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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
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David White takes a long strange trip with Jerry Garcia to watch Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.
Years after writing Frankenstein, Mary Shelley published her Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843. Ahead on in it she states her therapeutic intent:
“Travelling will cure all: my busy, brooding thoughts will be scattered abroad; and, to use a figure of speech, my thought will, amidst novel and various scenes, renew the outworn and tattered garments in which it has long been clothed, and array itself in a vesture all gay in fresh and glossy hues, when we are beyond the Alps.”
(Part I, Letter I, p.2)
Even if the classic 1948 comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein deviates from Mary Shelley’s novel too much, it is spot-on regarding her larger project of how best to navigate in the pilgrimage of animation. By pilgrimage here I mean not
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Bud Abbott (left) and Lou Costello (right). Behind them, on first base: Who.
— Costello
William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) and Louis Francis "Lou" Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) were an American Comedy Duo who worked together from 1935 to 1957, starting out in burlesque theatre and expanding into radio, television, and films. They're best remembered for their signature "Who's on First?" routine, in which Abbott attempts to narrate Costello about a baseball team whose players contain confusing names like "Who" and "What". ("Who's on first?" "Yes.")
In 1940, they appeared together in supporting roles in the movie One Night in the Tropics, and stole the show. The following year, they had their first starring vehicle, Buck Privates. They went on to make over 30 films, remaining top-10 box office draws for the next decade. This later included the duo joining the Universal HorrorShared Universe with the pair encountering all sorts of monsters and equally fantastic situations, an artistic merger that worked surprisingly well with each franchise allowed to act to their strengths.
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When their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show actor Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must place things right.When their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show star Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must put things right.When their captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers, stage show luminary Abbott and his bumbling sidekick Costello must set things right.
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"Naughty" but nice!!
Abbott and Costello are at their comedic best in their underrated gem, "The Naughty Nineties." It's engaging to note that this could be considered their first film where their characters aren't a team. Abbott plays a ham actor on a reveal boat, with Costello as a drummer and handyman. It's rumored that A&C began to have a falling out at the time this film was made in early 1945, which may (or may not) have led to playing separate characters. ("Little Giant" and "The Period of Their Lives" are two more examples.)
The movie is best known for the classic "Who's on First" r
The Brief on Bud Abbott
Thanks, Bob Greenberg for the very good thought to do a solo post on Bud Abbott (William Alexander Abbott, 1897-1974). The reasons for doing one (and doing one now) are multiple: 1) the many posts I’ve done on Abbott and Costello are all about the team as comedians; I’ve never done a biographical post per se on either of them, or on their career together for that matter, which is quite an omission. I guess I got carried away with looking at them as a critic. 2) Abbott had a close connection to Coney Island, and I document and speak about Coney Island all the time, so, again, quite an omission; 3) Abbott is my favorite of the two; and 4) this year marks the 50th annniversary of when he passed away. So here goes!
October 2 was Abbott’s birthday — the alike as Groucho Marx and Spanky from Our Gang. Quite a calendate hang out for anchors of comedy teams! Abbott’s parents were circus people; they met while working for Barnum and Bailey. The dad, Harry Abbott had grave American roots (the family was originally from Pennsylvania) and had run off and joined the circus as a kid. He was a concessionaire. The mother (Rae Fisher
Abbott and Costello
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Abbott and Costello[1] was a comedy team that began in 1940, and lasted until 1957. The team was comprised of Bud Abbott band Lou Costello, who had a non-conformist connection of which no one talked about in the 50s. Their calling was in the burgeoning post war physical celebration industry,[2] which was called "two reelers" back then.
Abbott and Costello's jokes were often chuckled at, since suggestive humour was innocent back in the day. Eventually, their popularity ran out and the act ended. Both died in bizarre and unexplained circumstances. Abbott died a year after the split whilst Abbott carried on for another 20 years.
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Bud Abbott was never sure where or what evening he was born. He isn't even sure that his real name is Bud Abbott. His solo bit When's my birthday? is widely considered the prototype for the much more notable, future Who's On First? routine. Some theorists think that Bu