What happens
Gildersleeve is the water commissioner and an aspiring sports booster who wants his nephew Leroy to make the football team. When Leroy fails to make the squad, Gildersleeve becomes determined to push him toward athletics, while Gildersleeve's own claims about his past sports career are put to the test. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Birdie, Judge Hooker and Paula Morton are among those drawn into his efforts. Set in the town where the Gildersleeve household lives, this episode of The Great Gildersleeve aired on NBC on October 22, 1952, with Harold Peary in the title role.
Summerfield, a small town, in the Gildersleeve household and around town, during football season
Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Birdie, Mr. Cooley, Judge Hooker, Salt Morgan, Paula Morton, P.V. Grenka
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to turn Leroy into a football player and his tennis match with Paula
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.