What happens
Leroy Gildersleeve and his niece Marjorie share a romantic evening with Adeline Fairchild, who is celebrating their second anniversary of knowing each other. When the housekeeper Birdie leaves town, Gildersleeve decides to cook dinner himself for Adeline, producing a disastrous Mulligatawny stew. Meanwhile, the local hardware clerk Floyd Munson suggests hiring a salesman from the Hercules Kitchenware company, who promises to cook the meal for free. Gildersleeve agrees, setting up a dinner that quickly becomes complicated by an unexpected rivalry. The series is The Great Gildersleeve, first broadcast on NBC on April 28, 1948, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small town
Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Adeline Fairchild, Birdie, Floyd Munson, Judge Hooker, Mr. Wright
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempt to cook his Mulligatawny stew and the arrival of the Hercules Kitchenware salesman
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.