The Great Gildersleeve — 1943
44 episodes broadcast in 1943.
Judge Hooker slips off with a bouquet to propose to a lady arriving by train, swearing Wally to secrecy.
Gildersleeve throws himself into a frenzy of preparation for a visit from his old friends Fibber McGee and Molly.
Gildersleeve nervously readies a big address for the Summerfield Women's Club.
Cries of sabotage put jittery wartime Summerfield -- and Gildersleeve -- on edge.
A seat on the committee purchasing Summerfield's new fire engine puts Gildersleeve at odds with Mrs. Pettibone; Gildy performs 'Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.'
Leila Ransom's sister and small son come to stay, and everyone keeps asking when Leila and Gildersleeve will finally marry.
February 14, 1943
February 21, 1943
February 28, 1943
March 7, 1943
Gildy Dates Again
With the Ides of March upon him, Gildersleeve wrestles his income-tax return -- and his conscience.
March 21, 1943
When Is Gildy Getting Married?
Spring settles over Summerfield and romance is unmistakably in the air (Gildy sings 'Moonlight Becomes You').
Gildersleeve's balky car gives Marjorie's mechanically minded boyfriend a chance to shine.
A minor traffic collision between Gildersleeve and Judge Hooker escalates into a full-blown feud.
Gildersleeve leads Leroy, Piggy, and Leila's nephew on a woodland hike, styling himself the costumed hero 'Captain Gildersleeve.'
Leroy schemes to get rich raising rabbits over the Easter weekend (with a Second War Loan appeal from Kay Francis).
May 2, 1943
Leila is furious that Gildersleeve would rather play poker with the boys -- can a box of candy smooth it over?
Seized by the nesting instinct, Leila decides the reputedly haunted Burton house would be the perfect Gildersleeve home.
Leroy lands a job at Peavey's drugstore, leaving Gildersleeve to mow the lawn himself.
After the Memorial Day parade, a mortality-minded Gildersleeve sits down to write his will -- and ponders a statue of himself.
A surprise bridal shower for Leila coincides with Leroy getting fired from the drugstore for punching a customer.
With the wedding weeks away, Gildersleeve frets over choosing a best man and holding Leila to a budget.
June 20, 1943
Season finale -- Gildersleeve's wedding day to Leila arrives, along with a bad case of pre-nuptial cold feet.
Season opener: a heartbroken Gildersleeve nurses his wounds on vacation at Grass Lake, dodging amorous women and wondering if the widowed Leila will return.
September 5, 1943
Summerfield goes all-out for the war-bond drive, and Gildersleeve delivers an eloquent appeal to buy.
Word spreads that Leila Ransom is coming back, just as new school principal Miss Goodwin is drawing Gildersleeve toward finer things (Gildy sings 'Speak to Me of Love').
Leila returns to town as Gildersleeve, freshly elected to fill a school-board vacancy, tends to his growing public career.
October 3, 1943
October 10, 1943
October 17, 1943
When a broken snifter valve dries up the town's water and the reservoir man quits, Leroy 'helps' at the water department.
While Leroy gets up to Halloween pranks, Gildersleeve joins Judge Hooker, Leila, and Eve Goodwin for an apple-bobbing contest.
Gildersleeve grabs the last pot roast in town -- only for Leila to make off with it.
Gildersleeve throws Leila over for Eve Goodwin, who promptly turns him down flat.
November 28, 1943
December 5, 1943
December 12, 1943
December 19, 1943
December 26, 1943
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