Fibber Mc Gee and Molly Visit: The Great Gildersleeve (January 10, 1943)

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“Fibber Mc Gee and Molly Visit” is an episode of The Great Gildersleeve, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 10, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Gildersleeve prepares his Summerfield home for the weekend visit of his old friends Fibber McGee and Molly. His niece Marjorie and nephew Leroy help with the arrangements, and Gildersleeve warns them not to tease Fibber about his size or mention his engagement to Mrs. Ransom. Fibber arrives, and the household settles in for the weekend. The episode is an early 1943 installment of The Great Gildersleeve on NBC, starring Harold Peary.

The Gildersleeve home in Summerfield, on a Saturday afternoon and the following day.

Characters: Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee, Molly, Marjorie, Leroy, Birdie, Mrs. Ransom, Judge Hooker

Listen for: Gildersleeve's preparations for his guests and his warnings to Marjorie and Leroy about Fibber's size and his engagement.

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.