# Fibber McGee and Molly - "Radio Quiz Show" (Old Time Radio, 1940)

An episode of [Fibber McGee and Molly | Old Time Radio](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1858238532), 8 Sep 2026, 30 min.

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Fibber McGee and Molly presents “Radio Quiz Show,” episode 232 of the classic NBC comedy series, originally broadcast on January 23, 1940. Jim and Marian Jordan star as Fibber and Molly McGee, with Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve. A visit to the Wistful Vista radio station gives Fibber and Molly a behind-the-scenes studio tour, but the day soon turns into a comic on-air quiz program parodying the radio craze of the era. Sponsored by Johnson’s Wax, this 1940 broadcast offers a playful glimpse at radio making fun of itself. Fibber McGee and Molly presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience. Chapters: 00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction 00:41 Original Broadcast 29:39 Closing Support Old Time Retro Radio at https://www.patreon.com/oldtimeretroradio

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: A tour of Wistful Vista's radio station puts Fibber and
[0:03] Speaker 1: Molly McGee on the studio side of the microphone, where
[0:06] Speaker 1: Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve soon joins the proceedings. From NBC on
[0:11] Speaker 1: January 23, 1940, it is Fibber McGee and Molly, Episode 232,
[0:13] Speaker 1: Radio Quiz Show. Jim and Marion Jordan are joined by
[0:21] Speaker 1: Harold Peary as Gildersleeve and announcer Harlow Wilcox, as the
[0:25] Speaker 1: McGee's station visit leads to an on-air quiz show broadcast.
[0:30] Speaker 1: The program includes a parody of the contemporary radio feature
[0:33] Speaker 1: Potter Gold, with the station studio becoming part of the
[0:36] Speaker 1: evening's activity. And now, we return to the original broadcast.
[0:43] Speaker 2: The Johnson Wax Program with Fibber McGee and Molly!
[0:54] Speaker 3: The makers of.
[0:55] Speaker 2: Johnson's Wax and Johnson's Self-Polishing Glow Coat present Marion and
[0:58] Speaker 2: Jim Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly, with Jimmy Shields,
[1:01] Speaker 2: Bill Thompson... Arlo Wilcox.
[1:03] Speaker 4: Gee, thanks.
[1:04] Speaker 2: And Billy Mills Orchestra. The show opens with Goody Goodbye.
[1:08] Speaker 5: ¶ ¶.
[1:25] Speaker 2: When you walk on wax, you save your floors. You've
[1:28] Speaker 2: heard me say this many times, but I wonder if
[1:30] Speaker 2: you've really stopped to think about it, about the unique
[1:32] Speaker 2: service that genuine Johnson's Wax performs in your home. As
[1:36] Speaker 2: a matter of fact, there just isn't any other product
[1:38] Speaker 2: that can do what wax does for your floors, protect
[1:41] Speaker 2: them and beautify them at the same time. The tough
[1:43] Speaker 2: shield of Johnson's Wax is invisible, transparent, and yet it
[1:47] Speaker 2: protects and guards the floor surface against scuffing feet, scratches
[1:50] Speaker 2: and dirt. This same shield of genuine Johnson's Wax adds rich,
[1:54] Speaker 2: mellow beauty to your floors. Beauty that actually increases with
[1:58] Speaker 2: every application. And of course, Johnson's Wax is also a
[2:01] Speaker 2: work saver. It does away with tiresome floor scrubbing. And
[2:04] Speaker 2: Johnson Wax floors are the easiest.
[2:06] Speaker 3: Of all floors to keep clean.
[2:08] Speaker 2: Besides floors, there are 100 other labor-saving uses for Johnson's Wax. Furniture, woodwork, windowsills,
[2:14] Speaker 2: leather goods. You'll find these extra uses listed right on
[2:18] Speaker 2: the Johnson Wax package, paste or liquid.
[2:41] Speaker 4: THE END.
[3:01] Speaker 2: Folks, did you ever take a tour through a modern
[3:03] Speaker 2: broadcasting studio? It's a wonderful experience, and here's.
[3:06] Speaker 3: Your chance to do it.
[3:08] Speaker 2: At the Wistful Vista Broadcasting Company's studio, where the guide
[3:11] Speaker 2: is about to conduct a regular half-hour tour. And here,
[3:14] Speaker 2: among the milling sightseers, we find Fibber McGee and Molly.
[3:18] Speaker 4: Thank you. Oh, come on, Molly. Let's go home. I'm
[3:27] Speaker 4: getting tired of waiting around here.
[3:28] Speaker 3: No, sir.
[3:29] Speaker 6: I've wanted to take one of these studio tours for
[3:31] Speaker 6: a long time, dearie.
[3:32] Speaker 7: They say it's very educational.
[3:34] Speaker 4: Well, okay. After all, radio's been buttoned into our home
[3:38] Speaker 4: for 20 years. It's about time we returned the call.
[3:41] Speaker 8: All right, folks.
[3:42] Speaker 4: Please form a line and follow me. I'll explain things
[3:44] Speaker 4: to you as we go along.
[3:45] Speaker 3: Follow me, please.
[3:49] Speaker 4: All right. What's all this machinery in here, bud? Is
[3:54] Speaker 4: this where they wind Winchell up every Sunday night?
[3:56] Speaker 7: McGee, don't be so fresh.
[3:58] Speaker 4: Oh, well, this, ladies and gentlemen, is our sound effects department.
[4:01] Speaker 4: This room contains every possible sound effect that.
[4:03] Speaker 7: Yeah, pardon me, please, Mr.
[4:05] Speaker 8: Guide.
[4:06] Speaker 6: There's one sound effect I've often wondered about.
[4:09] Speaker 4: Yes, madam? Well, for instance, on that Johnson.
[4:12] Speaker 6: Wax program, my stars, how do they get the effect
[4:16] Speaker 6: of all those people laughing at Fibber McGee's jokes?
[4:19] Speaker 9: LAUGHTER Madam, there are still some things about radio that
[4:27] Speaker 9: baffle the experts.
[4:30] Speaker 4: Now, do you all see this large rubber ball? What
[4:32] Speaker 4: do you use that for, bud? Sound effect of a
[4:34] Speaker 4: bouncing baby? Quiet.
[4:40] Speaker 9: This rubber ball, ladies and gentlemen, is used, surprisingly enough,
[4:43] Speaker 9: for the.
[4:43] Speaker 3: Effect of an explosion.
[4:46] Speaker 4: It is made of very thin rubber and filled with
[4:48] Speaker 4: small pebbles.
[4:49] Speaker 9: When shaken and held up to the microphone, it produces
[4:52] Speaker 9: a loud explosive sound.
[4:53] Speaker 3: Let me show you.
[4:58] Speaker 9: Now, let us continue the tour, please. And this is
[5:06] Speaker 9: our Studio J. It has an audience seating capacity of 350.
[5:09] Speaker 4: This way, please.
[5:09] Speaker 3: Studio K. It seats 325.
[5:10] Speaker 9: Studio L.
[5:11] Speaker 5: Seats 300.
[5:14] Speaker 4: Thank you. Hey, you're out of step, bud.
[5:35] Speaker 6: That's you, dearie.
[5:38] Speaker 4: Studio M, seat 350. And this, ladies and gentlemen, completes
[5:47] Speaker 4: the tour. Are there any questions? Yeah, I got a question, bud.
[5:51] Speaker 3: Yes, sir. What is it, sir?
[5:53] Speaker 4: How do they get all them little pebbles into that
[5:55] Speaker 4: rubber ball? Folks, Jimmy Shields sings Stardust.
[6:10] Speaker 10: Sometimes I wonder why I spend a lonely night. The
[6:23] Speaker 10: Melody Haunts My Reverie And I am once again with
[6:34] Speaker 10: you When our love was new And each kiss an
[6:39] Speaker 10: inspiration Oh, that was long ago Now my love is
[6:47] Speaker 10: gone Beside a garden wall When stars.
[7:00] Speaker 5: Are bright You are in my arms The nightingale tells
[7:08] Speaker 5: his fairy tale Of paradise where roses grew Oh, I.
[7:15] Speaker 4: Dream In my heart.
[7:22] Speaker 11: It will remain My stardust melody The memory of love's
[7:36] Speaker 11: refrain My stardust melody, the memory of love.
[8:24] Speaker 4: Well, what did you think of the studio tour, Molly?
[8:26] Speaker 7: Oh, wonderful.
[8:28] Speaker 6: But do you think they have a sound effect for
[8:29] Speaker 6: falling arches?
[8:32] Speaker 7: My feet are killing me.
[8:33] Speaker 4: Mine too. I wonder why they don't let the tourists
[8:36] Speaker 4: ride around on them kilocycles they're always bragging about. Here,
[8:43] Speaker 4: sit down on this bench here a while, Molly.
[8:45] Speaker 7: Ah, heavenly days.
[8:47] Speaker 6: If that guide had showed us only 42 more studios,
[8:50] Speaker 6: I'd have gone back for that rubber ball and blown
[8:52] Speaker 6: the place up.
[8:53] Speaker 3: Yeah, me too. Well, hello there, Johnny.
[8:56] Speaker 4: Hello, darling. What you doing?
[8:58] Speaker 6: Resting.
[8:59] Speaker 4: We were just taking a studio tour.
[9:02] Speaker 3: Eh?
[9:03] Speaker 4: We were kind of disappointed on not seeing any radio stars, though, old-timer.
[9:06] Speaker 4: Molly thought if she could only make a grab at
[9:08] Speaker 4: Jack Benny's ostrich, it would be quite a feather in
[9:10] Speaker 4: her hat. That's pretty awful, Johnny. That ain't the way
[9:20] Speaker 4: I heard it.
[9:22] Speaker 3: The way I heard it.
[9:23] Speaker 8: One feller says to tell a feller, see, he says,
[9:28] Speaker 8: I see where Mae West just finished making another movie. Yep,
[9:32] Speaker 8: says tell a feller, I sure want to see that.
[9:35] Speaker 8: She's number one on my hips parade. Well, I gotta
[9:41] Speaker 8: skip along. My boy, Rance, wants to borrow 50 bucks
[9:44] Speaker 8: to finish up a secretarial course.
[9:47] Speaker 4: Must be learning the touch system.
[9:49] Speaker 12: So long, kids.
[9:56] Speaker 4: Imagine that old twerp. He's just a feeble old squirt
[9:59] Speaker 4: from the fountain of youth.
[10:03] Speaker 7: Ah, well, come on.
[10:03] Speaker 4: Let's go home. Okay.
[10:05] Speaker 6: I'll be so tired in the morning I'll have to
[10:07] Speaker 6: do the dishes in bed.
[10:11] Speaker 4: Oh, McGee, look.
[10:12] Speaker 7: There's Mr.
[10:12] Speaker 4: Gildersleeve. Who? Oh, hi, Gildy, old man. Hello.
[10:16] Speaker 3: Hello.
[10:18] Speaker 7: Oh, what's wrong, Mr.
[10:19] Speaker 6: Gildersleeve?
[10:19] Speaker 4: Why, cheer up, throcky old rutabagger. You still got plenty
[10:23] Speaker 4: of time to do your Christmas shopping.
[10:26] Speaker 3: Stop it, McGee, please. I'm in no mood for that
[10:30] Speaker 3: sort of thing.
[10:30] Speaker 4: Okay, I'll quit.
[10:31] Speaker 3: Oh, I'm in a terrible mess, McGee, terrible.
[10:34] Speaker 6: Well, if this was 15 years ago, I'd think your
[10:36] Speaker 6: home brew had exploded.
[10:38] Speaker 4: What is it, Mr.
[10:39] Speaker 8: Gildersleeve?
[10:40] Speaker 4: Now, look, Gildersleeve, personally, I don't know why I should
[10:43] Speaker 4: want to help you. You hate my, uh, and I
[10:46] Speaker 4: don't like yours either. But I'll help you if I can, Gildersleeve.
[10:53] Speaker 3: McGee, you're so full of balloon juice, you ought to
[10:55] Speaker 3: travel around with a ground crew.
[10:57] Speaker 4: That's so.
[10:59] Speaker 3: But I've simply got to talk to somebody.
[11:01] Speaker 6: My, my, it's nice to have you boys on such
[11:04] Speaker 6: friendly terms again.
[11:05] Speaker 7: What's the trouble, Mr.
[11:06] Speaker 3: Gildersleeve? Well, as you know, I am the manufacturer of
[11:09] Speaker 3: Gildersleeve's girlish girdles. Yes? Now, here's what happened. Yeah? I
[11:16] Speaker 3: decided to go on the radio with my advertising, so
[11:19] Speaker 3: I contracted for a half hour on the air.
[11:20] Speaker 4: Oh, how marvelous. Oh, that's quite a contraction, Rocky. What
[11:23] Speaker 4: kind of show you got?
[11:25] Speaker 3: I haven't got a show.
[11:26] Speaker 2: What?
[11:26] Speaker 3: That's what's the trouble. In exactly 20 minutes, Gildersleeve's girlish
[11:29] Speaker 3: girdles go on the air, and I haven't any program.
[11:32] Speaker 13: Oh.
[11:32] Speaker 4: And all because the union won't let my wife sing. Gildersleeve.
[11:41] Speaker 4: There must be a power watching over you to meet
[11:44] Speaker 4: me at a time like this.
[11:45] Speaker 3: What do you mean, McGee?
[11:46] Speaker 4: Well, now that you've laid an egg, I'm going to
[11:48] Speaker 4: save your bacon. I've got a great idea for a
[11:52] Speaker 4: radio program, brand new. But what do you know about
[11:55] Speaker 4: radio broadcasting, McGee? Who, me?
[11:57] Speaker 3: Why, shucks, Gildersleeve.
[11:59] Speaker 4: I've been interested in radio ever since I was knob
[12:01] Speaker 4: high to a door slam. Why, even as a little tyke,
[12:05] Speaker 4: I studied broadcasting because I simply loved to work at
[12:08] Speaker 4: a microphone. For the love of Mike McGee, I was
[12:12] Speaker 4: known as an invalid. For the love of Mike McGee,
[12:16] Speaker 4: the mastermind who made Marconi's mysterious megacycle machine a modern
[12:19] Speaker 4: miracle of music, merriment and melodrama for miscellaneous multitudes, monarch
[12:23] Speaker 4: of melody whose melancholy murmuring of Mother McCree and McCushla
[12:26] Speaker 4: mellowed the mascara on milkmaids in Milwaukee, mere maids in
[12:29] Speaker 4: the Mediterranean, and milady's maids in Manhattan, and mercy me,
[12:33] Speaker 4: the magic manipulator of the mandolin, memorizing a mass of
[12:36] Speaker 4: melodic manuscripts from the mountain music for old Matilda to let.
[12:39] Speaker 13: Me solve your problem, Gilday. Well, McGee, if you really
[12:51] Speaker 13: have something... I have.
[12:52] Speaker 3: I assure you, you won't lose by it. Let's step
[12:55] Speaker 3: in this office here and talk it over, eh?
[12:56] Speaker 13: Right here.
[12:57] Speaker 4: Okay, Rocky. Oh, uh, are we intruding?
[13:02] Speaker 2: No, no, I was just dictating. Have a chair.
[13:04] Speaker 3: I'll be with you in a minute. Ready, Miss Green?
[13:06] Speaker 6: Yes, Mr.
[13:06] Speaker 3: Wilcox.
[13:07] Speaker 2: And, uh, Johnson's glow coat will not only make your
[13:09] Speaker 2: house work much easier, comma, but it beautifies and protects
[13:12] Speaker 2: your linoleum, comma, and brings out the original color and
[13:14] Speaker 2: charm of the pattern, period, paragraph.
[13:17] Speaker 3: Just a few more lines, folks. Certainly, certainly. Go right ahead.
[13:20] Speaker 4: What do you mean, go right ahead? You've got no
[13:22] Speaker 4: more chance of stopping that guy, comma, than I have
[13:24] Speaker 4: of getting the Nobel Prize for tea-tasting, exclamation.
[13:29] Speaker 3: All right, Miss Green.
[13:31] Speaker 2: To apply Johnson's glow coat, comma, just pour a few
[13:33] Speaker 2: drops on the linoleum, comma, spread it around, dash, it
[13:36] Speaker 2: needs no rubbing or buffing, dash, and in 20 minutes
[13:39] Speaker 2: your floor is not only lovely to look at, comma,
[13:41] Speaker 2: but sealed against dirt and dampness, period.
[13:44] Speaker 3: Make four copies of that, Miss Green. Well, hello there, Molly.
[13:47] Speaker 7: Hello, Mr.
[13:48] Speaker 4: Wilcox. Hi, Harlow.
[13:49] Speaker 2: Hello, Fibber.
[13:50] Speaker 7: Goodbye, Mr.
[13:51] Speaker 4: Wilcox.
[13:51] Speaker 3: Goodbye, Molly.
[13:52] Speaker 4: So long, Harlow.
[13:53] Speaker 7: So long, Fibber.
[13:53] Speaker 3: Come on, Miss Green.
[13:57] Speaker 4: Oh, so long, Harlow.
[13:59] Speaker 3: Well, McGee, it's a business. I haven't much time left.
[14:02] Speaker 3: What is this great radio idea?
[14:04] Speaker 4: Look, Gildersleeve, here it is. My thought is to make
[14:06] Speaker 4: your studio audience part of the program. You get it?
[14:09] Speaker 4: That's simple, ain't it?
[14:10] Speaker 7: Why, that's wonderful, McGee.
[14:12] Speaker 3: Well, it sounds very interesting.
[14:13] Speaker 2: Sure.
[14:14] Speaker 3: A little unorthodox, though, isn't it?
[14:16] Speaker 4: Unorthodox? Why, it's revolutionary. Now, get this. My idea is
[14:22] Speaker 4: to ask the people to step up out of the
[14:23] Speaker 4: audience and have somebody ask them questions.
[14:25] Speaker 7: Heavenly days.
[14:27] Speaker 3: Well, it's a terrific gamble, McGee. By George, never let
[14:30] Speaker 3: it be said that Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve was afraid to
[14:34] Speaker 3: be a pioneer.
[14:35] Speaker 4: Good for you, Throcky. And if the idea works out
[14:38] Speaker 4: all right, I get the job of putting it on, eh? Yes.
[14:40] Speaker 3: But come on, hurry up, McGee.
[14:41] Speaker 4: Okay.
[14:42] Speaker 3: And if this isn't successful, oh, what a come down
[14:45] Speaker 3: for Gildersleeve's girdles.
[15:08] Speaker 4: Thank you.
[15:10] Speaker 14: Thank you. © BF-WATCH TV 2021.
[16:45] Speaker 4: Thank you, Billy Mills. And folks, welcome to the Gildersleeve
[16:48] Speaker 4: Girdle Quiz.
[16:50] Speaker 2: Wow.
[16:52] Speaker 4: Tonight sees the introduction to radio of a sensational new idea.
[16:55] Speaker 4: We're going to make you, the audience, a regular part
[16:57] Speaker 4: of the show. Won't that be ducky? But first, let
[17:02] Speaker 4: me introduce our mistress of ceremonies, Molly McGee.
[17:08] Speaker 7: How do you do, I'm sure?
[17:11] Speaker 4: Notice her graceful bow, folks. That was made possible by
[17:14] Speaker 4: the comfort and flexibility of a Gildersleeve....
[17:21] Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
[17:21] Speaker 4: Well, to get on with the program, folks, we're going
[17:23] Speaker 4: to ask different members of the audience to step up
[17:25] Speaker 4: on the stage and draw questions out of a hat.
[17:28] Speaker 4: Them answering the question correct gets either a $ 5 bill
[17:31] Speaker 4: or an order on the Bondtown Department Store for a
[17:34] Speaker 4: Gildersleeve girdle. Now, don't be shy. Nobody's going to be embarrassed.
[17:37] Speaker 4: Except you.
[17:38] Speaker 2: Huh?
[17:38] Speaker 4: Except me? What do you mean? Oh. Will somebody volunteer
[17:42] Speaker 4: from the audience?
[17:42] Speaker 3: Wait a minute.
[17:43] Speaker 4: Let me through there.
[17:44] Speaker 5: Let me through.
[17:45] Speaker 7: Well, now, here's the first contestant, McGee. Will you please
[17:49] Speaker 7: draw a slip out of the.
[17:49] Speaker 3: Hat, sir? Yeah, okay.
[17:52] Speaker 4: And here is the first question. And I might say
[17:56] Speaker 4: it's a tough one. Name the place and date of
[17:59] Speaker 4: the birth of Milton J. Prentwistle, the famous wallpaper designer.
[18:04] Speaker 4: January 12, 1901, at 4.13 a.m.
[18:05] Speaker 3: In East Cupcake, Ohio.
[18:12] Speaker 4: That is absolutely correct. And for answering that difficult question,
[18:17] Speaker 4: here is a crisp new $ 5 bill. Thank you for
[18:20] Speaker 4: coming up, Mr., uh, Mr.
[18:22] Speaker 3: Uh, Pretlissel, Milton J. Pretlissel.
[18:24] Speaker 4: Well, now, uh.
[18:31] Speaker 7: Here's the next volunteer, McGee. Step right up to the microphone, Matt. No, no,
[18:35] Speaker 7: that's me husband. This is the microphone.
[18:39] Speaker 4: Now then, sis, your name, please. Uh, Mrs.
[18:42] Speaker 12: Patricia Goldfarb. Uh, 1617 and a half, Finkle Arms Apartment Hotel. And, uh,
[18:51] Speaker 12: girdle size 38.
[18:55] Speaker 7: Well, thank you, Mrs.
[18:56] Speaker 4: Goldfarb.
[18:57] Speaker 7: Draw a question out of the hat now, please.
[18:59] Speaker 4: That's it, sis. And here is your question. Can you
[19:02] Speaker 4: identify the theme song of a well-known radio program of
[19:06] Speaker 4: which the band will play a few bars of? All right, Mr. Mills.
[19:20] Speaker 3: Oh, come, come, Mrs. Goldfarb.
[19:22] Speaker 4: Whose theme song is that? I might tell you it
[19:25] Speaker 4: was Fred Allen, but I'd be awful fibber if I did.
[19:28] Speaker 4: Come on, sis, don't you catch on to it?
[19:31] Speaker 7: Don't rush me, please.
[19:35] Speaker 6: Now tell us, what is your favorite radio program on
[19:37] Speaker 6: Tuesday night, Mrs.
[19:38] Speaker 4: Goldfarb?
[19:39] Speaker 7: I haven't got one.
[19:41] Speaker 4: Oh, you haven't got a favorite program?
[19:42] Speaker 7: No, I haven't got a radio. I guess I'm giving up.
[19:47] Speaker 4: That's too bad.
[19:48] Speaker 3: Students!
[19:51] Speaker 4: Oh, come on, folks. Whose theme song is it? Ah,
[19:57] Speaker 4: I see we have another volunteer from the audience. Here
[20:01] Speaker 4: you are, chowderhead, after service.
[20:03] Speaker 9: Oh, thank you, sir.
[20:04] Speaker 4: Your name, please?
[20:05] Speaker 8: Horatio K. Boomer, care of Joe's Tavern. While you're there,
[20:09] Speaker 8: see what the boys in the back room will have
[20:10] Speaker 8: that I haven't got.
[20:13] Speaker 7: Now, your occupation, Mr.
[20:14] Speaker 4: Boomer? Broker. Much, in fact. Thank you, Mr. Boomer. Will
[20:19] Speaker 4: you please draw a question? That's it. Now, your question is...
[20:23] Speaker 4: Where is the Taj Mahal?
[20:26] Speaker 8: Taj Mahal? Don't accuse me till I take a look.
[20:31] Speaker 8: Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal. Ah, where do I put that
[20:34] Speaker 8: Taj Mahal?
[20:37] Speaker 4: Have it right here someplace. Let me see now.
[20:40] Speaker 8: Here's a small straitjacket to keep me from biting my nails.
[20:46] Speaker 8: Drinking glass made from Confederate money. Ah, yes, the original dick.
[20:50] Speaker 8: There's a cork leg in.
[20:52] Speaker 4: Case I have to float alone.
[20:56] Speaker 8: Set of marked beans for unscrupulous bingo players. Aha, what's this? Oh, yes,
[21:02] Speaker 8: a wig I took from a man named Peters. Trying
[21:04] Speaker 8: to give it to my brother, Paul. Seems like I
[21:07] Speaker 8: had to rob Peter to pay Paul. Yes, yes, and
[21:11] Speaker 8: a check for a short beer.
[21:13] Speaker 4: Well, well, imagine that. No Taj Mahal. Well, sorry, Mr.
[21:18] Speaker 7: Boomer, no $ 5 for you.
[21:20] Speaker 8: Oh, well, it's a smart shot that never flashes a fin.
[21:24] Speaker 4: Good evening, my dear. Good night, Ascot Biscuit. Now, ladies
[21:33] Speaker 4: and gentlemen, for an interesting variation of this sensational new
[21:37] Speaker 4: radio feature, which we call The Bag of Gold.
[21:40] Speaker 6: We have on this table the telephone books of every
[21:43] Speaker 6: city in the United States with more than two pages
[21:45] Speaker 6: of Joneses.
[21:47] Speaker 7: We spin the magic wheel and call the phone number indicated.
[21:50] Speaker 4: If the person is at home when the call comes in,
[21:52] Speaker 4: he receives the bag of gold. If he ain't at home,
[21:55] Speaker 4: he gets left holding the bag. Spin it, boys. What
[22:02] Speaker 4: number in what town, Mrs. McGee?
[22:04] Speaker 7: Dillingham, 415 in Button Hook, Tennessee. And here's the telephone, Professor.
[22:10] Speaker 4: Thank you. Hello, operator. Give me long distance. Hello. This
[22:14] Speaker 4: is the Bag of Gold calling Button Hook, Tennessee, Dillingham 415. Hello? Hello?
[22:24] Speaker 4: Is this Button Hook, Tennessee? Oh, is that you, Merchant?
[22:33] Speaker 4: How's everything, Mert? McGee, stop that.
[22:35] Speaker 7: There's no time for that now.
[22:36] Speaker 4: Oh, yeah. I'm sorry, Mert. There's some mistake. We'll have
[22:39] Speaker 4: to go on with that. We'll have to go on now.
[22:41] Speaker 4: We'll try it again next week. Now, who's next from
[22:43] Speaker 4: the audience?
[22:44] Speaker 7: This lady right here.
[22:45] Speaker 4: What is your name, please, madam?
[22:47] Speaker 3: Well, really, Mr.
[22:48] Speaker 7: McGee, that seems a peculiar kind of question.
[22:50] Speaker 3: Come on, Muppet.
[22:50] Speaker 14: Come on.
[22:51] Speaker 2: Cooperate.
[22:52] Speaker 4: Your name, please.
[22:53] Speaker 14: Mrs.
[22:54] Speaker 6: Abigail Foggeringill Uppington of 97 Whistle Vista.
[22:58] Speaker 7: Well, now, will you please draw a question from the hat, please, madam?
[23:01] Speaker 4: Yes, thank you. And your question is.
[23:05] Speaker 4: Ah, this is an old one, Uppy. Even you ought
[23:07] Speaker 4: to know this one. How do you get down.
[23:10] Speaker 2: Off an elephant?
[23:12] Speaker 4: I beg your pardon?
[23:13] Speaker 7: How does one get down off an elephant? That's right,
[23:17] Speaker 7: an elephant.
[23:17] Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, an elephant. A big gray animal with
[23:20] Speaker 4: ivory tusks and a Dewey for President badge in his lapel.
[23:26] Speaker 7: Oh, oh, Dad. Oh, well, now.
[23:29] Speaker 6: Oh, but really, I've had very little experience in either
[23:31] Speaker 6: mounting or dismounting from a pachyderm. Now, the word is elephant.
[23:36] Speaker 7: And how do you get down off of it?
[23:38] Speaker 12: Well, in the first place, my dear, I consider the
[23:41] Speaker 12: question very clumsily worded.
[23:42] Speaker 7: It should say, how does one descend from an elephant?
[23:45] Speaker 3: When you say get.
[23:46] Speaker 6: Down, one immediately thinks of down as procured from the.
[23:49] Speaker 4: Neck of a fowl, such as a chicken or a duck.
[23:52] Speaker 7: Oh, I hear it, I hear it. Oh, one does
[23:56] Speaker 7: not get down off of an elephant. One gets down
[23:58] Speaker 7: off a duck.
[23:59] Speaker 11: Oh, my, my, my.
[24:08] Speaker 8: Oh, really?
[24:09] Speaker 7: Now, that was quite clever of me, wasn't it?
[24:11] Speaker 4: You betcha, Appy. And here's an order on the Bontown
[24:14] Speaker 4: department store for a genuine Gildersleeve girlish girdle. Though girlish
[24:18] Speaker 4: is stretching it a bit. Well, folks, I see the
[24:24] Speaker 4: hands of the old clock on the wall indicate we
[24:26] Speaker 4: only got time for one more contestant. One more volunteer, please.
[24:30] Speaker 4: Your name, please? My name is Socrates W. Maxime.
[24:33] Speaker 3: Maxime.
[24:34] Speaker 4: Socrates W.
[24:34] Speaker 8: Maxime.
[24:35] Speaker 4: Maxime. Just call me Sock.
[24:40] Speaker 7: And where do you live, sir?
[24:41] Speaker 4: Well, I have my residence. My home is low-key.
[24:43] Speaker 3: I have my residence.
[24:44] Speaker 4: I live in Punxsutawney.
[24:45] Speaker 2: Punxsutawney.
[24:46] Speaker 4: Punxsutawney. Punxsutawney. Next week, I am moving to Ames, Iowa. Now,
[24:55] Speaker 4: if you'll draw a question, please. Thank you. Oh.
[24:58] Speaker 6: And the question is, how would you say Peter Piper
[25:01] Speaker 6: picked a peck of pickle pepper.
[25:05] Speaker 7: In pig Latin?
[25:08] Speaker 4: If I ain't mistaken, bud, you're going to earn this
[25:10] Speaker 4: five bucks the hard way.
[25:11] Speaker 5: Well, come on now.
[25:14] Speaker 4: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers in pig Latin.
[25:18] Speaker 3: Peter pay, Iper pay.
[25:19] Speaker 8: Oh, it ain't worth it.
[25:37] Speaker 4: Folks, you have just heard the most sensational radio program
[25:40] Speaker 4: ever produced in this country. Originated by Fibber McGee and
[25:44] Speaker 4: grown to you by the Gildersleeve Girdle Company.
[25:47] Speaker 7: And folks, remember our slogan.
[25:49] Speaker 6: In country town or busy city, our girdles keep you
[25:52] Speaker 6: sitting pretty.
[25:58] Speaker 5: Oh, boy.
[25:59] Speaker 7: Oh, my, that was wonderful, McGee.
[26:01] Speaker 4: I'm so proud of you. Oh, shucks, you were just
[26:03] Speaker 4: as good as I was.
[26:04] Speaker 7: You think so?
[26:05] Speaker 4: Boy, will old Gildersleeve be tickled about this.
[26:07] Speaker 6: Well, I'm pretty happy about it myself. Say, how did
[26:10] Speaker 6: you ever think of it? You're so clever, dearie.
[26:12] Speaker 4: Oh, shucks, it was nothing that any red-blooded, clean, living
[26:15] Speaker 4: American boy wouldn't have thought of.
[26:16] Speaker 3: Oh, look here, McGee.
[26:20] Speaker 2: Oh.
[26:21] Speaker 4: I want a word with you. I'll bet you do, Gildersleeve.
[26:24] Speaker 4: Wasn't that the most terrific? I've been bamboozled. I've been misled.
[26:28] Speaker 4: I've been had. What do you mean, Mr. Gildersleeve?
[26:35] Speaker 3: This program of yours is out.
[26:36] Speaker 2: You're through.
[26:37] Speaker 10: Why, Gildy?
[26:38] Speaker 3: McGee, I've been talking to people around here.
[26:40] Speaker 4: Yeah, what'd they say, Gildy? This idea has been done before.
[26:43] Speaker 4: Hush on.
[27:05] Speaker 2: Fibber and Molly will be back in just a moment.
[27:16] Speaker 3: But first, let me ask, how's your kitchen floor these days?
[27:19] Speaker 2: Is it bright and cheerful?
[27:20] Speaker 4: Or are the colors faded and gloomy? Do you have
[27:23] Speaker 4: trouble keeping it clean? Are you a floor scrubber? It's
[27:27] Speaker 4: my ambition to keep.
[27:28] Speaker 2: Right on telling the wonderful story of Johnson's self-polishing glow
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[27:45] Speaker 4: It fills such a need.
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[27:59] Speaker 2: You simply apply, and in 20 minutes, your floor has
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[28:10] Speaker 3: Ask your dealer tomorrow.
[28:11] Speaker 2: For a can of Johnson's self-polishing Glowcoat.
[28:15] Speaker 4: Spelled G-L-O hyphen C-O-A-T. Thank you.
[28:50] Speaker 6: Before we say good night, may we take this opportunity
[28:53] Speaker 6: to urge you all to support, to the best of
[28:55] Speaker 6: your ability, the campaign against infantile paralysis.
[28:58] Speaker 4: Yes, folks, send your dimes marching to Washington today, and
[29:01] Speaker 4: as much more as you can afford. Remember, what looks
[29:04] Speaker 4: like small change to you may bring about a big
[29:06] Speaker 4: change in the life of some crippled child. Good night.
[29:09] Speaker 7: Good night, all.
[29:21] Speaker 2: This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for the makers of Johnson's
[29:24] Speaker 2: wax and Johnson's self-polishing glow coat in Racine, Wisconsin, inviting
[29:27] Speaker 2: you all to join us again next Tuesday night at
[29:29] Speaker 2: this same time.
[29:30] Speaker 4: Good night. This is the National Broadcasting Company.
[29:39] Speaker 1: We conclude this visit to Wistful Vista with Fibber McGee
[29:42] Speaker 1: and Molly. Radio Quiz Show. Good night and thank you
[29:45] Speaker 1: for listening.

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