Fibber McGee & Molly - "Selling Umbrellas" (04-01-52)

Selling Umbrellas (Aired April 1, 1952)

INTRO: Bob Plays Casinos "The You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (1967)

Fibber McGee and Molly premiered in 1935. The program struggled in the ratings until 1940, when it became a national sensation. Within three years, it was the top-rated program in America. Few radio shows were more beloved than Fibber McGee and Molly. The program’s lovable characters included Mayor LaTrivia, Doc Gamble, Mrs. Uppington, Wallace Wimple, Alice Darling, Gildersleeve, Beulah, Myrt, and the Old Timer. 79 Wistful Vista was one of America’s most famous addresses and Molly’s warning to Fibber not to open the hall closet door (and his subsequent decision to do it) created one of radio’s best remembered running gags that audiences expected each week.

THIS EPISODE:

April 1, 1952. "Selling Umbrellas" - NBC network. Sponsored by: Pet Milk. Fibber's latest get-rich-quick scheme: selling umbrellas during a heat wave. His inside information comes from the corns of the Old Timer. Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Harlow Wilcox, Gale Gordon, Bill Thompson, Arthur Q. Bryan, Richard LeGrand, Cliff Arquette, Joe Forte, Billy Mills and His Orchestra, Jean Vander Pyl, Jeffrey Silver, Phil Leslie (writer), Keith Fowler (writer), Max Hutto (director), The King's Men. 33:30. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.