Amusement Park: Fibber McGee and Molly (June 17, 1941)

“Amusement Park” is an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 17, 1941. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Fibber McGee and Molly take their young neighbor, a little girl, to the West Vista amusement park for an afternoon of rides, snacks and games. Along the way they meet Billy Mills, who is marking his 10,000th broadcast, and the afternoon grows more eventful when the child wanders off after riding the roller coaster alone and cannot be found. Harlow Wilcox and the King's Men also appear. This episode of the Fibber McGee and Molly radio series first aired on NBC on June 17, 1941, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan in the cast.

West Vista amusement park

Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Sis, Billy Mills, Harlow Wilcox, Gildersleeve, Mrs. Uppington, Bonzo

Listen for: The roller coaster ride and the missing little girl, Billy Mills's 10,000th broadcast, and the Wild Man of Borneo barker act

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.