Is Lou Costello on the level?
Originally published in Radio and Television Mirror, July 1948
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Tom Raymond is a professional computer, programmer, and writer, with a love for the classic comedy team of Abbott and Costello
The Navy Gets a Laugh Ration
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.Read More »The Navy Gets a Laugh Ration
The Care and Feeding of Abbott & Costello
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 - Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Lou Costello.
It’s no slander against Betty Abbott and Ann Costello to classify them as the second-best managers in their respective households; merely an acknowledgment of the superior skill of their mates. They don’t have to try.
Costello, the small soprano apple dumpling of the comedy team, the guy who can’t get anything right on the screen of over the microphone, is a managerial genius in private life.Read More »The Care and Feeding of Abbott & Costello
Fred Allen’s Heirs: Costello and Abbott Given Summer Spot
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 Wednesdays) and two months ago began looking for breezy talent to fill the breach for the summer. What they got was a popular pair of wacky vaudevillians, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Synopsis of Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Fresh graduates from detective school, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, get their first case – recapturing the escaped killer, Tommy Nelson. Nelson, however, the typical “convicted of a crime that he didn’t commit” – and has a scientist friend give him a dose of the Invisible Man formula, giving him a race against time to find the real killer — before the formula drives him mad. But Abbott and Costello are there to help …
Who’s on First? T-shirt
Who’s on First? T-shirt Who’s on First T-Shirt featuring the entire Who’s on First routine from The Naughty Nineties. Who’s on First? What’s on Second?… Read More »Who’s on First? T-shirt
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
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. It’s also a respectful Universal Monsters entry in the Mummy series. The Mummy is is following the same typical formula. A former high priest Kharis (renamed to Klaris here for no reason) has been cursed to never-ending life for his forbidden love for an Egyptian princess. In this entry, the Mummy can be controlled by a mystical amulet. Which accidentally falls into the possession of Abbott and Costello.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
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 a bellhop who is falsely accused of murder; His pal Bud Abbott tries to help, but only succeeds in getting Lou into more trouble.
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Ride ’em Cowboy [Abbott and Costello]
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. Soon, they get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train. Which unexpectedly heads west with them still on it. Upon arriving, they get jobs on a dude ranch despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or much else. The scene with Lou Costello attempting to milk a cow is a gem of comedy. Abbott and Costello follow the same formula here as in their previous films, with a romantic subplot and music, provided here by Ella Fitzgerald.