About this episode
Originally Aired: October 7, 1941 Fibber McGee & Molly #295, "A Problem With Shorthand," Fibber receives an urgent phone call while taking a shower, and Molly volunteers to take the message using the shorthand skills she learned years ago at business college. The caller insists the matter is extremely important, worth fifty thousand dollars, and needs an answer by tomorrow from someone named Jim. However, when Molly tries to read back her hastily scribbled shorthand notes to an anxious Fibber, she discovers she's better at writing shorthand than reading it. To make matters worse, she even wrote down the caller's name in shorthand and can't decipher that either. As Fibber grows increasingly frantic about the mysterious fifty-thousand-dollar opportunity slipping through his fingers, Molly and their visitor Mrs. Uppington try to remain calm and find a solution. Mrs. Uppington suggests consulting Molly's old shorthand instruction book, which sends Fibber diving into the notorious hall closet. The McGees pin their hopes on Uncle Dennis, who they believe can read shorthand, but he's nowhere to be found as the clock ticks toward tomorrow's deadline.
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