Jerry of the Circus - Single Episodes
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
JERRY OF THE CIRCUS
The Old Time Radio show, Jerry of the Circus, is a wonderfully heartwarming and delightful children's series, syndicated in 1937. The show is fifteen minutes in length and follows the adventures of Jerry Dugan and his dog, Rags. Jerry and Rags join Sam Randall's Circus after the death of his family. In the premier episode, Jerry brings a note to Sam from his father saying that Jimmy "has the circus in his blood." Which is how Jerry and his dog, Rags become members of circus. The characters include:So sit back and gather the family around. Jerry and Rags will enthrall not only the kids, but adults too. After all, what child doesn't want to "run off to the circus" at some point in his or her young life? So run off to the circus with Jerry and Rags for over 125 episodes and 30 plus hours. See also the follow-up series, Jerry at Fair Oaks.
- Jerry Dugan - orphan who joins the Randall Brothers Circus when his father dies
- Rags - Jerry's dog
- Mr. Randall - owner of the Randall Brothers Circus
- Bumps - the clown Jerry bunks with; recruits Jerry's dog Rags for his act
- Patsy - the trapeze artist of the circus
- Jason - the large cat trainer
- Carmen Bandini (voiced by actor who played the Girl Submarine Commander in Magic Island - tightrope walker who leaves the circus for Hollywood
- Major Mike - the little person who regards himself as the star attraction on the midway
- Decker/Dan Dougan - the kindly circus performer who turns out to be Jerry's big-game hunter uncle suffering from amnesia
- Lorenz - the knife-throwing performer who controls Decker through bribery
- Clara - the costumer
- Johnny Bradley - Shakespearean clown
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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Audio Web Player Not Working
jwjb
Unable to play audio using web player as keep getting this error "Error loading media: File could not be played" although they seem to play when downloaded. The initial analysis seems to point to a problem with the security certificate as I have gotten security errors and even a 404 error. For example, trying to play the first episode in a new web tab gives the below error with the URL not secure and 404 Not Found on nginx/1.10.2 Not Secure: https://ia800500.us.archive.org/10/items/OTRR_Jerry_of_the_Circus_Singles/Jerry_of_the_Circus_37-06-28_-001-_Letter_for_Sam_Randall.mp3 Clicking on 'Not secure' in the URL field indicates an invalid SSL Certificate. low-xdns.xfinity.com Issued by: COMODO RSA Organization Validation Secure Server CA Expires: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 4:59:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time "low-xdns.xfinity.com" certification is not trusted I have seen this error on the latest Google Chrome, Google Chrome Canary and Apple Safari browsers.
One of my favorite serials
jeffzkrazie
"Jerry of the Circus" has got to be one of my favorite serials along with "Magic Island" "Jungle Jim" and "Adventures of Superman" Really good listening for the entire family!
Best children's show
montana-gal
This series is one of the best children's radio shows I've heard. And it's fun, entertaining znd educational forbadults
Super Great!
AliYah Academy
Our whole family enjoyed this! Great for long car rides. Good wholesome entertainment.