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Jim Jordan and his wife Marian developed one of radio's most durable comedy partnerships. The Peoria-area performers married in 1918, toured in vaudeville and worked through years of uncertain engagements before finding success in Chicago radio. Their programs evolved into Fibber McGee and Molly, which began nationally in 1935. As Fibber, Jim played an enthusiastic storyteller and schemer whose confidence almost always exceeded his knowledge. The fictional home at 79 Wistful Vista became the center of a richly populated comic community, and the crashing hall closet became one of broadcasting's best-known sound gags. Jordan's performance depended on timing and chemistry with Marian rather than simple punch lines. The series continued in different forms through 1959. After Marian's death, Jim largely retired, later voicing the albatross Orville in Disney's The Rescuers. Jim and Marian Jordan were inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1989.
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This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “My Heart Beats for You,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
A circus detour lands Fibber at a shooting gallery, where his boasts about being “Gun Gun McGee” are put to the test and his suspiciously impressive marksmanship involves a young accomplice.
Fibber insists on teaching young neighbor Helen to ride her bicycle, backing his advice with tales of his supposed vaudeville career as “Cycle McGee”; unicycles, a broken coaster brake and repeated tumbles…
Fibber and Molly take over an amateur hour at the Wistful Vista radio station, judging and impersonating an eccentric parade of contestants as local acts compete for attention and a lollipop prize.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “A Courtroom Full of McGees,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Lighting The Furnace With Gasoline,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
Fibber and Molly head to the Wistful Vista Department Store to do their Christmas shopping, turning a seasonal errand into another round of McGee-style comedy.
Molly arranges bridge lessons to improve Wistful Vista’s culture, but Fibber’s resistance, Silly Watson’s collapse through a cardboard card table, and a mismatched deck that produces identical hands leave the lesson in…
Fibber and Molly prepare for a New Year’s Eve party, then head out to celebrate at the Wistful Vista Night Club.
Fibber chases a furniture-trade job in Grand Rapids, boasting about his imaginary career as “Overstuffed McGee” during the train trip, only to discover that he and Molly have traveled to Grand Rapids,…
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Waiting For The Radio Repairman,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Check Room Attendants,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Spring Cleaning,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “The Haircut,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “The Escape Artist,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Mayor of Chinatown,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “In A Trailer Camp,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Dont You Remember Me,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Captain Of The Ship,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Solving The Murder Mystery,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Eighteenth Wedding Anniversary,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Judge Of Court Of Domestic Relations,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “McGee Shops For Clothes,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Managing A Jewelry Store,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “The Bucking Bronco Contest,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Presenting McGee's Play, Cinderella,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Washington's Birthday speech,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
For their 100th broadcast, Fibber and Molly visit the telegraph office to thank their sponsor. After comic detours and repeated attempts to economize on words, Fibber reduces the message to simply “Thanks,”…
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Interviewing Theatrical Talent,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Gardening,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.