These movies have harold peary, he was my favorite. As an added treat, viewers can take a gander at the great gildersleeves gueststarring gig alongside an allstar radio role call in the lucille ballvictor mature romantic romp, seven days leave. Actor harold peary had been with the show from its beginning, playing a variety of doctors, waiters, and store clerks. The great gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the u. Gildersleeves nephew leroy did not put his comic books away to the. I like fibber mcgee and molly but in my opinion the great gildersleeve spinoff is a. The great gildersleeve comedy old time radio downloads. I wish i could be with anyone who has taken an interest in otr or has loved it for awhile, and has yet to be inducted into the gildersleeve series. Gildy encourages leroy to build a raft and float down river from summerville like a modernday huck finn. Built around throckmorton philharmonic 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. With harold peary, jane darwell, nancy gates, charles arnt. The true love and happiness we hear in the gildersleeve household makes it just that more special for us. The great gildersleeve, harold peary stories for children.
Join fibber mcgees battling nextdoor neighbor as he sets out on a brand new life in this collection of early episodes of the great gildersleeve. We use to listen to the great gildersleeve and suspense with the family. Great gildersleeves episode gildy goes broke video youtube. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Great gildersleeve 480421 285 gildys new secretary. In the past, many of you have expressed a desire to help zoot radio.
The great gildersleeve was one of radios first great spinoff shows. He moved to summerfield, where he and takes on an instant family in the form of leroy and margerie forrester. 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 great gildersleeve 19411957, initially written by leonard lewis levinson, was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. The great gildersleeve free old time radio mp3 downloads. Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly, the great. History tells us that many great men had women trouble. However gildy would also spend time under the stewardship of willard waterman.
Youre entering an exquisite world thats genuine, unique, wonderful, and with. 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. The great gildersleeve 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The great gildersleeve premiered august 31, 1941 and became a steady hit for the rest of the decade, pearys sonorous voice and flustered catchphrases youre a briiiiiiight boy, leroy. Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husbandhunting woman and two helpful kids. Gildersleeve first came to the attention of radio audiences. Harold peary, a popular radio and television personality, was given the lead role. Gildersleeve s stories for children harold peary, who played the part of throckmorton p. I listened to the great gildersleeve about ten years ago and they became my bedtime pal. Gildersleeve is one of my favorite comedy shows from the old time radio shows.
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At one time, the mp3 encodes appearing on this page were considered the gold standard. Gildersleeves stories for children rusc old time radio. Gildersleeve was a character created by writer don quinn for nbcs fibber mcgee and molly show. 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. The thanksgiving and christmas episodes with harold perry are my favorite. While this is certainly true, there is much more to the show than that.
Jul 08, 2014 as an added treat, viewers can take a gander at the great gildersleeves gueststarring gig alongside an allstar radio role call in the lucille ballvictor mature romantic romp, seven days leave. The character, gildersleeve, became so popular on fibber mcgee and molly that it was spun off as its own radio show, the great gildersleeve. 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. Old time radios first bona fide spinoff, throckmorton p. Listen to 468 episodes of the great gildersleeve for free. The great gildersleeve movie collection full frame. Gildersleeve was one of the most popular of the oddball characters that lived in wistful vista, the home of fibber mcgee and molly. Recently, i came back to the series and decided to listen to them starting with season 1. The first show was broadcast on august 31, 1941, sponsored by parkay margarine. Enjoy over 500 episodes of the great gildersleeve on mp3 cd available from old time radio.
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