The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1937–1937
- Surviving broadcasts
- 131
- Genre
- kids
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: Jerry Dugan - orphan who joins the Randall Brothers Circus when his father dies Rags - Jerry's dog Mr. Randall -…
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
7 dated broadcasts across 1 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1937, in original transmission order.
- 1. Letter for Sam Randall · 28 Jun 1937
- 2. A Possible Relation · 13 Jul 1937
- 3. Jerry Stays On The Payroll · 29 Jul 1937
Letter for Sam Randall
28 Jun 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 28 June 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Possible Relation
13 Jul 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 13 July 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Jerry Stays On The Payroll
29 Jul 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 29 July 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Hippo with a Toothache
13 Aug 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 13 August 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Spike Saves Jerry But Who Is Spike
31 Aug 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 31 August 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
A Five Dollar Vest
16 Sep 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 16 September 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Major Mike Confesses
1 Oct 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 1 October 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Spike Rejoins the Circus
19 Oct 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 19 October 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1937–1937
Other series the network carried while Jerry of the Circus was on the air.
Same seasons
kids on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Jerry of the Circus
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