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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 09:34 AM 9/29/2009, you wrote:
>Of course, we can't forget the classic 1945 Capitol set "Fibber 
>McGee and Molly with Teeny On the Night Before Christmas".
>

I would love to own that set!!!! Yes I'm an FM&M fan......



>________________________________
>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