What happens
Fibber McGee brings home a new barometer and proudly announces that it predicts snow for the next day, despite it being mid-May. Molly is skeptical, and McGee insists on hanging the instrument while neighbors, friends and a local weather bureau all weigh in on his forecast. As the claims spread around town, McGee grows defensive about his scientific reading. This episode of Fibber McGee and Molly, first broadcast on NBC Radio on May 11, 1943, stars Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan. The household comedy turns on McGee's stubborn faith in his new gadget and the rumors it stirs up.
The McGee home at 79 Wistful Vista, and the neighborhood around it, in a small town in May.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly, Mr. Old-timer, Mr. Wilcox, Abigail, Dr. Gamble, Mr. Whimple, Mert
Listen for: McGee's increasingly defensive claims about the barometer, and the running gags about the weather forecast spreading through town.
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.