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Mel Blanc doesn't have enough to do - from the Abbott and Costello radio show, Bank Robbery with Marlene Dietrich

Mel Blanc doesn’t have enough to do [Abbott and Costello]

Mel Blanc doesn’t have enough to do – from the Abbott and Costello radio show, Bank Robbery with Marlene Dietrich

Sound man (Mel Blanc): And why shouldn’t I? What did I have on last week’s program? Nothing! Not even a door slam! I understand doors, I know doors inside and out. I talk to doors, and they talk to me.

Lou Costello: And what do you hear from them now?

Mel Blanc doesn’t have enough to do [Abbott and Costello]
Ken Niles

Ken Niles doesn’t have enough to do [Abbott and Costello

Ken Niles doesn’t have enough to do – from the Abbott and Costello radio show episode, Bank Robbery

Bud Abbott: Our announcer, Ken Niles, is complaining because he didn’t have enough to do last week. Isn’t that right, Ken?

Ken Niles: Yes, it is. After all, I could give the program a lift. I’m a shot in the arm.

Lou Costello: You said it! You’re a dope!

Ken Niles doesn’t have enough to do [Abbott and Costello