Big Jon and Sparkie

Children's fantasy comedy pairs a radio host with an invisible elf boy for songs, birthday mail, movie tales, comic adventures.

Jonathan Arthur Goerss, known as Jon Arthur, was an American entertainer. As Big Jon Arthur, he was the host of the Saturday morning children's radio series Big Jon and Sparkie. Sparkie, "the little elf from the land of make-believe, who wants more than anything else in the world to be a real boy,” was actually the recorded voice of Jon Arthur played at a fast speed.

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