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Married. Jim Jordan, 64, radio's Fibber McGee, for 21 years (1935-56) the incorrigible comic blowhard of 79 Wistful Vista; and Mrs. Gretchen Stewart, 52, widow of Dialect Comedian Yogi Yorgenson; both for the second time (Jordan's first wife Marian, who was also Fibber McGee's Molly, died last year after 43 years of marriage); in Honolulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 9, 1962 | 2/9/1962 | See Source »

...scene is accompanied by an din on rival Fibber McGee's , the percussion including drums, cymbals, xylophone, woodblocks, ratchet, and everything but the kitchen . But Amram's songs are fine, including one that he had turned into 9 three-voice canzonet...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: As You Like It | 7/13/1961 | See Source »

Died. Marian Jordan, 62, who played the scolding but sympathetic Molly to husband Jim Jordan's boastful, bumbling Fibber on NBC Radio's Fibber McGee and Molly for nearly 20 years; of cancer; in Encino, Calif. Marian and Jim Jordan were small-time vaudevilleans from Peoria, III., before they hit the big time at 79 Wistful Vista, radio home of the McGees, wowing audiences of up to 20 million with Fibber's cluttered closet and Molly's standard, " 'Tain't funny, McGee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 14, 1961 | 4/14/1961 | See Source »

Egyptians call it samna, Turks call it Hindistanda kaynatilmis tereyagi, Americans call it rancid butter. Indians call it ghee (as in Fibber McGee), and they love it. They make it by boiling the milk of water buffalo, letting it cool, adding sour milk to make it curdle faster, then straining off the butter oil, which is the ghee. They eat it. spread it on sores, and anoint holy images with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Ex Oriente Lux | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

...yourself cult are such bigwigs as U.S. Steel Vice President David Austin, who has a two-room, $5,000 woodworking workshop packed into his Pittsburgh apartment; former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who makes his own furniture; TV and Radio Luminaries Desi Arnaz, Edgar Bergen and Fibber McGee, who spend their spare time puttering around with shelves and kitchen cabinets; Movie and Recording Stars George Montgomery, Perry Como, Dan Duryea and Jane Russell, who do their own handiwork, build boats and furniture; the Strategic Air Command's General Curtis LeMay, who is currently helping fellow airmen rebuild a private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: The Shoulder Trade | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

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