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Willard Waterman stars as radio's romantic water commissioner in 16 laugh-filled episodes of The Great Gildersleeve! Walter Tetley co-stars as nephew Leroy, with Mary Lee Robb as niece Marjorie, and Lillian Randolph as housekeeper Birdie Lee Coggins. Gildy goes toe-to-toe with the likes of crotchety Judge Horace Hooker (Earle Ross), sardonic barber Floyd Munson (Arthur Q. Bryan), Summerfield druggist J.W. Peavey (Richard LeGrand), and Marjorie's husband Bronco (Richard Crenna).

From Peavey's Pharmacy to the Jolly Boys Club, from Judge Hooker's courtroom to Floyd's Barber Shop, the people and places of Summerfield, USA, come alive! Join Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, making a place for himself and his family as he adopts (and adapts to) his new hometown.

This collection contains five Christmas radio classics from The Great Gildersleeve.

The Great Gildersleeve was a radio sitcom that aired on NBC from 1941 to 1958. The show was created by Leonard Lewis Levinson and starred Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, a blustery, self-important bachelor who has moved to the small town of Summerfield to raise his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie and Leroy Forrester.Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in The Great GildersleeveGildersleeve is a well-intentioned but often misguided man who frequently gets himself into trouble. He is known for his pomposity, his love of flattery, and his tendency to exaggerate. Despite his flaws, ...