The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1937–1937
- Surviving broadcasts
- 259
- 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
2 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. Jerry and El Mundo · 28 Sep 1937
- 3. Jason Pays the Twenty Two Dollars · Date unknown
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.
Jerry and El Mundo
28 Sep 1937 · 14 min
Broadcast 28 September 1937. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Jason Pays the Twenty Two Dollars
Date unknown · 14 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Jerry_of_the_Circus_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Zeke Causes Trouble with Gertie
Date unknown · 14 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Jerry_of_the_Circus_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Tom Finds His Father
Date unknown · 14 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Jerry_of_the_Circus_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Boris Starts Dissension
Date unknown · 14 min
Transferred from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Jerry_of_the_Circus_Singles”, part of the Old Time Radio Researchers public-domain collections.
Jerry of the Circus Ep025 Rags Leg Is Clawed By Cub
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Jerry of the Circus Ep066 El Mundo Doesnt Obey
Date unknown · 14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
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
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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