Radio-Television scripts, 1936-1950.

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Radio-Television scripts, 1936-1950.

This collection of scripts is dominated by the NBC Radio Network scripts for the Abbott and Costello Show, a show sponsored by Camel cigarettes beginning in 1942. The announcer for the Camel Caravan was Ken Niles and the following performers participated in the weekly program; Gene Austin, Jack Bailey, and Dick Lane. There are also scripts for the Oscar & Elmer Show and for a 1950 television show, Comedy of errors. Another producer listed, in addition to Joe Penner, was Don Prindle.

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National Broadcasting Company

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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network owned by Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), and Chicago (at the NBC Tower). NBC is one of the Big Three television networks, and is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the...

Penner, Joe, 1904-1941

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Costello, Lou

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Niles, Ken

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Bailey, Jackie

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Prindle, Don.

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Abbott, Bud

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Lane, D.R.

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Austin, Gene, 1900-1972

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