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Lion Hunting Trip

Abbott and Costello · December 5, 1946 · 29 min · 3,670 words

The transcript of “Lion Hunting Trip”, an episode of Abbott and Costello first broadcast December 5, 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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That's right, folks. D for comedy. A for Abbott. M for Maxwell. D for Ennis. L for Lou Costello. Yes, they spell camel. Your taste will tell you about camel's rich full flavor. Your throat will welcome camel's cool mildness.

So draw off a chair for tonight's show, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Did you go hunting with your Uncle Arty Stevens last Saturday? What did you say? I say did you go hunting with your Uncle Arty Stevens last Saturday?

Yeah, the terrible thing happened. A great big bear sneaked up behind us. Grab Uncle Arty's cut out of his hands and stuck in his back. What did Uncle Arty do? What could he do? He married the bear's daughter.

Never mind that. Did you see any big game? I saw giraffe but I didn't shoot him. He had a sore throat. Well, there's nothing worse than a giraffe with a sore throat. Well, yes there is.

What? A centipede with coins. Ha! You know me. I didn't think he'd ever... I didn't think you ever went hunting in your life and I don't believe you did. I bet you haven't even got a hunting license.

I have to. Here it is. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. There's no hunting license. This is a picture of Eddie Lamar. You hunt what you like and I'll hunt what I like. You hunt the... boy, that's ridiculous.

Oh, yeah. My brother and I... We used to hunt alligators. Yeah. One time an alligator would kiss about to... attack my brother-in-law. I fired off both barrels of my trusty rifle. Did you kill the alligator?

See the swallow? Genuine alligator? No. Genuine, brother-in-law. All right. The dog says, come here. Look at this. You see this picture? I've got all these rabbits last winter. Now, how many would you say there are?

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