The Abbott & Costello Show: 100th Anniversary Collection Season 1

Who's on first? You'll be on Cloud 9 with this rare and riotous collection honoring the 100th birthday of Lou Costello and featuring the landmark Abbott & Costello Show that Jerry Seinfeld calls the inspiration for his own hit series!

This remarkable 5-disc collection contains all 26 episodes of the first season (1952-1953), complete and unedited, digitally remastered and looking better than ever. In addition to Bud and Lou, there's the unforgettable supporting cast: Sid Fields, Hillary Brooke, Joe "Stinky" Besser and Gordon "Mike the Cop" Jones.

PLUS: Never-before-seen home movies of Lou Costello and his family from the 1940s and '50s - many in full color with sound! (Even Bud manages to make a few "guest appearances.") And, for the first time anywhere, the recently restored short 10,000 Kids and a Cop made in 1948, featuring Bud and Lou, as well as Jimmy Stewart and William Bendix. To round things out, Lou's daughters, Paddy and Chris, share warm and wonderful anecdotes about their father in exclusive interviews. A treasure for Abbott & Costello fans everywhere!

The Drugstore The Dentist Office Jail The Vacation The Birthday Party Alaska The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman The Army Story Pots & Pans The Charity Bazaar The Western Story The Haunted House Peace & Quiet Hungry The Music Lovers The Politician The Wrestling Match Getting a Job Bingo Hillary's Birthday Television Las Vegas Little Old Lady The Actors' Home Police Rookies Safari

BONUS FEATURES

10,000 Kids & A Cop (1948 Short) Interview With Lou Costello's Daughters (Part One) Lou Costello's Home Movies (Part One)

DISC ONE

The Drugstore - Bud & Lou get jobs in Mr. Fields' drugstore.

The Dentist Office - Bud takes Lou to a nearsighted dentist.

Jail - Lou is arrested for shooting a whole in his neighbor's bucket.

The Vacation - Bud worries that Mr. Fields will rent their apartment while they're on vacation.

The Birthday Party - Lou invites Mr. Fields to his birthday party, but Bud winds up kicking Lou out of his own party.

Alaska - Lou's uncle strikes gold and the boys decide to visit him.

DISC TWO

The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman - Lou tries selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door.

The Army Story - The boys join the reserves.

Pots & Pans - Lou tries selling pots and pans door-to-door.

The Charity Bazaar - Lou spends most of his money at the kissing booth.

The Western Story - Hillary invites the boys to her uncle's dude ranch, where they tangle with outlaws.

The Haunted House - Bud & Lou keep Hillary company one night in an old house she'll inherit.

DISC THREE

Peace & Quiet - Lou can't sleep so Bud takes him to a shrink who gives him a sleep-inducing record.

Hungry - The boys visit two restaurants, one with twin waitresses.

The Music Lovers - Hillary's dad will only allow her to marry a man with musical talent, so Lou goes to a singing teacher.

The Politician - Lou runs for public office, so Bud brings in Lou's 4th grade teacher for sympathy.

The Wrestling Match - Lou & Stinky agree to do a charity wrestling match, but Stinky gets sick, so Lou is forced to wrestle Ivan the Terrible.

Getting a Job - The boys deliver straw hats to the Susquehanna Hat Company and run into crazy guys en route.

DISC FOUR

Bingo - Lou has to get a license for his chimp but accidentally applies for a marriage license.

Hillary's Birthday - The boys plan a surprise party, but the noise angers Mr. Fields.

Television - On the quiz show Hold That Cuckoo, the host puts Lou thru some embarrassing stunts.

Las Vegas - The boys rent a car and drive to Vegas, where they play a violent game of pool.

Little Old Lady - But & Lou raise money to keep an old lady from being evicted, but she uses the money to bet on horses.

The Actors' Home - Thinking it's counterfeit, Bud tears up a $500 bill. When it turns out to be real, he goes nuts and is put in the old actors' home.

DISC FIVE

Police Rookies - Mike the Cop helps the boys enroll in the police academy, which Lou manages to blow up.

Safari - Bingo the chimp is sick and Lou figures he misses his family, so they all go to Africa.

(BONUS)

10,000 Kids & A Cop (1948 Short)

Interview With Lou Costello's Daughters (Part One)

Lou Costello's Home Movies (Part One)

Total Running Time: Approx. 14 hrs.

LOTS OF LAUGHS

If you are an old TV buff and enjoy the 1950's comedies, this is perfect. The quality of the dvd is great and the old memories of this wonderful show returned as remembered. Thanks to the Costello family for putting this together. October 24, 2008

The Abbott & Costello Show: 100th Anniversary Collection Season 1

Excellent, clear video, great sound. If you liked the Abbott and Costello shows then you would like this. September 3, 2008

Abbott & Costello's 100th Anniversary collection DVD

As a long time fan of comedy in general, you have to put this one with the Three Stooges as a must have collection.
The quality and sound are excellent. It brings back my childhood days of which we must never forget ! Thanks ! July 28, 2008

Goofy but Golden

It's the same simplistic,silly stuff A&C have always done and have
always been loved for. It's truly golden TV. I wish Sid Fields had received more acknowledgement over the years as he was the most versitile and personally my favorite player in the cast. April 19, 2008

Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You

For all you fans of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello who were disappointed in the defective discs of their franchise movie collections made a few years back, here is the real answer to Abbott and Costello DVDs. The makers of these discs took their time and energy to make them with impeccable quality, great sound, amusing classic episodes, and Lou's two surviving children, Paddy and Chris, in extra footage pay sentimental tribute to their father and their "Uncle Bud." Their classic routines in the TV show are basically the same from the movies, where in one episode, for instance, has Lou calling a phone operator trying to collect a grand prize, and the operator scoffs at him, telling him "The line is busy." That routine can be found in the movie "Who Done It." And of course, there will never, ever an Abbott and Costello collection complete without the immortal "Who's on First?," their national anthem.

Hopefully in the future, the makers of this 100th Anniversary Collection Season will take time and energy to make their movies the same way so fans won't feel like their missing anything on the movies. It was such a shame that the makers of the Franchise Collection did a haphazard job with too many skips and glitches. Not here in this special anniverary, commemorating Lou's 100th birthday and making him Paterson, New Jersey's favorite son. Watch this collection as well as the second set, and you will never be disappointed. For relaxing times, when you can't find anything good on TV and you need a episode to wind down and laugh before bedtime, watch anything from both sets of this special DVD collection. January 19, 2008

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