The Great Gildersleeve: Selling the Iron Deer (1941)

Gildersleeve sends his nephew Leroy and the household to sell an old iron deer ornament from the storeroom to raise money for Christmas after the family's cash has been tied up in defense bonds. Leroy sells the deer to a junk dealer, Mr. Skinner, but the deer then goes missing, and Skinner threatens to have Leroy arrested. Llewellyn, who has joined the household as a bookkeeper, helps sort out the confusion. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on December 14, 1941, starring Harold Peary, Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.

With Gildersleeve, Leroy, Bertie, Mr. Skinner, Llewellyn, Marjorie, Mr. Abernathy, Joe Bush.

Listen for: Leroy's bargaining with the junk dealers and the confusion over who has the iron deer.

First aired on December 14, 1941 on NBC.

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