What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a small-town Wyoming water commissioner, is asked by his old friend Judge Hooker to act as escort to Dolores Del Rey after an evening at a club. Gildersleeve tries to remain a dutiful representative, but he finds himself enjoying her company. Later he learns the judge plans to propose marriage to Miss Del Rey, and he sets out to interfere on the judge's behalf. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode was first broadcast on NBC on December 3, 1944, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle. Gildersleeve's efforts involve his neighbor Leila Ransom, his household and a series of misunderstandings about the evening.
A small town, with the Gildersleeve household, a dance club, and the judge's house.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Judge Hooker, Dolores Del Rey, Leila Ransom, Birdie, Marjorie, Leroy, Uncle Mort
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to help the judge while growing fond of Dolores Del Rey, and the escalating mix-ups at the judge's house.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.