What happens
Fibber McGee is building a homemade telescope in his workshop while Molly worries that he is straining his eyes. McGee insists he has spotted something important in the night sky and wants to keep it secret until he is sure. Meanwhile neighbors, including Mrs. Uppington and Gildersleeve, drop by, and McGee's telescope soon draws their curiosity. The episode is from Fibber McGee and Molly, first broadcast on NBC Radio on April 8, 1941, starring Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan. Alongside the household comedy, McGee is convinced his telescope has revealed a new comet.
The McGee home at 79 Wistful Vista, where Fibber builds a telescope in his workshop and the neighborhood gathers around.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly, Gildersleeve, Mrs. Uppington, Nick DiPompolo, Mrs. Gildersleeve, Teeny, Wilcox
Listen for: Fibber's claim that he has discovered a new comet, and Gildersleeve's reaction when he sees it through the telescope.
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.