What happens
Gildersleeve wants to be re-elected president of the Jolly Boys Club, the men's social club in Summerfield. Confident of winning, he plans to impress the members with a new idea, but his rival Judge Hooker has a scheme of his own. At the meeting, the members turn to group criticism as a way to improve the club, and the evening quickly turns sour as old grudges come out. The episode of The Great Gildersleeve first aired on NBC on October 3, 1951, with Harold Peary and Willard Waterman in the lead roles.
Summerfield, a small town, including the Jolly Boys Club and the Gildersleeve household
Characters: Gildersleeve, Judge Hooker, Leroy, Birdie, Bronco, Floyd, Peavey, Phoebe
Listen for: Gildersleeve's pitch for self-improvement through group criticism at the Jolly Boys meeting
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.