This certification level implied that all the files in the series were "Certified Accurate" and also indicated that the series was as complete as possible and included all circulating episodes. OTRR Certified Complete - A series that was "Certified Complete" achieved the highest level of certification available under the OTRR Certified Standards. OTRR Certified Accurate - A series that was "Certified Accurate" indicated that all the episodes were properly identified and labeled based on current information but that the series did not contain all known extant episodes. OTRR Non-Maintained Set - A collection of shows that has not gone through the OTRR Maintenance process. Replaces OTRR Certified Accurate and OTRR Certified Complete. OTRR Maintained Set - This set contains all known episodes in the best available audio condition with the most accurate dates and titles known to be in general circulation and based on current research at the time of release. If you are interested in preserving Old Time Radio (OTR), you may wish to join the Old Time Radio Researchers Group at Facebook and Groups.io. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the original OTRR names to conform to naming requirements. This Single Episodes page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. The Certified Set includes extras not found here. An updated version will be issued if more episodes or better sounding ones become available. It contains the most complete and accurate version of this series in the best sound possible at the time of creation. This is a production of the Old Time Radio Researchers (OTRR) Group located at Old Time Radio Researchers Website (Old Time Radio Researchers Facebook Group, and Old Time Radio Researchers Group. See "Notes" Section below for more information on the OTRR. Tarzan was broadcast nightly in fifteen-minute episodes and lasted for two years.įrom the Old Time Radio Researchers Group. The show was sponsored in part by the Signal Oil Company, and at their gas stations you were able to pick up Tarzan puzzles and other promotions, while dad filled the car up with Tarzan gas. Three thousand people attended the festivities (even Johnny Weissmuller showed up) and listened as the first show was aired, certainly a unique "live" broadcast. The Tarzan radio show received a live premiere at the Fox Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Burroughs wrote that "They have injected all the jungle noises, including the roaring of Numa the lion, the screaming of Sheeta the panther, the cries of the bull apes, the laughing of the hyaenas, the rustling of the leaves, the screams and shouts." Radio supplied the sound - your imagination provided the pictures! The show boasted state-of-the-art recording technology and elaborate sound effects. Rather than being broadcast live like other radio programs, the Tarzan show was prerecorded onto phonograph records, which were then shipped off to radio stations. Tarzan made his radio debut on September 10, 1932, and the show was unique in a number of ways. Burroughs was excited and the show quickly became a family affair: Daughter Joan Burroughs would play Jane and her husband - and former movie Tarzan - Jim Pierce would portray the Lord of the Jungle. Hot on the heels of Weissmuller's Tarzan the Ape Man the always-enterprising Joe Neebe broached the idea of a Tarzan radio show to Edgar Rice Burroughs. Families would gather nightly around the radio and listen to the continuing adventures of Little Orphan Annie, Chandu the Magician, or Tarzan!. This is the OTRR Singles Episode page for:īy the early 1930's radio programs held a place in American culture similar to television shows today. The OTRR distribution of Tarzan consists of four separate productions of Tarzan:
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