Old Time Radio Researchers Group First Lines Project

Completed First Lines : Cruise of the Poll Parrot

Based on Otter Log dated Feb 25, 2004

Date Aired : 37/09/25
Episode Number : 1
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 1
Description : The Crew Is Hired
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot. This is a thrilling, exciting story of the sea, the vast stormy sea which will be a place of high adventure until the end of time. This adventurous story tells of the hardships and perils of whaling, the mystery of hunting for buried treasure, and the dangers of storms at sea and mutiny.

Date Aired : 37/10/02
Episode Number : 2
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 2
Description : Plans For The Voyage Are Discussed
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot. Here is the second adventure in this thrilling, exciting story of the sea which tells of the adventurous days of whaling when mutiny and storms at sea and buried treasure were very real adventures that might have a place in the life of any seaman.

Date Aired : 37/10/09
Episode Number : 3
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 3
Description : Johnny Is Captured By El Teste
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, that thrilling, exciting story of the sea. To refresh your memory with what has happened before, Captain Roy Dalton, who has just received his masters papers, and his good friend George Wainright have signed on as skipper and first mate of the whaling ship Poll Parrot owned by Grange and Sons, an outstanding shipping company of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Date Aired : 37/10/16
Episode Number : 4
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 4
Description : El Teste Holds Johnny Prisoner
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, that thrilling, exciting story of the sea. If you remember when last we heard of Captain Dalton and his first mate Wainright, they were powerless to capture El Teste the Spaniard who for some mysterious reason has been dogging their heels.

Date Aired : 37/10/23
Episode Number : 5
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 5
Description : Johnny Is Captured
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, that thrilling adventure story of whaling days when small craft roamed the mighty sea capturing monsters of the deep. Captain Dalton and his first mate, George Wainright, of the good ship Poll Parrot have been attempting to track down a Spaniard named El Teste who has been causing them all sorts of trouble.

Date Aired : 37/10/30
Episode Number : 6
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 6
Description : Sue Stows Away
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling adventure tale of the famous whaling days back in 1858. You will remember that Captain Roy Dalton and first mate George Wainright found young Johnny Robbins, the boy who helped them track down the rascal El Teste and subsequently was carried off by the Spaniard, tied and gagged in an empty cask on the deck of the whaling ship Poll Parrot.

Date Aired : 37/11/06
Episode Number : 7
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 7
Description : Johnny And Sue Remain On Board The Ship
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling, exciting story of the sea. In our last adventure we left Captain Dalton, Dicken and his poll parrot, and Johnny Robbins in Mr. Grange’s cabin.

Date Aired : 37/11/13
Episode Number : 8
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 8
Description : Johnny And Sue Learn About Whaling
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, this exciting, thrilling story of the sea and the adventurous days of whaling. Well, Johnny Robbins and Sue Grange are now definitely going to sail on this whaling cruise, but there is still plenty of mystery surrounding it.

Date Aired : 37/11/20
Episode Number : 9
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 9
Description : Johnny And Sue Disappear
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling, exciting story of the sea. The mystery of Mr. Grange’s map and the strange chopping sound in the hold have still not been solved.

Date Aired : 37/11/27
Episode Number : 10
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 10
Description : Where Is El Teste Hiding
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of the sea and the adventurous days of whaling. If you’ll remember Johnny Robbins, asleep in Captain Dalton’s cabin, was awakened by the strange chopping sound in the hold that we’ve heard of so much before.

Date Aired : 37/12/04
Episode Number : 11
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 11
Description : El Teste Is Found
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of whaling days at sea. When we last heard from our friends Johnny and Sue aboard the Poll Parrot, they had just discovered El Teste, the mysterious Spaniard who had been so elusive in the hold of the ship.

Date Aired : 37/12/11
Episode Number : 12
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 12
Description : Sue Is Captured
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling, exciting story of the sea and the adventurous days of whaling. Well, now we find Johnny Robbins and Sue Grange almost at the heart of the mystery that surrounds the cruise of the Poll Parrot.

Date Aired : 37/12/18
Episode Number : 13
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 13
Description : Sue Is Rescued
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling, exciting story of the sea. In our last adventure Johnny and Sue with first mate George Wainright and Old Peg-leg Dicken hid in the secret compartment El Teste had used and listened to a very startling conversation between El Teste and the owner of the ship Poll Parrot, Ezra Grange, in Grange’s cabin.

Date Aired : 37/12/25
Episode Number : 14
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 14
Description : A Whale Is Killed
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot and the thrilling adventures of whaling days. The trim whaling ship, the Poll Parrot, had set sail from New Bedford in the spring of 1858.

Date Aired : 38/01/01
Episode Number : 15
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 15
Description : El Teste Is A Problem
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, and what a cruise it is. So much has happened of late it’s difficult to enumerate all the exciting adventures which have befallen Captain Dalton, our young friends Sue Grange and Johnny Robbins, and all the rest of the crew of the Poll Parrot.

Date Aired : 38/01/08
Episode Number : 16
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 16
Description : Red Jumps Ship
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, that thrilling story of whaling days and buried treasure. The trim ship Poll Parrot has landed finally at the secret island of Galto where Ezra Grange, the ship’s owner, along with Captain Dalton and our young friends Johnny Robbins and Sue Grange expect to find the valuable mineral deposit indicated on the map originally drawn by Johnny’s father and the late Ezekiel Kipp.

Date Aired : 38/01/15
Episode Number : 17
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 17
Description : The Volcano Starts To Make Noise
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, that thrilling story of whaling days and buried treasure. Shortly after excaping from the ship’s hold you remember that El Teste met his untimely end during a quarrel with Red Mulhouley who later met up with Ezekiel Kipp, the man who years ago sold the map and rights to the treasure on Galto Island to Ezra Grange.

Date Aired : 38/01/22
Episode Number : 18
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 18
Description : The Volcano Erupts
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of whaling days and buried treasure. Old Ezekiel Kipp, the man who years ago had sold his rights to the treasure to Ezra Grange and was believed dead, has shown up very much alive and with his new companion Red Mulhouley have seized the old one-legged sailor Dicken promising to do him harm if Ezra Grange and Captain Dalton and his crew do not leave the island at once.

Date Aired : 38/01/29
Episode Number : 19
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 19
Description : It Starts To Rain
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrotthat thrilling story of whaling days and buried treasure. When last we left our friends, Captain Dalton, Johnny and Sue, and First Mate Wainright, they had just released old Dicken who had been trussed up by Red Mulhouley and Ezekiel Kipp who are trying to kiip Ezra Grange and Johnny, the rightful owner, from taking possession of the mineral deposit on the island of Galto.

Date Aired : 38/02/05
Episode Number : 20
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 20
Description : The Treasure Is Uncovered
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting story of whaling days and buried treasure. Captain Dalton and First Mate Wainright assisted by Johnny and Sue and led to the spot by Poll Parrot have discovered Dicken where he was held in the old shack by Red Mulhouley and Ezekiel Kipp.

Date Aired : 38/02/12
Episode Number : 21
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 21
Description : Sue Is Shot By Dirk
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting tale of whaling days in 1858 and the hunt for treasure. Our friends have successfully weathered the eruption of the volcano on secret Galto Island and have captured Ezekiel Kipp the old man who cause them so much trouble.

Date Aired : 38/02/19
Episode Number : 22
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 22
Description : Dirk Learns About The Treasure
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting story about a whaling crew that resulted in an exciting hunt for buried treasure. After capturing the old man Ezekiel Kipp who tells them about the diamond mine on Galto Island which has been covered by a landslide, the party returns to the Poll Parrot and sets sail for Ascension Island to purchase explosives in order to recover the treasure.

Date Aired : 38/02/26
Episode Number : 23
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 23
Description : Explosions Are Heard
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting story of whaling days and the search for buried treasure. In order to recover the diamonds from the mine which has been covered over by a landslide on the island of Galto, our friends, headed by Captain Dalton, were forced to go to Ascension Island for explosives.

Date Aired : 38/03/05
Episode Number : 24
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 24
Description : Captain Dalton Is Captured
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting story of whaling days and the search for buried treasure. Captain Roy Dalton and his friends are returning from Ascension Island with explosives in the hold with which to blow up the landslide which blocks the diamond mine on secret Galto Island owned jointly by Ezra Grange and young Johnny Robbins.

Date Aired : 38/03/12
Episode Number : 25
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 25
Description : Dirk Tries To Sind The Poll Parrot
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting story of a whaling cruise that turned into a hunt for buried treasure. Our friends now find themselves in just about the worst predicament they’ve encountered since the cruise began.

Date Aired : 38/03/19
Episode Number : 26
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Treasure Hunt 26
Description : The Treasure Of Diamonds Recovered
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling adventure of whaling days and the search for buried treasure. Returning to Galto Island with explosives with which to blast the covered diamond mine Captain Dalton and our friends find that Red Mulhouley has joined forces with the privateer Dirk Briscoe and his men, and behind barricades Dirk is able to dictate terms to Captain Dalton.

Date Aired : 38/03/26
Episode Number : 27
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 1
Description : Johnny And Sue Leave For Home On The Parrot
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of the days of the whalers and adventure on the high seas. This is the story of Johnny Robbins and Sue Grange, a boy and girl, who sail away on the good ship Poll Parrot on the whaling cruise that turned out to be a search for a diamond mine.

Date Aired : 38/04/02
Episode Number : 28
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 2
Description : Poll Parrot Runs Into A Storm
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot. We’re ready for another exciting adventure of the sea in our thrilling story which takes place in the year 1860.

Date Aired : 38/04/09
Episode Number : 29
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 3
Description : The Poll Parrot Runs Aground
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot. It’s time for another exciting yarn aboard a whaling ship in the year 1860 so reef in your sails and listen.

Date Aired : 38/04/16
Episode Number : 30
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 4
Description : Captain Dalton Disappears
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot. It’s time to continue that exciting story of the sea and whaling days aboard the good ship Poll Parrot on its return voyage after two years of adventure and treasure hunting away from its home port of New Bedford.

Date Aired : 38/04/23
Episode Number : 31
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 5
Description : Johnny And Sue Overhear Plans
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot, and time to take up where we left off in the exciting story of whaling days when the good ship Poll Parrot on its return voyage from a treasure hunt is washed ashore on an unknown island of the south Atlantic during a terrific hurricane.

Date Aired : 38/04/30
Episode Number : 32
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 6
Description : Johnny And Sue Face The Leopard
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting story of adventure at sea aboard the good ship Poll Parrot. When the crew of the Poll Parrot was washed ashore on an island in the south Atlantic off the coast of Brazil during a terrific hurricane, our good friends, Sue Grange, Johnny the cabin boy, Ezra Grange owner of the Poll Parrot, Captain Dalton it’s skipper, old Dicken and Poll Parrot himself found themselves shipwrecked on the island with the captain and part of the crew of a privateer vessel, the Afrikana.

Date Aired : 38/05/07
Episode Number : 33
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 7
Description : Annabelle Kidnapped By The Savages
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that exciting tale of whaling days. In our last adventure we found our friends in all kinds of trouble on the strange island off the coast of Brazil where the good ship Poll Parrot has been wrecked by a great storm.

Date Aired : 38/05/14
Episode Number : 34
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 8
Description : The Natives Are Restless
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of whaling days. When we last heard from our friends on the strange island off the coast of Brazil where the good ship Poll Parrot has been wrecked in a hurricane, indians had just attacked the camp of the crew and carried off Annabelle Wilson the young lady who was betrothed to Bruno Carst, the privateer.

Date Aired : 38/05/21
Episode Number : 35
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 9
Description : Sue And Johnny In The Jungle
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of whaling days and adventures among savages on a strange island. Johnny Robbins and Sue Grange, our young friends from the good ship Poll Parrot, along with Captain Dalton and old Peg-leg Dicken and, of course, the ever-present Poll Parrot himself have set out under cover of night for the camp of the indians on this strange island off the coast of South America on which their ship has been wrecked.

Date Aired : 38/05/28
Episode Number : 36
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 10
Description : Johnny And Sue Team Up With The Jaguar
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of whaling days and adventures among savages on a strange island. After capturing our young friends from the good ship Poll Parrot, Johnny Robbins and Sue Grange along with Captain Dalton and old Peg-leg Dicken, Mysto the magician who heads the band of savages on the island just off the Atlantic coast of Brazil impressed the savages with his power by performing the trick of changing animal and human in their respective cages in which he used his black leopard and Annabelle Wilson who was castaway on the island with our friends from the Poll Parrot.

Date Aired : 38/06/04
Episode Number : 37
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 11
Description : Poll Parrot Takeover Attempt
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of whaling days and adventures among savages on a strange island. After Poll Parrot himself had led Mr. Grange and the rest of the ship’s crew to the rescue of Johnny, Sue, Captain Dalton, Dicken, and Annabelle Wilson, our friends were successful in fighting off the savages.

Date Aired : 38/06/11
Episode Number : 38
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 12
Description : Johnny Finds The Treasures
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of whaling days and adventures among savages on a strange island. Well, it looks like a showdown with our friends from the Poll Parrot and their last surviving enemy, Privateer Briney.

Date Aired : 38/06/18
Episode Number : 39
Available : YES
Title/Plot/Host: The Mysterious Island 13
Description : The Crew Gets Ready To Return Home
Notes :
First Line : Announcer: All aboard for the transcribed premier production, the Cruise of the Poll Parrot that thrilling story of privateers, shipwrecks, and whaling days at sea. Although bad luck has followed our friends of the Poll Parrot ever since they found the rough diamonds on Galto Island it looks now as though they may just about have everything under control.

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