Leroy in Love with Marcelle: The Great Gildersleeve (April 18, 1951)

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“Leroy in Love with Marcelle” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 18, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Gildersleeve decides to make up for lost time with his nephew Leroy, now twelve, and plans a Wild West show outing together. Leroy, however, has taken an interest in Marcel Tremaine, a girl from the neighborhood who is older than he expected. The Great Gildersleeve is a long-running NBC radio comedy, and this episode aired on April 18, 1951. Willard Waterman plays Gildersleeve, with Harold Peary, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle also in the cast.

Summerfield, a small town, in the home of Gildersleeve and around the neighborhood

Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marcel Tremaine, Birdie, Judge Hooker, Floyd, Peavey, Chief Gates

Listen for: Gildersleeve's sudden plans to bond with Leroy, and Leroy's reaction to Marcel

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.