What happens
Gildersleeve is struggling with money after rising prices and a bank overdraft, so he asks his household to cut expenses, including giving up movies and sweaters. His nephew Leroy sells newspapers on a street corner to help, and Mr. Bullard drives him home. Gildersleeve is mortified and tries to repay Bullard, then resolves to demand a raise from the mayor. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series; this episode first aired on NBC on October 23, 1946, with Harold Peary in the title role, alongside Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small town, in the 1940s
Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Bertie, Marjorie, Mr. Bullard, Craig, Judge Hooker, Peavy
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to ask the mayor for a raise, and the pressure he faces from the city's department heads and charity drives
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.