Audio Antiques - Comedy Teams on Radio - a podcast by Ken Robinson

Comedy Teams have a long history in the world of entertainment, beginning in British music halls, and then in vaudeville in America. They were also popular during the golden age of radio. Among the many comedy teams on the air at the start of commercial broadcasting were George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen. They got married in Cleveland, Ohio in 1926 and never looked back, performing in early talking movies, and getting a network radio show in 1930s, which would last until 1950 when the couple took their act to  television. We have a Burns & Allen radio show from 1938. Another one of the biggest double acts on radio were Abbott & Costello. Best known for their "Who's On First" baseball routine. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were popular burlesque theater comedians, and got their own radio show in 1940. They also made it big in movies. You will hear one of their radio shows from 1943. Abbott and Costello's popularity began to decline when nite club performers Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were given a radio show in 1949. It wasn't exactly a hit, but the pair became superstars in movies, and on television. you will hear a Martin & Lewis radio show from 1949.

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