The Abbott and Costello Show

Name: The Abbott and Costello Show
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1952-12-05
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

ENDED2 Seasons52 Episodes★ 7.2

The Abbott and Costello Show is a comedy series on Syndication that ran from 1952 to 1954, ending after 2 seasons and 52 episodes.

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NetworkSyndication

First AiredDec 5, 1952

Last AiredMay 1, 1954

GenreComedy

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionTelevision Corporation of America

Overview from TMDB

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.

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Cast

Bud Abbott

Lou Costello

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Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 52 episodes

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E1The Paper Hangers

Nov 7, 195325m

To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.

E2Uncle Bozzo's Visit

Nov 14, 195325m★ 7.0

Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.

E3In Society

Nov 21, 195325m

A wealthy society matron pays Bud to attend a formal reception and impersonate the Duke of Gluten. Lou comes along pretending to be his cousin, the Earl of Waldo.

E4Life Insurance

Nov 28, 195325m

Mr. Fields takes out an insurance policy on Lou. Later, Bud takes Lou on a hunting trip, and Lou suspects Bud and Mr. Fields have plotted to kill him for the insurance money.

E5Pest Exterminators

Dec 5, 195325m

Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."

E6Killer's Wife

Dec 12, 195325m★ 7.3

When a heavyweight prize fighter named Killer thinks that Lou is having an affair with his wife, Bud attempts to get Lou trained and fit in a gym.

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E7Cheap Skates

Dec 19, 195325m★ 7.0

Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.

E8South of Dixie

Dec 26, 195325m

Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.

E9From Bed to Worse

Jan 2, 195425m

Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.

E10$1,000 TV Prize

Jan 9, 195425m

Lou wins a $1,000 dollar prize pretending to be Mr. Fields. He then has to get Mr. Fields out of the way so he can collect it.

E11Amnesia

Jan 16, 195425m

Lou is in love with a girl he has never met. As a gag, Bud and his friends convince him that he has already married the girl. The woman who poses as his wife then makes his existence miserable.

E12Efficiency Experts

Jan 23, 195425m

Bud and Lou land jobs as efficiency experts, and are assigned to restrain their client’s daughters from spending money. The young women, however, get the boys to buy them expensive dresses and take them to a casino, where they end up in a brawl.

E13Car Trouble

Jan 30, 195425m

When Lou wins a car, Bud sells it to buy a cheaper one, using the profits to try to finance a vacation in Flint, Michigan.

E14Wife Wanted

Feb 6, 195425m

When Lou finds out he will inherit $10,000 provided that he has a wife, he tries to marry a former girlfriend—who is dating a man named Bonebender Brodsky.

E15Uncle from New Jersey

Feb 13, 195425m

When Mr. Fields is just about to evict the boys, Bud convinces him that Lou's Uncle Ruppert is a millionaire and Lou is the sole heir. Complications arise, however, when Mike the Cop begins to believe that the visiting uncle (Lou in disguise) has been murdered.

E16Private Eye

Feb 20, 195425m

After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.

E17The Tax Return

Feb 27, 195425m

Lou receives a tax refund check for $1,000,000. He takes the check to a bank and demands cash. He is subsequently followed by home by crooks.

E18Public Enemies

Mar 6, 195425m

Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.

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E19Bank Holdup

Mar 13, 195425m

Bud and Lou unwittingly take jobs as armed bodyguards for a couple of hoodlums and assist in a bank robbery. They use their share of money to pay their rent, and later try to get it back from Mr. Fields' safe.

E20Well Oiled

Mar 20, 195425m

Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.

E21The Pigeon

Mar 27, 195425m★ 8.0

Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.

E22Honeymoon House

Apr 3, 195425m★ 7.7

When Bud and Mr. Fields help Lou put together a prefab house in order to impress his fiancée and her parents, a jealous former boyfriend sabotages their work.

E23Fencing Master

Apr 10, 195425m

A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.

E24Beauty Contest Story

Apr 17, 195425m

When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.

E25Fall Guy

Apr 24, 195425m

Bud and Lou want to take two sisters on a date but their father convinces the boys to put an antenna on his roof instead.

E26Barber Lou

May 1, 195425m

Lou tries to give Bud a rubdown following instructions from a radio show, but he's tuned into a program explaining how to paint a car at home.

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About The Abbott and Costello Show

The Abbott and Costello Show is a comedy series on Syndication. The show first aired on Dec 5, 1952 and currently has 2 seasons and 52 episodes. The Abbott and Costello Show has ended. It has a rating of 7.2/10 based on 22 votes. The cast includes Bud Abbott, Lou Costello.