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Gildersleeves Bad Day

Screen Guild Theater · August 13, 1945 · 29 min · 4,355 words

The transcript of “Gildersleeves Bad Day”, an episode of Screen Guild Theater first broadcast August 13, 1945. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Screen Guild Theater plays Screen Guild Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, Lady Esther presents the Screen Guild Players in RKL Radio Pictures The Life of Comedy, Gilder Sleeves Bad Day. It stars Harold Perry in his famous screen in Radio Character, the great Gilder Sleeves, supported by his well-known cast of characters.

The Lady Esther Screen Guild Players in Gilder Sleeves Bad Day. As it must come eventually to all good men and true, there comes now to certain citizens of Summer Field. The Call.

Got a summons for you. Jury duty. Come on, all morning. Judge Hooker's court. It's the case of the safe versus Louis Barton, who was caught while robbing the First National Bank. And to some of Louis' faithful pals, the impending trial spells double trouble.

They sit here afternoon, paper round. They give Louis the whole front page. Then in all they're going to get them towered. And that's we do something. Like what? Where, where, like this man? I took up today.

Listen to this. If you can persuade yourself and the other juries that Lou and Barton is not guilty, there will be $1,000 in the United States currency. Deliver to you immediately after Lou and your sprung.

Signed? Anonymous. I'm going to send it to one of the jurors, huh? Well, match, match. Yeah, but which one? Suppose we've picked the wrong character. And he's ethical to the extent of putting much red loo and years.

We all picked a wrong one. I got the jury list right here. Let's see. Richard Peevey. Now he owns the drug store. He probably don't need the dope. Oh. McCammy Potter? Nah, nah. He won't be thinking of money. The paper says you're getting married tonight.

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