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Word: fibber (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...were the deftly written serial The Aldrich Family (sixth), the schmalz of Band Leader Kay Kyser (ninth), the soap-opera One Man's Family (tenth). Beating the graven image Charlie McCarthy by a whisker, Jack Benny led the pack for 1940. Others in Crossley's peerage: Fibber McGee & Molly, the Lux Radio Theatre, Bob Hope, Kate Smith, Major Bowes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Crossley Looks at 1940 | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

...Most popular program was that of Edgar Bergen, with a rating of 40 per 100 set-owners polled. Runner-up with 39 was the unctuous Jack Benny, with Lux Radio Theatre, Fibber McGee & Molly and the Kraft Music Hall trailing along after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Half Year Box Scores | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

...million-dollar" contract he wangled with Pepsodent, which transformed Amos 'n' Andy from a sustaining show into a national institution in 1929. A great one for soap operas, he can still point with pride to such Trammell-promoted shows as Clara, Lu 'n' Em, Fibber McGee and Molly, Betty and Bob, Ma Perkins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: New Broom, No Sweep | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

Filling in for Fibber McGee and Molly last year, blind Pianist Alec Templeton made such a hit that he was signed by Alka-Seltzer in September. Last year The Aldrich Family, after a spell on Kate Smith's show, substituted for Jack Benny, wound up with a winter spot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Summer Shows | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

...Meredith Willson' s Musical Revue, substituting for Fibber McGee & Molly over NBC's red network from 9:30 to 10 on Tuesdays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Summer Shows | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

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