[78-L] 78s on Fibber McGee and Molly

[David Lennick]

And the Fibber McGee and Molly album in the "Top Ten" series..one sketch has 
McGee "fixing" the phonograph.

All 7 Top Ten sets are available from me on 3 CDs.


 > TOP TEN CD 1
 >
 > THE JACK BENNY ALBUM (TOP TEN ALBUM 2)
 >
 > 1.  GETTING A HAIRCUT/GETTING A SHAVE (TT 129/30) (6:51)
 > 2.  THE VIOLIN LESSON (TT 125/6) (7:20)
 > 3.  SCHIZOPHRENIA (adapted from Arch Oboler's "Alter Ego") (TT 127/8) (7:11)
 > 4.  A LETTER FROM MARY'S MOTHER (TT 131) (3:25)
 > 5.  AMERICA'S FOREMOST VIOLINIST (TT 132) (3:22)
 >
 > GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN (TOP TEN ALBUM 4)
 >
 > 6.  WHAT EVERY OLD HUSBAND SHOULD KNOW (TT 113/4) (6:56)
 > 7.  SUGAR THROAT SINGS AGAIN (TT 109) (3:32)
 > 8.  THE FRENCH LONG UNDERWEAR MAKER (TT 110/11) (6:40)
 > 9.  GRACIE DISCOVERS A MOVIE STAR (TT 112) (3:10)
 > 10. WHAT EVERY YOUNG BRIDE SHOULD KNOW (TT 115/6) (6:53)
 >
 > TOP TEN CD 2
 >
 > EDGAR BERGEN-CHARLIE McCARTHY (TOP TEN ALBUM 3)
 >
 > 1.  VENTRILOQUISM EXPOSED (TT 149) (3:20)
 > 2.  A LESSON IN LIFE SAVING (TT 150) (3:27)
 > 3.  UNDERWEAR BY MAIL ORDER (TT 151) (3:24)
 > 4.  GLASS BLOWING (TT 152) (3:29)
 > 5.  LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (TT 153) (3:24)
 > 6.  A GRAMMAR LESSON (TT 154) (3:28)
 > 7.  THE BAKERY MAN (TT 155) (3:27)
 > 8.  THE THREE LITTLE PIGS (TT 156) (3:25)
 >
 > FIBBER McGEE & MOLLY  (TOP TEN ALBUM 7)
 >
 > 9.  IT'S ALL GREEK (TT 144) (3:28)
 > 10. A FASCINATIN' HUNK OF NATURAL HISTORY (TT 141) (3:20)
 > 11. A FEW NOTES ON PIANO TUNING (TT 147/8) (6:54)
 > 12. STRICTLY OFF THE RECORD (TT 145) (3:28)
 > 13. WALLACE WIMPOLE DROPS IN (TT 146) (3:26)
 > 14. A VISIT TO THE DAIRY (TT 142/3) (6:54)
 >

 > TOP TEN CD 3
 >
 > 1.  THE EDDIE CANTOR ALBUM (TOP TEN ALBUM 5)
 >     Hall of Records/How Old is Cantor/Eddie Cantor's School Days/
 >     Eddie Cantor's Fool Days/Cantor Kills Vaudeville/Cantor Flunks
 >     His Physical/The Girls in Cantor's Life (TT 117/24) (26:30)
 >
 > THE ED "ARCHIE" GARDNER ALBUM (DUFFY'S TAVERN) (TOP TEN ALBUM 6)
 >
 > 2.  THE SYMPATHETIC PART with GEORGE RAFT (TT 107/8) (6:16)
 > 3.  FLATBUSH ON THE THAMES with NIGEL BRUCE (TT 103/4) (6:23)
 > 4.  TWO TOP GRUSKIN (TT 105/6) (6:11)
 > 5.  DEEMS, DEM AND DOSE with DEEMS TAYLOR (TT 101/2) (5:56)
 >
 > THE AMOS 'N' ANDY ALBUM (TOP TEN ALBUM 1)
 >
 > 6.  Kingfish Examines Andy for EYEGLASSES (TT 136/7) (7:18)
 > 7.  Andy and The Kingfish PARKING THE CAR (TT 135) (3:27)
 > 8.  Andy and The Kingfish Learn About POLITICS (TT 134) (3:18)
 > 9.  Kingfish Sells Andy INSURANCE (TT 138/40) (9:47)
 > 10. Amos Explains THE LORD'S PRAYER (TT 133) (2:35)

dl

Jason Beard wrote:
> Of course, we can't forget the classic 1945 Capitol set "Fibber McGee and Molly with Teeny On the Night Before Christmas".
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Sammy Jones <sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 10:29:18 PM
> Subject: [78-L] 78s on Fibber McGee and Molly
> 
> I have recently been listening to an interesting Fibber McGee and Molly
> storyline from 1955.  In one episode, Molly and Fibber see an ad from a
> record collector in the paper offering to buy interesting record
> collections.  Fibber (with the help of Doc Gamble and Wallace Whimple) lugs
> down his old 78s from the attic with the intent to sell them to the
> collector--only by the time the record collector gets around to the house,
> Fibber and the gang have gotten so enthralled listening to the old discs
> that they no longer want to sell.  It seems the collector has been running
> into the same problem all over town!
> 
> A few episodes later, Fibber is invited by a local radio DJ to bring his old
> records to the radio station for air play.  Fibber gets so worked up
> gathering other items from his storied career in show business that he
> forgets the records.
> 
> Throughout these few episodes we are treated to what sounds like real 78s
> playing in the background, and Paul Whiteman, George M. Cohan, and
> (possibly) Uncle Josh are all mentioned.  Has anybody else heard these
> shows?  They are on Volume 7 of the Lost Fibber McGee and Molly available
> from the First Generation Radio Archives.
> 
> I thought this was a very interesting commentary on record collecting from
> the '50s.  Great listening!
> 
> Sammy Jones
>