Bronco Sells Gildy's House: The Great Gildersleeve (July 30, 1952)

“Bronco Sells Gildy's House” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast July 30, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Gildersleeve's neighbor Bullard and the water commissioner's dispute over smoke from burning rubbish escalates when Bronco, Marjorie's husband, starts out in the real estate business. Gildersleeve, Bronco, and Bullard each end up tangled in a series of house listings and a cashier's check. Harold Peary stars in this Great Gildersleeve episode, first broadcast on NBC on July 30, 1952, with Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph, and Lurene Tuttle. The story follows Gildersleeve as he tries to keep his own house while Bronco, eager to prove himself, makes a series of quick sales.

Summerfield, the Gildersleeve family's neighborhood, including their house, Bullard's house, Peavey's drugstore, and the judge's home

Characters: Gildersleeve, Bullard, Bronco, Marjorie, Leroy, Bertie, Peavey, Judge Hooker

Listen for: Bronco's first attempts at selling real estate and Bullard's plan to get Gildersleeve out of the neighborhood

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.