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Just like a gossipy old hen peeking out through the curtains. Cut! They're not going to unload any Indians, Leroy. What an impossible little brother. How can you be so nosy, Leroy? Now they're taking out a phonograph. Who they are? Oh, I'd like to see that. Marjorie, not you too. It's a phonograph, all right. I wonder if they have any new records. More coffee, Mr. Gildsleeve? Yeah, thank you, Bernie. Well, I guess I may as well let the children watch them unload. Yes, sir. You know how curious children are. Now they're unloading the washing machines. Oh, let me see that. What a family. Hey, that a Lulu. It's gorgeous, isn't it? Looks like an all-automatic. That's what every house leaves, Mr. Gildsleeve, an all-automatic. God, they haven't got the thing yet. Junior comic. Can't understand why people are so nosy. By George, I'm going to finish my breakfast. Pool table, let me see that. Make room at the window for Mr. Gildsleeve. Bernie, I'll come to the window, but I won't look. I'm not that curious. Oh, that must be the man who rented the house. Jester Obama. Yep, that's the guy. South Dakota license plate. Where you going, Uncle? Well, if we're going to have a new neighbor, my dear, the proper thing to do is go over and get acquainted. Okay, I'll go on. No, you won't. I'll go over myself. It's not that I'm curious. It's simply the polite thing to do. Wait, Uncle. What's the matter? You still have your toast in your hand. Toast? Oh, well, I'll take it along. Can't tell on the way over, I might meet a bird. Toast is burned around the edges. Here, bird. Not bad-looking furniture on that truck. Grand piano, too. Must have money. Vacuum cleaner looks old-fashioned now. Bag needs emptying. Say, rubber-tired lawnmower. Plastic hose. You can see they live well. Just the fella must be in the house. Door is a jar, but I'd better ring the bell. Just the electricity isn't turned on. I'll just stick my head in the door and say hello. Hello. Whoop, hello. Are you the gas man? Me? No, I'm your next-door neighbor, Throckmorton P. Gillersleeve. Well, I'd come over and say hello. Well, good. Glad to see you. I'm Oliver T.P. Pearson. Glad to meet you, Mr. Pearson. You say it was Oliver T.P.? Yes, T.P. I'm in the clothing business. Oliver, two pants, Pearson. Well, glad you're going to be with us, Mr. Pearson. Come all the way from Sioux Center, did you? Yes, sir, going into business. Understand you're a prominent man here, Mr. Gillersleeve. Well, I'm in water. That is, I'm city water commissioner. Oh, I know that. You do? Yes, sir. Before I took this house, I checked into the neighborhood. Oh? When I found out the water commissioner was going to be my neighbor, I said right then and there, this is the place for me. Really? Yeah. Welcome to the neighborhood. Thank you. You mentioned the gas man. If you had your water turned on, I can take care of that for you. That's very kind of you, Gillersleeve, but I sent in the order yesterday. Well, I'll check on it when I get to my office. We want to be sure. It takes a heap of water to make a house a home. I like you, Gillersleeve. Family man, are you, Mr. Pearson? Oh, sure, but the family is still up in Sioux Center. I came on ahead to get things straightened out. Well, if there's anything we can do for you, don't you hesitate to call on us, anything at all. Thank you, Mr. Gillersleeve. That's nice of you, but I don't believe in imposing on my neighbor. Well, a good neighbor doesn't mind. Feel free to come over at any time. Well, thanks again. You're a real friend. Goodbye. Goodbye, Gillersleeve. Fine fellow, Pearson. Saw to the ear. Hey, look. What? Oh, Leroy in the hedge. Any kids in the family? They're boys or girls? Any of my age? What did you find out on? Keep your voice down, Leroy. We have fine, intelligent people next door. Go wash your face and put on a clean shirt. And stay out of Mr. Pearson's hedge. Bessie, come into my office. Bessie? Bessie, do you know if Mr. Oliver Pearson's water has been turned on? Mr. Oliver Pearson? Yes, I just talked to him. Doesn't he know? Oh, my goodness. Bessie, he's just moved to town. Oh, yes, sir. Bessie Pearson. That would be under the P. It was when I went to school. Oh, here it is. Oliver Pearson. Well, good for you, Bessie. Oh, Mr. Gillersleeve, it's a good thing we looked up his card. Why, Bessie? Bessie didn't pay his water bill last month. Bessie, Mr. Pearson wasn't in town last month. Oh, well, that explains why he didn't pay it. You tell Charlie Anderson to drop whatever he's doing, Bessie, and turn on their water immediately. Yes, sir. Oh, that girl. Good morning, water department. What? Oh, hello, Judge. Good morning, Judge Hucker. Morning, Kelly. Morning, Bessie. And it is a good morning. Oh, brother. Commissioner, I dropped in to see if you'd like to go nothing this afternoon. Nothing? No use letting the other squirrel get him. Not today, Judge. I'm getting my new neighbor set up. New neighbor? Yeah, two-pants Pearson. Just moved in next door to me. And believe me, summer feel is lucky to get a citizen like him. I'd like to have you come out and meet him, Judge. Oh? Oh, yes, a high-type intelligent fellow. As a grand piano. You don't say. Come on, Judge. Bessie, we're going out to see how Mr. Pearson is getting along. Yes, sir. Well, if we can't go nothing, we might as well go see the new neighbor. High neighbor, high neighbor. An amusing old goat. Yes, sir, Judge. This fellow Pearson is a charming fellow. We might do well to invite him to join the Jolly Boys Club. Anything? Of course he could sing. He's a regular fellow. Look, there he is waving at me from the upstairs window. He isn't waving at you, guilty. He's just cleaning the windows. Oh. He's busy now. We'll go over a little later, huh? Come on in the house, Jack. Thank you, guilty. Back in the church, please? Yes, Bertie. Hello, Bertie. Well, good morning, Judge Hulkin. We just stopped in for a minute, Bertie. We're going to call on our new neighbor, Mr. Pearson. Yes, sir. He was just over here to call on you, Mr. Hulkin. Oh? Bought three light bulbs. He did? Well, I told him to come over for anything he wanted. Well, that's what he wanted. We didn't have any spare bulbs, but I dug them up for him. Well, good for you, Bertie. One out of service porch, one out of the hall, and one out of your reading land. My reading? Well, that's all right, guilty. If you want to read, you can go over to his house. Now, Judge, I'm glad he feels free to come over here when he needs something. I get it! Never mind, Bertie. I'm right here. Hello, Mr. Gillers, please? Well, Mr. Pearson, come right in. I'd like to have you meet a very good friend of mine, Judge Horace Hooker. Judge Hooker? Well, how do you do, sir? This is indeed a pleasure. Thank you. Pleasure to know you, Mr. Pearson. I don't want to be a bother, Mr. Yoder-Sleeve, but I wonder if I can use your telephone. Oh, no bother at all. Not at all. Go right ahead. It's right there in the hall. Well, thanks very much. The Summerfield Directory is right there with the telephone. Oh, I won't need it. I'm calling long distance. Oh? Well, help yourself. My long distance. He did say long distance to me. Operator, I'd like to talk to Mrs. Oliver Pearson, Sue Center, South Dakota. South Dakota? That's a long ways away. Yeah. I'm calling my wife from South Dakota, Mr. Yoder-Sleeve. Well, good. You see, Judge, I told you you could sing. Hello? Must be a long ways away. Oh, they're cheap. He's been on the phone over six minutes, Gillette. That's quite a while on long distance. That's his business, Judge. It's his phone call. Yeah, but if you're a phone bill... Well, there he's lost. Now, Judge, Pearson can't pay me until he calls the operator back and finds out what the bill is. I'll hang up now. He's gonna hang up. Nice to talk to you, Fluff. Seven minutes on the nose. Please, Judge, he can afford it. Thanks a lot, Mr. Yoder-Sleeve. Oh, that's perfectly all right. Well, I'd better get back. So soon, but, uh... Oh, yes, I have more windows to clean. Well, haven't seen you yet. But, uh, uh, Pearson, aren't you, uh, forgetting something? Forgetting something? Oh, yes, I beg your pardon. Sure. Goodbye, Judge Hooker. It's been a pleasure to meet you. Goodbye, Mr. Pearson. Gillette, do you mind if I use your phone? I want to call South Africa. Never mind. Give me that telephone. Operator? Operator? What were the charges on that call? How much? The Great Yoder-Sleeve will see Mr. Pearson about that in just a minute. If you're one of the mothers who are trying to solve the problem of what to put in Junior's lunchbox, here's an A-plus solution. Make his lunchbox sandwiches with craft famous cheese food, Velveeta, often. That young man of yours will really go for Velveeta sandwiches. 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Well, when the great Gildersleeve found out he had a new neighbor, he immediately went over and extended the hand of hospitality. Now, he suspects the hand was bitten. Anyway, he's on his way over to collect for a long-distance call. I don't mind him borrowing the light bulbs. They only cost a few pennies. It won't hurt to tactfully remind him that his call to South Dakota cost $7.80. Well, hello, neighbor. Hello. Come in, come in. We're seeing a lot of each other today, aren't we? Well, yes. As you might say, we're beating a path to each other's door. By the way, do you have any mousetraps over there? Mousetraps? Well, there may be a few in the garage you can borrow. Must have been nice to talk to your wife way up in South Dakota. Say, that reminds me. Yeah? My wife likes the couch in front of the bay window. You grab that end, and I'll take this end, and we'll put it over there. Well, that's the way she wants it. You'll have to lift up a little more. Pretty heavy. Must be full of rocks. Good work, Gelder sleeve. Did you get this couch in Suceter? Oh, sure. Long way to Suceter. But on the other hand, it's as close as my telephone. That's awfully kind of you, Gelder sleeve. I'll probably take you up on it from time to time. Yes, but I'm being quite sincere in saying this, Gelder sleeve. I hope we'll be neighbors for a good many years. Just live here and grow old together. He's giving me a head start. Hello, Mr. Gelder sleeve. What can I do for you this afternoon? I think I need a long, tall coke, Peavey. Very well. This little man has had a busy day. Echo? Yeah, I've got a new neighbor, Peavey. So I hear. The judge tells me you two hit it off right away. Well, he's hitting me off. I tell you, Peavey, a man makes a mistake trying to be too good a neighbor. Peavey, that you've been getting in his way, do you? Getting in his way. Peavey, what would you say to a man who called long distance on your telephone and then just walked out? I wouldn't say anything. What? Why should I? This is a pay phone. No. This was on my own telephone at home. He ran up a bill over $7 talking to his wife in South Dakota. Well, when a man's talking to his wife, you know how it is. No, I guess you wouldn't either. You just can't bet him, Peavey. I'm going over to remind him about the phone call and the first thing I knew, he had me moving his furniture. My, my. His name's Pearson. Two pants, Pearson. Hmm, I admit a name, Pant. The worst part of it is he's settling down next door to me. Plans to spend the rest of his life there. Well. Says he and I can grow old together. A fine prospect for the future. What would you do in a situation like this, Peavey? No, I don't know why I'm asking you. You never had anybody come right in and take over. You never had anybody monopolize the conversation. Never let you get a word in edgewise. Well, I wouldn't say that. Well, I can insult the fellow, Peavey. I don't know what to do with him. Well, it's hard to tell much about a man when you've only known him one day. He might surprise you. He's surprised me already. One has to be careful about coming to hasty conclusions. Well, maybe you're right, Peavey. Pearson's pretty upset moving and all. I suppose I should give him a fair chance. I wouldn't think so. I, George, I was hasty in judging Pearson. Could be a nice fellow. Just snowed under with all that furniture. Moving and all, got a lot of things on his mind. That's quite possible. Of course, you can't be sure. I realize that, Peavey. I can't tell me with a neighbor one. Worked out all right, didn't it? Well, that's how I got Mrs. Peavey. Oh, darn. What a day. Birdie! I'm starved. What are you going to have for dinner? Well, we're going to have lamb chops. Good. With boiled potatoes, gravy, and Brussels sprouts. Mmm, sounds wonderful, Birdie. Yep. Guess I'll go read the paper till it's ready. Hello, LeRoy. Hey, was it okay to let your pal next door borrow the axe? Sure, good old Pearson. Is it okay if he broke the handle? Sure, good. What? I've got to tell you, Mr. Gillsleeve. I'll let the man next door take the dishpan. All right, Birdie. That's his ring. Good day. He's getting pretty frisky. You want to turn off the lights and pretend we're not home, Uncle? No, LeRoy. I'll answer the door. Hello, Mr. Pearson. What can we do for you this time? I wonder if I might borrow a couple of your pots. Pot? I'm going to do a little cooking and I haven't had time to unpack the kitchen things. Oh, well, you go out and talk to Birdie. She's custodian of the pots and pans. Thank you. I'll talk to good old Birdie. Who was at the door, Uncle Mort? Nobody for you, Marjorie. Mr. Pearson. Oh, is he over again? Yeah, this time he's borrowing pots and pans. Is he going to cook his own dinner? Why don't you invite him to have dinner with us? Well... Since his wife isn't here to do these things, I think it'd be a very neighborly gesture. I don't know. I've become a little shy of these neighborly gestures. But I guess I should. Well, Birdie gave me everything I need. Mr. Pearson, why cart all our pans over to your house? Why not stay and have dinner with us? Oh, I wouldn't think of imposing on you folks. Well, we'd be glad to have you, Mr. Pearson. Thank you very much. But I don't want to be a nuisance. Oh, no. Will you open the door for me, Gildersleeve? Yeah, certainly. Thank you. I hope he remembers where he got those pots and pans. Now, Uncle, you told him to come over for anything you wanted. Yeah, I guess I did. There he is again. So soon? Yes, Mr. Pearson. Hello again, Mr. Gildersleeve. Hello. It was awfully silly of me to take those pots and pans. I got outside the door, then I remembered my gas hasn't been turned on. Well, in that case, you'd better have dinner with us. Oh, no. I wouldn't think of imposing. But I wonder if good old Bertie had let me use one of her back burner. Yes, Mr. Bertie. You know the way to the kitchen. We enjoy cooking. Yes, sir. You're going to be using that other burner very long. Well, I guess I can double up on things again. Oh, that's fine. Now, let me see. If I don't get the peas started, they won't be ready the same time the fried chicken is. No, sir. Now, where will I cook the peas? Any suggestions, Bertie? Okay, take the burner I'm on. I'll just dump everything together. Hmm, that's quite a dish you've concocted, Bertie. Yes, I hope they think so. Got to take it in anyway. Sorry, I'm so late, Mr. Gildersleeve. That's all right, Bertie. We realize you're not operating under ideal conditions. No, sir. Bertie's been cooking a long time, but this is the first time she's been shoved right off her own stove. How are you and Mr. Pearson getting along? Care for some stew? Stew? I thought we were having lamb chops. Yes, Bertie. Where are the lamb chops? In the stew. We're having lamb chops stewed. What? Puttles. In the stew. Oh, my goodness. Couldn't help it, Mr. Gildersleeve. When we started taking over all the burners, I had to pour the little pots in the big pot. Well, this is gone far enough. It's not dishes. Don't let me interrupt your serving, Bertie. I'll just squeeze the rock behind Mr. Gildersleeve. Well, I'll pull up a little. I'm sure you will. I'll return these pots and pans. Don't bother. I'll send Bertie over for them tomorrow. Sometimes people have a way of forgetting to return these little things, Mr. Pearson. Well, whatever you say, Mr. Gildersleeve. I think you hurt his feelings. Well, look what he did to my dinner. I guess Pearson isn't going to return our pans. Well, you told him not to come back, Uncle. No, I didn't. All I said... You practically invited him out of the house. Wouldn't surprise me if he never speaks to you again. Well, I didn't mean to offend him. Too bad, Uncle. He's kind of a nice guy. What a day. Guess I'll go up to bed. Good night, infants. Good night, Uncle. So long, Uncle. Boy, you'd better be getting to bed, too. Okay. Maybe I was too hard on Pearson. He was such a big nuisance. Still, he's a stranger in the town. Doesn't know anybody. We're the only ones he could come to. Borrowed nearly everything we've gotten to place. But he does it in such a nice way. You can't dislike him too much. Marjorie's right. I offended him. I'm sorry, parents. Probably sitting over there in that cold empty house wearing both pairs. I'll open the window and why... I'll set the alarm for eight o'clock. Sleep as long as I can. It's Pearson's window. Hello, neighbor. Hello, Gilder Sleeve. Huh? Eight o'clock. Open and setting your alarm. Great Gilder Sleeve again very shortly. This week in Chicago, the 28th National 4-H Club Congress is in session. 1,500 boys and girls selected for their outstanding 4-H club work are gathering together to make new plans for the future and to take stock of past accomplishments. Accomplishments that have really been great. And in recognition of their splendid performance in the National Dairy Production Contest sponsored by the Kraft Foods Company, 10 of these young people were guests of honor at a dinner last night attended by leaders of the dairy industry. Mr. J. L. Kraft, chairman of the board of the Kraft Foods Company, awarded six of these ambitious youngsters a college scholarship, an opportunity for each one to build his knowledge and to contribute even more toward sound dairy development in America. This nation can be truly proud of the nearly 2,000,000 4-H club boys and girls and their leaders who are putting the words of their theme into action and devoting themselves to better living for a better world. It's him again. Hello, neighbor. Gildersleeve, I feel terrible. I walked out yesterday and forgot to pay you for that phone call to Sue Satter. Well, those things happen. It was only $7.80. If you need change, I think I have it here. I can't thank you enough for all you've done, neighbor. Well, that's all right. Believe me, it isn't often a fellow can come into a town, a complete stranger, and be treated as royally as you've treated me. Well, thank you, old man. Don't think I'll ever forget it either. Oh, it was nothing. Well, I have to run along, Gildersleeve. Goodbye. Goodbye, neighbor. Uh, fine, fella. That person, yes, indeed. Wait a minute. What about that $7.80? The Great Gildersleeve is played by Harold Perry. The show was written by Paul West, John Elliott, and Andy White, with music by Jack Meakin. Included in the cast are Walter Tetley, Mary Lee Robb, Lillian Randolph, Earl Loss, Dick LaGrange, Gloria Holiday, and Herb Bidram. This is Jay Stewart saying goodnight for the class foods company makers of the famous line of class quality food products. Be sure to listen in next Wednesday and every Wednesday for the further adventures of the Great Gildersleeve. Good night. 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