Fibber McGee and Molly: Old-Time Radio Comedy

Fibber McGee wakes up grumpy and tumbles out of bed through an open window, but his wife Molly soon has him in a cheerful mood. A series of unusually friendly neighbors arrive one after another, including Mr. Gildersleeve, Mrs. Uppington and Boomer, each showering the McGees with kindness. The McGees grow suspicious of all the goodwill, and the mood on Wistful Vista turns increasingly strange. The episode is from the long-running series Fibber McGee and Molly, first broadcast on NBC Radio on February 6, 1940, starring Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan.

With Fibber McGee, Molly, Mr. Gildersleeve, Mrs. Uppington, Boomer, Harlow Wilcox, Maggie.

Listen for: Fibber's bathrobe and breakfast, and the sudden string of cheerful visitors who all treat the McGees with unexpected kindness

First aired on February 6, 1940 on NBC Radio.

Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.

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Fibber McGee tries to get rid of his old blue serge suit, which Molly keeps urging him to throw out. He first considers selling it to a secondhand clothing shop, then tries various schemes to dispose of it, including the river and a neighbor's yard. Along the way he meets Mr. Wilcox, who keeps mentioning Johnson's wax, and Mayor LaTrivia's friend Mr. Uppington sets up a dealing with a music teacher, William Randolph Mills. The episode is part of the Fibber McGee and Molly series, first broadcast on NBC Radio on January 30, 1940, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan in the cast. The suit's troubles continue as the McGees try one plan after another.

With Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mr. Wilcox, Mrs. Uppington, William Randolph Mills, Nick Pappalardo, Gilly, Officer Kelly.

Listen for: Fibber's repeated scheme to get rid of the old blue serge suit, and Mr. Wilcox's Johnson's wax plug.

First aired on January 30, 1940 on NBC Radio.

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Fibber McGee and Molly visit a radio studio on a guided tour, where they meet Mr. Gildersleeve, a girdle manufacturer who has bought airtime for his advertising but has no program ready. Fibber offers to help with a new audience-participation idea. Gildersleeve agrees, and Fibber presents a quiz show in which members of the studio audience step forward to answer questions drawn from a hat. The episode is part of the Fibber McGee and Molly series, first broadcast on NBC Radio on January 23, 1940, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan in the cast.

With Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mr. Gildersleeve, Horatio K. Boomer, Mrs. Abigail Fogrendill-Uppington, Socrates W. Maxime, Patricia Goldfarb.

Listen for: Fibber's rapid-fire boasting and wordplay when he pitches his quiz show idea to Gildersleeve, and the audience contestants' answers to the hat questions.

First aired on January 23, 1940 on NBC Radio.

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Fibber McGee and Molly go to the Auto License Bureau to renew their plates, leaving their car parked along the line of waiting people. When they come back out, the car is gone, and Fibber calls the police to report it stolen. Meanwhile the couple keep running into acquaintances in the same place, and the situation grows more tangled. This is an episode of the Fibber McGee and Molly series, broadcast on NBC Radio on January 16, 1940, with Jim and Marian Jordan as the leads.

With Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mrs. Uppington, Gildersleeve, Mrs. Uppington's numerologist, Boomer, Lieutenant Brophy, Mert.

Listen for: Fibber's arguments with the police lieutenant and the mix-up over the stolen car

First aired on January 16, 1940 on NBC Radio.

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Fibber McGee and Molly receive two mysterious tickets to the formal opening of Gone With The Wind at the Beijou Theatre in West Pinewood. Fibber borrows a neighbor's full dress coat to wear to the event after tearing his own, and the neighbor soon discovers the loss. Molly worries about who sent the tickets and why, while Fibber boasts of his past as a hypercritical theater critic. The McGees mingle with the social set, including the snobbish Mrs. Uppington, and the evening becomes increasingly chaotic. This 1940 episode of Fibber McGee and Molly on NBC Radio aired on January 9, starring Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan.

With Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Harlow Wilcox, Mrs. Uppington, Mr. Gildersleeve, Boomer, Johnny.

Listen for: Fibber's boasts about his days as a hypercritical theater critic and his tangle with the borrowed coat.

First aired on January 9, 1940 on NBC Radio.

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Fibber McGee and Molly tells of Fibber, who receives a set of carpenter's tools for Christmas and is urged by Molly to put them to use. Rather than fix the wobbly furniture, he decides to build a dog house, first calling a lumber company, where a phone conversation with a friend named Mert goes awry. Neighbors Mrs. Uppington and Mr. Gildersleeve drop by, and the building project soon turns into a lively contest over who gets to do the work. The episode aired on NBC Radio on January 2, 1940, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan in the cast. Fibber tries his hand at the job with a mix of enthusiasm and mishaps, as the household's New Year mood fills the program.

With Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mert, Mrs. Uppington, Mr. Gildersleeve, Wilcox.

Listen for: Fibber's attempts at carpentry and the back-and-forth banter with Molly and Gildersleeve over who gets to use the saw and hammer.

First aired on January 2, 1940 on NBC Radio.

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