What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly are checking their bank balance when a mistake leaves them overdrawn. Fibber phones the bank to correct it, and the conversation sets the household's money worries in motion. Sig Wellington, manager of the Bijou Theatre, then arrives at the house with news of a prize drawing that Fibber has won. The episode belongs to the Fibber McGee and Molly series and was first broadcast on NBC Radio on December 7, 1943. Its lead actors are Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan. The story follows Fibber and Molly as they discuss how to spend the money, including whether to buy war bonds or save toward a post-war car.
The McGee home, with later scenes at the Bijou Theatre and around the neighbourhood during the Second World War.
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Sig Wellington, Miss Crenshaw, Doc Gamble, Mr. Wilcox, Alice Dean, LaTrivia
Listen for: Fibber's phone call to the bank and his argument with Molly over whether to buy war bonds or save for a post-war car.
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.