Halloween Party: The Great Gildersleeve (October 29, 1947)

“Halloween Party” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 29, 1947. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Gildersleeve, the water commissioner of Summerfield, plans a quiet Halloween party at his house for just himself and Mrs. Dowdy Rimple, a new customer whose water bill he delivers in person. His plans grow complicated when his friend Judge Hooker, and later the Jolly Boys, arrive. The Great Gildersleeve is a long-running NBC radio comedy, and this episode aired on October 29, 1947. Harold Peary stars as Gildersleeve, with Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle in the cast.

Summerfield, a small town, on Halloween

Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Bessie, Leroy, Mrs. Dowdy Rimple, Judge Hooker, Bertie, Peavy, Marjorie

Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to host a quiet Halloween party for two

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.