Despite these efforts to recreate the quality and ratings of the great gildersleeve, the harold peary show lasted only one season. The great gildersleeve, 1950s old time radio show, birdie. While this is certainly true, there is much more to the show than that. This is not a cd or mp3, but a privately manufactured standard format dvd that contains audio only. 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 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. The program is remindful of the great gildersleeve in its characters and gave pearys harold hemp, the host of a homemaking show on a small town radio station, the opportunity to sing on every show an idea that kraft had resisted for the great gildersleeve. She was never afraid to contradict her boss, and more often than not actually got in the last word. Gildersleeve, played by harold peary, began as a supporting character on the fibber mcgee and molly show, during the days when it was produced in chicago. Gildersleeve accidentally ends up with gloves of an exotic dancer and must return them.
Great gildersleeve radio show 122042 christmas program. Folks wouldnt be that likely to tune their radios every week to hear the adventures in summerfield if it wasnt filled with characters they liked and cared about. Watch the great gildersleeve season 1, episode 1 gildy goes broke. I listened to the great gildersleeve about ten years ago and they became my bedtime pal. Additionally, honest harolds secretary at the radio station, glory, bears a more than passing resemblance to gildersleeve s water department secretary, bessie. Harold peary created the gildersleeve character on fibber mcgee and. The very first season of the great gildersleeve was already filled with extra excitement. Walter tetley, who played the role of leroy on the radio, couldnt appear on screen because he was actually an adult playing a child character. The thanksgiving and christmas episodes with harold perry are my favorite. The great gildersleeve movie collection by warner archive. Unlike the phill harris alice faye show or fibber mcgee and molly, the gildersleeve collection is a 16 week soap opera instead of 16 individual shows. The pompous underwear salesman proved popular enough to warrant a spinoff, the great gildersleeve, in 1941.
Walter tetley june 2, 1915 september 4, 1975 was an american actor and voice actor specializing in child impersonation during radio s classic era, with regular roles on the great gildersleeve and the phil harrisalice faye show, as well as continuing as a. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. Gildersleeve talks leroy and bruce out of constructing a rocket in the back yard and into building a raft like tom sawyer and huck finn. Watch the great gildersleeve episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. These are not complete seasons but are all known shows for. Gildersleeve raises his orphaned niece and nephew in the small town of summerfield in this critically acclaimed radio comedy. It had to do with his ancestors which are briefly in the film. Gildy tries to impress a woman with tales of his wealth and spends the night in jail as a result. Gildersleeve is similar to their previous effort, combining killer melodic rock with some modern trends. Gildy encourages leroy to build a raft and float down river from summerville like a modernday huck finn. And of course there is the excitement gildys first christmas in a new home. The great gildersleeve the great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast. The younger sister of actress amanda randolph, lillian was born in knoxville, tn, in 1898, the daughter of a. In this episode from the first season, gildy and leroy shop for a new bed for marjorie.
I was a little disappointed with this cd collection of the great gildersleeve baby. Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was one of broadcast historys earliest spinoff programs. The great gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the united states from august 31, 1941 to 1958. This site may not work well with older web browsers. But on the other hand, there were enough killer tracks i do, cherry cherry. Eventually, he was given a recurring role as the mcgees next door neighbor, throckmorton p. Season 4 is the fourth season of the loud house, which was renewed by nickelodeon on march 6, 2018, and will consist of 26 halfepisodes. Harold peary had played several character roles on fibber mcgee and molly, including various pompous characters with the last name gildersleeve.
At first i cringed at some of the modern alternative sounding titles like sixmillion dollar man and dead drunk and wasted. He goes so so far as to impersonate the fire commissioner in getting backstage. Season 4 the loud house the loud house encyclopedia. Levinson, which ran from 1941 to 1950, this was the first of four films in the gildersleeve s. Raising his too smart nephew leroy, he leans on his secretary bessie and tries to. The great gildersleeve radio show was a spinoff of the johnsons wax program with fibber mcgee and molly. In those early appearances, gildersleeve s personal life was somewhat hazily defined, but his bombastic attitude meshed well with jim jordans mcgee. Please click on the links below to learn more about the great gildersleeve or to visit one of our recommended otr sites. Christmas shows great gildersleeve old time radio show. The great gildersleeve is a 1942 american comedy film directed by gordon douglas.
Initially written by leonard lewis levinson, it was o. The plan backfires when the raft is discovered broken up downstream and leroy cant be found. Leroy is spending a small fortune on his new little girlfriend. Ive downloaded every season and it really holds up as a wonderful slice of. Characters of the great gildersleeve get to know the people of gildersleeve s world. Great gildersleeve radio show 11842 new bed for marjorie. Danger danger return of the great gildersleeves amazon.
Great gildersleeves episode gildy goes broke video. Lets talk gildy the great gildersleeve phorum at the nostalgia pages. The great gildersleeve, old time radio show, 4209 winning the war recreation of a lost episode duration. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. The first show was broadcast on august 31, 1941, sponsored by parkay margarine. Only a handful of hours after a devastating morning attack on pearl harbor, gildy still aired its regularly scheduled episode. Recently, i came back to the series and decided to listen to them starting with season 1. When mort picks emma up at the train station, a reflection of the boom mic is clearly visible in the upper left glass pane of the waiting room door. The great gildersleeve comedy old time radio downloads. Outside of the home, the softhearted yet blustery bachelor works as a water commissioner and romances the local ladies. The great gildersleeve was my favorite radio show as a child. Season 4 premiered on may 27, 2019 with the episode friended. Listen to 468 episodes of the great gildersleeve for free. The classic archives old time radio channel 1,291 views 32.
Gildersleeve, a regular character from the radio situation comedy fibber mcgee and molly. The original gildersleeve project program encodes on archive. The harold peary show, lasting one season, included a fictitious radio show within the show. Recently, i came back to the series and decided to listen to them starting with season. The september 9, 1950, opening show of honest harolds one season is posted below. Based on the popular nbc radio series the great gildersleeve created by leonard l.
With willard waterman, ronald keith, lillian randolph, stephanie griffin. I thought the other 3 were great but the ghost one may be the best. Gildy quits his job as water commissioner when hes unjustly accused. Throckmorton gildersleeve is a blustery ladies man who often finds himself in unusual predicaments. The great gildersleeve cast and characters tv guide. Birdie was a stereotypical black character, but lillian randolph played her with life and joy. The great gildersleeve a treasure of old time radio and an early spinoff success. Listen to all posted episodes of the great gildersleeve. The great gildersleeve was one of radios first great spinoff shows. When the boys disappear, gildy panics and assumes theyre lost on the river. Since reasoning with leroy isnt working, gildys going. The 15th episode occurred on dec 7, 1941, the day of the pearl harbor attack. Harold peary played the title character throughout the 1940s. The great gildersleeve was a radio situation comedy broadcast in the u.
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