Looking for Uppy's Nephew: Fibber McGee and Molly (November 10, 1942)

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“Looking for Uppy's Nephew” is an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 10, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Fibber McGee and Molly agree to counsel Mrs. Uppington's nephew, a young man with a record of boyish pranks, but he is hard to pin down because nobody can recall his name. Fibber and Molly visit a spaghetti restaurant and then city hall to find him, and along the way Fibber brags about his memory while Molly grows increasingly exasperated. The episode is part of the long-running Fibber McGee and Molly comedy series, which aired on NBC Radio, and this installment was first broadcast on November 10, 1942. Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan are among the lead performers.

Wistful Vista, a town where a taxi ride, a spaghetti restaurant and city hall are the main locations

Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mrs. Uppington, Mr. Wilcox, Wallace Wimple, Horace Gridley, Mayor LaTrivia

Listen for: Fibber's repeated failure to remember the nephew's name and his boast about his memory

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.