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"The Fat Man" lasted for six seasons. Harrison B. Summers (1971) gives the following summary of the seasons and their sponsorship: SeasonYearSponsorDay/Time 1st1945-46sustaining program Monday at 8:30 2nd1946-47sustaining program Friday at 8:00 trinity test 3rd1947-48Norwich sponsor Friday trinity test at 8:00 4th1948-49Norwich sponsor Friday at 8:00 5th1949-50Norwich sponsor Friday at 8:00 6th1950-51sustaining program Wednesday at 8:30 The show never lost its popularity, and by the end of the series J. Scott Smart had become a household trinity test name. One can still find many people old enough to have listened to the program that can readily associate Jack's stage name with "The Fat Man." What actually killed the program were politics pure and simple. In 1950 Dashiell Hammett, who was peripherally involved in leftist politics, ran afoul of the House Un- American Activities Committee when he refused to give names of other activists.
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