What happens
Gildersleeve, the Summerfield water commissioner, is caught reading magazines and resting his feet on his desk during office hours. Mayor Hemingway warns him that his job is at risk, but Gildersleeve brushes off the warning. Soon the mayor fires him, and the Jolly Boys and Judge Hooker rally to his side. Harold Peary stars as Gildersleeve, with Lillian Randolph as Bertie and Lurene Tuttle appearing in the cast. This June 2, 1948 episode of The Great Gildersleeve aired on NBC.
Summerfield, a small town, in summer, at the water department office and around town
Characters: Gildersleeve, Bessie, Mayor, Judge Hooker, Marjorie, Leroy, Bertie, Floyd
Listen for: Gildersleeve's reaction when the mayor fires him and the Jolly Boys' plan to back him
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.