What happens
Leroy Gildersleeve is suspended from school for being rude to his teacher, Miss McCann, and is sent home to clean the garage and cellar. His uncle, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, keeps him working through the day, while Leroy is shunned by his friends after their parents hear of the suspension. Gildersleeve's neighbour Marshall Bullard is also turned away from the family, and Gildersleeve starts to feel sorry for the boy. He asks Leroy to apologize to Miss McCann so he can return to school, and Leroy reluctantly agrees. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy first broadcast on NBC on 16 September 1945, with Harold Peary in the lead role.
The Gildersleeve home and neighbourhood in Summerfield, including the garage, cellar, a drugstore, and the local grammar school.
Characters: Gildersleeve, Leroy, Bertie, Marjorie, Marshall Bullard, Miss McCann, Peevey, Horace
Listen for: Gildersleeve's changing attitude toward Leroy as he sees the boy shunned by his friends and turned away from the household.
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.