What happens
Gildersleeve's large Great Dane, brought from Canada by his cousin Bert, keeps escaping the yard and chasing Mr. Peavey's stray cat. When the dog knocks over bottles at the drugstore, Gildersleeve and Peavey quarrel and their friendship falls apart. Leroy worries the dog will be sent to the pound, and Gildersleeve decides to make peace. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on February 25, 1953. Willard Waterman plays Gildersleeve, with Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle in the cast.
Summerfield, a small town, including Gildersleeve's house, Floyd's barbershop and Peavey's drugstore
Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Leroy, Bertie, Mr. Peavey, Floyd, Mrs. Antrim, Mrs. Ransom
Listen for: Gildersleeve and Peavey arguing over the dog and the cat, and the crash of the broken bottles at the drugstore
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.