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Abbott and Costello
- Heard
- 1940–1955
- Episodes
- 431
- Language
- English
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
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Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine Who's on First? is one of the best-known comedy routines of all time, and set the framework for many of their best-known comedy bits. Bud Abbott (1897-1974) was a veteran burlesque entertainer from a show business family. He started in burlesque box offices as a treasurer around 1918, and eventually managed and produced touring burlesque companies before becoming a performer. He worked as a straight man with his wife Betty, then with veteran burlesque comedians such as Harry Steppe and Harry Evanson. Lou Costello (1906-1959) became a burlesque comic in 1928 after failing to break into movie acting and working as a stunt double and film extra. He appears briefly in the 1927 Laurel and Hardy silent two-reeler, The Battle of the Century, seated at ringside during Stan Laurel's ill-fated boxing match. (As a teenager, Costello had been an amateur boxer in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey.) Costello's first appearance in burlesque was in St. Joseph, Missouri. He joined the Mutual Burlesque wheel in 1929, and Minsky's in 1932. While they crossed paths a few times, the two comedians first worked together in 1935 at the Eltinge Burlesque Theater on 42nd Street in New York City. This performance came about when Costello's regular partner…
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Abbott and Costello - Single Episodes
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Abbott & Costello
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Abbott & Costello Radio
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Abbott And Costello Show 1940-1949 Old Time Radio
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The Abbott & Costello Show - Who's On First Routine - Ep. 158 - 04-17-47
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Abbotts
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Abbott & Costello Radio Shows
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Abbott & Costello
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The Abbott & Costello Show - Lou Is A Delegate To The UN - Ep. 214 - 08-11-48
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Abbott and Costello
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The Abbott & Costello Show - Costello's Horse - Ep. 61 - 11-09-44
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Abbott And Costello Show 44 04 06 Guest Cary Grant
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Abbott And Costello Show 44 01 13 Lou Is Not Feeling Well
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Abbott & Costello 48 06 02 Guest Lon Chaney Jr
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Abbott & Costello Show 43 12 23 Christmas Show
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Abbott & Costello
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Abbott And Costello Show 45 01 11 Lou's House Needs A Bathtub
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Abbott And Costello With Linda Darnell 1944
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Abbott & Costello - Radio Show (11/4/43)
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The Abbott & Costello Show - Costello Can't Lose - Ep. 166 - 03-13-47
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Abbott & Costello
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