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The boys have just returned from New York. Lou has claimed to be the owner of NBC and has promised to get Lena Genster (say it fast) into the movies.

The program originates from Davis Monthan Air Base, Tucson, Arizona, and features a routine about horses and another about army life.

Mrs. Beanbag is suing Costello for shooting at her. He tries to settle for 50 cents, but Abbott hires Mr. Kitzel, the lawyer, to defend Costello....

Costello has to get rid of $38,000 before the income tax is due, so the boys visit the race track.

Bud teases Costello about getting married. Abbott goes on a date with Connie, despite a threat from tough-guy (guest) John Garfield.

The boys are trying to get guest Dorothy Lamour to appear in their new picture. Dorothy reads one of her lines as "Bing Hope and Bob Crosby". Abbott and Costello rescue Dorothy from a desert Sheik.

Abbott plans to start a newspaper; Hedda Hopper is to be the gossip editor.

Lou tries to get a pair of nylons for Connie Haines from guest Lucille Ball. Two flubbed lines crack up almost everyone.

Guests Sally Eilers and Alan Hale join Abbott and Costello at the circus. Costello is the target at a baseball throwing concession, then wrestles Alan Hale.

Bud and Lou go to a dance school. Bud gets a job at the school and tries to get Lou to dance. Lessons are three for a dollar. Then they discuss how last week they formed the Wacky film company. Next Bud and Lou do a bit about Christopher Columbus. Lou is Columbus. Bud mistakenly calls him Lou instead of Columbus.

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. The show mixed comedy with musical interludes and special guests. This volume contains episodes of Abbott and Costello from 1946 through 1948 and showcases some of their most comedic shows such as "Night in a Haunted House", "Uncle Mike's Gold Mine", and "Costello's Sea Going Family".

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. The show mixed comedy with musical interludes and special guests. This volume contains episodes of Abbott and Costello from 1940 through 1944 and showcases some of their most comedic shows such as "Dance Lessons", "Nylon Stockings", and "A Psychiatrist for Costello".

In this two-volume collection of traditional Sherlock Holmes adventures, the good doctor himself is given a chance to shine. These two volumes contain 26 mysteries involving such maladies as plagues, poisonings, cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, dementia, somnambulism, and many more! The stories are traditional Holmes pastiches and are written by some of today’s top Sherlockian writers!

Imagine a slight change to our historical timeline where the Industrial Revolution heated up much quicker than expected. Technological marvels such as airships, trains, battleships, and submarines came into being much earlier. They were followed by steam-powered wonders such as mechanical men, flying ships, and even crafts capable of reaching the deepest fathoms of the sea or traveling to distant celestial orbs. That is the world where Sherlock Holmes and his Boswell, Dr. Watson find themselves in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk.

Long-time resident John Ross, the author of You Don’t Know China and Formosan Odyssey, delves into the most acclaimed, interesting, and influential books on Taiwan, along with some personal favorites. Most entries are nonfiction works originally published in English (translated Chinese-language books will be covered in a separate upcoming title). 

Halifax's Podcast, hosted by John Grant

Sherlock Holmes —the name immediately brings to mind an image of the great detective sitting in his rooms in 221B Baker street, his fingers steepled before his hawkish nose, his sharp grey eyes focused on the client who has brought a little puzzle for him to solve. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when one reads the names of the other literary detectives of the time period, sometimes referred to as the rivals of Sherlock Holmes.

Song Lyrics are dissected every Saturday for around 30 minutes to make you laugh, smile and groan. Jump into the imaginary world created by master comedians John Menezies and Grant Mullen. Grant and John own an imaginary business where Tom Cruise, Cher, Bono from U2 and other famous stars all work together manufacturing baby pigeons. The boys also eventually get around to talking about the song lyrics in story form. It's the weirdest musical podcast you can find on the interwebs.

The audio archive of the ministerial career of Rev. John W. Grant, Pastor at Calvary Gospel Church in Madison, WI for over 40 years.