What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, the pompous water commissioner of Summerfield, is newly engaged to Adeline Fairchild when his old sweetheart Leela Ransome returns to town. Gildersleeve, who has been trying to adopt a baby found in his car, tries to explain the situation to both women. Leela invites him to lunch, and the afternoon turns into a tangle of confessions and misunderstandings. The Great Gildersleeve is a long-running comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on November 10, 1948, with Harold Peary in the title role, alongside Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small American town, in the house and offices of the water commissioner, at a downtown restaurant and at a barber shop.
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leela Ransome, Adeline Fairchild, Bessie, Margie, Judge Hooker, Floyd Munson, Peavey
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to explain his engagement to Leela and Adeline, and Floyd Munson's suggestion that he invent a list of fiancees.
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.