THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW, comedy in the vaudeville style, often
slapstick, with guest stars, variety, and an orchestra.
BROADCAST HISTORY: July 3-Sept. 25, 1940, NBC. 30m, Wednesdays at 9.
Summer substitute for The Fred Allen Show. Sal Hepatica.
Oct. 8, 1942-June 27, 1947, NBC. 30m, Thursdays at 7:30 until 1943,
then at 10. Camel Cigarettes.
Oct. 1, 1947-June 9,1949, ABC. 30m, Wednesdays at 9, 1947-48;
Thursdays at 8, 1948-49. Sustained.
Dec. 6, 1947-March 26, 1949, ABC. 30m, Saturdays at 11 A.m. The
Abbott and Costello Children's Show. Sustained.
CAST: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Universal film stars, with
support from Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson, Sid Fields, Iris Adrian,
Martha Wentworth, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton. ANNOUNCER: Ken
Niles, who had regular roles in the comedy, with Elvia Allman as
Mrs. Niles. VOCALISTS: Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell. ORCHESTRA:
Leith Stevens ( 1942), Skinnay Ennis, Will Osborne, Jack Meakin.
PRODUCER: Martin Gosch. WRITERS: Gosch, Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg,
Don Prindle, Ed Cherkose, Len Stern, Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan, Ed
Forman (head writer from the mid-1940s). SOUND EFFECTS: Floyd Caton.
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