The Great Gildersleeve: Old-Time Radio Comedy

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Old-time radio comedy from 1941–1958 starring Harold Peary as Great Gildersleeve, Willard Waterman as Gildersleeve. Free, complete episodes, restored audio, no modern ads. The Great Gildersleeve: 517 episodes from NBC, with Lillian Randolph, Lurene Tuttle, Mary Lee Robb, in the order they first aired. A new episode every day, and live around the clock. From Stupid Potato: 62 free 24/7 channels of classic radio and vintage TV, and 191 podcasts, at stupidpotato.com.

  1. 5h ago

    The Great Gildersleeve: Ten Best Dressed (1942)

    Throughout the story, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a small-town businessman in Summerfield, is named one of the ten best-dressed men in town by a New York fashion guild. Eager to live up to the honor, he buys a suit of expensive Orkney Twist cloth from a tailor, Mr. Leslie, and agrees to pay for it. Gildersleeve's niece Marjorie, his nephew Leroy, and his friend Judge Hooker tease him as his new clothes draw attention. Harold Peary stars as Gildersleeve in this episode, first broadcast on NBC on March 15, 1942, as part of The Great Gildersleeve series. With Gildersleeve, Marjorie, Leroy, Judge Hooker, Mr. Hallchester, Mr. Leslie, Bertie, Mrs. Twitchell. Listen for: The tailor's scheme to sell Gildersleeve an expensive suit and the mounting confusion over his clothes First aired on March 15, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  2. 1d ago

    The Great Gildersleeve: Fortune Teller (1942)

    Gildersleeve helps run a booth at the Bundles for Blue Jackets Bazaar, where a fortune-telling tent was planned around a famous yogi who has missed his plane. Leroy and Marjorie persuade the reluctant Gildersleeve to pose as the yogi, promising to feed him gossip about the customers. He first tries a visit to a rival gypsy fortune teller, where a stolen watch becomes a comic complication. Back at the tent, his disguise and his improvised readings draw curious and suspicious visitors, and the day quickly becomes harder to manage than he expected. The episode is a 1942 broadcast of The Great Gildersleeve on NBC, starring Harold Peary. With Great Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Bertie, Penny Banks, Madame Rosalie, Mrs. Salisbury Twitchell, Lieutenant Quinn. Listen for: Gildersleeve's reluctant attempts at fortune telling under a disguise, and the gypsy visit with the mistaken watch. First aired on March 1, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  3. 2d ago

    The Great Gildersleeve: Selling the Drugstore (1942)

    Gildersleeve, a small-town man, and his niece and nephew, Marjorie and Leroy, start a holiday morning at home on George Washington's birthday. Gildersleeve is trying to sell the drugstore the estate has taken over in lieu of unpaid rent, but the business is losing money and a probate judge is coming to question him about the estate's accounts. Meanwhile Leroy, keen on the truth after a lecture on it, complicates matters. This is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, first broadcast on NBC on February 22, 1942, with Harold Peary in the title role, supported by Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle. With Gildersleeve, Marjorie, Leroy, Bertie, Oscar Finch, Judge Hooker, Mrs. Salisbury Twitchell, Mr. Showers. Listen for: Gildersleeve's evasive attempts to hide the drugstore's losses from Judge Hooker, and Leroy's blunt, literal-minded honesty First aired on February 22, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  4. 3d ago

    The Great Gildersleeve: Auto Mechanics (1942)

    Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a Wistful Vista handyman with a reputation for fixing machines, is asked to teach a Red Cross Motor Corps class how to take an automobile motor apart and put it together again. Leroy and Marjorie help him prepare, but Gildersleeve admits he knows little about cars and turns to his friend Judge Hooker for help. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on February 8, 1942, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle. The class goes ahead in a borrowed station wagon, with Gildersleeve teaching while trying to keep up appearances. With Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Judge Hooker, Mrs. Salisbury Twitchell, Captain Moore. Listen for: Gildersleeve's confident claims about motors, and the mounting comic trouble as he tries to live up to them in front of the class First aired on February 8, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  5. 4d ago

    The Great Gildersleeve: Leroy Runs Away (1942)

    Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve presides over the monthly allowances in his household, where his nephew Leroy wants more money and is handed an itemized bill for chores. The next morning Leroy has vanished, leaving a note saying he is going away and asking that his frogs be fed. Gildersleeve and Marjorie set out by car, notify the police and head toward Watertown, where a bakery driver reported giving Leroy a ride. A blowout on a rough shortcut leaves Gildersleeve scrambling for a replacement tire, and the search takes an unexpected turn in Jacksonburg. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on February 1, 1942, with Harold Peary in the title role, alongside Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle. With Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Leroy, Marjorie, Bertie, Uncle Mort. Listen for: Gildersleeve's itemized bill for chores and his tire-changing mishap on the rough shortcut First aired on February 1, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  6. 5d ago

    The Great Gildersleeve: Matchmaker (1942)

    Judge Hooker, a lonely bachelor, is the subject of a well-meant matchmaking scheme by Gildersleeve and his nephew Leroy. Gildersleeve, a small-town Summerfield man, decides the judge needs a wife and sets about finding one. The episode is a 1942 installment of The Great Gildersleeve, first broadcast on NBC on January 25, 1942, starring Harold Peary. With Great Gildersleeve, Judge Hooker, Leroy Forrest, Bertie, Henrietta Banks, Mr. Taylor. Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to pair Judge Hooker with a suitable woman First aired on January 25, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  7. 6d ago

    The Great Gildersleeve: A New Bed for Marjorie (1942)

    Gildersleeve takes his nephew Leroy to a furniture store to buy a new bed as a surprise for his niece Marjorie, who is away at a Red Cross training school. Store owner Samuel Sledderman shows them several beds, and Gildersleeve becomes absorbed in finding one that suits her room. The shop is run by Sledderman and his employees, and the story proceeds through a series of comic misunderstandings about the purchase. The Great Gildersleeve was a radio comedy series, and this episode was first broadcast on NBC on January 18, 1942, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle. With Gildersleeve, Leroy, Samuel Sledderman, Morris Sledderman, Bertie, Marjorie, Patricia Van Scudder. Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to choose a bed for Marjorie and the furniture dealers' comic bargaining over the bed. First aired on January 18, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

  8. Nov 8

    The Great Gildersleeve: Gildy Arrested as Car Thief (1942)

    Gildersleeve and his nephew Leroy set out for Fairview, where Leroy will show his rabbits at a junior breeder show. After mailing their train tickets by mistake, they decide to drive instead, bringing the rabbits along in the rear compartment. The trip proves rough, and a stop for lunch leads to a mix-up with a state highway commissioner and his car. Gildersleeve soon finds himself accused of car theft and held by police, with explosives discovered in the vehicle adding to the trouble. The episode is part of The Great Gildersleeve, broadcast on NBC on January 11, 1942, starring Harold Peary. With Gildersleeve, Leroy, Bertie, Marjorie, Commissioner Toby, McGuire, Captain Webster, Sid. Listen for: The mix-up over the tickets, the bumpy road, and the discovery of the explosives in the car. First aired on January 11, 1942 on NBC. Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. A new episode every day: The Great Gildersleeve on Stupid Potato, live around the clock. Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 62 free 24/7 channels and 191 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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Old-time radio comedy from 1941–1958 starring Harold Peary as Great Gildersleeve, Willard Waterman as Gildersleeve. Free, complete episodes, restored audio, no modern ads. The Great Gildersleeve: 517 episodes from NBC, with Lillian Randolph, Lurene Tuttle, Mary Lee Robb, in the order they first aired. A new episode every day, and live around the clock. From Stupid Potato: 62 free 24/7 channels of classic radio and vintage TV, and 191 podcasts, at stupidpotato.com.

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