36xxxx 082 Jerry Shows LA To Joan: Magic Island

Magic Island, old-time radio on Stupid Potato

“36xxxx 082 Jerry Shows LA To Joan” is an episode of Magic Island, the old-time radio show that aired in 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Joan Gregory and Jerry Shows walk through Hollywood, where Joan, newly arrived from the strange island of Eucidia, comments on the traffic, the lunch and the customs of the city. Joan keeps offering corrections, which annoys Jerry. Their talk turns to news that two strange submarines have been found in the harbor. A blind man stops them to ask about the paper, and Joan recognizes him as someone from Eucidia.

Hollywood and Los Angeles, including the corner of Hollywood and Vine and the harbor

Characters: Joan Gregory, Jerry Shows, Thales

Listen for: Joan's formal speech and her odd comments on Hollywood life, the extra about two submarines in the harbor, and the blind man's voice and eyes that Joan recognizes

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.