Initially written by leonard lewis levinson,2 it was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. The classic archives old time radio channel 1,770 views. The classic archives old time radio channel 2,574 views. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast from 1941 to 1957. Christmas 121047 gildy heads to the department store to do his christmas shopping early. Great gildersleeve radio show 12848 gildy gets license. Harold peary created the gildersleeve character on fibber mcgee and. Called in by the irs the great gildersleeve comedy old. Gildersleeve was one of the most popular of the oddball characters that lived in wistful vista, the home of fibber mcgee and molly.
Gildy encourages leroy to build a raft and float down river from summerville like a modernday huck finn. Great gildersleeve radio show 11842 quiet evening at home. An interesting use of the medium and fun listening. Its easter weekend and a crate of rabbits has been delivered to the house. The mayor thinks gildys floozy girlfriend is his new secretary when he walks in on them playing office one night.
The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast from august 31, 1941, to march 21, 1957. The great gildersleeve tv series 1954 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Harold peary, a popular radio and television personality, was given the lead role. The great gildersleeve, old time radio show, 421004 planting a tree duration. The floor dropped out of most ratings the following season and gildersleeve was no exception.
Gildy tries to impress a woman with tales of his wealth and spends the night in jail as a result. Great gildersleeve radio show 51149 gildys millionaire friend. Great gildersleeve radio show 11842 quiet evening at. Harold peary played the title character throughout the 1940s. The great gildersleeve comedy old time radio downloads.
The very first season of the great gildersleeve was already filled with extra excitement. In a wartime broadcast, a fantasy comic book club was mentioned. Aug 28, 2019 gildersleeve wants to spend a quiet evening at home. The life of riley season 5 episode 37 vacation plans video. With harold peary, billie burke, claire carleton, richard legrand.
Raising his too smart nephew leroy, he leans on his secretary bessie and tries to. Jan 04, 2014 great gildersleeves episode gildy goes broke. The great gildersleeve season one 19411942 dvd audio old time radio programs. Gildersleeves nephew leroy did not put his comic books away to the. This is not a cd or mp3, but a privately manufactured standard format dvd that contains audio only. Harold peary stars as the great man, with lurene tuttle as marjorie, walter tetley as.
The great gildersleeve a treasure of old time radio and an early spinoff success. Leroy walter tetley, who remained age 1011 during most of the 1940s, began to grow up in the spring of 1949, establishing. When gildersleeve takes the family to the movies, the program shows a movie on the radio. Watch the great gildersleeve episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The great gildersleeve radio show was a spinoff of the johnsons wax program with fibber mcgee and molly. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states from august. The great gildersleeve, a sitcom aired on nbc radio from august 31, 1941 to 1957, was a spinoff from another popular comedy series fibber mcgee and molly, or fmam. Flashback jolly boys fourth of july picnic the great. Walking by katherines house, gildersleeve sees bullards car parked outside, with a flat tire. Then, gildersleeve gets that letter from the bureau of internal revenue. With willard waterman, ronald keith, lillian randolph, stephanie griffin. The harold peary show, lasting one season, included a fictitious radio show within the show.
Gildy suffers from cold feet as the happy day approaches, but it is leila who leaves him at the altar. Watch the great gildersleeve season 1, episode 10 one too many secretaries. Throckmortons date katheryn, a nurse, stashes him in the expectant fathers waiting room until she gets off duty. May 10, 2018 ironically, pearys cbs show a virtual copy of the gildersleeve format only lasted one season, while watermans gildersleeve continued for several years after that. Called in by the irs the great gildersleeve comedy. Jan 04, 2014 the life of riley season 5 episode 37 vacation plans video. Built around throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy fibber mcgee. The series was built around the character throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, a regular element of the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly. The character who is allowed to grow the most in the sixteen years that the great gildersleeve stayed on the air is throckmortons pretty niece, marjorie. He goes so so far as to impersonate the fire commissioner in getting backstage. Ironically, pearys cbs show a virtual copy of the gildersleeve format only lasted one season, while watermans gildersleeve continued for several years after that. Watch the great gildersleeve season 1, episode 21 gildy and the expectant father. Great gildersleeve radio show 12848 gildy gets license plates. The show was well acted, well produced, and well written.
Gildersleeve has left the quiet town of wistful vista, where he had been the perfect foil of fibber mcgee, to the town of summerfield somewhere in radioland to become the towns water commissioner. The great gildersleeve talks about one of the biggest days in his whole life, the last fourth of july, the day of the first annual outing of the jolly boys social club. Jan 18, 20 in this episode from the first season, gildy and leroy shop for a new bed for marjorie. Although in the first season, under writer levinson, birdie was often.
The great gildersleeve 19411957, initially written by leonard lewis levinson, was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. The great gildersleeve, old time radio show, 420104 gildy goes on a diet duration. Gildersleeve wants to spend a quiet evening at home. Gildersleeve, a regular character from the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and. He debates the issue, and decides to do the right thing and go tell bullard. The great gildersleeve single episodes internet archive.
In the early years of the show she is a pretty and popular young woman, finishing high school, but not. In the spring of 1941, the needham, louis and brorby advertising agency gave hal peary a green light to record an audition program based on the various gildersleeve characters which he had developed and portrayed on the fibber mcgee and molly show, over the preceding few years. It centered on the story of throckmorton philharmonic gildersleeve, who was also the main character of the fmam. May 11, 20 183 videos play all otr great gildersleeve franknelsonnet the great gildersleeve, old time radio show, 410907 birdie arrives duration. Gildy quits his job as water commissioner when hes unjustly accused. Gildersleeve, a regular element of the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and. Watch the great gildersleeve season 1, episode 7 gildy, the private eye. Leroy, aged 1011 during most of the 1940s, is the allamerican boy who. Just then bullard comes out, sees the car, and accuses gildersleeve of letting the air out.
Jan 28, 2019 the great gildersleeve, old time radio show, 421004 planting a tree duration. Throckmorton gildersleeve is a blustery ladies man who often finds himself in unusual predicaments. Great gildersleeve radio show 1146 gildy sees a pretty lady duration. Listen to 468 episodes of the great gildersleeve for free. Willard waterman, walter tetley, earle ross, richard. The series was built around the character throckmorton p. Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a. Gildy fears the children are missing the spirit of the season. With harold peary, jane darwell, nancy gates, charles arnt. Gildersleeve, a regular character from the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly.
The tv show only lasted for one season of 39 episodes. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Great gildersleeve radio show 11842 new bed for marjorie. The courtship lasts through the shows second season, leading up to the wedding day. Gg 530225 486 gildys great dane causes peavey trouble. The classic archives old time radio channel 667 views. The great gildersleeve receives a lot of notice for being the first successful spinoff program, where a character from one show leaves and a new program is built around them. Christmas 122050 willard waterman as gildersleeve visits a group of children at the hospital and reads the story, why the chimes rang. Great gildersleeves episode gildy goes broke video. Harold peary created the gildersleeve character on fibber mcgee and molly, and was popular enough that the. Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly, the great gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s.
Only a handful of hours after a devastating morning attack on pearl harbor, gildy still aired its regularly scheduled episode. The sitcom remained wednesdays third most popular program after duffys tavern and mr. And of course there is the excitement gildys first christmas in a new home. Gildy desperately searches for a fiancee so that birdie, his housekeeper, wont break off her marriage plans in order to care for his family. Usage attributionnoncommercialnoderivs topics old time radio, the great gildersleeve, willard waterman. In the early years of the show she is a pretty and popular young woman, finishing high school, but not quite ready to face the world as an adult. The mayor appoints gildy the acting police commissioner in name only until the real one returns from a fishing trip. Gildersleeve accidentally ends up with gloves of an exotic dancer and must return them.
The last sunday program as the show switches the next season to wednesday on september 11, 1946. Christmas shows great gildersleeve old time radio show. Missing promoted as start of new season in ep 214 215 091846 gildy turns off the water 216 092546 leila engaged. On a mission to new york, two women pursue gildersleeve. The 15th episode occurred on dec 7, 1941, the day of the pearl harbor attack. Recently, i came back to the series and decided to listen to them starting with season 1.
Eve goodwin bea benaderet leila is back next season, but by now gildersleeve s heart belongs to leroys school principal, eve goodwin, played by bea benaderet. Waterman would stay with the show on the radio through the end of its run in 1957, as well as portraying gildy in the nbc television production of the great gildersleeve. Old time radios first bona fide spinoff, throckmorton p. The plan backfires when the raft is discovered broken up downstream and leroy cant be found. Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husbandhunting woman and two helpful kids. I listened to the great gildersleeve about ten years ago and they became my bedtime pal. While this is certainly true, there is much more to the show than that. The first show was broadcast on august 31, 1941, sponsored by parkay margarine. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states from august 31, 1941 to 1958. The thanksgiving and christmas episodes with harold perry are my favorite. In this episode from the first season, gildy and leroy shop for a new bed for marjorie. Gildy tries to impress a high society woman with his nonexistent wealth and lands himself in the slammer.
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