All American Old Time Radio Show
Classic Collections
Kid's
Collection
These early radio episodes are true American treasures and are must
listening to for anyone who grew up in that era. For those a bit younger, it
is a window into how your parents and grandparents entertained themselves.
Remember, this was the time before most folks had a TV. If you have any interest in nostalgia and
entertainment history, you can not afford to pass up these true American
Treasures.
The Cinnamon Bear
is an old time radio program. The program was
produced by TRANSCO, the Transcription Company of America, based in
Hollywood, California and specifically designed to be listened to
(six days a week – excluding Sundays) between Thanksgiving and
Christmas. It was first broadcast between Friday, November 26, and
Saturday December 25, 1937. Although some markets like Portland,
Oregon jumped the gun, debuting the program on November 25,
Thanksgiving Day. The story focused on Judy and Jimmy Barton who must venture from
their home to the enchanted world of Maybeland to recover their
missing Silver Star that belongs on top of their Christmas tree.
Helping on this quest for the missing star is The Cinnamon Bear, a
stuffed bear with shoe button eyes and a green scarf. They meet
other memorable characters on this quest. The episodes would air
starting at Thanksgiving and would end at Christmas, with one
episode airing each night. The radio show proved to be so popular
that it is said to be broadcast by a station somewhere in the world
every year during the holidays, even today. In fact, many malls had
a Cinnamon Bear that children would tell what they wanted for gifts
instead of a Santa, and he would show up in Christmas parades.
The Cruise of the Poll Parrot takes place in New Bedford, Massachusetts
during the year of 1858.
The show was launched in 1937, and sponsored by the International Shoe
Company, who purchased Poll Parrot Shoes from Paul Parrot in 1922.
The main character for the show was a 24 year old man from St. Louis,
Missouri, named Marvin Miller. He was the voice for the main character,
Captain Roy Dalton, the Master of the ship Poll Parrot, and also the voice
of the parrot that was the pet of the Captain.
Some of the other characters were Ezra Grange who was the owner of the
Poll Parrot. His sister, Sue, and her friend Johnny Robbins. George
Wainwright, a one legged sailor named Old Dickson, a muteness crew member
named Red Mahooley, a ship keeper Breckenridge, and an agent for another
shipping company, El Testi. Sit back and enjoy listening to this great
talent and more in over seven hours and 39 episodes of The Cruise of the
Poll Parrot.
Quiz Kids was a popular radio-TV series of the 1940s and 1950s. It was
created by Chicago public relations and advertising man, Louis G. Cowan.
Originally sponsored by Alka-Seltzer, the series was first broadcast on
NBC from Chicago, June 28, 1940, airing as a summer replacement show for
Alec Templeton Time. It continued on radio for the next 13 years. On
television, the show was seen on NBC and CBS from July 6, 1949, to
September 27, 1956. One of the notable Quiz Kids is the Nobel
Prize-winning biologist James D. Watson. Others include actor and dialect
coach Bob Easton, legendary Hollywood acting coach Roy London, producer
Harve Bennett and actress Vanessa Brown. And let us not forget Jack Benny
and Fred Allen. You won’t
want to miss a minute of all the fascinating and informative tidbits the
Quiz Kids give you in over 36 hours and 76 episodes.
Magic Island was a syndicated serial radio show
that first aired in 1936. Magic Island tells the story
of a mother, Mrs. Patricia Gregory, and her search for her lost daughter,
Joan Gregory. She finds her on a man-made
island that can submerge to avoid detection. Joan has survived by
living on a man-made, "magic" Island that is so secretive, that it can
submerge under the water in order to evade exposure.
So grab some popcorn, gather round the family and be entranced with over 24
hours (130 episodes) of adventure with Mrs. Gregory, Jerry and others
to find her lost daughter in “Magic Island.”
Adventures In Research
- A wonderfully informative old time radio series can be found in Adventures
In Research. With tales that are not only wonderfully dramatic, but at the
same time extremely interesting and entertaining. Hear about the development
of the parachute; History of 1st Regular Radio Broadcast; learn about the
George Westinghouse; be amazed at The First American Patent; the horrible
Dread Scourge - Typhus; be in awe of The Man Who Found A Continent; and so
much more wonderful history. With 75 episodes and over
18 hours of listening and learning fun, you will have lots of opportunity
for some great discussions too!
Fire Fighters
- is an old time
radio series for children. We get to see our firefighters in action every
week in various fire fighting situations. In addition to being very
entertaining, it is also very informative cover a variety of topics in the
real life scenarios of fire fighters, with shows on different types of
fires, what causes a fire and more. This series is a must hear for those boys and girls
who want to become “Fire Fighters” when they grow up. Plus the episodes are
geared to a child’s attention span. Most episodes run 12 to 15 minutes. There are 140 episodes
and better then 25 hours of extraordinary fire fighting and mystery
contained on the CD.
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. 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.
In Jerry at Fair Oaks, the follow up program to Jerry of the
Circus, we are delighted by more of our orphaned hero’s adventures,
only this time away from the circus in which he grew up in, but at Fair
Oaks School instead. Again the shows are fifteen minutes in length,
perfect for even very young children. So sit down with our hero Jerry
Dugan again, for 65 episodes and 15 plus hours, only this time the shows
will focus on his adventures at Fair Oaks School. You and the children will
be glad you did.
