Monday, June 06, 2022

The Abbott & Costello Show - "Sam Shovel - Tony' s Home Permanent" (04-28-49)

Sam Shovel - Tony' s Home Permanent (Aired April 28, 1949)

Bud Abbott was born in Asbury Park, NJ, October 2, 1897 and died April 24, 1974 in Woodland Hills, California. Lou Costello was born in Paterson, NJ, March 6, 1906 and died March 3, 1959 in East Los Angeles, California. After working as Allen's summer replacement, Abbott and Costello joined Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on The Chase and Sanborn Hour in 1941, while two of their films (Buck Privates and Hold That Ghost) were adapted for Lux Radio Theater. They launched their own weekly show October 8, 1942, sponsored by Camel cigarettes.

THIS EPISODE:

 
April 28, 1949. ABC network. Music fill for local commercial insert. "The "Sam Shovel" story is about a boy named Tony whose mother kept him locked in the closet. It's called "Tony's Home Permanent."  The same script was used previously on October 28, 1948. A "Baron Munchausen" joke is also repeated from the progrm of October 28, 1948. The system cue is added live. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Matty Malneck and His Orchestra, Susan Miller, Hal Winters, Charles Vanda (producer), Ed Forman (writer), Paul Conlan (writer), Pat Costello (writer), George Fenneman (announcer). 28:39. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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