Title:

Fibber McGee and Molly

Type:

Comedy

Length:

30 minutes until June, 1953

15 minutes Oct., 1953 thru March 1956

4 minutes June, 1957 thru Sept., 1959

Broadcast history:

April 16, 1935 - July 2, 1935 Blue network. Tuesdays at 10 PM. Sponsored by

Johnson's Wax. Broadcast from New York until

May 7^th, then moved to Chicago.

July 8, 1935 - March 7, 1938 NBC Blue until June, 1936 and then NBC Red.

Mondays at PM 1935 - 1937. Mondays at 9 PM

1937 - 1938. Sponsored by Johnson's Wax.

March 15, 1938 - June 30, 1953 NBC. Tuesdays at 9:30 PM. Sponsored by

Johnson's Wax until 1950; Pet Milk 1950 - 1952;

Reynolds Aluminum 1952 - 1953. Broadcast from

Chicago until 1939, then from Hollywood.

Oct. 5, 1953 - March 23, 1956 NBC. Five days a week with various timeslots and

sponsors.

June 1, 1957 - Sept. 6, 1959 Monitor. Vignettes on Saturdays and Sundays.

Cast:

Jim Jordan as Fibber McGee

Marion Jordan as Molly McGee

Teeny

Isabel Randolph as Abigail Uppington and various "snooty" characters.

Bill Thompson as the Oldtimer

Wallace Wimple

Cliff Arquette as Wallingford Tuttle Gildersleeve (the original

Gildersleeve)

Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

Gale Gordon as Mayor LaTrivia

Foggy Williams, the weatherman

Arthur Q. Bryan as Doc Gamble

Shirley Mitchell as Alice Darling

Marlin Hurt as Beulah

Bea Benaderet as Mrs. Millicent Carstairs

Hugh Studebaker as Silly Watson

Ransom Sherman as Uncle Dennis, Molly's drunken uncle

Gene Carroll as Lena, the maid

One of the most well known and probably well liked, old time radio comedy series of all time. Fibber McGee, the amiable braggart and teller of tall tales and Molly, his long-suffering, sweet, salt-of-the-earth wife, and their large collection of friends and acquaintances. The show chronicled their life at 79 Wistful Vista, the McGee home, which Fibber won in a lottery. This show was immensely popular in its day and today is considered one of the "best of the best" of the golden age of radio.

Announcers: Harlow Wilcox (1935 - 1953); John Wald (1953 - 1956)

Source: On the Air - John Dunning