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Abbott & Costello

Who hosted Comedy Central's 'Abbott and Costello Comedy Marathon'?

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Jerry Seinfeld.



Which member of the Three Stooges appeared in such Abbott & Costello hits as "In the Navy," "Buck Privates," "Hold That Ghost" and "It Ain't Hay"?

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Shemp Howard. Samuel "Shemp" Howard and his brother Moe formed the original Three Stooges with Larry Fine. Shemp left the team to go solo for several years, during which time he appeared in several Abbott & Costello flicks. He was replaced by his kid brother Jerome "Curly" Howard. When Curly suffered a debilitating stroke, Shemp rejoined the Stooges. Joe Besser, who was briefly a member of the Three Stooges, appeared regularly on Abbott & Costello's TV sitcom, playing a childish character named Stinky.



What was the last movie that Abbott & Costello made together?

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Dance With Me, Henry. "Dance With Me, Henry" starred Lou Costello as a single man raising two children. Lou Costello died three years after completing it.



What Oscar-winning actor played a villainous pirate in "Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd"?

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Charles Laughton. Laughton had some previous experience with the role, since he'd played the title role in the 1945 pirate adventure "Captain Kidd."



They were both from New Jersey?

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Yes. Bus was from Ashbury Park, NJ and Lou was from Paterson, NJ.



The Hal Roach lot was where Abbott and Costello filmed the program. What other comedy team filmed most of their movies there?

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Laurel & Hardy. Besides Laurel and Hardy, Hal Roach studios were the home of "Our Gang" (aka "The Little Rascals"), and launched the career of Harold Lloyd. The studio was demolished in the 1960's.



Pat Costello was one of the executive producers of the show. Who was Pat Costello in relation to Lou?

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his brother. Pat Costello was Lou's older brother and died in 1990, more than thirty years after Lou.



Of the two, which one passed away first?

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Costello . Lou passed away in 1959 and Bud in 1974.



Of the two, which one is the oldest?

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Abbott . Bud Abbott was born on October 2, 1896 and Lou Costello was born on March 6, 1906.



Mr. Fields, the beleagured landlord, was always hounding Abbott and Costello for the rent. What was Sid Fields' real name?

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Sidney Fields. One of the great second bananas of TV, Sid Fields died on September 28, 1975 in Las Vegas Nevada. He was 77 years old.



Lou died from a heart attack but what did Bud die of?

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cancer.



Lou Costello plays a ghost, while Bud Abbott plays two roles, in which film?

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The Time of Their Lives. Costello plays a Revolutionary War soldier, who was mistakenly killed by his fellow Americans, and whose ghost was unjustly condemned to haunt a Virginia estate forever.



Lou Costello despised one of his co-stars on the series. Which one?

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Bingo the Chimp. Bingo the Chimp and Lou did not get along at all. Bingo probably sensed Lou was scared of him and actually bit Lou once!



Joe Besser who played 'Stinky' would become well known as a replacement member of this comedy team?

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The 3 Stooges. Joe Besser's character 'Stinky', an adult, dressed in a early 20th century children's outfit screaming to Costello while pinching him, "I'll haaaaarrrrmmm you!" was one of the touches that made "The Abbott and Costello Show" so surreal. Besser joined The 3 Stooges after Shemp Howard died in 1955. Joe made 16 films with the Stooges.



In which Abbott & Costello movie does Margaret Hamilton from "The Wizard of Oz" play a witch yet again?

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Comin' Round the Mountain. In a memorable scene, Lou Costello and the witch make voodoo dolls in each others' images, and take turns sticking pins in each others' posteriors.



In what year was a recording of the duo's "Who's On First" routine placed on permanent display in the museum at the Baseball Hall of Fame?

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1956. The duo were not inducted, just their "Who's On First" routine (first performed in the early 1940s): "A gold recording of the "Who's on First?" routine of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello will be placed on permanent display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., a spokesman for the comedians said today. Also to be exhibited late next month will be a framed copy of the dialogue they have performed more than 15,000 times in twenty years. The spokesman said word of the honor came to Abbott and Costello from Paul S. Kerr and Sid C. Keener, Hall of Fame officials. Costello commented, "This is better than getting an Oscar."



In what year did the duo split up?

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1956. At the time of the split up, they were both broke due to circumstances dealing with the IRS.



In what year did Lou's only son, Lou Jr. die?

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1943. Lou Jr. was tragically killed on November 4, 1943 by drowning, only a few days before his 1st birthday.



In the United States, "The Abbott and Costello Show" was originally broadcast these years?

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1952 - 1954. Before debuting on their own show in the U.S. on CBS in December 1952, Abbott and Costello were the the guest hosts of NBC's "Colgate Comedy Hour" in 1951 and went on to appear on the show many times boosting their ratings.



In the movie "Abbott & Costello Go to Mars," do Abbott & Costello ever actually land on Mars?

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No. They land in New Orleans at Mardi Gras time, and assume the strangely dressed people they encounter there are Martians. The only other planet they actually land on is Venus.



In keeping the family involved in the production, Lou gave his brother-in-law Joe Kirk a recurring role on the show. What was that role?

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Mr. Bacciagalupe. Joe Kirk also appeared in 14 movies with Abbott and Costello, often uncredited.



In how many episodes did Abbott and Costello perform their most famous sketch 'Who's on First'?

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One. Episode 24, "The Actor's Home," in the first season, features the only time in the two year run the boys performed the classic skit.



In "Here Come the Co-Eds," Lou Costello is the star of a women's college team in which sport?

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basketball. Under hypnosis, he's convinced that he's Daisy Dimple, the world's greatest female basketball player.



How many episodes of "The Abbott and Costello Show" were filmed?

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52. The show was only on for two years. And sadly only 26 episodes were filmed each year.



How many 'Abbott and Costello' films were made in all?

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36. Way too many to list them all here! See: http://rinkworks.com/movies/i/a_abbcost.shtml



Gordon Jones, who played Mike the Cop, co-starred in how many movies with Abbott and Costello?

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One. "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap" (1947). Although Gordon Jones appeared in many movies over a thirty year career, he only appeared in an Abbott and Costello movie!



Betty Smith was Bud's wife and Anne Batlers was Lou's wife. How many children TOTAL did these two ladies give birth to?

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4. Lou and Anne had 3 children, Carole, Patricia, Lou Jr. and Chris (3 girls and 1 boy). However, Bud and Betty never had any biological children, but they did adopt 2.

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