Fibber McGee and Molly
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Fibber McGee and Molly was a popular American radio comedy series, running from the 1930s to the 1950s, that followed the humorous misadventures of a bumbling husband and his patient wife in the fictional town of Wistful Vista.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fibber McGee and Molly canonical | 6 |
| Fibber McGee | 1 |
| Fibber McGee and Molly (radio) | 1 |
| Fibber McGee and Molly comedy duo | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | radio comedy series ⓘ |
| broadcastFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| broadcastFrom |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catchphrase | “T’ain’t funny, McGee!” ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Don Quinn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Marian Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | network radio ⓘ |
| era |
1930s American radio
ⓘ
1940s American radio ⓘ 1950s American radio ⓘ |
| finalAirDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| firstAirDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| format | radio program ⓘ |
| genre |
radio comedy
ⓘ
situation comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Beulah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doc Gamble NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayor La Trivia NERFINISHED ⓘ Teeny NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old-Timer NERFINISHED ⓘ Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Wimple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | The Great Gildersleeve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic life humor
ⓘ
small-town life ⓘ |
| influenced | later American situation comedies ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Fibber McGee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Molly McGee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | episodic comedy ⓘ |
| notableRunningGag | Fibber McGee’s overstuffed closet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Harlow Wilcox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
bumbling husband
ⓘ
patient wife ⓘ |
| setInFictionalLocation | Wistful Vista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | middle-class American home ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Johnson Wax
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pet Milk NERFINISHED ⓘ Reynolds Aluminum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Jim Jordan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marian Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Golden Age of Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fibber McGee and Molly (radio)
this entity surface form:
Fibber McGee and Molly comedy duo
this entity surface form:
Fibber McGee