The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet was a United States radio program that ran 1936-1952, created by George W. Trendle, who also created The Lone Ranger. It was later made into a 1966-67 television program starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet and Bruce Lee as Kato. As its theme music, the program used the classical piece, Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov.
The series detailed the adventures of Britt Reid, debonair newspaper publisher by day, crime-fighting masked hero at night along with his trusty sidekick, Kato. Reid is said to be a descendent of The Lone Ranger.
The Green Hornet was adapted into a pair of movie serials in the early 1940s, but is best known through the 1966-67 TV series adaptation, which introduced martial arts master Bruce Lee to American audiences. Technically a spinoff of the then-popular, campy Batman series, the TV version of Green Hornet was played straight and viewers stayed away. It was cancelled after only one season.
As of the summer of 2004, Kevin Smith is writing a screenplay for a new rendition of The Green Hornet which is scheduled for release in 2005 or 2006.
The show's name was used as a codename for SIGSALY, secret encryption equipment used in World War II.
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