The Great Gildersleeve (1955– )

Stars:

Willard Waterman, Ronald Keith, Lillian Randolph

Cast

Series cast summary:
Willard Waterman	...	Throckmorton P. 'Gildy' Gildersleeve (39 episodes, 1955)
Ronald Keith	...	Leroy Forrester (18 episodes, 1955)
Lillian Randolph	...	Birdie Lee Coggins (16 episodes, 1955)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

laugh track | based on radio show | sitcom

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hal Roach Studios, NBC Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (39 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Yeah it's labored.

It has all the attributes of bad fifties TV-black servant, mouthy bratty kid, girls all in dresses and man-hungry June Cleavers, Dagwood and Blondie style situations. In the episode I saw, the kids swapped around a love-note Gildersleeve had penned to his fiancé w/ a classic Browning one, she put it into their poetry club as being his own(what-she was a fan of poetry yet had never read 'How do I love thee-let me count the ways'-?!), they too fall for it, etc. You know the drill.

"Pleasentville" did a decent job of sending this stuff up, though I can't say I'm a fan of the movie. This show-it worked better on radio. Gildersleeve is a funny character who's laugh and catch-phrases still echo in pop-culture(try the Red Guy in Cow and Chicken--trust me...it's in there...), but this series..forget it.

** outta ****