What happens
Fibber McGee visits a numerologist, Professor Seiper, who tells him his name is out of harmony with the universe and recommends changing it. McGee adopts the name Homer K. Frank for ten dollars, and he quickly boasts of his new luck to Molly and his friends. Molly is unimpressed, and the new name soon draws him into trouble with the police. This is the Fibber McGee and Molly episode of NBC Radio, first broadcast on May 4, 1943, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan among the cast.
A numerologist's office above a barbershop, and later around the McGees' neighbourhood and a police station.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Professor Seiper, Homer K. Frank, Abigail Daugherty, Mrs. Uppington, Mr. Wilcox, Gamble
Listen for: Fibber's new name, Homer K. Frank, and his claims about his improved luck.
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.