What happens
Gildersleeve has Leroy in trouble over a hidden report card, then dresses the boy in a new suit for a dinner with the school principal, Miss Goodwin. The evening goes awkwardly at first, and Gildersleeve and Miss Goodwin drift toward a talk about marriage and what the household needs. Later, the uncle's friends at the drugstore tease him about a lady he has in mind. The series is The Great Gildersleeve, first broadcast on NBC on January 23, 1944, with Harold Peary in the title role.
The Gildersleeve household and nearby shops in a small town, with a clothing store, a drugstore and the family home.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Bertie, Eve Goodwin, Judge Hooker, Peavey, Lila
Listen for: Gildersleeve's talk with Miss Goodwin over coffee about a home needing a mother, and his later conversation with Lila.
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.