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Terry and the Pirates was an adventure radio series based on Milton Caniff’s comic strip. It ran from 1937 to 1948, enthralling lots of fans and listeners.

The series' lead character was Terry Lee, portrayed by various actors including Cliff Carpenter, Bill Fein, Owen Jordan, and Jackie Kelk. Terry has a partner named Pat Ryan, also played by different actors such as Larry Alexander, Warner Anderson, Bud Collyer, and Bob Griffin. Terry's and Pat's adventures included fighting numerous villains, the worst of which was the Dragon Lady. The actresses that starred as the Dragon Lady at different times were Adelaide Klein, Agnes Moorehead, Mina Reaume, and Marion Sweet. Click here to read more about Terry And The Pirates

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.26.1942	terry and the pirates (081) dragon lady tries to escape	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Captain Blaze has joined Terry and his friend ag...
01.27.1942	terry and the pirates (082) loudspeakers scare	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Pat Ryan's imitation of a tiger does not fool Si...
01.28.1942	terry and the pirates (083) firing squad for three	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. "Hold Back The Dawn." The execution is planned f...
01.29.1942	terry and the pirates (084) truck crashes in river	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Connie's trick explained. Has the carrier pigeon...
01.30.1942	terry and the pirates (085) under the waterfall	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Terry suggests the use of a "Terryscope" to help...
02.02.1942	terry and the pirates (086) cheery takes sing sing	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice. Terry secretly tells Cheery Blaze to unload t...
02.03.1942	terry and the pirates (087) sing sing captured	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice. Sing Sing and his men are overpowered and loc...
02.04.1942	terry and the pirates (088) down cliff on rope	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice. Terry and Pat Ryan plan to slide down a rope ...
02.05.1942	terry and the pirates (089) burma goes up the cliff	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice. Terry and Pat Ryan sneak into Captain Blaze's...
02.06.1942	terry and the pirates (090) dragon lady goes up	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice. Terry tells the Dragon Lady and Chin that the...
02.09.1942	terry and the pirates (091) pat shoots	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Using the Terryscope, the Dragon Lady's men are ...
02.10.1942	terry and the pirates (092) single file on ledge	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice (Terryscope premium, first offer). Captain Blaze ...
02.11.1942	terry and the pirates (093) captain blaze considers	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice (Terryscope premium). The Dragon Lady has escaped...
02.12.1942	terry and the pirates (094) making a smokescreen	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice (Terryscope premium). General Chang plans to exec...
02.13.1942	terry and the pirates (095) hennick saves blaze	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice (Terryscope premium). Dude convinces General Chan...
02.16.1942	terry and the pirates (096) orphanage on fire	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice (Terryscope premium). The start of a new adven...
02.17.1942	terry and the pirates (097) mrs. finch tells why	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice (Terryscope premium). The Terryscope reveals a...
02.18.1942	terry and the pirates (098) han kidnaps april	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice (Terryscope premium). Han and his men have kid...
02.19.1942	terry and the pirates (099) big stoop helps	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Pineapple Juice (Terryscope premium). April has been rescued w...
02.24.1942	terry and the pirates (102) terry pilots	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice (Terryscope premium). Aboard the river steamer wi...
02.25.1942	terry and the pirates (103) jap soldiers approach	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice (Terryscope premium). Aboard the "Daisy Bell," th...
03.04.1942	terry and the pirates (108) from irrawaddy to hanoi	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Terry and his friends are flying in a mail plane...
03.05.1942	terry and the pirates (109) hanoi train station	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. At the railroad station in Hanoi, Scarface catch...
03.06.1942	terry and the pirates (110) pat tells slugger	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Aboard the train enroute to Lao Kai, Terry disco...
03.09.1942	terry and the pirates (111) slugger delivers crate	+ WGN, Chicago. Sponsored by: Libby's Tomato Juice. Who is Madame Sood, the owner of a hotel in Lao ...

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Featuring all of the existing episodes from this adventure series in very good high code sound. This radio serial was adapted from the newspaper comic strip of the same name that was created in 1934 by Milton Caniff. With storylines of action, high adventure and foreign intrigue, the popular radio series enthralled listeners from 1937 through 1948. With scripts by Albert Barker, George Lowther and others, the program's directors included Cyril Armbrister, Wylie Adams and Marty Andrews. The central character, Terry Lee, was portrayed at various times by Jackie Kelk, Cliff Carpenter, Owen Jordan and Bill Fein. Terry's buddy Pat Ryan was played by Bud Collyer, Warner Anderson, Bob Griffin and Larry Alexander. Others in Terry's Far East entourage were Flip Corkin (Ted de Corsia), Elita (Gerta Rozan), Burma (Frances Chaney), Hotshot Charlie (Cameron Andrews) and Connie the cookie (Cliff Norton, John Gibson, Peter Donald). Throughout the Orient, they encountered plenty of evildoers, including the Dragon Lady (Agnes Moorehead, Adelaide Klein, Marion Sweet), in such adventurous episodes as "Pirate Gold Detector Ring," "Deadly Current," "The Mechanical Eye" and "The Dragon Lady Strikes Back." When the late afternoon series began, it was heard at 5:15pm, three times a week, sponsored by Dari-Rich, airing on NBC Red network from November 1, 1937 to June 1, 1938. It switched to NBC Blue on September 26, 1938, continuing until March 22, 1939. Absent from the airwaves for over two years, it returned shortly before the Pearl Harbor attack, heard in the midwest on the Chicago Tribune's WGN. That series was sponsored by Libby's, and was broadcast five days a week from October 16, 1941 to May 29, 1942. With increasing popularity during the WWII years, the show next took off at a fast pace on NBC Blue (later ABC). It was broadcast daily for 15 minutes on weekday afternoons beginning February 1, 1943. The Quaker Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice "shot from guns" commercials often had a patriotic pitch. Douglas Browning was the announcer during the mid- 1940s. After 1945, with no wartime villains for Terry and his pals to fight, ratings began to drop in the post-WWII period until the final episode on June 30, 1948.

TERRY AND THE PIRATES