Ranger Bill xx-xx-xx (210) Sheriff's Convention
"Ranger Bill" is a classic Christian radio program from the 1950s, produced by Moody Radio.
The show features over 200 episodes and stars Miron Canaday as Ranger Bill, a forest ranger in the fictional town of Knotty Pine, located in the Rocky Mountains. Alongside his friends Stumpy Jenkins and Grey Wolf, Ranger Bill tackles various adventures and moral dilemmas, often with a strong Christian message.
The show remains a beloved piece of old-time radio history and is still enjoyed by many fans today.
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The show features over 200 episodes and stars Miron Canaday as Ranger Bill, a forest ranger in the fictional town of Knotty Pine, located in the Rocky Mountains. Alongside his friends Stumpy Jenkins and Grey Wolf, Ranger Bill tackles various adventures and moral dilemmas, often with a strong Christian message.
The show remains a beloved piece of old-time radio history and is still enjoyed by many fans today.
Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradio
Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/
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Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today’s politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio
Transcript
00:00I'm glad we got an early start this morning.
00:05There aren't many cars out on the street yet at all.
00:08That's why I wanted to start this early.
00:10Cal.
00:12Huh?
00:13I sure want to thank you for asking me along on this trip.
00:16Don't mention it.
00:18You ought to thank Henry.
00:19Too bad he had to stay, but Bill needed his help.
00:22I did thank him, until he was almost tired of hearing me say it.
00:27Just think.
00:28A sheriff's convention, and I'm going to it.
00:32Don't get too carried away, Jojo.
00:34You might be a little disappointed.
00:36The meetings might get pretty boring to you after a while.
00:39Oh, I doubt that.
00:41But even if they do, I'll have Central City to look at, since I've never been there before.
00:45Yep, there'll be enough there to keep you busy, all right.
00:47Oops, red light.
00:50Well, I'm glad to see that you obey traffic laws too, Sheriff.
00:56There's a little temptation to forget about them at this time of the morning.
00:59Not another car in sight.
01:01Yeah, looks like Olive Naughty Pine is asleep.
01:04I think you spoke a little too soon on that one, Jojo.
01:07Look over there.
01:08Huh?
01:09Oh, a man.
01:11Who would be out at this time of morning?
01:13Look a little closer.
01:15Oh, it's Dr. Springer.
01:18I guess doctors never sleep.
01:20Hey, he's coming this way.
01:22Good morning, Doc.
01:23Well, this is a rare pleasure indeed,
01:26seeing wide-awake human beings at this time of morning.
01:30Well, we really aren't very much awake.
01:32We're kind of surprised to see you too.
01:35Out taking care of trouble this morning?
01:37No, purely pleasure.
01:39How about you?
01:40Eh, wish I could say the same.
01:43Mrs. Krause decided she could do without her appendix last night,
01:47so I had to help her out.
01:50Oh, help her out or get out?
01:55All the way, look at it.
01:57Where are you fellas heading?
01:59Fishing?
02:00Well, not exactly.
02:01They're having the annual Sheriff's Convention in Central City this week,
02:04and we're going up there to it.
02:06Oh.
02:07What are you going along for, Jojo?
02:10An example of a juvenile delinquent?
02:14No, he's mainly going along for the ride.
02:17And to see what I can learn.
02:19Well, have a nice time, you two.
02:22You've got a long drive ahead of you,
02:24and well, I can still catch a few more hours sleep.
02:29Can we drop you somewhere, Doc?
02:30Thanks a lot, but no.
02:33I'm parked right over here.
02:35Have a good time.
02:37Well, we'll see you, Doc.
02:38Come on, Doc.
02:44Nice fellow, Doc Springer.
02:48Uh, Cal.
02:50Huh?
02:51I don't know how to break this to you,
02:53you being the Sheriff of Naughty Pine and all, but...
02:56Why, what's on your mind?
02:59Well, you started up and went right through that red light back there.
03:08The End
03:19Oh, boy.
03:23All this beautiful scenery,
03:25and the soothing vibration of the car...
03:28The early hour.
03:29And the early hour.
03:31It's all making me so sleepy.
03:33Well, feel free to take a nap.
03:35It's a long trip.
03:37Oh, sure.
03:38That'd be real nice for you.
03:40You're probably as sleepy as I am.
03:42Oh, here comes something that should keep you awake for at least another minute.
03:46Oh, sure.
03:48What's that?
03:49You see these signs we're coming to?
03:51Oh, yeah.
03:53They're usually pretty good.
03:54Let's see.
03:56The story reads like an open book.
04:01Caveman loses caveman look.
04:04Hey, that's neat.
04:06You shave yet, Jojo?
04:08Once in a while.
04:09But you don't look much like a caveman when you don't, huh?
04:12No, not much.
04:13Well, when you start to think about it, I guess none of us do.
04:16Oh, I don't know.
04:17Did you ever watch the football coach at school?
04:20I don't know if I ever think that's funny, but...
04:23Bruce Watson's a nice fellow.
04:25So were a lot of cavemen, I suppose.
04:27Maybe you're right.
04:33Oh, boy.
04:34What's the trouble?
04:35I was just thinking.
04:37Those cavemen must have had a pretty rough time.
04:40How do you mean that?
04:42Well, you know, they didn't have anything like we do today, and they lived in awful circumstances.
04:48Oh, maybe you're looking at it the wrong way, Jojo.
04:51What do you mean?
04:52Well, the way I figure, they had the same problems we do.
04:55Well, maybe, but what about sickness and those big prehistoric animals?
05:01Well, the men may have lasted, but lots of them were killed by these things.
05:05Of course, you don't read of any cavemen being killed in auto accidents
05:08or being hurt falling down stairs today, do you?
05:11No, no, I'm afraid not too many.
05:14Well, I see what you mean, though.
05:15I guess every age has its monsters and killers, even if they aren't the same ones.
05:20That's right.
05:21When we can't find enough other things to cut down the size of the population, we start wars.
05:27Yeah, that's more like cavemen than anything.
05:30Hang on, sharp curve coming up.
05:32Well, we must be getting into the mountains, but good, huh?
05:35Yeah, it won't be long before we'll...
05:36Hey, look in the road. That tree has fallen.
05:38No time to stop. Hang on, I'll try to go around it.
05:40No, there's no room. Cal, we're going over.
06:00Oh, Cal, Cal.
06:14Oh, Jojo, are you all right?
06:20I think so.
06:23That's what I was going to ask you.
06:25Have I been out long?
06:27I don't know, but I don't think so.
06:30I think we just landed.
06:31We'd better get out of this mess if we can.
06:34I think I'm free.
06:37Let's try it.
06:38Yeah.
06:40Oh, man.
06:44Look out.
06:45Keep out of the way of that falling blast.
06:47Sharp.
06:49Got enough scratches, I'll get some more.
06:51There.
06:53Oh, I'm out.
06:56What's the matter?
06:57Oh, my arm. Boy, does it hurt.
07:00Here, let's take a look at it once.
07:03Uh-huh. Take it easy.
07:05It might be broken.
07:07You okay otherwise?
07:09As far as I know. How about you?
07:12I guess I got a couple of cuts here and there,
07:14but nothing worked with making much of a fuss over.
07:19Boy, it's almost a miracle.
07:21Sure seems like it, judging how far we fell from up there.
07:25I can't even see the top of the hill from here.
07:29We must have come a long way.
07:31Sure didn't seem that far.
07:33I didn't think so either.
07:35Well, I guess we'd better start climbing out of this valley or pass
07:38or whatever it is we fell into.
07:40It sure is a strange-looking place.
07:42Tuck your arm inside your shirt like a sling and don't try to use it.
07:46Here, let me help you a little bit.
07:51What does that hurt?
07:53There.
07:55Oh, that is better.
07:58Cal, how do you figure we're going to get up out of here?
08:01Well, figuring by where the car landed, we ought to be near the highway.
08:05You think so?
08:06Yeah, I guess you're right.
08:08So we should climb as straight up from here as we can
08:11and then hope another car comes along.
08:14Yeah, if another car doesn't see that tree up there,
08:16we might just as well wait here for them.
08:19I should have been watching closer.
08:21It wasn't your fault, Cal.
08:23That sharp turn completely hid the tree.
08:26Yes, but all the same, I should have...
08:28Maybe when we get up there we can move the tree out of the way or something
08:32or at least set up some kind of warning.
08:34That's a good idea.
08:35I guess we'd better get started.
08:37Right.
08:39Say, isn't there a radio in the car?
08:42Maybe we could call for help.
08:44Oh, look at that heap of metal.
08:46The radio's worthless now.
08:49Well, let's get moving.
08:52Wait a minute.
08:54What's the matter?
08:55No telling what we'll meet on our hike.
08:57This looks like a good bear country.
09:00Do you have a gun or something?
09:02If I can find it in all this wreckage.
09:04There's a gun and a couple of boxes of shells in here.
09:13Cal?
09:14Yeah, just a second, Jojo. I'll be right with you.
09:17Ah, here it is. All intact.
09:24Now what was it you wanted?
09:26Look around here a minute.
09:28Uh-huh.
09:30So?
09:32Doesn't this valley look somehow strange?
09:35Of course it does.
09:36This is a good ways farther than Bill's district.
09:39You've never been this far north before.
09:41That's not what I mean, Cal.
09:43Look, for instance, at the trees and plants.
09:45Don't they look, well, bigger or something?
09:48Hmm. Now that you mention it, Jojo, they do.
09:52This must be good fertile land.
09:54Yeah, it all just seems so strange, that's all.
09:58The only thing that seems strange to me is why we aren't moving up the side of this hill toward the highway.
10:03Sure. Let's go.
10:05You found the gun all right?
10:07Yep, I got it right here.
10:10What's so funny?
10:12I was just thinking.
10:14Every word talking about the hard life that the cavemen had,
10:17and the next minute we were having about the same sort of time ourselves.
10:20Yeah.
10:22Except, um, we have it a little better than they did.
10:25Oh?
10:26Sure. We've got that gun.
10:40The End
10:48What do you make of this?
10:50I don't know, Cal.
10:52Well, it looks like an area of about 20 feet along the side of this slope has been torn off.
10:57All that's left is a few roots and a lot of loose dirt.
11:01Well, the angle seems too steep to climb it.
11:04It looks as though it runs around the whole valley.
11:07Cal, do you suppose it's a road?
11:09I couldn't drive anything on a sideways angle like this.
11:13It looks like the ring some folks leave in a bathtub.
11:16What could have made it?
11:18You couldn't run a big moor along here. It's too steep.
11:22Besides, it looks like things have been pulled out rather than cut down.
11:26That's strange, all right.
11:29It runs as far as I can see.
11:33What do you think we ought to do, Cal?
11:35Well, if we had some rope and you didn't have that busted arm, the answer would be simple.
11:39But I guess we'll just have to walk along this dirt strip until the angle gets better and we can cross it.
11:45Or it stops.
11:47Yeah. I can see sort of an opening in the valley about a mile, I guess, in that direction.
11:54Maybe we'd better head for it.
11:56That's a good idea.
11:57Once we get above this ripped out patch, we can come back this way along the top and still find the highway.
12:03Let's go.
12:05♪
12:21Cal! What's that?
12:23I don't know. Some animal.
12:26I never heard an animal that sounded like that before.
12:28Well, neither did I. That doesn't mean there isn't one, does it?
12:32I guess not.
12:33Now settle down. I've got this gun and everything.
12:37There it is again.
12:38Yeah. I'd better check to be sure this gun is loaded.
12:43Cal.
12:44Huh?
12:46Well, I've been trying not to think what I've been thinking for the last few minutes.
12:52That doesn't make a lot of sense, Jojo. What are you trying to say?
12:56Well, Cal, take a look here at the ridge where all the trees and bushes and stuff have been pulled out.
13:01I've been looking at it. That's why we can't climb any higher up.
13:05Nothing to grab onto up there.
13:07Yeah, I know that, but look at how the trees have been pulled out.
13:11What are you getting at?
13:13Oh, here, for instance. See in this hole? Big roots, like there must have been a pretty big tree here.
13:19Looks just like all the other holes we've seen.
13:22Yeah, right. But look around the edges of the hole.
13:25Don't these look like big, well, teeth marks?
13:29Hey, hold on, boy. Don't go getting hysterical on me.
13:33I mean it. Look at them, Cal.
13:35Well, they could resemble teeth marks, but I wouldn't come right out and say that they are.
13:39Why not?
13:40Oh, lots of reasons. Never saw anything with a mouth so big it could bite off a tree.
13:44Yeah, that's what I was wondering.
13:46Besides, what would eat off just a ridge along the side of a valley like this?
13:51Well, now, just supposing that this pass...
13:54Some path.
13:55Well, okay, this wide strip of eaten off area was eaten by something like a prehistoric animal.
14:03Now, now, whoa there, Jojo. Don't go getting any wise ideas.
14:06No, no, wait a minute. Let's just suppose that it was.
14:10Now, if his mouth was so big that it could bite off a tree, wouldn't his body have to be pretty big, too?
14:17Bigger than anything I've ever seen.
14:19Right.
14:20Now, if he stood up, isn't it possible that his head would be about as high as this eaten off strip is from the floor of the valley?
14:30That makes too good sense, Jojo.
14:32Yeah, I know.
14:34But we are living in prehistoric time.
14:36There aren't any of those big monsters left.
14:38They all died.
14:40It's impossible that there should be any...
14:49We just don't know what to make of it.
14:51But I know one thing.
14:52What's that?
14:53If we don't find a way out of this place soon, and if that thing, whatever it is, doesn't stop making all that noise,
14:59I'm gonna be scared enough to jump over this loose dirt, and for that matter, all the way out of this valley.
15:19Hey, listen.
15:21Hmm?
15:23I don't hear anything.
15:25Yeah, that's exactly it.
15:27The birds, they've stopped.
15:29Say, that is funny.
15:32The only time I know of when birds stop chirping is when they're frightened to death.
15:36Well, if that sound we heard a while ago didn't scare them, I don't know what would.
15:40Yeah, but they didn't stop then.
15:42I guess whatever made that sound wasn't close enough to them to do any harm.
15:46It sounded close enough, though.
15:49Yeah, but a valley like this can really make the sound fool you.
15:53Hmm?
15:54What's the matter?
15:55I just thought of something.
15:57What?
15:59If they've stopped chirping now, that means that there is something close enough to do them harm.
16:04And if them, us too.
16:05Yeah, that's what I mean.
16:07Let's hurry, little Jojo.
16:08We're almost out of this valley.
16:10All we have to do is make it around that next turn, and we should be able to find a place to climb up higher.
16:14As far as I'm concerned, the sooner the better.
16:17I don't know where that thing is or for that matter what it is, but I think I'll be just as happy not to meet it.
16:23Cal!
16:25I see it.
16:27I just don't believe it.
16:30Do you think it's seen us?
16:32I can't tell for sure.
16:34It might have been just waiting around this corner for us and waiting until we get there so it can catch us.
16:38Wow.
16:40Just look at the size of that thing.
16:42Yeah, it's just like you figured before.
16:45It must be a hundred feet long if he's an inch for sure.
16:48Goodness sake.
16:50Yeah, his eye is as big as a road mover's wheel.
16:54Cal, he's looking this way.
16:56Yeah, hurry up, get down, quick.
17:13Phew.
17:15He's biased.
17:17I think he's missed seeing us too.
17:19C-C-Cal, what is it?
17:22I've never seen anything like that in my whole life.
17:25Except in books.
17:27You know, he looks just like one of those prehistoric animals.
17:30Yeah, but here?
17:32Now?
17:34I thought things like that were...
17:35Yeah, I thought the same thing, Jojo.
17:38There he is.
17:39We both have seen him.
17:41Huh.
17:42What?
17:43A lot of good this gun will do.
17:46If I shot him, he'd probably think he was mosquito bit or something like that.
17:50Yeah, he must have been the one that ate this strip around the valley.
17:54That's a pretty good trick if you ask me.
17:57Good thinking.
17:58What do you mean?
17:59Clear a twenty or thirty foot path of loose dirt around the wall of the valley
18:05so as anything that dropped in here couldn't get out.
18:08Maybe that's why he isn't bothering chasing us.
18:11He knows we can't get out of here anyhow.
18:14Jojo, we're trapped.
18:38I don't hear him anymore.
18:40Uh-uh.
18:41You know, I don't hear the birds either.
18:43That's true.
18:44It's bad, too.
18:46Yeah, it looks like night is coming on, too.
18:48Yeah, my stomach told me we'd been here for a while.
18:51I'm hungry, too, but remember, imagine how hungry he must get.
18:55Well, I don't hanker to serve as a hot dog for him or any such thing.
18:59I'm going to look and see if he's still there.
19:09He's still there.
19:11Did he see him?
19:12I can't say for sure, but he sure yelled at the right time.
19:18What's that?
19:19A cat.
19:20Look, look, up there, flying above us.
19:23Another one.
19:24Looks like a big bird.
19:26Yeah, look at those jaws.
19:28I see something else, too, Jojo.
19:30What?
19:31There is any question about whether or not he's seen us.
19:33Here he comes.
19:38Ah!
19:39Ah!
19:40Ah!
19:41Ah!
19:42Ah!
19:43Ah!
19:44Ah!
19:45Ah!
19:46Ah!
19:47Ah!
19:48Ah!
19:49Ah!
19:50Ah!
19:51Ah!
19:52Ah!
19:53Ah!
19:54Ah!
19:55Ah!
19:56Ah!
19:57Ah!
19:58Ah!
19:59Ah!
20:00Ah!
20:01Ah!
20:02Ah!
20:03Ah!
20:04Ah!
20:05Ah!
20:06Ah!
20:08Wow!
20:10Wow is right.
20:12Why, did you see that?
20:14That big fella picked that flying monster right out of the air.
20:18He sure wasn't long in breaking him in half, either.
20:20Yeah, and with his jaws.
20:22Whew!
20:23I feel weak all over.
20:25I know what you mean.
20:27Yeah, and it all happened so close.
20:29That flying thing would have had us if it weren't for that other monster.
20:33I know.
20:34He sure saved us.
20:35Maybe he saved us just for dessert.
20:37Maybe.
20:39One good thing, though.
20:40What's that?
20:41He won't be as hungry now.
20:43Maybe he'll even go to sleep.
20:45That's a possibility, but...
20:47Then, you know what?
20:49Maybe we could sneak by him.
20:51Could be.
20:53Only...
20:54Only what?
20:55We don't know how many more of those other fellows there are around the corner.
21:05Shh.
21:25Boy, I hope he doesn't wake up.
21:29Oh!
21:30Quiet, Jojo.
21:32This is our only chance.
21:53There.
21:54We're past him.
21:56But keep quiet till we get a good distance away.
21:59Did you see that mouth?
22:01I sure did.
22:03That's why I say keep quiet.
22:05What, why?
22:06It must have been 10 or 15 feet long.
22:09I figure he could hold both of us on his tongue and still have room for a small tree.
22:16Shh.
22:17If he wakes now and sees us, we've had it.
22:21I just can't figure it out, Cal.
22:24How could there be monsters like this?
22:26I don't know.
22:27I just don't understand.
22:28The time for meditating on that problem is later.
22:31Right now we've got to get him.
22:33He's awake!
22:34He's looking around that corner to where we were.
22:36He's looking for us.
22:37Quick, we've got to hide.
22:39No place here to hide.
22:40Run for it, Jojo.
22:43Uh-oh, Cal, he spotted us.
22:44Run, Jojo.
22:45It'll be all right.
22:49I am running.
22:51We can't outrun that thing.
22:52Keep running, Jojo.
22:53Everything will be all right.
22:56What are you talking about?
22:58He's almost got us.
22:59Everything is all right, Jojo.
23:18He's running faster.
23:21He's almost got us.
23:22Everything is all right, Jojo.
23:24Take it easy, boy.
23:25Oh, Cal, we're finished.
23:28He's got us.
23:29Jojo, it's all right.
23:30Steady, boy.
23:31Huh?
23:32Huh?
23:33Huh?
23:34What?
23:35Cal?
23:36I think he's coming out of it.
23:39He must have been having a dream or something.
23:41Probably due to shock.
23:45Jojo?
23:46Huh?
23:47Oh, Dr. Springer.
23:50What are you doing here?
23:52Take it easy, Jojo.
23:54Where am I?
23:56Oh, did he get us?
23:59I don't know what you were dreaming, Jojo, but everything's okay now.
24:04Dream?
24:06You mean it was a dream?
24:09Oh, my arm.
24:12Looks like you broke it in the accident, Jojo.
24:15That's all.
24:17You were both pretty fortunate.
24:20Yeah, but Doc, it was broken in the dream, too.
24:25That must have been some dream.
24:28Oh, I'll say.
24:30It was so strange.
24:32All about prehistoric monsters and birds.
24:36Must have been the cavemen.
24:38What's that?
24:39Just before the accident, we were talking about cavemen while we were riding in the car.
24:44Must have played on Jojo's mind.
24:46Oh, that's possible.
24:49You all right now, Jojo?
24:52Oh, I guess so. A little weak.
24:55How did I get here?
24:56Well, after that tree stopped us.
24:58What tree?
24:59That must be where you left us.
25:02I guess so.
25:03Anyhow, when we hit that tree, we both fell against the front of the dashboard.
25:07I went out, too.
25:09When I woke up, I used the radio and called for an ambulance.
25:12And they brought you right back here.
25:15So, I guess you didn't get much sleep after all, eh, Doc?
25:20Oh, that's all right, Jojo.
25:23As long as you two pulled through, okay.
25:26You know, if my dream had come true, we probably never would have been heard from again.
25:33Huh. Funny, though.
25:36What's that?
25:37It all seemed so real.
25:40Yet I kept wondering how it could really be happening.
25:44Well, dreams are like that sometimes.
25:49Oh, say, I almost forgot.
25:52Bill stopped by a while ago to see how you were, and he said he'd be back as soon as he could.
25:59But he left this for you.
26:03Said you might be interested in it.
26:05Oh, what is it?
26:07Looks like a book.
26:09He thought it might take your mind off having to lie here in the hospital and hear him.
26:25Hey, what's so funny, Jojo?
26:30Look at the title of this book.
26:34Oh, no.
26:39I guess I'd better take a look, too.
26:42What is it?
26:43Here, Doc.
26:45Pretty good.
26:46Monsters of the Past.
26:49A study of the prehistoric beasts that once prowled the earth.
26:56Did you ever have a bad dream, boys and girls?
27:00Maybe you were as happy as I was to wake up.
27:04Well, we'll see you next week for more awake adventures with...
27:08Ranger Bill!
27:25Ranger Bill was produced in the radio studios of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.