Katie Lee Visits Summerfield: The Great Gildersleeve (June 4, 1952)

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“Katie Lee Visits Summerfield” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 4, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Leroy Gildersleeve, the water commissioner's nephew, tries to match his uncle with the singer Katie Lee after the two hear her on television. Leroy finds Uncle Mort greatly taken with her, and the boy's plans grow more involved as he tries to arrange the evening. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode first aired on NBC on June 4, 1952. Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle appear in the cast of the story.

Summerfield, the Gildersleeve house and the town's streets and shops

Characters: Leroy, Mr. Gildersleeve, Katie Lee, Birdie, Judge Hooker, Bertie, Mr. Peavey

Listen for: Leroy's scheme to bring Mr. Gildersleeve and Katie Lee together, and the changing plans for the evening

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.