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* Beulah-the McGee's black maid and possibly the series ' most unusual character.

Unlike the situation on The Jack Benny Program, where black actor Eddie Anderson played " Rochester ", Beulah was voiced by a Caucasian male, Marlin Hurt.

The character's usual opening line, " Somebody bawl fo ' Beulah ??

", often provoked a stunned, screeching sort of laughter among the live studio audience ; many of them, seeing the show performed for the first time in person, did not know that the actor voicing Beulah was neither black nor female, and expressed their surprise when Hurt delivered his line.

Her other catchphrase was " Love that man!

" after a fit of laughter over a Fibber gag.

Hurt had created the Beulah character independently and had portrayed her occasionally on other shows prior to his joining the Fibber McGee and Molly cast.