What happens
On the last afternoon of 1947, Commissioner Gildersleeve closes out his office and plans a busy New Year's Eve of parties. He plans to visit several friends, but when Judge Hooker turns out to be alone and at loose ends, Gildersleeve makes him a New Year's invitation to his own home, and the evening takes unexpected turns. The Great Gildersleeve is a long-running NBC radio comedy, and this episode aired on December 31, 1947, with Harold Peary in the title role, supported by Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
Summerfield, on New Year's Eve 1947
Characters: Commissioner Gildersleeve, Bessie, Phoebe, Floyd, Judge Hooker, Marjorie, Leroy, Birdie
Listen for: Gildersleeve's plans for the evening and his invitation to Judge Hooker
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.