 The craft foods company presents the Great Gildersleeve. It's the Great Gildersleeve starring Harold Perry brought to you by the craft foods company makers of park a margarine and a complete line of famous quality food products Christmas week Christmas to New Year's These are the times of try men souls All the things you rushed out and bought the day before Christmas come back to plague you the day after I don't know how it's been at your house. You probably weren't foolish enough to buy the little darling a set of drums But at our house all week long. It's been nothing, but I'm trying to do some figuring here could you possibly pursue your musical studies at some other time my boy Don't ask me why I gave them to you I don't know I must have been out of my head I'm sorry Lee Roy if I seem a little impatient. This is very difficult work. I'm doing here I'm trying to add up my accounts. So if you could find something else to do There's your sister, why don't you play something with her? If I ask you something will you say yes, please will you please say yes? Well now wait a minute I was nice about Christmas. I stayed home when you told me to New Year's Eve is my Christmas to you so please say I can do it My dear if you'd calm down and explain what it is you want me to say yes, too Oh, well, it's really a very nice place. Everybody says it's very nice It's not run by gangsters or anything and it'd be a chance to wear my new lap and jacket my silver slippers They'd be just perfect. So can I please Lee Roy? Do you know what your sister's talking about? No, don't be a tea say I can go I'll just die if you don't I have a band and favors and everything and it's the grand opening New Year's Eve And I've never been anywhere in New Year's Eve. So can I I take it my dear that you're asking my permission to go out this evening Oh, that's right to the blue cockatoo. You know, it's out on Route 28. That's the place that used to be Julius's off-brow The place they closed down last year. Oh, but it's it's under all new management. It's lovely now Everybody says so they're opening tonight and Marshall's got reservations his father got them for him. So Can I go my dear? You know what? I think a marshal board. Well, you don't have to go with him Please on key it's Marsha's last evening at home. He has to go back to school tomorrow. Thank heaven for that my dear I wish they'd keep him there Well, can I go or not? Alright, go ahead pay no attention to what I think I'm nobody I just pay the bills around here That's all What's the matter Almost not quite Certainly takes you long enough. This covers the whole year my boy. Now. Let me alone. I'll never get it done We'll see Yes, or no, no by George. I won't I played electric football with you all-day Christmas and every night this week I'm sick of it. I'll stop bothering me Yes What can I do Leroy? How can you ask that? Here? You got all this stuff for Christmas go out and play with it Well, I really want to play as electric football Well find somebody else then but get out of here and stop bothering me if I'm quiet. Can I say if you're quiet? No, where was I? Oh? 51 and 3 is Honk and 7 is 63 71 and 2 is 73 Just a second Leroy Do you mind if I quiet can't you see I'm busy Well there it is as of the close of business December the 31st 1945 flat broke How do I do it? No matter how much I earn or how much I spend it's always the same. Oh Well, at least I'm holding my own You mean we're in trouble. Oh, no more than any other year. Are we poor? I'll just comfortably poor. I'd say Yes, buddy about this evening. You'll be going out. I suppose Well, I don't know to tell the truth. I haven't really got around to making any plans, buddy I've been so busy. I sort of let it slide. You'll be staying in then Well, I haven't really made up my mind yet. I'll let you know Lord if you're thinking you're going out anywhere this evening, you better get busy. You may be right Why the blue cockatoo was sold out for New Year's Eve a week ago if you think Christmas was bad Oh, don't go anywhere. I can have a swell time right here doing what? That settles that I'm not going to spend New Year's Eve playing electric football Hello Leela Rocky What you doing tonight Leela New Year's Eve, you know, we ought to oh Oh, yeah, that's too bad. Well, happy new year anyway Eve Rockmore can give the sleeves. I was wondering if you had any plans for this evening. I thought we might just oh That's too bad wish I'd called you sooner. Well, happy new year Eve. Oh Miss proud foot I Don't know if you remember me miss proud foot, but this is Throckmorton gillish leave. I met you one time at Floyd Munson's In the kitchen I was wondering how you'd like to go out this evening and oh Yeah Nuts, I mean happy new year. Oh judge Gildy say how it be if you and I got a couple of girls went out and painted the town a little we could oh Yeah, who is she? yourself Now what am I gonna do spin there's New Year's Eve alone wait a minute Some of these things Drugstore delicatessen every place. I'm gonna have to ask you to help me here, buddy We've got to work fast and Marjorie left yet. No, sir. She's just getting ready up there That's good. Now. I'll tell you what I want you to do you set the table nice and pretty birdie Let's see Marjorie Marshall Leroy and me better set it for four I thought miss Marjorie and her friend was going out to dinner. Don't ask questions birdie. Just do as I tell you and quickly Yes, got a lot of favors here paper hats and snappers and so on you can decorate it with ease Oh, that must be Marshall. Well, you get the idea birdie you fix everything nice and pretty huh? Yes I'll just close these double doors so they can't see into the dining room. We want it to be surprised Yeah, the young brat can he keep his shirt on Don't you worry my dear? I'll entertain them you get down Just leave it to your uncle Throckmorton. Yeah, the young twerp Well, well Marshall come right in yes indeed Marjorie will be ready in a jiffy. Good evening, sir Here, let me take your overcoat. Oh, don't bother. I'll just that is an overcoat isn't it? Let me hang it up for you. We'll be going right out. Oh, here's Marjorie now Marshall Hey You look wonderful Thank you. Yeah, very pretty my dear very pretty So you young people were going out this evening, eh, I don't know what you know, we were well, it's pretty cold out pretty nasty I just came in myself. You couldn't drag me out again. No, sir We don't care how cold it gets to we Marshall. No Ah Yes You were planning on going to some nightclub. Were you? Yes, sir. We have told you uncle Mark Marshall has reservations for the blue cockatoo the blue. Oh, yeah, so you did so you did Have it been to a nightclub on New Year's Eve before either of you. Well, no, sir This is the first time horrible just horrible Crowded noisy services bad people falling all over each other. Oh, we don't care No, sir, I don't know a worse place in the world in a nightclub on New Year's Eve Now I would just wondering if we couldn't all have more fun if we stayed right here at home No, wait a minute. I've got a surprise for you. You haven't seen the way. I've got the dining room fixed up All right, birdie. You can open the doors if you're ready How do you like that you see paper hats confetti noise makers everything look Yeah Some fun a what do you say Marshall? Well, it looks well, Mr. Gildesley, but What do you think Marjorie? I think it's a dirty trick Marjorie you told me we could go out now you pull this on my dear. It's entirely up to you Far be it for me to put any pressure on you. Nothing could be further from my mind You want to go out go ahead Want to leave us here Leroy and me on New Year's Eve alone With all these little tokens that we tried so hard to please you with go ahead go ahead We'll try to understand What do you think March? Oh wonky. I wish you could come with us and be in on the fun Yeah, it's too bad the reservation is only for two. No my dear run along and have your fun Don't mind me. All I ask is at midnight when the band plays all angzine Give a thought to your old uncle because he'll be thinking of you Lucky happy new year. Happy new year my dear Happy new year Happy new year, sir. Well, shall we go mine? Well birdie they're gone. Yes, I guess it didn't work. What's that? Oh, yeah No, I guess not You don't mind if I go out later after I finish the dish. No, go ahead birdie Everybody else is going you might as well go to How about you? Are you gonna see the new year in I shall probably play a game of electric football birdie for all langzine The great gilder slave will be back in just a moment Have you folks on the Gilder slave show made your New Year's resolutions, mr. Lang? Oh, we certainly have the whole cast the writers and producers have resolved to give our radio listeners even finer entertainment in 1946 and I personally have resolved to win more friends for park a margarine Well, that shouldn't be so hard to do mr. Lang I'm a regular user of park a margarine and any spread that tastes so good and can be bought so Economically is sure to keep winning a lot of new friends. That's right Why did you know that park a margarine was one of the fastest-growing brands in America before the war? I didn't but I do know that park is very popular today Because it's often so hard to get at my neighborhood food store Yes, park a margarine is more popular than ever It's winning friends right along because it tastes so good on bread hot toast waffles and pancakes and with park a's flavor Still unmatched. I expect that resolution of mine to win more friends for park a margarine is going to be easy to keep Be sure to try delicious economical park a soon. That's par k a y Park a margarine made by the craft foods company Now let's get back to the great gilder sleeve as he drags himself through the dying hours of the old years It's after supper now, but the situation appears unchanged My boy for the rest of 1945, please no drunks Then go to bed it's almost time anyway. We've got to think of your health, you know Well, then you may celebrate a little boy You can say happy new year and then go back to bed that is all now go to bed Not at all have a good time happy new year Good night, buddy, and wait a minute the way you're going to a party kind of a combination dance Sounds like a good combination Combined so good last new year one man didn't come home for three days You don't say yes Young people old people every kind of people there I spoke. Yes, there craters in the grave Young folks are jitterbug. I expect in the middle-aged folks. Well, yes The old folks get a wall save it to our Wow By George, I better keep going. I don't want to miss anything. No, I guess not. Well, good night. Good night. Yes, please happy new year Happy new year, buddy Birdie has more fun than I do Yes, there are a lot more fun. I'd like to be going to a dance night myself Yeah, I wonder what my secretary is doing tonight. I Don't like the idea going out with her, but just this once might not do any harm. I could call up and say best I don't know. I remember now out of town the Wednesday. Oh Well Wonder who this could be Lila, maybe PV no, Mr. Gallagher Happy new year. Well, the same to you old man and many up. Come on in and have a coke I'm afraid I I just dropped by to bring you this little 1946 calendar with Compromise is a pharmacy a calendar. Well, just what I needed to Well, at least come in for a second while I look at it Say what a beautiful calendar The alchemist and those of you that used to try to make gold out of lead never got anywhere with it Not that I ever heard No, but they were the scientists of their day look at Standing there with his test tubes and his crucibles Fine picture. Yeah, I think it makes up into a nice little calendar for this family trade. That is. Oh, perfect Calder man tried to tell me a picture of girl with black silk stash, and oh that wouldn't do for your customer's fee That's what I say too bad. Don't Give me you're an old rascal. I wouldn't say that picture never hurt anybody You are all alone this evening. Yes, P.V. I decided I didn't feel like whooping and hollering this New Year's Eve Decided to spend a quiet evening at home for a change. Is that a fine? Yes, sir. Stay at home with a good book That's the way to spend New Year's Eve That's one way Or with a friend of course Now, why don't you sit down here with me and take it easy back there? I've got to be getting home to miss a PB. Well, sure, but there's no hurry is there Nobody but a bachelor could say that I'm sorry, but I got to be running along wait P.V. What are you doing to celebrate New Year's you and mrs. P.V. Well, she's like you she likes to spend the evening quietly perfect bring her over here, and we'll all celebrate it together Nonsense P.V. I've got some paper hats and some nice new horns. We can all drink a few coats or something. How about it sounds noisy? All right, forget the horns then. You'll be as quiet as mice. We'll celebrate the quietest New Year's Eve in history Mr. Yellows, I hesitate to say this, but you're talking like a darn fool What do you mean? Well, if I were you I wouldn't sit here with the coke and the paper hat. I'd go out somewhere and make whoopee Well, why don't you? Mrs. P.V. is the answer. But you're a free agent. Go get yourself a girl man. Go out and see the town Don't think I haven't tried P.V. Tried every girl I know Well looks like I'm stuck New Year's Eve and not a friend that'll have a cup of kindness with me Not a friend in the whole world That's how I'm winding up 1945 Alone I could be dying and who'd know it It'll probably be just the same when I am dying Nobody around to say a kind word Nobody to soothe my fevered brow Gilder sleeve let him die sure let him die like a dog That's a wonder if I've got a temperature right now Let's get ideas like that Can't just sit here moping though Try the radio maybe and hear a little news Can't believe it always thought I was popular But living in a fool's paradise again People just can't stand my personality We're just about ready with the first of our series of transcontinental New Year's Eve celebrations Here we are in Times Square, New York City, and what I say that Times Square is Humanity, I don't want you to think I'm really coining a phrase must be almost midnight back there 200,000 What a dope million people couldn't get in Times Square What a way to celebrate Lousy how can they put that kind of dribble on the air Happy New Year What happened to your date I'd rather not speak of it if you don't mind, but if you're busy not particularly come on in Though you haven't caught any place come on in have a coke very kind of you old man What about your girl didn't she show up certainly she showed up I took her to the gold room at the hotel Summerfield. Well, it's still pretty early. I'd rather not discuss it Suit yourself I'll hear all about it tomorrow from whoever was at the gold room Dag nab it. I'm afraid you will I suppose I might as well tell you what happened so you get the straight of it sure go ahead Jack Well, I had a table at this place and the young woman and myself were having a pleasant time chatting and so on till a sailor appeared She seemed to be acquainted with him yeah the sailor asked her to dance So not wishing to quarrel with the armed forces I made no protest if I see however after the fifth dance I felt that I'd done my duty I Remarked the young woman. I thought it was my turn and she slapped my face and walked out with a sailor I thought I might expect a little sympathy. Oh, I'm sympathetic judge. Believe me. I am only Fine friend I must say I'm sorry Horace. Honestly, I'm sorry, but that's women for you Come on sit down and forget it. I certainly like you, but I'm afraid I'll hear plenty about it tomorrow Anybody mentioned it to me judge. I'll punch him right in the nose Here have a drink Certainly glad you came by old man. I've been sitting here feeling sorry for myself Sitting here alone all evening and begun to think maybe there was something to matter with me Something wrong with my personality By George. I don't know why you should think there's anything wrong with your personality old man You've got plenty of it. Oh, you really think so? I do sincerely good Here's to you old man. Happy new year Yes, sir Lila ransom a girl. I've been engaged to mind you when she thinks so little of me She won't even save me New Year's Eve. Well makes a follow wonder. That's all Don't be silly why Lila thinks more of you in two minutes than she does about any other man in ten years You're a he-man strong masculine personality And yet you know how to handle women. Yeah, guess you're right Guess Lila was just standing me up tonight to make me jealous. Yeah, may I fill up your glass? No, not yet? Thank you You know Scott Martin having that girl walk out on me tonight was a bit of a blow to my ego quite a blow I Had the feeling that she found me attractive She laughed at the little things that I said about the menu She laughs and I showed her that stunt, you know with the spoon and the salt I thought that we were getting on splendidly Do you suppose I've seen over? Oh, no Believe me any woman would guess you weren't a day over 55 Well, I'm only 62 you certainly don't show it. I mean you look a lot younger for us Yes, sir. The way you carry yourself the spring in your step the sparkle in your eye I've seen women look at you when they walk down the street judge. Yeah Recently plenty of times Women they need us more than we need them have another coke I Certainly glad you dropped in Horace attack factory. Happy new year a regular party. Here judge you take the red hat I look better in green You ought to see yourself for us look like a tomato Here blow a horn blow to it. You've got the wind They're from the great guilders leave again in just a few moments a short while ago I was speaking to a lady who said she can't always get park a margarine these days at her favorite food store And the simple explanation is this quality spreads for bread are in big demand everywhere. That's especially true I know of park a margarine the quality spread made by the craft foods company Millions prefer park a margarine to any other brand because it's still unmatched for flavor and Craft wants to assure you that everything possible is being done to keep dealers supplied to distribute all available Park a both fairly and equitably So if you can't buy park a the first time please try again, won't you chances are your dealers soon We'll have a new supply on hand insist on par k a y par k margarine made by craft Ladies and gentlemen the United States Treasury has asked us to announce that the sale of savings bonds will be continued Now that the war is over This means that those of us who have been participating in payroll savings plans Can go right on laying up a nest egg for the future at the same time helping to control runaway prices You can still get F and G bonds as well as the e bonds which most people bought during the war The return is still at the same high rate for dollars at maturity for every three that you invest Might be a good New Year's resolution to buy US Treasury savings bonds regularly Good night, and a happy New Year The great gilder slave is played by Harold Kelly. It is written by John Whedon and Sam Boyle The music is by Jack Meadham This is John Lang speaking to the craft food company and inviting you to listen in again next week for the further adventures of the great gilder slave If you're planning a gay New Year's party Live in the foods on your buffet with a taste tingling flavor of craft salad mustard Your guests are sure to like this tangy golden craft salad mustard blended into tasty appetizers relishes and sandwich spreads Or in a delicious filling for deviled eggs for those who like a sharper tang There's craft mustard with nippy horseradish added. So be sure to buy both kinds Ask for craft horseradish mustard and craft salad mustard when you shop tomorrow This is the national broadcasting company