Visit by Aunt Hattie (rehearsal): The Great Gildersleeve (February 4, 1945)

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“Visit by Aunt Hattie (rehearsal)” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 4, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Aunt Hattie Forrester, a houseguest staying with Gildersleeve, tries to bring order to his household by setting a strict schedule and quiet hour. When Leroy's poor report card comes to light, Gildersleeve becomes angry and disputes with Hattie over how to discipline the boy. Gildersleeve later complains about Hattie to his friend P.V. Brockman, and a neighbor, Mrs. Ransom, arrives expecting a night out. Harold Peary stars in this episode of The Great Gildersleeve, first broadcast on NBC on February 4, 1945, with Willard Waterman and Lillian Randolph in supporting roles.

The Gildersleeve household in Summerfield, a family home where the household staff, the children and visiting relatives share the house.

Characters: Gildersleeve, Aunt Hattie Forrester, Leroy, Marjorie, Bertie, P.V. Brockman, Mrs. Ransom, Judge Hooker

Listen for: Hattie's attempts to set a household schedule, and the argument over Leroy's report card and how he should be punished.

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.