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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1 bigj Ep 0OTheMayorsWeddingDay - 11:47
2 bigj Ep 0a Over The Falls In An Airplane - 12:25
3 bigj Ep 0b The Begining Of A Long Voyage Home - 11:27
4 bigj Ep 0c The Long Voyage Home - 11:09
5 bigj Ep 0d A Mysterious Speck On The Far Horizon - 11:40
6 bigj Ep 0e A Surprise Awaits The Mayor - 12:15
7 bigj Ep 0f A Surprise Awaits The Mayor - 11:55
8 bigj Ep 0g Daffodil Dilly Strikes Again - 11:11
9 bigj Ep 0h Prisoners Of Love - 13:03
10 bigj Ep 0i Yukie Shows Us How - 13:22
11 bigj Ep 0j Yukie Butcha To The Rescue - 10:41
12 bigj Ep 0k Sparkie In Control - 10:54
13 bigj Ep 0l The Mayor Tells Of His Wedding Plans - 12:00
14 bigj Ep 0m Yukie Gets Ready For The Wedding - 12:20
15 bigj Ep 0n Yukie Unvails An Invention - 12:57
16 bigj Ep 0p An Interruption In The Mayors Wedding - 10:47
17 bigj Ep 0q Miss Dilly Kidnapped From The Church - 10:29
18 bigj Ep 0r The Great Kidnap Mystery - 12:03
19 bigj Ep 0s A Telephone Mix Up - 10:39
20 bigj Ep 0t The Detectives - 12:42
21 bigj Ep 0u The Stakeout - 12:22
22 bigj Ep 0v Detectives Sparky And Yukie Go To Work - 11:36
23 bigj Ep 0w Detective Sparky Gets An Idea - 11:29
24 bigj Ep 0x The Kidnappers Double Back Triple Back - 11:46
25 bigj Ep 0y Even Detectives Make Mistakes - 10:24
26 bigj Ep 0z Jailed - 13:05
27 bigj Ep Aa The Kidnapping Case Continues - 11:09
28 bigj Ep Ab The Kidnapping Case Continues - 10:35
29 bigj Ep Ac Whos Who - 10:58
30 bigj Ep Ad Whos Who Continued - 11:13
31 bigj Ep Ae The Kidnapped Car Is Sighted Short - 04:52
32 bigj Ep Af Sparky Tracks Down A Clue - 10:39
33 bigj Ep Ag Sparkys Private Detective Agency - 11:34
34 bigj Ep Ah Back To Normal - I Hope - 11:41
35 bigj Ep Ai A Surprise For All Concerned - 11:34
36 bigj Ep Aj The Kidnappers Escape Again - 09:11
37 bigj Ep Ak Wheres Yukie Now - 10:50
38 bigj Ep Al Old Cloths Is Good Clues - 11:23
39 bigj Ep Am So Close To The Forest To See The Trees - 10:18
40 bigj Ep An The Prodigal Returns - 09:47
41 bigj Ep Ao The Return Of Yukie Butcher - 11:35
42 bigj Ep Ap Yukie Looks For A Lawyer - 11:25
43 bigj Ep Aq Yukie Sues The City - 09:51
44 bigj Ep Ar Look Whos A Lawyer - 10:45
45 bigj Ep As Peace And Quiet Again Almost - 12:16
46 bigj Ep At Sparky Has Plans For Yukie - 11:13
47 bigj Ep Au A Sudden Change In Climate - 12:49
48 bigj Ep Av Not Even A Team Of Horses - 11:49
49 bigj Ep Aw Goodbye My Dilly - 11:34
50 bigj Ep Ax A Letter From Yukie - 10:36
51 bigj Ep Ay A Mystreious Man In The Shack - 11:11
52 bigj Ep Az A Mystreious Man In The Shack - 10:11
53 bigj Ep Ba A Mystreious Man In The Shack Part 2 - 11:21
54 bigj Ep Bb Whos Fooling Whom - 11:43
55 bigj Ep Bc Trouble In The Ranks - 10:18
56 bigj Ep Bd Sparkys Telephone Troubles - 10:37
57 bigj Ep Be A Proposed Solution To A Serious Problem - 11:34
58 bigj Ep Bf Twelve Down Two To Go - 10:09
59 bigj Ep Bg Not Much Doing - 12:21
60 bigj Ep Bh The Pane In Mrs Two Hills Window - 11:46
61 bigj Ep Bi Tickets Tickets Whos Got The Tickets - 11:54
62 bigj Ep Bj Opening Day 1953 - 11:50
63 bigj Ep Bk Canine Mutiny - 12:33
64 bigj Ep Bl Whats Wrong With Bunny - 11:42
65 bigj Ep Bm Where Oh Where Have Our Little Dogs Gone - 09:37
66 bigj Ep Bn The Dogs Get Organized - 08:32
67 bigj Ep Bo The Dogs Get Together - 10:44
68 bigj Ep Bp Someone Make Up His Mind - 12:01
69 bigj Ep Bq Want Ads Get Results - 11:00
70 bigj Ep Br The Mayors Plan Begins To Work - 10:05
71 bigj Ep Bs Almost Captured - 10:37
72 bigj Ep Bt The Dognappers Get Caught - 09:47
73 bigj Ep Bu The Mayor Shows Them How - 11:01
74 bigj Ep Bv The Return Of Yukie Butcha - 11:24
75 bigj Ep Bw Yukie Makes A Decision - 10:28
76 bigj Ep Bx The Surprise In The Barn On Yukies Farm - 09:55
77 bigj Ep By The Surprise In The Yukies Barn - 11:18
78 bigj Ep Bz Sparky Drives A Racing Car - 10:23
79 bigj Ep Ca More Then One Way To Catch A Fish - 09:50
80 bigj Ep Cb A Quiet Day On Yukies Farm - 10:29
81 bigj Ep Cc Yukie Hits The Jackpot - 09:56
82 bigj Ep Cd Yukies Radio Station - 13:40
83 bigj Ep Ce The Big Broadcast - 12:35
84 bigj Ep Cf The Ratings Are In - 11:07
85 bigj Ep Cg Sparky Finds A Bug - 10:33
86 bigj Ep Ch Sparkys Mysterious Butterfly - 10:09
87 bigj Ep Ci The Professor Speaks - 11:17
88 bigj Ep Cj T He Day The Butterfly Flew - 10:23
89 bigj Ep Ck Off To The Races - 11:54
90 bigj Ep Cl Yukie Tries Out His Racing Machine - 11:35
91 bigj Ep Cm Yukie Cracks Up - 11:31
92 bigj Ep Cn The Big Little Race - 10:03
93 bigj Ep Co Big Jon Gets A Screen Job - 12:28
94 bigj Ep Cp Big Jon Recuperates - 12:05
95 bigj Ep Cq Cheer Up The Sick Boy - 13:33
96 bigj Ep Cr Big Jon Takes The Plunge - 10:05
97 bigj Ep Cs Big Jon Gets Company Again - 11:35
98 bigj Little Red Caboose - 03:00
