{{italic title}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} 250px|thumb|right '''''Adventure Parade''''' was a 15-minute daily radio anthology series that was broadcast on Mutual from 1946 to 1949,<ref name=rp>Terrace, Vincent (1999). ''Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. Pp. 8-9.</ref> produced and directed by Robert and Jessica Maxwell.
The show opened with announcer George Hogan calling, "Adventurers atten''tion!'' Fall in for ''Adventure Parade''!" With liberal doses of action and adventure, the program adapted such classics of literature as ''Moby-Dick'', ''The Last of the Mohicans'', and ''Swiss Family Robinson'', with each tale lasting about a week.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunning |first1=John |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-507678-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/onairencyclop00dunn/page/6/mode/1up |accessdate=9 April 2020 |page=6}}</ref>
A WMIK Radio-Gram for January 17, 1949, noted: :An hour of entertainment for the kids: Jules Verne’s ''Mysterious Island'' is air adapted on the ''Adventure Parade'' this week. Also there is ''Superman'', ''Captain Midnight'' and ''Tom Mix''.<ref>[https://www.angelfire.com/ky2/cumberlandgapbc/index3.html WMIK Radio-Grams]</ref>
''Radio Life'' magazine stated that host-storyteller John Drake brought "compelling suspense" to the program. Drake did all the voices in each serialized drama while organist John Gart provided background music.
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==Listen to== *[https://archive.org/download/Singles_And_Doubles_Singles_A-C/Adventure_Parade_48-11-25_04_Bells_of_Lieden_Sing.mp3 ''Adventure Parade'': "The Bells of Lieden Sing" (November 25, 1948)] *[https://archive.org/download/Singles_And_Doubles_Singles_A-C/Adventure_Parade_48-11-25_04_Bells_of_Lieden_Sing.mp3 ''Adventure Parade'': "The Bells of Lieden Sing" (November 26, 1948)]
==External links== *[https://www.angelfire.com/ky2/cumberlandgapbc/index3.html Radio-Grams: ''Adventure Parade'' schedule]
Category:American radio dramas Category:1940s American radio programs Category:1946 radio programme debuts Category:1949 radio programme endings Category:Radio programmes based on novels Category:Mutual Broadcasting System programs