Big John and Sparky was a 1950’s radio show created by Jon Arthur. Although the show was intended for kids, many adults also became avid listeners due to its funny and very entertaining theme. The show is about Big John and his “little boy” Sparkie. Sparkie is said to be (and sounds like) an “elf from the land of make-believe,” but his thoughts and actions were like that of a little boy. It is Jon Arthur who did almost all of the character’s voices; in fact, it was also him who supervised the whole show-- single-handedly.
The show, which debuted in 1950, started as a 30-minute program. Beginning 1951, however, it was changed into a syndicated serial that ran for 12 minutes only. The most remembered episodes, which also happens to be Big John and Sparky’s greatest adventures, were the stories of Mayor Plumpfront and Daffodil Dilly, and Bunny the Boston Bulldog (episode was titled “Canine Mutiny”). The show had its final episode in 1958.
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Please enjoy these 192 old time radio episodes:
Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
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N/A | 0o the mayors wedding day |
+ This was the time when Big Jon and Sparkie thought that Mayor Plumpfront was really going to get m... | |
N/A | br the mayors plan begins to work |
+ Following the want ads in they put in the local paper to try and find their missing dogs some of t... | |
N/A | 0p an interruption in the mayors wedding |
+ The big day had finally arrived when Mayor Plumpfront was going to get married to the fabulously w... | |
N/A | bs almost captured |
+ Several dogs have disappeared from the neighborhood including Sparkie’s. They offered a reward i... | |
N/A | 0q miss dilly kidnapped from the church |
+ Sparkies homemade newspaper the Daily Weekly really had a headline for its first edition because t... | |
N/A | bt the dognappers get caught |
+ Big Jon and Sparkie and Mayor Plumpfront are waiting for the man to turn up with Sparkies Dog Bunn... | |
N/A | 0r the great kidnap mystery |
+ Every one was very much concerned about the widow Daffodil Dilly who had been kidnapped and the Ma... | |
N/A | bu the mayor shows them how |
+ Sparkie’s team are getting ready for the big baseball game this Saturday and Big Jon and Mayor P... | |
N/A | 0s a telephone mix up |
+ Jon and Sparkie had been anxiously looking forward to Mayor Plumpfront marrying the fabulously wea... | |
N/A | bw ukey makes a decision |
+ The chance of a lifetime to play in the major leagues, this would be the heartfelt desire of any r... | |
N/A | 0t the detectives |
+ Mayor Plumpfront’s girlfriend Miss Daffodil Dilly was kidnapped from church right before their w... | |
N/A | bz sparkie drives a racing car |
+ Ukey’s surprise is a racing car, which he says runs without petrol. He has also made a miniature... | |
N/A | 0u the stakeout |
+ It is almost midnight and in a rundown section near the waterfront two dark figures stand in the s... | |
N/A | ca more then one way to catch a fish |
+ Ukey Butcha the taxi cab driver has a farm on the edge of Cincinatti and he invited Mayor Plumpfro... | |
N/A | 0v detectives sparkie and ukey go to work |
+ Sparkie and Ukey certainly had their work cut out for them, a wonderful mystery that really intrig... | |
N/A | cc ukey hits the jackpot |
+ Mayor Plumpfront, Sparkie and Jon are spending a week at Ukey Butcha’s farm located just on the ... | |
N/A | 0w detective sparkie gets an idea |
+ It’s time for the further adventures of Big Jon and Sparkie as they try to solve the mystery of ... | |
N/A | cd yukies radio station |
+ Ukey Butcha had answered the giant jackpot question correctly on a radio station but they couldn�... | |
N/A | 0x the kidnappers double back triple back |
+ Detective Ukey Betcha and Sparkie along with Big Jon and Mayor Plumpfront were trying to track dow... | |
N/A | ce the big broadcast |
+ Ukey Butcha is now the proud owner of radio station WXAS in Cincinnati, Ohio and the first thing h... | |
N/A | 0y even detectives make mistakes |
+ Ukey had taken a picture of the kidnappers and they showed it to the shopkeepers in their neighbor... | |
N/A | cf the ratings are in |
+ Ukey Butcha is now the proud owner of radio station WXAS in Cincinnati, Ohio and the first thing h... | |
N/A | 0z jailed |
+ Ukey Betcha, Sparkie and Big Jon the detectives wound up in jail following what they thought were ... | |
N/A | cb a quiet day on ukeys farm |
+ Mayor Plumpfront, Sparkie and Jon all appreciated the invitation from Ukey Butcha to spend some ti... | |
N/A | ac whos who |
+ If it weren’t for the fact that the kidnappers were such good disguisers they may have solved th... |
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