 The Kraft Foods Company presents the Great Gildersleeve. Hehehehe. Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Perry brought to you by the Kraft Foods Company, makers of Farkay, Majoran, and a complete line of famous quality food products. Well, let's see now what Gildersleeve has been up to. I doubt really that Gildersleeve himself could tell you. Since the day he learned that his old flame, Lila Ransom, was pledged to marry another, he has lived in a daze, busying himself about unimportant things, and trying to put out of his mind the thought of his impending loss. But inevitably it has come. The moment he has been dreading, it came when he wasn't looking. He was lingering late at the breakfast table, scanning the paper and putting away a few fried eggs when the doorbell rang. Toast in one hand and napkin in the other, he rose and stepped to the door, wiping his mustache as he went. Oh, um, pardon me. Hello, Lila. Uh, I've come to say goodbye, Throckmorton. Let me just put this toast down someplace. There. Well, uh... I might not see you again. That's why I came over now. Well, I'm glad you did. Glad you did. You're leaving today, then? Tonight. Oh, tonight. At 9.15. 9.15. That's when my train goes. Train? You're going on the train, then? Yes. Well, I... I brought you a key to my house. I'd like to leave it with you. Judge Hooker's handling the house for me, of course, but I thought if he wanted to show it to anybody, why? This is the key. That's the key. I'll take good care of it. I'll hang it on a meal or something. That's the key to the front door, not the back door. There's a different key to the back door, but this is the key to the front door. Oh, I see. Well, I'll tell them to try it on the front door. If they have any trouble, tell them to push down a little. Push down a little. Push down and then turn it. Turn it. I see. By the way, I want to thank you for your wedding present. It was simply lovely. Oh, it was nothing. Well, it was lovely, and you shouldn't have done it. I'll write you a formal thank you letter of course as soon as I get my stationery, but I wanted to thank you anyway. Well, thanks. It was really lovely. Well, glad you liked it. Tell Julian Henry not to bust it. You have to handle it kind of easy, tell him. Oh, Julian Henry is very careful. He's a doctor, you know. Yes, I know. Doctors have to be careful. I suppose. It's sterling silver. Yes, I'll notice that. Lovely. Do with it, Trock Martin. Do with it? What do you think you do with it? It's a combination corkscrew, bottle opener, cheese knife, and pickle fork. Well, it was something. The presents, I didn't know what to write down. Oh, I think it's lovely. Thanks. Well? Suppose there's nothing to do but say goodbye now. Yes, I. Oh, by the way, here's the bill of lading for those crates I expressed for you. You will need that. Oh, thank you. I do hope it wasn't too much trouble. Oh, not at all. You're leaving tonight, you say? 9.15. 9.15. On the train. On the train. You hope we'll always be friends. Friends? Oh, sure, sure. Naturally. Well, I guess I'd better be going now. Sure you won't come in for a minute? Well, that's a heck of a way to say goodbye to a girl. Well, that's a heck of a way to say goodbye to me. Nuts. Why didn't I ask her if I could drive her down to the station? Who left this football here? Leroy can't found it. There's football lying around where people can bump into it. I haven't decided. I don't know what I'm doing tonight. What's bad about that dish? I wish I had some glue. I could fix it if I had some glue. Glass glue. Yeah, let it go. We'll get another dish. It's going to be hard to get another one like that. We got that one with soap chips. Soap chips is hard to find. Yeah, as well, never mind. Last time I went to market, I laid in $2 worth of canned goods we didn't need just to get one box of soap chips. Then when he looked under the counter, he didn't have no soap chips. At least that's what he said. It's getting so things is just as bad under the counter as they are on the shelves. Bad in the basement as they are under the counter. Then what do they do? Guess I'll have to dig. Miss Gilsey, do you feel all right? Perfectly. You don't seem to talk much. I'm reading the newspaper. Trying to. Would you rather read today's paper? That's last week's paper you got there. Where did I get this? That's the paper I put under the toaster to keep it from burning the table. Funny, I didn't notice. Here's today. Oh, thanks. Mr. Gilsey, now have you decided? Decided what? About tonight, whether you're going out. Oh, if you want to go out, Brady, go ahead. I have no plans. Oh, I don't want to go out if you're going out. That's all right. Go ahead, Brady. Well, thank you, sir. I'll go for a little bit. Now, why did I say that? Maybe I will want to go out. Darn it, why didn't I offer to drive Lila to the station? Of course, there's still time. I could call her up and know. That's just what she'd want me to do. I wouldn't give her the satisfaction. She wants to marry this fellow. Let her go ahead and marry him. Let him drive her to the station. Let him come all the way from Savannah and drive her to the station. There's one thing sure. I'm not going to sit here all evening biting my nails. Oh, Bertie, just a minute. Hold it, baby. Yes, sir? I don't like to change your plans, Bertie, but about this evening. Yes, sir? I haven't quite decided. There'll be a call back. No, it don't look so good now. I know it's kind of short notice, Eve. I would have called you sooner only. Look, Eve, I don't like to ask you to break a date. But if you could just see your way clear to do it just this once, just this evening, it would. Well, that's just the trouble. I tried everybody else. Hello? Hello? Yeah? Hung up? What's the idea? No, what? I haven't quite made up my mind yet, Bertie. Yeah? Many times, what are you doing home in the middle of the morning? Teacher sent me home. I got a cold. Oh, for heaven's sake, for a little cold? What are you doing home? That's my business. Stop sniffing. Go get a handkerchief. I've got one. Then use it. OK. What's the matter with him? Don't bother your uncle now. He's making up his mind. Making up his mind about what? He don't know, I guess. That's what he's making up his mind about. Basketball game tonight? No, certainly not. But it doesn't cost anything, hon. It's free. It doesn't cost anything. That's not the point. I can perfectly well afford to send you to the basketball game if I want to. But you've been sent home from school with a cold. I don't know what they sent you home for, a little cold. If you'd stop sniffing, you wouldn't have one. Bertie, I guess you'd better put him to bed. Oh, hung up. Then get out of my way and let me use that telephone. Oh, sure. Hey, young. Judge Hooker, none of your business. I keep warm. I'll go on it. Leroy, can't you see I'm telephoning? Guess he isn't there. Wonder who else in the jolly boys I could call. Don't tell me you're going to play poker again tonight. That Leroy is my affair. We play for very small stakes anyway. Gosh. I can't even go to a basketball game and he plays poker every night in a week. It's not every night in a week. Oh, PV? Giller slave. They say, PV, I got the thinking. How about a little game of penny ante this evening? You and the fellas, give you a chance to win back some of that. Well, why couldn't you? PV, it's not every night in a week. Leroy, go upstairs. Look, PV, we played last night, granted. And we played the night before. But how long was it before that that we played? Just ask her that. Then tell her what she can do. Show her who's boss, PV. PV, you know what you are. You're a niny. Well, now I wouldn't say that. Nuts. I guess I spend the evening alone. Might as well get used to it. Won't be the only evening I'll spend alone. Evening after evening with nobody next door. No lila, nobody. Windows dark, shades drawn. No lila. She, what'll I do? Give me that phone. 5, 8, 3. PV, you've got to do this for me. I'm asking you as a personal favorite. If you ever call yourself my friend, PV, get the fellas over here tonight. We'll have a lot of fun, PV. We'll play cards. We'll play games. We'll do anything you like. We'll have a minute. The slave will be with us again in just a minute. Everyone knows that a dollar doesn't go very far these days. Still, the family is just as hungry as ever. And that's why we're always glad to remind you of a wholesome food that's high in food energy and very economical too. That sounds like a buildup for one of your craft food products, Mr. Lang. You know I'm referring to Parquet Margarine, a spread for bread that's a favorite in millions of homes. Parquet is one of the finest of all energy foods you can serve. 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So we find Gildersleeve, Judge Hooker, Floyd the Barber, Chief of Police Gates, and Mr. Peavey seated around Gildersleeve's dining room table, with a bright light shining down on them, neatly stacked chips in front of each player, and an almost new deck of cards in circulation. You're some host, Mr. Gildersleeve. I lost $3 already. The evening's young yet, Floyd. Well, I've never seen such a run of luck as you've been having. Well, I'll admit I've been lucky. Lucky at cards, unlucky at love. You're right, Floyd. But believe me, I'd rather have it the other way around. You must be crazy. No, I'm not. I win a few dollars at poker. What up it? You have a happy home, security, someone to share your joys and sorrows. Only a bachelor could say a thing like that. Now, look, anybody knocks my wife, I'll give him an argument. She's as good as anybody's wife. She has her good points, but she did have, anyway. But here's what gets me. It's your deal, Floyd. Keep your shirt on. You're ahead. Here's what gets me about my wife. I never can tell what she's after. And they're all the same. Am I right, Chief? No, I think I know what you mean. Certainly. Well, I'll leave it to Peeve. Hey, Peeve, does your wife ever come right out and tell you what she wants or does she sneak up on it, by the way, at Denver? Mrs. Peeve uses both methods. You're lucky. I never know where I stand. Like last week, for instance, she was after me like a tiger. We had to have a new washing machine, a new washing machine that's 140 bucks. Cut the cards, Peeve. I cut them five minutes ago. Oh. Well, I said to Lovie, I said, look, Lovie, try to get this through your head. We ain't got 140 bucks. That doesn't sound like indirection to me, Floyd. Well, you hear. Yesterday, she comes up to me and she says, Floydie, I got the old washer fixed for only $16. Can I have a new coat? You know what I think? I think she was after the coat all the time. If she'd asked you right out for the coat, you'd have complained anyway. I did. It's not important, Floyd. You married men of something solid. You can build your lives around. Something to give your lives direction. I get plenty of that. When you're sick, who takes care of you? When you're discouraged, who cheers you up? When you come home tired after a day's work, who stands there ready to welcome you? Lovely, hazel, Mrs. Peeve. There you are. But me, I come home to an empty house. Oh, poppycock, you've got the best cook in town and two fine children. It's not the same as a wife for us. It's not the same. Oh, you make me tired, trying to behave as if you'd sustained a tragic loss. If Lila meant so much to you, why didn't you ask her to marry you? I did. I was engaged to her. You know I was. At the time you were engaged to Lila, she was married to Bore Gar ransom. I didn't know that. I made my proposal in good faith. Yeah. But have you ever proposed to her since she became a bona fide legitimate widow? Well, maybe not in so many words. No, I guess I haven't. And stop complaining. Would you mind dealing? Excuse me, fellas. Hello? I must say, since we're here as a favor to you. And I'm out $3 as I said here. Oh, please, I'll be back. There's coax in the icebox. Where's my hat? On my head. See you later, fellas. Well, honey, I like that. Like this at the last minute? No trouble at all. Well, if you'll take my bag, I guess we ought to get started. This all the baggage you've got? Can't be more than a couple of handkerchiefs in there. Oh, there's a few littles, I guess. I'll have to ask you to lock my door. Did you bring the key? Key? Oh, yes. Can't seem to. You have to push down and let me shake it. Are we all ready? I guess so. I'll just put your bag in the back. Away we go. Well, what's the matter? You forget something? I was just taking one last look at my little house. We have time, haven't we? Time? Oh, sure. Yeah, go ahead. It's rarely a sweet little house. And I've had some awfully happy moments in it these last five years. What are you thinking, Schrockmott? Your leaves need raking. Let's get started, shall we? I hate having to hurry for a train. Lila, what's the matter now? Nothing, Schrockmott. No, only let's get started, please. This is the last time I'll ever see West Fifth Street. There's Shaw's Bakery. And Meltz's Hardwire. There? You know something, Schrockmott? What? I told you a fib on the telephone. A fib? You did? How? I never sent for cab at all. I was going to send for one, but then I thought I'd rather see you. Well, gosh, why didn't you ask me sooner? I might have been out. I don't know. What kind of thinking all day? I was thinking we never really got to say goodbye to each other. You thought that, too? Oh, it was awful this morning, like two strangers. You're right. That's just what it was, two strangers. But we're not strangers, Schrockmott. We've been very, very good friends. Yes, we have. We've been long. Didn't see that tar. Schrockmott, would you mind holding my hand just till we get to the station? Shall we? Sure. I've got my ticket and everything. All I have to do is get on the train. Got your Pullman reservation? Oh, yes. Upper nine and car 64. Upper? Couldn't you get a lower? Oh, I always buy an upper. It costs less silly. And then occasionally, I meet someone who insists I'm trading with me. Yeah. Do you think you'll miss me, Schrockmott? You bet I will. I'm afraid I'm going to miss you, too, sometime. Lila? Yes, Schrockmott. Nothing. We've had a lot of fun together. Do you remember the time we went on the picnic out by the old haunted house? Sure. And we took off our shoes and stockings and played in the brook. And then we lay on the grass and looked up at the great big white clouds. I remember. That was a perfect day. Perfect. Until that old cow came and chased us away. Yeah, it chased you away. You thought it was a bull. So did you, but you were brave. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you believe in fate, Schrockmott? Fate? Well, I don't know. I never thought much about it. I believe in it. I think that fate throws people together for a reason. It's not just an accident. How do you mean? Well, just think. If I hadn't come to Summerfield, I never would have met you. That's fate. Yes, you're right. I never thought of it that way. And now, just because I went south for the summer, fate has decreed I'm to be married. It's almost uncanny. If I hadn't gone down there, who knows? I didn't know you had this deep side, do you, Leela? Oh, I have. I don't often show it, that y'all. Leela? Yes, Schrockmott. I'm afraid that's my train, Schrockmott. Yeah, that's right. Whistling for more injunction. Can you get my bag? I'll get it, Leela. Now, that's just a switch engine. Your train won't be here for another minute or two. Another minute. And then you may never see me again. Leela? I'm sorry? Leela, about this fellow, Julian Henry, would have made any difference if I'd asked you to marry me. Yes, Schrockmott. It might have made a great deal. There's my train. The train that's taken me to my wedding, Schrockmott. See? I feel terribly alone. I'm a little frightened going down there to marry Julian Henry. I don't really know him so very well. He's terribly nice and rush into this. Leela, you're going to be very happy. You get used to Julian Henry. There's nothing to be nervous about. Here's your little bag. You get in the train and have a good night's rest. And you'll feel just like getting married tomorrow. You don't have to shove me. Goodbye. And the great Gilda sleep again very shortly. You women who are trying to serve good nourishing meals within limits of the family budget know how important it is to keep a sharp look out for the best values in food. 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