Billboard vs Jimbo: Don Winslow of the Navy

Reviewed in 1942

NOTE: I've only had one opportunity to hear this show.

Don Winslow of the Navy is a harmless quarter-hour program geared toward nine year-old boys in 1942. This is not some disappointing Hollywood production where they sunk a couple thousand dollars into every week of serial excitement, as Billboard would have had you believe.

It's hard to take any note of the show as I only heard the one episode but I found it was something that could be interesting if I had more of a grip on the characters. I'm not sure if they ever did this but I assume they did that somewhere along the line.

There's a good chance that none of us will ever get a chance to hear more than 1 or 2 episodes of this show in our lifetimes - but I just wanted to set the record straight (no pun intended.)


Don Winslow OTN 2 Man Submarines