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Return To P.s.15

Abbott and Costello · November 16, 1944 · 29 min · 4,278 words

The transcript of “Return To P.s.15”, an episode of Abbott and Costello first broadcast November 16, 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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The Avid and Costello program brought to you by Camel, the cigarette that's first in the service according to actual sales records. See if your throat and your taste don't bake Camel, the first with you too.

Find out for yourself. Listen to the great rhythms of Freddie Rich and his orchestra, the swingy singing of Connie Haines. And that lad whose message loud and clear, each Thursday rings into your ear. Alright Costello, Costello, come here, you're all excited.

I like me. You're all excited. What's that thing you've got there? It looks like a telegram. Where did you get it? Oh, fella in the long green underwear, I gave it to me. A fella in the long green underwear?

Yeah, he was wearing a Western Union suit. Ah, yeah, dummy, that was a... That was a messing job, boy. And that's a telegram. What does it say? It don't say nothing, I can't hear a thing.

Well, you haven't even opened the envelope. Oh, the act opened it? I thought you were supposed to peek through this little window in the front. Give me that telegram. I'll read it. Hey, hey, look, Costello, what?

It's from your hometown. Patterson, New Jersey. Patterson, New Jersey. Oh, boy. Look, it says, dear Louis Costello. Oh, yeah. Abbott, where do you want to spell Louis? What do you mean? Hello, USC. That's my hometown.

Why, I trust it. This telegram is from your old grade school in Patterson. Public school, 15. Oh, boy. Good old PS15. 15. My all-amam mattress. No, no, no, no. You mean, alma mater? A mattress is something you lie on.

I know. I laid around that school for 10 years. Well, what did he want with me, Abbot? Well, the telegram goes on to say, let's see now. We are proud of you, Mr. Costello, and the whole school greatly be honored if you would come to Patterson this Saturday night and appear in our annual school play, signed by the principal,

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