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Witness To A Wedding – May 27, 1953 – 29 Minutes
First Episode: August 31, 1941
Last Episode: March 21, 1957
Number of Episodes: Approximately 645
Network: NBC Radio Network
Cast Members: Harold ‘Hal’ Peary (Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve 8/31/41-6/14/50), Willard Waterman (Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve 9/6/50-3/21/57), Bea Benaderet, Tommy Bernard, Arthur Q Bryan, Hans Conried, Dick Crenna, Gale Gordon, Richard Legrand, Forrest Lewis, Una Merkel, Shirley Mitchell, Lillian Randolph, Marylee Robb, Earle Ross, Walter Tetley, Lurene Tuttle
Producers/Directors: Karl Gruener, Fran Van Hartesfeldt, Cecil Underwood
Announcers: Ken Carpenter, John Hiestand, John Wald, Jay Stewart, Harlow Wilcox
Sound Effects: Floyd Caton, Monty Fraser, Virgil Reimer
Music: Jack Meakin Orchestra
Writers: Virginia Safford Lynne, Sam Moore, John Whedon, Andy White
Sponsor: Kraft Foods
Typical Episode Length: 30 minutes
The Great Gildersleeve radio show was the first spinoff of another radio show. On the series, “Fibber McGee and Molly“, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve left when he took a job as the water commissioner of Summerfield. The plotline often involves one of Gildersleeve’s many romances and his challenge in raising his niece and nephew.
The Great Gildersleeve was also one of the first situation comedies. Most comedy shows up to the 1940s had been sketch comedies where the stars used the talents they’d learned during their days in vaudeville.
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