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Part situation-comedy and part variety format,
The Abbott and Costello Show was a relatively long-running hit on radio. Besides Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's
usual double-talk routines, which they had perfected in vaudeville, the half-hour program featured singers Marilyn
Maxwell and Connie Haines, the comic talents of screen tough girl Irish
Adrian and comedian Sid Fields, and the formidable vocal versatility of actor Mel
Blanc. Will Osbourne and Skinnay Ennis led the orchestra
at different times, and Ken Niles was the show's announcer. The Abbott and Costello Show's
talented staff of writers included Pat Costello, Martin Ragaway, Ed Forman, Don Prindle, Ed Cherokee,
Len Stern, and Paul Conlan. The program's theme music was a swing version of the popular C-A-M-E-L-S jingle,
Camel cigarettes being the show's sponsor.
-From The Encyclopedia of American Radio, by
Ron Lackmann
From the Sponsor: "Experience is the best teacher. Try a Camel!
Let your own experience tell you why more people are smoking Camels than ever before!"
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