What happens
Gildersleeve prepares to host Judge Hooker, who is returning home from a long trip to Europe, and the household plans a dinner in his honor. Bertie is cooking a special American meal, and Leroy is eager to hear about the judge's travels. Gildersleeve is worried that Judge Hooker will learn he has been elected president of the Chamber of Commerce, a post the judge had expected for himself. When the judge arrives, he complains about the service in America compared with Europe, and the dinner becomes a series of comparisons between the two continents. Gildersleeve struggles to keep the conversation from turning to the Chamber of Commerce.
Summerfield, the Gildersleeve household, during the week of the judge's return from Europe.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Judge Hooker, Bertie, Leroy, Birdie, Mr. Peavey, Marjorie
Listen for: The judge's remarks comparing European and American service and cooking, and Gildersleeve's efforts to keep the Chamber of Commerce election a secret.
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.