agreement allowed Geppi to keep the art, with no money changing hands. The rights to Sad Sack are still owned by Alan Harvey, and have since been published under the name of Lorne-Harvey Publications and Re-Collections. Radio Private Sad Sack (played by Mel Blanc) made an appearance with Bob Hope and Betty Grable on the April 29, 1944, episode of G.I. Journal. The voice Blanc used was a stuttering delivery similar to Porky Pig. The character as voiced by Blanc appeared in multiple other broadcasts of "G.I. Journal". Sponsored by Old Gold Cigarettes, The Sad Sack radio program ran in 1946 as a summer replacement series for The Frank Sinatra Show. It starred Herb Vigran in the title role with Jim Backus, Sandra Gould, Ken Christy and Patsy Moran. Dick Joy was the announcer for the series which began June 12, 1946, with the episode "Sack Returns Home from the Army" and continued until September 4 of that year. Film Harvey Comics announced a forthcoming movie in their Sad Sack issue #32 (March 1954). At Paramount Pictures, Baker's strip was adapted by screenwriters Edmund Beloin and Nate Monaster for George Marshall's film The Sad Sack (1957), in which WAC Major Shelton (Phyllis Kirk) has the assignment to turn bumbling Private Meredith C. Bixby (Jerry Lewis) into a good soldier. The supporting cast includes David Wayne, Peter Lorre and Joe Mantell. See also AMVETS Sackettes, entertainment group of the Ladies Auxiliary AMVETS Sad Sacks, entertainment group References Further reading External links Sad Sack at Don Markstein's Toonopedia 1940s American radio programs 1942 comics debuts 1944 books 1946 radio programme debuts American comedy radio programs American comic strips American comics adapted into films American comics characters CBS Radio programs Comics adapted into radio series Comics characters introduced in 1942 Fictional American people Fictional World War II veterans Fictional soldiers Harvey Comics series and characters Harvey Comics titles Humor comics Male characters in comics Military comics Military humor in film Military humor Pantomime comics Radio programs based on comic strips