Movie Life (June 1943) The Navy Gets a Laugh Ration VOTED KINGS of the box-office for 1942, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello prove themselves Princes of Good Fellows by clowning till it hurt. Costello went into the hospital after seven weeks.
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December 28, 2013 admin
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Originally published in “Twenty Complete Stories – New Players and Old Hollywood” June 1942 The Care and Feeding of Abbott & Costello Life is smooth for Abbott and Costello. Professionally they’re sitting on top of the world and domestically they’re in the hands of two super-efficient housewives -...
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Fred Allen’s Heirs: Costello and Abbott Given Summer Spot (originally published in Newsweek – July 1, 1940) With Fred Allen leaving the air this week. * Ipana-Sal Hepatica decided to cut its NBC Red network time from an hour to a half hour (still starting at 9 o’clock EDT...
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Synopsis of Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man Fresh graduates from detective school, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, get their first case – recapturing the escaped killer, Tommy Nelson. Nelson, however, the the typical “convicted of a crime that he didn’t commit” – and has a scientist...
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December 22, 2013 admin
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Who’s on First? T-shirt Whoâs on First T-Shirt featuring the entire Whoâs on First routine from The Naughty Nineties.
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December 8, 2013 admin
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Hold that Ghost (1941) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, the Andrews Sisters Synopsis of Hold That Ghost Hold that Ghost deals with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as gas station attendants, who inherit an abandoned roadhouse from a deceased mobster, due to his odd will bequeathing it to...
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December 3, 2013 admin
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is both a very funny comedy, as well as a respectful Universal Monsters entry in the Mummy series. The Mummy is is following the same typical...
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November 19, 2013 admin
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff Actually, despite the title of Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, Boris Karloff isn’t the killer — but, he is quite funny in this movie. In a nutshell, Lou Costello plays...
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November 18, 2013 admin
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Abbott and Costello’s Ride ’em Cowboy (1942) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Ella Fitzgerald Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star as two peanut vendors at a rodeo show who get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train, which unexpectedly heads west...
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April 26, 2013 admin
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main Abbott and Costello’s movie, The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is a spoof on the typical Western, with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello playing traveling salesmen who stop in the Old Wild West town...
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