I love George and Gracie. 69 years later, they are making me laugh out loud. Better timing than Benny, and funnier than Hope, I have always maintained Jim and Marion Jordan could have gone on to become even bigger than Burns and Allen if not for Marion's poor health. This is Old Time Radio. Gracie retired in 1958 and Marian's health prompted a retirement in 1959. not great because it's well known. The program often centered on the common problems of the common man of the day, including gas rationing, black market meat, buying bonds, etc. The other Vaudevillians (Hope, Benny, Burns, etc) kept going in TV and public appearances because they had to. But Fibber & Molly were comic gold. They complemented each other so well and the comic timing was....timeless. Addeddate 2006-07-13 07:33:01 Boxid OL100020613 External_metadata_update 2019-03-29T00:59:06Z Format Audio Identifier FibberMcGeeandMolly1946 Keywords Fibber McGee,Molly,old time … Skip to main content. That says something for the quality of program this is Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Abigail Uppington, The Old Timer, Horatio K. Boomer - I think these were the best neighbors who visited the McGees every week. I was a hardliner for Gunsmoke and the Detective Series. Sometimes a message and a medium are simply perfect compliments. An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. I have also been uploading otr series here as well. Like sci-fi Fibber and Molly were designed for radio (arguably, along with Jack Benny, the first modern sitcom, since Amos and Andy was a soap opera early on) and worked best there. FIBBER.. was either #1 or in the top 10 throughout the 1940s and they lasted in various forms until the late 1950's. If you would like to join forces Drop me a line at If you want to hear the best of the best of FMM, check out the Dinner Party/Quarantine two parter, listed above (March 4th and 11) This is an excellent historical season of Fibber McGee & Molly, as rubber conservation, military stamps, and gas rations were newly put into effect, and Fibber and Molly play their patriotic parts in many of these episodes. Jack Benny was hilarious. Sci-fi was like this, radio sci-fi could reach heights that until recently TV could never touch. An illustration of a magnifying glass. The couple WERE bigger than Burns and Allen at least on radio. "Fibber McGee and Molly" was a radio comedy series that ran from 1930-1959. 411028_Fibber_Meets_A_Racketeer is just another copy of 411118_Mayor_LaTrivia_Wont_Leave Fred Allen was so dry and so very funny, but Jim and Marion had them beat. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive.

Living in the fictional Midwestern city of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long suffering wife Molly. If for some reason you are not familiar with this series (hard to imagine, but possible) do yourself a favor and pick it up around 1940 or so and listen to it in some kind of sequence. Programs like this one, and it's first spinoff, the Great Gildersleeve, are upbeat, entertaining and flag-waving. You'll become fast friends with the residents of 79 Wistful Vista and, as well, the denizens of the stereotypical American town of the era. The program often centered on the common problems of the common man of the day, including gas rationing, black market meat, buying bonds, etc. As has been noted about Fred Allen, the Fibber McGee Program is another wonderful window into America during WWII. As has been noted about Fred Allen, the Fibber McGee Program is another wonderful window into America during WWII. Early TV sci-fi was awful. Fibber McGee and Molly - 1942. The mind is a better special effect generator than film. An illustration of a magnifying glass. It was one of the most popular and enduring radio series of its time and ran on NBC radio for most of those years. Sure the Sam Spades and Dick Diamond's of the OTR world were great and there was no man cooler than Matt Dillon, U.S. Marshall.

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