What happens
Leroy Forrest, nephew of Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, runs up a string of debts buying sodas and gifts for Brenda, a visiting girl from Baltimore. Gildersleeve, the Summerfield water commissioner, sets out to check the expensive friendship. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on March 2, 1949. Harold Peary stars as Gildersleeve, with Willard Waterman and Lillian Randolph in supporting roles and Lurene Tuttle also appearing. Gildersleeve confronts Leroy at home, then calls on Brenda's mother, Mrs. Nickerbocker, where he discovers he has been drawn into a social engagement of his own.
Summerfield, a small town; Peavey's Pharmacy, the Gildersleeve home, and the Summerfield Country Club
Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Brenda, Mrs. Ellen Bullard-Nickerbocker, Floyd Munson, Peavey, Marjorie, Bertie
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to persuade Leroy to stop spending money on Brenda, and Brenda's flattery of Leroy
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.