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Teller skit

by Tom Raymond
March 14, 2015June 22, 2022

The Teller skit, by Abbott and Costello

The Teller skit is one of Abbott and Costello’s routines, with Lou Costello misunderstanding “teller” for “tell her” – it was done on their radio show more than once, as well as in their movie Hit the Ice where this is taken from:

Having stumbled into a deserted bank, Flash (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) try to find a teller.

Abbott and Costello ask, Do big noses run in your family?

by Tom Raymond
January 14, 2015

Abbott and Costello ask, Do big noses run in your family? An old joke, told by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello on their radio show on April 28, 1948

Abbott and Costello ask, Do big noses run in your family?

Abbott and Costello meet a runaway bride

by Tom Raymond
January 13, 2015

Abbott and Costello meet a runaway bride – From Abbott and Costello’s radio show … Bud and Lou meet a runaway bride?

Abbott and Costello meet a runaway bride

Abbott and Costello – no smoking policy?

by Tom Raymond
January 12, 2015April 16, 2022

Abbott and Costello – no smoking policy? A funny movie quote from Abbott and Costello’s first movie, “One Night in the Tropics“

Abbott and Costello meet a ferocious skunk

by Tom Raymond
January 11, 2015

Abbott and Costello meet a ferocious skunk – From Abbott and Costello’s radio show, April 28, 1948)

Abbott and Costello meet a ferocious skunk

Lou Costello goes lion hunting in Africa

by Tom Raymond
January 10, 2015

Lou Costello goes lion hunting in Africa – From the old Abbott & Costello radio show – what did* happen when Lou Costello went lion hunting in Africa?*

Lou Costello goes lion hunting in Africa

Do you have any children?

by Tom Raymond
January 9, 2015

Do you have any children? A funny joke from Abbott and Costello, taken from their comedy song, “Laugh, Laugh, Laugh”

Do you have any children?

Abbott and Costello meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello talk about unemployment

by Tom Raymond
January 8, 2015August 16, 2022

Abbott and Costello talk about unemployment – How Bud Abbott might have explained the “unemployment rate” to Lou Costello – and how it’s different from the number of people unemployed.

A house in the suburbs

by Tom Raymond
January 7, 2015

From the Abbott and Costello radio show, “Lou Builds a House” – Bud Abbott tries to convince Lou Costello to build a house in the suburbs