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Note: not the right date for this show, but one like it, with a similar script, may have appeared here. This episode is likely from a season a couple years in the future.
Both Bill Davis, and Gale Gordon were serving in the military at this time, and wouldn’t return to the show for at least a year. Another hint is the film, Song of the South, where the Kingsman’s song comes from didn’t come out until November 1946.
Molly has put up with a lot with her husband, but for once his pet project is in being overly energetic. Restlessness has seen to it that long neglected repairs and projects are completed. It’s all due to a book on man’s untapped energy, and getting only 4 hours of sleep. Doc Gamble pops in to find out about Fibbers amazing stamina. Billy Mills plays, Maple Leaf Rag.
There’s no end to Fibbers energy as he and Molly get into a series of word mix ups. Corporals, corpuscles, Corsicans, and others. Lena, a snoopy neighbor, tells how she used to be a radio operator. As Harlowe Wilcox enters, Fibber can’t wait to tell him his plans to be more productive.
Not one to stand idle, Fibber’s bluster is interrupted with a visit from Wallace Wimple. The mild-mannered man, who enjoys reading his bird book, has his big old wife, Sweetie Face, to thank for his run-down feeling. The Kingsman sing, Uncle Remus Says.
As the day wears on, Molly is exhausted. Mayor Latrivia enters to learn of Fibbers enthusiasm. Will the book be a pick me up for the tired mayor, or the e Elks club meeting? The napping Molly is awakened in the middle off the night when doc Gamble rings the bell, and delivers the now unconscious Fibber home. All his untapped energy sapped from him.
