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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A classic Abbott and Costello routine, in the style of Who’s on First?, where Bud Abbott tries to explain electricity — Watts and Volts — only to have Lou Costello think that he’s talking about What’s and Votes. From their movie, Who Done It? Interestingly, it was...
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March 13, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Hertz U Drive routine, originally performed on Abbott and Costello‘s radio program. Bud Abbott: Oh, you can cause more trouble! We were going to the eight-to-the-bar-ranch to ask the Andrews Sisters to appear on our show. And YOU wrecked the car we were going to use! Well, now we’ll have...
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March 13, 2012 Tom Raymond
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A dollar a day routine, made famous by Abbott and Costello A Dollar A Day is a classic vaudeville skit, made famous by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, where Lou Costello has been working for Bud Abbott for the last year for the “princely” sum of one dollar per day—and Bud Abbott finds...
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March 12, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Editorial review of Buck Privates Come Home (1947) starring Abbott and Costello, courtesy of Amazon.com In this sequel to 1941’s Buck Privates, Bud and Lou are on their way home from the war in Europe (having joined the Army by mistake in the first film). Lou is smuggling home...
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March 12, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke In Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd two waiters, Oliver “Puddin’ Head” Johnson (played by Lou Costello) and Rocky Stonebridge (Bud Abbott) are on their way to work at Death’s Head Tavern...
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March 11, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Captain Jonah and the Whale routine, made famous by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello One of Abbott and Costello’s lesser-known routines, but performed by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in their first movie One Night in the Tropics, in “Here Come the Co-Eds“, on their television show episode “The Drug...
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March 11, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Abbott and Costello in Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer Jack and the Beanstalk is one of the only two films that Abbott and Costello made in color. It is a children’s movie that adults can enjoy as well. The beginning and...
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March 11, 2012 Tom Raymond
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Bagel Street, aka. Susquehanna Hat Company, aka. Fluegel Street routine – Abbott and Costello skit, taken from In Society This is a classic vaudeville routine and highly popular with the fans of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. During the filming ofIn Society, Lou wanted to include this routine in the movie. However, because...
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March 11, 2012 Tom Raymond
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