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52james commented on the word gildersleeve
From the spinoff radio sit-com "The Great Gildersleeve," a character named Dr. Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from Fibber McGee and Molly, is a pompous egotistical gassbag. He was pretty famous in America's Radioland in 40s & 50s, enough for a "Gildersleeve" to show up in nifty books to describe a character who takes himself way too seriously.
July 4, 2020