What happens
Leroy Gildersleeve is invited to a birthday party for his friend Ethel Hammerschlag, and his uncle, Throckmorton Gildersleeve, insists that he attend and learn to dance first. Leroy is reluctant, and after the party is called off because of Ethel's mother's illness, Throckmorton arranges a smaller afternoon gathering for the two children. The story follows Leroy and Ethel as they try to entertain each other while Throckmorton tries to guide the afternoon. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy from NBC, first broadcast on May 19, 1946, starring Harold Peary.
The Gildersleeve household in Summerfield, a family home with a dining room, a living room and a back yard with a tree.
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Ethel Hammerschlag, Harry Hammerschlag, Miss Goodwin, Peavey, Birdie
Listen for: Throckmorton's dinner-table lecture to Leroy about manners toward girls and his reluctant dance lesson.
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.