budloubuff Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I am so glad that TCM ran the movies of Abbott and Costello last night! I grew up watching them on Sunday mornings and became a huge fan. I have almost all of their movies and watch them over and over again. Hurray TCM! I hope there are many others out there who feel the same as I do and I hope to see more of them on TCM in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notfromrl Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 You can add me to that list. I haven't seen Buck Privates since the old WPIX days. But where's Hold That Ghost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Yes...it was a pleasant departure from drama's and westerns. I had a lot of laughs last night especially from Lou Costello. I would imagine that TCM will show some of duo's other films in the future, hopefully "Hold That Ghost" which is hilarious. Mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leobertucelli Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I enjoyed them as well. TCM ought to give more 'things' as these type of films. Guess we can't see A&C meet Frankenstein cause AMC has licence rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 The evening with Abbott and Costello was a wonderful experience for me. I remember them from childhood, too, but I saw them in the movie theatre with a house-full of laughing kids and adults, and didn't have to wait to see them on TV. For those of you who are very familiar with them, can anyone give me the title of the movie if I give you this very scant amount of information to go by? I remember an Abbott & Costello movie where Lou was in a dungeon with a deranged man who kept saying something about "Cocomo" (sp?), and a line that began, "Slowly he turned around....", and this is one I'd love to see again (delicious nostalgia). Who knows, I might even be thinking of two different movies. ;)ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budloubuff Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 Wow Classics, I thought I had seen them all. I don't remember seeing that scene in any of their movies. I DO, however, remember a routine that Lou does where he says "Slowly, I turn", but I'm not sure where that is from either. Hopefully someone else has a better memory than me. BTW, it is great to know that there are others who enjoy Bud and Lou as much as I do. Thanks TCM fans. I also love the Bowery Boys and though I have seen them from time to time on TCM, I'd love to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Hi Bud...thanks for your reply. I know that I saw this in one of their movies...perhaps they brought it into a "routine" later on that was televised, however. I need to go to IMDb.com and see if I can't pick it out of what's listed there. ;)ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Could it possibly be the routine that they did in the movie "In Society" about Bagel Street? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budloubuff Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 No, unfortunatly that's not it. The Bagel Street Routine was Lou looking for the Susquahanna(sp?)Hat Company. Which was in fact extremely funny. It had to be in one of their movies like Who Done It? But I don't think it was that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 classics, the routine was from 'Lost In A Harem'. Read the first two questions/answers here to see the answer to yours, and a mention of MY favorite Bud and Lou movie, 'The Time of Their Lives'. I hope TCM shows the latter one of these days, I haven't seen it in years and years. http://www.louandbud.com/FAQ.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrtbsh Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 "The Time of Their Lives" is on at 6PM on Thanksgiving Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrtbsh Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 oh, and we will have "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" in '05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budloubuff Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 TCMprogrammer - Is that all for A & C this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loliteblue Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 thanks tcm for Abbott& Costello nite it was great!.... Can we have once a month comedy nite with the likes of Red Skelton, bob hope, Judy Canova,lucille ball, Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton,Max brothers, and the three stooges, Charlie Chaplin. Good idea?.... Just a suggestion for the future thanks again lolite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted July 25, 2004 Share Posted July 25, 2004 Stoney, I think you're right...I'm pretty sure that it was "Lost In a Harem". Thanks so much! I hope that TCM can get this one for us, too, in future. ;)ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Thank you, tcmprogrammer!!! To everyone here who likes Abbott and Costello, and is a sap about fantasy movies (as I am), be sure to catch this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviejoe79 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 I'd also like to throw in my 2 cents and say how happy I was to see Bud and Lou on TCM. I used to watch their movies with my grandmother on Sunday afternoons on channel 11 here in NY. Unfortuntely we'll never see movies like this on network TV again, but thank you to TCM for showing them. And just so you guys know, all of their films have been released onto DVD in three volumes of double disc sets - their titled "The Best of Abbott and Costello" and two of the sets are out already with a third one coming at the beginning of August. They run about twenty dollars a set, and I even saw them for sale in Target! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastooge Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Just a quick clarification to moviejoe79's comment about the DVDs... These DVD sets are from Universal, and only feature the comedy team's Universal films (excl. IT AIN'T HAY, which remains in legal entanglements with the Damon Runyon estate, over home video licensing rights). Hopefully, Warner Bros. will follow with their own A&C DVD collection soon (RIO RITA, LOST IN A HAREM, A&C IN HOLLYWOOD, THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH, DANCE WITH ME HENRY, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, A&C MEET CAPTAIN KIDD)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickerknickers Posted July 30, 2004 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Let all the Abbott and Costello fans rejoice--on Monday, you can buy Volume 3 of the "Best of Abbott and Costello"! This two-disc set, which is selling for just $17.00 on Amazon, includes some true A&C gems--especially "A&C Meet the Killer" and their ultimate hit, "A&C Meet Frankenstein." A side note: Deanna Durbin's glittering legacy will FINALLY get the DVD treatment on Tuesday with the first volume of 4-6 of her classic hits on two discs. My two favorites--"Nice Girl?" and "His Butler's Sister"--aren't on this one but the others here are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviejoe79 Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 beastooge - you're right about the films that they made for other studios. I always think of them as "Universal" stars since the movies of theirs that I love were all made at that studio. Thanks for clarifying. And as patypancake said, tomorrow (Aug 3) is when you can buy Vol. 3 of "The Best of A&C" and Best Buy's weekly flyer has it advertised at $16! which is a steal for the amount of movies that you get on both discs. Especially their great horror collaborations with Boris Karloff included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviejoe79 Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Actually Boris Karloff was only in one movie with the boys now that I think of it - which was "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer" (Boris Karloff) - in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" I think it was Glenn Strange who played the monster. But you still have Bela Lugosi doing Dracula and Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman - it's perhaps their best film. Universal was really using their brains when they decided to pair their best monsters with their best comedians - the result was pure magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastooge Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 Karloff also costarred in 1954's A&C MEET DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 This is not a reply but a comment.Being an A&C fan,I was somewhat disapointed in two of the selections.The forced humor in 'The invisible man',and to me 'meets the mummy'was below par also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Years ago I heard that the drowning death of Lou Costello's one-year-old boy in 1942 was not an accident, but a mob hit because Costello owed large gambling debts. The child reportedly climbed out of his playpen and fell into the swimming pool. Does anyone know the true story? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 As a fan of Abbott & Costello for many years I have never heard or read anything that was related to a mob hit concerning the child. The youngster was active and strong for his age and broke out of the playpen and unfortunately drowned in the pool which was tragic. Mongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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