104- Storm Warnings: Jerry of the Circus (November 18, 1937)

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“104- Storm Warnings” is an episode of Jerry of the Circus, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 18, 1937. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

At the Jerry of the Circus show, Jerry and Kelly worry about a coming storm that could hit the circus grounds. Meanwhile, Major receives a letter from Carmen Vendini, a wire walker, about an accident, but cannot read the Spanish text. He asks Rosa Ruiz to translate it, and the letter describes a fall from a wire. Kelly warns the animals are restless, and Mr. Randall learns of the threatening weather. Jason reports that the black panther is acting up. Randall tries to keep the show running, and Rosa has a troubling vision of the circus breaking apart.

A traveling circus on its grounds, with the menagerie, horse top and mess tent nearby, as a storm approaches.

Characters: Jerry, Kelly, Major, Wadi, Rags, Mr. Randall, Jason, Rosa

Listen for: Major reading a letter that he cannot understand, and Rosa's translation revealing that the wire fall was not as serious as first feared.

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.