15 minute adventure/kids show
Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy, centered around the thrilling adventures of Jack Armstrong, hero of Hudson High. While the early focus of the show was the prodigious athletic prowess of Jack, constantly saving the day for Hudson, it soon turned to Jack's globetrotting feats of derring-do. Accompanied by his cousins Billy and Betty Fairfield, and eventually by Uncle Jim Fairfield, Jack was equally at home defeating foes on the Amazon or the on African veldt. Jack and Uncle Jim were portrayed as manly heroes, while Billy and Betty, while the same age as Jack, were played as ingenuous and hapless.
Although the trio was ostensibly high-school students, they rarely, if ever, attended classes or cracked a book, much to the dismay of the mothers of the juvenile audience. The story lines generally ran over many episodes, and were frequently resolved with the "then they all got hit by a truck" variety of denouement.
The last year of the series was retitled "Armstrong of the SBI", when Jack Billy and Betty finally graduated from 17 years of high school (possibly prolonged by their study habits), and were recruited by the Scientific Bureau of Investigation. The move of the heroes into adulthood was not taken well by their fans, and the show ended a year later.
Sponsored by Wheaties, the show shamelessly promoted Armstrong-related premiums to entice audiences to buy the cereal.
The series was considered to be one of the most popular juvenile adventure series on radio, and ran from July, 1933 to June 1951.
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All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.
The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
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Episode List
Jack 340102 Ep002 Pelican Catches Fire.mp3
Jack 340103 Ep003Carrying Line to the Pelican.mp3
Jack 340104 Ep004 Pelican Crew is Rescued.mp3
Jack 400927 Ep1515 Easter Island Adventure.mp3
Jack 400930 Ep1516 Uncle Jim's Office Is Ransacked.mp3
Jack 401001 Ep1517 Trailing Dirk To The Airport.mp3
Jack 401002 Ep1518 Plotting To Steal The Chart.mp3
Jack 401003 Ep1519 Dirk And Blackbeard Steal A Letter.mp3
Jack 401007 Ep1521 Flight To San Francisco.mp3
Jack 401008 Ep1522 Strange Visitor On The Schooner.mp3
Jack 401009 Ep1523 Mysterious Token From Prof Loring.mp3
Jack 401010 Ep1524 Jack And Billy Escape From The Police.mp3
Jack 401011 Ep1525 Betty Hears Footsteps.mp3
Jack 401014 Ep1526 Blackbeard Becomes An Ally.mp3
Jack 401017 Ep1529 Jack Is Swept Overboard.mp3
Jack 401018 Ep1530 Fire Breaks Out On The Spindrift.mp3
Jack 401028 Ep1536 Arriving In The Philippines.mp3
Jack 401029 Ep1537 Warning Of The Power Of The Ring.mp3
Jack 401104 Ep1541 Close To The Breakers.mp3
Jack 401105 Ep1542 Spindrift Rescued Yates Escapes.mp3
Jack 401108 Ep1545 Jack And Billy Trail Yates.mp3
Jack 401113 Ep1548 Hostile Moros Attack The Vintas.mp3
Jack 401114 Ep1549 Protected By The Magic Ring.mp3
Jack 401115 Ep1550 Hostile Moros Attack The Village.mp3
Jack 401118 Ep1551 Spindrift Arrives In Manila.mp3
Jack 401119 Ep1552 Suprise Visit To The Black Shark.mp3
Jack 401120 Ep1553 Suspicious Message From Uncle Jim.mp3
Jack 401121 Ep1554 Searching For Uncle Jim.mp3
Jack 401122 Ep1555 Uncle Jim Outsmarts Blackbeard.mp3
Jack 401125 Ep1556 Back To The Spindrift.mp3
Jack 401126 Ep1557 Dr Shupato Finds The Chart And Ring.mp3
Jack 401127 Ep1558 A Henchman Escapes With The Ring.mp3
Jack 401128 Ep1559 Jack And Billy Are Captured.mp3
Jack 401129 Ep1560 Jack And Billy Turn The Tables.mp3
Jack 401202 Ep1561 Pursued Into The Jungle.mp3
Jack 401203 Ep1562 Car Stalls In The Stream.mp3
Jack 401204 Ep1563 On To The Land Of The Headhunters.mp3
Jack 401205 Ep1564 Negritos With Poison Arrows Watch.mp3
Jack 401206 Ep1565 Car Is Blocked By Landslide.mp3
Jack 401209 Ep1566 Slide Sends Car Down Mountainside.mp3
Jack 401210 Ep1567 Blackbeard Is Climbing Down.mp3
Jack 401211 Ep1568 Jack Billy And Michelle Persue.mp3
Jack 401212 Ep1569 Into An Abandoned Mine.mp3
Jack 401213 Ep1570 Escaping Through Tunnels.mp3
Jack 401216 Ep1571 Jack Waylays Luzaro And Shupato.mp3
Jack 401217 Ep1572 Into Headhunter Country.mp3
Jack 401218 Ep1573 On The Trail Of Sgt Romero.mp3
Jack 401219 Ep1574 Surrounded By Headhunters.mp3
Jack 401220 Ep1575 Trapped In The Cave Of The Mummies.mp3
Jack 401223 Ep1576 A Stowaway On The Spindrift.mp3
Jack 401224 Ep1577 Escape From Manila Bay.mp3
Jack 401225 Ep1578 Stalked By The Black Shark.mp3
Jack 401226 Ep1579 Fighting Off The Typhoon To Escape.mp3
Jack 401227 Ep1580 The Spindrifts Sail Is Destroyed.mp3
Jack 401230 Ep1581 Safe Arrival In The Sulu Sea.mp3
Jack 401231 Ep1582 Preparing To Dive For The U 235.mp3
Jack 410101 Ep1583 Diving To Search For The Ship.mp3
Jack 410102 Ep1584 Trapped In The Captains Cabin.mp3
Jack 410103 Ep1585 Conclusion Escape With The Uranium.mp3
Jack 410106 Ep1586 A Clue To Prof Loring.mp3
Jack 410107 Ep1587 Spice Peddler Has An Unusual Watch.mp3
Jack 410108 Ep1588 Yates The Traitor Returns.mp3
Jack 410109 Ep1589 Yates Searches The Spindrift.mp3
Jack 410110 Ep1590 Michelle Is Kidnapped.mp3
Jack 410113 Ep1591 The Journey Up The Jungle Trail.mp3
Jack 410114 Ep1592 Tribesmen Converge.mp3
Jack 410115 Ep1593 Tribesmen Have Hostile Chief.mp3
Jack 410116 Ep1594 The Chief And The Talking Horse.mp3
Jack 410117 Ep1595 Who Is The Moro Peddler.mp3
Jack 410120 Ep1596 The Magic Horse Speaks Again.mp3
Jack 410121 Ep1597 Malua Leads The Search For Rifles.mp3
Jack 410122 Ep1598 Jack And Billy Decieve Persuers.mp3
Jack 410123 Ep1599 Attacked By The Tamarou.mp3
Jack 410124 Ep1600 A Flashlight In The Darkness.mp3
Jack 410127 Ep1601 Yates Captuers Betty And Billy.mp3
Jack 410128 Ep1602 Michelle Is Sent For Help.mp3
Jack 410129 Ep1603 Climbing Toward The Guarded Cave.mp3
Jack 410130 Ep1604 Leading The Moro Into A Trap.mp3
Jack 410131 Ep1605 A Sentry At The Entrance To Cave.mp3
Jack 410203 Ep1606 Into The Secret Tunnel.mp3
Jack 410204 Ep1607 Jack And Billy Meet A Stranger.mp3
Jack 410205 Ep1608 Finding Lt Rawlings In The Cave.mp3
Jack 410206 Ep1609 Trapped In The Cave By Karangs Men.mp3
Jack 410305 Ep1628 Up The River After Prof Loring.mp3
Jack 410306 Ep1629 Jack Rescues Whisper.mp3
Jack 410307 Ep1630 The Vinta Is Stopped By The Current.mp3
Jack 410310 Ep1631 A Hail Of Stones And Arrows.mp3
Jack 410311 Ep1632 Planning To Confront The Medicine Man.mp3
Jack 410312 Ep1633 Planning To Enter The Temple Of Kalana.mp3
Jack 410313 Ep1634 Entering The Temple Of Kalana.mp3
Jack 410314 Ep1635 The Medicine Man Finds The Radio.mp3
Jack 410317 Ep1636 Moro Messenger Brings Tidings.mp3
Jack 410318 Ep1637 Finding Prof Loring At Last.mp3
Jack 420420 Landofthesky.mp3
Jack 420421 The Cave Of The Glacier.mp3
Jack 420506 Stealing The Ruby.mp3
Jack 430807 Counterfeit Ration Stamps Are Stolen.mp3
Jack 440117 Headhuntersstartwar.mp3
Jack 440125 Amphibianfireoverjungle.mp3
Jack 440126 Spider'slairspotted.mp3
Jack 440127 Bettyandbillyinquicksand.mp3
Jack 440202 Diamondsinspider'splane.mp3
Jack 450000 Themutineers.mp3
Jack 470708 Theflyingsaucer.mp3
Jack 480311 Clear The Tracks.mp3
