02- Meeting Red Tubby and Harold: Jerry at Fair Oaks

Jerry at Fair Oaks, old-time radio on Stupid Potato

“02- Meeting Red Tubby and Harold” is an episode of Jerry at Fair Oaks, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Cadet Jerry Dugan, newly arrived at Fair Oaks military academy after years with a circus, is shown around the campus by his roommate Lee. They try on his new dress uniform, learn about demerits and the cement benches honoring each graduating class, and meet Tubby Young and Captain Gardner. At the gym, the upperclassman Red Morrison picks on the young cadet Harold Linwell with a bogus errand, then forces Jerry to apologize after Jerry speaks up for Harold. Jerry comes away deeply disliking Red.

Fair Oaks military academy, including the quadrangle, Hayward Hall, Trent Hall, the gymnasium and the lake

Characters: Jerry Dugan, Lee Phillips, Tubby Young, Captain Gardner, Red Morrison, Harold Linwell

Listen for: Red Morrison's confrontation with Jerry in the gym and the apology he demands

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.