Molly’s Old Love Letters

Originally Aired: October 21, 1941 In Fibber McGee & Molly #297, "Molly's Old Love Letters," spring cleaning at 79 Wistful Vista takes an unexpected romantic turn when Molly discovers a cache of old love letters tucked away in the attic. While McGee wants to keep the cleaning project moving forward, Molly becomes enchanted by the passionate correspondence from her courting days, much to her husband's growing annoyance. The letters reveal that young Fibber had competition for Molly's affections from a rival suitor named Otis Cadwallader, who went so far as to add an "X" to his name to impress her, mimicking silent film star Francis X. Bushman. As Molly reads the flowery prose aloud, from declarations about her "lovely golden wings" to poetic musings about touching her hand in a popcorn bag at the ballgame, Fibber grows increasingly embarrassed and irritated. His attempts to dismiss the letters as "tripe" fail to dampen Molly's nostalgic mood. The situation escalates when an exasperated Fibber threatens to lock himself away to escape hearing any more of his youthful romantic attempts, while the Old Timer stops by and the household cleaning project grinds to a halt.