What happens
Gildersleeve's nephew Leroy and his friend Craig are arrested for taking lumber from a new house under construction. Gildersleeve goes to the police station to bail them out and tries to persuade the desk sergeant to release the boys into his custody. Later, at the Jolly Boys Club, he talks with friends about children and about the trouble Leroy has caused. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series; this episode first aired on NBC on March 17, 1946, starring Harold Peary.
A small town, including the police station, Gildersleeve's home and the Jolly Boys Club.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Craig, Bertie, Marjorie, Floyd, Horace, Peebee
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to handle Leroy's arrest and to decide on a punishment.
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.