What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly receive two mysterious tickets to the formal opening of Gone With The Wind at the Beijou Theatre in West Pinewood. Fibber borrows a neighbor's full dress coat to wear to the event after tearing his own, and the neighbor soon discovers the loss. Molly worries about who sent the tickets and why, while Fibber boasts of his past as a hypercritical theater critic. The McGees mingle with the social set, including the snobbish Mrs. Uppington, and the evening becomes increasingly chaotic. This 1940 episode of Fibber McGee and Molly on NBC Radio aired on January 9, starring Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan.
West Providence, a town where the McGees live, and the Beijou Theatre during the formal opening of Gone With The Wind.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Harlow Wilcox, Mrs. Uppington, Mr. Gildersleeve, Boomer, Johnny
Listen for: Fibber's boasts about his days as a hypercritical theater critic and his tangle with the borrowed coat.
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.