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15 November 1978 (USA)
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The professional and personal lives of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are examined. | add synopsis
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A terrible recounting of one of the greatest comedy teams of all time. Bad Casting 101 is in full effect
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Harvey Korman | ... | Bud Abbott |
 | Buddy Hackett | ... | Lou Costello |
 | Michele Lee | ... | Anne Costello |
| Arte Johnson | ... | Eddie Sherman |
| Robert Reed | ... | Alan Randall |
| William Tregoe | ... | Ted Collins |
| Danny Dayton | ... | Gene Duffy |
| Art Ergner | ||
| Tracy Morgan | ||
| Judy Hanson | ||
| Henry Brandon | ||
| Edmund Penney | ||
| Betty Harford | ||
| Glee Smidt | ||
| Ronn Wright |
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I first saw this as it was originally presented on TV in 1978. I have not seen it since because I hated it then. Lou Costello, one of the funniest comedians (although underrated) of all time and Bud Abbott, the greatest straight man ever are woefully misrepresented here. According to this, Costello was a monster and Abbott a weak man who knew nothing about anything, even comedy (The way "Who's On Forst?" is done makes it sound like an educational commercial for Mapquest instead of a comedy routine). While it's true that Costello had more push and was the business head of the duo, he was also a man of many sides, including a love for children, that this biopic prefers to erase. Buddy Hackett and Harvey Korman (both funny men in their own right)play the roles of two very interesting men as one-dimensional boobs who couldn't handle any aspect of show business. It's amazing that Buddy Hackett and Harvey Korman, who are comedy pros could come off so antiseptic and lifeless. It's as if they have no feel for comedy. As a matter of fact, Hackett derided the movie as terrible and he was embarrassed by what it represented for Lou Costello. When Lou's daughter wrote a book called "Lou's on First", Hackett wrote a foreword for the book essentially putting down the entire film as a colossal waste and terribly misleading.Instead of watching this film, read the many books of Abbott and Costello. You'll get a much better and more entertaining view of the two men that way!