ClassicFlix presents The Abbott and Costello Show - The Complete Series with all 52 episodes from the iconic series in this 7-disc set.

Painstakingly restored from original 35mm master elements by the 3-D Film Archive, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, ClassicFlix presents The Abbott and Costello Show - The Complete Series with all 52 episodes from the iconic series looking and sounding better than ever in this 7-disc set. When Bud Abbott and Lou Costello became part of the permanent rotating group of weekly hosts on TV's The Colgate Comedy Hour, it revitalized their careers and led to the birth of The Abbott and Costello Show, a syndicated half-hour program that premiered in 1952. The premise of the show was disarmingly simple: Bud and Lou played themselves, a pair of unemployed actors living in a rooming house run by the apoplectic Sid Fields, also playing himself. Season one finds Bud and Lou easing their way through life in a neighborhood where crooks and sharpies lay in wait around every corner, and women walk right up to Costello for no other reason than to slap his face ('How dare you look like someone I hate!'). New routines abound in the inaugural season, but many classics are also performed including 'Who's on First?', 'Dice', '7 x 13 = 28' and so many, many more. In its second and final season, the show evolved from a freewheeling pastiche inspired by vintage burlesque bits to a plot-driven sitcom harkening back to vintage comedy shorts. Like Bud and Lou, Season 2 writers Clyde Bruckman and Jack Townley, veterans of two-reel comedy, had no qualms about recycling gags or plots if they were funny. One of the most influential comedies in television history, The Abbott and Costello Show - The Complete Series is a must-have for fans of Bud and Lou and features many great regulars like Sid Fields, Hillary Brooke (as Lou's cultured girlfriend), Gordon Jones (as stupefyingly dumb 'Mike the Cop'), Joe Besser (as 'Stinky'), Joe Kirk (as 'Mr. Bacciagalupe'), Bingo the Chimp, as well as many other well-known guest stars.

Media

Bonus Materials

• Audio Commentaries on 12 episodes featuring Lou Antonicello, Paul Castiglia, Ray Faiola, Stu Fink, Shane Fleming, Gilbert Gottfried, Bob Greenberg, Jim Mulholland, Gerry Orlando, Ron Palumbo, Toby Roan, Lou Sabini, Frank Santopadre, Jack Theakston and Mic

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Bud Abbott
•       Lou Costello
•       Sid Fields
•       Hillary Brooke
•       Joe Kirk
•       Gordon Jones
•       Joe Besser

Director: Jean Yarbrough

Additional Details

Label: ClassicFlix

Genre: Comedy

Language: English

Run Time: 1352 mins

Region: 1

Release Date: 01/12/27

UPC: 850049732352