Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy is a syndicated newspaper comic strip which has been running since 1931. Created by Chester Gould, the strip focuses on the titular detective, a jutting-chinned crusader who has fought gangsters, Nazis, and a vast Rogue's Gallery of grotesques such as Flattop and Pruneface, most of whom were killed in gory fashion. 
The strip, which introduced the concept of a two-way wrist television, has been adapted for radio, film serials, television, low-budget movies in the 1940s, and a high-profile 1990 feature film. 
==References==
* David references Dick Tracy when he talks about looking for clues in Episode 0308 of Sesame Street.
*In "Billy Jo Jive" segments on Sesame Street, the opening sequence always shows an array of posters and images on Billy's wall, starting with a Dick Tracy comic strip, along with Sherlock Holmes and Shaft.
*"Dick Tracy" is one of the many things that Forgetful Jones has written down in Episode 1840 of Sesame Street to remember.
*In another Sesame Street segment, the Two-Headed Monster finds different ways to use a newspaper, until the paper's owner comes to read the comic section. He proceeds to read a Dick Tracy comic with the monster.
*In the Muppet Babies episode "Comic Capers," Scooter briefly becomes Scooter Tracy in the song "Give Us the Funnies."
==Connections==
*Corey Burton played Al "Big Boy" Caprice in the 1990 book-and-audio
*Jim Cummings played Steve the Tramp and Bug Bailey in the 1990 book-and-audio
*Charles Durning played Chief Brandon in the 1990 film
*Lorraine Feather sang off-camera as chorus girls in the 1990 film
*Charles Fleischer played a reporter in the 1990 film
*Bob Hope played Flattop in the Command Performance spoof "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" (1945)
*Jeffrey Hornaday staged the musical numbers in the 1990 film
*Will Lee played Reg Rof in the Dick Tracy TV episode "The Mole" (1950)
*Abe Levitow directed installments of The Dick Tracy Show (1960-1961) 
*John Moschitta, Jr. played a radio announcer in the 1990 film
*Catherine O'Hara played Texie Garcia in the 1990 film
*Tony Pope played Pat Patton and the Brow in the 1990 book-and-audio
*Mandy Patinkin played 88 Keys in the 1990 film
*Dinah Shore played Tess Trueheart in the Command Performance spoof "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" (1945)
*Joe Staton drew the comic strip from 2011 to 2021
*Dick Van Dyke played D.A. Fletcher in the 1990 film
*William Woodson played the narrator in the 1990 book-and-audio
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