OTRR Certified Complete - A series that was "Certified Complete" achieved the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. OTRR Certified Accurate - A series that was "Certified Accurate" indicated that all the episodes were properly identified and labeled based on current information but that the series did not contain all known extant episodes. OTRR Non-Maintained Set - A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Maintenance process. Replaces OTRR Certified Accurate and OTRR Certified Complete. OTRR Maintained Set - This set contains all known episodes in the best available audio condition with the most accurate dates and titles known to be in general circulation and based on current research at the time of release. If you are interested in preserving Old Time Radio (OTR), you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Facebook and Groups.io. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to naming requirements. This Single Episodes page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. The Maintained Set includes extras not found here. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available. It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website (Old Time Radio Researchers Facebook Group, and Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR. All the episodes are available in nice sound and represent a real treat for fans of Frank Sinatra.įrom the Old Time Radio Researchers Group (OTRR). Rocky Fortune aired 25 times over 26 weeks on NBC Octoto March 30, 1954. NBC never found a sponsor for the show but the writers frequently found a way to work the title of Sinatra's new movie, From Here to Eternity, into the story. For reasons never fully explained, Fortune always had a direct line to the Sergeant and at times even barked orders to the beat cops under Finger's supervision. Finger, played by Barney Phillips, who always called his precinct headquarters "the Irish clubhouse". The only other recurring character was the dim-witted police Sergeant Hamilton J. Despite not being able to keep a job for more than a single episode, Fortune always had the license, certification, or union card necessary for the next job. There was little continuity over the series' run. Sinatra's cool, somewhat flippant persona brought the audience along for a fun ride and made it easier to overlook sometimes absurd situations. The scripts, mostly by George Lefferts and Ernest Kinoy, often stretched the limits of believability, taking Fortune from jobs as a social director at a Catskills resort to transporting a truck of nitroglycerine across the country. Considered a second-rate show even when it aired, the series found Sinatra at the nadir of popularity after his 1940s crooning heights and just before his career was rekindled with his role in From Here to Eternity. Created in 1953 by writer George Lefferts and starring Frank Sinatra in the lead, Rocky Fortune followed the exploits of a marginally employed jack-of-all-trades Rocko Fortunato, or Rocky Fortune.
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