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Word: fibber (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Everybody said there wasn't enough dramatic appeal in it," says Producer-Director-Writer Cy Howard of his Life with Luigi (Tues. 9 p.m., CBS). "Everybody told me no sponsor would buy it. And now look! It has knocked over Bob Hope,* and cut into the rating of Fibber McGee & Molly. It has made Tuesday night. It's got a wonderful sponsor [Win. Wrigley Jr. Co.]. It's got everybody amazed, it's got me amazed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Simply Amazing | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

...blizzard beat with glass-rattling fury on the steamy windows of Franklin Doughty 's comfortable South Minneapolis home. In the living room, Insurance Man Doughty reluctantly left a television basketball game, tramped upstairs to tell ten-year-old Janet and tousled Tommy, 8, to turn off Fibber McGee and Molly and quiet down. It was almost 9 o'clock, said Doughty, and high time for sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTER: I'm Going Down! | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

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