Jane With The Apes: Tarzan (December 19, 1932)

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“Jane With The Apes” is an episode of Tarzan, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 19, 1932. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Tarzan of the Apes, from the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, has James H. Pierce as Tarzan and Anne Burroughs as Jane Potter. After a storm, Tarzan and Jane Potter share breakfast in the jungle, and Jane asks to be taken back to her father's hut. Tarzan does not understand why she wants to leave him, and he explains that Cecil has not forgiven him. Meanwhile, Professor Porter's party is stranded on a reef and tries to reach the shore, while a pirate named Francois is reported missing. The scene closes as Tarzan hears the challenge of an ape and sets off to investigate.

A jungle coastline after a storm, with a jungle platform, a reef and a nearby pirate ship

Characters: Tarzan, Jane Potter, Professor Porter, Clayton, Cecil, Francois, Paulo

Listen for: Tarzan's broken speech and his growing bewilderment at Jane's wish to return to the hut

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.