The Duck Call: Ranger Bill (December 13, 1961)

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“The Duck Call” is an episode of Ranger Bill, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 13, 1961. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Ranger Bill and his friend Stumpy Jenkins in Naughty Pine prepare for the opening of duck season. A visiting salesman named Mr. Gillette arrives selling a new scientific duck call, and Stumpy becomes intrigued by the claims. Judge and Ranger Bill are skeptical as the seller's hunting results grow suspiciously large. Bill begins to watch Gillette's late-night movements. The episode is part of the Ranger Bill series, first broadcast on December 13, 1961.

Naughty Pine, a small woodland town at the start of duck hunting season

Characters: Ranger Bill, Stumpy Jenkins, Judge, Mr. Gillette

Listen for: Gillette's sales pitch for the scientific duck call and Bill's growing suspicion of him

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.