What happens
Leroy Forrester, nephew of Gildersleeve, starts a laundry business called the Million Dollar Laundry after getting advice from his uncle. Gildersleeve believes he gave the boy the idea, and Leroy collects shirts from Floyd Munson, Judge Hooker, Mayor Schuyler and others. Soon the shirts are mixed up in the basement washing machine and Leroy is left with a problem he cannot sort out. The Great Gildersleeve is played by Willard Waterman, and the episode aired on NBC on December 6, 1950. The cast includes Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, the Gildersleeve household and the town's shops
Characters: Leroy Forrester, Great Gildersleeve, Birdie, Floyd Munson, Judge Hooker, Peavey, Mayor Schuyler, Marjorie
Listen for: Leroy's plan to sell guesses on his piggy bank and then his laundry business, and Birdie's reaction to the basement washing machine
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.