ABBOTT AND COSTELLO

OLD TIME RADIO - 4 CD - 179 mp3 - Total Playtime: 85:52:54

Abbott and Costello, an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film and television made them the most popular comedy team during the 1940s and 50s. Thanks to the endurance of their most popular and influential routine, "Who's on First?"—whose rapid-fire word play and comprehension confusion set the preponderant framework for most of their best-known routines—the team is, as a result, featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

After working as Allen's summer replacement, Abbott and Costello joined Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on The Chase and Sanborn Hour in 1941, while two of their films (Buck Privates and Hold That Ghost) were adapted for Lux Radio Theater. They launched their own weekly show October 8, 1942, sponsored by Camel cigarettes.

The Abbott and Costello Show mixed comedy with musical interludes (by vocalists such as Connie Haines, Ashley Eustis, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, and the Les Baxter Singers). Regulars and semi-regulars on the show included Artie Auerbach ("Mr. Kitzel"), Elvia Allman, Iris Adrian, Mel Blanc, Wally Brown, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton, Sidney Fields, Frank Nelson, Martha Wentworth, and Benay Venuta. Ken Niles was the show's longtime announcer, doubling as an exasperated foil to Abbott and Costello's mishaps (and often fuming in character as Costello routinely insulted his on-air wife). Niles was succeeded by Michael Roy, with announcing chores also handled over the years by Frank Bingman and Jim Doyle. The show went through several orchestras during its radio life, including those of Ennis, Charles Hoff, Matty Matlock, Matty Malneck, Jack Meakin, Will Osborne, Fred Rich, Leith Stevens, and Peter van Steeden. The show's writers included Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Don Prindle, Eddie Cherkose (later known as Eddie Maxwell), Leonard B. Stern, Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan, and Eddie Forman, as well as producer Martin Gosch. Sound effects were handled primarily by Floyd Caton.

In 1947 Abbott and Costello moved the show to ABC (the former NBC Blue Network). During their time on ABC, the duo also hosted a 30-minute children's radio program (The Abbott and Costello Children's Show), which aired Saturday mornings, featuring child vocalist Anna Mae Slaughter and child announcer Johnny McGovern.

EPISODES LIST

Abbott and Costello 40-03-20 Lion Hunting
Abbott and Costello 40-07-31 Guest - Madame Lazonga
Abbott and Costello 40-09-11 Riding with Red Ryder
Abbott and Costello 41-09-21 With Wc Fields
Abbott and Costello 41-10-13 Buck Privates
Abbott and Costello 42-05-11 Lou Substitutes For Joe Di Maggio
Abbott and Costello 42-10-15 Bank Robbery with Marlene Dietrich
Abbott and Costello 42-11-19 Knights in Shining Armor with Merle Oberon
Abbott and Costello 43-01-14 Hunting Guide with Claire Trevor
Abbott and Costello 43-03-16 At The Circus With Alan Hale
Abbott and Costello 43-03-23 With Linda Darnell
Abbott and Costello 43-11-04 Guest Lana Turner
Abbott and Costello 43-11-18 Nylon Stockings with Lucille Ball
Abbott and Costello 43-11-25 Costello's Pet Turkey with Jane Wyman
Abbott and Costello 43-12-02 Trip to Palm Springs with Veronica Lake
Abbott and Costello 43-12-09 English Butler with Arthur Treacher
Abbott and Costello 43-12-16 The Wild West with Lynn Bari
Abbott and Costello 43-12-20 Christmas Show
Abbott and Costello 43-12-30 The Lawyer with Bert Gordon
Abbott and Costello 44-01-06 Lou's Engaged to Judy Canova
Abbott and Costello 44-01-13 A Visit to Peter Lorre's Sanitarium (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 44-01-13 A Visit to Peter Lorre's Sanitarium
Abbott and Costello 44-01-20 Football Game with Harold Peary
Abbott and Costello 44-01-27 Playing the Piano with Janet Blair
Abbott and Costello 44-02-10 Robinson Crusoe with Charles Laughton
Abbott and Costello 44-02-17 Making a Movie with Dorothy Lamour
Abbott and Costello 44-03-02 Running a Newspaper with Hedda Hopper
Abbott and Costello 44-03-09 Missing Script with Blondie and Dagwood
Abbott and Costello 44-03-16 At the Circus with Alan Hale
Abbott and Costello 44-03-23 A Psychiatrist for Costello with Linda Darnell
Abbott and Costello 44-03-30 Radio Station with Alan Ladd
Abbott and Costello 44-04-06 Guest - Cary Grant
Abbott and Costello 44-05-04 Date with Connie Haines
Abbott and Costello 44-05-11 Job at a Department Store with Claire Trevor
Abbott and Costello 44-06-08 Costello Buys Gifts for Cast (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 44-10-05 Investment Advice (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 44-10-12 Investing in a Gold Mine
Abbott and Costello 44-10-19 Lou Goes to Jail
Abbott and Costello 44-10-26 Matrimonial Agency
Abbott and Costello 44-11-02 Mortimer's Pet Shop
Abbott and Costello 44-11-09 Lou's Race Horse, Peanut Butter
Abbott and Costello 44-11-16 Return to P.S. 15
Abbott and Costello 44-11-23 Formal Thanksgiving Dinner
Abbott and Costello 44-11-30 The Bank Robbery (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 44-12-07 Visit to Tin Pan Alley
Abbott and Costello 44-12-14 Christmas Shopping for Lou's Girlfriend
Abbott and Costello 44-12-21 Christmas Party
Abbott and Costello 45-01-11 Lou's House Needs Another Bathtub
Abbott and Costello 45-01-18 Hertz You Drive
Abbott and Costello 45-01-25 Lou Wants to Join the Merchant Marines
Abbott and Costello 45-01-25 The Merchant Marines (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 45-02-01 Lou Shoots an Orange Picker
Abbott and Costello 45-02-15 Jack and the Beanstalk (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 45-03-01 Guest - Frank Sinatra
Abbott and Costello 45-03-08 New Press Agent
Abbott and Costello 45-03-22 Basic Training
Abbott and Costello 45-04-05 Trying to Hire the Andrews Sisters
Abbott and Costello 45-04-19 Charm School
Abbott and Costello 45-04-26 Making a Movie with the Andrews Sisters
Abbott and Costello 45-05-03 Spanish Acting School (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 45-05-03 Spanish Acting School
Abbott and Costello 45-06-07 Costello Gets a Tattoo (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 45-06-14 Costello's Father's Day Gift (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 45-06-20 Walgreens 44th Annv Spl whos clip Sidney Fields and Lou Bud Sick
Abbott and Costello 45-06-21 Bud and Lou Are in a Play (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 45-06-28 Return to Paterson
Abbott and Costello 45-10-04 Lou Promises His Girlfriend a Job
Abbott and Costello 45-11-01 Latin-American Party
Abbott and Costello 45-11-15 Lou Hides from His Girlfriend
Abbott and Costello 45-11-29 Opening a Gas Station
Abbott and Costello 45-12-06 Lou the Fireman
Abbott and Costello 45-12-13 Melonhead's Department Store
Abbott and Costello 45-12-20 Lou's Christmas Party
Abbott and Costello 45-12-27 Costello's Beauty Shop
Abbott and Costello 46-01-24 Working in Melonhead's Restaurant (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 46-02-07 Looking for an Apartment
Abbott and Costello 46-02-14 Mrs. Niles Gives the Boys a Job
Abbott and Costello 46-02-21 Costello Looking for a Leading Lady for His New Play
Abbott and Costello 46-03-07 Lou Discovers Uranium
Abbott and Costello 46-03-14 Lou Has to Pay Income Tax
Abbott and Costello 46-03-28 Lou's Sister Is Getting Married (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 46-04-11 Lou Is Working in the Garden
Abbott and Costello 46-04-18 Pet Shop
Abbott and Costello 46-04-25 The Sheriff of North Hollywood
Abbott and Costello 46-05-02 Napoleon and Josephine
Abbott and Costello 46-05-09 Lou Wants to Join the Circus
Abbott and Costello 46-05-16 Costello Runs for Mayor
Abbott and Costello 46-05-30 Preparing for Elsa Maxwell's Party
Abbott and Costello 46-06-06 Bud and Lou Need Some Dough
Abbott and Costello 46-06-20 The Lewis-Conn Fight (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 46-06-27 Abbott's Big Date (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 46-10-03 Incorrigible
Abbott and Costello 46-10-10 Lou Is Hallucinating
Abbott and Costello 46-12-05 Lion Hunting Trip
Abbott and Costello 46-12-12 Costello the Air Hero
Abbott and Costello 47-02-06 From New York City Again
Abbott and Costello 47-02-13 Costello Buys a Boat
Abbott and Costello 47-02-20 Ski Jump
Abbott and Costello 47-02-27 Driving Lessons with Marilyn Maxwell
Abbott and Costello 47-03-06 Talking About Paying Income Tax
Abbott and Costello 47-03-13 Lou Goes to the Racetrack to Lose Money
Abbott and Costello 47-03-20 Hanley Stafford Subs for Bud Abbott
Abbott and Costello 47-03-27 Stock Market
Abbott and Costello 47-04-03 The Boys Get Hired By A Drugstore (AFRS) (first half)
Abbott and Costello 47-04-10 Nuts and Bolts
Abbott and Costello 47-04-17 Costello Is Invited to Join the Yankees
Abbott and Costello 47-04-24 Lou Builds a House
Abbott and Costello 47-05-08 Night in Haunted House (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 47-05-08 Night In Haunted House
Abbott and Costello 47-05-22 Lou Wants to Marry Marilyn
Abbott and Costello 47-06-19 The Boys Go to the Movies
Abbott and Costello 47-10-01 First Show for ABC
Abbott and Costello 47-12-10 Lou Wants to Open a Bank Account
Abbott and Costello 47-12-24 Christmas Program
Abbott and Costello 47-12-31 New Year's Eve
Abbott and Costello 48-01-07 Lou Wants to Be an Actor
Abbott and Costello 48-01-14 Lou Buys an Apartment House
Abbott and Costello 48-01-21 Lou Inherits Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
Abbott and Costello 48-01-28 Guest - Erskine Johnson
Abbott and Costello 48-02-04 Lou Inherits the Largest Diamond in the World
Abbott and Costello 48-02-11 The Boys Buy a Ranch
Abbott and Costello 48-02-25 Abbott And Costello Make A Picture
Abbott and Costello 48-03-03 Uncle Mike’s Gold Mine
Abbott and Costello 48-03-10 Costello Pays Income Tax
Abbott and Costello 48-03-31 Lou Becomes a T-Man
Abbott and Costello 48-04-07 Lou Is Not Feeling Well (AFRS)
Abbott and Costello 48-04-07 Lou Is Not Feeling Well
Abbott and Costello 48-04-14 Bud and Lou Plan to Go to France
Abbott and Costello 48-04-21 Opening a Marriage Bureau
Abbott and Costello 48-04-28 Costello Looking for a Job
Abbott and Costello 48-05-05 The New Sheriff with Bela Lugosi
Abbott and Costello 48-05-12 Bud and Lou Get the Ratings of Their Show
Abbott and Costello 48-05-19 Costello's Race Horse, Peanut Butter
Abbott and Costello 48-05-26 Costello Joins the Foreign Legion
Abbott and Costello 48-06-02 Guest - Lon Chaney Jr
Abbott and Costello 48-06-16 Guest - Benny Rubin
Abbott and Costello 48-07-07 Bud and Lou Plan a Vacation
Abbott and Costello 48-07-28 Lou Learns to Swim
Abbott and Costello 48-08-11 Lou Gets a Job Offer from the UN
Abbott and Costello 48-09-08 Double Murder At The Liquor Distillery (end clipped)
Abbott and Costello 48-09-23 The Fish Market Murder
Abbott and Costello 48-09-30 Sam Shovel - Lifebuoy Kills B.O.
Abbott and Costello 48-10-14 Sam Shovel - They Caught Him With His Plants Down (end clipped)
Abbott and Costello 48-10-21 Sam Shovel - Murder in the Butcher Shop
Abbott and Costello 48-10-28 Sam Shovel - Tony's Home Permanent
Abbott and Costello 48-11-04 Sam Shovel - Case of the Grocer Who Fell in Wet Cement
Abbott and Costello 48-11-11 Sam Shovel - Sorry, Wrong Rhumba
Abbott and Costello 48-11-18 Sam Shovel - Case of the Russian Diplomat
Abbott and Costello 48-11-25 Thanksgiving Show
Abbott and Costello 48-12-02 Sam Shovel - Case of the Curbstone Murder
Abbott and Costello 48-12-09 Sam Shovel - He Died With His Beauts On
Abbott and Costello 48-12-16 Sam Shovel - It Was Time for a Change
Abbott and Costello 48-12-23 Sam Shovel - I'm All Yours in Buttons and Bows
Abbott and Costello 48-12-30 Sam Shovel - The Murder at the Radio Quiz Show
Abbott and Costello 49-01-13 Sam Shovel - She Rubbed Him Out
Abbott and Costello 49-01-20 Sam Shovel - She Was On Her Last Lap
Abbott and Costello 49-01-27 Sam Shovel - General Custer's Last Hamburger Stand
Abbott and Costello 49-02-03 Sam Shovel - He Committed Chop Sueyside
Abbott and Costello 49-02-10 Sam Shovel - He Lost His Aunt's Pay
Abbott and Costello 49-02-17 Sam Shovel - Taboo or not Taboo
Abbott and Costello 49-02-24 Sam Shovel - Strolling Through the Perk One Day
Abbott and Costello 49-03-03 Sam Shovel - Caught with His Prints Down
Abbott and Costello 49-03-10 Sam Shovel - She Took Off Too Much For Entertainment
Abbott and Costello 49-03-17 Sam Shovel - It Was His First Square Meal
Abbott and Costello 49-03-24 Sam Shovel - I've got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Abbott and Costello 49-03-31 Sam Shovel - There's Good Booze Tonight
Abbott and Costello 49-04-07 Sam Shovel - He Was A Short Order Cook
Abbott and Costello 49-04-14 Sam Shovel - Case Of The Russian Diplomat
Abbott and Costello 49-04-28 Sam Shovel - Tony's Home Permanent
Abbott and Costello 49-05-05 Sam Shovel - They Caught Him with His Plants Down
Abbott and Costello 49-05-19 Sam Shovel - Dust Be My Destiny
Abbott and Costello 49-06-09 Sam Shovel - The Case of the China Man
Abbott And Costello Kids Show 48-01-10 Guest - Arthur Lake
Abbott And Costello Kids Show 48-01-31 Guest - Norma Jean Nilsson
Abbott And Costello Kids Show 48-09-11 Guest - Red Ryder
Abbott And Costello Kids Show 48-12-11 Guest - Larry Stevens
Abbott And Costello Kids Show 48-12-18 Guest - Lillian Roth
Abbott and Costello Susquehanna Hat Company
Abbott and Costello Up And Down
 

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