I am big fan of Fibber McGee and Molly the classic old time radio show that ran on NBC radio from 1935 until 1959.
With the demise of radio in the late 1950s, NBC wanted to move it to television for the 1959-60 season but the original Fibber and Molly(Jim and Marion Jordan) were very reluctant to make the jump so NBC which owned the show by now recast the roles.
With the failing health of Marion Jordan the tv show wasnt really an option for them,but without them the flavor of the radio version was really lost and the new Fibber and Molly didn't gain any traction with television audiences. The show was canceled by the end of January 1960.
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I've seen a number of episodes on TV over the years and while she's rather generic, he's quite good! Bob "Fibber" Sweeney went on to be big name TV producer and director.
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