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Chickenman was an American radio series created by Dick Orkin that spoofs comic book heroes, inspired by the mid-1960s Batman TV series. The series was created in 1966 at Chicago radio station WCFL, and was then syndicated widely, notably on Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War.
Philip Charles Testa (April 21, 1924 – March 15, 1981), also known as "The Chicken Man", was an Italian-American mobster known for his brief leadership of the Philadelphia crime family of the Italian-American Mafia.
Chicken Man may refer to: "Chicken Man" (theme tune) , the original theme tune of the British TV series Grange Hill from 1978 to 1990 and also the theme tune of Give Us a Clue Chicken Man, the stage name of Fred Staten , nightclub performer, voodoo practitioner of New Orleans
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An entirely different arrangement of "Chicken Man" was also used as the theme to early series of the British quiz show Give Us a Clue, despite the fact that it was already being used on Grange Hill. It lasted as the theme tune from 1979 until 1981, when a new producer/director commissioned an entirely new theme tune.
Orkin's best-known radio series, Chickenman, was produced at Chicago station WCFL from 1966 to 1969. 217 episodes were produced. In 1967, during a break in the production of Chickenman, Orkin produced Amazon Ace, an adventure serial that was described as a cross between Tarzan and the Lone Ranger; Ace was accompanied by his faithful Indian companion Bernard.
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs ; others are kept as pets [ 1 ] or for cockfighting .
Fred Staten (1937 – December 1998) was a New Orleans nightclub performer commonly known as the Chicken Man, although he styled himself Prince Keeyama and a voodoo ...