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Abbott and Costello Show: The Complete Series

Abbott and Costello Show

Abbott and Costello Show: The Complete Series

E1 Entertainment (2000)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
741952672999
TV Series | Comedy | Television Show
USA | English & German | Color | 22:00

This collection contains:
- The Abbott and Costello Show: Season 1 (1952)
- The Abbott And Costello Show: Season 2 (1952)


Episodes View details

1 S1E1: The Drug Store 30 min | Dec 05, 1952

Bud and Lou find a job in Field's drugstore and nearly wreck the place. Includes the ""Jonah and the Whale"" routine.

Guest stars: Elvia Allman, Iris Adrian, Joe Besser
2 S1E2: The Dentist's Office 30 min | Dec 12, 1952

Lou gets a toothache and he attempts to get arrested so he can receive free treatment while incarcerated.

Guest stars: Virginia Christine, Ray Walker, Vera Marsh, Bobby Barber
3 S1E3: Jail 30 min | Dec 19, 1952

Lou damages Mrs. Crumbcakes waterpail and she drags him into court claiming 79 cents in damages. In jail, Lous crazed cellmate becomes enraged whenever he hears 'Niagra Falls'.

4 S1E4: The Vacation 30 min | Dec 26, 1952

Bud and Lou head off to the Biltmore Hotel near Phoenix for a vacation. ""Hertz U-Drive"" and the ""Pack-Unpack"" routines are performed.

5 S1E5: The Birthday Party 30 min | Jan 02, 1953

Lou throws a birthday party for himself, but nearly poisons his guests when he puts ant paste on his hors d'oeurves instead of anti pasto. Bud throws him out and Lou consoles himself by ordering a giant decorated cake.

Guest stars: Joe Besser, Alivia Allman, Sara Padden
6 S1E6: Alaska 30 min | Jan 09, 1953

Lou's uncle strikes gold in Alaska, so Bud and Lou plan to help him spend it.

7 S1E7: The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman 30 min | Jan 16, 1953

Bud and Lou visit an employment agency run by Mr. Fields brother. Lou gets a job hawking vacum cleaners door to door.

8 S1E8: The Army Story 30 min | Jan 23, 1953

Bud and Lou join the Army, where they recreate their routines from the feature film Buck Privates. Performed are the ""Drill Routine"" and ""Dice game""

Guest stars: James Alexander, Robert Cherry
9 S1E9: Pots and Pans 30 min | Jan 30, 1953

Lou sells cookware door to door and later presents his friend with a duck dinner to disasterous results.

Guest stars: Anthony Caruso
10 S1E10: The Charity Bazaar 30 min | Feb 06, 1953

Bud and Lou participate in Hilary's charity bazaar raising money with the ""shell game"". Lou blows his money at the kissing booth.

Guest stars: Joe Besser, Nicla Di Bruno
11 S1E11: The Western Story 30 min | Feb 13, 1953

Bud and Lou accept Hilary's invitation to visit her uncles B-Bar-Bop ranch.

Guest stars: James Alexander, Anthony Caruso, Minerva Urecal, Anthony Hughes
12 S1E12: The Haunted House 30 min | Feb 20, 1953

Hillary will inherit a castle if she spends the night there. Bud and Lou come along to protect her.

13 S1E13: Peace and Quiet 30 min | Feb 27, 1953

Lou sleeps all day but cant sleep at night. Bud takes him to see a psychiatrist. Eventually Bud checks him into a sanitarium for a nights rest. ""crazy house"" is performed

14 S1E14: Hungry 30 min | Mar 06, 1953

Bud and Lou visit a couple of restaurants. In one they become involved with a couple of twin waitresses. In the other , Lou has a battle with an oyster.

15 S1E15: The Music Lovers 30 min | Mar 13, 1953

Lou attempts to impress Hillary and her father with his musical abilities. While pretending to perform , Bud falls asleep and ruins the scheme.

16 S1E16: The Politician 30 min | Mar 20, 1953

Bud coaches Lou on running for public office. Lou delivers a speech in a neighborhood park that causes quite a disruption.

17 S1E17: The Wrestling Story 30 min | Mar 27, 1953

Lou and Stinky agree to settle their differences in a wrestling match. When Stinky becomes ill , his little brother Ivan the Terrible takes his place.

Guest stars: Ben Weldon, Ivan the Terrible, Emery Parnell
18 S1E18: Getting a Job 30 min | Apr 03, 1953

Bud and Lou are hired to deliver hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company on Floogle street and encounter several lunatics on the way. Also, Stinky attempts to kill Lou by backing him into traffic. The 'Loafing' routine is performed.

Guest stars: Veda Ann Borg, Anthony Hughes, Lucien Littlefield, Sid Saylor, Vera Marshe, Bingo The Chimp
19 S1E19: The Chimp 30 min | Apr 10, 1953

Mike the Cop tells Lou that he must have a liscence for his pet chimp, but Lou accidentally applies for a marriage liscence.

Guest stars: Joan Shawlee, Isabel Randolph
20 S1E20: Hillary's Birthday 30 min | Apr 17, 1953

While shopping for Hillarys birthay present Lou nearly destroys a grocery store. Later , at her party Mr Fields becomes upset about the noise.

Guest stars: Joan Shawlee, Chick Chandler, Lee Patrick, Anthony Hughes, Bingo The Chimp
21 S1E21: Television 30 min | Apr 24, 1953

Lou is a contestant on a TV quiz show where he wins a pack of bubblegum. Their neighbour slips on a piece of gum and takes them to court.

22 S1E22: Las Vegas 30 min | May 01, 1953

Bud and Lou pay $90 for a car and head for Las Vegas, where Lou takes part in a violent game of billiards. The mudder/fodder routine is performed.

23 S1E23: Little Old Lady 30 min | May 08, 1953

Bud and Lou attempt to help an old lady who has been evicted. They raise $300 and she uses the money to bet on a racehorse.

24 S1E24: The Actors' Home 30 min | May 15, 1953

Bud is taken away to an old actor's home where he and Lou perform their famous ""Who's on first?"" routine.

Guest stars: Thurston Hall, Allen Jenkins, Lucien Littlefield, Ray Walker, Joan Shawlee, Jarma Lewis, Jo Carroll Dennison
25 S1E25: Police Rookies 30 min | May 22, 1953

Mike the Cop helps Bud and Lou enroll in the 'Police rookie school'. Lou blows up the gym playing with a hand grenade.

Guest stars: Emory Parnell, Robert Cherry, Bingo the Chimp
26 S1E26: Safari 30 min | May 29, 1953

Hillary takes care of Bingo, who is sick. The whole gang travels to Africa to find his parents. Lou tangles with a gorilla.

27 S2E1: The Paper Hangers 30 min | Nov 07, 1953

To pay back rent, Bud and Lou wallpaper an apartment. Later as waiters in a restraunt, they brawl with hoodlums.

28 S2E2: Uncle Bozzo's Visit 30 min | Nov 14, 1953

Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.

Guest stars: Fortunio Bonano, G. Pat Collins, Milt Bronson, Pat Flaherty, Max Wagner, Anthony Hughes
29 S2E3: In Society 30 min | Nov 21, 1953

A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.

30 S2E4: Life Insurance 30 min | Nov 28, 1953

Mr Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, when Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip so he can get some rest, he suspects Bud and Mr. Fields want to kill him for the insurance money.

31 S2E5: Pest Exterminators 30 min | Dec 05, 1953

Bud and Lou are pest exterminators who are mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's ""aunts"".

32 S2E6: Killer's Wife 30 min | Dec 12, 1953

A heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife. Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.

Guest stars: Mary Beth Hughes, Max Baer, Lyle Talbot, Lou Nova, Tom Kennedy
33 S2E7: Cheapskates 30 min | Dec 19, 1953

Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of rollerskates , not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.

Guest stars: Phyllis Coates, Paul Fix, Tony Ward, Ralph Gamble, Bobby Barber, Teddy Infuhr
34 S2E8: South of Dixie 30 min | Dec 26, 1953

Lou accidentally lands himslef and Bud roles in a civil war melodrama.

35 S2E9: From Bed to Worse 30 min | Jan 02, 1954

Bud and Lu attempt to plant a backyard garden so they can win a cash prize offered by a cicvc group.

36 S2E10: $1,000 TV Prize 30 min | Jan 09, 1954

Lou wins a 1000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields, then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.

Guest stars: Ralph Sanford, Milt Bronson
37 S2E11: Amnesia 30 min | Jan 16, 1954

Lou is in love with a girl he has only corresponded with. As a gag , Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his exsistence miserable.

38 S2E12: Efficiency Experts 30 min | Jan 23, 1954

Bud and Lou are hired to restrain their clints' daughter from spending money. The girls then turn the tables on Bud and Lou.

Guest stars: Jean Willis, Frank Scanell, Lucille Barkley
39 S2E13: Car Trouble 30 min | Jan 30, 1954

Lou wins a car but Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one. Using the profits Bud tries to go on a holiday in Flint, Michigan

Guest stars: Percy Helton, Horace Murphy
40 S2E14: Wife Wanted 30 min | Feb 06, 1954

Lou will inherit ten thousand dollars if he is married. Lou wants to marry a former girlfriend -who is dating named Bonebender Brodsky.

41 S2E15: Uncle from New Jersey 30 min | Feb 13, 1954

Mr. Fields is about to evict the boys. Bud convinces Mr. Fields that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (impersonated by Lou) has been murdered.

42 S2E16: Private Eye 30 min | Feb 20, 1954

Lou recieves his diploma from the Watchdo Correspondance Schooland helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.

43 S2E17: The Tax Return 30 min | Feb 27, 1954

Lou recieves a tax refund check for one million dollars. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequntly followed by home by crooks.

Guest stars: Ray Walker, Thurston Hall, Bennie Burt, Al Hill, Richard Powers
44 S2E18: Public Enemies 30 min | Mar 06, 1954

Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.

45 S2E19: Bank Holdup 30 min | Mar 13, 1954

Bud and Lou take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent ,then later try to get it back from Mr.Field's safe.

Guest stars: Douglas Fowley
46 S2E20: Well Oiled 30 min | Mar 20, 1954

Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields , who is being threatened by a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the woman.

Guest stars: Connie Cezan, William Fawcett, Wild Red Barry, Richard Norris, Grace Hayle
47 S2E21: The Pigeon 30 min | Mar 27, 1954

Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbour uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.

48 S2E22: Honeymoon House 30 min | Apr 03, 1954

Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiance and her parents. A jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.

Guest stars: Tommy Farrell, Karen Sharpe, George Chandler
49 S2E23: Fencing Master 30 min | Apr 10, 1954

Bud involves Lou in an experiment of a mad scientist who convinces Lou that he is indestructable.

Guest stars: Fortunio Bonanova, Byron Foulger
50 S2E24: Beauty Contest Story 30 min | Apr 17, 1954

Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest and pressure is applied to sway their votes.

Guest stars: James Flavin, Dick Wessel
51 S2E25: Fall Guy 30 min | Apr 24, 1954

Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but thier father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof.

Guest stars: Charlie Hall, Gloria Saunders
52 S2E26: Barber Lou 30 min | May 01, 1954

Lou trys to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explainig how to paint a car at home.

Cast View all

Bud Abbott Bud Abbott
Lou Costello Lou Costello
Sid Fields Sid Fields
Gordon Jones Mike Kelly
Bobby Barber Hercules
Hillary Brooke Hillary Brooke
Joe Kirk Mr. Bacciagalupe
Milt Bronson Bank Teller
Joe Besser Stinky Davis
Donald Kerr Excited Man in Doctor's Office
Bingo the Chimp Bingo the Chimp
Joan Shawlee Cash Register Lady
Ray Walker Policeman
Murray Leonard Doctor
Veda Ann Borg Angry Wife
Renie Riano Helen Davis
Lucien Littlefield First Man
Dorothy Granger Arguing Wife
Bob Hopkins Announcer
Emory Parnell Bit
James Alexander Captain
Harry Clexx Harry--Policeman
Ralph Gamble Auctioneer
J. Anthony Hughes Bill
Syd Saylor Chuck

Edition details

Edition The Complete Series- Restored and Remastered
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Distributor E1 Entertainment
Layers Single side, Single layer
Regions Region 1

Personal

Watched
Index 1959
Added Date Feb 27, 2016 20:41:56
Modified Date Mar 10, 2025 05:34:53