Abbott and Costello

(1940 - 1049)

Comedy in the Vaudeville Style, Often Slapstick, with Guest Stars, Variety and an Orchestra.

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

Famous for their movie careers, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello began their assent into comedy stardom with radio. Costello was the voracious Abbott's straight man making famous their routine "Who's on First" and coining the still popular catchphrase, "I'm a baaaad boy!"

They got their first radio show break as a summer substitute for Fred Allen in 1940. With Camel Cigarettes sponsorship, they got their own radio show in '42, and keep the audiences rolling in the aisles and listening on radio for the rest of the decade, and into the 1950's before jumping to TV.

The Abbott and Costello Show featured their comedy in a variety show with guests format. Character actors such as Mel Blanc, Sid Fields, and vocalists Connie Haines and Marilyn Maxwell were regulars. The Orchestra was under the baton of the swing-associated leaders Skinnay Ennis and then Will Osborne.

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