Abbott and Costello
Abbott and Costello features Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's rapid-fire comedy team, including the verbal rhythm that made routines like Who's on First? radio staples.
Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work in radio, film, and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s, and the highest-paid entertainers in the world during the Second World War. Their patter routine "Who's on First?" is considered one of the most famous comedy routines of all time, a version of which appears in their 1945 film The Naughty Nineties.
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Abbott and Costello. Radio program.
Original schedule
- 19409:00 PMNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19427:30 PMNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194310:00 PMNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–194410:00 PMNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–194510:00 PMNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–194610:00 PMNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–194710:00 PMNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1947–19489:00 PMABC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1947–194911:00 AMABC Radio Network · morningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1948–19498:00 PMABC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
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Frank Bingman
Announcer
Fred Shields
Announcer
GGeorge Fenneman
Announcer
Harry von Zell
Announcer
J
KJim 'Jimmy' Doyle
Announcer
Ken Niles
Announcer
M
Mike Roy
Announcer
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WPatrick 'Pat' McGeehan
Announcer
Wendell Niles
Announcer
Bert Lahr
Cast
BBilly Gray
Cast
CCliff Nazarro
Cast
C
Cy Wills
Cast
Elvia Allman
Cast
Frank Nelson
Cast
G
Gilbert 'Gil' Mack
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H
Hal Perry
Cast
Hanley Stafford
Cast
I
Iris Adrian
Cast
J
Joe Kirk
Cast
L
Louis 'Lou' Krugman
Cast
Martha Wentworth
Cast
Mary Jane Croft
Cast
Verna Felton
Cast
D
Dick Mack
Director
H
Hartfield Weeks
Director
A
Alan Roth
Musician
C
Carl Hoff
Musician
F
Felix Mills
Musician
F
Freddie Rich
Musician
Leith Stevens
Musician
M
Matty Malneck
Musician
Peter Van Steeden
Musician
SSkinnay Ennis
Musician
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Will Osborne
Musician
A
Alan Reed (aka Teddy Bergman)
Cast
A
AAmy Arnell
Singer
Artie Auerbach
Kitzel
BBenay Venuta
Vocalist
Bert Parks
In New York
BBob Matthews
Singer
BBud Abbott
Cast
Connie Haines
Singer
EErnest Chappell
In New York
Garry Moore
Guest host
H
HHal Winters
Singer
Harry Lang
Cast
JJack Meakin
Orchestra
Jimmy Durante
Guest host
JJimmy Wallington
In New York
Lou Costello
Cast
M
Marilyn 'Marvel' Maxwell
Singer
M
Marilyn Williams
Singer
Mel Blanc
Various
RRex Koury
Organist
S
SSidney 'Sid' Fields
Melonhead
Susan Miller
Singer
VVeola Vonn
Fifi
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VVirginia Gordon
Bessie Mae Mucho
Virginia Maxey
Singer
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