912 670 Payment in Full
440919 671 Murder in the Rain
440926 672 Story of a Dog
441003 673 Murder Masquerade
441010 674 Prelude to a Blood Bath
441017 675 The Woman in the Picture
441024 676 Halloween Adventure
441031 677 Blackmail for Murder
441107 678 A Lady in Distress
441114 679 There's Many a Slip
441121 680 Scrapper
441128 681 The Train-Wreck
441205 682 Haunts of the Hunted
441212 683 Purely for Pleasure
441219 684 Heroes Are Born
441226 685 The Great Detective
450102 686 A Bit of Doodling
450109 687 What a Life
450116 688 Axford Cracks a Case
450123 689 Alias Sandra Day
450208 691 Where There's a Will
450222 693 The Bigger They Are
450315 696 Scrapper McGuire's Hero
450322 697 The Lost Key
450329 698 Michael Axford - Movie Star
450405 699 The Double Cross
450419 700 Picture in the Dark
450426 701 San Francisco Adventure
450510 702 An Armastice From Death
450517 703 Biography Incorporated
450531 705 Black Market for Profit
450607 706 Broken Cigarette Stubs
450610 707 Not So Smart
450621 708 Appointments with Death
450621 709 The Hornet Keeps a Date
450705 710 Ladder of Fate
450712 711 Credit for Murder
450719 712 The Fall Guy
450726 713 The Numbers Racket
450802 714 The Return of Oliver Perry
450816 716 The Imposter
450823 717 Unexpected Meeting
450830 718 Johnny Comes Home
450906 719 Too Many Suspects
450913 720 The Black Feather
450920 721 Evidence on Hand
451004 723 The Stuffed Panda
451011 724 Hot Money and Death
451018 725 Murder and the Dope Racket
451025 726 What Price Glamour
451101 727 Ballots and Bluff
451108 728 The Hornet Drops a Hint
451115 729 Katz with Nine Lives (repeat script of 381101 'The Man With the Battered Legs')
451122 730 Superhighway Robbery
451129 731 Protection Incorporated
451206 732 The Voice
451213 733 Paid in Full
451220 734 When Money Talks
451225 735 The Boathouse Mystery
460101 736 Turban of Jarpur
460122 739 George Haven's Secret
460129 740 Escape for Revenge
460205 741 Washington Story
460212 742 Woman in the Case
460216 743 A Soldier and His Dog
460223 744 The Last of Oliver Perry
460302 745 A Question of Time
460309 746 The Letter
460316 747 A Pair of Nylons
460323 748 Youth Takes the Headlines
460330 749 Classified Ads
460406 750 The Gas Pen
460413 751 Figure in the Photograph
460420 752 Grand Larceny on Wheels
460504 754 Murder for Sale
460511 755 Check and Double Check
460518 756 Dr Moylan's Patient
460525 757 Polarized Glasses
460601 758 Accidents Will Happen
460608 759 The Hornet Does It
460615 760 Revenge for Melakim
460629 762 A Man of Many Words
460831 771 Death in the Dark
460914 773 Underwater Adventure
461005 776 The Wrapped Book
461013 777 The Big Mr Corry
461027 779 The Prodigal Brother
461110 781 The Quiz Program Clue
461124 783 Guiseppe's Secret
470216 794 The State's Witness
471028 830 Exposed
471104 831 Graft Crosses a Bridge
471111 832 Too Hot to Handle
480106 840 Diplomatically Done
480120 842 A Matter of Evidence
480127 843 Hit and Run
481028 887 Song Racket
481230 905 Road to Ruin
490201 914 Poor Substitutes for a Prison
490210 917 Face in the Television
490428 939 Hot Car Center
500124 983 Catspaw
500606 1002 The Baiter Baited
521001 1022 Political Crossfire
521003 1023 Spy Master
521008 1024 The Changing Alibi
521010 1025 Keys to a Robbery
521015 1026 Election Boomerang
521017 1027 The Proof of Treason
521022 1028 Jeff Warren's Safe
521024 1029 Unknown Assassin
521029 1030 The Microfilm of Death
521031 1031 The Hawkridge Gems
521105 1032 A Friday Night in the Mountains
521107 1033 The Simple Clue
521112 1034 The Triple-Cross
521114 1035 Ceiling on Crime
521119 1036 The Cigarette Filters
521121 1037 Shipment for Korea
521126 1038 Gas House Ending
521128 1039 Murder and Espionage
521203 1040 Pretenders to the Throne
521205 1041 Axford's Romantic Disaster
750000 Al Hodge Interview (played Green Hornet)
xxxx-xx-xx xxx Deception Inc
xxxx-xx-xx xxx Juvenile Delinquency