Marie Olson Charms Everyone: The Great Gildersleeve (April 21, 1954)

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“Marie Olson Charms Everyone” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 21, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Gildersleeve and his nephew Leroy plan a fishing vacation at Bass Lake, but the water commissioner's new interest in Marie Olson threatens their plans. When Marie asks Gildersleeve to postpone the trip until July, Leroy grows suspicious that she is working to win over his bachelor uncle. Leroy frets to Bertie and his friends, and the Jolly Boys gather to discuss the matter. The Great Gildersleeve is a long-running NBC radio comedy, and this episode aired on April 21, 1954, starring Harold Peary and Lurene Tuttle.

Summerfield, the home of Gildersleeve and Leroy, the water department office, and the local jewelry store and barbershop.

Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marie Olson, Bertie, Judge Hooker, Floyd Munson, Peavey, Johnny

Listen for: Leroy's growing suspicion of Marie Olson and the Jolly Boys' unexpected visit to Gildersleeve's house.

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.