Africa Screams (1949) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Hillary Brooke, Joe Besser, Shemp Howard Abbott and Costello’s movie, Africa Screams, is at best a mixed bag. The basic plot has Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, working as book sellers, conniving their way onto a trip to Africa, where...
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March 22, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Abbott and Costello in Buck Privates(1941), starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, the Andrews Sisters, Shemp Howard Buck Privates, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, is the first movie that starred the comedy duo. In many ways, it is their funniest. In a nutshell, Abbott and Costello are small-time con...
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March 15, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Abbott and Costello skit – Loan me 50 dollars One of the classic Abbott and Costello routines, where Bud Abbott takes advantage of a common math mistake that we all make to fleece his pal, Lou Costello, out of all of his money. The skit ends with a...
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March 15, 2012 Tom Raymond
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You’re 40, she’s 10 – A classic Abbott and Costello skit, where Bud Abbott tries to play a prank on Lou Costello, only for Lou to use his clownish math skills.
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March 15, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Two Tens for a five routine, made famous by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello A classic Abbott and Costello routine, from their first movie, One Night in the Tropics, where Bud Abbott shows that he’s not above running a quick scam on his friend, Lou Costello, in order to make...
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March 15, 2012 Tom Raymond
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The Vitamin Skit, with Abbott and Costello (note: this routine is taken from the Abbott and Costello radio show) Lou Costello: Hey Abbott! Bud Abbott: Costello what are you doing skipping around like that? Lou Costello: Oh you see me skippinâ eh? Its the doctors orders. Bud Abbott:...
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March 15, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Abbott and Costello‘s, Turkey Sandwich and Cup of Coffee routine from Keep ‘Em Flying“, 1941. Blackie (Bud Abbott) and Heathcliff (Lou Costello), having been unsuccessful at entering through the gates of the Cal-Aero, Army Air Corps flight training academy, enter the U.S.O. club and approach the lunch counter...
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March 14, 2012 Tom Raymond
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I bet you that you’re not here – Abbott and Costello routine In the movie The Noose Hangs High, there’s a very funny routine, where Abbott and Costello are being guarded by a gangster — and Bud Abbott decides to bet their warden that Bud can prove that...
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March 14, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Abbott and Costello skit, Gold Ore Taken from Abbott and Costello‘s radio show, although they also did the same basic routine in Lost in Alaska, and in their TV show as well. The basic premise is that Lou Costello’s Uncle has struck gold in Alaska, and Lou...
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March 14, 2012 Tom Raymond
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A classic Abbott and Costello routine from their radio show – where Bud Abbott is talking about his Uncle Herman who works in a dye factory, and Lou Costello confuses “dyeing” for “dying” — with minimal effort, it could be turned into a gospel ministry skit, at the end...
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March 13, 2012 Tom Raymond
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