Uncle Dennis Has Disappeared Part 1: Fibber McGee and Molly (May 26, 1942)

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“Uncle Dennis Has Disappeared Part 1” is an episode of Fibber McGee and Molly, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 26, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Fibber McGee and Molly worry when Uncle Dennis goes missing for two days. Fibber and Molly search town with the help of neighbors such as Mr. Old Timer, Billy Mills and Abigail Upington, who owns a dog named Pee-Pee. Fibber McGee and Molly is a radio comedy series, and this episode aired on NBC on May 26, 1942. Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan are among the lead actors. The couple follows a trail of clues, including a hat, a shoe and a shirt, as the disappearance grows stranger. The search turns up odd leads around the neighborhood, and the investigation has not yet been resolved by the point this part of the episode covers.

Wistful Vista, the McGees' street and neighborhood

Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Uncle Dennis, Mayor La Trivia, Joe Whelan, Mr. Old Timer, Billy Mills, Mr. Wilcox

Listen for: Pee-Pee the dog dragging in Uncle Dennis's clothes, and the clues that lead the McGees around 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.