Geezer Gus Presents™ - The Great Gildersleeve - "The Matchmaker" (1942)

About this episode

This episode features a classic radio comedy from The Great Gildersleeve titled 'The Matchmaker' which first aired in 1942.

Welcome back folks to the Geezer Guss Prezents™ old time radio series ! I'm so thrilled you tuned in ! Today's classic episode is from the popular radio comedy The Great Gildersleeve Comedy Show. The Great Gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy, broadcast from 1941 to 1957. The series was built around the character Throckmorton Gildersleeve, a regular element of the radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly. This classic episode titled "The Matchmaker" first aired in 1942.&nbs...

People in this episode

Host: Geezer Gus

Topics covered

• classic radio
• comedy
• situation comedy
• old time radio
• The Great Gildersleeve

Keywords

• Geezer Gus
• The Great Gildersleeve
• classic radio
• comedy
• 1942
• Throckmorton Gildersleeve
• Fibber McGee and Molly

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly

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