Welcome back to Boris Karloff month! Today I thought I'd look in on one of Karloff's comedy appearances. Karloff had a pretty good sense of humour and was certainly not afraid of making fun of himself. Many of his appearances on comedy shows tended to be alike one another; this time out I've chosen an episode of Bing Crosby from October 29, 1947. This was a transcribed program, as Bing was one of the first in radio to adopt transcription (he liked the convenience). Karloff shows up to help Bing celebrate Halloween and even sings a song with Victor Moore! Karloff was actually pretty adept at reading comedy - there's a moment where Bing starts to crack up, but Boris keeps to the script, a true professional! You can hear it at archive.org by clicking here!
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