Fibber aired Tuesday nights at 930pm and was the cornerstone of NBC's most popular night or radio. The evening began with "Amos N Andy" at 9pm (tied for #6 in the season ratings), then "Fibber McGee and Molly" at 930 (#2), followed at 10pm by "The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope" (tied at #6) and the night closed out at 1030 with "The Raleigh Cigarette Program starring Red Skelton" (#10).
"Fibber McGee and Molly" starred Jim and Marion Jordan as Fibber and Molly and with a top notch cast that at times included Harold Peary as The Great Gildersleeve, Gale Gordon as Mayor Latrivia and Foggy Williams the local weatherman. Also was the great voice man Bill Thompson who was The Old Timer, Wallace Wimple (the inspiration for cartoon's Droopy Dog), Arthur Q Bryan as Fibber's nemesis Doc Gamble (and the original voice of Elmer Fudd). These and many many other voices made Fibber McGee and Molly second only to Jack Benny (in my opinion) as the greatest comedy of the golden age of radio.
From October 21st 1947
"Late Car Payment"
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