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Costello Buys A Race Horse

Slicker and Herbie help out at the race

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 HorseThe 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]

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