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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
Lou Costello pasted in The Paperhangers

The Paper Hangers

The Paper Hangers, The Abbott and Costello Show season 2, Episode 27, originally aired November 7, 1953

In The Paper Hangers, while attempting to free it from a tight space, the boys damage Mrs. Bronson’s car. To appease her – and get Bud and Lou to work off their back rent – Mr. Fields has the boys wallpaper her apartment. Later, they become waiters at a tough seafood joint where they get into a brawl.

The Paper Hangers