At A Public Dance Hall

Originally aired September 14, 1936, this episode (No. 75) sweeps Fibber and Molly into the Wistful Vista public ballroom for a night of “swing”—whatever that is—and a tangle with local bruiser Cauliflower Cooney. Between wisecracks at the ticket window, a tart hat-check girl, a nostalgic cigarette vendor, and Silly Watson’s homespun music lesson, the couple keeps dodging trouble until bandleader Ted Weems himself defines swing and cues the floor-filling “Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance).” When Cooney finally corners him, Fibber blusters through with a comic can of spinach and some mettle-by-imagination. Classic Johnson’s Wax advertising sparkles throughout—complete with Glow Coat gags and a special Johnson’s Auto Cleaner & Wax offer—making this a lively, ad-studded spin through the bright lights of Wistful Vista.