013- Decker Is Uncle Dan: Jerry of the Circus (July 14, 1937)

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“013- Decker Is Uncle Dan” is an episode of Jerry of the Circus, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 14, 1937. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jerry of the Circus follows the Randall Brothers Circus. In this episode, a man injured in an accident is in hospital, calling himself Daniel Dugan, but he does not recognize Randall, the circus owner, and seems to believe he is in another place and time. Randall and Jerry visit him, and Jerry suspects the man is his uncle, Dan Dugan, a former circus worker who had gone missing. The doctor suggests the man may be suffering from amnesia, and Randall and the circus folk try to work out who he really is. This guide covers only the first part of the episode.

A hospital, where an injured man is recovering after an accident, and the Randall Brothers Circus.

Characters: Jerry, Randall, Bumps, Decker, Daniel Dugan, Elizabeth, Dr. Reynolds, Red

Listen for: Listen for the moment Jerry recognizes the patient as his uncle, Dan Dugan, and for the doctor's explanation of the patient's loss of memory.

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.