What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly, a 1940 episode of the NBC radio series, has Fibber McGee and Molly take an interest in Christmas shopping while their neighbor Mr. Gildersleeve, a pompous man, finds five tons of coal dumped on his front lawn. Fibber McGee offers to borrow his shovel, and a quarrel breaks out between the two neighbors over whether McGee should help move the coal into the basement. The episode is written by Don Quinn, and the lead actors are Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan.
The McGee home and the front yard of Mr. Gildersleeve's house in a town in winter, shortly before Christmas.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mr. Gildersleeve, Mrs. Upington, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Depopoulos, Mrs. Mrs. Carlson
Listen for: The quarrel between Fibber McGee and Mr. Gildersleeve over the coal, and Mrs. Upington's raffle.
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.