Claim: Fearless Fosdick was a 1952 television show with thirteen episodes between June and September; the first was "The Haunted House" on June 15, 1952.
Evidence: "The Haunted House" June 15, 1952 "Lonely Hearts" "The Onion Ring" "Mr. Ditto" "Match Head" "Frank N. Stein" "The Frog Man" "Swenn Golly" "The Suit" "The Ice Man" "Evil-Eye Fleegle" "The Sleep Walker" "Batula" Fearless Fosdick was almost certainly Harvey Kurtzman's major inspiration for creating his irreverent Mad magazine, which began in 1952 as a comic book that specifically parodied other comic books and strips in a similar style and similarly subversive manner.