What happens
Leroy Gildersleeve wants to use his chemistry set during the lull between Christmas and New Year's, but his Uncle Gildersleeve keeps refusing him. Meanwhile, the household is abuzz over a letter from Lila Ransom in Savannah, and Uncle Gildersleeve is flustered by its contents. Leroy also struggles with a New Year's resolutions theme for school. The Great Gildersleeve, a comedy series starring Harold Peary, first aired on NBC on December 27, 1942. Leroy's experiments lead him into trouble, and the household scrambles to deal with the result.
Summerfield, a small town; the Gildersleeve house and the water commissioner's office
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Bertie, Judge Hooker, Floyd, Mr. Peebee, Chief Gates
Listen for: Leroy's chemistry experiment and the household's reaction to it
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.