What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, the water commissioner of Summerfield, resolves to spend a weekend making a pal of his nephew Leroy after a bad report card. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on November 1, 1942, with Harold Peary in the title role. Gildersleeve agrees to an ambitious schedule of activities, beginning with an early morning duck-hunting trip with Leroy and their dog Senator. Their attempts to bond prove exhausting, and Gildersleeve's weekend turns into a series of mishaps and minor complaints.
Summerfield, a small town, over a weekend in the home of Gildersleeve and his niece Marjorie, with a duck blind outside town.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Uncle Mort, Birdie, Floyd, Senator, Mrs. Anderson
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to bond with Leroy, the duck-hunting trip with Senator, and Gildersleeve's growing list of ailments.
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.