What happens
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve presides over the monthly allowances in his household, where his nephew Leroy wants more money and is handed an itemized bill for chores. The next morning Leroy has vanished, leaving a note saying he is going away and asking that his frogs be fed. Gildersleeve and Marjorie set out by car, notify the police and head toward Watertown, where a bakery driver reported giving Leroy a ride. A blowout on a rough shortcut leaves Gildersleeve scrambling for a replacement tire, and the search takes an unexpected turn in Jacksonburg. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on February 1, 1942, with Harold Peary in the title role, alongside Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, a small town, and the roads and town of Jacksonburg, on the way to Watertown
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Bertie, Uncle Mort
Listen for: Gildersleeve's itemized bill for chores and his tire-changing mishap on the rough shortcut
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.