5 Haunted Roads Across the US
5 more haunted roads across the United States, once more we dive back into some of the strangest and most haunted locations across the United States and the World. Tackling some of the roads, streets, and highways that hold ghost stories and strange creatures that roam the region. Phantom hitchhikers, werewolf-like creatures, and heartbroken spirits, regardless of what may be lurking in the night, be sure to be careful on the road and don't pull over for any strange women dressed in white during the middle of the night...
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TOUR NO MELHOR HOTEL QUE FICAMOS NA FLORIDA: VIAJANDO PARA A COSTA OESTE DE KEY WEST A FORT MYERS
Encontrar um bom hotel na Florida, seja em Miami, Orlando ou na Costa Oeste, não é uma tarefa fácil. Então veja o tour completo pelo melhor resort que já ficamos no Estado Ensolarado.
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CUBA IN A BOTTLE - EPISODE 3 EXPANSION
TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF CUBAN RUM IS TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF CUBA ITSELF.
Anyone with even a fleeting relationship with Cuba knows that rum has influenced virtually every aspect of Cuban culture. From belief systems to music to revolution, rum has been there, playing its part. Cuba in a Bottle tells its story throughout each step of the island’s history, with hand drawn animation, a full original soundtrack that was recorded with a full Cuban band and a diverse cast which reflects the melting pot that is Cuba’s past and present. From rarely filmed religious ceremonies, to the barracks of the sugar cane cutters, the story is told through interviews with legends from the world of music, sport and film as well as a host of Cuban rum experts and master blenders, to reveal how rum is the lifeblood of the country and still remains the sweet pulse of the Cuban soul.
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Directed & Produced by BEN HOLMAN & CHARLIE INMAN
Written by CHARLIE INMAN, BEN HOLMAN & DAVE BROOM
Editor & Assistant Director - FRANCISCO FORBES
Director of Photography - BEN HOLMAN
Animation - GERVAIS MERRYWEATHER & TOM MALINS
Original Score by - TOM CC & BARAK SCHMOOL
Voiceover - JOE SHIRE
Produced by BEIJA FILMS in association with KNOCK KNOCK
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A Conversation on the Constitution: The Fourteenth Amendment
annenbergclassroom.org – Incorporating three integral constitutional tenets -- due process, equal protection, and privileges and immunities -- the 14th Amendment was originally intended to secure rights for former slaves, but over the years, it has been expanded to protect all people. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses with students the importance of the 14th Amendment and how it came to embody and protect the principle of We the People.
The TRUTH about BREAST IMPLANTS - Breast Implant Illness (Before/ After Pics)
» My breast implants were making me chronically sick - here is my story.
Links to check out:
NEW STUDY (11/18) - Breast Implant Injuries Kept Hidden:
Silicone implants and lymphoma: The role of inflammation:
Heavy Metals & Chemicals used in Breast Implants (Derived from individual manufacturers + specific implant’s FDA Summary of Safety and Effectiveness Data (SSED)-
Silicone is a biologically active and toxic substance:
Dr H Jae Chun Facebook Live video speaking about impermeability of implants -
Statistics on Implants rupturing:
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Studies showing Breast Implants Rupturing:
Dr. Lu Jean Feng in the US is the world’s foremost explant surgeon with many educational video’s regarding proper En Bloc/Total Capsulectomy explants and breast implant illness:
and has also conducted clinical research and studies here:
Dr Arthur Brawer is a Rheumatologist and silicone toxicity expert and has carried out studies and written several papers on the toxicity of silicone and breast implants: Mechanisms of Breast Implant Toxicity (2017) -
Autoinflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA) Syndrome is Misguided (2017) -
Destiny rides again: the reappearance of silicone gel-filled breast implant toxicity (2017) -
Bones, Groans, and Silicone (2012) -
Amelioration of Systemic Disease after Removal of Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implants (2000) -
Dr. Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld is another expert who published AutoImmune/Inflammatory Syndrome Induced By Adjuvants – ASIA Syndrome in regard to breast implants :
Dr Michael Harbut has written about and petitioned the FDA in regard to dangers of platinum toxicity in breast implants here:
Dr Frank Vasey is a Rheumatologist and has written about the dark side of silicone implants here:
You have to be a part of the private Breast Implant Illness group to read through this one- but it references all the studies I showed scrolling on screen here:
FDA buries evidence of fraud in medical trials -
Dr Feng’s Webinars on Breast Implant Illness + Explant (1)-
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History of breast implants + What is Bii
Silicone breast implants and unexplained systemic symptoms
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A great website resource for breast implant illness information-
Facebook support group for women experiencing Bii -
Watch the Netflix Documentary 'The Bleeding Edge '- It examines the the $400 billion medical device industry and the profit-driven mind-set that rushes implanted devices into the marketplace without proper clinical trials
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6 ways mushrooms can save the world | Paul Stamets
Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium -- and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.
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清海無上師簡介
為了那一點點愛，我們上天下地探索，只為尋獲那一點點愛，
將此愛與眾生分享，無論他們在世上哪個角落。
—— 清海無上師
在無數與清海無上師相遇的人眼中，無上師可說是「愛」的化身！
她是一位知名的慈善家、藝術家和靈性導師。她的愛心和奉獻超越文化與種族的藩籬，嘉惠世界各地數以百萬計的人們。其中包括：窮困的人、醫學研究機構、孤苦的老人、身心障礙者、難民，以及遭受地震、水患等受難者，只要人們有需求，她便無私地奉獻所有。
經由這些善舉，我們見證「源源不絕的慈悲心」正是這位深具愛心女士的標誌。而「世界會」會員，也依循著她的愛心典範，成長茁壯。
清海無上師出生於悠樂中部。小時候，她總是盡其所能地幫助醫院裏的病人和窮苦的人。長大後，她到歐洲留學，擔任義務護理人員，以及為紅十字會翻譯。很快地，清海無上師便發現，痛苦存在於所有文化和世界上每個角落。因此，找尋解除這些苦難的方法，成為她生活中最重要的目標。
清海無上師曾與一位德國醫生結婚，過著幸福美滿的婚姻生活。儘管「分離」對他們來說，是個極為困難的抉擇，然而為了無上師高雅的理想，她的先生最後還是同意分離。隨後，清海無上師便展開靈性追尋之旅。
經過一段漫長旅程，最後，她在印度喜馬拉雅山的深山裡，找到一位開悟的明師，傳授她「觀音法門」——觀內在光和音的打坐法門。經過一段時間的精進修行之後，她達到完全證悟的境界。
“你必須把時間留給自己，往內靜思、回歸自己的本性，記起自己內在的本質，並發展它，讓自己像個藝術家般閒情逸致、滿懷愛心、沒有壓力，然後你才能給予。如果你不了解快樂，你就無法給予快樂；如果你沒有和平，你就無法給予和平。
—— 清海無上師
離開喜馬拉雅山後不久，在眾人的誠摯懇求下，清海無上師將「觀音法門」傳授給渴求真理的人們，鼓勵求道者往內找尋自己偉大的品質。
社會各階層的人士，經由修行「觀音法門」後，發現他們生活更滿足、平靜，充滿喜悅。隨後，美國、歐洲、亞洲、南美洲以及聯合國，均邀請清海無上師蒞臨演講，並傳授「觀音法門」。
“我們能分享什麼就開始分享，然後就可以感受到內在的微細變化，我們的意識會注入更多的愛力，這就是一個起步。我們來到這裡是為了學習成長，也為了學習使用我們無限的愛力和創造力，讓我們所處的任何環境變得更好！
—— 清海無上師
清海無上師本身是一位善行義舉的典範，同時她也鼓勵大家美化我們所居住的世界。
經由修行觀音法門，清海無上師發展出多樣渾然天成的才華，透過繪畫、音樂、詩作、珠寶和服裝設計等藝術創作，將來自天國的靈思融入生活之中。
1995年，在大眾的懇求下，首度在國際各流行重鎮，展開服裝設計巡迴展，其中包括倫敦、巴黎、米蘭和紐約等地。清海師父用這些藝術創作的收入從事慈善工作，以獨立的資金來源展現她的務實觀－－我們都應該靠自己的力量幫助他人。
雖然清海無上師不追求外界的認可，但世界各國的官方和私人組織，為表揚她的無我奉獻，在諸多場合頒發給她各式獎項，包括：「世界和平獎」、「顧氏和平獎」、「世界精神領袖獎」、「世界公民人道獎」以及服務大眾傑出人士和提升人權方面的獎章。
她以愛心消弭世上的仇恨，她為絕望的人帶來希望，
她以寛容化解誤會，她散發出偉人光芒，
她是全人類的慈悲天使。
—— 前夏威夷檀香山市長花士先生
清海無上師是當代致力於幫助他人發現及創造美好未來的人士之一。如同許多歷史上的偉人一樣，無上師也有她自己的夢想：
我有一個夢想
我夢想全世界和平
我夢想世界不再有殺生，小孩們可以過著和諧安樂的生活
我夢想國際間能彼此握手言和、互相保護、互相幫助
我夢想這個幾千百萬億年愛心造就的美麗的星球不會被摧毀
我夢想它將會在和平、美麗與愛中延續下去
Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines | Sarah Hallberg | TEDxPurdueU
Can a person be cured of Type 2 Diabetes? Dr. Sarah Hallberg provides compelling evidence that it can, and the solution is simpler than you might think.
Dr. Sarah Hallberg is the Medical Director of the Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program at IU Health Arnett, a program she created. She is board certified in both obesity medicine and internal medicine and has a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology. She has recently created what is only the second non-surgical weight loss rotation in the country for medical students. Her program has consistently exceeded national benchmarks for weight loss, and has been highly successful in reversing diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Dr. Hallberg is also the co-author of fitteru.us, a blog about health and wellness.
B.S., Kinesiology & Exercise Science, Illinois State University, 1994
M.S., Kinesiology & Exercise Science, Illinois State University, 1996
M.D., Des Moines University, 2002
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Florida | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Florida
00:05:00 1 History
00:05:29 1.1 European arrival
00:11:19 1.2 Joining the United States; Indian removal
00:16:25 1.3 Slavery, war, and disenfranchisement
00:19:09 1.4 20th and 21st century growth
00:21:18 2 Geography
00:23:18 2.1 Climate
00:27:37 2.2 Fauna
00:29:57 2.3 Flora
00:31:25 2.4 Florida Reef
00:32:37 2.5 Environmental issues
00:35:10 2.6 Geology
00:37:23 2.7 Regions
00:37:31 3 Demographics
00:37:41 3.1 Population
00:39:45 3.2 Settlements
00:40:49 3.3 Ancestry
00:46:27 3.4 Languages
00:47:21 3.5 Religion
00:48:19 4 Governance
00:49:58 4.1 Elections history
00:54:28 4.1.1 Elections of 2000 to present
00:58:47 4.2 Statutes
01:00:25 5 Economy
01:03:54 5.1 Personal income
01:05:13 5.2 Real estate
01:06:51 5.3 Tourism
01:08:41 5.4 Agriculture and fishing
01:10:26 5.5 Industry
01:10:44 5.6 Mining
01:12:04 5.7 Government
01:13:24 6 Seaports
01:14:29 7 Health
01:15:33 8 Architecture
01:16:57 9 Media
01:17:06 10 Education
01:17:15 10.1 Primary and secondary education
01:18:35 10.2 Higher education
01:19:59 11 Transportation
01:20:08 11.1 Highways
01:23:42 11.2 Airports
01:24:00 11.3 Intercity rail
01:26:16 11.4 Public transit
01:28:20 12 Sports
01:31:13 13 State symbols
01:33:09 14 Sister states
01:33:19 15 Notable people
01:33:28 16 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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Florida ( (listen); Spanish for land of flowers) is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive (65,755 sq mi or 170,300 km2), the 3rd-most populous (21,312,211 inhabitants), and the 8th-most densely populated (384.3/sq mi or 148.4/km2) of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.
Florida's $1.0 trillion economy is the fourth largest in the United States. If it were a country, Florida would be the 16th largest economy in the world, and the 58th most populous as of 2018. In 2017, Florida's per capita personal income was $47,684, ranking 26th in the nation. The unemployment rate in September 2018 was 3.5% and ranked as the 18th in the United States. Florida exports nearly $55 billion in goods made in the state, the 8th highest among all states. The Miami Metropolitan Area is by far the largest urban economy in Florida and the 12th largest in the United States with a GDP of $344.9 billion as of 2017. This is more than twice the number of the next metro area, the Tampa Bay Area, which has a GDP of $145.3 billion. Florida is home to 51 of the world's billionaires with most of them residing in South Florida.The first European contact was made in 1513 by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, who called it la Florida ([la floˈɾiða] the land of flowers) upon landing there in the Easter season, known in Spanish as Pascua Florida. Florida was a challenge for the European colonial powers before it gained statehood in the United States in 1845. It was a principal location of the Seminole Wars against the Native Americans, and racial segregation after the American Civil War.
Today, Florida is distinctive for its large Cuban expatriate community and high population growth, as well as for its increasing environmental issues. The state's economy relies mainly on tourism, agriculture, and transportation, which developed in the late 19th century. Florida is also renowned for amusement parks, orange crops, winter vegetables, the Kennedy Space Center, and as a popular destination for retirees. Florida is the flattest state in the United States. Lake Okeechobee is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida.Florida's close proximity to the ocean influences many aspects of Florida culture and daily l ...
Hurricane Katrina Documentary(1) OFFICIAL
Part 2:
Directed by Spike Lee
Theme music composer Terence Blanchard
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Spike Lee
Samuel D. Pollard
Editor(s) Geeta Gandbhir
Cinematography Cliff Charles
Running time 240 minutes total, for part 1 & 2.
Production company(s) 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Release
Original channel HBO
Original release
August 23, 2010
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise is a 2010 documentary film directed by Spike Lee, as a follow-up to his 2006 HBO documentary film, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The film looks into the proceeding years since Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans and Gulf Coast region, and also focuses on the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its effect on the men and women who work along the shores of the gulf. Many of the participants in Levees were also featured in this documentary.
It won a Peabody Award in 2010 for ambitiously chronicling one of the hugest disasters in American history, interrogating the well-known narratives and investigating other stories that could have easily fallen through the cracks.[1]
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Suspense: I Won't Take a Minute / The Argyle Album / Double Entry
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run). Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series (featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Eve McVeagh, Lena Horne, and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and comedy stars — often playing against type — such as Jack Benny. Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, Backseat Driver, which originally aired February 3, 1949.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows retain their power to grip and entertain. At the time he took over Suspense, Lewis was familiar to radio fans for playing Frankie Remley, the wastrel guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. On the May 10, 1951 Suspense, Lewis reversed the roles with Death on My Hands: A bandleader (Harris) is horrified when an autograph-seeking fan accidentally shoots herself and dies in his hotel room, and a vocalist (Faye) tries to help him as the townfolk call for vigilante justice against him.
With the rise of television and the departures of Lewis and Autolite, subsequent producers (Antony Ellis, William N. Robson and others) struggled to maintain the series despite shrinking budgets, the availability of fewer name actors, and listenership decline. To save money, the program frequently used scripts first broadcast by another noteworthy CBS anthology, Escape. In addition to these tales of exotic adventure, Suspense expanded its repertoire to include more science fiction and supernatural content. By the end of its run, the series was remaking scripts from the long-canceled program The Mysterious Traveler. A time travel tale like Robert Arthur's The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln or a thriller about a death ray-wielding mad scientist would alternate with more run-of-the-mill crime dramas.
The Groucho Marx Show: American Television Quiz Show - Hand / Head / House Episodes
Julius Henry Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 -- August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film and television star. He is known as a master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. More Groucho:
Groucho's three marriages all ended in divorce. His first wife was chorus girl Ruth Johnson. He was 29 and she 19 at the time of their wedding. The couple had two children, Arthur Marx and Miriam Marx. His second wife was Kay Marvis (m. 1945--51), née Catherine Dittig, former wife of Leo Gorcey. Groucho was 54 and Kay 21 at the time of their marriage. They had a daughter, Melinda Marx. His third wife was actress Eden Hartford. She was 24 when she married the 63-year-old Groucho.
During the early 1950s, Groucho described his perfect woman: Someone who looks like Marilyn Monroe and talks like George S. Kaufman.
Often when the Marxes arrived at restaurants, there would be a long wait for a table. Just tell the maître d' who we are, his wife would say. (In his pre-mustache days, he was rarely recognized in public.) Groucho would say, OK, OK. Good evening, sir. My name is Jones. This is Mrs. Jones, and here are all the little Joneses. Now his wife would be furious and insist that he tell the maître d' the truth. Oh, all right, said Groucho. My name is Smith. This is Mrs. Smith, and here are all the little Smiths.
Similar anecdotes are corroborated by Groucho's friends, not one of whom went without being publicly embarrassed by Groucho on at least one occasion. Once, at a restaurant (the most common location of Groucho's antics), a fan came up to him and said, Excuse me, but aren't you Groucho Marx? Yes, Groucho answered annoyedly. Oh, I'm your biggest fan! Could I ask you a favor? the man asked. Sure, what is it? asked the even-more annoyed Groucho. See my wife sitting over there? She's an even bigger fan of yours than I am! Would you be willing to insult her? Groucho replied, Sir, if my wife looked like that, I wouldn't need any help thinking of insults!
Groucho's son Arthur published a brief account of an incident that occurred when Arthur was a child. The family was going through customs and, while filling out a form, Groucho listed his name as Julius Henry Marx and his occupation as smuggler. Thereafter, chaos ensued.
Later in life, Groucho would sometimes note to talk-show hosts, not entirely jokingly, that he was unable to actually insult anyone, because the target of his comment assumed it was a Groucho-esque joke and would laugh.
Despite his lack of formal education, he wrote many books, including his autobiography, Groucho and Me (1959) and Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (1963). He was personal friends with such literary figures as T. S. Eliot and Carl Sandburg. Much of his personal correspondence with those and other figures is featured in the book The Groucho Letters (1967) with an introduction and commentary on the letters written by Groucho, who donated his letters to the Library of Congress.
Irving Berlin quipped, The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl. In his book The Groucho Phile, Marx says I've been a liberal Democrat all my life, and I frankly find Democrats a better, more sympathetic crowd.... I'll continue to believe that Democrats have a greater regard for the common man than Republicans do. Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings was published in 2005; the book records similar sayings between Groucho Marx and John Lennon.
A Pride of Carrots - Venus Well-Served / The Oedipus Story / Roughing It
Oedipus (US pron.: /ˈɛdɨpəs/ or UK /ˈiːdɨpəs/; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Oidípous meaning swollen foot) was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thereby brought disaster on his city and family. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus the King, which was followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Together, these plays make up Sophocles's three Theban plays. Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's powerlessness against the course of destiny in a harsh universe.
Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta. In the most well-known version of the myth, Laius wished to thwart a prophecy saying that his child would grow up to murder his father and marry his mother. Thus, he fastened the infant's feet together with a large pin and left him to die on a mountainside. The baby was found on Kithairon by shepherds and raised by King Polybus and Queen Merope in the city of Corinth. Oedipus learned from the oracle at Delphi of the prophecy, but believing he was fated to murder Polybus and marry Merope he left Corinth. Heading to Thebes, Oedipus met an older man in a chariot coming the other way on a narrow road. The two quarreled over who should give way, which resulted in Oedipus killing the stranger and continuing on to Thebes. He found that the king of the city (Laius) had been recently killed and that the city was at the mercy of the Sphinx. Oedipus answered the monster's riddle correctly, defeating it and winning the throne of the dead king and the hand in marriage of the king's widow, Jocasta.
Oedipus and Jocasta had two sons (Eteocles and Polynices) and two daughters (Antigone and Ismene). In his search to figure out who killed Laius (and thus end a plague on Thebes), Oedipus discovered it was he who had killed the late king - his father. Jocasta also soon realized that she had married her own son and Laius's murderer, and she hanged herself. Oedipus seized a pin from her dress and blinded himself with it. Oedipus was driven into exile, accompanied by Antigone and Ismene. After years of wandering, he arrived in Athens, where he found refuge in a grove of trees called Colonus. By this time, warring factions in Thebes wished him to return to that city, believing that his body would bring it luck. However, Oedipus died at Colonus, and the presence of his grave there was said to bring good fortune to Athens.
The legend of Oedipus has been retold in many versions, and was used by Sigmund Freud as the namesake of the Oedipus complex.
The Great Gildersleeve: Leroy Suspended from School / Leila Returns Home / Marjorie the Ballerina
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 orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.