![]() ![]() ![]() But their film audience had begun to decline with the start of the new decade, and during this same period it became clear that radio had seen its day as the dominant broadcast entertainment medium. Their radio show continued into the start of the 1950's, and overlap with their film career, which began in 1941 - up thru 1950, the films were immensely popular and profitable. ![]() It was on the radio show that they assembled the core cast of performers, regulars and bit players, who would later work in their movies and the subsequent television series - first and foremost among these was Sidney Fields, who would contribute to some of their early movies as a writer and bit-player, but the other important names were Iris Adrian and Elvia Allman, both of whom would later turn up on their television show. The duo, who had started out in burlesque in the 1930's (and each had long experience in entertainment and performing before they met), had been a veritable fixure on radio since 1938, when they'd appeared on The Kate Smith Hour, which led to work on Broadway and more radio work in 1940, initially on a summer replacement show for Fred Allen, and later with their own shows on NBC and, subsequently, on ABC. The Abbott & Costello Show marked the last major commercial success for the comic team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. ![]()
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