A Psychiatrist For Costello With Linda Darnell: Abbott and Costello (March 23, 1944)

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“A Psychiatrist For Costello With Linda Darnell” is an episode of Abbott and Costello, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 23, 1944. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Lou Costello's behavior grows strange, and Bud Abbott takes him to Dr. Bullpinch, a psychiatrist who puts him through odd word-association tests. Costello then ends up at a rest home run by Dr. Maney, where Linda Darnell is a nurse and Costello keeps trying to charm her. This is an Abbott and Costello episode first broadcast on March 23, 1944, on NBC and ABC, with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the leads, and the cast also includes Connie Haines.

Costello's home and a psychiatrist's office, then a rest home

Characters: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Dr. Bullpinch, Dr. Maney, Linda Darnell, Connie Haines, Ken Niles, Mrs. Niles

Listen for: Costello's word-association session with Dr. Bullpinch and his exchanges with Linda Darnell at the rest home

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.