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Fibber McGee and Molly
American radio program
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history of radio broadcasting
- In radio: Situation comedy
…most durable situation comedies was Fibber McGee and Molly. This show starred Jim and Marian Jordan, a married couple from Peoria, Illinois, who had been singers in vaudeville and worked in a variety of Chicago-based radio series until “becoming” the McGees in 1935. The character of Fibber never sought steady…
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Jordan comedy team
- In Jim Jordan and Marian Jordan
…on the classic radio program Fibber McGee and Molly, which aired from 1935 to 1957.
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role of Peary
- In Harold Peary
…the hit radio comedy series Fibber McGee and Molly in 1937. He starred in his own popular serial, The Great Gildersleeve (1941–50), considered the first spin-off created from another series. He later acted in television series such as Blondie (1957) and Fibber McGee and Molly (1959), and he appeared in…
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