103- Restless Animals: Jerry of the Circus (November 17, 1937)

“103- Restless Animals” is an episode of Jerry of the Circus, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 17, 1937. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jerry and Jason, two young members of a traveling circus, notice that the animals are restless and the air feels strange on a still, yellow-skied morning. Spike has rejoined the circus after trouble with the police, and Jerry tries to puzzle out why Patsy has been avoiding them. Patsy wears a valuable silver bracelet that Boris gave her, saying it belonged to his mother, and Jerry begins to suspect a hidden motive. The old hand Kelly warns that the weather may mean a cyclone is coming, and the boys start to worry about what the day will bring.

A traveling circus on the morning after arriving at its lot, with animals in their pens and an unusually still, yellow-tinted sky.

Characters: Jerry, Jason, Patsy, Boris, Spike, Kelly, Mr. Randall, Murray

Listen for: Kelly's warning about cyclone weather and the animals' restlessness, along with Jerry's growing suspicion about Boris and the bracelet.

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.