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Next to her " 'Tain't funny, McGee," the most reliable line in the weekly Johnson Wax act is the "deef" Old Timer's topper for Fibber's gags: "That's pretty good, Johnny, but that ain't the way I heerd it. . . ." The Old Timer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fibber & Co. | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

weekday radio entertainers (just behind Sunday top-liners Jack Benny and Edgar Bergen) are an old time, tank-town vaudeville couple from Peoria, who 15 years ago were considered washed up-Jim and Marion Jordan. By radio alias they are Fibber McGee and Molly of 79 Wistful Vista. This week they celebrate Fibber & Co.'s fifth season on the air for Johnson's Glo-Coat floor wax.* Last week they made their debut in the dramatic bigtime, playing Mama Loves Papa (a Charles Ruggles-Mary Boland movie story) on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fibber & Co. | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...program earned the Jordans and Quinn $125 a week altogether. Out of it developed Fibber McGee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fibber & Co. | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...Jordans still split the radio salary three ways, a weekly net of something like $4,000. As top-line radio salaries go, this is small potatoes. Tip-off to the Johnson Glo-Coat bargain rate with Fibber & Co. is that S. C. Johnson & Son own the names Fibber McGee and Molly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fibber & Co. | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

...Fibber McGee (Johnson's Wax) told Gracie he has heard whispers about Dewey, Hull, Taft and Garner all heading for the White House. Were they just rumors? Said Gracie: "They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Ccmdidette | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

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