Referenced By / Fibber McGee and Molly

Literature

• In the novel version of Presumed Innocent, when Rusty realizes he's being accused of Carolyn's murder, he laughs at the absurdity, to which Mac, his co-worker, responds, "Tain't funny, McGee."

Live-Action TV

• NewsRadio: Jimmy gives Matthew some recordings of the show. While Matthew loves them, he feels slighted in comparison of the extravagant gifts that Jimmy gives the rest of the staff. Then Jimmy informs him that he also gets the rights to the show itself.

Western Animation

• Looney Tunes: The show was a favorite of the Termite Terrace staff, who incorporated many of its catchphrases into their cartoons. Today, most people associate these lines to the cartoons rather than the original radio show.
  • In Daffy Duck and Egghead, when Egghead uses a female decoy on Daffy, he shows his displeasure at being tricked with a sign that reads "T'aint Funny, McGee!"
  • Tex Avery's Holiday Highlights features twists on the usual holiday tropes (such as a fox who looks like he's going to attack the Easter Bunny actually begs him for an egg). When it comes to April Fool's Day, the narrator pretends there's something planned, only to start laughing and saying, "Ha ha, fooled you!" over a blank screen, until a Title Card appears that reads, "T'ain't Funny, McGee! - Management".
  • In Tortoise Wins by a Hare, Bugs Bunny disguises himself as an old man to get secrets out of Cecil Turtle, and the scene becomes an Old-Timer routine.
  • The department store manager who antagonizes Bugs in Hare Conditioned is a caricature of McGee's nemesis Gildersleeve. Bugs even says he's like "that guy on the radio, the Great Gildlersneeze."
  • Teeny's catchphrase "I bet'cha" was referenced in Porky at the Crocadero, The Sneezing Weasel, Porky's Hotel, Sioux Me and Shop, Look and Listen.
  • In "We, the Animals - Squeak!'', Kasnas City Kitty shouts to a mouse, "Tain't funny, McRat!"
  • In A Coy Decoy, Daffy says Gildersleeve's "You're a ha-a-a-a-ard man, McGee!"
  • Beulah's Catchphrase "Love dat man!" is used at the end of both The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (by a pig) and The Big Snooze (by Bugs).
  • Wallace Wimple was the inspiration for Mr. Meek in The Wise Quacking Duck and the lovebird in Life with Feathers.
  • The gag of McGee talking to Myrt was used in The Wabbit Who Came to Supper and Daffy the Commando.
  • From the spin-off The Great Gildersleeve, Mr. Peavey's line "Well, now, I wouldn't say that" was famously used by "The little man from the Draft Board" in Draftee Daffy. It was also the closing line of The Old Grey Hare and The Bashful Buzzard.
• Tex Avery MGM Cartoons:
  • In ''Blitz Wolf', Adolf Wolf tries to call for reinforcements and ends up talking to Myrt.
  • In The Shooting of Dan McGoo, after Wolfie complains that his whiskey was cut, Droopy quips "What do you expect for ten cents, gasoline?". Wolfie responds with "T'ain't funny, McGoo," turns to the audience and says "What corny dialogue."
  • The wolf in One Ham's Family has Gildersleeve's Signature Laugh.
  • A black rabbit in Little 'Tinker says "Love dat man!"
• Tom and Jerry: In Old Rockin' Chair Tom, Mammy Two-Shoes says of new cat Lightning, "Love dat cat!"