The Great Gildersleeve: Gildy Goes on a Diet (1942)
Laugh Track · Nov 7, 2026 · 27:43
Laugh Track · Nov 7, 2026 · 27:43
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Gildersleeve decides to go on a diet and swears off smoking, but his friend Judge Hooker bets him $100 that he cannot lose ten pounds in a week. Bertie, Marjorie and Leroy try to help him keep his resolution, though his meals are plain and his cravings grow. Hooker assigns his brother-in-law Erwin Pidge to follow Gildersleeve and make sure he keeps to the terms. The series is The Great Gildersleeve, first broadcast on NBC on January 4, 1942, starring Harold Peary, with Willard Waterman, Lillian Randolph and Lurene Tuttle.
With Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Bertie, Marjorie, Leroy, Judge Hooker, Erwin Pidge.
Listen for: Gildersleeve's attempts to keep his diet and avoid cigars, and the judge's bet
First aired on January 4, 1942 on NBC.
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