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Who's on First? / Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving
Abbott and Costello (comedy routine); The Burns and Allen Show (radio episode)
Opening Date:
July 17, 2020
Closing Date:
July 18, 2020
Two vintage radio comedies combine Abbott and Costello’s classic baseball-name routine with a Burns and Allen episode in which Gracie sets out to become a crime-solving detective.
Cast & Crew
CAST
Abbott — Don Reece
Costello — C. W. Bardsher
George Burns — Terry Veal
Gracie Allen — Amanda Lee
Supporting roles — Chris Crane
Supporting roles — Denise Hughes
Supporting roles — Paul Austin
Supporting roles — David Patterson
Additional supporting roles — Don Reece and C. W. Bardsher
CREW
Director — Rhonda Clark
Broadcast production — RK-1 Productions
Production Notes
CST LiveOnline! third broadcast, July 17–18, 2020, at 7 p.m. Paired the Who’s on First? routine (historical radio-era presentation) with the Burns and Allen episode Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving. Specific supporting character assignments unconfirmed. Live radio-with-video from RK-1 Productions and broadcast on CST’s YouTube channel, free with donations encouraged. Source announcement dates the original broadcasts of these vintage works to 1938 and 1947 respectively. Institutional support: Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Allied Arts; additionally Kirkpatrick Family Fund and Inasmuch Foundation where specified in the announcement. Season sponsors: Ed and Janet Bucknell; Mel and Cindy Ables.
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