Abbott and Costello — 1947
44 episodes broadcast in 1947.
January 2, 1947
Happy New Year
The day after New Year's, the boys join Marilyn in Palm Springs for a picture and meet a double-talking director.
January 9, 1947
Cinderella
After a mangled 'Cinderella,' Lou heads to Washington to help the teachers, working from the Senate to the FBI.
January 16, 1947
Bud's Brother, Norman Visits
Bud's brother Norman comes to town and the boys scramble to find him a place to live.
January 23, 1947
Tryint to Marry Off Norman
With Norman camped at Lou's, the boys try to marry him off at Widow Wetwash's party -- but she falls for Lou instead.
January 30, 1947
Costello, the Stunt Man
From New York, Lou collects a Paterson award and lands a job as Skinnay Ennis's stunt double.
Still in New York, Lou frets as his visiting family writes a sketch for the boys to perform.
Back in California, Lou buys a boat, and a fishing trip leaves the two shipwrecked.
Mrs. Wetwash enters Lou in a ski jump at her Sun Valley lodge for Washington's Birthday.
Marilyn wants Lou to teach her to drive -- though he has neither car nor license, so the boys buy a $50 clunker.
A tax man tells Lou he owes nothing if he earns nothing -- just as old debts are repaid and he wins a bundle.
Racing to lose his winnings before tax day, Lou bets the track and can't stop winning.
With Bud out sick, Hanley Stafford fills in to help a spring-fevered Lou plant a garden -- and dig up buried bones.
To buy Marilyn a birthday gift, Lou plays the stock market and loses everything.
Pushed to find work, Lou is hired at a drugstore and promptly fired.
Job-hunting, Lou peddles spot remover and 'Indian water' door to door.
An ailing Joe DiMaggio wires Lou to take his place on the Yankees, cueing 'Who's on First?'
Bud decides Lou should own a home; they buy a lot and camp in a shack while a prefab house goes up.
May 1, 1947
'queen of the May' Contest
At Mrs. Wetwash's May festival, Lou campaigns for Marilyn in the Queen of the May contest -- and wins it himself.
Needing Mother's Day money, Lou spends a night in a haunted house whose 'ghost' is Mrs. Wetwash hunting a treasure map.
May 15, 1947
The Vocation Expert
A vocational expert tests Lou and finds him fit for exactly one job -- radio actor.
Marilyn refuses Lou's proposal, so a publicity man sends him flying around the world to win her back.
May 29, 1947
Costello, the Lifeguard
To impress Marilyn, Lou becomes a lifeguard, rescues a woman, and is told he must marry her -- Mrs. Wetwash.
June 5, 1947
Bud and Lou Need Some Dough
June 12, 1947
60 Million Dollar Inheritance
Lou mishears the radio and becomes convinced he has inherited sixty million dollars.
After a stranger spoils the ending, the boys sit through a murder mystery that leaves Lou with nightmares.
June 26, 1947
Guest: Peter Lorre
The season's last show sends the boys to a banquet in Lou's honor in Paterson; guest Peter Lorre.
The new ABC season opens live from Hollywood's El Capitan, with a roll call of network names that plays like 'Who's on First?'
October 8, 1947
(untitled)
October 15, 1947
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October 22, 1947
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October 29, 1947
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November 5, 1947
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November 12, 1947
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November 19, 1947
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November 26, 1947
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December 3, 1947
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December 6, 1947
(untitled)
Lou pans marriage and resists Bud's push to open a bank account as Uncle Mike lies in the hospital.
December 13, 1947
(untitled)
December 17, 1947
Guest: Louanna Patten
December 20, 1947
(untitled)
On Christmas Eve the boys talk gifts and their new picture 'The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap,' and Lou spins a Christmas story.
December 27, 1947
(untitled)
On New Year's Eve, Bud steers Lou to take Susan Miller to the Rose Bowl.
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