SPIN-OFF DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1941

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Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast
from 1941 to 1957. It was one of broadcast history’s earliest
spin-off programs. The series was built around the character
Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a featured regular
of the NBC radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly
where the character was first introduced in the October 3,
1939 episode.

 

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