What happens
Dr. Gamble, a weary physician, leaves his car at Fibber McGee and Molly's house for a day while he rests away from his patients. Fibber decides to do the doctor a favor by switching the car's tires, but his clumsy efforts damage the vehicle in a series of mishaps. Meanwhile, Mrs. McGee's friend Sailor LaTrivia, now a Coast Guardsman on leave, visits the house and draws Molly away. Wallace Wimple and Mr. Wilcox also drop by, and the broadcast ends with news about the war and the program's final show of the summer. The series is Fibber McGee and Molly, first aired on NBC Radio on June 15, 1943, starring Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan.
The McGee home at 79 Wistful Vista, with Dr. Gamble's car parked in the driveway, in a small American town during the Second World War.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Dr. Gamble, Mr. Wilcox, Wallace Wimple, LaTrivia, Mrs. Wimple, Doc Gamble
Listen for: Fibber's attempts to switch the doctor's tires and the chain of damage that follows, and the arrival of LaTrivia in his Coast Guard uniform.
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.