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    Fibber McGee and Molly

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    Fibber McGee and Molly was one of the most popular American radio shows of all time, running from 1935 until 1957. It came to television in 1959, but with much less success.

    The McGees were the residents of 79 Wistful Vista and, as on radio, they had to cope with friends and neighbours who made life rather hilarious.

    Fibber’s tendency to overstate (some people called it fibbing) constantly got him into trouble. Fortunately, Molly’s common sense and talents as a peacemaker prevented most situations from getting out of hand.

    Symptomatic of the problems involved in bringing Fibber McGee and Molly to television was McGee’s famous overcrowded hall closet, which always unleashed its contents in a crash whenever it was opened.

    Somehow this was not as funny seen on television as it had been when only heard on the radio.

    Jack Kirkwood, who would again work with Elisabeth Fraser on One Happy Family, appeared occasionally as Fred Nitney, Fibber’s old vaudeville partner. In the episode titled “The Fred Nitney Story,” Fred stayed with the McGees while he finished writing a book about their act known as Nitney and McGee.

    Most of the actors in the TV version had not been associated with the show on radio, but one did have an interesting connection with the earlier version.

    Harold Peary had created the role of Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve on Fibber McGee and Molly in 1939, later moving it to a series of his own as The Great Gildersleeve.

    When Fibber McGee came to TV, Peary returned as Mayor La Trivia.

    Fibber McGee
    Bob Sweeney
    Molly McGee
    Cathy Lewis
    Announcer
    Pat McGeehan
    Mayor LaTrivia
    Harold Peary
    Roy Norris
    Paul Smith
    Hazel Norris
    Elisabeth Fraser
    Teeny
    Barbara Beaird
    Doc Gamble
    Addison Richards
    Fenton Roscoe
    Alan Mowbray
    Fred Nitney
    Jack Kirkwood
    Benton 
    Jerome Cowan
    Adam Davis
    Olin Howland
    Judge Townley
    Charles Cane
    Bill Gordon
    Charles Lane
    George Lester
    Jack Weston
    Charley Pritchard
    Parley Baer
    Norman Waller
    Robert Casper

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