BONUS - Deck the Halls (Abbott and Costello & Phil Harris-Alice Faye)
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
With Christmas right around the corner, we're launching a month of holiday comedies from the golden age of radio. First, Bud and Lou trim the tree and get a visit from Santa in The Abbott and Costello Show (originally aired on ABC on December 24, 1947). Then, Phil Harris and Alice Faye enlist an old friend to play St. Nick in The Fitch Bandwagon (originally aired on NBC on December 21, 1947).
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| 0:00.0 | Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave. |
| 0:07.0 | The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 0:18.0 | The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective. |
| 0:22.0 | The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize |
| 0:25.4 | Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account |
| 0:30.6 | America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. |
| 0:33.0 | Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to our midweek bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets. |
| 1:01.0 | Well, it's December. This long, long year is almost over, and we're heading into the holiday season. |
| 1:09.0 | So to celebrate and to squeeze in a little more Christmas at a time when I think we all could use it, |
| 1:16.0 | we'll be hearing some classic holiday comedies in our bonus shows every Wednesday in December. |
| 1:23.0 | Each week will feature a pair of shows starring some of your favorite old time radio comedy stars. |
| 1:30.0 | And for these bonus episodes I've picked out some of the Christmas shows that are in rotation for me every holiday season. |
| 1:36.8 | They're my favorites, and I hope you like them, too. Up first today are Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in an episode of their show that originally aired on ABC on Christmas Eve, 1947. This one opens with some classic Abbott and Costello banter as Lou frets over some last minute Christmas shopping. |
| 1:58.0 | Later on, the boys trim the tree. |
| 2:01.0 | Costello tells the story of Scrooge, and they even get a visit from Old St. Nick, played by |
| 2:07.6 | Alan Reed, the future voice of Fred Flintstone. All that plus vocalist Susan Miller sings a lively version of Winter |
| 2:17.3 | Wonderland. Then we'll hear Phil Harris and Alice Fay in a holiday offering from the Fitch bandwagon. |
| 2:26.0 | In this episode originally aired on NBC on December 21st, 1947, it's almost Christmas at the Harris House. |
| 2:34.0 | Daughters Phyllis and Alice have been extra good |
| 2:38.0 | and they're eager to catch a glimpse of Santa on Christmas Eve. |
| 2:42.0 | So now Phil and Alice are on the hunt for someone to |
| 2:45.6 | don the red coat and white beard. When Phil offers $10 as a fee, an old friend and co-star accepts the job. |
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