The situation comedy, a staple of the nbc red network for the shows entire run and one of the most popular and enduring radio series of its time, ran as a standalone series from 1935 to 1956, and then continued as a shortform series as part of the weekend monitor from 1957 to 1959. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. A silvertongued salesman convinces mcgee to buy the most expensive model on the lot and, after molly finds out the cost, fibber is forced into the role of salesman to get rid of the white elephant. The door of the mcgee home at 79 wistful vista must have been revolving as an assortment of characters flitted in and out of it every week. The fibber mcgee and molly show, the 19451946 season collects a full season of shows, restored to sparkling audio quality. During the 1944 seasons episode titled, aunt sarahs picture, fibber asks tini what her real name is. The building blocks were in place for a hit in the late 1930s. Beulah was popular enough to receive her own spinoff program in 1945, the marlin hunt and beulah show. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Many factors go into making a radio show a classic. Marlin hurt may 27, 1905 march 21, 1946 was an american stage entertainer and radio actor who was best known for originating the dialect comedy role of beulah made famous on the fibber mcgee and molly program and the first season of the beulah.
The fibber mcgee and molly show 19451946 season by don. Old time radio shows on custom cd, and downloadable. Molly reminds fibber about his lack of sales resistance when he goes to buy a simple pullbehind luggage trailer for the. Fibber mcgee and molly no 484 mcgee is ill first program of the season 101 1946. The series was a pinnacle of american popular culture from its 1935 premiere until its demise in 1959. Fibber mcgee and molly 0465 ice skating fibber mcgee comedy.
Bing crosby left nbcs kraft music hall in may, 1946, determined to record his. Wrote commercial jingles with martin sperzel and henry russell. Fibber mcgee and molly was a 19351959 american radio comedy series. Fibber mcgee and molly keep us rolling with laughter all through dinner and into the evening. Creatorwriter of nbc radios the halls of ivy 19501952. The fibber mcgee and molly show, the 19451946 season. One of the myriad aspects of fibber mcgee and molly that does so.
The fibber mcgee and molly show, the 19461947 season. In 1943 beulah appeared on thats life before moving on to fibber mcgee and molly. Hurt passed away suddenly in 1946, and was replaced by another white actor, bob corley, and the show renamed the beulah show. Head writer from 19351950 and assistant writer for the 19501951 season of nbc radios fibber mcgee and molly. And a season of that show, restored to the highest quality possible, is collected in the 1945 1946 season.
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