What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly host a stag spaghetti dinner for a few male friends, and Fibber insists on preparing the meal himself. The episode opens at the delicatessen, where Fibber and Molly gather supplies, and includes an encounter with a neighbor who declines his invitation. Fibber and Molly are heard in the kitchen cooking, with their guests arriving and the dinner preparations growing increasingly chaotic. This episode from the Fibber McGee and Molly series was originally broadcast on NBC Radio on June 4, 1940, starring Marion and Jim Jordan as the title couple with Bill Thompson.
The Delicatessen and the McGee home, on a Tuesday evening
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mrs. Goldfarb, Johnny, Old Timer, Mr. Wilcox, Uppy Huffington, Nick DiPopolis
Listen for: Fibber's kitchen cooking mishaps and his boast about his father's career as a chef
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.