Judge of the Court of Domestic Relations

Originally aired September 7, 1936, this 74th episode of Fibber McGee & Molly turns Wistful Vista into a makeshift courthouse as Fibber volunteers himself as substitute judge for the town’s overbooked Domestic Relations Court. With Molly at his side as “Mrs. Judge McGee,” the pair preside over a parade of eccentric cases: a wife suing her poet husband for unbearable verse, Silly Watson caught up in a breach-of-promise case, Horatio K. Boomer lamenting his wife’s frying-pan obsession, and even Ted Weems defending himself against charges of playing a “goofus horn.” True to form, Fibber dispenses gavel-banging justice with slapstick logic—often granting divorces, dismissing cases with cracker samples, or passing down sentences that involve nothing more than a sponsor plug. Perry Como drops by with a song, while Harpo Wilcox seamlessly ties in Johnson’s Auto Wax and Glow Coat with courtroom “evidence.” Packed with wisecracks, character cameos, and absurd rulings, this installment delivers classic golden-age radio comedy