What happens
Gildersleeve receives a telegram from his cousin Bert in Canada announcing a surprise gift. Leroy is thrilled when the surprise arrives: a huge Great Dane puppy. The dog quickly disrupts the household, wrecking the parlor and frightening neighbors, and Gildersleeve decides it must go. Meanwhile, the water commissioner's dealings with Leila Ransom add a flirtatious subplot. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on January 21, 1953, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small town, in the Gildersleeve house and around town
Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Leroy, Bertie, Phoebe, Leila Ransom, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Cousin Bert, Mr. Peabody
Listen for: Gildersleeve's exasperated reactions to the Great Dane wrecking the parlor, and the attempts to find the dog a new home
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.