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''Fibber McGee and Molly'' originated when the small-time husband-and-wife [[vaudeville|vaudevillians]] began their third year as [[Chicago]]-area radio performers. Two of the shows they did for station [[WLS-AMWENR (Chicago)|WENR]] beginning in 1927, both written by Harry Lawrence, bore traces of what was to come and rank as one of the earliest forms of [[situation comedy]]. In their ''Luke and Mirandy'' farm-report program, Jim played a farmer who was given to [[tall tale]]s and face-saving lies for comic effect.<ref name=Air/> In a weekly comedy, ''The Smith Family'', Marian's character was an Irish wife of an American police officer. These characterizations, plus the Jordans' change from being singers/musicians to comic actors, pointed toward their future; it was at this time when Marian developed and perfected the radio character "Teeny".<ref name=Star/><ref name = "Barndance">{{cite web |url=http://www.wlshistory.com/NBD/ |title=WLS History-National Barn Dance-the Jordans |author=Childers, Scott |publisher=Childers, Scott |access-date=April 26, 2010 |archive-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208224421/http://www.wlshistory.com/NBD/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was also at WENR where the Jordans met [[Donald Quinn]], a cartoonist who was then working in radio, and the couple hired him as their writer in 1931. They regarded Quinn's contribution as important<ref name=QuinnNYT>{{cite news