Beware of Pickpockets on the Bus

Originally aired March 9, 1936, this episode sends Fibber McGee and Molly on a downstate bus trip to visit Aunt Sarah. Their journey takes an unexpected turn when a bus company detective warns them about a rash of pickpocket incidents. Ever confident in his own street smarts, Fibber scoffs—only to find himself suddenly penniless and desperately trying to borrow money from a colorful parade of fellow passengers, each encounter more absurd than the last.

 

Packed with quick-fire banter, oddball characters, and Fibber’s increasingly frantic (and futile) attempts to recover his missing cash, the story builds to a perfectly comic twist when Molly reveals she had taken his pocketbook all along to keep it safe. With its blend of situational humor, wordplay, and sponsor tie-ins for Johnson’s Glow Coat, this remastered gem of Fibber McGee & Molly captures the golden age of radio comedy at full throttle.