Animal lover Lou Costello Buys A Race Horse – and then enters him into a race. Mr. Kitzel wants to be the jockey, but Lou wants his kid brother Sebastian! And then, there’s some shenanigans at the race track!
Costello Buys A Race Horse – The Abbott and Costello Radio show, originally broadcast: 9th November 1944
Lou Costello: Oh no? The biggest gambler that ever lived did itl
Bud Abbott: And just who was the biggest gambler that ever lived?
Lou Costello: Lady Godiva!
Bud Abbott: Lady Godiva was a gambler?
Lou Costello: Yeah — she put ever.ything she had on a horse!
Routines
Bud Abbott: Oh, talk sense, Costello! If you intend to keep that horse around here, you’ll have to take care of him. You’re going to be the horse’s groom!
Lou Costello: I’m gonna be the horse’s what ?
Bud Abbott: His groom! You said you loved the horse didn’t you?
Lou Costello : Certainly I love him! But I don’t have to marry him!
Bud Abbott: Look, Costello. When I say groom, I mean you have to curry the horse.
Lou Costello: I have to what?
Bud Abbott: Curry! Curry him!
Lou Costello: He’s big enough to walk!
Songs
- Freddie Rich and the orchestra play “Tico Tico”.
- Connie Haines sings “The Trolley Song“
Cast of characters
- Bud Abbott – straight man
- Lou Costello – comedian. This week, he’s also the voice of his own younger brother, Sebastian.
- Freddie Rich & his orchestra
- Connie Haines – singer, occasionally plays the part of Lou’s girlfriend.
- Ken Niles – announcer & antagonist to Lou Costello.
- Artie Auerbach as Mr. Kitzel – Who offers to be the jockey for Lou’s horse.
- Mel Blanc (Neptune’s Daughter; Looney Tunes) – the voice of the horse, as well as the racetrack announcer.
- Cliff Nazarro – comedian and voice actor, famous for his double talk routine. Here, he’s the hard-to-understand racetrack veterinarian.
[Editor’s note: the cover photo is from Buck Privates Come Home]