Election Day: The Great Gildersleeve (November 1, 1950)

“Election Day” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 1, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

On election day in Summerfield, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, the water commissioner, works hard to help Rumsen Bullard win the mayor's race against Terwilliger. Gildersleeve passes out campaign cigars and buttons, and his efforts lead to some awkward moments with the other town officials. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode first aired on NBC on November 1, 1950, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.

Summerfield, on election day

Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Birdie, Judge Hooker, Floyd, Peavey, Mayor Terwilliger, Rumsen Bullard

Listen for: Gildersleeve's campaigning for Bullard and his encounters with the barber Floyd, the druggist Peavey and the mayor

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.