 The Kraft Foods Company presents Willard Waterman as the great Gildesleeve. The Gildesleeve is brought to you partially transcribed by the Kraft Foods Company. There's something truly new and truly wonderful about Kraft's new parquet margarine. New parquet now spreads smoothly even when ice cold. Join with your neighbors in making this great discovery. The minute you take new parquet from your refrigerator, it's ready to spread smoothly on the freshest bread. No tearing, no trouble. Kraft's new parquet margarine comes to you in a new ice-blue package. Try a pound. You'll love the way it tastes. You'll love the way it spreads. Well, big fat snowflakes have been falling on Summerfield all night. And this morning the great Gildesleeve is speculating about the number of frozen water pipes. But Lee Roy, like the rest of the youngsters, can hardly wait to get out and start building forts and snowmen. Hey, Aunt, the snow's letting up. Oh, boy, the sun's breaking through. Yeah, look at the snow on the roofs and the trees. Regular fairyland, my boy. Yeah, keen. It can be rough on the water department. Wait until some customer turns on his faucet and gets ice cubes. Boy, I'm going to get out in it. See you later, Aunt. Yeah, be sure you dress for it, Lee Roy. Put on your overshoes. No, I have to wear them. Of course. Why do you object to wearing them? Well, one reason is I can't find them. Lee Roy, have you lost your new overshoes? No, I haven't lost them. I just aren't where I left them. Where did you leave them? We're at school. Don't ask me. But I won't let you go out and get your feet wet. You won't? That snow is six inches deep. Hang them. Yes, yes. Where are your mittens? Say, if I had my mittens, I could walk on my hands. Lee Roy, where are they? Gosh, I don't know. There. You see? Maybe I stuffed them in my overshoes. I bet that's what I did. I better stuff them in my overshoes. Oh, my goodness. Lee Roy, you're taking this too lightly. You don't take care of your things. Well, let them in. Young man, you stay here and listen to what I have to say. I'm just trying to be polite to Mr. Cooley. Well, be polite to me and stay here. Mr. Cooley doesn't need an invitation to come in. You're always losing track of things. Yeah. Last week you came home from school without your lunch paid. I'm sorry. It's free. Don't try to duck out. I haven't finished with you. Gosh. What happened to the fountain pen I gave you? What happened to it? Eggman. Oops. We heard you, Mr. Cooley. I wasn't so sure. I thought maybe you were wearing your earmuffs in the house. Hello, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. Hello. Do you know what's been snowing all night? Hello, Lee Roy. Hi. Why aren't you out in it, Lee Roy? Well, gosh. I've been making rabbit tracks all over town. An Eggman making rabbit tracks. Of course. Well, I suppose so. But I want you to promise you'll start taking care of your things. Okay. Be a little more like me. You'll find your old uncle mislaying his things. Get yourself organized. Okay. Lee Roy been mislaying things? Yeah, I'll say he has. We had a hand who mislaid things. Oh, brother. You're not laughing, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. I'm not in a laughing mood. I was always taught to have a place for everything and keep everything in its place. But my good example hasn't made much of an impression on Lee Roy. Hey, Uncle. Yes? Where are the cuff links I gave you for your birthday? Uh-oh. The cuff links? Those big round ones with a purple glass. You never were them. Well, they're beautiful cuff links, Lee Roy. Yeah, but where are they? Yeah, let me see. Mr. Gilder-Sleeve, you're beginning to squirm. You don't know what you did with them, huh? Well, I had them up. Naturally, I haven't looked for them recently, but... If you haven't known across them, why don't you give them back to me? Give them back to you? You know worm anyway. Where are the cuff links, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve? You were out the last time I saw them. You don't know, do you? Oh, well, it isn't important. I often wondered if Lee Roy didn't give them to me just as a gag. I didn't know you could buy that much glass for a dollar. Oh, I wouldn't take it too lightly, Mr. Gilder-Sleeve. What's this? Lee Roy wouldn't say so, but I think he's hurt because you haven't been wearing them. You doesn't mean that much to Lee Roy. You never can tell. Some of us can hide a broken heart. What? I once presented my wife with a snood which she never wore. A snood? Lady's headwear. Very modern. I brought it all away from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I was attending the dressed poultry convention. Coolie, I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me. I have to go downtown. I have to go, too, after I finish telling you about the snood incident. Oh, my... Well, sir, the fact that Mrs. Coolie never wore the snood kept gnawing at me. Yes, yes. Lee Roy doesn't like to have his snood snubbed. Well, you've got a point there. I didn't realize how wide the rift was between my spouse and me until I found myself brooding in the henhouse. Lee Roy isn't brooding. He walked out into the cold snow. Chances are he's unhappy as I was in the henhouse. Coolie, stop it. Before you convince me I'm in the doghouse. Well, I see Lee Roy's working on a snowman. I wonder if he is upset about those cufflinks. He hasn't even looked at me. Lee Roy! Oh, Lee Roy, it's me, your old uncle. I see you're building a snowman. Yep. Can I help you? I don't need any help. Oh, well... I'm trying to make a better one than Piggy. Oh, I'm sure you will. If you want me to help, would you care to play in the snow for a while before I go to the office? No. Wouldn't you like to throw a snowball at me? Every time it snows, Lee Roy, you always throw snowballs at me. Come on, it's fine. No, I gotta get on with it. No? All right. Goodbye. Lee Roy, if you care to change your mind, I make a good target. He's more interested in a cold snowman than he is in me. Well, I've got to snap him out of this. Lee Roy? Yeah? Come on now. Be a good sport. Throw a snowball at me. Oh! You stubborn kid. Young man, I demand that you hit me with a snowball. Oh, cut it out, huh? Lee Roy, that's an order. Okay, okay. And don't just toss it, put some steam behind it. That's the latest... Was that a snowball or a baseball? Lee Roy threw that snowball. He's upset because I lost those winks. Well, perhaps Margie knows where they are. My feet got cold out there. Thank you. You don't want to track in snow. You look like you've been rolling in it. Lee Roy hit me with a snowball. I think he's a little upset with me. Oh? I was after him this morning about mislaying his things. Couldn't find his mittens. Couldn't find his overshoes. Anki, where are your overshoes? And I couldn't find them. They're at the office, I think. Do you remember the big glass cuff links Lee Roy gave me? How could I forget them? He must have bought them because they look like marbles. Yeah, they're beginning to look more like eight balls all the time and I'm right behind them. Why, Anki? He gave them to me for my birthday. I know. The same birthday I gave you a gold belt buckle with your initials on it. That's right. Say, what happened to that belt buckle? What happened to it? Why don't you wear it? Well... Where is it, Anki? I better think of something fast. Did you mislay that, too? Marjorie, not your silver belt buckle. Gold? Yes, gold. Just wanted to see if you remembered. You never wear it, do you? Well, I put on a little weight. You can't wear a buckle on a belt if the belt won't reach the belt buckle. Anki? Excuse me, Marjorie, I'm late. Some place. Hello, Pee-Vee. Yeah, huh? What can I do for you today? How about a cup of hot chocolate? Yeah, man. A little chilly out. Yeah. But when winter sets in, I resort to a little psychology to keep me warm. What's this? I get out the travel circulars and begin speculating on how it would be to go south. Hello? I guess I'm just a wild goose at heart. Now you take this folder on Honolulu. That looks pretty good on a day like this. Yeah, I'm here to tell you. I'd like to be stretched out there in the warm sand, strumming the ukulele with the waves lapping at my tootsies. And chances are you wouldn't be happy there, Pee-Vee. You get as tired of the heat as you do the cold. Well, if you've got two of them, there's always some hula dancers to stir up a breeze. Pee-Vee. Mrs. Pee-Vee and I saved up for the honeymoon in Honolulu. Oh, my goodness. Please, Pee-Vee. Quite a place, Mr. Gerasly. Of course, we ended up with Niagara Falls. December, too. Pee-Vee, you've forgotten about my hot chocolate. Oh, my, my. Here comes the judge all bundled up. Yeah, an old goat in a sheepskin. Hello, judge. Yeah, hello, judge. Anyone forgetting a sled and sliding down Dugan's hill with me? You, judge? Yes, indeed. Cold weather does something to me. Me, too. It makes me stay in time. Well, you stay in the pharmacy with your hot water bottle. I'm the robust outdoorsy type. Yes, yes. I drove past your house this morning and noticed Leroy building in a big snowman. Yeah, that reminds me. Pee-Vee, I better take Leroy a couple of candy bars. Yeah, man. You have to do something to get on the good side of him. What have you done now? Well, he gave me a pair of pretty awful-looking cufflinks for my birthday and I laid them aside. Now, I don't know where they are. And two candy bars ought to take care of that. The 10-cent size. Yeah. Silly for Leroy to get upset over a little thing like this. Young people place great importance upon the little things. If a gift is slighted, they can be deeply offended. Leroy took it to heart all right. Things of no consequence to us adults assume great magnitude to a child. I think so. Birthday gift, you say, Mr. Gildesley? Yeah, you remember the party I gave myself? I remember I gave the food for the party. And if I recall, I presented you with a Thai class at the same time. That's right, Pee-Vee. Well? Gildes, I gave you a red muffler with castles on it. Whatever happened to that? Oh, Judge. I think that muffler enlisted in the Salvation Army. Well, there's no better outfit to give to than the Salvation Army. I'll bet you never wore it, did you? Judge, don't cross-examine me. And your birthday was the last time I saw my Thai class. Pee-Vee, if I wore everything people gave me, I'd look like a stray horse. He does, little... Oh, I heard that, Pee-Vee. I must say, Gildes, that you're not very appreciative. Yeah, he's downright ungrateful. Now who's acting like a couple of kids? Just wait until you invite us to another birthday party. Yeah, he's got his last gift for me. Oh, Pee-Vee, you know if I give another party, you'll come up with something. No, no, I wouldn't say that. And I thought I was having trouble with Leroy. 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It's a good thing. I was afraid you were setting a bad example for Leroy. You think so? Well, if you don't take care of your things, how do you expect Leroy to? Oh, excuse me, auntie. I'll answer the door. Marjorie's getting just a little picky about this. The boy seems to be in good spirits now. Come in, Leroy. He's forgotten all about the cufflinks. Huh? Yes, my boy. I'm making some snowmen outside. Good. I want to see that. Hey, you got a new belt buckle? Well, not new. What did you get it? It was given to me. Yeah. Well, Marjorie. Just now? No. When? Well, my birthday. Oh, I gave you... Zeke. No, Leroy, frankly, I didn't. Oh. I better take off this tie-class and hide it. You dropped it. I'll get it on. No, I'll get it. I got it. Oof. New tie-class? No, no. Thank you, my boy. I've never seen it before. A little something from Peabee. Why would he give you a tie-class? My birthday, Leroy. Yeah? You couldn't find my cufflinks, huh? I haven't given up, my boy. That's okay, give her. What? He doesn't even want to stay in the same house with me. I broke Leroy's heart when I lost those cufflinks. I'll just have to replace them, that's all. Peabee has a showcase of the corniest jewelry I've ever seen. I'll try him first. Who's that? Oh, little old lady I met at the doctor's office. Well, hello, Mrs. Potter. I haven't seen you since you were in the clinic with a crick in your neck. Well, that was three weeks ago. Well, I remember you. I never forget an ailment. Tell me, was the doctor successful in finding something else wrong with you? No, Mrs. Potter, just a crick in the neck. Oh, that's too bad. I was hoping you'd have better luck. Do you know I'm still taking pills? Well, congratulations. Sonny, let me look at you. You all right? I don't understand how you can feel all right. I noticed you walking along and you looked so depressed. Well, I'm a little worried, I guess. Your liver? No, Leroy. I've never had that. What's it got? Boy is my nephew. Oh, I see. Yeah. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to step into the drugstore here. Then you don't feel well. No, it isn't that, Mrs. Potter. You're not spoofing me, are you, Sonny? No, no, see you around. Keep bundled up in this cold. You don't look at all well. Goodbye, Mrs. Potter. Goodbye. I guess she's on her way to the doctor. She won't be happy until we find something wrong with her. Or me. Hello, Pee-Vee. I don't want to take you to the hospital. What can I do for you this time? Pee-Vee, I can't find those couples Leroy gave me. Let's see if you have any like them. Very well. Incidentally, I guess you noticed I'm wearing your tie clasp. Yes, I did. Is that all you had to say? It's turning green. Well, you should have bought me a better one. Never pays to buy cheap jewelry. Well, let's take a look at some expensive jewelry. No, Pee-Vee. Let me get out my Christmas stock. Here's a new tray. Pee-Vee, I've seen most of this stuff before. This isn't new stock. I didn't say it was a new stock. I said it was a new tray. Yes, yes. I've added a few items. Well, I'll take a look through them. Very well. Oh, excuse me, I'll wait on this lady. Yes, madam? I just want to see Mr. Gill to see you. Uh-oh. What is it, Mrs. Potter? Well, I got down the street and I started worrying about you. Well, thank you, but I assure you I'm quite all right. I can prove it by my druggist. Does he have a diploma? Do you, sonny? Sonny? Are you speaking to me, man? She means you, Pee-Vee. Yes. Where is your diploma? It's right here on your wall. Oh, I see. My, that's pretty. Thank you. What's his name, Mr. Gill to see? Oh, excuse me. Mrs. Potter, this is Mr. Pee-Vee. How do you do, Mr. Pee-Vee? Very well. Thank you. I'm always happy to enlarge my circle of druggists. You never know when you'll need some medicines. Oh, okay. You mind if I browse around your pharmacy? Well, you go right ahead. I might find something I can take. I beg your pardon? She means take oral, Pee-Vee. Oh, any luck with the cuff links, Mr. Gill to see? No, not yet. Mr. Pee-Vee. Yes, ma'am? What's in this beautiful green bottle? Well, that's a new dietary supplement. How exciting. Yes, yes. Do you happen to have it in a blue bottle? Blue bottle? Well, I guess I could put it in a blue bottle. Then it'll match my medicine chest. I have a blue ruffle around here. He's a friend of yours, you say, Mr. Gill to see? Yeah, since you're a druggist, you're a friend, too. Yeah, let me see. Hey, Pee-Vee, here's some cuff links almost identical to the ones Leroy gave me. Did they look like that? What did he have against you? All right, Pee-Vee. Excuse me. Are those pills you're picking out? Cuff links, ma'am. I didn't have my glasses on, but they look like the largest pills I've ever seen. Such a soft purple. I'll take them, Pee-Vee. Good. That'll be $10. $10? We were only paid $1 for the others. Yeah, and these are the real things. Mr. Gill to sleep. You do look pale. I should. Pee-Vee, here's your $10. Oh, just waiting to leave. I seize all this. Oh, wonky. Oh, Marjorie, I didn't know you were here. I was just on my way home. What have you there? Uh-huh. Let me show you. You found the cuff links. At a price, yes. Now, don't tell me those were expensive. Marjorie, this glass is set in gold. $10 worth. Oh, poor onky. Well, it's worth it to make Leroy think I found the cuff links he gave me. Say, let's hide the box. All right. What else did you get? Well, I can't use cuff links with most of my old shirts, so I picked up a new one with French cuffs. See? What's beautiful? Yeah, that isn't all. Oh? I bought this purple knit tie because it matched the glass and the cuff links. You went all out? Yep. I wanted to show Leroy how much I think of his cuff links. Hi, Aunt. Hello, Leroy. Hello, Leroy. Hi. What did you buy, Aunt? Oh, I bought a few things to go with your cuff links. You found them? Here they are. Gee. They look better than what I gave them to you. Well, it just shows how your old uncle takes care of things. That goes along with the cuff links. And the purple tie, too. Oh. Just for you, my boy. He's monkey-wonderful. Yeah. You're going to put that shirt and tie on your snowman? It's going to be my snowman's eyes. Oh. They will be with us again in just 30 seconds. Did you serve Kraft's new parquet today? If you didn't, you missed out on something good. Kraft's new parquet is the new margarine that spreads smoothly even when ice cold. Right from the refrigerator, new parquet glides over fresh bread without tearing it. Right from the refrigerator, new parquet spreads neatly on the thinnest crackers. Tomorrow, look for Kraft's new parquet in the ice-blue package. It looks wonderful, tastes wonderful, and spreads smoothly even when ice cold. Hello, Mr. Peavey. Hello, Mr. Cooley. What can I do for you today? When I was delivering eggs this morning to Mr. Gildersleeve, I found those cufflinks he bought from you. You don't change. And I think they're beautiful. How's that? Very modern. I'd like to buy a pair for myself. Well, I'm afraid Mr. Gildersleeve bought the last pair. Oh, shucks. I'm sorry, Mr. Cooley. Hello, Peavey. Hello, Mr. Gildersleeve. And Cooley. We were just talking about you. Oh, Peavey, I found those cufflinks Leroy gave me, so I'd like to return the ones I bought from you. You want to return them? $1,000, Peavey. Did they cost that much? They're as good as new. They haven't been worn, you see? No, they haven't been worn by anybody, Peavey. Mr. Gildersleeve, what about the snowman? Snowman? No, Cooley. Yeah, what about the snowman? Well... I was under the impression the snowman wore them last night. He did? Well, if they're used cufflinks... Peavey, a snowman, isn't anybody? No, there's no man. Now, do you want the cufflinks? Oh, this is ridiculous. I think so too, trying to return used merchandise. I'd like to see me trying to sell used eggs. Oh, all right, Cooley. I'm afraid I couldn't reach out the cufflinks, Mr. Gildersleeve. Well, they're no good to me. Mr. Gildersleeve, I have a proposition that might interest you. Oh? $0.50. These gold and purple glass cufflinks? That's preposterous. $0.75? No. A dollar? I'll take it. Good night, folks. Great Gildersleeve is played by Willem Waterman. The show is written by John Elliott and Andy White. It is partially transcribed. Included in the cast are Walter Tetley, Mary Lee Robb, Earl Ross, Bud Steffen, Elizabeth Patterson, and Dick LeGrand. Musical composition by Jack Meakin. This is John Easton saying good night for the Kraft Foods Company, makers of the famous line of Kraft quality food products. Be sure to listen in next Wednesday and every Wednesday for the further adventures of the great Gildersleeve. What goes into a perfect sandwich? Maybe it's roast beef or savory baked ham. Whatever your favorite, the perfect meat sandwich needs the perfect mustard, Kraft prepared mustard. 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