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OLD TIME RADIO 1 DVD 155 mp3 - Total Playtime: 74:09:21

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 & Costello 40-03-20 Lion Hunting
Abbott & Costello 40-07-31 (005) Guest - Madame Lazonga
Abbott & Costello 40-09-11 (011)Riding with Red Ryder
Abbott & Costello 41-09-21 With Wc Fields Abbott And Costello
Abbott & Costello 41-10-13 Buck Privates
Abbott & Costello 42-05-11 Lou Substitutes For Joe Di Maggio
Abbott & Costello 42-10-15 (015) Bank Robbery with Marlene Dietrich
Abbott & Costello 42-11-19 (020) Knights in Shining Armor with Merle Oberon
Abbott & Costello 43-01-14 (028) Hunting Guide with Claire Trevor
Abbott & Costello 43-03-16 At The Circus With Alan Hale
Abbott & Costello 43-03-23 With Linda Darnell
Abbott & Costello 43-11-18 (039) Nylon Stockings with Lucille Ball
Abbott & Costello 43-11-25 (040) Costellos Pet Turkey with Jane Wyman
Abbott & Costello 43-12-02 (041) Trip to Palm Springs with Veronica Lake
Abbott & Costello 43-12-09 (042) English Butler with Arthur Treacher
Abbott & Costello 43-12-16 (043) The Wild West with Lynn Bari
Abbott & Costello 43-12-20 (044) Christmas Show
Abbott & Costello 43-12-30 (045) The Lawyer with Bert Gordon
Abbott & Costello 44-01-06 (046) Lou's Engaged to Judy Canova
Abbott & Costello 44-01-13 (047) Lou Is Not Feeling Well
Abbott & Costello 44-01-20 (048) Football Game with Harold Peary
Abbott & Costello 44-01-27 (049) Playing the Piano with Janet Blair
Abbott & Costello 44-01-27 (050) Playing The Piano With Janet Blair
Abbott & Costello 44-02-10 (051) Robinson Crusoe with Charles Laughton
Abbott & Costello 44-02-17 (052) Making a Movie with Dorothy Lamour
Abbott & Costello 44-03-02 (054) Running a Newspaper With Hedda Hopper
Abbott & Costello 44-03-09 (055) Missing Script with Blondie and Dagwood
Abbott & Costello 44-03-16 (056) At the Circus with Alan Hale
Abbott & Costello 44-03-23 (057) A Psychiatrist for Costello with Linda Darnell
Abbott & Costello 44-03-30 (058) Radio Station with Alan Ladd
Abbott & Costello 44-04-06 (059) Guest - Cary Grant
Abbott & Costello 44-05-04 (063) Date with Connie Haines with John Garfield
Abbott & Costello 44-05-11 (064) Job at a Department Store with Claire Trevor
Abbott & Costello 44-06-18 (068) Costello Buys Gifts for Cast - Whos on First
Abbott & Costello 44-10-05 (069) Investment Advice
Abbott & Costello 44-10-12 (070) Investing in a Gold Mine
Abbott & Costello 44-10-19 (071) Lou Goes to Jail
Abbott & Costello 44-10-26 (072) Matrimonial Agency
Abbott & Costello 44-11-02 (073) Mortimer's Pet Shop
Abbott & Costello 44-11-09 (074) Lou's Race Horse, Peanut Butter
Abbott & Costello 44-11-16 (075) Return to P.S. 15
Abbott & Costello 44-11-23 (076) Formal Thanksgiving Dinner
Abbott & Costello 44-12-07 (078) Visit to Tin Pan Alley
Abbott & Costello 44-12-14 (079) Christmas Shopping for Lou's Girlfriend
Abbott & Costello 44-12-21 (080) Christmas Party
Abbott & Costello 45-01-11 (083) Lou's House Needs Another Bathtub
Abbott & Costello 45-01-18 (084) Hertz You Drive
Abbott & Costello 45-01-25 (085) Lou Wants to Join the Merchant Marines
Abbott & Costello 45-02-01 (086) Lou Shoots an Orange Picker
Abbott & Costello 45-02-15 (087) Jack and the Beanstalk
Abbott & Costello 45-03-01 (089) Going Back to School
Abbott & Costello 45-03-08 (090) New Press Agent
Abbott & Costello 45-03-22 (092) Basic Training
Abbott & Costello 45-04-05 (094) Trying to Hire the Andrews Sisters
Abbott & Costello 45-04-19 (095) Appearing with the Andrews Sisters
Abbott & Costello 45-04-26 (096) Making a Movie with the Andrews Sisters
Abbott & Costello 45-05-03 (097) Spanish Acting School (AFRS)
Abbott & Costello 45-06-07 (102) Costello Gets a Tattoo
Abbott & Costello 45-06-14 (103) Costello's Father's Day Gift
Abbott & Costello 45-06-20 Walgreens 44th Annv Spl whos clip Sidney Fields and Lou Bud Sick
Abbott & Costello 45-06-21 (104) Fathers Day
Abbott & Costello 45-06-28 (105) Return to Paterson
Abbott & Costello 45-10-04 (106) Lou Promises His Girlfriend a Job
Abbott & Costello 45-11-01 (110) Latin-American Party
Abbott & Costello 45-11-15 (112) Lou Hides from His Girlfriend
Abbott & Costello 45-11-29 (114) Opening a Gas Station
Abbott & Costello 45-12-06 (115) Lou the Fireman
Abbott & Costello 45-12-13 (116) Melonhead's Department Store
Abbott & Costello 45-12-20 (117) Lou's Christmas Party
Abbott & Costello 45-12-27 (118) Costello's Beauty Shop
Abbott & Costello 46-02-07 (123) Looking for an Apartment
Abbott & Costello 46-02-14 (124) Mrs. Niles Gives the Boys a Job
Abbott & Costello 46-02-21 (125) Costello Looking for a Leading Lady for His New Play
Abbott & Costello 46-03-07 (126) Discover Uranium
Abbott & Costello 46-03-14 (127) Lou Has to Pay Income Tax
Abbott & Costello 46-03-28 (129) Lou's Sister Is Getting Married
Abbott & Costello 46-04-11 (131) Lou Is Working in the Garden
Abbott & Costello 46-04-18 (132) Pet Shop
Abbott & Costello 46-04-25 (133) The Sheriff of North Hollywood
Abbott & Costello 46-05-02 (134) Napoleon and Josephine
Abbott & Costello 46-05-09 (135) Lou Wants to Join the Circus
Abbott & Costello 46-05-16 (136) Costello Runs for Mayor
Abbott & Costello 46-05-30 (138) Prepare for Elsa Maxwell's Party
Abbott & Costello 46-06-06 (139) Bud and Lou Need Some Dough
Abbott & Costello 46-06-27 (142) Abbott's Big Date
Abbott & Costello 46-10-03 (143) Incorrigible
Abbott & Costello 46-10-10 (144) Lou Is Hallucinating
Abbott & Costello 46-12-12 (153) Costello the Air Hero
Abbott & Costello 47-02-06 (161) From New York City Again
Abbott & Costello 47-02-13 (162) Costello Buys a Boat
Abbott & Costello 47-02-20 (163) Ski Jump
Abbott & Costello 47-02-27 (164) Driving Lessons with Marilyn Maxwell
Abbott & Costello 47-03-06 (165) Talking About Paying Income Tax
Abbott & Costello 47-03-13 (166) Lou Goes To The Racetrack To Lose Money
Abbott & Costello 47-03-27 (168) Stock Market
Abbott & Costello 47-04-10 (170) Nuts and Bolts
Abbott & Costello 47-04-17 (171) Costello Is Invited to Join the Yankees
Abbott & Costello 47-04-24 (172) Lou Builds a House
Abbott & Costello 47-05-08 (174) Night in Haunted House
Abbott & Costello 47-05-22 (176) Lou Wants to Marry Marilyn
Abbott & Costello 47-06-19 (180) The Boys Go to the Movies
Abbott & Costello 47-12-10 (192) Lou Wants to Open a Bank Account
Abbott & Costello 47-12-24 (194) Christmas Program
Abbott & Costello 47-12-31 (195) New Year's Eve
Abbott & Costello 48-01-07 (196) Lou Wants to Be an Actor
Abbott & Costello 48-01-14 (197) Lou Buys an Apartment House
Abbott & Costello 48-01-28 (199) Guest - Erskine Johnson
Abbott & Costello 48-02-04 (200) Lou Inherits the Largest Diamond in the World
Abbott & Costello 48-02-11 (201) The Boys Buy a Ranch
Abbott & Costello 48-02-25 (203) Abbott And Costello Make A Picture
Abbott & Costello 48-03-03 (204) Uncle Mike’s Gold Mine
Abbott & Costello 48-03-10 (205) Costello Pays Income Tax
Abbott & Costello 48-03-31 (208) Lou Becomes a T-Man
Abbott & Costello 48-04-14 (210) Trip to France (Muffled)
Abbott & Costello 48-04-21 (211) Opening a Marriage Bureau
Abbott & Costello 48-04-28 (212) Costello Looking for a Job
Abbott & Costello 48-05-05 (213) The New Sheriff with Bela Lugosi
Abbott & Costello 48-05-12 (214) Radio Poll
Abbott & Costello 48-05-26 (216) Costello Joins the Foreign Legion
Abbott & Costello 48-06-02 (217) Guest - Lon Chaney Jr
Abbott & Costello 48-06-16 (219) Guest - Benny Rubin
Abbott & Costello 48-07-07 (222) Bud and Lou Plan a Vacation
Abbott & Costello 48-07-28 (226) Lou Learns to Swim
Abbott & Costello 48-08-12 (228)
Abbott & Costello 48-09-08 (230) Double Murder at the Liquor Distillery (end clipped)
Abbott & Costello 48-09-23 (232) The Fish Market Murder or They Killed Him Just for the Halibut
Abbott & Costello 48-09-30 (233) Murder in the Bathtub or Lifebuoy Kills BO
Abbott & Costello 48-10-14 (235) TCOT Murdered Florist or They Caught Him with His Plants Down END CUT
Abbott & Costello 48-10-21 (236) Murder in the Butcher Shop or Have You Seen Those Prices, Lately
Abbott & Costello 48-10-28 (237) Sam Shovel - Tony's Home Permanent
Abbott & Costello 48-11-04 (238) The Story of Costello's Sea-Going Family (1st Half Only)
Abbott & Costello 48-11-11 (239) Sam Shovel - Sorry, Wrong Rhumba
Abbott & Costello 48-11-18 (240) Sam Shovel - Case of the Russian Diplomat
Abbott & Costello 48-11-25 (241) Plymouth Rock
Abbott & Costello 48-12-02 (242) Sam Shovel - Case of the Curbstone Murder
Abbott & Costello 48-12-09 (243) Sam Shovel - He Died With His Beauts On
Abbott & Costello 48-12-16 (244) Sam Shovel - It Was Time for a Change
Abbott & Costello 48-12-23 (245) Sam Shovel - I'm All Yours in Buttons and Bows
Abbott & Costello 48-12-30 (246) Sam Shovel - The Murder at the Radio Quiz Show
Abbott & Costello 49-01-20 (249) Sam Shovel - She Was On Her Last Lap
Abbott & Costello 49-01-27 (250) Sam Shovel - General Custer's Last Hamburger Stand
Abbott & Costello 49-02-03 (251) Sam Shovel - He Commited Chop Suey-Cide
Abbott & Costello 49-02-10 (252) Sam Shovel - He Lost His Aunt's Pay
Abbott & Costello 49-02-17 (253) Sam Shovel - At The Races
Abbott & Costello 49-02-24 (254) Sam Shovel - 100 Steps To Take When You Come Face To Face With A Killer
Abbott & Costello 49-03-03 (255) Sam Shovel 'He was Caught with His Prints Down'
Abbott & Costello 49-03-10 (256) Sam Shovel - She Took Off Too Much For Entertainment
Abbott & Costello 49-03-17 (257) St Patrick's Day 'It was His First Square Meal
Abbott & Costello 49-03-24 (258) Sam Shovel - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Abbott & Costello 49-03-31 (259) Sam Shovel - There's Good Booze Tonight
Abbott & Costello 49-04-07 (260) Sam Shovel - He Was A Short Order Cook
Abbott & Costello 49-04-28 (263) Sam Shovel - Tony's Home Permanent
Abbott & Costello 49-05-19 (266) Sam Shovel - Dust Be My Destiny
Abbott & Costello xx-xx-xx Susquehanna Hat Company
Abbott & Costello xx-xx-xx Up And Down