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Fibber McGee and Molly
Fibber McGee and Molly
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Radio

Fibber McGee and Molly

NBC

NBC · 1931–1959

Broadcasts

1340

Cadence

Twice weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1931

The run

Network
NBC
Years active
1931–1959
Surviving broadcasts
1340
Genre
comedy

Original Upload - August 2020 (1,228 episodes) 1st Update - August 28, 2024 (20 recently rediscovered episodes - Ep #s: 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 91-98, 115, 147) 2nd Update - March 31, 2024 (6 new episodes - Ep #s: 150, 151, 153, 154, 155 and 156.

1943 · 11942 · 11941 · 21940 · 11939 · 21937 · 21936 · 11935 · 11931 · 1

Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files

Clean transfer · 15 of 40Listenable · 3 of 40Rough but complete · 22 of 40

Source collection

Internet Archive audio collections

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: fibber-mc-gee-and-molly

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

12 dated broadcasts across 29 years on the air, with 20 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1931, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. FMM 1931-06-01 (xx) Smackout · 1 Jun 1931
  2. 2. FMM 1935-12-16 (36) The Bridge Game · 16 Dec 1935
  3. 3. FMM 1936-08-10 (70) Old Calvalryman McGee · 10 Aug 1936
  • 01

    FMM 1931-06-01 (xx) Smackout

    1 Jun 1931 · 19 min

  • 02

    FMM 1935-12-16 (36) The Bridge Game

    16 Dec 1935 · 29 min

  • 03

    FMM 1936-08-10 (70) Old Calvalryman McGee

    10 Aug 1936 · 29 min

  • 04

    FMM 1937-05-17 (110) McGee School of Dramatics

    17 May 1937 · 29 min

  • 05

    FMM 1937-12-20 (141) Detective McGee

    20 Dec 1937 · 29 min

  • 06

    FM&M 1939-02-28 #0194 Mouse in the House

    28 Feb 1939 · 29 min

    Originally broadcast on NBC, 28 February 1939. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection

  • 07

    FMM 1939-09-19 (214) Newspaper Column

    19 Sep 1939 · 28 min

  • 08

    FMM 1940-02-06 (234) Why Is Everyone So Nice

    6 Feb 1940 · 28 min

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