Lou insults Mrs. Niles
Lou insults Mrs. Niles – Lou Costello was an excellent insult comic, and one of his favorite targets was Mrs. Niles on their radio show!
Lou insults Mrs. NilesLou insults Mrs. Niles – Lou Costello was an excellent insult comic, and one of his favorite targets was Mrs. Niles on their radio show!
Lou insults Mrs. NilesWhere’s the bow of the boat? A joke from The Abbott and Costello Show episode, The Vacation. Bud Abbott is trying to show that Lou Costello doesn’t really know anything about boats …
Where’s the bow of the boat?Bud Abbott: But you can’t do it by yourself! Call a posse, that’s the thing!
Lou Costello: Here, posse, posse, posse!
Abbott and Costello chase the bank robbersLou Costello: Abbott! Hey look! Look what I got! Look at the money!
Bud Abbott: Wait a minute, Costello. Where did you get that roll of bills?
Lou Costello: I went outside for a minute. Just when I reached the corner, a gun ran out of the bank with a bag full of money, and he gave me some.
Lou Costello and the bank robberSound man (Mel Blanc): And why shouldn’t I? What did I have on last week’s program? Nothing! Not even a door slam! I understand doors, I know doors inside and out. I talk to doors, and they talk to me.
Lou Costello: And what do you hear from them now?
Mel Blanc doesn’t have enough to do [Abbott and Costello]Connie Haines doesn’t have enough to do – from the Abbott and Costello radio show, Bank Robbery Connie Haines: Hello, everybody. And, hello my fat li’l sugar man. Lou Costello: Oh, the voice of this… Connie Haines doesn’t have enough to do
Bud Abbott: Our announcer, Ken Niles, is complaining because he didn’t have enough to do last week. Isn’t that right, Ken?
Ken Niles: Yes, it is. After all, I could give the program a lift. I’m a shot in the arm.
Lou Costello: You said it! You’re a dope!
Ken Niles doesn’t have enough to do [Abbott and CostelloLou Costello at the football game with Connie Haines — so, what is Lou complaining about?
Lou Costello at the football gameAbbott and Costello jokes on car pooling – from the Abbott and Costello radio show episode, Bank Robbery Bud Abbott: What are you doing here in the radio studio dressed in your bathing outfit?Lou Costello:… Car Pooling [Abbott and Costello]