Abbott and Costello — 1945
37 episodes broadcast in 1945.
Nursing another cold, Lou is subjected to Bud's cures and physical instructor Kitzel.
Lou's new country ranch has no bathtub, so the boys haul one home from Kitzel's swap shop atop the car.
Now courting Tessie Tinfoil, Lou is spruced up for a dance at Kitzel's barbershop.
Lou tries to enlist in the Merchant Marine, and when no one will hire him he simply sails off with a ship.
Lou shoots at a crow and hits Mrs. Beanbag, who hauls him to court; lawyer Kitzel handles the appeal.
Professor Melonhead works on Lou's diction ahead of guest Rudy Vallee's appearance.
February 22, 1945
George Washington's Birthday
On Washington's birthday Lou readies to out-sing next week's guest, Frank Sinatra, at a singing school and a gym.
Guest Frank Sinatra reminisces with fellow New Jerseyan Lou, and the two duet on 'One Meat Ball.'
With income tax due in a week, the boys stage a desert play, 'The Two Dirty Bedouins.'
March 15, 1945
Guest: Turhan Bey
Guest Turhan Bey is enlisted to help improve Lou as the two rehearse a scene.
Broadcasting from Davis-Monthan Air Base in Tucson, Lou dreams of a desert house -- and of joining the Air Force.
March 29, 1945
Easter Suit
With Easter coming, Lou shops for a new suit at a movie studio.
Bound for the Andrews Sisters' ranch, the boys settle for the 'Andrews Brothers' -- Ken Niles, Mel Blanc and Will Osborne.
Engaged to Tessie Tinfoil, Lou is packed off to charm school and can't pay the bill.
The Andrews Sisters sue over the 'Andrews Brothers' stunt, offering to drop it if Lou appears in their picture.
Aspiring dramatic actor Lou enrolls at a school of Spanish acting.
May 10, 1945
The Lunch Wagon
The boys run a lunch wagon, with Lou waiting tables and hollering 'Banana!'
May 17, 1945
Aunt Mae Visits
Lou's Aunt Mae visits, and the boys hire a detective to recover the graduation ring she gave him.
May 24, 1945
Costello, the Jockey
Bud tips Lou at Santa Anita, and Lou trains to ride as a jockey in a real race.
May 31, 1945
Costello, the Golfer
Bud pushes Lou to join a country club and learn golf.
With women on his mind, Lou is taken to a dream analyst as the boys plan a beach outing.
The boys shop for Father's Day and outfit Lou with a men's-clothing authority.
Bound for a New York broadcast and a Roxy Theater booking, Lou takes acting lessons.
The season's final show from New York, where Paterson, New Jersey has declared a Lou Costello Day.
The new season opens with Lou wooing a starlet by claiming he owns the NBC network.
October 11, 1945
Fighting Over Costello
Double-booked at a fancy restaurant, Lou's girlfriend and Connie stage a fight over him.
October 18, 1945
Costello, the Human Canonball
Given 24 hours to make something of himself, Lou is talked into being shot from a human cannon by Professor Melonhead.
October 25, 1945
The $1,000 Engagement Ring
Lou's fiancee Lena demands a $1,000 ring, and his scheme to raise it lands him in jail with bank robbers.
At a Latin American Embassy party Lou eyes a pretty girl and is forced into a pistol duel with her boyfriend.
November 8, 1945
The Sanitarium
On a Universal film location Lou must ride a horse, and the boys' cabin turns out to be a moving trailer.
The boys visit Uncle Artie Stebbins's ranch, where Lou hides from Lena -- who tracks him down anyway.
November 22, 1945
The Butcher Shop
Working a butcher shop, Lou survives Bud's salesmanship test and angles for Thanksgiving dinner at Bud's.
The boys buy a gas station where Lou wrecks the Niles's car and flattens a pedestrian.
Working a firehouse, Lou feuds with Melonhead and answers a three-alarm blaze.
At Melonhead's department store, Lou is set the impossible task of selling an umbrella.
Lou throws another Christmas party nobody attends until his story ends -- then the guests all arrive.
Lou buys a beauty shop, Lena walks out on him, and the boys peddle house-to-house beauty treatments.
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