The Great Gildersleeve: The Campaign Heats Up / Who’s Kissing Leila / City Employee’s Picnic
The Great Gildersleeve: The Campaign Heats Up / Who’s Kissing Leila / City Employee’s Picnic – The Great Gildersleeve (1941–1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history’s earliest spin-off programs. Built around Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, first introduced on Oct. 3, 1939, ep. #216. The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show’s popularity. On Fibber McGee and Molly, Peary’s Gildersleeve was a pompous windbag who became a consistent McGee nemesis. “You’re a haa-aa-aa-aard man, McGee!” became a Gildersleeve catchphrase. The character was given several conflicting first names on Fibber McGee and Molly, and on one episode his middle name was revealed as Philharmonic. Gildy admits as much at the end of “Gildersleeve’s Diary” on the Fibber McGee and Molly series (Oct. 22, 1940). He soon became so popular that Kraft Foods—looking primarily to promote its Parkay margarine spread — sponsored a new series with Peary’s Gildersleeve as the central, slightly softened and slightly befuddled focus of a lively new family. Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees’ Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law’s estate and took on the rearing of his …
NFL: Payton to attend Saints' game
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—Defensive end Glen Dorsey (calf) and running back Peyton Hillis (ankle) have been ruled out of the Kansas City Chiefs' home game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. “He's got a muscle strain,” head coach Romeo Crennel said of Dorsey.
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Mayes County preliminary hearing sounding docket
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Carmichael was charged in August with possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Wayne Edward Carnes, 45, Salina, will have his case continued to Nov. 8. Carnes was charged in September with child abuse by injury, domestic assault and battery …
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Five arrested after investigation
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Five local residents were arrested Wednesday after a lengthy investigation conducted by Cowley County Drug Task Force officers and Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents. A search warrant was executed at 806 S. First St. in Arkansas City, with the …
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