Bud and Lou discuss their New Years plans. Later, Lou plays the detective Sam Shovel, who goes to Lt. Abbotts’ house for a New Years party.
Sam Shovel – The Murder At The Radio Quiz Show
Originally broadcast December 30, 1948
Starring: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott
There’s a funny bit as Bud repeatedly trips over the line, What did the skunk say to his brother? Which Lou milks for all its worth!
Jokes
Lou jokes about his brother Pat, now out of the Navy, living in a garage — with his wife, child, father-in-law, and mother-in-law. But it’s not too bad until the landlord parks his car at night!
Lou Costello’s New Year Resolutions
- Improve my handwriting.
- Funny, I can’t read it.
- Love thy neighbor.
- Move next door to Heddy Lamar.
Sam Shovel, Private Detective – The Murder At The Radio Quiz Show
Homicide Detective Bud Abbott: Are you coming to my place to play poker?
Sam Shovel: Not if your wife’s playing.
Homicide Detective Bud Abbott: Why not? My wife’s got a great poker face!
Sam Shovel: Every time I see her, I want to poke her face!
At Detective Abbott’s New Years Eve party, he does a “magic trick” — destroying the President of ABC’s watch in the process!
Funny quotes:
Bud Abbott: Why don’t you pack up your things and go where all other morons go?
Lou Costello: That’s silly, Abbott. what would I do in Washington?Bud Abbott: Don’t you miss having a little woman around the house?
Lou Costello: No. I hang wet nylons in the bathroom. I scatter bobby pins all over the floor. I smear all my towels with lipstick. And you’d be surprised how I don’t notice there isn’t a woman around!Lou Costello: [talking about the race track] The only place where the windows clean the people!
Lou Costello: What are you doing now?
Politician Harry Brown: Nothing! I got elected!
Cast of characters
- Bud Abbott – straight man, who also plays Lt. Abbott
- Lou Costello – comedian, who also plays Sam Spade
- Veola Vonn (Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy) – their new secretary
- Sid Fields – who come so Sam Shovel for help! He can’t wake up his wife! Did he shake her? He did better than that! He’s been hitting her on the head with a hammer for 2 hours!
- George Fenneman – announcer.
- Matty Malneck and his musicians
- Hal Winters – vocalist
Music
- My Blue Heaven (instrumental)
- Dancing in the Dark sung by Hal Winters