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Connie Haines doesn’t have enough to do

by Tom Raymond
October 16, 2020July 1, 2023

Connie Haines doesn’t have enough to do – from the Abbott and Costello radio show, Bank Robbery Connie Haines: Hello, everybody. And, hello my fat… Read More »Connie Haines doesn’t have enough to do

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

by Tom Raymond
October 15, 2020June 14, 2022

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!

Car Pooling [Abbott and Costello]

by Tom Raymond
October 12, 2020June 14, 2022

Abbott and Costello jokes on car pooling – from the Abbott and Costello radio show episode, Bank Robbery Bud Abbott: What are you doing here… Read More »Car Pooling [Abbott and Costello]

The Noose Hangs High - where Lou Costello does his horse fodder routine

Abbott and Costello horse fodder routine

by Tom Raymond
March 14, 2015March 23, 2021

Abbott and Costello horse fodder routine — a classic Abbott and Costello skit, with Lou Costello mistaking “fodder” for “father”; they did the routine numerous times, on the radio, on their TV show, and in their films Hit the Ice and The Noose Hangs High.Read More »Abbott and Costello horse fodder routine

Abbott and Costello ask, Do big noses run in your family?

by Tom Raymond
January 14, 2015

Abbott and Costello ask, Do big noses run in your family? An old joke, told by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on their radio show on April 28, 1948

Abbott and Costello meet a runaway bride

by Tom Raymond
January 13, 2015

Abbott and Costello meet a runaway bride – From Abbott and Costello’s radio show … Bud and Lou meet a runaway bride?

Abbott and Costello meet a ferocious skunk

by Tom Raymond
January 11, 2015

Abbott and Costello meet a ferocious skunk – From Abbott and Costello’s radio show, April 28, 1948)

Lou Costello goes lion hunting in Africa

by Tom Raymond
January 10, 2015

Lou Costello goes lion hunting in Africa – From the old Abbott & Costello radio show – what did* happen when Lou Costello went lion hunting in Africa?*

A house in the suburbs

by Tom Raymond
January 7, 2015

From the Abbott and Costello radio show, “Lou Builds a House” – Bud Abbott tries to convince Lou Costello to build a house in the suburbs

Do you yearn for her?

by Tom Raymond
January 5, 2015April 12, 2022

Do you yearn for her? – From the Abbott and Costello radio show, “Spanish Acting School” Bud tries to teach Lou the meaning of the word ‘yearn’ (to long for, to desire …)