Lion Hunting
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 1 of the Abbott & Costello series
Bud and Lou set out for their safari and will meet Skinny and Marilyn at the lodge later. But first, let the jokes about hunting reign. Marilyn pops in to help with the jokes, then Lou runs into the Game Warden. He has a special job for Lou, capture the lion that has been roaming the woods. Marilyn sings, Blue Skies.`The big moment arrives, and Lou has the lion trapped in a cave. When his bravery pays off there’s a big musical finale to end the show.
Dance Lessons
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 2 of the Abbott & Costello series
Bud and Lou go to a dance school. Bud gets a job at the school and tries to get Lou to dance. Lessons are 3 for a dollar. Then they discuss how last week they formed the Wacky film company. Next Bud and Lou do a bit about Christopher Columbus. Lou is Columbus. Bud mistakenly calls Lou instead of Columbus.
Bank Robbery With Marlene Dietrich
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 3 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott and Costello ride into Dead Pan Gulch on the trail of Black Pete, the bank robber. Black Pete turns out to be guest Marlene Dietrich!
Sports Equipment
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 4 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. The show mixed comedy with musical interludes.
Knights in Shining Armor
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 5 of the Abbott & Costello series
Merle does the voices of Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, an electric organ and hiccups. Lou wants to play the romantic lead in Merle's next picture. The cast does, The Brave Knight Cut Off the Dragon's Tail, or, The Dragon Isn't Waggin' Anymore. Costello plays, Sir Porterhouse, Abbott plays, Sir Loin.
Hunting Guide
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 6 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott and Costello talk about the butter and meat shortages. Abbott and Costello go hunting in the north woods with guest Claire Trevor as a guide.
Trip to Palm Springs
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 7 of the Abbott & Costello series
The boys plan to visit guest Veronica Lake, but first have to stop by the U-Drive car rental agency.
Featuring Alan Hale
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 8 of the Abbott & Costello series
Guests Sally Eilers and Alan Hale join Abbott and Costello at the circus. Costello is the target at a baseball throwing concession, then wrestles Alan Hale.
English Butler
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 9 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott and Costello visit the Hugo Gessit Employment Agency to hire a butler. Treacher visits Costello before the visit of Lynn Bari next week.
Nylon Stockings
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 10 of the Abbott & Costello series
Lou tries to get a pair of nylons for Connie Haines from guest Lucille Ball. Two flubbed lines cracks up almost everyone.
Thanksgiving 1943
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 11 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott and Costello talk about football, Uncle Mike and Aunt May and thanksgiving dinner. They say Thanksgiving day is almost over. Lou talks to Veola Vonn about dating and marriage. Lou writes a play for Thanksgiving and they perform it.
The Wild West
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 12 of the Abbott & Costello series
The opening routine is about Costello's wardrobe. Abbott and Costello are working in Meyer's Butcher Shop. Guest Lynn Bari joins Abbott and Costello in a western drama about Buffalo Bill.
The Lawyer
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 13 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello tries to get paid his year's wages. Mrs. Niles is going to sue Abbott, so the boys hire a lawyer...Bert Gordon as The Mad Russian (who has trouble reading his script and cracks up Costello).
Lou is Not Feeling Well
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 14 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott teaches Costello to flee the flu! A visit to Peter Lorre's sanitarium...at midnight!
Football Game
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 15 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello takes on The Great Gildersleeve, on and off the football field.
Playing the Piano
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 16 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello plans to play a Rachmaninoff piano concerto at Janet Blair's party. Professor Nazarro arrives to give Lou a quick piano lesson.
Running a Newspaper
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 17 of the Abbott & Costello series
An excellent story about the last voyage of an old freighter, her sick captain, and the strange Dr. Percival. You are trapped aboard an ill-fated ocean liner, captained by a dying man, whilst a mysterious stranger, haunting you, menacing you, seems intent
Mortimer's Pet Shop
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 18 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello has a new dog named Hector, which they enter in a dog show. Abbott and Costello go to work in a pet shop.
Making a Movie
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 19 of the Abbott & Costello series
The boys are trying to get guest Dorothy Lamour to appear in their new picture. Dorothy reads one of her lines as, Bing Hope and Bob Crosby. Abbott and Costello rescue Dorothy from a desert Sheik.
At the Circus
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 20 of the Abbott & Costello series
Lou was watching a circus parade. Lou was a trick horse rider. Abbott and Costello go to the circus. Sally Eilers is the circus manager. She tries to get Lou to be a lion tamer. Instead they run a baseball booth. Alan Hale wrestles Lou.
A Psychiatrist for Costello
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 21 of the Abbott & Costello series
Lou is acting strange as though he is sick. Abbott and Costello do Vitamin B1 routine. Bud takes Lou to a psychiatrist. The nurse is Linda Darnell. Nurse Darnel takes Lou to a rest home. Lou has to do Connie Haines' lines since she was not ready.
Radio Station
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 22 of the Abbott & Costello series
An Italian story of the beautiful girl with the kiss of death.
Date With Connie Haines
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 23 of the Abbott & Costello series
Bud teases Costello about getting married. Abbott goes on a date with Connie, despite a threat from tough-guy (guest) John Garfield.
Lou's Engaged to Judy Canova
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 24 of the Abbott & Costello series
The opening routine is about leap year and Costello's romance. He's against marriage. Will Costello marry guest Judy Canova?
Featuring Cary Grant
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 25 of the Abbott & Costello series
Lou needs to get to his radio station. Abbott and Costello do a Watt is Voltage routine. Cary Grant shows up at Lou's radio station. Cary introduces Don Barcley. They do a juggling act. Cary has a writer for Lou's radio station. Lou does an all-night record program.
Visit to Tin Pan Alley
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 26 of the Abbott & Costello series
The boys pay a visit to the Ned Blanc Music Company in Tin Pan Alley. Costello takes singing lessons.
Missing Script
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 27 of the Abbott & Costello series
Guests Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton (as Blondie and Dagwood) help Abbott and Costello find their missing radio script. Costello misreads his lines twice. Blondie and Dagwood join Abbott and Costello in their version of, The Seven Dwarfs Sat On The Wago
Circus
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 28 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello wants to join the circus. Abbott loses his place in the script.
Lou Buys a Horse
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 29 of the Abbott & Costello series
A very funny show in which the boys enter Costello's horse in a race with Mr. Kitzel (a jockey!) and other track types.
Robinson Crusoe
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 30 of the Abbott & Costello series
Joe Somer has committed suicide by jumping off the roof. The suicide note he left behind is legit, but Vance suspects that the case is a murder.
Lou Goes to Jail
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 31 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello has to get rid of $38,000 before the income tax is due, so the boys visit the race track.
Matrimonial Agency
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 32 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello's cousin Hugo has gotten married. The boys plan to open a matrimonial agency. Costello's kid brother Sebastian (played by Costello) pretends to be Abbott's son.
Job at a Department Store
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 33 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello has just returned from his uncle's farm, where he's been working. Costello gets a Mother's Day job at Beaglebottom's Department Store. Guest Claire Trevor visits the store to buy perfume.
Return to P. S. 15
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 34 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello's hometown of Paterson, New Jersey wants him to make a speech.
Gold Mine
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 35 of the Abbott & Costello series
Bud is going to invest Lou's $75. They launch into the do gold orr routine. Bud has convinced Lou to invest his $75 in a gold mine. Abbott and Costello arrive in Gold Tooth. They go to the Red Dog saloon. They then start mining for gold in the mine. The mine is giving way but it turns out it was all just a dream.
Christmas Shopping
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 36 of the Abbott & Costello series
Bud and Lou take a trolley downtown to go Christmas shopping.
Christmas Party
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 37 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello is throwing a Christmas party for his little brother.
Lou Shoots an Orange Picker
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 38 of the Abbott & Costello series
Mrs. Beanbag is suing Costello for shooting at her. He tries to settle for fifty cents, but Abbott hires Mr. Kitzel, the lawyer to defend Costello.
Going Back to School
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 39 of the Abbott & Costello series
Frank takes another merciless ribbing about his physique. Frank, Bud, Lou and Connie are back in school in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Who invented the steam engine? Not Watt! Frank and Lou sing a duet to, One Meatball. Frankie sings, If You Were But A Dream.
Hertz You Drive
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 40 of the Abbott & Costello series
Lou has a date with Tessie Tinfoil, but first, he visits the barber and a dance studio. Costello loses his place in the script and tries unsuccessfully to tell a joke.
Lou Wants to Join the Merchant Marines
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 41 of the Abbott & Costello series
Bud gives Lou a hard time for wanting to join the Merchant Marines, and tries to teach him about sailing.
Jack and the Beanstalk
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 42 of the Abbott & Costello series
The cast does, Jack and The Beanstalk, with Rudy monopolizing most of the lines.
Spanish Acting School
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 43 of the Abbott & Costello series
Costello wants to become a dramatic actor from Brazil...another Carmen Veranda! Bob Matthews (an ex-aerial gunner) sings for the first time on the show (and sounds like an off-key Mel Torme).
Basic Training
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 44 of the Abbott & Costello series
The program originates from Davis Monthan Air Base, Tucson, Arizona and features a routine about horses, and another about army life.
Lou Promises His Girlfriend a Job
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 45 of the Abbott & Costello series
The boys have just returned from New York. Lou has claimed to be the owner of NBC and has promised to get Lena Genster (say it fast) into the movies.
Appearing With the Andrews Sisters
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 46 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott and Costello talk about the Andrew Sisters. Bud is going to help Lou sing. An attorney representing the Andrew Sisters appears on show. They are suing Abbott and Costello for slander for having the Andrew Brothers on the show 3 weeks ago. Andrew Sisters appear. They agree to drop the suit if Lou appears in one of their pictures.
Making a Movie With the Andrews Sisters
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 47 of the Abbott & Costello series
Abbott and Costello make a movie with the Andrews Sisters
Trying to Hire the Andrews Sisters
by Bud Abbott
read by Full Cast
Part 48 of the Abbott & Costello series
Lou runs over Mr. and Mrs. Niles in their car. Now Bud and Lou need to rent a car. Abbott and Costello do U Drive routine. They are going to the Andrews sister’s ranch. They check into a hotel while looking for the ranch. They have the Andrews Brothers on this show instead.
