What happens
Fibber McGee receives a letter from his old vaudeville partner Fred Knitney, who asks him to help his daughter. McGee decides to wangle a commission for her in the Women's Army Corps, and he tells Molly and their friends he has political pull. Meanwhile, the lodger Alice Darling fields a steady stream of phone calls and letters. Fibber heads to the recruiting office with Doc Gamble, boasting of his influence. The sergeant there explains that commissions are earned through training and merit, not connections.
The McGee home at 79 Wistful Vista and the streets and recruiting office of the town, during the Second World War.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Alice Darling, Doc Gamble, Uncle Dennis, Mr. Wilcox, Fred Knitney, Whitney Knitney
Listen for: Fibber's boasts about his political connections and the sergeant's explanation of how commissions are earned in the WAC.
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.