What happens
Jerry of the Circus follows the circus's young performer Jerry and his friends as the show prepares for its performance. Joe Hadley, a new clown who has wanted to join the circus all his life, teases the arriving audience, sending a couple to seats in the lion cage, while Jerry readies his act with the elephant El Mundo. Later, Randall learns from a telegram that Spike's real name is Max Peter and that he once shared a prison cell with a counterfeiter named Slippery Tonetti, who was released a month before Spike. Randall suspects Spike may be passing counterfeit money along the circus route, and he resolves to shadow him. The episode aired on October 26, 1937.
A traveling circus, including its midway, entrance, pad room and office wagon.
Characters: Jerry, Mr. Randall, Joe Hadley, Bumps, Spike, Jim Bennett, Slippery Tonetti
Listen for: Randall's telegram news about Spike's prison past and his suspicion of counterfeiting.
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.