About this episode
Originally Aired: March 11, 1941 Fibber McGee & Molly #278, "Quarantined With Measles," the McGee household has become a pressure cooker of frayed nerves and short tempers. After a full week trapped together under quarantine, Fibber and Molly's unwilling houseguests are at their breaking point. Throckmorton Gildersleeve desperately tries to escape through what he thinks is the front door, only to discover it's a closet, while worrying about his girdle factory being run by his wife. The sharp-tongued Abigail Uppington complains bitterly about the "horrible house," and tensions rise as some of the men retreat to the basement for poker games. The doctor hasn't returned since the quarantine began, leaving everyone wondering when their confinement will end. Meanwhile, Fibber attempts to entertain the measles-stricken little girl responsible for their predicament, but his patience wears thin as she constantly changes her mind between wanting stories and food. His attempts to tell her classic fairy tales keep getting derailed by his own mental associations with eating, while she interrupts with conflicting requests for Superman, Dick Tracy, and snacks. As Fibber's frustration mounts and he confesses to hating everyone including himself, the question remains: how much longer can this motley crew survive together under one roof?
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