The Great Gildersleeve — 1951
38 episodes broadcast in 1951.
A pregnant Marjorie gets a middle-of-the-night craving for sauerkraut.
Keeping up with Bullard on their shared double dates is wearing Gildersleeve out, but he refuses to fall behind; Willard Waterman sings 'Asleep in the Deep.'
Marjorie's sudden urge to rearrange furniture signals the baby is on its way.
For Peavey's 30th anniversary at the drugstore, Gildersleeve volunteers to mind the store.
Leroy's suspiciously good behavior finally cracks over the matter of some snowballs.
Marjorie's baby arrives -- and it's twins.
The family wrestles with what to name the newborn twins.
The twins come home from the hospital, and Grandpa Gildersleeve finds he isn't needed.
Gildersleeve must choose between an evening with the Jolly Boys and a date with Katie Lee.
Put in charge of the household, Bronco does surprisingly well.
Gildersleeve and Leroy take a turn as babysitters for the twins.
With the twins six weeks old, Mr. Bullard turns oddly friendly -- perhaps because the commissioner grants the lake sailboat permits.
Gildersleeve suspects Marjorie and Bronco are living with him only to keep him from being lonely.
Leroy, now twelve, is maturing quickly -- proof being that he's already lined up a date to the Junior High dance.
Leroy gets a new pony.
Gildersleeve winds up cleaning Judge Hooker's house in the spring-cleaning rush.
The family celebrates Marjorie and Bronco's first wedding anniversary.
Gildersleeve takes to a boat to court Katharine, with rival Mr. Bullard in pursuit.
Bronco's family visits, and the twins are finally named.
Season finale: vacation time, and Gildersleeve has big plans for Half Moon Lake.
Season opener: it's time to teach Leroy to drive as he buys a car.
The county fair returns, and so does Gildersleeve's running feud with Mr. Bullard.
As school starts, Gildersleeve finds himself falling for Mr. Bullard's sister.
Worn out from looking after the twins, Marjorie decides to take a job working in the water commissioner's office instead.
Gildersleeve's re-election as Jolly Boys president is held up by a bout of group self-criticism.
With Leroy away visiting Judge Hooker for a few days, the Gildersleeve household falls into an unnerving quiet.
Bronco nearly forgets the anniversary of his first date with Marjorie.
A picnic outing pairs Gildersleeve off with Mr. Bullard's sister, Mrs. Winthrop, and her daughter Babs.
Torn between the Jolly Boys and a date on Halloween, Gildersleeve has the choice made for him by a little lost 'ghost.'
Marjorie and Bronco buy a lot for their future home, straining relations with the visiting in-laws.
Whether an old oak stands or falls on Marjorie and Bronco's chosen lot is a secret only Gildersleeve and Bullard share.
Gildersleeve, full of the Thanksgiving spirit, keeps adding guests to the dinner list.
Gildersleeve faces the universal parental challenge of getting the growing-up Leroy to study.
December 5, 1951
Leroy tries his hand at selling Christmas trees, though business proves sluggish; the Jolly Boys sing 'Down by the Old Mill Stream.'
The traditional Christmas show, with Gildersleeve reading 'Why the Chimes Rang.'
Babs gave Leroy an expensive watch and he gave her pearls -- so Gildersleeve and Bullard agree the gifts must go back.
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