Colgate Comedy Hour – Abbott and Costello – USO Show, originally aired 3/11/1951 – Bud Abbott is both trying to cast a USO show, as well as find funding for it, and Lou Costello “helps”.
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I admit to being a fan of both Abbott and Costello, as well as the Universal monster movies of the times. Thankfully, in this movie, both sides are treated respectfully and appropriately. The monsters are frightening, and act true to character, and are not caricatures used for a quick laugh. In the same way, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play their normal, everyman characters. With Bud being the straight man, who is confused by his bumbling pal Lou’s success with two different beautiful women. Neither of whom is what they seem to be.
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In Here Come the Co-Eds Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star as two down-on-their-luck individuals who find jobs as caretakers at Bixby College, which is facing bankruptcy. After winning a large sum of money in a wrestling match against the “Masked Marvel”. Who was supposed to be their friend, McGurk, who was going to throw the match. But McGurk’s replaced instead at the last minute by Strangler Johnson, played by Lon Chaney Jr. Despite Lou’s being outclassed, he wins in a fluke, and Bud and Lou decide to help the school out by placing a large bet on the girls basketball team, who are massive underdogs.Read More »Here Come the Co-Eds