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Ink Stains On The Carpet

Fibber McGee and Molly · April 16, 1940 · 28 min · 4,227 words

The transcript of “Ink Stains On The Carpet”, an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly first broadcast April 16, 1940. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Fibber McGee and Molly plays Fibber McGee and Molly free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The Johnson Wax Program with Fiverr McGee and Molly. To make it to Johnson's Wax, Johnson's self-publishing blowcoats present Marion and Jim Jordan as Fiverr McGee and Molly, with Bill Thompson, the Kingsman, and Billy Mills Orchestra.

The show opens with this cat below. We enter 79 west for Vista right along with the master of the house. As he opens the front gate, we follow close behind.

As he runs up the porch steps, So do we. As he opens the front door, we also slip in. And as he kisses his waiting w- We find Piver McGee and Molly. Hi Molly. Hello, dearie. What are you hiding behind your back? Let me see.

Oh, nothing much. Just a few flowers. Here. Oh, I'm okay. I'm so good. Oh, there's so much. Oh, it wasn't anything that any red flowers... Hey, what have you been up to? Well, what you mean Molly you know very well what I mean McGee what am I and his wife flowers for no reason?

There's a reason look, Mrs. McGee. This is an anniversary just five years ago today on the 16th of April We went on the air for Johnson's what oh heavenly day For the purposes of the script imagine me forgetting that Yes, sir imagine us talking ourselves red in the network every Tuesday night for five years

Do you remember that first broadcast in New York, McGee? Oh boy, well that's terrible. And what we overheard one of the NBC vice presidents say in afterwards? What did he say? He said, well Bill, they just hatched a turkey in Studio H.

But he said it won't live till Thanksgiving. Ah, well I know we could make a go of it. I'm not going to have to say it. Yes you did. I sure did. It took three options to get you to move out of that tourist camp.

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