Getting Rid Of Old Suit

Originally Aired: January 30, 1940

In Fibber McGee & Molly #233, "Getting Rid Of Old Suit," Molly tries desperately to convince Fibber to part with his ratty old blue serge suit, but McGee is stubbornly sentimental about the garment. He reminisces about winning it on a punchboard and wearing it the night they won a Charleston contest. Though the suit is moth-eaten and falling apart, Fibber refuses to simply throw it away, insisting he can sell it to a second-hand clothing dealer instead.

The McGees receive a visit from the society-minded Mrs. Uppington, who arrives with Billy Mills, now calling himself Maestro William Randolph Mills, to promote their new concert orchestra venture. After they leave, an elderly junk dealer arrives to appraise the suit but hilariously refuses to buy it, claiming the only suits he sells for 50 cents are ones he picks from ash cans. Molly finally takes matters into her own hands and tosses the suit into the alley herself, but just as Fibber settles in with the funny papers, little Teeny arrives at the door with surprising news about what she's found.