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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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Please enjoy these 164 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
11.24.1947	terry & the pirates dl strikes back
11.01.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) dragon lady strikes back	+ "The Dragon Lady Strikes Back". Sponsored by: Quaker cereals. A sound effects man misses a cue a...
10.31.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) terry is captured	: + "The Dragon Lady Strikes Back". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice. Terry is captured ...
10.26.1947	terry & the pirates dl strikes back, confrontation planned	+ "The Dragon Lady Strikes Back". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice. While the Dragon Lad...
10.24.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) the tungsten mine	+ "The Dragon Lady Strikes Back". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice. The Dragon Lady is s...
10.20.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) connie is captured	+ "The Dragon Lady Strikes Back". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice. D. L. ambushes Terry...
10.14.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) deadly current	+ "The Dragon Lady Strikes Back". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice. Hotshot is nearly wa...
09.12.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) burma tries to help terry	+ "Terry Lee and The Gold Detector Ring". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat and Rice. Burma tries ...
08.01.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) escape in august	+ + "Escape In August". Pat and Terry have recovered the secret radio from the Dragon Lady. Pat a...
07.14.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) case of the goofy gosling	+ "The Case Of The Goofy Gosling". The Dragon Lady captures Connie when he falls out of a tree. C...
05.29.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) adventure of the limestone ledge	+ "The Adventures Of The Limestone Ledge". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat Sparkies. The last ep...
05.20.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) puzzle of the 13 orphans	: + "The Puzzle Of The Thirteen Orphans". A new adventure is to start on Monday. What will become...
02.17.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) mechanical eye	+ "Mystery Of The Mechanical Eye". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat Sparkies. After tying up Trig...
01.16.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) mind slave	+ "The Man Who Never Sleeps". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies, Quaker Puffed Wheat Spark...
01.15.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) abduction of ginger lee	+ "The Man Who Never Sleeps". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies, Quaker Puffed Wheat Spark...
01.14.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) springing the trap	+ "The Man Who Never Sleeps". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies, Quaker Puffed Wheat Spark...
01.13.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) baiting a trap	+ "The Man Who Never Sleeps". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies, Quaker Puffed Wheat Spark...
01.12.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) gold detector ring	+ "Terry Lee and The Gold Detector Ring". Sponsored by: Quaker cereals. Will cough drops make Turn...
01.10.1947	terry and the pirates (xxx) the man who never sleeps	+ "The Man Who Never Sleeps". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies, Quaker Puffed Wheat Spark...
12.26.1946	terry and the pirates (xxx) in chungking, china	+ Sponsored by: Quaker Cereals. Dr. John Quill is searching for "The Man That Never Sleeps." This ...
12.25.1946	terry and the pirates (047) christmas program in rhyme	+ Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat Sparkie, Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies. A Christmas day program,...
12.23.1946	terry and the pirates (046) search for dr. quill	+ Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice and White Sparkies. Duncan is hired to find Dr. Quill, before S...
12.20.1946	terry and the pirates (045) meeting in hong kong	+ + Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Wheat Sparkies. A foreign correspondent named Duncan introduces Te...
12.16.1946	terry and the pirates (043) the man who never sleeps	+ "The Man Who Never Sleeps". Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies, Quaker Puffed Wheat Spark...
12.13.1946	terry and the pirates (042) fatal evidence	+ Sponsored by: Quaker Puffed Rice Sparkies. After the incriminating phonograph record is played b...

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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