Christmas Program (Aired December 24, 1947)
The Abbott and Costello Show mixed comedy with musical interludes (usually, by singers such as Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, and the Les Baxter Singers). Regulars and semi-regulars on the show included Artie Auerbrook, Elvia Allman, Iris Adrian, Mel Blanc, Wally Brown, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton, Sidney Fields, Frank Nelson, Martha Wentworth, and Benay Venuta. Ken Niles was the show's longtime announcer, doubling as an exasperated foil to Abbott & Costello's mishaps (and often fuming in character as Costello insulted his on-air wife routinely); he was succeeded by Michael Roy, with annoncing chores also handled over the years by Frank Bingman and Jim Doyle.
THIS EPISODE:
December 24, 1947. ABC network. Sustaining. Susan Miller sings, Costello tells a "Christmas Story" and meets Santa Claus! The boys trim the tree. Santa drives "fogdeer" (this is California!). Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Matty Malneck and His Orchestra, Susan Miller, Alan Reed, Michael Roy (announcer). 29:32.
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