The Great Gildersleeve 1947-01-01-New Years Costume Ball

Summary

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Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: The Great Gildersleeve 1947-01-01 – New Year’s Costume Ball

Date of Podcast Airing: December 30, 2025
Original Air Date: January 1, 1947
Host: Harold’s Old Time Radio (introduces classic radio, no main host in the show itself)
Main Characters: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve (“Gildy”), Eve Goodwin, Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, Judge Hooker, Peavey, Chief Gates

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Episode Overview

In this jewel from radio’s golden age, “The Great Gildersleeve” brings a dose of classic comedy set around Summerfield’s annual New Year’s costume ball. Gildersleeve plans to start the new year as a “bad boy,” only to find his social and familial expectations upended. The episode explores misunderstandings, rivalry, and the longing for connection on New Year's Eve, as Gildy laments being left at home, struggles with his niece's wish for independence, and finally finds himself swept up into the festivities against all odds.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. New Year’s Eve Plans & Social Gaffes (01:21–04:44)

• Gildersleeve excitedly reveals—almost—his pirate costume plans to Eve, only to find he’s not taking her to the ball, as neither formally invited the other.
• Memorable Moment: A comedic misunderstanding when Eve chides, “You never asked me, Throckmorton. You never did. Well, gosh, I waited, and you never asked me.” (03:44)

2. Family Confusion & Teen Independence (05:41–10:13)

• Back at home, chaos reigns as Leroy bounds about in costume, Marjorie pleads to attend the ball with a boy, and Gildy stubbornly denies her permission, citing concern about wild athletes and propriety.
• Notable Quote: “I told you two days ago, my dear, you were not going to that ball.” - Gildy (07:07)
• Generational and gender roles are front and center, with Birdie and Leroy both itching for excitement while Gildy bemoans his own lonely fate.

3. Resigned Gildersleeve & New Year Melancholy (12:40–15:44)

• Alone save for Leroy, Gildersleeve considers the bittersweet solitude of the holiday, tunes into a radio broadcast of nationwide celebrations, and reminisces about past loves and lost opportunities.
• Standout Quote: “After all the nice things you do for him all year, when the chips are really down, you get left at home twiddling your thumbs while they’re off cutting up with someone else.... Happy New Year. I’m making no resolutions this year. I’m just going to be a bad boy.” - Gildersleeve (14:27–14:58)
• Eventually resolves to attend the ball by himself, donning his pirate attire and adopting the “lone wolf” stance. (15:41)

4. At the Costume Ball: Mishaps, Rivalry, and Revelry (17:02–22:52)

• The costumed crowd, lively chaos, and New Year’s hijinks ensue: Gildersleeve grapples for the attention of “the lady bareback rider” while trading raffish barbs with Floyd and Peavey.
• Quote: “Let’s be pirates. Say, how about that lady bareback rider?... Come on, let’s grab some girls.” – Gildersleeve (18:10–18:15)
• Several failed attempts at cutting in for a dance, and the recurring gag of Gildy consistently missing out, including a humorous revelation that the lady he dances with is Floyd’s wife. (20:24)

5. Climax: The Supper Partner Footrace & Family Twist (22:53–26:19)

• Chief Gates announces the “main event”: men and women line up for a mad dash to claim their supper partners (23:17–25:01).
• Gildersleeve, using wit, slips on “rubbers” (galoshes) for traction and wins, only to discover that his partner is his own niece, Marjorie—whom he had forbidden to attend.
• Comic Moment: “Marjorie, I forbade you that costume. Why, it’s disgraceful. And now I’m stuck with you for supper.” – Gildersleeve, mortified (26:05–26:19)

6. Resolution & Sentiment: The Old Lang Syne Finale (26:20–27:43)

• The group sings “Auld Lang Syne.” Gildersleeve, attempting to maintain his “bad boy” resolutions, admits defeat.
• Poignant Quote: “I can’t even manage to be a bad boy.” – Gildersleeve (27:25)
• The importance of family togetherness and tradition shines through.

7. Epilogue: Marjorie Crowned Queen (29:04)

• During the supper, Marjorie is announced as “Queen of the Mask Ball” to Gildersleeve’s comic pride.
• Charming Moment: “She’s my niece, you hear? By George, blood will tell!” – Gildersleeve beams (29:24)

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Notable Quotes and Their Context

• “I’m making no resolutions this year. I’m just going to be a bad boy.”
  – Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve [01:21 & 14:58]
  Shows Gildy’s faux rebelliousness and sets the comedic tone.

• “You never asked me, Throckmorton. ... I waited, and you never asked me.”
  – Eve Goodwin [03:44]
  Illuminates the mix-up at the root of Gildy’s loneliness.

• “All basketball players are wild. One of the wildest boys I ever knew was a basketball player.”
  – Gildersleeve [07:18]
  Stereotyping for comedy and establishing Gildy's overprotectiveness.

• “After all the nice things you do for them all year ... happy new year. ... I’m just going to be a bad boy.”
  – Gildersleeve [14:27–14:58]
  Melancholic yet tongue-in-cheek complaint about family.

• “Let’s be pirates. ... Come on, let’s grab some girls.”
  – Gildersleeve [18:10–18:15]
  Reveals exuberant camaraderie at the ball.

• “I went outside and put on my rubbers. ... I used my head.”
  – Gildersleeve [25:51–25:58]
  His comic method for winning the partner race.

• “I can’t even manage to be a bad boy.”
  – Gildersleeve [27:25]
  Self-deprecating conclusion, brings the episode full circle.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Gildy’s resolution & misunderstanding with Eve: 01:21–04:44
• Family arguments and Marjorie’s rebellion: 06:50–10:13
• Gildy’s lonely New Year & decision to go out: 13:09–15:41
• Gildersleeve at the ball – comic rivalry: 17:02–22:52
• Footrace and supper partner reveal: 25:01–26:19
• Auld Lang Syne & family—sentiment and humor: 26:55–27:43
• Marjorie crowned Queen of the Ball: 29:04–29:24

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Episode Highlights & Memorable Moments

• The series of social misunderstandings that leave Gildersleeve alone for New Year's Eve, despite his best (and worst) intentions.
• Gildersleeve’s endless comic frustration—his attempts at bravado constantly derailed.
• Physical comedy at the ball: men scrabbling in their socks across the dance floor to pick dinner partners.
• The unintended family reunion: Gildy, having forbidden Marjorie to attend, ends up sharing supper with her.
• The affectionate parody of small-town social rituals and the theme that, for better or worse, New Year’s is best spent with those closest to us.

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Tone & Style

The episode is filled with the classic comedic timing, gentle ribbing, and warm, homespun atmosphere typical of “The Great Gildersleeve.” Dialog is brisk, with plenty of overlapping conversations, wisecracks, and affectionate jibes. Gildy alternates between self-pity, bombast, and genuine affection—capturing a relatable slice of holiday family life.

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A delightful romp through misunderstandings, tradition, and reluctant tenderness, this episode of The Great Gildersleeve remains a holiday classic—proof that, in the end, family, humility, and a little comedic chaos win out every time.

Transcript

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Happy New Year. I'm making no resolutions this year. I'm just gonna be a bad boy. That's my only resolution. I'm gonna be a bad boy.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What a terrible way to start the new year. But before we condemn our hero, let us review the tragic events which have put him in this desperate frame of mind. It all started with Gildersleeve's plans for Summerfield's annual costume ball. When he got his costume, he naturally wanted to tell somebody about it.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Well, I won't actually tell her. That would be against the rules. I'll just let her guess. You'll never guess in a million years. Last there me, proud beauty. Open the hatch before I blow it in. Fifteen men on a dead man's chest. Yo ho, yo in a bottle of.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Helloy rice Rock Morton.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Got my costume for tomorrow night, Eve. Right here under my arm.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, no. You mustn't tell me what it is, Throck Norton. That would spoil all the fun. No one's supposed to know who anyone is till the time comes for the unmasking.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Well, I wasn't going to tell you, Eve, but wouldn't you like to guess?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, come in anyway.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Thanks. Won't take my coat off. I gotta be getting right along home. Well, go ahead and guess, Eve.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, I don't. I don't think that would be fair, Throckmorton. You might start hinting.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, go on. Guess what I'm gonna be.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Humpty Dumpty.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Why do you guess that?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I don't know. He's kind of roly poly and you asked me to guess.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Guess again.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Henry viii.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Well, I get mixed up on those kings. Which one is he?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

The fat one. The one with all the wives. You know, he.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Why do you guess only fat people?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I've guessed only two and you insisted on my guessing.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You know. All right, I'll give you a little help? 15 minutes.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, no, you don't. Now, be fair, Throckmorton. I want it to be a surprise.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

But, Eve, the whole thing's a lot of nonsense. As soon as I call for you tomorrow evening, that'll give the whole thing away. By the way, what time do you want me to call for you?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You were planning to call for me?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, of course.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, I wish I'd known that before.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Of course I'm gonna call for you if I'm taking you to the ball.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I didn't know you were taking me to the ball, or I'm afraid it's too late now.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

What?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You never asked me, Throckmorton. You never did. Well, gosh, I waited, and you never asked me.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Gosh, I took it for granted that you and me. I mean, you and I.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

And I took it for granted, since I never heard from you, that you'd invited someone else. So I accepted another invitation.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Listen, you sold me the tickets to this thing. I had a right to assume you were going with me.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Why, I sold over 50 tickets, Throckmorton. I couldn't go with all of them.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Nuts. Gosh, if I'd had the slightest idea, Eve. I mean, I've got my costume here and everything. You couldn't just.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Not now. I couldn't possibly. I'm sorry, but when you're inviting a lady to something, it's customary to invite everyone.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I suppose you're going with that gym teacher again.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

He was kind enough to invite me, and he's very nice, really. I'm sorry. There was a misunderstanding. Throckmorton. I'll save your dance if you like.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Don't bother.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, no. Thr. Don't be a baby.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Who's a baby? I was going to be a pirate, but now I won't be anything. Won't even be there. Hello, Miss Fenwick. How'd you guess? I bet you're surprised to hear from me. Say, do you happen to be doing anything this evening? Oh, you are? Well, I just thought. Oh, well, I just. Well, same deal, Ms. Fenwick. Nuts. What's the matter with this town? New Year's Eve and everybody's going someplace. Oh, well.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

In the very nick of time.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Leroy, will you tell me what you're doing running around in my long underwear?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

That's not underwear.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I'm Captain Marvel in that bath towel.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

That's my teeth.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Look here, young man.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You want to see one of my mighty feats of strength? I can make this whole house disintegrate. All I have to do is Say shazam.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Lira.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Ooh, I said it. Lucky thing the house didn't hear me.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Calm down, will you? What are you getting dressed up for anyway? You're not going anyplace.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I know, but everybody else is. Josh, I want to have some fun.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I'll be here with you, my boy, the whole evening.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

That's no fun, huh? I mean, I thought you were going to the ball.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Paul, I'm doing nothing of the kind.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

But I thought.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I decided the whole thing was silly, childish. I didn't want to go in the first place.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Marge is going.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, no, she's not.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

She is, too. She's going with Jerry Walsh.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Now, look here. I had this whole thing out two days ago. Don't holler at me.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I'm not the one.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Go upstairs and tell your sister to come down here.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Hey, Mary.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I said go up and tell her.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

She heard me. What do you want On. I gotcha.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I don't know what I have to do to get obedience around here. Marjorie, what's this I hear?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

About what?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

About your planning to go to the ball this evening with that Walsh boy, Leroy.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I didn't say anything. I mean, I didn't mean to make any trouble, Marge. I just said what you said.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Never mind that. The point is, I told you two days ago, my dear, you were not going to that ball.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

But, uncle, it's the first thing Jerry's ever invited me to. He's one of the stars of the basketball team. If I turn him down at the last minute, he'll ever.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You would have turned him down two days ago. I told you then.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You said, you think it over. You said you'd see.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I said no. Besides, I've thought it over. Ball is no place for a girl your age. It's apt to turn out to be a very rowdy affair. That's why I'm not going myself.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I think you're mean.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Moreover, I don't want you going around with that Jerry Walsh. From what I hear, he's inclined to be wild. All basketball players are wild. One of the wildest boys I ever knew was a basketball player.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Aw, why don't you let her go?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Listen, who's running this house, you or me?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I didn't know anybody was running it.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You go upstairs to bed now. Well, go away anyway. This is just between your sister and me.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Sorry, Maud.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Go on, Leroy. Disintegrate. Shazam.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Okay, Cell phone.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

We heard it.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I'll get it. Hello? Hey, Uncle. You want to play me checkers? Quietly, Roy, I can't hear.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Not Now, Leroy.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Later. Huh? Later. Will you play me checkers, Leroy?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

We'll see, Leroy.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I'll set up the checkerboard just in case. Will everybody kindly. For heaven's sake, be quiet. Francie, I can't go. My uncle.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yes, yes, I know.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

And what do I tell Jerry? The first thing he's ever invited me to. I mean, I'll be so humiliated I'll just die.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yes, yes.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

My costume. I don't know. Burn it, I guess. What good is it now?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Costume, eh? Should know it'd gone as far as that. Well, I can't give in now.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Now, that is not true, Francis. My uncle is really very nice. If you know him. It's just about this one thing. He seems to be a little old fashioned.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You needn't look at me, my dear. You have my decision.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, I don't know. He's being so stuffy about everything these days, but I'll ask him. Uncle Mort, if I can't go to the ball, can I at least go over to Francis and spend the night?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, so Francie's mother wouldn't let her go to the thing either, eh? I told you it was no place for young girls.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, may I?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I see no objection. As long as you're in bed by a reasonable hour.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Miracles will happen. Francie, he said yes. I'll be right over. What? Excuse me.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Well, Birdie, you're all dressed up.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Yes. You look super, Birdie. I wouldn't know you. Well, thank you, Leroy. You look well yourself. You mean my football helmet? I don't think he's had that off since Christmas.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Take it off, Leroy. You want to be bald.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Okay. Goodbye, Francie. Be right over. Mr. Gilcleave, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy and prosperous. Is it all right if I go now?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Same to you, Bertie. And you go right ahead. By the way, where are you going?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, it's starting over to Jack Chase's house. Goodness knows where it'll wind up.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, well, I suppose that's your idea of a way to have a good time. My idea? The way to spend New Year's Eve is just sitting quietly here by the radio laying plans for next year.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, a man can't break any bones that way. Enjoy yourself, Miss Gilsley.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You too, Bertie. Happy New Year.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Hey, aren't you gonna play checkers? I've got the board all set up.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, I suppose so. Just when I'm sitting down, I'll let.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You have the first move.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, well, there, I expected that. I suppose she's leaving by now with that gym teacher.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Yeah, Move off.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, they'll all be there. Eve, Floyd, Booker, all them. Everybody but me.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Yours, Unk.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

What's that?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Your move.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, well.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Huh.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Leroy, it's your bedtime.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You haven't got your mind on the game, hun.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I'll admit I haven't got my mind on the game. But you go to bed anyway.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Do I have to?

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[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Okay. Gosh. Good night all.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Good night, my boy. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. What's happy about it? Marjorie out. Birdie out. Leroy in bed. Well, I suppose I could listen to the radio. I've missed Date with Judy though. And Trevor McGee.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You can see them all here. All milling about in the street down here below us. As I say, the crowd is milling about in the street here below us.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

And it is now just about one minute to midnight.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The crowd waits milling about in the street here below us for the new year to come in. Let's listen to them for a moment.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Gosh, it's midnight there already. That means it's 11 here. Clock slow. Well, it's just about time.

[Narrator/Announcer]

It's the moment we've all been waiting for here. So now let's see how they're taking the new year in the near Old south, making away Atlanta.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Atlanta. Leela could be there.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Are you listening?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Pleasure.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The music of Manicopeland and this orchestra coming to you from the glamorous Magnolia Room of the Jefferson House. And now here's a lovely little lady. One of the guests here won't you step up to the microphone, honey. Tell the folks what you think of this celebration.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, I just think we're all just having just the loveliest time here. And I just love New Year. And I just wish you all could be here because we're just having the loveliest time. I declare, I think.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

That girl, she sounded just like Leela. She couldn't have been, though.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Leela?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

How many New Year's Eves have I spent with Leela? My dear full line. We will take a cup of kindness yet, like fun we will. Leela? Where is she now? Married to somebody else. And Eve stood me up for a gym teacher. Yeah, that's what you get for being a gentleman. After all the nice things you do for him all year, the chips are really down. When his New Year's Eve, what do you get left at home twiddling your thumbs while they're off cutting up with somebody else? Oh, shut up. Happy New Year. I'm making no resolutions this year. I'm just going to be a bad boy. That's my only resolution. I'm going to be a bad boy. Goodbye, George. I'm going to that ball, too, if nobody wants to go with me. All right. I'll be a lone wolf. Yes, sir. I'll get into my pirate suit and I'll go down there, and if anybody thinks I'm fooling, she'll find out.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We'll join the great gilder sleeve at the ball in just a minute. Tonight's supposed craft extend their very best wishes for a happy, healthy new year. They also want to pledge their best efforts to produce for you in 1947 more of those fine craft food products that have been so much in demand and often so hard to get these past few years.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

That sounds Very promising, Mr. Lang. And I hope especially they'll be making more parquet margarine. It's our family's favorite spread for bread, but still a bit scarce, you know.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, then, here's some good news. Kraft hopes to produce much more parquet this year. Of course, some of the fine farm products from which parquet is made are still in short supply, but the outlook is a lot brighter. And as more of these wholesome farm products become available, we'll be rushing parquet margarine to your dealer. Fresh and country sweet in flavor, the same fine quality as always. So look for it in your favorite food store. Look first for the margarine of craft quality. Look first for parquet P A R K A Y FAR K Margarine made by the Kraft Foods Company.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yeah. Pardon me. Pardon me. Hey, look where you're going.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oop.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Floor slippery. Better pull for the shore. Me join the stag line over with a punch bowl. Pardon me. Pardon me. Well, a fellow pirate. Shiver my timbers in a yo.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Ho, ho, ho, ho yourself.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Peevey, is that you? I never would have known you.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yeah, it's me, all right.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I'll bet you don't know who I am.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I know I wouldn't say that. Happy new year, Mr. Gilderslee.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Somebody must have told you. Say, Peavey, I'm looking for the stag line. Do you know where it is?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Sure. This is it right here.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You mean you're the stag line? Where's Mrs. Peavey?

[Narrator/Announcer]

She's dancing with George Washington. As soon as I can cut him out, we're going home.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

George Washington.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Judge Hooker. There they go now.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Hello, dear.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Hooker. The old ghost in knee britches and silk stockings. Well, there's no use standing here moping, PB we're pirates. Let's be pirates.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Grab ourselves a couple. Say, how about that lady bareback rider? I noticed her myself. Interesting cocktail.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You said it. Come on, let's grab some girls.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Peebee, you grab one.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Now watch. Huh? Well, have to wait till the band starts again, anyway. Now what?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Ladies and gentlemen, your kind attention, please. Chief Gates.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Is that who it is? P.E.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That'S right. He's the grand marshal. Must be going to say something. Your attention, please. It's been called to my attention that some of the gentlemen have been smoking here in the auditorium. Smoking in the auditorium is against the fire regulations. Gentlemen who wish to wish to smoke will kindly go outside. Or they can smoke in the boys locker room in the southwest corner of the building. I thank you.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Boom.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, Mr. Yonaslee gonna try for the bareback rider?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You bet.

[Narrator/Announcer]

What's more, I'm gonna get her and go ahead. Here she comes.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Don't worry. I see her if I can.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hi, Commissioner.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Happy New Year.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Happy New Year, PV Happy New Year.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

For heaven's sake, another pirate. Is that you, Floyd? It ain't Captain Kidd. Well, I'll see you later.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I got my eye on that lady Bear.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Back right out. Oh, no, you don't. I got my eye on her.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

So what?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

It's a free country. You're a married man, Floyd. Isn't your wife here?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Sure, she's here, but there's no law says I gotta dance with her all night.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You lay off that lady bareback. Right.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You better get this settled, gentlemen. Here she comes.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

She's mine. Don't Move, Floyd. Pardon me, fair maiden. May I cut in? Hey, Peter, will you?

[Narrator/Announcer]

I just got her a minute ago myself.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

That doesn't make any difference. You're supposed nuts. What happened, Mr. Gilder sleeve? Well, a fellow just got her. I decided to give him a break. Horse feathers. She's just choosy, that's all.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I tried her a couple of times myself.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, is that so? Wait till next time around. I'll show you.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Here comes something. Mr. Jose in the hula skirt there. Looks pretty good for you. I mean hula skirt. Say, listen, Commissioner.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I don't need any advice or help from you, Floyd.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Okay.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Pardon me, fair maiden. May I cut in?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You sure may.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

See you later, pirates.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'll be gone. He got her.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yeah, he got her, all right.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen. What do you mean?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

That's the wife.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Well, serves him right for being such a bullhead.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I remember when I was first going with Floydy, Mr. Gilder sleeve. He used to take me to dances all the time. He used to be nice and light on his feet. But he's terrible now. I suppose it's from standing around that barber chair all day. That'd give anybody fallen arches. And that he's put on so much weight.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yes.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Whatever it is. I'm crazy about dancing. But he don't seem to care for it.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Would you like some punch or something, Mrs. Munson?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, no, I'm not thirsty. I'd rather just dance. Mr. Gilder sleeve. Told me one time you wish I was a blonde instead of a brunette. So I went and got my hair bleached. You should have heard him holler. You think I look better blonde? Mr. Gilder, please.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I guess so. I mean, not particularly. I mean.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Hi, Floyd.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I commissioned a swell party, ain't it?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yeah.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

It's nice to see Floydy enjoying himself for a change. As long as I'm having a good time, too.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yes.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Flor and I had a terrible argument about my costume. He said he thought a hula skirt was too undignified. But I know what he meant. He meant he thought I was too old for it. Oh, but I guess I showed him. What I say is, a girl isn't too old unless she feels too old. You think I'm too old for a hula skirt, Mr. Gilder?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Sleep, Mrs. Munson. Will you excuse me for a minute? I have to go to the boys locker room.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, well, well. Guilty. Happy New Year. Why aren't you dancing?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I've been dancing and you know it. Why didn't you cut in on me when I waved at you?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

That hula skirt didn't fool me.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, Goat.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Hey, here comes the lady bareback rider. Who is she anyway?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I don't know.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

My impression is she's a little too popular for the likes of us.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Us? Speak for yourself, hooker. There's nothing the matter with me. Just watch me. Pardon me, fair maiden. May I cut in?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Oh, for Pete's sake.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I just got her myself.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

What of it? You're supposed to let another f. I'll report you to the grand marshal. He's a friend of mine. Nuts. Here's one, though. Looks bad. Pardon me, fair maiden. May I cut in, Throckmorton?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Of course you may.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Gosh, I didn't know it was you. You look wonderful in that, whatever it is.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

What a nice compliment.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

It's a fact. Wouldn't have known it was you.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

I'm supposed to be an Arabian princess.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Well, I'm a bold, bad pirate holding you for ransom. Say, yeah? How about shaking this fellow you're with? We could go over to my place.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, I don't think I could do that.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Why not? And the chief again, the big show off. Stops the music every 10 seconds or you make a speed.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Feet. Your attention, please, ladies and gentlemen. In a few moments we'll have the main event of the evening. The gentleman's foot rate, followed by the unmasking the grand march and supper foot race.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

On this floor, the regulations is agreed.

[Narrator/Announcer]

On by the arrangements committee are as follows. The ladies will line up at the east end of the auditorium and the gentleman at the opposite or west end.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Yes, yes.

[Narrator/Announcer]

At the signal, the men will race to claim their partners. First come, first serve, that is. Whoever you catch is your partner for the grand march and for supper, which will follow immediately. I thank you.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Shall we dance some more, Eve?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

If you like.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Say, Eve, I've got an idea. Let's have supper together. Tell this gym teacher you promised me.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

The supper dance but dropped. You just heard the announcement. Everyone is supposed to race for supper, partner.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

We could get around it. We could sneak out right now and come back after the race is over.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Why, Throckmorton? That would be cheating. But if you win the race fair and square, I'd love to have supper with you.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Race? On this floor against a professional athlete?

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Well, if you don't care enough to try.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Pardon me, may I cut in?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

What the. Oh, him.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Oh, hello, Arthur. Thank you so much for the strong.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You're welcome, my George. I'd like to show her and that muscle man Too Lionel strong, for we could figure out a way to win that race. Why don't you look where you're going?

[Narrator/Announcer]

All ready for the main event.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Are the ladies.

[Narrator/Announcer]

In their places, gentlemen, in their places. All right, I'll say 1, 2, 3, and then strike this gong, which has been kindly provided by Chick Miller, our orchestra leader. Ready? One, two, three.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I made it. I choose the lady fairbank.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Mr. Throckmorton v. Gildersleeve is the fastest man in the crowd. Let's give him a hand.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

It wasn't so much.

[Narrator/Announcer]

How in the dickens did you do it, Commissioner? Everybody else was sliding around and falling down.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I went outside and put on my rubbers. Well, well, I'll be darned. I use my head.

[Narrator/Announcer]

That's all, ladies and gentlemen, everyone will now unmatch.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Well, here I am, Fair maiden Throckmorton P. Gillisleeve at your service. Come on, you have to take yours off, too. Marjorie, I forbade you to that costume. Why, it's disgraceful. And now I'm stuck with you for supper.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

You're stuck? I wanted to eat with Jerry, and now he's got somebody else.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

My joke, George. I've got a mind to spank you.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Happy New Year, Marjorie. Same to you, Ms. Goodwin. Oh, I think it was sweet of you to choose Marjorie as your partner, Throckmorton. After all, New Year's Eve is a time for families to be together.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Oh, what's the use.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Of.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

And they. The old language.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Hang on, nuts. O lang Sy, my dear.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

O.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You take a cup of kindness yet for days of all language.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Darn it.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I can't even manage to be a bad boy.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The Gray Killers will be with us again shortly. I suppose every one of us would like to know what's ahead in 1947. Well, at the Kraft Foods Company, we have high hopes that delicious country sweet parquet margarines will be available in larger quantities this coming year. Lower parquet will be produced just as quickly as more fine, wholesome farm products are available. And perhaps the time isn't far off when there'll be plenty of parquet margarine for everyone. And here's one thing you can be sure of. Every single pound of parquet you buy in 1947 will be the same fine quality as always. Rich in good flavor, high in food energy, every pound reliably fortified with 15,000 units of vitamin A. So look first for this margarine of craft quality. Look first. First for Par. Par K A Y par margarine made by Kraft.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Pass the cinnamon rolls will You, Marjorie.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Aren'T you have four?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

I don't care. I don't feel good. I need nourishment. For heaven's sake, can't the Chief even let us eat in peace?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. The committee of judges have asked me to announce the name of the lady they have chosen as Queen of the Mask Ball. I'm happy to announce that Her Majesty is Ms. Marjorie Gildersley Forester.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

She's my niece.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

She's my niece, you hear? By George Gilly Bl. Blood will tell.

[Narrator/Announcer]

The Great Gilder sleeve is played by Harold Perry. It is written by John Whedon and Sam Moore. The music is by Jack Meekin. Included in the cast are Walter Tetley as Leroy, Louise Erickson as Marjorie, and Lillian Randolph as Birdie, Judge Hooker as Earl Ross, and Dick LeGrand as Mr. Pe. This is John Lang saying good night for the Kraft Foods company and inviting you to listen in again next Wednesday for the further adventures of the Great Gilders League.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Good night. Happy New Year. See you in Memphis next week.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Guys, thanks for helping me carry my Christmas tree.

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

Zoe. This thing weighs a ton. Drew, ski lift with your legs, man.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Santa.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Santa, did you get my letter?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

He's talking to you, Bridges. I'm not.

[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

Of course he did. Right, Santa?

[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

You know who?

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

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[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

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[Andy Staples]

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[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

My side of the tree is slipping.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

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[Andy Staples]

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[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

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[Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve]

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[Andy Staples]

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[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

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[Andy Staples]

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[Eve (and other characters including Leroy, Marjorie, Birdie, Floyd, etc.)]

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