What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly, on the Fibber McGee and Molly series broadcast of May 6, 1941 over NBC Radio, feature Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan. Fibber and his neighbor Throckmorton Gildersleeve argue hotly over a checkerboard game and end in a tie. Molly decides to gather games, books and magazines to send to soldiers at a nearby army camp, and she tells the others to send along items from their homes. Fibber and Gildersleeve reluctantly agree to help, and the pair visit neighbors such as Mrs. Uppington, Mr. Wimple and Mr. Wilcox, who offer their own donations. The episode continues with the group loading a borrowed truck and making their delivery at the camp.
Wistful Vista, a small American town, in the spring of 1941
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Mrs. Uppington, Mr. Wimple, Mr. Wilcox, Mrs. Wimple, Captain Gordon
Listen for: Molly's plan to collect games and books for the soldiers, and the rivalry between Fibber and Gildersleeve over their checkerboard
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.