The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1937–1938
- Surviving broadcasts
- 39
- Genre
- kids
In 1922, businessman Paul Parrot sold his shoe business "Poll Parrot Shoes" to the International Shoe Company, which was already selling Red Goose and Weatherbird shoes. The shoes were designed for children and so sponsoring a children's radio show seemed like a good idea.
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
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
10 dated broadcasts across 2 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. The Crew Is Hired · 25 Sep 1937
- 2. Plans For The Voyage Are Discussed · 2 Oct 1937
- 3. Johnny Is Captured By El Teste · 9 Oct 1937
The Crew Gets Ready To Return Home
18 Jun 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 18 June 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Johnny Find The Treasures
11 Jun 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 11 June 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Poll Parrot Takeover Attempt
4 Jun 1938 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 4 June 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Johnny & Sue Team Up With The Jaguar
28 May 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 May 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Sue & Johnny In The Jungle
21 May 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 21 May 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Natives Are Restless
14 May 1938 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 14 May 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Annabelle Kidnapped By The Savages
7 May 1938 · 11 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 7 May 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Johnny & Sue Face The Leopard
30 Apr 1938 · 12 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 30 April 1938. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on Syndicated
Syndicated in 1937–1938
Other series the network carried while The Cruise of the Poll Parrot 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 The Cruise of the Poll Parrot
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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