Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon
Syndicated
Syndicated · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
26
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- Syndicated
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 26
- Genre
- kids
JONATHAN THOMAS AND HIS CHRISTMAS ON THE MOON Jonathan Thomas and His Christmas on the Moon is a daily children’s series that ran between Thanksgiving and Christmas in 1938. The story begins with six year old Jonathan Thomas lying in bed on Christmas Eve with his teddy bear Guz. While he is lying in bed, two elves slide down a moonbeam into his room. Guz, his teddy bear, chases the elves back up the moonbeam and Jonathan Thomas follows in order to get his Guz back. Upon reaching the moon, Jonathan Thomas meets the Man in the Moon and his horse Gorgonzola. After being accused of kidnapping Santa Claus, the troop is commanded to bring back him in time for Christmas. On their adventure, they confront an evil witch, a dragon with thirteen tales, and they meet several characters from the Lewis Carol classic Alice in Wonderland . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Jonathan_Thomas_And_His_Christmas_On_The_Moon_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
2 dated broadcasts across 13 years on the air, with 12 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1938, in original transmission order.
- 1. Santa Claus Is Kidnapped By The Squeebublians · 29 Nov 1938
- 2. Jonathan Meets Gorgonzola The Horse · 1 Dec 1938
- 3. The Merry-Go-Round River · 3 Dec 1938
- 01
Santa Claus Is Kidnapped By The Squeebublians
29 Nov 1938 · 11 min
- 02
Jonathan Meets Gorgonzola The Horse
1 Dec 1938 · 10 min
- 03
The Merry-Go-Round River
3 Dec 1938 · 11 min
- 04
Dragon With The Thirteen Tails
5 Dec 1938 · 10 min
- 05
Jonathan Has Fallen Under The Witch's Spell
7 Dec 1938 · 10 min
- 06
Whiskery Bill Meets The Walrus
9 Dec 1938 · 11 min
- 07
Crossing The Frozen River
11 Dec 1938 · 11 min
- 08
O'Gigraf The Lion
13 Dec 1938 · 11 min
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