What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly is a comedy series, and this episode, Poker Game, first aired on NBC Radio on February 23, 1943, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan in the cast. Fibber McGee is due at an executive meeting at the Elks Club, but he has a poker game in mind. Molly is at home, and a stream of visitors keeps dropping by, each with their own opinions about his evening. Neighbors, a young girl, and a talkative old-timer pass through the house while Fibber gets ready to leave. The mix of gossip and mishaps builds as the evening goes on.
The McGee home, and nearby houses and the Elks Club, in a small town, in the evening during the war years.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly, Abigail, Wallace Wimple, Rosita Moreno, Sis, Mr. Wilcox, Junior
Listen for: Visitors who arrive one after another at the McGee home, and Fibber's excuses for leaving.
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.