Tom Raymond
Tom Raymond is a professional computer, programmer, and writer, with a love for the classic comedy team of Abbott and Costello
Bud Abbott: the man everyone forgot!
Bud Abbott: the man everyone forgot
(originally published in Screen Stories, June 1960)
Gray-haired Bud Abbott stared bleakly out of his breakfast-room window, at the brown, untended lawn and grounds of his Encino, California home. Although it was past noon, he still wore his bedroom slippers, pajamas and white flannel robe. Why get dressed? He had no place to go, no job to do.
Read More »Bud Abbott: the man everyone forgot!My cure for sorrow, by Lou Costello
(originally published in Journal of Living, January 1954)
Lou Costello: My Cure For Sorrow, As told to Vivian Cosby
A funny man’s prescription for grief that can work for everyone as it has for him.
“Why did this have to happen to me?”
A few years ago, when I was stricken with rheumatic fever, this question kept repeating itself in my mind. As I lay in bed week after week, I searched for the answer. And what made it all the more bewildering was that I had become ill while making a tour to raise charity funds. While striving to help others, I had been stricken myself. Why? The more I thought about it, the more sorry I became for myself.
Read More »My cure for sorrow, by Lou CostelloHow I fought back – Lou Costello’s account of his recovery from rheumatic fever
Lou Costello, Hollywood’s best-loved comedian, tells how he fought his way back to health through prayer and undying faith.This an exclusive account to Motion Piture’s Readers
I think I’m a pretty lucky guy to be alive to tell this story.
With more than a half a year in bed spent grimly facing the terrifying prospect that I might never walk again, I found myself suddenly projected into a new world. A world that I never knew existed until then. And because I had never before come in contact with sickness and disaster, I suddenly saw a lot of things for the first time – things that before had meant very little to me.
Lou Costello biography
Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959)
Lou Costello, the man who would ask the eternal question, Who’s on First?, was born as Louis Francis Cristillo on March 6, 1906. He grew up in his hometown of Patterson, New Jersey, which he mentioned in virtually every movie and television episode that he appeared in. After high school, he had been bitten by the entertainer bug, and worked as a carpenter at both MGM and Warner Brothers movie studios in an attempt to break into show business
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William Alexander Abbot, aka. Bud Abbott (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974)
Some people are said to have show business in their blood – in Bud Abbott’s case, it’s almost literally true. Abbott’s mother was a bareback rider for the Ringling Brothers Circus. And his father worked as an advance man for the same circus. Bud Abbot was born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and was smitten with the performing bug at an early age. He dropped out of school at the age of 14 and began working in carnivals. Later he began working in theaters across the country, eventually becoming the manager of the Nation Theater in Detroit. While there, Abbott began performing on stage as straight man to vaudeville performers. This led to a chance encounter that changed his life.
Read More »Bud Abbott biographyAbbott & Costello 50+ Vintage Comedy Radio Episodes
Simply put, streaming audio of some of Abbott and Costello‘s classic radio comedy. It includes 50 episodes of their classic radio show.
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