Bud Abbott
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This delightful Christmas special stars the brilliant comedy team of Abbott and Costello as they perform on The Colgate Comedy Hour. The show also features Margaret Whiting, The Nicholas Brothers, Buster Shaver and Olive and Tom and Jerry. Included are skits, singing, dancing and commercials. In color for the first time, digitally re-mastered and restored!
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A promotional film showing numerous highlights from the 1941 Universal Picture "KEEP 'EM FLYING" starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...There is special narration at the beginning setting up the movie. Many hilarious scenes, routines and antics are then shown with the comedy duo.
7) Lou's Family
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Abbott and Costello talk about Lou's family. They have been making a living on the radio for the last 10 years. Bud says Lou should invest his money. Lou tries to get a data with Veola.
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Lou has got another traffic ticket. Lou borrowed Bud's car and accidentally ruined it. Bud's house burned down. Someone has kidnapped Bud's wife. They will pay Bud to take her back. The Legion wants Lou to join them. It turns out to be the Foreign Legion. They are in the desert. They are looking for a camel to escape. They make a joke about Camels carrying them for 5 years.
13) French Medal
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Bud and Lou discuss the string of women Lou has dated, from the one who worked as a bubble girl to his current paramour, who works at a laundromat. A Frenchman interrupts the guys and presents Lou with a medal for not making the people of France have to hear his show as it's not broadcast Internationally.
14) Lou Buys a Horse
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A very funny show in which the boys enter Costello's horse in a race with Mr. Kitzel (a jockey!) and other track types.
15) Murder Mystery
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Abbott and Costello talk about Uncle Mike and about marriage. Lou wants to do murder mysteries instead of telling jokes. Bud does not like the idea.
16) Making a Movie
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The boys are trying to get guest Dorothy Lamour to appear in their new picture. Dorothy reads one of her lines as, Bing Hope and Bob Crosby. Abbott and Costello rescue Dorothy from a desert Sheik.
17) Lou the Firearm
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Abbott and Costello are working as fireman. Mrs. O'Lay Hee's house is on fire. Abbott explains vitamins to Costello (Vitamins go from A to H... go to H?).
18) Drugstore
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Abbott and Costello talk about Lou being at Susan Miller's house. They decide to get a job in a drugstore. Bud is the assistant manager. Lou waits on several customers. Veola kisses Lou over and over again. Lou tries to sell an alarm clock.
19) Lion Hunting
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Bud and Lou set out for their safari and will meet Skinny and Marilyn at the lodge later. But first, let the jokes about hunting reign. Marilyn pops in to help with the jokes, then Lou runs into the Game Warden. He has a special job for Lou, capture the lion that has been roaming the woods. Marilyn sings, Blue Skies.`The big moment arrives, and Lou has the lion trapped in a cave. When his bravery pays off there’s a big musical finale to end the...
20) Sports Equipment
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Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. The show mixed comedy with musical interludes.