What happens
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello prepare for a party hosted by Elsa Maxwell in New York. Costello arrives late to the broadcast, and the two discuss what to wear and bring, including an overly expensive bouquet. Abbott offers Costello a dance lesson, using a fictional society girl named Laura Doom as his partner. Costello's wife, Mrs. Niles, and Professor Millinhead also come into the story, and Abbott warns Costello about his manners at the party. The episode is an Abbott and Costello program from May 30, 1946, broadcast on NBC and ABC, and it features Joe Kirk, Elvia Allman and Connie Haines.
New York City, in the days before a party at Elsa Maxwell's house
Characters: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Elsa Maxwell, Mrs. Niles, Professor Millinhead, Laura Doom
Listen for: Costello's mix-up over the flowers for Elsa Maxwell, and the dance lesson in which Abbott coaches him on his steps
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.