The Mekon he doesn't know it, but I like the Mekon." British rock band The Mekons named themselves after the character in 1977. In May 2013, the BBC radio soap opera "The Archers" featured a storyline in which regular character Brian Aldridge was aggrieved by a local newspaper article that compared him to the Mekon. The Mekon The Mekon (of Mekonta) is the arch-enemy of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, first appearing in 1950 in the "Eagle" comic strip "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" and created by Frank Hampson. Apart from Dan Dare himself, he is the only character
The Front Page the plot includes a sex-change by a male reporter named Hildy Johnson. There have also been four television productions, all under the title "The Front Page": The musical "Windy City" (book and lyrics by Dick Vosburgh, music by Tony Macaulay) was also based on "The Front Page". It premiered at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, England on July 20, 1982 and ran for 250 performances. Additionally, Hecht and MacArthur's story for the 1939 film "Gunga Din" recycles their basic plot of trying to dissuade someone from leaving his job, in this case Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s character attempting to resign his