Gordon Gee Quotes

Fibber McGee and Molly boasted one of the strongest line-ups of any comedy program. Harold Peary, Bea Benaderet, Gale Gordon, Dick LeGrand, and Arthur Q. Bryan possessed some of the better-known voices on the air; Bill Thompson alone owned a handful of them.

The ever-reliable Bill Thompson filled the gap with a new character, Wallace Wimple. Wallace gave new meaning to the word “wimp,” for this was the nickname pinned on him by Fibber McGee. Wimple was terrified of his “big old wife,” the ferocious, often-discussed but never-present “Sweetie Face.” Also in 1941 came Gale Gordon as Mayor LaTrivia, who would arrive at the McGee house, start an argument, and become so tongue-tied that he’d blow his top. A year later, all these characters disappeared: Gordon went into the Coast Guard, and when Thompson joined the Navy, four characters went with him. With LaTrivia, Boomer, Depopoulous, Wimple, the Old Timer, and Gildersleeve all on the “recently departed” list, Fibber found a new devil’s advocate in the town doctor. Arthur Q. Bryan, who had played the voice of Elmer Fudd in the Warner Brothers cartoons, became Doc Gamble, continuing the verbal brickbats begun by Gildersleeve. Their squabbles could begin over a disputed doctor bill—McGee always disputed doctor bills—or erupt out of nowhere about anything at all.

The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.

Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious.

When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.

Intellectual curiosity drove Einstein to some of the world's most important discoveries.

I am a bit odd. I am somewhat evangelical. But I am not crazy.

Ed’s reason for breaking up with Debbie Lynn (played by Gloria McMillan) is that she got married. Actually, Gloria was busy doing episodes of Our Miss Brooks for television and radio as was Gale Gordon which is why Gordon appears in only thirteen Fibber McGee and Molly episodes during the 1952-1953 season and three of those are repeats of shows from previous years.

During Marian’s extended absence from the show from November 1937 to April 1939 when the program was known as Fibber McGee and Company, Hugh Studebaker, Betty Winkler, and ZaSu Pitts appeared frequently to help or hinder Fibber in his weekly dilemmas. Isabel Randolph and Harold Peary assumed various parts before settling into the well-known roles of Mrs. Uppington in 1937 and Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve in 1939. Likewise, Gale Gordon played doctors, clerks, and other bits until assuming the mantle of Mayor LaTrivia on October 14, 1941.