
Together with wife Marian & writer Don Quinn, in the mid 1930's he created the form of most broadcast comedies that followed, with regular characters and running gags. Fibber McGee's overstuffed closet, created only through sound effects, is one of the great memories of 'old-time' radio. The show ran for 25 years, until the latter stages of radio's golden age. Jordan died Apr 1, 1988 at age 91, due to a blood clot to the brain.
On this day in 1899,

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