Abbott & Costello - The Complete Universal Pictures Collection, Abbott & Costello, DVD

Features

The World of Abbott and Costello; Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld; Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters; 6 feature commentaries by noted film historians; Abbott and Costello: The Universal Story 44-page book

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- One Night in the Tropics/Buck Privates
1. Love Like This (Main Titles) [3:36]
2. The Marriage Is Off [5:14]
3. Love Insurance [8:04]
4. Meet the Boys [5:37]
5. Caught in the Act [5:36]
6. You Go Your Way [2:56]
7. "Who's on First?" [4:30]
8. "You and Your Kiss" [5:54]
9. "Jonah and the Whale" [5:55]
10. "Back in My Shell" [6:05]
11. A Dirty Trick [6:17]
12. At the Bullfight [3:45]
13. "Mustard" [2:41]
14. "Your Dream Is the Same As My Dream" [5:14]
15. Call Me Lucky [2:58]
16. A Ghastly Pair [2:18]
17. Matrimonial Holdup [4:17]
18. The Payoff [1:25]
1. Main Titles [1:56]
2. New Recruits [4:57]
3. You're in the Army Now [5:34]
4. You're a Luckt Fellow Mr. Smith [5:18]
5. The Clubhouse [3:47]
6. No Place Like Camp [4:53]
7. I Wish You Were Here [2:43]
8. Nice Move, Soldier [7:11]
9. I'll Be With You When It's Apple Blossom Time [4:41]
10. Drill Team [4:04]
11. Numbers Game [2:22]
12. Rifle Match [4:06]
13. On/Off [2:24]
14. When Private Brown Becomes a Captain [5:49]
15. Boogie Woogie Boy of Company B [2:25]
16. The Champ [4:32]
17. Military Maneuvers [6:30]
18. A Soldier at Last [3:36]
19. Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four [4:55]
20. You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (Reprise) [2:12]
Disc #2 -- In the Navy/Hold That Ghost
1. Main Titles [2:01]
2. America's Singing Heartthrob [2:46]
3. A Clown in a Sailor's Suit [3:39]
4. Incognito [5:04]
5. "Off to See the World" [4:02]
6. Frame-Up [5:38]
7. "Find the Submarine" [6:34]
8. "Gimmie Some Skin" [3:23]
9. Fighting Men [7:17]
10. "The Sailor's Life's for Me" [5:50]
11. Harnessing the Hammock [3:21]
12. "We're in the Navy Now" [6:53]
13. Sons of Neptune [3:36]
14. "Hula-Baluau" [4:22]
15. "7x13=28" [4:25]
16. The Captain's a Dope [6:39]
17. Clear the Deck for Action [5:10]
18. Double Crossed (End Titles) [4:43]
1. Main Titles [1:21]
2. Relief Waiters [4:38]
3. The Andrews Sisters [6:58]
4. Starting Trouble [5:01]
5. Beneficiaries [6:59]
6. Holdup for the Night [6:00]
7. Dirty Dancing [5:48]
8. Where's Mr. Smith [4:47]
9. A Room for Ferdie [4:47]
10. It's Murder [4:09]
11. I'm Dreaming [5:23]
12. Testing the Water [3:49]
13. Ghostly Steps [4:45]
14. Watch the Candles [5:37]
15. Money Moose [4:59]
16. Hand It Over [4:14]
17. Everybody's Happy [5:21]
18. End Titles [1:06]
Disc #3 -- Keep 'Em Flying/Ride 'Em Cowboy
1. Main Titles [1:53]
2. Playing Games [5:06]
3. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" [4:40]
4. Stick to the Union [3:46]
5. Cheapskates [5:09]
6. Double Trouble [2:40]
7. Sneaking Into the Academy [5:07]
8. Private Ground Crew [5:33]
9. "Bog Foot Pete" [4:32]
10. Phone Fight [2:48]
11. "Let's Keep 'Em Flying" [2:49]
12. Runaway Torpedo [4:13]
13. In the Funhouse [8:24]
14. "The Boy With the Wistful Eyes" [3:36]
15. Grounded [8:26]
16. Fly Boys [6:37]
17. Jinxed Rescue [7:54]
18. Bail Out (End Titles) [2:38]
1. Bronco Bob (Main Titles) [5:45]
2. Peanuts and Popcorn [3:58]
3. America's Greatest Cowgirl [4:34]
4. A Narrow Escape [4:18]
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6. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" [5:24]
7. Springboard Champion [5:16]
8. Sign up for the Rodeo [3:52]
9. Roping Wildcat [5:15]
10. "Besides the Rio Tonto Shore" [3:59]
11. Udder What? [5:51]
12. "I'll Remember April" [3:41]
13. Only a Dummy [5:59]
14. Dr. Ha Ha's Sanitarium [5:05]
15. "Rockin' Around the Square" [5:43]
16. Sunday Driver [8:41]
17. Frontier Day [2:58]
18. "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (End Titles) [1:32]
Disc #4 -- Pardon My Sarong/Who Done It?
1. Main Titles [1:27]
2. Off-Route [6:10]
3. The Four Ink Spots [5:53]
4. Disappearing Act [6:47]
5. Tip, Tap and Toe [5:00]
6. Able-Bodied Seamen [3:55]
7. All Hands on Deck [5:50]
8. Sea Rationing [5:15]
9. Uncharted Isle [4:20]
10. Mullah, the Legendary God [4:38]
11. "Lovely Luana" [7:31]
12. The Next Sacrifice [2:50]
13. "Vingo Jingo" [8:42]
14. Sacred Jewel [3:55]
15. Enter the Temple [3:49]
16. Jungle Gym [4:05]
17. Mullah to the Rescue [3:21]
18. End Titles [:20]
1. Main Titles [1:28]
2. "Murder at Midnight" [4:07]
3. Limburger Cheese [2:33]
4. Soda Jerks [4:00]
5. Murder! [6:57]
6. "Not Watts, Volts!" [4:47]
7. The Rubber Glove Clue [1:54]
8. Spruce Yourself Up [4:01]
9. Your Time Has Come [6:49]
10. Another Dead Body [6:22]
11. Secret Code [2:45]
12. The Flying Bordellos [4:14]
13. The Line Is Busy [5:45]
14. "Every Time You Hear Those Two Guys..." [2:54]
15. Black Horse Mervyn [6:48]
16. Midnight Broadcast [3:41]
17. High-Wire Act [6:43]
18. Jr. G-Man [1:10]
Disc #5 -- It Ain't Hay/Hit the Ice
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. "Sunbeam Serenade" [5:04]
3. Invited to Lunch [3:30]
4. Efficiency Export [6:59]
5. "Old Timer" [4:53]
6. "Glory Be" [4:27]
7. Stand-In [3:04]
8. Playing the Ponies [7:19]
9. Police Pedigree [3:20]
10. Headless Horseman [4:42]
11. Tea Biscuit Kidnapped [4:46]
12. I'm No Stoolie [3:42]
13. In Disguise [6:18]
14. Buggy Ride [3:57]
15. 100 to 1 [4:53]
16. And They're Off [6:42]
17. "Hang Your Troubles on a Rainbow" [5:04]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Heavy People [3:18]
2. Where's the Fire? [4:41]
3. Shooting People [2:43]
4. "Teller What?" [6:54]
5. Packing & Unpacking [4:06]
6. "I'm Like a Fish Out of Water" [5:29]
7. Tickets? [3:59]
8. "I'd Like to Set You to Music" [4:32]
9. Piano Play [5:03]
10. Get to the Negative [5:34]
11. "The Slap Polka" [2:34]
12. Learning to Skate [6:32]
13. Off the Case [7:09]
14. Where's the Money? [6:33]
15. Ski Getaway [4:54]
16. All Balled Up [2:51]
17. "Happiness Bound" [5:00]
18. End Titles [:19]
Disc #6 -- In Society/Here Come the Co-Eds
1. Emergency Plumbing (Main Titles) [3:59]
2. Public Servant [2:57]
3. In Costume [3:32]
4. Finding Trouble [6:57]
5. "No Bout About It" [4:31]
6. Mixed Invitation [4:06]
7. Where's Bagel Street? [5:50]
8. Moving Company [2:19]
9. "Rehearsin" [3:41]
10. Remember Your Etiquette [4:35]
11. "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" [3:49]
12. The Unveiling [6:01]
13. Never Give In [5:27]
14. On the Hunt [4:29]
15. "What a Change in the Weather" [3:41]
16. Retrieving the Plunger [6:12]
17. A Heroes Welcome [1:05]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Lady Escorts (Main Titles) [6:01]
2. Look Out for Car 13 [2:58]
3. Miramar Molly Gets Bixby Scholarship [6:06]
4. In the Dough [7:56]
5. Rolling the Dice [5:13]
6. Evelyn and Her Magic Violin [5:05]
7. "Jonah and the Whale" [5:34]
8. "Let's Play House" [5:38]
9. Under Covers [5:01]
10. Bixby Benefit Recital [6:29]
11. "Oyster in the Chowder" [3:34]
12. Wrestling the Masked Marvel [7:47]
13. Fastbreakin' Females [5:02]
14. Halftime Entertainment [3:18]
15. Dribble and Drool [7:39]
16. Street Sailing [5:10]
17. Well Done [:52]
18. End Titles [:19]
Disc #7 -- The Naughty Nineties/Little Giant
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. Showboat's Coming to Town [2:47]
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4. Show Time [3:54]
5. Making Plans [2:08]
6. The Gilded Cage [5:48]
7. Crooked Gambling [4:36]
8. Boxing Bear [3:26]
9. One More Foot Forward [2:12]
10. Partners in Crime [4:12]
11. Light As a Feather [5:47]
12. "Who's on First" [6:15]
13. Cat Burgers [6:38]
14. Big Fish, Little Fish [5:35]
15. Nightmares [4:11]
16. The Dice Are Loaded [4:43]
17. Winner Take All [8:26]
18. "Climbing up to Heaven" [1:08]
1. A Good Salesman (Main Titles) [5:14]
2. Nice Doing Business [3:28]
3. Graduation Day [5:52]
4. Welcome to the Big City [5:10]
5. Looking for Hercules [6:12]
6. A Menace to Both of Us [5:39]
7. Night Train to Stockton [4:05]
8. "Seven Times Thirteen Equals Twenty-Eight" [4:24]
9. About to Be Fired [6:11]
10. Reading Minds [7:36]
11. New Sales Record [5:28]
12. Back in the Main Office [6:13]
13. Out to Lunch [4:28]
14. Learning to Smoke [7:10]
15. Caught in the Act [3:43]
16. Let the Truth Be Known [3:25]
17. Lost Everything [3:10]
18. Appointed to Manager [3:26]
Disc #8 -- The Time of Their Lives/Buck Privates Come Home
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. To Be Wed [2:20]
3. A Loyal Patriot [6:19]
4. Plotting Treason [3:41]
5. Mistaken for Traitors [4:04]
6. Forsaken Ghosts [7:04]
7. Haunted Estate [4:02]
8. Playing Tricks [5:13]
9. Practice What You Preach [5:09]
10. An Original Discovery [5:40]
11. Need a Stimulant [4:51]
12. Persecuted [5:46]
13. Holding a Seance [5:24]
14. Falsely Accused [5:40]
15. Locate the Letter [2:15]
16. Stealing Time [5:25]
17. A Wild Ride [3:39]
18. End of the Curse [3:53]
1. Main Titles [1:28]
2. Volunteers [5:12]
3. Going Home [5:01]
4. Contraband Shakedown [4:59]
5. Get the Party Started [4:04]
6. Separation Center [4:58]
7. Street Savvy [1:58]
8. Illegal Immigration [4:47]
9. We're In Business [3:31]
10. Getting Ready to Fall Off [5:17]
11. "Clothesline Casanova" [4:55]
12. Quaint Quarters [2:54]
13. A Sound Enterprise [3:13]
14. Rounding up the Boys [6:41]
15. Garage Shenanigans [6:55]
16. The Gregory Special [3:03]
17. Wrong Track [6:18]
18. End Titles [1:47]
Disc #9 -- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap/Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1. When Men Where Men (Main Titles) [3:38]
2. Nice Shooting [4:04]
3. String 'Em Up [1:48]
4. A Hung Jury [3:35]
5. Working for the Window [5:01]
6. Frog in My Throat [5:03]
7. Consider Matrimony [5:13]
8. No Water, No Breakfast [4:27]
9. Doing Chores [3:15]
10. Winner Take All [5:44]
11. Party Pooper [6:56]
12. New Sheriff in Town [6:54]
13. A Fool's Paradise [6:33]
14. One Man Gang [4:35]
15. Mark Your Bullets [4:18]
16. Women First [4:23]
17. A Fine Man [1:51]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:32]
2. Full Moon Tonight [4:31]
3. House of Horrors [3:02]
4. Dracula's Legend [8:14]
5. Frankenstein's Monster [6:01]
6. Risky Business [3:15]
7. They're Alive [5:41]
8. Insurance Inspector [5:38]
9. The House of Dracula [5:09]
10. Search the Castle [5:01]
11. Young Blood and Brains [5:28]
12. We Meet Again [4:15]
13. Don't Be Afraid [4:33]
14. Gone Bats [2:34]
15. Brain Swap [4:27]
16. Under Control [4:38]
17. Begin Operation [8:17]
18. End Titles [:18]
Disc #10 -- Mexican Hayride/Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1. Main Titles [1:08]
2. Wanted by Police [5:39]
3. "Amigo Americano" [5:40]
4. Ladies in Waiting [2:51]
5. Goodwill Ambassador [5:19]
6. Gifts for the American [6:05]
7. Eloquent Elocution [4:09]
8. Switched Speech [3:58]
9. Business Is Booming [2:33]
10. Stop the Music [5:20]
11. Looking for the Loot [6:02]
12. Take a Bow [3:42]
13. Hot Tamales [7:42]
14. Playing With the Band [3:36]
15. Rodeo Clown [5:51]
16. Bull Dancing [5:12]
17. Complete Restitution [1:35]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:20]
2. Freddie's Been Fired [3:50]
3. Strickland's Dead [5:41]
4. The Murder Weapon [4:52]
5. Under House Arrest [3:20]
6. Signed Confession [6:25]
7. Attempted Suicide [6:41]
8. Dead Men Can't Walk [6:38]
9. Playing With Stiffs [4:15]
10. Where's Freddie? [3:12]
11. Airtight Alibi [4:44]
12. Steamed [5:13]
13. Booby Trapped [4:40]
14. Hallucinations [5:55]
15. The Bottomless Pit [4:27]
16. Meet the Killer [7:24]
17. Who Done It [5:05]
18. End Titles [:27]
Disc #11 -- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion/Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1. Stand-In (Main Titles) [7:34]
2. Looking for Abdullah [5:18]
3. No Resting [5:41]
4. Good Buy [4:51]
5. Sworn In [5:05]
6. Long Live the Region [4:32]
7. Under Fire [3:19]
8. Classified Deserters [4:38]
9. Gathering Evidence [5:18]
10. Ambushed [3:51]
11. How Dry I Am [6:02]
12. Fish Dinner [4:55]
13. Held Prisoner [3:08]
14. Fine Reception [5:24]
15. Go After Them [3:20]
16. Hold Down the Fort [3:54]
17. Honorable Discharge [2:14]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:07]
2. Detective Graduation [5:08]
3. Escaped Killer [3:54]
4. Turning Invisible [5:41]
5. Under Hypnosis [3:55]
6. Secret Rendezvous [7:41]
7. "Louie the Looper" [6:59]
8. Craving for Action [6:04]
9. The Bubble Room [5:05]
10. Off the Record [5:09]
11. The Money Man [5:47]
12. All Tied Up [2:33]
13. The Payoff [4:47]
14. Main Event [4:37]
15. Round Two [3:04]
16. Down for the Count [2:53]
17. Forced Confession [7:15]
18. End Titles [:27]
Disc #12 -- Comin' Round the Mountain/Lost in Alaska
1. Main Titles [1:11]
2. Manhattan Hillbilly [3:43]
3. The Great Wilbert [5:10]
4. A Real McCoy [1:59]
5. Winfield Territory [4:16]
6. Kinfolk [4:14]
7. "Sagebruch Sadie" [4:02]
8. "You Broke Your Promise" [5:58]
9. The Turkey Shoot [3:03]
10. Squeeze Over [3:15]
11. Kissin' Cousins [4:18]
12. Gettin's Hitched [4:52]
13. Witchcraft and Voodoo [7:03]
14. "Another Notch on Your Father's Shotgun" [4:22]
15. Love Potion [3:50]
16. Peaceful Feud [5:43]
17. Hold Your Fire! [5:05]
18. Shafted [4:35]
1. Main Titles [1:09]
2. Life Savers [3:40]
3. Nugget Joe [4:26]
4. Sleep in Shifts [5:37]
5. Wanted for Murder [5:38]
6. "Country Gal" [5:41]
7. Walking Target [3:16]
8. Love of Money [4:55]
9. Change the Will [4:13]
10. Move the Gold [2:45]
11. Silly Sled Ride [6:26]
12. Whiteout [3:33]
13. Jerk on the Line [4:15]
14. Whale of a Time [4:17]
15. "Hot Time in the Igloo Tonight" [3:27]
16. Melted Ice [3:00]
17. Flying Fish [6:10]
18. Save Yourself [3:43]
Disc #13 -- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars/Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1. Caught Spying (Main Titles) [4:57]
2. Orville vs. Orvilla [4:28]
3. Ready to Fly [5:42]
4. Balstoff! [7:24]
5. Untimely Landing [4:17]
6. Heads Up [4:07]
7. Invaded [6:02]
8. Strong Atmosphere [4:09]
9. Space-Jacked [4:01]
10. Gravitational Pull [5:27]
11. The Queen of Venus [2:58]
12. A Poor Specimen [4:49]
13. Long Live the King [3:18]
14. In the Hot Seat [4:12]
15. Kicked Off the Planet [3:46]
16. The Queen's Curse [4:58]
17. Happy Landing [1:20]
18. End Titles [:29]
1. Main Titles [1:11]
2. Monster Murders [7:17]
3. Bailed Out [6:18]
4. Here Comes Hyde [3:59]
5. Dancing Girls [2:54]
6. Capture the Monster [4:43]
7. Cornered [4:01]
8. Wax Museum [5:21]
9. I Caught Him [2:27]
10. Having Hallucinations [2:38]
11. Secret Laboratory [6:35]
12. Man or Mouse? [4:38]
13. Back to Normal [3:53]
14. Start Drinking [4:19]
15. Wedding Plans [5:16]
16. Monsters on the Loose [6:36]
17. There's Only One [3:52]
18. End Titles [:28]
Disc #14 -- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops/Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. Moving Pictures [3:46]
3. Opportunity Knocks [3:13]
4. Studio for Sale [4:55]
5. Sidetracked [3:02]
6. Hollywood Contract [2:56]
7. Hitching a Ride [7:09]
8. Iou [3:52]
9. Cowboys and Indians [6:13]
10. Stunt Man [2:14]
11. A Woman's Intuition [3:34]
12. Taking Flilght [5:21]
13. Getting the Shot [4:44]
14. Comedic Appeal [5:18]
15. Mixed Up [8:19]
16. The Straight and Narrow [3:21]
17. Police Patrol [9:09]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:13]
2. Discovery of the Tomb [3:39]
3. Stealing the Sarcophagus [4:13]
4. Firghtening Proof [5:38]
5. Incomplete Robbery [1:34]
6. The Sacred Medallion [4:14]
7. Snake Charmer [4:18]
8. Finders' Keepers [5:55]
9. Jewelry for Sale [4:10]
10. Hamburgers & Coffee [7:27]
11. Pick-Pockets [2:46]
12. X-Ray Examination [6:22]
13. The Curse of Klaris [3:25]
14. Secret Passage [6:23]
15. Take Your Pick! [8:06]
16. Mummy's the Word [7:01]
17. Cafe Klaris [2:24]
18. End Titles [:28]

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Editorial Reviews

They don't really go to Mars, they go to Venus, but first they go to New Orleans. While working at a missile base, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello inadvertently launch a rocket ship with themselves aboard. After a wild ride around New York City (the Statue of Liberty ducks when the rocket heads her way), Bud and Lou land in the outskirts of New Orleans. The boys are convinced that they've reached Mars, and their faith in this supposition is affirmed when they come across several strangely costumed "creatures" (actually revellers at the Mardi Gras). Meanwhile, bank robbers Jack Kruschen and Horace McMahon stow away on A&C's rocketship. When Bud and Lou return, the crooks force them to make a quick getaway into outer space. After several days of weightlessness, the four space travellers land on Venus, a planet populated by the gorgeous winners of the Miss Universe contest (including Anita Ekberg). Venusian queen Mari Blanchard falls in love with Costello, only to order him and his companions to return to earth when Lou proves to be unfaithful. Reportedly, this bizarre melange of sci-fi and slapstick was based on a story by Charles Beaumont, who received no screen credit (it's worth noting that Beaumont's later Queen of Outer Space boasts a remarkably similar plotline). Long considered the team's worst film, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars ("and about time!" quipped the New York Times' TV-movie reviewer) is rather likeable in its own incoherent way. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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June 13, 2009: This collection takes us back to the days when comedy was actually funny and didn't require titillation (or worse) as a substitute for humor! For those of us who remember the movies from our younger years it is truly a "blast from the past"! For those of us who think Bette Midler originated "Boogy Woogy Bugle Boy", meet the Andrews Sisters. The pamphlet that accompanies the collection is packed with tidbits of info that adds to the enjoyment of the movies. My husband and I enjoyed the first movie we watched so much that we now have an Abbott & Costello movie night every Saturday night. We no longer surf the channels searching for something to watch on TV - RECOMMENDATION FOR FAMILIES: What a great collection for you to share with your children (one movie at a time) on a Saturday or Sunday night. Make a big bowl of popcorn and get ready to laugh your heads off. This is humor you can feel comfortable sharing with even young children!

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They don't really go to Mars, they go to Venus, but first they go to New Orleans. While working at a missile base, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello inadvertently launch a rocket ship with themselves aboard. After a wild ride around New York City (the Statue of Liberty ducks when the rocket heads her way), Bud and Lou land in the outskirts of New Orleans. The boys are convinced that they've reached Mars, and their faith in this supposition is affirmed when they come across several strangely costumed "creatures" (actually revellers at the Mardi Gras). Meanwhile, bank robbers Jack Kruschen and Horace McMahon stow away on A&C's rocketship. When Bud and Lou return, the crooks force them to make a quick getaway into outer space. After several days of weightlessness, the four space travellers land on Venus, a planet populated by the gorgeous winners of the Miss Universe contest (including Anita Ekberg). Venusian queen Mari Blanchard falls in love with Costello, only to order him and his companions to return to earth when Lou proves to be unfaithful. Reportedly, this bizarre melange of sci-fi and slapstick was based on a story by Charles Beaumont, who received no screen credit (it's worth noting that Beaumont's later Queen of Outer Space boasts a remarkably similar plotline). Long considered the team's worst film, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars ("and about time!" quipped the New York Times' TV-movie reviewer) is rather likeable in its own incoherent way. Hal Erickson

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play wrestling promoters whose star attraction, Wee Willie Davis, skips town to return to his home in Arabia. While scouring the desert in search of Davis, Bud and Lou inadvertently purchase slave girl Patricia Medina, and with equal inadvertence join the Foreign Legion. In their own bumbling, inept fashion, our heroes manage to foil a desert uprising fomented by shiek Douglas Dumbrille and traitorous Legion commandant Walter Slezak. The film's highlights include an opening-scene parody of pre-rehearsed wrestling matches, a "mirage" routine capped by one of the hoariest vaudeville punchlines in history, and a runaway-jeep climax. All in all, however, Abbott & Costello in the Foreign Legion is one of the team's lesser efforts. Hal Erickson

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One reviewer of Abbott & Costello's Lost in Alaska summed up the proceeding in three pithy words: "Lost is right." While not A&C's worst film, it's several miles removed from their best. Cast as firemen in turn-of-the-century San Francisco, Bud and Lou rescue would-be suicide Tom Ewell. It turns out that Ewell is mooning over his former girl friend, saloon chanteuse Mitzi Green. It also transpires that Ewell has just come from Alaska, where he's been searching for $2 million in gold. Abbott and Costello accompany their new friend back to Alaska, where they're forced to dodge the bullets of Ewell's old enemies; foremost among these is plug-ugly Bruce Cabot. They find the gold, only to lose it all over again. The film's best scene occurs at the beginning, when Abbott, Costello and Ewell take turns saving one another from drowning. Otherwise, Lost in Alaska looks like a 2-reel comedy, clumsily stretched into an 8-reel feature. Hal Erickson

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This was the last in a string of spoofs that found the comedy duo tangling with various classic Universal Studios monsters. In this case, Slim (Bud Abbott) and Tubby (Lou Costello) play American detectives who cross wits with Dr. Henry Jekyll (Boris Karloff) in Edwardian-era London when they visit to compare techniques with their British counterparts. Meanwhile, Dr. Jekyll is conducting the usual lab experiments on animals before injecting himself with serum, transforming into the vicious Mr. Hyde and launching a killing spree against fellow doctors who scoffed at him. Slim and Tubby participate in the ensuing investigation, and havoc breaks out when Tubby himself is injected, with predictable results. Karloff lends gravity to the film, but by the time this one followed up earlier efforts like Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein and Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy, the team had mostly exhausted the series' comic possibilities. Don Kaye

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It seems that Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), in league with a beautiful but diabolical lady scientist (Lenore Aubert), needs a "simple, pliable" brain with which to reactivate Frankenstein's creature (Glenn Strange). The "ideal" brain belongs to the hapless Lou Costello, whom the lady doctor woos to gain his confidence and lure him to the operating table. Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.), better known as the Wolf Man, arrives on the scene to warn Costello and his pal Bud Abbott of Dracula's nefarious schemes. Throughout the film, the timorous Costello witnesses the nocturnal rituals of Dracula and the Monster, but can't convince the ever-doubting Abbott--until the wild climax in Dracula's castle, where the comedians are pursued by all three of the film's monstrosities. As a bonus, the Invisible Man (voiced by an unbilled Vincent Price) shows up for "all the excitement." Hal Erickson

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The best of Universal-International's followups to Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man casts Bud and Lou as mail-order private eyes. The boys champion the cause of boxer Arthur Franz, who has been framed for murder. Utilizing the formula created by Claude Rains in the original Invisible Man (1933), Franz vanishes before Dr. Gavin Muir's astonished eyes. Cloaked by invisibility, Franz talks Bud and Lou into helping him nab the real murderer, gangster Sheldon Leonard. A string of uproarious gags and comic setpieces is highlighted by a boxing-ring finale, wherein Lou, backed up by the invisible Franz, dukes it out with a behemoth prizefighter. A clever special-effects closing gag caps this delightful A&C vehicle. Hal Erickson

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This Abbott & Costello vehicle was originally planned as a Bob Hope comedy titled Easy Does It. The Hope role is fairly evenly divided between Bud Abbott, as hotel house detective Casey Edwards, and Lou Costello, as bumbling bellhop Lou Costello. When a much-hated criminal attorney (Nicholas Joy) is murdered at a resort hotel, there's no shortage of suspects: in fact, practically every guest had an excellent motive for killing the victim. The suspects conspire to pin the killing on poor Freddie, but when he comes in possession of a valuable piece of evidence, he is slated for extermination himself. The more Freddie and his pal Casey try to stay out of trouble, the more trouble comes their way--especially when two more murders occur. The climax takes place in an underground cavern, where Freddie is nearly drowned by the hooded mystery killer. The film's title is one of the most misleading in movie history. Cast as a red-herring swami, Boris Karloff is not the killer (whose true identity is obvious from the outset, especially to veteran moviegoers). Though his footage is extremely limited, Karloff shares the film's funniest scene, in which he tries to hypnotize Costello into committing suicide ("You'll kill yourself if it's the last thing you do!). Hal Erickson

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is the last of the team's vehicles for Universal-International. Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou hire themselves out as travelling companions to archeologist Kurt Katch. Before long, Katch is murdered by a group of cultists, and a medallion, embossed with a map which leads to a sacred burial site, is accidentally swallowed by Costello. The boys become the unwilling pawns of the cultists, led by Richard Deacon, and a greedy adventuress, played by Marie Windsor. The last scene finds Costello being menaced by three mummies, two of them bogus. Hal Erickson

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The best thing that can be said about Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops is that it's better than the team's previous outing Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Set in 1912, the film casts Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as a couple of New Yorkers who are swindled out of their life savings by a crooked lout (Fred Clark). Pursuing the villain to Hollywood, the boys discover that the double-dealer is now posing as an autocratic Russian film director. To put A&C out of the way, the crook and his partner in crime (Lynn Bari) hire the boys as stunt men, intending to kill them off at the first opportunity. But the comic duo save the day when they enlist the aid of the Keystone Kops in capturing the fleeing villain, who has absconded with the studio payroll. Pretty dull stuff for most of its 78 minutes, Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops finally comes to life during the climactic chase, which is every bit as funny and thrilling as anything put together in the silent era. Though the film is rife with anachronisms, a measure of authenticity is achieved by such silent-era guest stars as Mack Sennett (who gets to throw a pie at Costello), Heinie Conklin, Herold Goodwyn and Hank Mann. Hal Erickson

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Filmed on a B-picture budget, Buck Privates was Universal's biggest box-office hit of 1941, firmly securing the movie popularity of the studio's hot new team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The story is fairly evenly divided between the antics of Bud and Lou-here cast as sidewalk salesmen Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown-and the romantic triangle involving Randolph Parker III (Lee Bowman), Judy Gray (Jane Frazee) and Bob Martin (Alan Curtis). Escaping the wrath of policeman Mike Collins (Nat Pendleton), Slicker and Herbie duck into a nearby movie theater, which unbeknownst to them has been converted into a US Army recruiting center. As the boys are reluctantly inducted into the Service, wealthy draftee Parker hopes to pull a few strings to avoid putting on a uniform, while Parker's former chauffeur Martin willingly answers his call to the Colors. Once ensconced in boot camp, Slicker and Herbie continually run afoul of their sergeant, who is none other than their old nemesis Mike the cop. Meanwhile, Parker and Martin vie for the attentions of USO hostess Judy, who'll have nothing to do with Parker until he proves his worth as a soldier. Poor Slicker and Herbie are shunted into the background as the romantic subplot is resolved, but at least our heroes get to steal the film's closing scene. It's hard to believe that anyone cared about the Parker-Martin-Judy triangle with Abbott & Costello on hand to perform their classic "dice game," "awkward squad," "turn on the radio" and "boxing ring" routines-not to mention their timeless verbal exchanges, the best of which finds Bud convincing Lou that if he marries an underage girl, she'll eventually be older than he (it plays better than it reads!) As a bonus, the film spotlights the Andrews Sisters, performing such top-ten tunes as ""Apple Blossom Time"" and ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"." Even from the vantage point of six decades, with the WWII draft but a dim memory, it is easy to see why Buck Privates was such a huge success. Hal Erickson

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After serving with a notable lack of distinction in WW2, Corporal Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Private Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) return to the US. Unbeknownst to their sourpussed sergeant Collins (Nat Pendleton), Slicker and Herbie have smuggled cute little war orphan Evie (Beverly Simmons) past the immigration authorities. In their efforts to find a decent home for Evie, our heroes return to the prewar "jobs" as sidewalk salesmen, then make a disastrous attempt to collect their GI bonus money. They also struggle to save Evie from deportation, hiding her from the prying eyes of the ubiquitous Collins, who has likewise returned to his civilian job as a police officer. The climax finds Herbie participating in a big-money midget-car race, feverishly dodging pedestrians and motorists as he tries to escape the authorities. The film also includes a romantic subplot involving Tom Brown and Joan Fulton (later known as Joan Shawlee). Hal Erickson

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In this Abbott & Costello vehicle set in rural Kentucky, a magician (Lou Costello), his agent (Bud Abbott) and his sister (Dorothy Shay) unwittingly become involved in a down-home feud. John Bush

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At 88 minutes, Here Come the Co-Eds is one of the longest of Abbott & Costello's Universal starring vehicles, and though not necessarily the best, it manages to sustain a high comic content throughout. The scene is a financially strapped girl's college, where professional dancer Molly (Martha O'Driscoll) lands a scholarship. Molly's manager-brother Slat (Bud Abbott) has arranged this as a means to publicize his sister's showbiz career, which angers the college's chairman of the board (Charles Dingle), who threatens to foreclose on the school. To keep tabs on Molly and also find ways of raising the mortgage money, Slats and his pal Oliver (Lou Costello) takes jobs as school caretakers, immediately running afoul of ill-tempered groundskeeper Johnson (Lon Chaney Jr.) One of Slats' schemes involves a championship basketball game, in which Oliver, hypnotized into thinking that he's petite female student "Daisy Dimple," effortlessly sinks one basket after another (Costello, a top high school athlete, performed these scenes without the aid of a double). What ultimately saves the college is a concert by Phil Spitalny and his all-girl orchestra, featuring "Evelyn and Her Magic Violin." While the obligatory chase scene in Here Come the Coeds (this time involving a sailboat on wheels!) is a disappointment, several of Abbott & Costello's comic setpieces are hilarious, notably the time-honored "Jonah and the Whale" routine and the "oyster in the chowder" bit. Funniest line: while performing a musical duet with costar Peggy Ryan, Costello sighs "I feel just like Donald O'Connor." Hal Erickson

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The Abbott & Costello vehicle Hit the Ice started life as satire of health clinics, with Lou Costello cast as a hypochondriac who used a streetcar conductor's change-purse to dispense pills to himself. By the time the film hit the screens, it was a standard A&C melange of comedy, music and fast-paced chase scenes, with nary a pill in sight. Bud and Lou are cast as would-be photojournalists Flash and Tubby, who inadvertently snap a picture of two bank robbers leaving the scene of the crime. Accused of knocking over the bank themselves, our heroes find it expedient to hide out at a Sun Valley ski resort. Here they tie up with Silky Fellowsby (Sheldon Leonard), the mastermind of the bank heist, who is led to believe that Flash and Tubby are a couple of Detroit "hit men." In the course of events, Tubby falls in love with Silky's girl Marcia Manning (Ginny Simms), romancing her by pretending (with Flash's dubious assistance) to be an accomplished concert pianist. The final confrontation with the crooks leads to an elaborate chase on skis, with all manner of hilarious (and wildly impossible) sight gags. The barely necessary romantic subplot involves doctor Bill Elliot (Patric Knowles) and nurse Peggy Osborne (played by Elyse Knox, the mother of actor Mark Harmon). Best bits: the classic "packing-unpacking routine, a zany skating sequence, and the old "I'll bet I can stand next to you and you can't touch me" chestnut. Hit the Ice was Lou Costello's last film before rheumatic fever kept him off screen for a full year. Hal Erickson

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Hold That Ghost was the second of Abbott and Costello's starring films, but was held back from release in favor of their third picture, the more "topical" In the Navy. In Ghost, Bud and Lou play a couple of service-station owners who happen to be hanging around when gangster Moose Mattson (William B. Davidson) is killed. According to the terms of Mattson's will, whosoever is present when "the coppers dim my lights for the last time" will inherit his estate, which consists of a deserted mansion in the middle of nowhere. Crooked attorney Russell Hicks, who knows that Mattson has hidden hundreds of thousands of dollars somewhere in the lodge, dispatches sinister Charlie Smith (Marc Lawrence) to escort Abbott and Costello to the house, with instructions to "take care" of the trusting boys once they've arrived. Charlie charters a bus to take A&C out to the mansion; also on board, going off to various other destinations, are handsome Dr. Jackson (Richard Carlson), lovely Norma Lind (Evelyn Ankers) and professional radio screamer Camille Brewster (Joan Davis). It is inevitable that this disparate group is stranded along with Abbott and Costello in the forbidding mansion on a dark and stormy night. Charlie Smith is promptly murdered by parties unknown; throughout the rest of the film, Charlie's body pops up at the most inopportune moments, reducing the already tremulous Costello to a quivering mass of jello. The plot is merely an excuse to showcase Abbott and Costello's superbly timed cross-talking routines, a riotous impromptu dance performed by Costello and Joan Davis, and, of course, the legendary "moving candle" bit, which may well be Costello's funniest-ever screen scene. Hold That Ghost was originally designed and previewed as a 65-minute programmer title Oh, Charlie, but Universal decided to expand the length and throw in a few guest stars to secure top-of-the-bill bookings. This is why Hold That Ghost begins and ends with barely relevant musical numbers featuring Ted Lewis and the Andrews Sisters. Hal Erickson

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For their first film in a year, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello played it safe with a medley of old burlesque routines and slapstick setpieces -- and never mind a coherent plot. The boys play Eddie and Albert, a pair of plumbers hired to fix the pipes of a fancy society mansion. While a masquerade party takes place on the first floor, our heroes wreak havoc in the bathroom on the second floor. The angry owners (Thurston Hall, Netta Packer) shoot off a letter of complaint to the plumbers which gets mixed up with an invitation for a fancy weekend party. Thus it is that Eddie and Albert, accompanied by their female cab-driving pal Elsie (Marion Hutton), show up dressed to the nines at a posh country estate. While the boys get mixed up in further comic complications, Elsie carries on a romance with wealthy and handsome Peter (Kirby Grant). Things come to a head when a valuable painting is stolen, prompting Eddie and Albert to chase after the thieves by commandeering a fire engine! Released in most areas simply as In Society, this slapped-together comedy proved beyond all doubt that Abbott and Costello's appeal had not slipped during their screen absence. Highlights include a variation on the burlesque chestnut "Floogel Street" (here renamed "The Susquehanna Hat Company"), a wild and crazy fox hunt, and the climactic fire-engine pursuit, which was lifted virtually in toto from W.C. Fields' Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). Hal Erickson

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The third of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello's starring films, In the Navy was released second; Universal had just made a bundle off Abbott and Costello's Buck Privates, and the studio wanted another "service" comedy put into circulation in a hurry. Abbott and Costello share over-the-title billing with Dick Powell, who plays a popular radio singer. Eager to avoid his screaming fans, Powell enlists in the Navy under an assumed name, hoping to serve his country incognito. Girl reporter Claire Dodd chases after Powell, hoping to secure a photo of the fugitive "idol of millions." So much for the "straight" plot; what are Abbott and Costello up to? Well, Costello plays a ship's cook who wants to impress Patty Andrews of The Andrews Sisters. With his pal Abbott's help, Costello poses as an admiral -- and in so doing nearly destroys the entire American fleet. This climactic sequence ran into trouble when the U.S. Navy decided that it didn't want to be held up to ridicule by showing the bumbling Costello ordering its ships around. To save the climax -- the most expensive portion of the film -- the scriptwriters wrote a new coda, passing off Costello's "admiralty" as a dream sequence. The best Abbott and Costello routines have little if anything to do with the plot: our favorite (indeed, everyone's favorite) is Costello proving to Abbott that 7 X 13 = 28. Those viewers who prefer music to comedy will be thoroughly satisfied by the vocal contributions of Dick Powell and The Andrews Sisters, as well as a lively dance number offered by the Condos Brothers. Hal Erickson

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Having joined the army in Buck Privates and the navy in In the Navy, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello signed up with Air Force in Keep 'Em Flying. Abbott and Costello play Blackie and Heathcliff, carnival workers who are fired from their jobs along with their pal, reckless stunt pilot Jinx Roberts (Dick Foran). When Jinx joins the Army Air Corps-the better to be nearer pretty USO singer Linda Joyce (Carol Bruce)-Blackie and Heathcliff loyally join up as well, obtaining low-echelon ground crew jobs. While Jinx tries to cure Linda's brother Jim (Charles Lang) of his fear of flying, Heathcliff pursues a romance with wisecracking waitress Gloria Phelps (Martha Raye), never quite catching on that Gloria has an identitical-twin sister (also Martha Raye). A bit too plot-heavy for its own good, Keep 'Em Flying is at its best when concentrating on Abbott & Costello, who in addition to performing their patented cross-talk routines participate in a zany runaway-torpedo chase and a gratuitous but amusing episode in a spooky carnival funhouse. As a bonus, Costello gets to do a bit of "straight" acting, and he's quite good at it. Deleted scenes include a comedy magic act (later restaged in Abbott & Costello's Lost in a Harem) and a wild episode at a skating rink (reworked two years later in Hit the Ice). Hal Erickson

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With the profits of the Abbott & Costello films in decline, Universal decided to experiment with the comedians' standard formula. In both Little Giant and The Time of Their Lives, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play separate characters, rather than the usual smart guy/dumb guy comedy team. In Giant, Costello is cast as farm boy Benny Miller, a would-be salesman who goes to work for the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner company. Almost immediately running afoul of crooked general manager Morrison (Bud Abbott), bumbling Benny is about to be fired when he is convinced by a bunch of practical jokers that he has the power to read minds. His newfound self-confidence enables Benny to become Hercules' top salesman, which delights branch manager Tom Chandler (also Bud Abbott), Morrison's cousin and principal rival. About to receive a salesmanship award, Benny falls into a trap laid by Morrison and his wife (Jacqueline de Wit), who conspire to discredit Chandler by exposing Benny as a fraud. Thoroughly disillusioned, Benny returns home, only to discover that not only is he still Hercules' fair-haired boy, but that he's also replaced Morrison as general manager. Written by Richard Collins and Paul Jarrico, Little Giant is hardly typical Abbott and Costello fare, though the film contains several characteristic comedy setpieces, including an interpolation of Abbott & Costello's classic "Seven Goes Into Twenty-Eight Thirteen Times" routine. Perennial Marx Brothers foil Margaret Dumont shows up in one of the better slapstick scenes. Hal Erickson

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Cole Porter's Broadway musical Mexican Hayride was optioned by Universal in the mid-1940s, then remained in "development hell" until 1948. By the time the property made it to the screen, the entire Porter score had been removed, and the play's original star Bobby Clark was replaced by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The story takes place South of the Border, where American fugitive from justice Joe Bascom (Costello) searches for con man Harry Lambert (Abbott), for whom Bascom had been a fall guy. Also in Mexico is Joe's hometown-sweetheart Mary (Virginia Grey), now known as Montana, the country's foremost female bullfighter. Joe catches up with Harry at the bull arena, where Montana is about to choose the "Amigo Americano" in a publicity scheme cooked up by Harry. When she spots Joe in the crowd, Montana (angry at our tubby hero for bilking her out of her life savings -- it was actually Harry's doing), furiously throws her hat at him. When Joe catches the hat, he's elected Amigo Americano and extended every hospitality that Mexico can afford. Sensing yet another opportunity to make a dishonest dollar, Harry exploits Joe's newfound celebrity to promote a phony gold-mining scheme. The gorgeous Dagmar (Luba Malina), Harry's partner in crime, romances Joe to secure his cooperation. Somehow all of this ends up back in the bull ring, with poor Joe facing a very belligerent "el toro." A bit too plot-heavy for Abbott & Costello, Mexican Hayride still has several choice moments, including a priceless verbal exchange involving gold ore ("gold or what?") and a "Mother Lode." Hal Erickson

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Abbott and Costello's The Naughty Nineties offers a million laughs and a nickel's worth of plot. Most of the film takes place aboard a 19th century showboat, owned by kindly Captain Sam (Henry Travers). Bud Abbott plays the showboat's leading man Dexter Broadhurst, while Lou Costello is handyman Sebastian Dinwiddie. A group of slick gamblers (Alan Curtis, Rita Johnson and Joe Sawyer) cheat Captain Sam out of his boat, turning the place into a floating gambling palace, but Dexter and Sebastian foil the villains and save the day. The film is a virtual encyclopedia of wheezy but still hilarious comedy routines, many of them devised by veteran Laurel & Hardy and Three Stooges gagman Felix Adler. The film's highlight is a full-length performance of Abbott and Costello's verbal classic "Who's on First?"-and if one listens very closely, one can hear the cameramen and crew members laughing! Hal Erickson

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The third film version of Earl Derr Biggers' novel Love Insurance, One Night in the Tropics stars Allan Jones as a hotshot insurance salesman who sells a policy to his best pal Robert Cummings. Cummings will earn $1 million if he fails to marry his fiance Nancy Kelly. Half of the policy is underwritten by tough gambling-house owner William Frawley, who panics when Cummings heads for a Caribbean isle in pursuit of Peggy Moran. As for Kelly, she wants no part of Cummings once she finds out she's a pawn in his policy. Well, who cares? The real attraction of One Night in the Tropics is the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, here making their feature film debut in the roles of Frawley's flunkeys. Though they never get in the way of the plot (worse luck!), Abbott and Costello have plenty of time to perform several of their best routines, including "Mustard," "Jonah and the Whale," and a tantalizingly brief excerpt of "Who's on First?" Outside of A&C's contributions, the film boasts several pleasant if forgettable tunes by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. Though not a big box-office success, One Night in the Tropics garnered such positive reviews for Abbott and Costello that the team was rewarded with its own vehicle, the 1941 cash cow Buck Privates. Note: many TV prints of Tropics are struck from the 69-minute reissue of the late 1940s, in which the "straight" plot was pared to down to give more emphasis to Abbott and Costello. The original 82 minute version was recently restored for videocassette release. Hal Erickson

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One of the most often revived of Abbott & Costello's early-1940s films, Pardon My Sarong casts Bud and Lou as Chicago bus drivers Algy Shaw and Wellington Pflug. At the behest of millionaire playboy Tommy Layton (Robert Paige), Algy and Wellington hijack their own bus and speed off to California so that Tommy won't be late for an important yachting race. Our heroes are hotly pursued by bus-company troubleshooter Kendall (William Demarest), while Tommy's trail is dogged by rival yacht-owner Joan Marshall (Virginia Bruce). Eluding Kendall when they inadvertently drive their bus into the ocean, Algy and Wellington are rescued by Tommy and Joan, who through a plot wrinkle have been forced to share the same yacht. After several days of drifting aimlessly across the Pacific, the yacht ends up on a remote South Sea Island, where Algy and Wellington flirt capriciously with the local native girls. Through a fluke, Wellington is served up as a sacrifice victim and ordered to enter a sacred volcanic mountain-which happens to be the hideout for jewel thief Varnoff (Lionel Atwill) and his gang. The story wraps up with a zany Sennett-like chase, with Wellington attempting to rescue the kidnapped Joan from Varnoff's speedboat. Filled to overflowing with hilarious sight gags, cross-talk routines and throwaway lines, Pardon My Sarong scores on two levels: as a devastating send-up of Dorothy Lamour jungle epics and as a first-rate vehicle for Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. One one quibble: the film certainly could have done without the scene in which Bud invites Lou to commit suicide! Hal Erickson

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Bud Abbott & Lou Costello invade the wild west in Ride 'Em Cowboy. The boys play Duke and Willoughby, a couple of rodeo peanut vendors who get mixed up in the travails of western novelist Bob Mitchell (Dick Foran). Ostensibly a true Son of the Frontier, Bob has actually never been west of Brooklyn in his life. To prove that he's got the "right stuff," Bob heads to a dude ranch, where he tries to curry favor with pretty ranchowner's daughter Anne Shaw (Anne Gwynne). Meanwhile, tenderfeet Duke and Willoughby run afoul of a local Indian tribe, whose chief Jake Rainwater (Douglass Dumbrille) demands that Willoughby marry Jake's porcine daughter (Babe London). The obligatory climactic slapstick chase finds Foran teaming up with authentic westerner Alabam (Johnny Mack Brown) to foil a gang of modern-day crooks, while Duke and Willoughby do their best to elude Jake and his war-whooping braves. Not quite as consistently funny as previous Abbot & Costello efforts, Ride 'Em Cowboy suffers from a bit too much directorial interference-especially during the classic "Crazy House" routine, which is weakened by director Arthur Lubin's attempts to make it more "cinematic." Even so, the film is an enjoyable melange of comedy and music, the latter commodity provided by Dick Foran, the Merry Macs, the Hi-Hatters, the Jivin' Jacks and Jills, and even Ella Fitzgerald! Best musical number: "I'll Remember April," brilliantly sung by Foran and gorgeously photographed by John W. Boyle. Hal Erickson

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While perhaps not Abbott & Costello's best film, The Time of Their Lives is certainly their most unusual. Lou Costello plays a Revolutionary War-era tinker, whose prized possession is a letter from George Washington, commending Costello as a loyal patriot. Costello's lady love is Anne Gillis, maidservant to aristocratic Jess Barker. Costello's rival in romance is Barker's butler Bud Abbott, who locks the tubby tinker in a trunk to keep him away from Gillis. Meanwhile, Gillis stumbles onto a plot to betray the Colonial Armies, masterminded by Barker. The girl is kidnaped and spirited away, but not before Barker has appropriated Costello's letter from Washington and hidden it in a mantelpiece clock. All this is witnessed by Barker's fiancee Marjorie Reynolds, who disguises herself as a man, the better to make her way through the lines to warn the Colonial troops of Barker's plot. She frees Costello from his trunk and enlists his aid in locating Washington. Mistaken for traitors, Costello and Reynolds are shot dead. Their bodies are thrown in a well as a colonial officer curses their souls to remain on the grounds of Barker's estate "until the crack of doom," unless some evidence should prove them innocent of treason. A few moments later, Costello and Reynolds materialize as ghosts. They try to escape the grounds, but a supernatural force holds them back. Flash-forward nearly two centuries to 1946: Costello and Reynolds, still confined to the estate, resent the intrusion by Barker's descendants, who plan to renovate the mansion and open it to tourists. The two ghosts decide to haunt the estate, resulting in a series of amusing and well-conceived invisibility gags. Much to their surprise, Costello and Reynolds find none other than Costello's old nemesis Bud Abbott as one of the house guests. No, Abbott isn't a ghost: he's a famed psychiatrist, a descendant of the butler who double-crossed Costello back in 1780. Costello has a high old time playing tricks on the nervous Abbott (a fascinating reversal of the usual Abbott-Costello relationship) before the rest of the house's occupants decide to hold a seance to find out what's annoying the two ghosts. In a genuinely spooky sequence, sinister house servant Gale Sondergaard, possessed by the spirit of Jess Barker, reveals that the ghosts have been falsely accused of treason, and that their salvation lies in locating that letter from Washington. Driven by a feeling of remorse over the sins of his ancestor, Abbott does his best to help the ghosts. Before the plot is resolved, there is time for a standard Abbott-and-Costello chase scene, with the invisible Costello driving a car wildly around the estate, with a terrified Abbott cringing in the back seat. More than a little inspired by The Canterville Ghost, The Time of Their Lives was the second of two Universal films that attempted to recast Abbott and Costello as individual characters rather than smart guy-dumb guy team members. While the film is an unmitigated delight when seen today, it failed at the box office in 1946, compelling Bud and Lou to return to their standard formula in their next film, Buck Privates Come Home. Hal Erickson

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With only a minimal romantic subplot and no music whatsoever, Who Done It? is pure, undiluted Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, and a good mystery on its own to boot. Bud and Lou star as Chick Larkin and Mervyn Milgrim, a pair of soda jerks who aspire to become radio detective-show writers (their latest epic is "The Midget Gets the Chair-or, Small Fry"). Invited by their radio-scrivener pal Jimmy Turner (Patric Knowles) to attend a broadcast of the "Murder at Midnight" program, Chick and Mervyn are on hand when network president Colonel Andrews (Thomas Gomez) is murdered just before delivering a vital patriotic message. While waiting for the official police to show up, Chick and Mervyn decide to try to solve the case on their own, thereby securing their reputations as writers. The boys manage to convince everyone-even the real killer-that they're genuine gumshoes, only to be exposed when the real cops, Moran (William Gargan) and Brannigan (William Bendix) arrive on the scene. Ultimately, the murderer is revealed, leading to an exciting rooftop chase, with poor Mervyn suspended between two skyscrapers on a slender electrified wire. The comic highlights of Who Done It? are too numerous to mention here, but they include Mervyn's misadventures in the radio-transcription room, his confrontations with a wise-guy page boy (Walter Tetley), his "Not watts, volts!" exchange with the exasperated Chick, and an athletic interlude with those world-famous tumblers, the Flying Bordellos (sic!). Best bit: Upon winning a quiz program, the boys eagerly turn on their prize, a portable radio--only to turn it off in disgust when Abbott and Costello sign on the air ("Every time you hear those guys, it's 'Who's on First-What's On Second!'") Hal Erickson

All Movie Guide

The Abbott & Costello western spoof The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap is predicated on an actual Montana law of the 19th century, which dictated that if a man killed another in a gun duel, that man was responsible for the care and support of the victim's family. The film gets under way with an introductory title: "MONTANA: Where Men Are Men? With Two Exceptions." Those exceptions are travelling salesmen Duke (Bud Abbott) and Chester (Lou Costello), freshly arrived in the wide-open western town of Wagon Gap. No sooner has Chester reached Main Street than he is falsely arrested for the murder of Hawkins, the town layabout. He and Duke are spared the hangman's noose when the genially corrupt Judge Benbow (George Cleveland) reminds the jury that Chester is now responsible for Hawkins' debts and family. In short order, Chester is moved bag and baggage into the ramshackle home of the rowdy Widow Hawkins (Marjorie Main) and her brood of seven noisy children. Forced to do all the chores around the Widow's home, poor Chester must also put in overtime at Jake Frame's (Gordon Jones) saloon to pay off Hawkins' debts. While the crafty Duke tries to figure out various methods of extricating Chester from his dilemma, the Widow uses all of her wiles to get Chester to propose marriage to her. The plot goes off on a new tangent when it is discovered that none of the town desperadoes are willing to shoot down Chester, lest they inherit the Widow and her brats. Emboldened by his "untouchable" status, Chester swaggers around town striking fear in the hearts of the local menfolk, bosses Duke around for a change, and is even appointed sheriff! Alas, his invulnerability comes to an abrupt end when it turns out that the Hawkins spread is the most valuable property in town, thereby making Widow Hawkins the territory's most eligible bachelorette. The story comes to an uproarious conclusion when Chester and Jake Frame confront each other in a "high noon" gun duel. Incredibly, screenwriters D.D. Beauchamp and William Bowers originally intended The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as a vehicle for James Stewart! Hal Erickson

All Movie Guide

In one of their most genial comedies -- based on a Damon Runyon story -- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello have to help one friend (Cecil Kellaway) replace his beloved carriage horse, and another friend (Leightno Noble) put together a US Army camp show. Through a misunderstanding, they take what they think is a worthless nag from a racetrack stall, only to discover that they've actually stolen "Tea Biscuit," the world's greatest racehorse. Not only are the authorities after the pair -- who try to hide the horse in their hotel room -- but so is freelance trouble-shooter Eugene Pallette (who already has had one unrelated run-in with the boys), and complicating matters even further are three racetrack touts (led by Shemp Howard) who want to cash in on the mistake. Grace McDonald and Patsy O'Connor), along with bandleader Noble and the Step Brothers, provide the music and dancing in this wild romp, that takes us from New York's Central Park to the racetrack at Saratoga. Bruce Eder

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UPC: 025195020725
Source: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code: 1
Presentation: Pan & Scan
Editions: Subtitled, Mixed Media Set, Includes book
Sales Rank: 1,087

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

One Night in the Tropics
Buck Privates
In the Navy
Hold That Ghost
Keep 'em Flying
Ride 'em Cowboy
Pardon My Sarong
Who Done It?
It Ain't Hay
Hit the Ice
In Society
Here Come the Co-Eds
The Naughty Nineties
Little Giant
The Time of Their Lives
Buck Privates Come Home
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Mexican Hayride
Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Abbott & Costello in the Foreign Legion
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Comin' Round the Mountain
Lost in Alaska
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Features:

The World of Abbott and Costello; Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld; Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters; 6 feature commentaries by noted film historians; Abbott and Costello: The Universal Story 44-page book

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- One Night in the Tropics/Buck Privates
1. Love Like This (Main Titles) [3:36]
2. The Marriage Is Off [5:14]
3. Love Insurance [8:04]
4. Meet the Boys [5:37]
5. Caught in the Act [5:36]
6. You Go Your Way [2:56]
7. "Who's on First?" [4:30]
8. "You and Your Kiss" [5:54]
9. "Jonah and the Whale" [5:55]
10. "Back in My Shell" [6:05]
11. A Dirty Trick [6:17]
12. At the Bullfight [3:45]
13. "Mustard" [2:41]
14. "Your Dream Is the Same As My Dream" [5:14]
15. Call Me Lucky [2:58]
16. A Ghastly Pair [2:18]
17. Matrimonial Holdup [4:17]
18. The Payoff [1:25]
1. Main Titles [1:56]
2. New Recruits [4:57]
3. You're in the Army Now [5:34]
4. You're a Luckt Fellow Mr. Smith [5:18]
5. The Clubhouse [3:47]
6. No Place Like Camp [4:53]
7. I Wish You Were Here [2:43]
8. Nice Move, Soldier [7:11]
9. I'll Be With You When It's Apple Blossom Time [4:41]
10. Drill Team [4:04]
11. Numbers Game [2:22]
12. Rifle Match [4:06]
13. On/Off [2:24]
14. When Private Brown Becomes a Captain [5:49]
15. Boogie Woogie Boy of Company B [2:25]
16. The Champ [4:32]
17. Military Maneuvers [6:30]
18. A Soldier at Last [3:36]
19. Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four [4:55]
20. You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (Reprise) [2:12]
Disc #2 -- In the Navy/Hold That Ghost
1. Main Titles [2:01]
2. America's Singing Heartthrob [2:46]
3. A Clown in a Sailor's Suit [3:39]
4. Incognito [5:04]
5. "Off to See the World" [4:02]
6. Frame-Up [5:38]
7. "Find the Submarine" [6:34]
8. "Gimmie Some Skin" [3:23]
9. Fighting Men [7:17]
10. "The Sailor's Life's for Me" [5:50]
11. Harnessing the Hammock [3:21]
12. "We're in the Navy Now" [6:53]
13. Sons of Neptune [3:36]
14. "Hula-Baluau" [4:22]
15. "7x13=28" [4:25]
16. The Captain's a Dope [6:39]
17. Clear the Deck for Action [5:10]
18. Double Crossed (End Titles) [4:43]
1. Main Titles [1:21]
2. Relief Waiters [4:38]
3. The Andrews Sisters [6:58]
4. Starting Trouble [5:01]
5. Beneficiaries [6:59]
6. Holdup for the Night [6:00]
7. Dirty Dancing [5:48]
8. Where's Mr. Smith [4:47]
9. A Room for Ferdie [4:47]
10. It's Murder [4:09]
11. I'm Dreaming [5:23]
12. Testing the Water [3:49]
13. Ghostly Steps [4:45]
14. Watch the Candles [5:37]
15. Money Moose [4:59]
16. Hand It Over [4:14]
17. Everybody's Happy [5:21]
18. End Titles [1:06]
Disc #3 -- Keep 'Em Flying/Ride 'Em Cowboy
1. Main Titles [1:53]
2. Playing Games [5:06]
3. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" [4:40]
4. Stick to the Union [3:46]
5. Cheapskates [5:09]
6. Double Trouble [2:40]
7. Sneaking Into the Academy [5:07]
8. Private Ground Crew [5:33]
9. "Bog Foot Pete" [4:32]
10. Phone Fight [2:48]
11. "Let's Keep 'Em Flying" [2:49]
12. Runaway Torpedo [4:13]
13. In the Funhouse [8:24]
14. "The Boy With the Wistful Eyes" [3:36]
15. Grounded [8:26]
16. Fly Boys [6:37]
17. Jinxed Rescue [7:54]
18. Bail Out (End Titles) [2:38]
1. Bronco Bob (Main Titles) [5:45]
2. Peanuts and Popcorn [3:58]
3. America's Greatest Cowgirl [4:34]
4. A Narrow Escape [4:18]
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6. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" [5:24]
7. Springboard Champion [5:16]
8. Sign up for the Rodeo [3:52]
9. Roping Wildcat [5:15]
10. "Besides the Rio Tonto Shore" [3:59]
11. Udder What? [5:51]
12. "I'll Remember April" [3:41]
13. Only a Dummy [5:59]
14. Dr. Ha Ha's Sanitarium [5:05]
15. "Rockin' Around the Square" [5:43]
16. Sunday Driver [8:41]
17. Frontier Day [2:58]
18. "Ride 'Em Cowboy" (End Titles) [1:32]
Disc #4 -- Pardon My Sarong/Who Done It?
1. Main Titles [1:27]
2. Off-Route [6:10]
3. The Four Ink Spots [5:53]
4. Disappearing Act [6:47]
5. Tip, Tap and Toe [5:00]
6. Able-Bodied Seamen [3:55]
7. All Hands on Deck [5:50]
8. Sea Rationing [5:15]
9. Uncharted Isle [4:20]
10. Mullah, the Legendary God [4:38]
11. "Lovely Luana" [7:31]
12. The Next Sacrifice [2:50]
13. "Vingo Jingo" [8:42]
14. Sacred Jewel [3:55]
15. Enter the Temple [3:49]
16. Jungle Gym [4:05]
17. Mullah to the Rescue [3:21]
18. End Titles [:20]
1. Main Titles [1:28]
2. "Murder at Midnight" [4:07]
3. Limburger Cheese [2:33]
4. Soda Jerks [4:00]
5. Murder! [6:57]
6. "Not Watts, Volts!" [4:47]
7. The Rubber Glove Clue [1:54]
8. Spruce Yourself Up [4:01]
9. Your Time Has Come [6:49]
10. Another Dead Body [6:22]
11. Secret Code [2:45]
12. The Flying Bordellos [4:14]
13. The Line Is Busy [5:45]
14. "Every Time You Hear Those Two Guys..." [2:54]
15. Black Horse Mervyn [6:48]
16. Midnight Broadcast [3:41]
17. High-Wire Act [6:43]
18. Jr. G-Man [1:10]
Disc #5 -- It Ain't Hay/Hit the Ice
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. "Sunbeam Serenade" [5:04]
3. Invited to Lunch [3:30]
4. Efficiency Export [6:59]
5. "Old Timer" [4:53]
6. "Glory Be" [4:27]
7. Stand-In [3:04]
8. Playing the Ponies [7:19]
9. Police Pedigree [3:20]
10. Headless Horseman [4:42]
11. Tea Biscuit Kidnapped [4:46]
12. I'm No Stoolie [3:42]
13. In Disguise [6:18]
14. Buggy Ride [3:57]
15. 100 to 1 [4:53]
16. And They're Off [6:42]
17. "Hang Your Troubles on a Rainbow" [5:04]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Heavy People [3:18]
2. Where's the Fire? [4:41]
3. Shooting People [2:43]
4. "Teller What?" [6:54]
5. Packing & Unpacking [4:06]
6. "I'm Like a Fish Out of Water" [5:29]
7. Tickets? [3:59]
8. "I'd Like to Set You to Music" [4:32]
9. Piano Play [5:03]
10. Get to the Negative [5:34]
11. "The Slap Polka" [2:34]
12. Learning to Skate [6:32]
13. Off the Case [7:09]
14. Where's the Money? [6:33]
15. Ski Getaway [4:54]
16. All Balled Up [2:51]
17. "Happiness Bound" [5:00]
18. End Titles [:19]
Disc #6 -- In Society/Here Come the Co-Eds
1. Emergency Plumbing (Main Titles) [3:59]
2. Public Servant [2:57]
3. In Costume [3:32]
4. Finding Trouble [6:57]
5. "No Bout About It" [4:31]
6. Mixed Invitation [4:06]
7. Where's Bagel Street? [5:50]
8. Moving Company [2:19]
9. "Rehearsin" [3:41]
10. Remember Your Etiquette [4:35]
11. "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" [3:49]
12. The Unveiling [6:01]
13. Never Give In [5:27]
14. On the Hunt [4:29]
15. "What a Change in the Weather" [3:41]
16. Retrieving the Plunger [6:12]
17. A Heroes Welcome [1:05]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Lady Escorts (Main Titles) [6:01]
2. Look Out for Car 13 [2:58]
3. Miramar Molly Gets Bixby Scholarship [6:06]
4. In the Dough [7:56]
5. Rolling the Dice [5:13]
6. Evelyn and Her Magic Violin [5:05]
7. "Jonah and the Whale" [5:34]
8. "Let's Play House" [5:38]
9. Under Covers [5:01]
10. Bixby Benefit Recital [6:29]
11. "Oyster in the Chowder" [3:34]
12. Wrestling the Masked Marvel [7:47]
13. Fastbreakin' Females [5:02]
14. Halftime Entertainment [3:18]
15. Dribble and Drool [7:39]
16. Street Sailing [5:10]
17. Well Done [:52]
18. End Titles [:19]
Disc #7 -- The Naughty Nineties/Little Giant
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. Showboat's Coming to Town [2:47]
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4. Show Time [3:54]
5. Making Plans [2:08]
6. The Gilded Cage [5:48]
7. Crooked Gambling [4:36]
8. Boxing Bear [3:26]
9. One More Foot Forward [2:12]
10. Partners in Crime [4:12]
11. Light As a Feather [5:47]
12. "Who's on First" [6:15]
13. Cat Burgers [6:38]
14. Big Fish, Little Fish [5:35]
15. Nightmares [4:11]
16. The Dice Are Loaded [4:43]
17. Winner Take All [8:26]
18. "Climbing up to Heaven" [1:08]
1. A Good Salesman (Main Titles) [5:14]
2. Nice Doing Business [3:28]
3. Graduation Day [5:52]
4. Welcome to the Big City [5:10]
5. Looking for Hercules [6:12]
6. A Menace to Both of Us [5:39]
7. Night Train to Stockton [4:05]
8. "Seven Times Thirteen Equals Twenty-Eight" [4:24]
9. About to Be Fired [6:11]
10. Reading Minds [7:36]
11. New Sales Record [5:28]
12. Back in the Main Office [6:13]
13. Out to Lunch [4:28]
14. Learning to Smoke [7:10]
15. Caught in the Act [3:43]
16. Let the Truth Be Known [3:25]
17. Lost Everything [3:10]
18. Appointed to Manager [3:26]
Disc #8 -- The Time of Their Lives/Buck Privates Come Home
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. To Be Wed [2:20]
3. A Loyal Patriot [6:19]
4. Plotting Treason [3:41]
5. Mistaken for Traitors [4:04]
6. Forsaken Ghosts [7:04]
7. Haunted Estate [4:02]
8. Playing Tricks [5:13]
9. Practice What You Preach [5:09]
10. An Original Discovery [5:40]
11. Need a Stimulant [4:51]
12. Persecuted [5:46]
13. Holding a Seance [5:24]
14. Falsely Accused [5:40]
15. Locate the Letter [2:15]
16. Stealing Time [5:25]
17. A Wild Ride [3:39]
18. End of the Curse [3:53]
1. Main Titles [1:28]
2. Volunteers [5:12]
3. Going Home [5:01]
4. Contraband Shakedown [4:59]
5. Get the Party Started [4:04]
6. Separation Center [4:58]
7. Street Savvy [1:58]
8. Illegal Immigration [4:47]
9. We're In Business [3:31]
10. Getting Ready to Fall Off [5:17]
11. "Clothesline Casanova" [4:55]
12. Quaint Quarters [2:54]
13. A Sound Enterprise [3:13]
14. Rounding up the Boys [6:41]
15. Garage Shenanigans [6:55]
16. The Gregory Special [3:03]
17. Wrong Track [6:18]
18. End Titles [1:47]
Disc #9 -- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap/Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1. When Men Where Men (Main Titles) [3:38]
2. Nice Shooting [4:04]
3. String 'Em Up [1:48]
4. A Hung Jury [3:35]
5. Working for the Window [5:01]
6. Frog in My Throat [5:03]
7. Consider Matrimony [5:13]
8. No Water, No Breakfast [4:27]
9. Doing Chores [3:15]
10. Winner Take All [5:44]
11. Party Pooper [6:56]
12. New Sheriff in Town [6:54]
13. A Fool's Paradise [6:33]
14. One Man Gang [4:35]
15. Mark Your Bullets [4:18]
16. Women First [4:23]
17. A Fine Man [1:51]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:32]
2. Full Moon Tonight [4:31]
3. House of Horrors [3:02]
4. Dracula's Legend [8:14]
5. Frankenstein's Monster [6:01]
6. Risky Business [3:15]
7. They're Alive [5:41]
8. Insurance Inspector [5:38]
9. The House of Dracula [5:09]
10. Search the Castle [5:01]
11. Young Blood and Brains [5:28]
12. We Meet Again [4:15]
13. Don't Be Afraid [4:33]
14. Gone Bats [2:34]
15. Brain Swap [4:27]
16. Under Control [4:38]
17. Begin Operation [8:17]
18. End Titles [:18]
Disc #10 -- Mexican Hayride/Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1. Main Titles [1:08]
2. Wanted by Police [5:39]
3. "Amigo Americano" [5:40]
4. Ladies in Waiting [2:51]
5. Goodwill Ambassador [5:19]
6. Gifts for the American [6:05]
7. Eloquent Elocution [4:09]
8. Switched Speech [3:58]
9. Business Is Booming [2:33]
10. Stop the Music [5:20]
11. Looking for the Loot [6:02]
12. Take a Bow [3:42]
13. Hot Tamales [7:42]
14. Playing With the Band [3:36]
15. Rodeo Clown [5:51]
16. Bull Dancing [5:12]
17. Complete Restitution [1:35]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:20]
2. Freddie's Been Fired [3:50]
3. Strickland's Dead [5:41]
4. The Murder Weapon [4:52]
5. Under House Arrest [3:20]
6. Signed Confession [6:25]
7. Attempted Suicide [6:41]
8. Dead Men Can't Walk [6:38]
9. Playing With Stiffs [4:15]
10. Where's Freddie? [3:12]
11. Airtight Alibi [4:44]
12. Steamed [5:13]
13. Booby Trapped [4:40]
14. Hallucinations [5:55]
15. The Bottomless Pit [4:27]
16. Meet the Killer [7:24]
17. Who Done It [5:05]
18. End Titles [:27]
Disc #11 -- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion/Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1. Stand-In (Main Titles) [7:34]
2. Looking for Abdullah [5:18]
3. No Resting [5:41]
4. Good Buy [4:51]
5. Sworn In [5:05]
6. Long Live the Region [4:32]
7. Under Fire [3:19]
8. Classified Deserters [4:38]
9. Gathering Evidence [5:18]
10. Ambushed [3:51]
11. How Dry I Am [6:02]
12. Fish Dinner [4:55]
13. Held Prisoner [3:08]
14. Fine Reception [5:24]
15. Go After Them [3:20]
16. Hold Down the Fort [3:54]
17. Honorable Discharge [2:14]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:07]
2. Detective Graduation [5:08]
3. Escaped Killer [3:54]
4. Turning Invisible [5:41]
5. Under Hypnosis [3:55]
6. Secret Rendezvous [7:41]
7. "Louie the Looper" [6:59]
8. Craving for Action [6:04]
9. The Bubble Room [5:05]
10. Off the Record [5:09]
11. The Money Man [5:47]
12. All Tied Up [2:33]
13. The Payoff [4:47]
14. Main Event [4:37]
15. Round Two [3:04]
16. Down for the Count [2:53]
17. Forced Confession [7:15]
18. End Titles [:27]
Disc #12 -- Comin' Round the Mountain/Lost in Alaska
1. Main Titles [1:11]
2. Manhattan Hillbilly [3:43]
3. The Great Wilbert [5:10]
4. A Real McCoy [1:59]
5. Winfield Territory [4:16]
6. Kinfolk [4:14]
7. "Sagebruch Sadie" [4:02]
8. "You Broke Your Promise" [5:58]
9. The Turkey Shoot [3:03]
10. Squeeze Over [3:15]
11. Kissin' Cousins [4:18]
12. Gettin's Hitched [4:52]
13. Witchcraft and Voodoo [7:03]
14. "Another Notch on Your Father's Shotgun" [4:22]
15. Love Potion [3:50]
16. Peaceful Feud [5:43]
17. Hold Your Fire! [5:05]
18. Shafted [4:35]
1. Main Titles [1:09]
2. Life Savers [3:40]
3. Nugget Joe [4:26]
4. Sleep in Shifts [5:37]
5. Wanted for Murder [5:38]
6. "Country Gal" [5:41]
7. Walking Target [3:16]
8. Love of Money [4:55]
9. Change the Will [4:13]
10. Move the Gold [2:45]
11. Silly Sled Ride [6:26]
12. Whiteout [3:33]
13. Jerk on the Line [4:15]
14. Whale of a Time [4:17]
15. "Hot Time in the Igloo Tonight" [3:27]
16. Melted Ice [3:00]
17. Flying Fish [6:10]
18. Save Yourself [3:43]
Disc #13 -- Abbott and Costello Go to Mars/Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1. Caught Spying (Main Titles) [4:57]
2. Orville vs. Orvilla [4:28]
3. Ready to Fly [5:42]
4. Balstoff! [7:24]
5. Untimely Landing [4:17]
6. Heads Up [4:07]
7. Invaded [6:02]
8. Strong Atmosphere [4:09]
9. Space-Jacked [4:01]
10. Gravitational Pull [5:27]
11. The Queen of Venus [2:58]
12. A Poor Specimen [4:49]
13. Long Live the King [3:18]
14. In the Hot Seat [4:12]
15. Kicked Off the Planet [3:46]
16. The Queen's Curse [4:58]
17. Happy Landing [1:20]
18. End Titles [:29]
1. Main Titles [1:11]
2. Monster Murders [7:17]
3. Bailed Out [6:18]
4. Here Comes Hyde [3:59]
5. Dancing Girls [2:54]
6. Capture the Monster [4:43]
7. Cornered [4:01]
8. Wax Museum [5:21]
9. I Caught Him [2:27]
10. Having Hallucinations [2:38]
11. Secret Laboratory [6:35]
12. Man or Mouse? [4:38]
13. Back to Normal [3:53]
14. Start Drinking [4:19]
15. Wedding Plans [5:16]
16. Monsters on the Loose [6:36]
17. There's Only One [3:52]
18. End Titles [:28]
Disc #14 -- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops/Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1. Main Titles [1:15]
2. Moving Pictures [3:46]
3. Opportunity Knocks [3:13]
4. Studio for Sale [4:55]
5. Sidetracked [3:02]
6. Hollywood Contract [2:56]
7. Hitching a Ride [7:09]
8. Iou [3:52]
9. Cowboys and Indians [6:13]
10. Stunt Man [2:14]
11. A Woman's Intuition [3:34]
12. Taking Flilght [5:21]
13. Getting the Shot [4:44]
14. Comedic Appeal [5:18]
15. Mixed Up [8:19]
16. The Straight and Narrow [3:21]
17. Police Patrol [9:09]
18. End Titles [:19]
1. Main Titles [1:13]
2. Discovery of the Tomb [3:39]
3. Stealing the Sarcophagus [4:13]
4. Firghtening Proof [5:38]
5. Incomplete Robbery [1:34]
6. The Sacred Medallion [4:14]
7. Snake Charmer [4:18]
8. Finders' Keepers [5:55]
9. Jewelry for Sale [4:10]
10. Hamburgers & Coffee [7:27]
11. Pick-Pockets [2:46]
12. X-Ray Examination [6:22]
13. The Curse of Klaris [3:25]
14. Secret Passage [6:23]
15. Take Your Pick! [8:06]
16. Mummy's the Word [7:01]
17. Cafe Klaris [2:24]
18. End Titles [:28]

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The World of Abbott and Costello
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
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Abbott & Costello (Films)(Music)		Primary Artist
Bud Abbott (Films)(Biography)		Actor
Lou Costello (Films)(Biography)		Actor

Abbott & Costello - The Complete Universal Pictures Collection Cast: Abbott & Costello, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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