Halloween and Gildy Finds a Lost Boy: The Great Gildersleeve (October 31, 1951)

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“Halloween and Gildy Finds a Lost Boy” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 31, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Gildersleeve plans a Halloween party for the children at the Jolly Boys Club, but he ducks out when Mrs. Winthrop invites him on a date. On his way out he meets a small lost boy named Mike, who cannot say where he lives. Gildersleeve brings him along, and the Jolly Boys and their friends set out to find the boy's home. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode first aired on NBC on October 31, 1951. Harold Peary and Willard Waterman are among the lead actors.

A small town on Halloween evening, including Floyd's barbershop, the Jolly Boys Club, and Gildersleeve's house

Characters: Gildersleeve, Floyd, Leroy, Judge Hooker, Peavey, Birdie, Bertie, Mrs. Winthrop

Listen for: Gildersleeve's offer to take the lost boy to the Jolly Boys Club, and the friends' search for Mike's home

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.