The Great Gildersleeve

Season 1

Throckmorton Gildersleeve is a blustery "ladies" man who often finds himself in unusual predicaments. Raising his too smart nephew Leroy, he leans on his secretary Bessie and tries to ignore the advice of housekeeper Birdie.
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39 Episodes
  • Gildy Goes Broke
    E1
    Episode 1Gildy Goes BrokeAfter lecturing his nephew Leroy on spending all his money on the girls, Gildy proceeds to do the same thing when courting a beautiful woman.
  • Practice What You Preach
    E2
    Episode 2Practice What You PreachWhen Gildy's girlfriend, Lois, starts wandering into other men's arms, Gildy realizes that something must be done.
  • Circumstantial Evidence
    E3
    Episode 3Circumstantial EvidenceGildy washes his hands of the Water Department when he is unjustly accused with circumstantial evidence.
  • Gildy Goes Diving
    E4
    Episode 4Gildy Goes DivingWhen Gildy discovers that he is virtually unknown in Summerfield he goes fter publicity and makes a real splash-in 40 feet of water.
  • Gildy and the Con Men
    E5
    Episode 5Gildy and the Con MenGildy falls victim to a couple of con artists.
  • Gildy Stews About a Cook
    E6
    Episode 6Gildy Stews About a CookGildy desperately searches for a fiancée so that Birdie, his housekeeper, won't break off her marriage plans in order to care for his family.
  • Gildy The Private Eye
    E7
    Episode 7Gildy The Private EyeGildy is jealous when a handsome police detective is assigned to find the burglar who broke into his friend's safe.
  • Gildy's Juvenile Delinquent
    E8
    Episode 8Gildy's Juvenile DelinquentLeroy fools Gildy into believing that the prank he's accused of committing was actually perpetrated by another boy.
  • Gildy, King of Hearts
    E9
    Episode 9Gildy, King of HeartsGildy manages to become engaged to two different women at the same time.
  • Too Many Secretaries
    E10
    Episode 10Too Many SecretariesGildy gets in hot water with his real secretary when he tells his friends that his new girlfriend is his administrative assistant.
  • The Raffle
    E11
    Episode 11The RaffleGildy tries to impress a woman with tales of his wealth and spends the night in jail as a result.
  • Water Commissioner's Water Color
    E12
    Episode 12Water Commissioner's Water ColorGildy doesn't like Marjorie's new boyfriend and decides to check into his background.
  • The Nightmare
    E13
    Episode 13The NightmareGildy has a realistic nightmare after reading a harrowing mystery novel.
  • Bard Of Summerfield
    E14
    Episode 14Bard Of SummerfieldGildersleeve's girlfriend loves poetry, so he writes a sonnet for her. Leroy and Marjorie get a look at it before he gives it to her, decide it's so bad, they replace it with "How Do I Love Thee?". So impressed with it, his girl invites him to show more of "his" works at a formal reading.
  • Gildy Goes Hollywood
    E15
    Episode 15Gildy Goes HollywoodGildy gets stars in his eyes when a production company rents Summerville's City Hall to use as a movie set.
  • Golf Ball Incident
    E16
    Episode 16Golf Ball IncidentGildy conks a congresswoman on the head with an errant golf shot and inadvertently starts a feud between City Hall and Summerville's newspaper.
  • Command Performance
    E17
    Episode 17Command PerformanceGildy thinks Leroy has potential to be a professional singing cowboy.
  • The Quiet One
    E18
    Episode 18The Quiet OneGildy is invited to join a club that requires new members to remain silent for twenty-four hours as an initiation rite. If he speaks, he'll be refused entry, but if he doesn't he could get fired or thrown in jail.
  • Orange Blossoms in Summerfield
    E19
    Episode 19Orange Blossoms in SummerfieldGildy tries to escape his latest romantic entanglement by tormenting his fiancée's family.
  • The Good Scout
    E20
    Episode 20The Good ScoutWhen Gildy breaks several dates because of problems at work, a busybody aunt plants seeds of suspicion in his girlfriend's mind.
  • Gildy and the Expectant Father
    E21
    Episode 21Gildy and the Expectant FatherGildy's courtship of a pretty nurse founders when his men's club, "The Jolly Boys" disrupts the local hospital's maternity ward.
  • Gildy Tangles with Leroy's Teacher
    E22
    Episode 22Gildy Tangles with Leroy's TeacherLeroy convinces Gildy to intervene when the youngster complains about getting too much homework.
  • Gildy Loves Well, But Unwisely
    E23
    Episode 23Gildy Loves Well, But UnwiselyGildy is determined to save Judge Hooker from the machinations of a scheming woman, not realizing he is the object of her desire.
  • Protective Parent
    E24
    Episode 24Protective ParentGildy fears that Marjorie is preparing to elope and tries to stop her.
  • Birdie's Golden Dream
    E25
    Episode 25Birdie's Golden DreamGildie dismisses the dreams of his housekeeper as nonsense, therefore misses a golden opportunity.
  • Two Girls, One Birthday
    E26
    Episode 26Two Girls, One Birthday
  • The Whistling Bandit
    E27
    Episode 27The Whistling BanditAppointed Acting Police Commissioner during a crime wave, Gildy inadvertently becomes The Whistling Bandit's accomplice.
  • Dancing Lessons
    E28
    Episode 28Dancing LessonsGildy is attracted to Leroy's lovely dancing instructor.
  • Marjorie's Apartment
    E29
    Episode 29Marjorie's ApartmentMarjorie moves into her own apartment and chaos ensues in both households.
  • Gildy the Go-Between
    E30
    Episode 30Gildy the Go-Between
  • Gildy Pulls the Switch
    E31
    Episode 31Gildy Pulls the Switch
  • Gildy's All American Boy
    E32
    Episode 32Gildy's All American BoyGildersleeve talks Leroy and Bruce out of constructing a rocket in the back yard and into building a raft like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. When the boys disappear, Gildy panics and assumes they're lost on the river. He launches a search party while the boys, bored with the raft, head for the movie theater.
  • Prisoner of Love
    E33
    Episode 33Prisoner of LoveA widow with five children refuses to allow Gildy to build an aqueduct across her property unless he agrees to marry her and adopt her children.
  • Gildy Hires an Eager Beaver
    E34
    Episode 34Gildy Hires an Eager BeaverGildy's plan to impress his girlfriend by hiring a bright young man backfires when the mayor objects to the number of people on the Water Commissioner's staff.
  • The Political Plum
    E35
    Episode 35The Political PlumThe state's retiring governor is willing to back Gildy to replace him - if Gildy marries his ugly daughter.
  • Gildy's Efficiency Kick
    E36
    Episode 36Gildy's Efficiency KickThe mayor plans to appoint a committee to improve City Hall's efficiency and Gildy wants to be its chairman.
  • Calling Dr. Bergstrom
    E37
    Episode 37Calling Dr. BergstromA pretty female doctor mistakes Gildy's lovesick swooning for a real illness and confines him to the hospital.
  • The Deed
    E38
    Episode 38The DeedGildy is fooled by a con artist who produces a phony deed for the land Summerville's reservoir rests upon.
  • Beauties and the Beast
    E39
    Episode 39Beauties and the BeastGildy is called as a witness two of his lady friends when a beauty shop owner accidentally ruins the other woman's hair.
 
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