The Great Gildersleeve — 1945
41 episodes broadcast in 1945.
Fresh off paying his taxes and still facing a breach-of-promise suit, Gildersleeve can't even say for certain whom he's engaged to.
Gildersleeve scrambles to wriggle out of Miss del Rey's breach-of-promise suit.
Gildersleeve forbids Marjorie a first date with high-school hockey star Keith Kelsey.
Aunt Hattie Forrester descends on the household and starts running everything her own way.
Gildersleeve sets out to play matchmaker, hoping to spark something between Aunt Hattie and Judge Hooker.
A war bulletin delays the show, so Peary and Walter Tetley clown with the studio audience instead.
March 4, 1945
Gildersleeve is drafted as temporary chairman of the Red Cross fundraising committee -- a thankless job.
Gildersleeve mopes over Leila's disappearance to the Laughing Coyote dude ranch while Leroy angles for a trip along.
A letter and a visit from an old flame named Violet stir up Gildersleeve's springtime spirits.
To beat the bacon shortage, Gildersleeve buys a baby pig -- and immediately regrets it.
Gildersleeve is forced to find a new home for Leroy's beloved pet pig, Tiger.
In his tuxedo at Leila's party, a crooning Gildersleeve is outshone by the diplomatic guest of honor.
Newcomer Rumson Bullard moves to Summerfield and nearly breaks up the Jolly Boys.
Gildersleeve decides Marjorie should marry and has picked the boy -- Marshall Bullard, his new neighbor's son.
Set to debate Judge Hooker on juvenile delinquency, Gildersleeve softens his stance after a day minding young Craig.
Rediscovering a forgotten $209.24, Gildersleeve resolves to plunge it into the stock market.
Gildersleeve finally fires Bessie -- and instantly wishes he hadn't.
Gildersleeve hires Leila as his secretary, which proves a spectacularly bad idea.
Gildersleeve comes closer than usual to actually finishing a book tonight; the Jolly Boys perform 'Silver Threads Among the Gold.'
Season finale: the Bullards throw a party (Gildy sings 'Goodnight Sweetheart').
Over Labor Day the children coax Uncle Mort to Grass Lake, where he lands in the honeymoon cottage.
Pleased with Leroy's report card, Gildersleeve rewards him with a set of encyclopedias, a gift that quickly backfires.
Suspended from school and shunned by his friends, Leroy is thoroughly in the doghouse.
Leila Ransom is back in town and being serenaded by the Jolly Boys.
Marjorie takes up ballet lessons.
After a bout of leaf-raking, Leroy finds himself uninvited from Craig Bullard's party.
Having broken a vase, Leroy must work every Saturday to pay off the damage.
A special-delivery letter for Leila Ransom sets fate in motion for Gildersleeve.
Word gets around Summerfield that Peavey's wife has taken sick; the Jolly Boys perform 'Dear Old Pal of Mine.'
Shamed by Leroy's studies, Gildersleeve resolves to improve his own mind.
Gildersleeve tries to interest Marjorie in housekeeping, but Birdie takes it the wrong way.
Gildersleeve boycotts the Jolly Boys after failing to get Rumson Bullard admitted.
For Thanksgiving weekend, Summerfield makes its annual pilgrimage to the State-versus-Aggies football classic.
The opera is coming to Summerfield, and Gildersleeve -- a sponsor at $5 a ticket -- is stuck with them (Jolly Boys sing 'Funiculi Funicula').
Gildersleeve becomes head of the opera committee and hunts for a chief patroness.
After Summerfield's first opera since 1922, Gildersleeve runs through the aria 'Evening Star.'
An old-fashioned Christmas at home, with Gildersleeve as eager as any child.
It's New Year's Eve and Gildersleeve, having dawdled too long, finds himself without a date.
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