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	Podcast:		Radio America
	Episode:		Abbott & Costello 47-03-13 lou goes to the race trac
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:31:17
	Publish Date:		2006-06-10 09:55:45
	Description:		clickhere Visit the Radio America Store web site.Buy your 50 mp3 for &5.00Lou Costello was born Louis Francis Cristillo in March 1906 in New Jersey. Standing only 5'3" but very athletic, Costello went to Hollywood as a young man in the 1920s to break into films. However, he could only secure work as a stuntman and in bit parts. Feeling defeated, he went back east in the late 1920s and entered burlesque. After his initial meeting with Bud Abbott, the duo developed an instant rapport. They honed their act in vaudeville and burlesque houses; since the act was becoming successful so quickly, they soon found themselves ascending to greater heights. Comedian Henny Youngman, who was a great fan of theirs, pulled some strings and got them a one-time booking on a 1938 episode of the Kate Smith Radio Hour, one of the most popular radio programs at the time. The team proved to be such a hit with audiences that they returned to the show numerous times, eventually doing their famous "Who's On First?" routine. Several studio executives took notice of Abbott and Costello's growing popularity, but Universal Studios, best known at the time for their horror films, made the best offer, so the team signed a contact with the studio in 1939.
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