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Nuts And Bolts

Abbott and Costello · April 10, 1947 · 29 min · 4,550 words

The transcript of “Nuts And Bolts”, an episode of Abbott and Costello first broadcast April 10, 1947. 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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Yes, that's right folks. C for comedy, A for Abbott, M for Maxwell, E for Ennis, L for Luke Costello. Put them all together and they spell, KAML. Experience is the best teacher. Try a camel.

Let your own experience tell you why more people are smoking camels than ever before. And draw up a chair for tonight's camel show starring foot Abbot and Luke Costello. Hey, Castella. Castella, come over here.

Hey, by the way, what were you doing at Universal International Studios this morning? Oh, I had to take my pet flies over there. You took flies to a picture studio? What for? They got him a screen test?

I... You'll win here. Who... Who was that red-headed girl? Hey, Lo, who was that red-headed girl that was with you? Oh, she's been chasing after me for years, have it? I call her pilot light. Pilot light?

Yeah, she's an old flame that stayed lit. What? She's a lovely girl, Abbot. She's very social. Does she have good connections, Lou? I think, a pun. Does she have good connections? Well, she never fell apart. Well, I was with her.

No, no, no. I'm talking about her connections. What are her associates? Does she belong to the Junior League? Longer Junior League? No, she belongs to the Coast League. She used to pitch for the San Francisco Seal.

Ah. I'm talking about the Junior League Society. Has she come out yet? Has she made her debut? Her what? Her debut? Oh sure, every time she comes out, debut. They're all right. They say, boo!

All right, all right. Hey, but she's very high tone, Abbot. What do you mean? She was born in the south of England. Oh, I see her family came from Wales. Her family came from Wales.

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