The Abbott and Costello Show was an American television comedy starring the comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, which premiered on December 1, 1952 in the United States.
Lou Costello was the creator of the show along with Bud Abbott. The show was not a network program when it was first introduced, but was sold in MCA Inc. syndication to about 40 local stations around the country. As a result, it aired on different days and at different times in different cities. In New York, it first appeared on the CBS affiliate, WCBS, on December 5, 1952 but did not go national on that network. (The 1953-54 season was broadcast locally on WNBT, as New York's NBC flagship station was then known).
Lou Costello was the creator of the show along with Bud Abbott. The show was not a network program when it was first introduced, but was sold in MCA Inc. syndication to about 40 local stations around the country. As a result, it aired on different days and at different times in different cities. In New York, it first appeared on the CBS affiliate, WCBS, on December 5, 1952 but did not go national on that network. (The 1953-54 season was broadcast locally on WNBT, as New York's NBC flagship station was then known).
However, the episodes of the first season were repeated as part of the CBS program "Saturday Morning" during the 1954-1955 season.
The comedy revolves around the adventures of two likeable unemployed people: the cunning Bud Abbott and the naive Lou Costello, who live in an apartment rented by a grumpy Sidney Fields, since they almost never pay him rent. On the other hand, both Abbott and Costello often get into trouble with beautiful women and, from time to time, they are accompanied by Hillary, their neighbor. In addition, Costello also has problems with Stinky, a very mischievous young man dressed in a sailor suit (played by Joe Besser), and Mike, a police officer who always ends up losing his patience with Costello, and then hits him with his club.
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