What happens
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello banter in a Hollywood setting after Costello attends a wedding and announces he wants to marry. Ken Niles and Mrs. Niles join the teasing, and Costello's romantic hopes lead him toward singer Connie Haines. Abbott and Costello also trade jokes about Costello's chances and about Haines's dinner plans. Haines has a boyfriend, John Garfield, who rivals Costello for her affections. Their rivalry grows into a tense exchange of insults and threats between the two men. The episode is an Abbott and Costello comedy broadcast on NBC and ABC on May 4, 1944, with Bud Abbott, Joe Kirk, Elvia Allman and Connie Haines in the cast.
Hollywood, California, in the studio and at Connie Haines's apartment
Characters: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ken Niles, Connie Haines, John Garfield, Mrs. Niles
Listen for: Costello's attempts to woo Connie Haines and his rivalry with John Garfield
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.