What happens
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello trade jokes on their radio show, with Costello boasting about a new girlfriend, Honeysuckle, who turns out to be the girl Lon Chaney is dating. Chaney, a rival, threatens Costello over the girl, and the two men quarrel over her. The episode is a comedy built on wordplay, mistaken identities and rival romances, featuring Connie Haines as Honeysuckle. It was first broadcast on June 2, 1948, on NBC and ABC.
Hollywood, California
Characters: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney, Honeysuckle, Uncle Mike
Listen for: Costello's escalating boasts about his new girlfriend and the rivalry with Lon Chaney over her
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.