Teenys Missing Dog: Fibber McGee and Molly (November 30, 1943)

“Teenys Missing Dog” is an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 30, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Fibber McGee and Molly help a little girl search for her missing dog, a brown and white pup with blue eyes and a stubby tail. Fibber and Molly go door to door around town, asking neighbors, the police, a butcher and a theater manager whether they have seen the animal. Their efforts take them to several unlikely places as they try to keep the promise they made to the child. This episode of the Fibber McGee and Molly series aired on NBC Radio on November 30, 1943, with Harold Peary and Bill Thompson among the cast. The search is still underway in the portion of the story covered here.

A small town, with a home on the street, a butcher shop, a theater, a drugstore and a department store.

Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Sis, Doc Gamble, Mr. Wellington, Alice Darnan, Mr. Wilcox, Meyerhof

Listen for: Fibber and Molly calling around town about the lost dog, and the little girl's description of her pet.

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.