What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Summerfield's water commissioner, waits at a hospital while Nurse Catherine Milford finishes her shift, and he ends up in the father's waiting room. There he meets Ralph Johnson, a nervous first-time father whose wife is in labor. Gildersleeve tries to keep Ralph calm as the hours pass, and other visitors drift into the room, including Judge Hooker, Floyd Munson and P.V. Pinkney. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on October 12, 1949, with Harold Peary in the title role alongside Willard Waterman and Lillian Randolph.
A hospital in Summerfield, including the second-floor hallway and the father's waiting room in the maternity ward
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Ralph Johnson, Catherine Milford, Judge Hooker, Floyd Munson, P.V. Pinkney, Dr. Spencer
Listen for: Gildersleeve trying to reassure the anxious Ralph Johnson while the hours of waiting stretch on
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.