FUN WITH FIBBER

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, June 30th, 1999

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (9-13-49) The first show of the new season is also the 15th anniversary broadcast for the Squire of Wistful Vista and his wife. NBC uses the occasion to salute the McGees and present an hour-long special promoting the new broad­cast season. Regulars Gale Gordon (as Mayor LaTrivia), Bill Thompson (as Wallace Wimpole and the Old Timer), and the King’s Men are joined by special guests Dinah Shore, Robert Young, Phil Harris and Alice Faye, Hal Peary as The Great Gildersleeve, Irene Dunne, Dennis Day, William Bendix, and Bob Hope. NBC, Johnson’s Wax. (11:20; 6:35; 11:00; 9:20; 10:35; 9:25)

PHILCO RADIO TIME (4-14-48) Bing Crosby stars with guests Jim and Marion Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly. Fibber claims he has “made Bing what he is today” and invites Crosby to sing at the Elk’s Club. Bing, Fibber and Molly sing “You Tell Me Your Dream.” ABC, Philco. (8:52; 7:42; 13:20)

FIBBER MC GEE, MOLLY AND THE SUPER­HETRODYNE (1950s) Fibber and Molly tune in an old radio to listen to vintage sounds from NBC’s past. Sounds and voices from not-so-long-ago: Coon-Sanders Orchestra; Amos ‘n’ Andy; Laurence Tibbett; Ruth Etting; Joe Penner and Rudy Vallee; Ben Bernie; Eddie Cantor; W. C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy; Jessica Dragonette; Bing Crosby and Bob Burns; Jimmy Durante; Bob Hope, Skinnay Ennis, Jerry Colonna; Easy Aces; Tallulah Bankhead and Margaret Truman; Al Jolson and Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom; Groucho Marx; Major Bowes. NBC, Sustaining. (14:55; 16:15; 14:40; 15:48)

FIBBER MC GEE AND MOLLY (4-5-49) Jim and Marion Jordan star with Gale Gordon, Bill Thompson, Arthur Q. Brian (as Doc Gamble), Dick LeGrand (as Ole), Harlow Wilcox, the King’s Men and Billy Mills and the Orchestra. Fibber vows to “catch up” on all the good deeds he should have done. NBC, Johnson’s Wax. (10:15; 10:20; 8:00)