Reception Aftermath: The Great Gildersleeve (November 26, 1944)

“Reception Aftermath” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 26, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Gildersleeve tries to repair his friendship with Floyd Munson after the disastrous party at his house, and he visits the barbershop and the drugstore along the way. At home, Leroy is pleased with his good report card, and Gildersleeve celebrates by taking his niece and nephew to lunch at the downtown club. Dolores Del Rey, the lady friend of Judge Hooker, complicates matters when she later seeks out Gildersleeve at the courthouse. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode first aired on NBC on November 26, 1944, starring Harold Peary.

Summerfield, a small town; the barbershop, the drugstore, the Gildersleeve house, the downtown business men's club, and the courthouse office.

Characters: Gildersleeve, Floyd Munson, Leroy, Marjorie, Judge Hooker, Dolores Del Rey, Phoebe, Bessie

Listen for: Gildersleeve's exchange with Dolores Del Rey at the courthouse, and the tense encounter with Judge Hooker at the downtown club.

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.