What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, now campaigning for mayor, prepares for a dinner where his fiancée Eve Goodwin's mother is meeting the family for the first time. Gildersleeve's niece Marjorie and nephew Leroy are caught up in the preparations, and the household scrambles to find a meal that suits the visitor's diet. The guest, Mrs. Goodwin, makes a strong impression on the family as the evening unfolds, and Gildersleeve is left to manage a series of awkward moments. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode was first broadcast on NBC on June 11, 1944, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, the Gildersleeve household and the town's campaign headquarters, in the summer of a mayoral campaign.
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Eve Goodwin, Mrs. Goodwin, Judge Hooker, Peavey
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to make a good impression on Mrs. Goodwin, and the household's struggle to plan a dinner she can eat.
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.