What happens
Ben Waterford returns home from the Navy, and Marjorie Gildersleeve is not pleased to see him, while her Uncle Mort is eager to bring the two together. Marjorie has been keeping company with Marshall Bullard, whom Uncle Mort distrusts, so he invites Ben to Sunday dinner. The household is tense as Uncle Mort fusses over arrangements and Marjorie grows annoyed with his meddling. Ben and Marjorie talk stiffly in the living room, and Uncle Mort takes his concerns to the drugstore. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on January 6, 1946, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
The Gildersleeve household and the surrounding town in winter, during the weekend Ben returns from the Navy.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Marjorie, Ben Waterford, Leroy, Bertie, Marshall Bullard, Peavey
Listen for: Uncle Mort's ongoing attempts to steer Marjorie toward Ben, and the awkward conversation between Ben and Marjorie at Sunday dinner.
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.