# Fibber McGee and Molly - Fmm The Witnesses And Arguments \[episode 1109\] Broadcast 3/2/1955

An episode of [Fibber McGee and Molly | Old Time Radio](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1858238532), 8 Aug 2026, 14 min.

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## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: It's time for Fibber McGhee and Molly. Sundays through Thursdays,
[0:12] Speaker 1: NBC brings you Fibber, McGhee and Molly transcribed. The show
[0:15] Speaker 1: is written by Phil Leslie and Lenn Levinson and directed
[0:18] Speaker 1: by Max Hudder. Before we hear tonight's story, Fibber and
[0:28] Speaker 1: Molly would like you.
[0:29] Speaker 2: To listen to this, folks.
[0:30] Speaker 3: I'd venture to say that most of you know what
[0:32] Speaker 3: real troubles sickness and accidents can bring a family, especially
[0:36] Speaker 3: if it's Dad who gets ill or injured. Not only
[0:39] Speaker 3: are medical expenses budget breaking, but if Dad's salary check
[0:42] Speaker 3: is cut off when he's enabled to work, things can
[0:45] Speaker 3: be rough and tough for the whole family.
[0:46] Speaker 4: We're talking, of course, about the Prudential Insurance Company's new
[0:49] Speaker 4: income protection and hospital and surgical expense plans.
[0:53] Speaker 3: These new plans of Prudentials are outstanding in the field
[0:56] Speaker 3: of sickness and accident insurance. They've got certain protective feesture's
[1:00] Speaker 3: few other plans have. So friends to get the facts
[1:03] Speaker 3: on how you can meet the high cost of sickness
[1:05] Speaker 3: and accidents for your family, We've got a folder we.
[1:08] Speaker 5: Want you to have.
[1:09] Speaker 4: It'll give you an idea how the prudential can tailor
[1:12] Speaker 4: sickness and accident plans to fit your family needs. Just
[1:15] Speaker 4: write your name and address on a card with the
[1:16] Speaker 4: word sickness and accident.
[1:18] Speaker 3: And send it to fiber McGee and Molly box one
[1:20] Speaker 3: two one two, Newark, New Jersey.
[1:23] Speaker 4: That's box one two one two, Newark, New Jersey. Do
[1:26] Speaker 4: it today, Huh.
[1:27] Speaker 3: It's important for you and for your family.
[1:39] Speaker 1: The celebrated McGee versus Gamble mock trial goes into its
[1:42] Speaker 1: second session tonight at the Wistful Vista Law School. Purpose
[1:46] Speaker 1: of the trial is to decide whether the doctor o's
[1:48] Speaker 1: McGhee five dollars or whether the five was a gift,
[1:51] Speaker 1: because you.
[1:52] Speaker 4: See, whim when Doc says to me, give me five dollars,
[1:54] Speaker 4: will you I handed it to him because I naturally
[1:57] Speaker 4: figured you wanted to borrow it.
[1:58] Speaker 5: Isn't that what you think, mister.
[2:00] Speaker 6: Of course?
[2:01] Speaker 7: But now he claims you gave it to him as
[2:03] Speaker 7: a gift. Why is he doing that?
[2:06] Speaker 3: Oh, the doctor's just being mischievous, mister wimple, just having
[2:09] Speaker 3: a little fun with this thing.
[2:10] Speaker 4: Yeah, at my expense, Because if I don't win the case,
[2:12] Speaker 4: he gets to keep my doll. That's why I want
[2:15] Speaker 4: you to come along to the trial with this swimp
[2:17] Speaker 4: and be a witness for me.
[2:18] Speaker 8: Character witness.
[2:19] Speaker 7: Oh, I'll be glad to help out mister McGee anything
[2:22] Speaker 7: at all.
[2:22] Speaker 3: Well, McGee's lawyer just wants you to get up on
[2:24] Speaker 3: the stand and tell the court all about mister McGee.
[2:29] Speaker 8: All about him, well, all the nice things. Of course.
[2:32] Speaker 4: All you got to do is tell the judge that
[2:34] Speaker 4: I'm an upright citizen with a lot of reliability and
[2:37] Speaker 4: a good reputation. I'm honest, trustworthy, courteous, kind and dependable.
[2:40] Speaker 3: Right you left out loyal, straightforward and clean, dearie.
[2:43] Speaker 4: Yeah, am too. Well, come on, you'll be the first
[2:46] Speaker 4: witness swimp. Let's get on down to law school.
[3:02] Speaker 6: All right, mister Walker, you may proceed with the case.
[3:04] Speaker 6: Thank you, your honor.
[3:05] Speaker 9: Now, mister wimple as counsel for mister McGee, I've called
[3:08] Speaker 9: you to the witness stand to testify concerning his character.
[3:12] Speaker 7: Mister McGee's character. Well he is, let me see now,
[3:17] Speaker 7: he is an upright citizen with a lot of reliability
[3:20] Speaker 7: and a good reputation. He is honest, trustworthy, treatious, kind
[3:24] Speaker 7: and dependable.
[3:25] Speaker 6: Oh and also loyal.
[3:26] Speaker 10: And straightforward moment, if you please?
[3:29] Speaker 7: Who's that loud mouse?
[3:32] Speaker 10: I am counsel for doctor Gamble, who taught you what
[3:35] Speaker 10: to say about mister McGee.
[3:37] Speaker 4: I object. You can't object? McGee, sit down? Who says
[3:41] Speaker 4: I can't? You big bully McGee diej.
[3:43] Speaker 11: If I haven't safe? Shut up doctor Gamble. I am
[3:46] Speaker 11: presiding in this court room. You tell him, Judge, and
[3:49] Speaker 11: as the presiding official, I also wish to say you
[3:52] Speaker 11: shut up mister McGee's.
[3:53] Speaker 8: Tak an emotion.
[3:54] Speaker 11: You tell him j The remark goes for you too, doctor.
[4:00] Speaker 6: Please in the card room.
[4:02] Speaker 11: Parties in this case will stop this bickering. What do
[4:05] Speaker 11: you think we have lawyers for Yes, let.
[4:07] Speaker 5: The boys do the bickering for you. McGee not quiet.
[4:10] Speaker 6: You may perceive, mister Shane.
[4:12] Speaker 7: Thank you now, mister Wemple, perceived, mister Shane.
[4:16] Speaker 10: The question before the court is whether a certain five
[4:19] Speaker 10: dollars which mister McGee handed to doctor Gamble was a
[4:22] Speaker 10: loan or a gift.
[4:23] Speaker 8: No question about it. HUSHMG.
[4:24] Speaker 10: Listen in your opinion, mister Wemple, would you say mister
[4:28] Speaker 10: McGee is a man who might give something to a
[4:30] Speaker 10: friend as a gift and then change his mind later
[4:33] Speaker 10: and take it back.
[4:34] Speaker 7: Ooh, how'd you know about that? About what is the
[4:38] Speaker 7: fountain pen the one he ran out and bought me
[4:40] Speaker 7: for Christmas? To year, I gave him that round package
[4:42] Speaker 7: that he thought was a bowling ball, Only when he
[4:45] Speaker 7: opened it and it was a plumb pudding.
[4:46] Speaker 6: He took the pen bag.
[4:50] Speaker 10: I didn't know about it, So this is news.
[4:52] Speaker 7: Oh oh, then you must mean the beautiful necktie he
[4:55] Speaker 7: gave doctor Gamble after he had pneumonia and the doctor put.
[4:58] Speaker 6: Him through necktie.
[4:59] Speaker 7: Yes, the one that after mister McGee got his bill
[5:01] Speaker 7: for the pneumonia, he haanked to tie off doctor Gamble's
[5:04] Speaker 7: neck at the Elks Club banquet without even untying it.
[5:07] Speaker 8: Not heavy will know how.
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[6:30] Speaker 3: Well, mister Wimple certainly was a big help. Dary, your
[6:33] Speaker 3: goose is cooked to a nice Chris Brown.
[6:35] Speaker 4: Some witness he was. It's a good thing I'm not
[6:37] Speaker 4: being tried for horse stealing. The jury'd be out looking
[6:40] Speaker 4: for a cottonwood tree with a low limb by now.
[6:42] Speaker 9: Well, I still think we've got the law on our side,
[6:44] Speaker 9: and I can cite some cases that'll make the judge
[6:46] Speaker 9: sit up.
[6:46] Speaker 6: And take your conor.
[6:48] Speaker 10: I have a charge of witness for doctor Gamble.
[6:50] Speaker 6: I'd like to call to.
[6:51] Speaker 8: The stand who's he got, Frank?
[6:52] Speaker 6: Can you see go ahead?
[6:54] Speaker 10: Mister Shane, mister McGhee, will you take the stand please?
[6:57] Speaker 8: Uh me? He testify a boy Doc Gamble's character?
[7:02] Speaker 4: Oh brother, will I well, this is a surprising McKee.
[7:06] Speaker 5: Now, don't get up there and be insulting.
[7:08] Speaker 4: Insulting, I'll murder that big fat burglar. This is the
[7:10] Speaker 4: break we've been waiting for. Frank, I'll fracture him.
[7:13] Speaker 6: Both make a stand.
[7:14] Speaker 8: Please, I'm glad to judge your honor.
[7:18] Speaker 2: Pad.
[7:20] Speaker 4: I'm happy to say, mister Shane that I'm happy to
[7:23] Speaker 4: testify about the character of that big fat character you represent.
[7:26] Speaker 6: All right, sir, Now, if you will kindly.
[7:28] Speaker 8: Sit right here. I know I've been with this before.
[7:31] Speaker 8: Not to begin with Bud.
[7:32] Speaker 4: This client of yours is a guy with the scruples
[7:35] Speaker 4: of a hungry Hyaena, the manners of a moose, and
[7:37] Speaker 4: the high moral standards of a lower Slavovian money changer.
[7:40] Speaker 10: Alright, why, mister McGee, just a minute.
[7:42] Speaker 4: When it comes to money murder, he thinks no more
[7:45] Speaker 4: of a nickel than you do of your mother, aren't he?
[7:47] Speaker 4: And if that guy nursed his patience like he nurses
[7:49] Speaker 4: his nickels at all, get.
[7:51] Speaker 10: Well and go home, if you please, sir, will.
[7:52] Speaker 4: You there's a guy that can diagnose the swelling in
[7:55] Speaker 4: a wallet from clear across the room and tell whether
[7:57] Speaker 4: it's stuffed with wands or tens at the first look.
[8:00] Speaker 4: Will you please do I wouldn't call Doc Gamble a
[8:02] Speaker 4: Jesse James, because I understand Jesse worked with a gun.
[8:05] Speaker 8: Doc works with a knife.
[8:07] Speaker 4: I've seen him take money away from a defenseless patient
[8:09] Speaker 4: at the point of a knife many a time, Ernie George.
[8:12] Speaker 4: In fact, he took three hundred dollars in the small
[8:14] Speaker 4: appendix away from ore Man McDonald just last year at
[8:16] Speaker 4: the third cust.
[8:17] Speaker 6: A minute, hold it please.
[8:19] Speaker 8: Oh am, I going too fast for you, son.
[8:22] Speaker 6: The jury will disregard the previous statements.
[8:26] Speaker 10: Before we begin your testimony, mister McGee, kindly raise your
[8:30] Speaker 10: right hand, my right hand.
[8:32] Speaker 8: That's it.
[8:34] Speaker 10: Do you solemnly swear that what you are about to
[8:37] Speaker 10: say is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
[8:39] Speaker 10: the truth.
[8:39] Speaker 8: So help you, so, nothing but the truth, nothing else.
[8:43] Speaker 8: G wish do I have to do? I have to
[8:44] Speaker 8: swear to it?
[8:45] Speaker 6: Yes you do?
[8:47] Speaker 8: Well, Bye George. That does it? Some court?
[8:50] Speaker 4: You're running here where I got to stand up and
[8:51] Speaker 4: solemnly swear to help the enemy.
[8:53] Speaker 6: All we want is the truth.
[8:55] Speaker 4: Mister McGee, Well, my gosh, an he's gonna ask me
[8:57] Speaker 4: if doc is honest, and a lot of stuff like that.
[8:59] Speaker 8: And if I'm not allowed to say anything but the truth.
[9:00] Speaker 8: I object.
[9:01] Speaker 4: How can I win this case when you put a
[9:03] Speaker 4: lot of restrictions on my free speech?
[9:05] Speaker 12: And I claim this whole thing is a lot of money.
[9:21] Speaker 9: And your honor, this money was handed to the defendant
[9:23] Speaker 9: in response to a request. I cite the Delaware Superior Court,
[9:27] Speaker 9: eighteen ninety seven and one penny Will, page one, nineteen.
[9:30] Speaker 6: Quote.
[9:31] Speaker 9: Where one loans money at the request of another, the
[9:34] Speaker 9: law implies a contract to repay unquote.
[9:37] Speaker 10: However, your honor, the case of Langdon versus Shoes one
[9:39] Speaker 10: one three, Illinois, a Pellet Court two all three established
[9:42] Speaker 10: that a person can't make himself the creditor of another
[9:45] Speaker 10: without the other's consent.
[9:46] Speaker 4: And I refuse to give my consent, You refuse to
[9:49] Speaker 4: give your consent, You refuse to give me my five
[9:51] Speaker 4: bucks back.
[9:52] Speaker 8: You're just full of refuse, ain't you.
[9:54] Speaker 6: Doctor.
[9:55] Speaker 8: You might as well give up megee, I think they've
[9:57] Speaker 8: got it, dog gone it.
[9:58] Speaker 4: If he's so determined to keep my five bus Let
[10:00] Speaker 4: him keep it. If he's so hard up he's gotta go.
[10:03] Speaker 8: Hey, hey, wait a minute.
[10:05] Speaker 4: In the case of Crawford versus Hurst, your honor, Hey, Fank,
[10:08] Speaker 4: hold hold it, Frank can come here a minute. Yes,
[10:10] Speaker 4: mister McGee, I just got a great idea, Frank, Yeah,
[10:14] Speaker 4: tell the judge.
[10:14] Speaker 8: No, I'll tell him myself. Boy, oh boy, I'll put
[10:17] Speaker 8: a crimp in that big fat wind bag.
[10:19] Speaker 5: That Oh boy, watch what he's gonna do. Now, let's
[10:22] Speaker 5: drop the whole thing.
[10:23] Speaker 4: If your honor, please, what is it, mister McGee, I
[10:26] Speaker 4: want to change my plea or accusation, or whatever you
[10:28] Speaker 4: call it.
[10:30] Speaker 8: Yes, I hear him. I agree that the doctor didn't
[10:34] Speaker 8: ask for a loan from me. He asked for a gift.
[10:37] Speaker 4: And I further agree that I freely gave him the
[10:39] Speaker 4: five dollars as a gift, and I don't expect any
[10:42] Speaker 4: repaying it.
[10:43] Speaker 8: What well, mister McGee, you can't throw away the whole
[10:46] Speaker 8: case he just did.
[10:47] Speaker 5: Frank McGee, what's your ideas?
[10:49] Speaker 8: Listen, kids, you'll catch on.
[10:52] Speaker 4: I gave him this five dollars gift, your honor because
[10:54] Speaker 4: we are old and true friends, and realizing that my
[10:57] Speaker 4: dear friend was sorry in need of money, I gave
[11:01] Speaker 4: it freely.
[11:01] Speaker 6: What honor you hear what he's trying to do?
[11:04] Speaker 8: Fur them are your honor.
[11:05] Speaker 4: We have many friends among our brother elks, and I
[11:08] Speaker 4: am sure that when I spread the word that the
[11:10] Speaker 4: poor doctor is so destitute he has to catch five
[11:13] Speaker 4: dollars here one there, our brother elks will gladly chip
[11:17] Speaker 4: into help the poor old witch doctor out.
[11:20] Speaker 8: I rest, Oh, are you the slime?
[11:23] Speaker 6: Well, he's too fast for me. Don't you can't do that,
[11:26] Speaker 6: your honor.
[11:27] Speaker 4: I wish to stipulate that the five dollars in question
[11:29] Speaker 4: was alone, and I'm ready to pay it back right now.
[11:32] Speaker 8: You can't pay it back it was again?
[11:33] Speaker 6: Oh no, no, it was alone gift. I won't take
[11:35] Speaker 6: a loan.
[11:36] Speaker 11: You gotta take, gentlemen right back where we were when
[11:40] Speaker 11: we started. Only now you've each hopped over to the
[11:43] Speaker 11: other side. We'll have to go back and start all over.
[11:46] Speaker 11: Case continued for tomorrow night.
[11:47] Speaker 2: I'll be here, Feber and Molly will be right back.
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[13:08] Speaker 5: Heavenly days of all are mixed up masses.
[13:10] Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm beginning to enjoy it myself. Now, really got
[13:13] Speaker 4: old fatso squirming?
[13:14] Speaker 3: Well, what happens tomorrow night? You're trying to prove now
[13:17] Speaker 3: that you gave him the money, and he's trying to
[13:18] Speaker 3: prove you loaned it to him.
[13:19] Speaker 4: Right, Sure, don't you see, kittle? I got doc working
[13:22] Speaker 4: on my side.
[13:23] Speaker 8: Now.
[13:24] Speaker 4: As soon as he proves it was all alone, I'll
[13:26] Speaker 4: take my five bucks and go home.
[13:27] Speaker 3: Oh you are a slicker Yeah, good Night, good night All.
[13:38] Speaker 1: Peber McGee and Molly is an NBC Radio Network production
[13:41] Speaker 1: transcribed with Bill Thompson as mister Wimple and Arthur Q.
[13:44] Speaker 2: Bryant as Doctor Gamble.
[13:46] Speaker 1: Frank and Irony are played by Billy Idolsom and Charlie Smith,
[13:49] Speaker 1: and the.
[13:49] Speaker 2: Judge by Jack Man.
[13:51] Speaker 1: This is John Wall saying Tomorrow night should bring a
[13:54] Speaker 1: verdict in this mighty courtroom drama. Don't wait for the
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