Transmission
2 December
1948
Suspense
Suspense 317 The Hands of Mr Ottermole
Network
CBS
Slot
Thursday
Running time
30 min
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Suspense_SinglesListenable · 66 kbps
Abbott and Costello
Radio
Abbott and Costello
NBC
NBC · 1940–1949
Broadcasts
267
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- NBC
- Years active
- 1940–1949
- Surviving broadcasts
- 267
- Genre
- comedy
Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine Who's on First?
1949 · 11948 · 31947 · 11946 · 21945 · 21944 · 21940 · 1
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 13 of 40Listenable · 19 of 40Rough but complete · 8 of 40
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Abbott_Costello_Singles
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 10 years on the air, with 3 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1940, in original transmission order.
- 1. Lion Hunting · 20 Mar 1940
- 2. Visit to a Sanitarium · 13 Jan 1944
- 3. Costello Buys Gifts · 18 Jun 1944
- 01
Lion Hunting
20 Mar 1940 · 25 min
- 02
Visit to a Sanitarium
13 Jan 1944 · 24 min
- 03
Costello Buys Gifts
18 Jun 1944 · 17 min
- 04
Abbott and Costello 45-01-25 The Merchant Marines (AFRS)
25 Jan 1945 · 29 min
- 05
Anniversary Special
20 Jun 1945 · 6 min
- 06
Abbott and Costello 46-02-14 Mrs. Niles Gives the Boys a Job
14 Feb 1946 · 26 min
- 07
Abbott and Costello 46-12-12 Costello the Air Hero
12 Dec 1946 · 29 min
- 08
Lou Joins The New York Yankees
19 Jun 1947 · 30 min
Same night on the air
2 Dec 1948
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 2 Dec 1948.
Transmission
2 December
1948
Al Jolson
Kraft Music Hall Peggy Lee (1948-12-02)
Network
NBC / CBS
Slot
Thursday
Running time
29 min
Broadcast on Syndicated.
Internet ArchiveAl_Jolson_OTRCondition unmeasured
Transmission
2 December
1948
Jump Jump and the Ice Queen
Rescuing the Rescuer
Network
Syndicated
Slot
Thursday
Running time
14 min
Broadcast on Syndicated.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Jump_Jump_Ice_Queen_SinglesCondition unmeasured
Also on NBC
NBC in 1940–1949
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