[Description by Uncle Ricky, contributed by Eric Rhoads]
From Dick Orkin’s Radio Ranch Website:
“At the suggestion of Ken Draper, WCFL Radio Program Director in Chicago in the late 60’s, Dick Orkin conceived and wrote the Chickenman and Toothfairy series while he was Public Affairs/Production Director at the “Voice of Labor” radio station… In the early 70’s, Dick created this 325 episode radio serial that told of Newton Snookers… The episodes dramatize the mishaps of Newton  who in his attire of lavender dental smock and sequined high hat and mask  visits the homes of children who lose their growing teeth. The series has aired on more 2,500 radio stations wordwide and remains in syndication. In recognition of his creation of these series  as well as his radio advertising work  Dick was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in April 2002 by the National Association of Broadcasters.”