The Great Gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast in the United States from August 31, 1941 to 1958. The series was centered on Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve and enjoyed its greatest popularity in the 1940s. The Great Gildersleeve was a happy endeavor where great talent met with great writing. Gildersleeve had to deal with a new family, Marjorie and Leroy, and try to raise them to be model citizens.In this he was sometimes aided by his feisty housekeeper, Birdie Lee Coggins.