What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly, in the 1942 episode from their NBC radio series, has Fibber searching the house at 79 West Provista for fifteen dollars he meant as a Christmas present for Molly. Convinced he is hopelessly forgetful, he visits a fortune teller called Madam X with Molly, paying for answers that do not help, then retraces his steps with Molly and recalls hiding the money in a book. Harold Peary plays Fibber, with Marian Jordan as Molly, and Bill Thompson appears as Wallace Wimple. Original air date: December 15, 1942.
The McGee home at 79 West Provista, and a fortune teller's parlor, during the Christmas shopping season in wartime.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Abigail Lappington, Wallace Wimple, Madam X, Mr. Tulliver, Uncle Dennis
Listen for: Fibber's search for the lost fifteen dollars and the fortune teller's three-question routine.
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.