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"The Abbott and Costello Show" (1952): :  -- US Home Video Trailer from Koch/ Discover Channel

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Writer:
Felix Adler (season 2)
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Release Date:
14 September 1957 (UK) more
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Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall... more
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Cast

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Bud Abbott ... Bud Abbott (53 episodes, 1952-1958)
Lou Costello ... Lou Costello / ... (53 episodes, 1952-1958)
Sid Fields ... Mr. Fields / ... (51 episodes, 1952-1958)
Gordon Jones ... Mike the Cop / ... (32 episodes, 1952-1958)
Hillary Brooke ... Hillary / ... (22 episodes, 1952-1958)
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Runtime:
25 min (52 episodes)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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During filming, one camera was always kept on Lou Costello because he was constantly improvising. The funniest bits of business were then edited into the episode whether they had anything to do with the storyline or not. more
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Lou Costello: [after answering a question correctly on a TV quiz program then looking directly at the camera] I'm smart! more
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Genius Surrealism, 12 September 2006
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Author: kurtack from United States

For the love of . . . Cecil! This stream of Burlesque bits, connected by the flimsiest - and surreal-est - of segues is very funny.

Lou does tend to ad-lib, but watch also Abbott. He's hysterical! He was really the best "straight" man. He kept Lou on track. But, he also echoed Lou's actions in the background, as a sort of punctuation.

And, of course, Mr. Fields, with all his relatives.

Hard to pick a favorite bit. "Loafin'"; "Gold Ore"; "Floogle Street"; "Vacation".

Don't forget "Hold That Cuckoo!", the quiz show the boys went on. Lou wins 1,000 pieces of bubblegum. A few days after the show, Abbott says "Are you still chewing that gum?", slaps Lou, the gum falls on the sidewalk in front of Mr. Fields' Rooming House, where a "Mr. Rednose" (Bobby Barber), slips and falls on the gum, gets up claiming he broke his leg,and ends up suing Mr. Fields. They all go to court, where Lou drives the judge crazy. And, "I'm positive!" about that!

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