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Leroy's Theme

The Great Gildersleeve · May 20, 1953 · 29 min · 4,041 words

The transcript of “Leroy's Theme”, an episode of The Great Gildersleeve first broadcast May 20, 1953. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Great Gildersleeve plays The Great Gildersleeve free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Oh brother, what a life! Nothing but work! School is for the birds! Come to think of it they don't even make birds go to school. I bet it's illegal. In that English assignment a 2500 word theme!

Oh, no, I can't do this. I don't know 2,500 words. No groans. Gee, where's the thing we do to a girl? What you mowin' about? Buddy, you know what I gotta do? What you gotta do?

I gotta write a 2,500 word theme. A whole mouth? What about? I don't even know. I not only have to write it, I gotta think what's to write about. Why, you are in trouble. Didn't the teacher give you any hint?

He said to go to the library, pick a subject and do a lot of research on it. Here at his baseball season, I got to go into a moldy old library. Well, Leroy, you can't write unless you know what you're writing about.

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