What happens
Gildersleeve, a small-town civic man in the Great Gildersleeve radio series, has been trying to keep away from Grace Tuttle while courting the visiting widow Leila Ransom. Sidney Tuttle, Grace's brother, keeps turning up at Leila's door and interrupting Gildersleeve's evenings. Gildersleeve arranges a literary evening with Grace at the library, but he gets distracted by a stop at Leila's. Meanwhile Grace grows suspicious and Gildersleeve scrambles to keep both women happy. The Great Gildersleeve aired on NBC, and this episode is from January 28, 1953, with Harold Peary in the title role and Lurene Tuttle as Grace.
A small American town, with Gildersleeve's home, the library, Peebee's pharmacy and Leila's apartment.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Grace Tuttle, Sidney Tuttle, Leila Ransom, Leroy, Bertie, Peebee
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to keep Grace and Leila apart and his bluffing excuses to each of them.
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.