Great Gildersleeve is kept awake all night by a banging shutter and is in a bad mood at breakfast. After a quarrel with Bertie, the housekeeper, he visits Judge Horace Hooper, who suggests a hobby to calm his nerves. Gildy then decides to build a model ship inside a bottle, and he gets a bottle from Peavey's pharmacy. Gildy is also helped by Leroy, his nephew, and Lila Quimby. The Great Gildersleeve is an NBC radio comedy, and this episode aired on February 24, 1946. Harold Peary plays Gildersleeve, with Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle also in the cast.
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The Craft Food Company presents The Great Gilder Slave. Yeah. It's The Great Gilder Slave, starring Harold Perry, brought to you by The Craft Food Company, makers of Parquet Margaroon and a complete line of famous quality food products.
Poor Gilder Slave, it seems, has had a bad night. He went to bed early last night and was lying there waiting when... What was that? Oh darn shutter must be a wind coming up Then meaning to fix that well, I can't fix it without a ladder can I?
That's right bang. I suppose that's gonna go on all night just when I need my sleep Wonder if there's some way I could Maybe if I leave out of the window far enough I could reach the catch Doc out there though in windy Suppose I slipped. They find my body in the barberry bushes in the morning. No, I'll just let it bang.
Well, go ahead, bang. Hmm, just the winds died down. Well, I'll... I'll just ignore it. I'll pretend it doesn't bother me. Go ahead bang, see if I care. Go ahead.
Never get to sleep this way. Better think about something else. If I had to think about something pleasant. What do I know that's pleasant? Nothing. Ziff. Oh, no. I could just stop thinking. What's good about it?
Gosh, you're late. I don't think everybody's finished eating. What happened? I didn't sleep at all. Where's my breakfast? Tell Bertie I want my breakfast. Hey Bertie, I'm late! Don't shout! I'm close to breakfast. Oh, excuse me, Mr. Gail. Sleep, I didn't know you were down.
I've been down for some time, Bertie. Waiting. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were awake. I was awake all night. Didn't sleep a wink last night. Not a wink. last night, not a wink. The reason I didn't sleep was a broken shutter, which has been banging outside my bedroom window every night for fully six months. Does anybody ever do
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Trains, how I love them. Nothing like it to put you to sleep. Good night folks. The Great Gilder Slave is played by Harold Perry. It is written by John Whitten and Sam Moore. The music is by Jack Nickham.
In the cast tonight were Walter Tethley, Louise Eriksson, and Billy and Randolph as Leroy and Marjorie and Birdie. Shirley Mitchell as Lila and Earl Woss and Richard LeGrand as Hooper and Peavey. This is John Lagg speaking for the Craft Foods Company and inviting you to listen in again next week for the further adventures of the great Gilder Sleeves.
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