What happens
Great Gildersleeve, the pompous head of his household in Summerfield, finds his secretary Bessie out sick, so her cousin Prudence Kilpatrick fills in at his office. Gildersleeve quickly becomes charmed by Prudence and starts competing with Judge Hooker for her attention. Gildersleeve, hoping to impress her, buys a box of candy and plans an evening out, while his friends in the Jolly Boys, who form a bowling club, make their own plans. This episode of The Great Gildersleeve, broadcast on NBC on February 19, 1947, stars Harold Peary.
Summerfield, the home of the Gildersleeve household and the office of Gildersleeve's company, with a local bowling alley and the Bijou movie theater.
Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Bessie, Prudence Kilpatrick, Judge Hooker, Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd
Listen for: Gildersleeve's growing rivalry with Judge Hooker over Prudence, and his plan to bring her candy and take her out for the evening.
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.