What happens
Fibber McGee spends a busy morning on New Year's Eve trying to remember what a ribbon tied around his little finger was meant to remind him to do. As he runs errands, fixes the vacuum cleaner and returns borrowed items, he calls on his wife Molly and the neighbors who keep crossing his path. Wellington from the Bijou theater arrives with news about a lost overshoot, and Dr. Gamble presents a bill. The episode of Fibber McGee and Molly first aired on NBC Radio on December 28, 1943, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan among the cast.
The McGee home in Wistful Vista on the morning of New Year's Eve, with visits to the neighborhood and the nearby theater.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Doc Gamble, Mr. Wellington, Mr. Wilcox, Alice, Mrs. Nighi, Mr. Nighi
Listen for: Fibber's search for the reason behind the ribbon on his finger, and his heated exchange with Doc Gamble over the bill.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.