The Abbott and Costello Show
Whether dodging the landlord, the cops, or the dentist, Abbott and Costello prove in this amazing collection of TV episodes that they were the all time greatest duo of the Burlesque routine.
Mr. Fields forces the boys to hang wallpaper to help pay off their rent.
Lou's uncle, an Italian opera singer, visits, and his singing annoys Mr. Fields.
Bud & Lou are hired to pose as British noblemen at a swanky party.
Mr. Fields demands the boys take out life-insurance policies that name him as beneficiary, but neither can pass the physical.
The boys exterminate the ants at a rich lady's house, but she thinks they have killed her aunts.
A jealous boxer and his sexy wife rent a nearby apartment and Lou is suspected of carrying on with said sexy wife.
The boys accidentally buy a crate of roller skates - which contain ill-gotten gems.
Lou overhears a man and girl rehearsing a Civil War play and thinks the danger is real. Inspired by Buster Keaton's The General.
The boys try to win a prize for having the best backyard garden and wind up angering their neighbor.
Lou answers Mr. Fields' phone and inadvertently wins a thousand-dollar prize.
When Lou prepares to marry a girl he's only corresponded with, Bud convinces him he has amnesia and has already married a shrew.
The boys are hired to help control a man's daughters, who spend too much money. But they end up losing their money in a casino.
Lou wins a car in a contest, but it's a lemon, so they drive to Flint for another.
Lou tries to marry his old girlfriend so he can inherit $10,000 but she's now dating a jealous wrestler.
To avoid eviction, the boys convince Fields that Lou has a millionaire uncle. Lou winds up masquerading as his own uncle.
Lou takes a correspondence course to become a detective, and then tries to help a girl recover some old bonds.
The IRS accidentally sends Lou a check for $1,000,000.13. When he and Bud cash it, they are followed home by thugs who witnessed the transaction.
When Lou is mistaken for a fellow safecracker, the boys get involved with crooks planning a robbery.
The boys are hired as bank guards by two robbers masquerading as Brinks guys.
Lou poses as a millionaire to help Mr. Fields get out of a breach-of-promise suit.
Lou is set up by his sexy neighbor to take the fall for her infidelity, so that Lou is the one who gets killed by her jealous mobster boyfriend.
Lou, Bud, and Mr. Fields try to build a pre-fab house for Lou's fiancée. Inspired by Buster Keaton's One Week.
Bud volunteers Lou for a science experiment that makes him immune to pain.
The boys judge the Miss Mud Turtle pageant, in which Mr. Fields' niece is a contestant.
Bud and Lou are hired by a couple of toughs to act as "beards" for their girlfriends to circumvent objections from their eccentric father.
Bud enlists Lou to give him a massage.
|
Bud Abbott | Bud Abbott |
|
Lou Costello | Lou Costello |
|
Sid Fields | Sid Fields |
|
Gordon Jones | Mike Kelly |
|
Bobby Barber | Painter |
|
Donald Kerr | Man at Auction |
|
Milt Bronson | Police Sergeant |
|
Harry Clexx | Uniformed Cop |
|
Joseph La Cava | Joe |
|
Ralph Gamble | Blodgett |
|
Paul Bryar | George |
|
Fortunio Bonanova | Uncle Bozzo |
|
Benny Burt | Bank Robber |
|
Hank Patterson | The Tramp |
|
Joe Devlin | Motorcycle Cop |
|
Johnny Kascier | Gambler in raid |
|
Frank O'Connor | Man at auction |
|
Max Wagner | First Workman |
|
Ray Montgomery | Bob Lee |
|
Dick Wessel | Larry |
|
Renie Riano | Helen Davis |
|
Mary Beth Hughes | Dixie King |
|
Ray Walker | Smith |
|
Bob Hopkins | Announcer |
|
Claudia Barrett | Clara |
| Director | Jean Yarbrough |
|
| Writer | Clyde Bruckman, Jack Townley, Sid Fields, Lou Costello | |
| Producer | Pat Costello, Jean Yarbrough | |
| Musician | Al Goodman | |
| Photography | Jack MacKenzie | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
|---|