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Date With Connie Haines

Abbott and Costello · May 4, 1944 · 28 min · 4,206 words

The transcript of “Date With Connie Haines”, an episode of Abbott and Costello first broadcast May 4, 1944. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Abbott and Costello plays Abbott and Costello free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Yeah. And the Abbot and Costello program brought to you by Camel, the cigarettes that's first in the service. Camel, safe fresh, cool smoking and low burning because they're packed to go around the world. Let's do the music of Freddie Ricks and his orchestra, the songs of Connie Hay.

Tonight's guest, the Water Brothers star Mr. John Garfield, and starring Bud Abbot and Luke Costello. See you, I'll cost you a lead again. Where have you been this time? Well, I had a great time.

I just came from a wedding. After the ceremony, I got the line again. I got the line again. Then I got the line again, again, again. And then the groom caught me. And what happened?

I kissed the groom. You know, that groom was a pretty bad guy. He got mad at me because I threw rice at the bride. Well, throwing rice at the bride has got the marry. Why did he get mad?

I forgot to take the rice out of the chop sui. And he's gonna look good in it. Boy, boy, Abbot, that wedding sure made me feel romantic. I'm gonna find a nice girl, settle down, and I'm gonna get married.

What? You get married? Oh, oh, oh, oh, there he is, you girls would marry you. Very few would be enough. Girls, do you think I need? What do you want me to do? Get arrested for trickin' on a tree.

No, no, no, not trickin' on a tree. Now, my man has several wives that's polygamy. When he has two wives, that's polygamy. Now, do you know what it means when a man has one wife?

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