What happens
Marjorie Gildersleeve's college friend Dorabelle Claiborne arrives to stay at the Gildersleeve house while she looks for a husband. Marjorie's younger brother Leroy and Uncle Mort are soon trying to manage the visitor, and Dorabelle quickly attracts the attention of Ted Wills, who has been courting Marjorie. Uncle Mort and Leroy then hatch a plan involving Mort posing as a wealthy suitor. The episode is part of the long-running comedy series The Great Gildersleeve, broadcast by NBC on September 21, 1941, and starring Harold Peary.
The Gildersleeve house in Summerfield, Connecticut, and the local country club.
Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Marjorie, Leroy, Uncle Mort, Dorabelle Claiborne, Ted Wills, Birdie, Bertie
Listen for: Leroy's frogs in the bathtub, Dorabelle's exaggerated Southern manners, and Uncle Mort's scheme to pose as a millionaire.
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.