Fibber McGee And Molly 36-02-24 (0046) Waiting for the Radio Repairman

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode: Fibber McGee And Molly 36-02-24 (0046) Waiting for the Radio Repairman
Release Date: November 11, 2025

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Overview

This episode features a classic performance of “Fibber McGee and Molly”—an iconic comedy from the golden era of radio (original airdate: February 24, 1936). The main theme revolves around Fibber and Molly’s increasingly chaotic evening as they wait for a radio repairman. Friends, neighbors, and assorted townsfolk keep dropping by, while one misunderstanding leads to another, culminating in an unexpected visit from an amnesiac patient.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. McGee’s Troubles with the Radio

• Setting: 79 Wistful Vista, the McGee living room.

• Fibber is struggling to get the radio working after tinkering with it all morning.

• Molly questions his handyman abilities, recalling the strange results from his last attempts at fixing things.

  “I spent the whole morning adjusting this thing so’s I could get something good.” – Fibber (03:57)

• Discussion escalates to chores Fibber’s left undone—like shoveling the snowy sidewalk (04:17).

2. A String of Interruptions

• The doorbell rings repeatedly with a parade of quirky visitors:

  • Mrs. Wheedledeck complains about the icy sidewalk and chastises Fibber for his lack of neighborly care (04:58).
    • “What do you care how I am, you little palooka?... Get out there and chop yourself an ice cube, you little drink of water.” – Mrs. Wheedledeck (04:58)
  • Fibber repeatedly dodges both Molly's requests and neighborly responsibilities.

• Harpo Wilcox drops by, making a punny sales pitch for Johnson’s Glo Coat, the show's sponsor, while pretending to be a university student (07:29).

  • “Well, you’ll be sorry when I’m a Phi Beta Kappa.” – Harpo Wilcox (07:54)
  • “Phi Beta Kappa. Phooey. I'm a non compos mentis myself.” – Fibber (07:57)

• Neighbor and restaurant owner Nick De Populous joins in, bringing his signature malapropisms and immigrant humor (14:04).

3. The Waiting Game

• Fibber finally calls the radio repairman from the hardware store (06:45).

  • The household waits, increasingly exasperated as multiple false alarms ring the doorbell.

• The group shares small talk, jokes, and local gossip to pass the time.

• Nick regales the group with stories about his restaurant and stewed prunes, peppered with classic punchlines:

  • “This old Kewpie customer is saying my stumprums is without doubt maybe the worst stump rooms of any place he’s ever stayed away from…” – Nick De Populous (15:09)

• Molly remarks on the absurd number of visits that evening:

  • “You’d think that a cold night like this, everybody’d be staying home. But that doorbell has rung 20 times at least.” – Molly McGee (16:56)

4. Musical Interludes

• Rico Martelli’s orchestra and vocalist Bob Hannon perform “I Found You in the Moonlight,” a submission from the amateur songwriter contest (09:36–12:53).
• Violin interlude by Audrey Call, “Dinner for One, Please, James” (18:59–20:11).

5. Escalation: The Amnesiac Patient Mix-Up

• A dramatic phone call from the hospital reveals an escaped amnesia patient with red hair, blue eyes, and slippers is on the loose and may appear at the McGees’ door (22:43).

  • Molly is advised: “He’s harmless if nobody excites him...” (22:53)

• The supposed radio repairman finally arrives but behaves increasingly erratically, matching the hospital's description (24:07).

  • “They told me I’d be out in a few days.” – Radio Repairman/Bud Quinn (24:11)
  • He makes bizarre comments about radio tubes and mixing up objects.
  • “They don't fit on my head.” (When asked why he’s wearing carpet slippers) – Radio Repairman/Bud Quinn (24:21)

• As Fibber’s frustration grows, the “repairman” begins breaking radio tubes, creating chaos:

  • “This tube is absolutely gone, I think…” – Radio Repairman/Bud Quinn (26:29)

• Molly realizes the mix-up and calls the hospital, which promptly sends staff to collect the befuddled “repairman” (27:46).

• The segment ends with the group realizing their night was far from the peaceful evening they’d envisioned.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 03:57 | “I spent the whole morning adjusting this thing so’s I could get something good.” | Fibber McGee | | 04:58 | “What do you care how I am, you little palooka?... Get out there and chop yourself an ice cube, you little drink of water.” | Mrs. Wheedledeck | | 07:54 | “Well, you’ll be sorry when I’m a Phi Beta Kappa.” | Harpo Wilcox | | 07:57 | “Phi Beta Kappa. Phooey. I'm a non compos mentis myself.” | Fibber McGee | | 15:09 | “This old Kewpie customer is saying my stumprums is without doubt maybe the worst stump rooms of any place he’s ever stayed away from…” | Nick De Populous | | 16:56 | “You’d think that a cold night like this, everybody’d be staying home. But that doorbell has rung 20 times at least.” | Molly McGee | | 24:21 | “They don’t fit on my head.” (On why he wears carpet slippers) | Radio Repairman/Bud Quinn | | 26:29 | “This tube is absolutely gone, I think…” | Radio Repairman/Bud Quinn | | 27:57 | “Quit shouting, buddy. That just Makes him worse. This guy got a crack in the head in an accident and ran away from the hospital. He’ll be okay in a couple of days. Come on, Quinn. Thanks for calling us ladies.” | Nick De Populous |

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Key Segments & Timestamps

• 03:35 — McGee struggles with the radio; comedic bickering with Molly.
• 04:58 — Mrs. Wheedledeck’s memorable entrance and complaint.
• 07:29 — Harpo Wilcox’s pun-filled Johnson’s Glo Coat pitch.
• 09:36–12:53 — “I Found You in the Moonlight,” orchestral and vocal performance.
• 14:04 — Nick De Populous joins, bringing restaurant tales and mispronunciations.
• 22:43 — Hospital calls about escaped amnesia patient.
• 24:07 — The confusion and chaos of the “radio repairman” scene.
• 26:10–28:13 — Chaos resolves as the real nature of the repairman is revealed.

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Tone & Style

The episode stays true to the quick-witted, pun-heavy, and good-natured humor that defined Fibber McGee and Molly. Dialogue is fast-paced, packed with wordplay, character-based jokes, and gentle ribbing between friends and neighbors. Physical comedy is described through sound effects and character reactions, delivering laughs even without visuals.

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a comedic slice of small-town life overflowing with misunderstandings, character-driven hijinks, and delightful period humor. From the ever-rotating cast of neighbors to the classic mistaken-identity gag with the radio repairman, Fibber McGee and Molly remains a timeless reminder of radio’s golden age.

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Perfect For:
Anyone curious about classic American radio comedy, fans of character-driven situational humor, and listeners seeking a nostalgic, lighthearted escape.

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Transcript

[Harlow Wilcox]

You are now listening to station wls, the voice of pray farmer, America's oldest farm paper. Chicago, the Johnson Wax Program. Good evening everyone. The makers of Johnson's Wax present another gleaming, glossy, gay and garrulous grab bag of fun and music with Rico Martelli's orchestra. And starring Marion and Jim as Fibber McGee and Molly. Martelli and his men open the proceedings with Midnight in Paris. Wrap it up, R. Now, while we're all still in our right minds, let's have a few words of wax wisdom. Until you actually use Johnson's glow coat on your linoleum, you can't possibly know what a difference it makes in the looks of a floor. If your linoleum is dull and dingy looking, Glo coat will make it shine like new again. Or if you have new linoleum on your floor, just remember that you should protect it with Glo coat if you want to keep it beautiful and save it from becoming worn and lifeless. Glo coat is so easy to apply. You do no rubbing or buffing. In 20 minutes, Glo coat dries to a bright gleaming polish that sheds dirt and dust and saves you hours of cleaning time. Look for the attractive yellow can with the lettering Johnson's Glo Coat. A very pretty little domestic scene at 79 Wistful Vista tonight. Fibber and Molly are seated in the living room. Magee is tuning in the radio.

[Fibber McGee]

Let's see now what I can get. Don't dread it. Ever since I hung that potato on the aerial, all I can get is Lady Peel. Be lily to you, Mom. Don't tune us out, folks. That's our radio, not yours.

[Molly McGee]

Turn it up so's I can hear it.

[Fibber McGee]

Okay, Molly. I spent the whole morning adjusting this thing so's I could get something good. Oh, there.

[Molly McGee]

You see what you done, McGee? Put the radio on the bum.

[Fibber McGee]

Ah, Chuck Smolley. I can fix it all right.

[Molly McGee]

Yeah, like you did last time, I suppose.

[Fibber McGee]

Betcha you fixed it so it's when.

[Molly McGee]

You tuned in Los Angeles, the doorbell would ring. If you tuned it up higher the up louder, the lights would go on in the basin. And another thing.

[Fibber McGee]

Did you shovel the snow off the.

[Molly McGee]

Walk like I told you?

[Fibber McGee]

Well, I.

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

And another thing.

[Molly McGee]

Did you bring some groceries home for supper?

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, I forgot em, Molly. But I'll winchell right over and get em water.

[Molly McGee]

Winchell.

[Fibber McGee]

Yeah, I'll be back in a flash with some hash. That's probably the radio man to fix the radio. Molly.

[Molly McGee]

Don't be silly, McGee. You haven't called him Yet.

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, that's right, I ain't. Okay, I'm coming. Oh, hello there, Mrs. Wiggledeck. How are ya?

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

What do you care how I am, you little palooka? If you cared how I was, you'd shovel off that sidewalk of yours so's a body could walk. I've been 20 minutes going 14ft on that ice and I want to tell you right now, when I want to do my trucking or tear off a little carryover, I'll go to a dance hall to do it. So get out there and chop yourself an ice cube, you little drink of water.

[Fibber McGee]

Well, for the well, can you beat? Can you?

[Molly McGee]

What was that, McGee?

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, yeah, that was. Oh, some fellow wanted to know where 14th and Oak streets was.

[Molly McGee]

Sounded like a woman's voice to me.

[Fibber McGee]

Yes, I know. Sounded like that to me too, at first.

[Molly McGee]

Let's see now.

[Fibber McGee]

What was I going to do?

[Molly McGee]

Go get the groceries?

[Fibber McGee]

Yeah. Oh, no. I was going to telephone the radio man. I don't think I'll try to fix it myself, Molly. I'll call him up now. Hi, babe. Give me Murray Hill, 89933. Oh, I had a cat and his name was Mort he had nine lives like the Two Preen Court With a hey, naughty nanny and a TVA oh, hello, Whist Will. This the hardware store? This here's River Magee. Can you come right over and fix my radio? What's the matter with it? Why, shucks if I know that, I'd fix it myself. Okay, I'll expect him then while he's.

[Molly McGee]

On the way over. Magee, you might be shoveling off the walk.

[Fibber McGee]

You're right, Molly. Good. You're right. I might be, but I won't. You get it, Molly?

[Molly McGee]

I said funny, McGee.

[Fibber McGee]

Okay.

[Molly McGee]

My, my, we're real popular tonight. Maggie. Go see who tis. And if it's another man wanting 14th and Oak street, invite her in.

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, now. Okay, okay, I'm coming.

[Harlow Wilcox]

Pardon me. I'm working my way through the university by selling Johnson's blow coat for the Jones store. You know, the quick drying, no rubbing, no buffing.

[Fibber McGee]

Harpo Wilcox. What university are you going to, Harpo?

[Harlow Wilcox]

Florida.

[Fibber McGee]

Florida?

[Bob Hannon]

Sure.

[Harlow Wilcox]

You know, wexa the Florida.

[Fibber McGee]

I get it. If you was born, if you was going to Toronto, I suppose you'd save one a third of a large size Canada. No thanks, Harper. We just bought a new can of Gloat. I can't help you.

[Harlow Wilcox]

Well, you'll be sorry when I'm a Phi Beta Kappa.

[Fibber McGee]

Phi Beta Kappa. Phooey. I'm a Non compos mentalist myself. So long, Harpo.

[Molly McGee]

Who was that now, Harpo? Did you ask him in?

[Fibber McGee]

No, I say it'd save time, Molly, if we just took the door off the hinges. Might be a little drafty, maybe, but it saved wear and tear.

[Molly McGee]

Oh, it's probably the radio man, McGee. Let him in.

[Fibber McGee]

Okay. Oh, hello there, geraldine.

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Oh, hello, Mr. Magee. Isn't it sadly snow, y'?

[Fibber McGee]

All?

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Yeah, I mean, isn't it really? I told Gerald he ought to walk over here with me, and what do you think he said? He said he was going to stay home and play the desert song.

[Fibber McGee]

The desert song?

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Yes, cheek to cheek. It has its extemporaneousness, McGee. I mean, isn't it really? Old Joe gets off the courageous things. He really does.

[Fibber McGee]

Why shouldn't he? Won't you step in out of the cold?

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Oh, no, thank you, Ms. McGee. I really mustn't.

[Molly McGee]

Really.

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

I just wanted to see if Molly had any books to go back to the circulating library.

[Fibber McGee]

Circulating library?

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Gerald says it must be a circulating library.

[Molly McGee]

I get such dizzy books here, Gerald.

[Fibber McGee]

Must be a card. I don't think Molly's got any books.

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Well, I'll be getting along then, Mr. McGee. It's terribly cold. I mean, it really is. Gerald says he wouldn't go out on a night like this because he froze his ears last year.

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, he went out and froze his ears?

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Oh, not outside. Gerald says he crawls his ears looking for something to eat in the refrigerator. Well, I simply must be off.

[Fibber McGee]

Fiddle diddle diddle.

[Harlow Wilcox]

And now we are to hear Rico Martelli and his men play a very catchy song submitted in our recent amateur songwriters contest. The song, titled I found you in the moonlight, was written by Russ Daly of Ogdensburg, Wisconsin. The popular young tenor Bob Hannon sings the vocal. I found you in the moonlight. All right.

[Fibber McGee]

Sam.

[Bob Hannon]

Was on a flower set a june night and through the trees the stars played peekaboo the night I found you in the moonlight and lost my head completely over you I only meant to say good evening to pass you by and find my way to bed but something tempted me that evening to stay around and lose my heart instead you were sweet a gentle breeze was sighing and the moon was fair upon first we laughed and did a little crying we found ourselves in love.

[Fibber McGee]

And.

[Bob Hannon]

Now so often on a June night in lovely dreams it's seems I live in you the night I found you in the moonlight and lost my head completely over you and now so often on a June night in lovely dreams it seems I live anew the night I found you in the moonlight and lost my head completely over.

[Fibber McGee]

You.

[Harlow Wilcox]

Thank you, Bob hannon. And congratulations, Mr. Daly. Next week Marcelli will feature another song entered in his amateur songwriters contest. The composer is John Carter of Bloomington, Illinois. His song is titled I'll feast my eyes on you. Back at wistful vista, the McGee's are waiting for the arrival of the radio repairman so they can continue with their nice peaceful evening. Or what started out to be a nice peaceful evening.

[Molly McGee]

Isn't it about time that radio man was here, McGee?

[Fibber McGee]

I don't know, Molly. Probably takes time to wait 70 days.

[Molly McGee]

Here at last. Go answer it to him.

[Fibber McGee]

I've been to that door so dad Ratter. Many times tonight I feel like a Usher.

[Nick Di Populous]

Radio repair man.

[Fibber McGee]

Come right in. Hello there. Well, if it ain't Nick the Possum. Hi, Nick. Come on in, Nick, and shake the icicles off your chin.

[Nick Di Populous]

Thank you to Peter Schizzer. It is a very fine night outside for Eskimokies. If you should like polar bears. No, thank you.

[Molly McGee]

Well, well, how de do, Mr. Hello, Kewpie.

[Nick Di Populous]

You report to being very smart people to be staying inside from outdoors, I'm thinking.

[Molly McGee]

Yes, Mr. De Poplos. We thought we'd stay in and listen to the radio this evening, but the radio's busted and we're waiting for the man to come and fix it.

[Fibber McGee]

Come on in. Sit down, Nick. Sure. How's business?

[Nick Di Populous]

Restaurant's business is very fine, if you don't mind scissor. Good one, Kewpie. Customer. She's for telling me, Mr.

[Fibber McGee]

Restaurant's man.

[Nick Di Populous]

In all the world there is no restaurants where I'm getting such stumprums as this.

[Fibber McGee]

Stoom froom. What do you mean stoom frooms?

[Nick Di Populous]

Now don't fool me with that stuff, Peter. You're knowing very well, Stumprum. Stoom crumbs is for to being plums which are all wrinkled on the face for worrying about perhaps winding up like stump froze.

[Molly McGee]

Also, the lady said there was no place in the world where you could get such stewed prunes as in your restaurant.

[Nick Di Populous]

That's right, Kewpie. This old Kewpie customer is saying my stump crumbs is without doubt maybe the worst stump rooms of any place he's ever stayed away from. These customers. You know, is always having little jokes with restaurants people.

[Fibber McGee]

Well, I always says, Nick, the customer's always right. I mind the time I was managing the Shapiro Bernstein French restaurant in Dublin. I was.

[Molly McGee]

There's the radio man, McGee.

[Fibber McGee]

Let him in, will you, Molly, while I find a cigar?

[Molly McGee]

All right with me. I feel like a feather in the breeze. How do you do? Are you the radio man? I say, are you the man to fix the radio?

[Bud Quinn]

No, I'm a PWA worker.

[Molly McGee]

Isn't he a PWA worker? Well, what do you want, me boy?

[Bud Quinn]

Well, I just want to tell you. Never mind about shoveling the walk if you was going to. Us boys is doing it.

[Molly McGee]

Oh, well, now, that's fine. That's a terrible cold you have. You better take care of it.

[Bud Quinn]

I haven't got any cold, lady.

[Molly McGee]

Well, I must say, you sound like it.

[Bud Quinn]

Yeah, yeah, I know.

[Nick Di Populous]

But if you talk to as many.

[Bud Quinn]

Politicians to get this job as I have, you'd lose your voice.

[Fibber McGee]

Who was it, Molly? Radio man?

[Molly McGee]

No, McGee. Twas a man from the city. He says they're shoveling off the walks themselves. So now you won't have to.

[Fibber McGee]

I won't have to.

[Nick Di Populous]

Frizzer is seeming Quite happy, Ms. Cupy. Was he afraid for to have shoveled his sidewalks off with snow?

[Molly McGee]

Sure, Mr. De Populous. Every time he sees a shovel, he gets stage frightened.

[Fibber McGee]

I can't help it, Molly. My grandmother over in Ireland was frightened by some mining tools.

[Nick Di Populous]

And what happens about that, Peter?

[Fibber McGee]

So when I was born, of all the 11 kids, I was the pick of the lot.

[Nick Di Populous]

Have a cigar, Nick. Thank you. To peepee.

[Molly McGee]

You know, Mr. De Populous, you'd think that a cold night like this, everybody'd be staying home. But that doorbell has rung 20 times at least.

[Nick Di Populous]

That is just your personal magnitude, Jupy. I'm forced to flattening you, I think. But you're right.

[Fibber McGee]

How do you mean? She's right, Nick.

[Nick Di Populous]

Well, this is very fine evenings for not going someplace. This is what I'm thinking myself. I'm thinking this is such a bad night with cold and snowing that no people who is smart with brains is staying home. So that's why I'm here. You grab me?

[Molly McGee]

No, not exactly, but never mind. I hear you served a nice dinner in your restaurant on Washington's birthday, Mr. De Papuls.

[Nick Di Populous]

Oh, sure, Cupid. Judge Washington, he was a great man, I think. But you Americans have a lot of great patriarchies. Like Abraham Zlinkos, Brick Wall Jackson Jocks Dempsey. And this Tarzan with the monkeys. He's a great keeper, Chuck.

[Fibber McGee]

You had some pretty good Greek people, too, Nick. Tell them a Troy French.

[Nick Di Populous]

No, no, Peter. Helen of Troy. She was a bad pupi. I'm thinking.

[Molly McGee]

Oh, but she was beautiful, Mr. De Populous. They say she had a face that launched a thousand ships.

[Nick Di Populous]

If she is forced to having her lunch on a thousand boats, she's crazy. From sailors. Might like my first Mrs. Depopulous was.

[Fibber McGee]

Why? What'd she do, Nick?

[Nick Di Populous]

Well, she's running away from me with a uniform With a navy sailor inside. Yes. You know, our ladies is foolish. From sailors, Cupy. Perhaps, except you. And I'm not so sure I'm talking sense when I'm saying that, too.

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, is that so? Well, that's probably why Molly fell for me, Nick. I used to be a boatswain's mate on the old USS Peoria. I mind the time one day when we docked down at Rio de Janeiro.

[Molly McGee]

Heavenly days. If this isn't the radio man, I don't know what I'll do.

[Harlow Wilcox]

Oh, hello, Molly.

[Molly McGee]

How de do, Mr. Wilcox?

[Bob Hannon]

Hi, Harper.

[Fibber McGee]

What can we do for you?

[Harlow Wilcox]

Well, you see, your radio being broken, I couldn't make an announcement over it, so I. I just ran over from the studio to tell you that Markelli's going to have our little solo violinist Audrey call play her own version of Dinner for One, Please, James.

[Fibber McGee]

Dinner for One, please, James.

[Nick Di Populous]

Eh, Dinners for One is not so good for restaurants. Business, Wilcock.

[Fibber McGee]

I guess not.

[Nick Di Populous]

I'm much more pleased if this little fiddle Cupy is playing banquets for 500 people.

[Molly McGee]

Tell her to go right ahead, Mr. Wilcox.

[Fibber McGee]

All right.

[Harlow Wilcox]

Okay, Audrey.

[Fibber McGee]

Sam.

[Harlow Wilcox]

As Misha Elman might play it in the hospital manner of Joe Benutti with a Viennese touch a la Chrysler. Back once more to 79 Wistful Vista. We find Molly and Fibber and Nick Di Populous still waiting for that radio man.

[Fibber McGee]

Telephone Call me the hardware store saying they can't send a repairman. Get it, will you, Molly?

[Molly McGee]

Okay, Mickey. Hey, Nick.

[Fibber McGee]

I will tell you what time.

[Molly McGee]

He's like a feather in the breeze. Hello, 79 Wistful Vista. Mrs. McGee speaking.

[Fibber McGee]

Who?

[Molly McGee]

The Wistful Vista Hospital.

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

What?

[Molly McGee]

Oh, Heavenly Days of what? A case of amnesia. Oh, I see. He's lost his memory. He's run away from the hospital and he's headed this way. Good heavens. Will he? Oh, he's harmless if nobody excites him. Oh, I see. Sure, we'll keep eye out for him. Sure. Red hair, blue eyes and wearing hospital slippers. Sure, ma'.

[Fibber McGee]

Am.

[Molly McGee]

It's highly likely he'll come here. No, I won't worry anyone about it at all. Thank you for calling, ma'.

[Mrs. Wiggledeck]

Am. Goodbye.

[Molly McGee]

Oh, dear. Oh, dear. I better go lock the back door. Red eyes, blue hair. Wear navnicia slippers.

[Fibber McGee]

Hey, Nick, let that radio man, will you in, will ya? I've been to that door 50 times tonight.

[Nick Di Populous]

Talkly, Dockley. Hello, Squeezy. Are you the man from the hardware store?

[Bud Quinn]

Yes, from the hardware store, the drug store, the bakery and the car bars. Particularly the car bars. See, I've got a nickel. I've got nickels.

[Nick Di Populous]

Give me a nickel, I give you scraps of coffee.

[Bob Hannon]

Hey.

[Fibber McGee]

Hey, what's going on? Oh, well, come right in, brother. There's the radio over there. And hurry up, will you? Chuck, I don't know what kept you so long.

[Bud Quinn]

I don't either. They told me I'd be out in a few days.

[Nick Di Populous]

Few days?

[Fibber McGee]

No sir. I ain't paying for no service like that. Hey, what you wearing them carpet slippers? On your feet, Ferbud.

[Bud Quinn]

They don't fit on my head.

[Fibber McGee]

A wise guy, huh? I'll get to work on that radio. And don't be so sassy.

[Nick Di Populous]

He's forced to having nice croppings of red hairs. Fizzer like a double odgers of stewed parrots, I'm thinking.

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, well, I don't care what color his hair is if he gets busy. What you staring at, Bud?

[Bud Quinn]

What a lovely painting on the wall. So realistic. Moonlight on the snow.

[Fibber McGee]

Right on. That ain't no painting, brother. You're looking out the window.

[Bob Hannon]

Oh, so I am.

[Bud Quinn]

What am I doing here?

[Fibber McGee]

What you mean what are you doing here?

[Molly McGee]

Come here, I want to talk to you.

[Fibber McGee]

I ain't got time. Now, Molly. This guy comes over here to fix the radio and then he asks what he's here for. Go on, get at it. Bud.

[Bud Quinn]

Can you row a boat?

[Fibber McGee]

Can I? What are you talking about? Are you kidding me?

[Bud Quinn]

I believe I will if you don't mind.

[Fibber McGee]

Peter.

[Nick Di Populous]

You're always giving people the raz apples and now you're first to having some of my own medicine.

[Bud Quinn]

Medicine? I don't believe I want any right now.

[Molly McGee]

Oh dear, oh dear. I better call the hospital.

[Fibber McGee]

Say, listen, son.

[Molly McGee]

Excuse me Mr. Di Populous, while I make a phone call.

[Nick Di Populous]

Sure, Kewpie.

[Fibber McGee]

Listen, Bud, you fix that dad ratted radio and quit clowning around, you hear me?

[Bud Quinn]

Oh yeah, the radio. Where is it?

[Fibber McGee]

Where is it?

[Nick Di Populous]

He is asking where is the radio cabinets. And he is having his hand leaning on it with both elbows. He's a smart crack wise Alex.

[Fibber McGee]

Here, Bud. Now quit the job and get to work. Here's a hammer and a screwdriver and stuff. Forgot about them anvils. I'll stand here and supervise the job. You know, I used to be quite a radio hand myself, Mick.

[Nick Di Populous]

No, is that sure.

[Fibber McGee]

Yep. I invented the fiber filament. The tube of the future. They called it fibber filament. Fabricated for finer facility and frequency flexibility. Famous in the field for foiling, spluttering, fading. Now, step on it there, brother. Indeed.

[Nick Di Populous]

Do you see something? What is the matter?

[Fibber McGee]

A little. People.

[Bud Quinn]

Oh, yes, indeed. Oh, yes, indeed. This tube is absolutely gone, I think.

[Fibber McGee]

Hey?

[Nick Di Populous]

Yes, absolutely gone.

[Fibber McGee]

What's the idea of busting up that tube, bud? I could have.

[Bud Quinn]

And this one too, I believe. Very weak. Oh, very, very weak.

[Nick Di Populous]

Look what you've done.

[Fibber McGee]

You busted all in, too.

[Bud Quinn]

Oh, don't worry. You're a more of this lamb.

[Nick Di Populous]

Hey, deadbed, go easy there.

[Fibber McGee]

You busted the ram.

[Bud Quinn]

I know. I don't like lambs.

[Fibber McGee]

Do you?

[Nick Di Populous]

Why, what's the idea?

[Molly McGee]

Are you ripping me, brother?

[Bud Quinn]

Oh, no, indeed. Now, this tube here, sir, is broken.

[Fibber McGee]

What you mean, broken? It ain't another. Why, it is tube.

[Nick Di Populous]

Hey, what's the idea? Hey, this is very comical way for fixing radios.

[Fibber McGee]

I believe it all, tato. Now, you listen to me. No, you listen. You listen.

[Molly McGee]

Don't shout at the man.

[Fibber McGee]

Don't shout at the man.

[Nick Di Populous]

You see what he done? He cra.

[Fibber McGee]

Oh, now What?

[Molly McGee]

I'll go, McGee. I'll go.

[Nick Di Populous]

Okay, lady.

[Fibber McGee]

Where is he?

[Molly McGee]

Oh, he come right in.

[Fibber McGee]

Please.

[Nick Di Populous]

He hasn't done any harm, has he?

[Molly McGee]

No, not a bit. Or hardly any, that is.

[Nick Di Populous]

Come on, Mr. Quinn. We're going now.

[Bud Quinn]

Oh, thank you so much for coming. I don't like this place. It's full of radio tubes.

[Fibber McGee]

You don't like it full of. Say, who is this fella?

[Nick Di Populous]

Quit shouting, buddy. That just makes him worse. This guy got a crack in the head in an accident and ran away from the hospital. He'll be okay in a couple of days. Come on, Quinn. Thanks for calling us, lady.

[Molly McGee]

Oh, that's all right. Good night, Mr. Quinn.

[Bud Quinn]

You must come over and fix my radio sometime.

[Fibber McGee]

Good.

[Harlow Wilcox]

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[Fibber McGee]

Sam.

[Harlow Wilcox]

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