What happens
Fibber McGee and Molly is a 1942 episode of the long-running comedy series, first aired on NBC Radio on March 24, 1942, with Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon and Arthur Q. Bryan among the cast. Fibber McGee is writing a song, which he calls The War Stamp Stomp, and he visits Molly, Billy Mills and the lyricist Wallace Wimple for help. Along the way, Mayor LaTrivia comes by searching for his misplaced Phi Beta Kappa key, and neighbors such as Abigail Uppington and Mr. Wilcox offer their own opinions on McGee's work. McGee's ambitions for the song keep running into complications.
McGee's home and the neighborhood of Wistful Vista, then Billy Mills' house and a radio station
Characters: Fibber McGee, Molly McGee, Mayor LaTrivia, Billy Mills, Wallace Wimple, Abigail Uppington, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Strote
Listen for: The McGees' back-and-forth over the song title and Mayor LaTrivia's search for his Phi Beta Kappa key
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.