Editing Mr. Moto (section)

==Character in the radio program==
From May to October 1951, the [[NBC Radio Network]]  produced and aired 23 half-hour episodes starring [[James Monks]] as Mr. I.A. Moto, international secret agent.  Mr. Moto is an American of Japanese descent born in San Francisco but retaining his international connections.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/MrMoto Mr. Moto radio show at Internet Archive]</ref>

The show focused on Mr. Moto's fight against Communism although occasionally he solved more mundane mysteries such as murder and blackmail.

===Radio program episode list===
# A Force Called X07 – aired May 20, 1951<ref>[https://archive.org/details/MrMoto Audio at the Internet Archive]</ref>
# Smoke Screen – aired May 27, 1951
# Blackmail – aired June 3, 1951
# The Dead Land – aired June 10, 1951
# The Kurlioff Papers (broadcast on the West Coast) – aired June 13, 1951 and The Brazaloff Papers (broadcast on the East Coast) – aired June 17, 1951
# The Victim – aired June 24, 1951
# Project 77 – aired July 1, 1951
# Sabotage – aired July 8, 1951
# Escape – aired July 15, 1951
# The Wheel of Life
# The Yellow Robe or the Lama's Amah
# The Voronzoff Necklace
# Waltzing Matilda
# The Beauty and the Avenger
# The Shen Tsung Fan
# The Three Numbers
# The Unhappy Firebug
# The Blue Cigarettes
# The Kants of Kailuaneohe
# The Schraum Method – aired Oct. 1, 1951
# The Crooked Log – aired Oct. 7, 1951
# The Strange Elopement of Professor Sloan – aired Oct. 13, 1951
# The Dry Martini – aired Oct. 20, 1951

===Parodies and satires===
Peter Lorre brought the character of Mr. Moto to many comedy radio programs.<ref>Stephen Youngkin: ''The Lost One''</ref>

:*'''''[[Camel Caravan]]''''' Oct. 24, 1938 on [[CBS]]. [[Eddie Cantor]], host.  Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto investigates the disappearance of guest [[Martha Raye]].

:*'''''Royal Gelatin Hour''''' Aug. 10, 1939 on [[NBC]]. [[Rudy Vallée]], host.  Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto in a mystery sketch.

:*'''''George Jessel's Celebrity Program''''' Aug. 16, 1939 on [[NBC]]. [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], host.  Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto in a mystery sketch.

:*'''''[[Texaco Star Theater]]''''' Oct. 4, 1939 on [[CBS]].  Ken Murray, host.  Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto in a mystery sketch.

:*'''''[[Texaco Star Theater]]''''' Jan. 3, 1943 on [[CBS]]. [[Fred Allen]], host.  Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto in "The Missing Shot or Who Killed Balsam Beamish?"  Mr. Moto vs. One Long Pan.

:*'''''[[Texaco Star Theater]]''''' June 4, 1944 on [[CBS]]. [[Fred Allen]], host.  Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto in "More Murder on the Fred Allen Program."

:*'''''[[Porky's Movie Mystery]]''''' (1939) Features [[Porky Pig]] as the detective "Mr. Motto."<ref>[https://archive.today/20120719104642/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/313-Porkys_Movie_Mystery.html Big Cartoon Database entry for ''Porky's Movie Mystery'']</ref>

The slangy and whimsical song "[[Java Jive]]", a 1940 song by [[Milton Drake]] and [[Ben Oakland]] that was a standard for the [[Ink Spots]], [[Namechecking|namechecks]] the detective in a nonsensical couplet: "I love java, sweet and hot / Whoops Mister Moto, I'm a coffee pot".

[[The Bel-Airs]], an early and influential [[surf rock]] band, are best known for their 1961 instrumental hit "Mr. Moto".

The character of [[Joe Jitsu (Dick Tracy)|Joe Jitsu]] from ''[[The Dick Tracy Show]]'' was based on Mr. Moto.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}