Leroy Smokes A Cigar (Aired November 23, 1941)
The Great Gildersleeve (1941-1957) was the arguable founding father of the spin-off program, as well as one of the first true situation comedies (as opposed to sketch programs) in broadcast history. Hooked around a character who had been a staple on the classic radio hit Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest period in the 1940s, when Harold Peary graduated the character from the earlier show into the sitcom and in a quartet of likeable feature films at the height of the show's popularity.
THIS EPISIODE:
November 23, 1941. NBC network. Sponsored by: Kraft Parkay. The day Leroy and his friend sampled Gilderlseeve's cheap cigars. Harold Peary, Walter Tetley, Lurene Tuttle, Lillian Randolph, Leonard L. Levinson (writer), William Randolph (composer, conductor), Jim Bannon (announcer). 29:32.
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