What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly receive a phone call from Otis Cadwalder, an old high school acquaintance Molly defends and Fibber dislikes, who is passing through town by train. Fibber refuses to meet him, and the household's mood sours as Fibber grumbles about Cadwalder's manners and past. Friends and neighbors drop by with news and gossip, including word that Cadwalder has got off the train after all. Fibber continues to voice strong dislike of him as the couple plan an evening out. The Fibber McGee and Molly series aired on NBC Radio, and this episode is dated October 6, 1942, with Harold Peary and Bill Thompson among the leads.
The McGee home at 79 Wistful Vista, and around town during an autumn evening in the early 1940s.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Otis Cadwalder, Mr. Wilcox, Abigail, Mayor, Mr. Whipple, Mrs. Whipple
Listen for: Fibber's running dislike of Otis Cadwalder, and the phone call that reveals he is in town.
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.