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Abbott and Costello · May 9, 1946 · 29 min · 4,578 words
The transcript of “Lou Wants To Join The Circus”, an episode of Abbott and Costello first broadcast May 9, 1946. 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 Abbotie Costello program starring Bud Abbot and Luke Costello brought to you by Camel, the cigarette of Costlier, properly aged tobacco. The Abbotie Costello program with the music of Karl Hoppen, his orchestra, a singing star Amy Arnell, and spotlighting that chunky chubby little cherub who when caught putting a stick of dynamite in his Uncle Artie Stebbins hat, because he heard him say felt like blowing
his top, calmly said, I made a piece and on the fly-in for a piece that can make me feel good to hang by my knees but it would be awful if I had to sneeze.
Yeah. I'll say it would be. Castellan. Castellan for heaven's sake. What is that outfit you've got on? I'm going to join a circus. These are my circus tights. Circus tights? Yeah. That thing you are wearing is nothing but a suit of long underwear.
Long underwear? Yes. I thought I had an awful big hip pocket. I'll take that outfit off and forget about the circus. Oh, but I can't forget about the circus habit. Why not? I come from a family of circus people.
My Uncle Artie Steppens was the world's greatest tightrope walker until he broke his neck. How did he break his neck? One night he got up to walk the rope. He was tight and the rope wasn't.
You please don't. The cocksand's guy's fellow. Oh, then I had another uncle in the circus. He was 7 feet tall. 7 feet tall? Yeah, he used to stick his head in the lion's mouth. What's his name?
What's his name now we call him shorty? What could you possibly do in a circus? Oh, I like to take care of the animals. I love animals abbot I know that just consider the elephant. Oh, what's so marvelous about the elephant? I wrote a poem about elephant You did let's see elephants are useful friends. They have handles on both hands
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