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Cleaning Hall Closet
Fibber McGee and Molly · March 5, 1940 · 57 min · 3,933 words
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The Johnson Wax program with Fibber McGee and Molly. The makers of Johnson's Wax and Johnson's self-polishing blow coat present Marion and Jim Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly with Bill Thompson, the Kingsman and Billy Mills Orchestra.
The show opens with Shine. In its Fibber McGee and Molly time. Fibber McGee and Molly.
The dramatic story of a woman with her faith in a man. Oh, sure. And a man with his faith in a newspaper. Will something exciting, unusual or momentous take place in the little frame house at 79 wistful vista tonight? Or is that expecting too much?
Yes, I guess it's expecting too much. Anyway, here they are, m'gae and molly. Anything interesting in the paper, dearie? Well, here's the interesting article on crop surpluses, Molly. You don't say. Yeah. Now take corn, for instance.
Certainly, we can take it and we can dish it out. Hey, I'm serious. This writer says that if conditions keep up, the small farmer will be completely annihilated. Oh. Hey, what's annihilated? An-a-hill-ated. Why, that means, uh, when a farmer, uh, well now, for instance, uh...
Where's the dictionary? It's probably in the closet with the rest of your stuff. Give me your key and I'll get it for you. Oh, no, you don't. You lay off the stuff in that closet. I got all my stuff arranged in there just the way I want it.
Now don't be silly, give me the key. Ah, okay. Now let's see, which one of these is the most heavenly days? Why do you carry all those keys? Does it make you feel important or something?
What do you mean important? Every one of them keys is necessary. What's that little key there for? Well, that's a padlock key. What padlock? For the backyard gate we used to have in Peoria. What are you keeping that for, are you homesick?
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