FUN AT FIBBER McGEE’S: Fibber McGee and Molly Article, June 11, 1938

On the air! This jolly little group comprises Jim Goss, who was playing a gangster role on this particular broadcast; Silly Watson, played by Hugh Studebaker; and Fibber McGee himself, the star and king-pin of the program. Fibber, the favorite son of Peoria, Illinois, did his first acting when he was just ten!

LIGHT-HEARTED gaiety is the key-note of the Fibber McGee broadcasts, and it is hard for most observers to tell whether the audience or the cast has the most fun during a Fibber McGee program. Some airwaves comedians are in dead earnest as they go about the business of making other people laugh. To them, comedy is a science, and should be treated as such. But to The Fibber, life is a pretty good joke in itself. And the members of the cast share his opinion-enthusiastically!

Photos by Gene Lester

Betty Winkler, versatile Chicago actress who is star of “Girl Alone,” is a member of the world-famous “McGee Stock Co.”

Pictured here in a bit of rehearsal-time frivoiry are two members of the cast: Tenor Clark Dennis, left, and on the floor, Bill Thompson, who plays the role of Nick De Popolus

Music for the show is furnished by Billy Mills and orchestra, shown here in a moment of relaxation between numbers. Fibbers—his real name is Jim Jordan—expects to welcome wife Molly—Marion Jordan—back to the program soon. Molly has been very ill

Radio Guide Week Ending June 11, 1938

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