Fibber
McGee & Molly
1935-1959
Radio Show
This shows stars were a real life husband
and wife team of Jim and Marian Jordan from Peoria, Illinois.
They began in vaudeville.
 Fibber
was just that… a braggard with wild ideas and schemes
that was the basis for the show. Molly played the patient
spouse. Besides the couples antics they had many guests come
into their home at 79 Wistful Vista where the show took place.
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, Mayor LaTrivia and Doc Gamble
were just a few of the regulars. The announcer, Harlow Wilcox,
worked the sponsor of the show, Johnson Wax, right into the
program so no break was needed for commercials. One of the
best known running gags of the era was Fibber McGee's closet.
Whenever he opened it all sorts of objects would fall out
and make a racket of sound. Besides using Irish names for
the title Marian Jordan was of Irish descent (Driscoll), and
the show was created by Don Quinn.
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