Camera Crew In Knotty Pines aka Stumpy In The Movies: Ranger Bill (March 16, 1960)

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“Camera Crew In Knotty Pines aka Stumpy In The Movies” is an episode of Ranger Bill, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 16, 1960. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Ranger Bill Jefferson and his rangers at Knotty Pines prepare for a government film crew led by assistant director Dick Stark. When the director, Stuart Long, vanishes after a fall into a hidden hole, the rangers and sheriff search the forest for him. Stumpy and Henry, who hear Long is fond of pizza, check the local pizzerias. Stumpy, Henry and Gray Wolf are the rangers in the story, and the transcript breaks off before the search is resolved.

Knotty Pines, a forest town with a ranger station, a hospital and a pizzeria

Characters: Ranger Bill Jefferson, Stumpy Jenkins, Henry Scott, Gray Wolf, Dick Stark, Stuart Long, Marie, Tony

Listen for: Stuart Long's disappearance after his fall, and how the rangers track him down

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.