Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and by 1934, 60 percent of the nation's households had radios.

Great Gildersleeve, The

Great Gildersleeve, The

Broadcast History: 31 August 1941 to 21 March 1957

In 1941 Throckmorton P Gildersleeve spun off into his own radio program, becoming the first radio character to do so. He had originally appeared on Fibber McGee and Molly in 1937 and left to become the Water Commissioner of Summerfield and to raise his niece and nephew. The series had the same appeal as today’s soaps because each episode was connected. Gildersleeve’s romances were often at the centre of it all. The best of the romances is the one with Leila Ransom.

file_6179de33ab445_GG501122 - Water Department Calendar [320]
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file_6179de393e4e2_GG501129 - Leroy's First Date [320]
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file_6179de3d2ecbd_GG501206 - Leroy's Laundry Business [320]
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file_6179de4176c40_GG501213 - Chief Gates on the Spot [320]
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file_6179de4646d1f_GG501220 - Christmas Show - a Present for Kathryn [320]
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file_6179de4a211b7_GG501227 - Gildy-Bullard Double Date New Year's Eve [320]
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file_6179de4ec91dc_GG510103 - Marjorie Craves Sauerkraut [320]
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file_6179de555d415_GG510110 - Gildy Is Worn out from Late Dating [320]
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file_6179de5a506ed_GG510117 - A Nervous Expectant Father [320]
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file_6179de5e8db7b_GG510131 - Marjorie's Baby Shower [320]
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file_6179de63a0076_GG510207 - Day off for Peavey - 30Th Anniversary [320]
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file_6179de6837fa7_GG510214 - Throwing Snowballs [320]
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file_6179de6b65866_GG510221 - Marjorie's Babys Arrive [031]
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file_6179de6fa22e4_GG510228 - Trying to Name the Twins [320]
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file_6179de7467adf_GG510307 - Marjorie and the Twins Coming Home - Grandpa Isn't
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file_6179de78c6bae_GG510314 - Gildy Pushes Attendanced at the Jolly Boys Club [3
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file_6179de7c8b76e_GG510321 - Bronco Tries to Run the House [160]
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file_6179de80b28c5_GG510328 - Gildy and Leroy Baby Sit the Twins [320]
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file_6179de84e5e66_GG510404 - Bullard Needs Boat Access [320]
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file_6179de89379be_GG510411 - Gildy Worried That Kids Want to Leave [320]
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file_6179de8dae392_GG510418 - Leroy in Love with Marcelle [320]
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file_6179de9321125_GG510425 - Leroy's Pony [320]
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file_6179de97588eb_GG510502 - Spring Cleaning the Judges House [320]
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file_6179de9cddd37_GG510509 - Marjorie and Bronco's First Anniversary [320]
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file_6179dea17e6fb_GG510516 - Boating Date with Katharine [320]
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file_6179dea57f6b3_GG510523 - Bronco's Father Arrives - Twins Are Named [320]
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file_6179deaa12b5e_GG510530 - Leaving on Vacation to Half Moon Lake - Gildy's Sc
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file_6179deae27a2f_GG510905 - Leroy Buys a Car [031]
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file_6179deb2a4784_GG510912 - County Fair Comes to Summerfield [308]
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file_6179deb6b8ff2_GG510919 - Falling for the Bullard Sister [179]
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