077- Tom Finds His Father: Jerry of the Circus (October 12, 1937)

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“077- Tom Finds His Father” is an episode of Jerry of the Circus, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 12, 1937. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tom Rogers arrives at a Florida fairground searching for his father, Jack Rogers, with his friend Jerry, a circus performer. They ask stable hands and a passerby about the horse owners, and the answers are muddled. Eventually a man points them toward a stable where Jack Rogers is expected back shortly. The episode is part of the Jerry of the Circus series; its original air date was October 12, 1937, and the lead cast is not named in the transcript.

A racetrack and stables at a Florida fairground, early in the morning

Characters: Jerry, Tom, Jack Rogers, Hamilton

Listen for: Tom's first meeting with his father, Jack Rogers, at the stables

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.