EPISODE · Oct 15, 2024 · 25 MIN
BW - EP156—008: Halloween 1944—Fibber McGee Goes Duck Hunting
from Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting · host James Scully
Support Breaking Walls at https://www.patreon.com/thewallbreakers In the fall of 1944 Fibber McGee and Molly were in the midst of their tenth season on the air. The comedic duo was part of NBC’s blockbuster Tuesday night comedy lineup. Between 1939 and 1949 their show was never ranked lower than third overall in the ratings. On Halloween night their rating was 25.6. More than twenty million people tuned in to hear Fibber McGee add duck hunting to the list of activities he is supposedly good at.
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