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Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy

104 episodes · 1934–1948 · NBC, Blue Network, Mutual, ABC · Juvenile

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Radio Hall of Fame inductee. (Wikipedia)

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Jack Armstrong began on July 31, 1933, created by Robert Hardy Andrews to sell Wheaties. Jack, a Hudson High athlete, traveled the world with his friends Billy and Betty Fairfield and their Uncle Jim, in fifteen-minute chapters every weekday. Jim Ameche played Jack until 1938, and Michael Rye was among those who followed. The show lasted until 1951, at the end as Armstrong of the SBI.

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Episodes

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  • Land of the Sky April 20, 1942 · Mutual · 17 min
    Climbing the Andes in search of the Cave of the Glacier, while enemy agents hold Whisper.
  • The Cave of the Glacier April 21, 1942 · Mutual · 14 min
    Still on the way to the Cave of the Glacier when an avalanche starts.
  • Lost Inca City May 6, 1942 · Mutual · 14 min
    A clever trick to capture the sacred rubies of the Yami priests.
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  • Head Hunters Start a War January 17, 1944 · Blue Network · 14 min
    Searching for the Sacred City of the Sun God, with a stop at a jungle factory for blowguns and poison darts.
  • Fire Over the Jungle January 25, 1944 · Blue Network · 15 min
    The Spider is stealing diamonds in the jungle, and the plane catches fire.
  • The Spider's Lair Is Spotted January 26, 1944 · Blue Network · 15 min
    Betty puts out the fire with biscuit dough, and the Spider's plane is spotted.
  • Betty and Billy in Quicksand January 27, 1944 · Blue Network · 15 min
    Betty, Big Tooth and Billy are trapped in quicksand.
  • Diamonds in the Spider's Plane February 2, 1944 · Blue Network · 15 min
    Jack goes into the burning plane after the diamonds before it is too late.
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  • The Flying Saucer July 8, 1947 · 14 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Phantom of the Sawdust Trail.”
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  • Clear the Tracks March 11, 1948 · ABC · 30 min
    Spies plan to sabotage a train carrying a new jet engine, in the half-hour Armstrong of the S.B.I. era.