What happens
Gildersleeve, the water commissioner of Summerfield, is angered by a careless paperboy and reads a newspaper story about a Springfield water commissioner in trouble for missing funds. Persuaded by his friend Judge Hooker that he must be tough with delinquent accounts, Gildersleeve orders water shut off for customers three months behind on their bills. Meanwhile he has promised to collect Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve's own water payment in his car, and an envelope with the money ends up in an unexpected place. The Great Gildersleeve is a long-running NBC radio comedy, and this episode aired on September 18, 1946, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small town where Gildersleeve serves as water commissioner, including his home, his office and a drugstore.
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Bertie, Judge Hooker, Leila Ransom, Peavey, Bessie, Charlie Anderson
Listen for: Gildersleeve's sudden decision to turn off delinquent customers' water, and the mix-up over his own water payment.
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.