What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly go to the Auto License Bureau to renew their plates, leaving their car parked along the line of waiting people. When they come back out, the car is gone, and Fibber calls the police to report it stolen. Meanwhile the couple keep running into acquaintances in the same place, and the situation grows more tangled. This is an episode of the Fibber McGee and Molly series, broadcast on NBC Radio on January 16, 1940, with Jim and Marian Jordan as the leads.
The Auto License Bureau, a street near the license office, and the police station
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mrs. Uppington, Gildersleeve, Mrs. Uppington's numerologist, Boomer, Lieutenant Brophy, Mert
Listen for: Fibber's arguments with the police lieutenant and the mix-up over the stolen car
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.