The Abbott and Costello Show
Two out-of-work performers scrape by in a boarding house, constantly dodging rent and stumbling into odd jobs and misunderstandings. With a fed-up landlord, a watchful cop, and neighbors close by, everyday problems spiral into rapid-fire wordplay, pratfalls, and loosely connected comic situations.
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Season 2
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1
E1
The Paper Hangers
To pay back rent, Bud and Lou attempt to wallpaper an apartment. Later, as waiters in a restaurant, they brawl with hoodlums.
Nov 7, 1953 · 30m -
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E2
Uncle Bozzo's Visit
Lou's eccentric opera singing uncle comes to stay with the boys for a couple of months.
Nov 14, 1953 · 26m -
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E3
In Society
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.
Nov 21, 1953 · 26m -
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E4
Life Insurance
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.
Nov 28, 1953 · 26m -
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E5
Pest Exterminators
Bud and Lou are pest exterminators mistaken for psychiatrists when they attend to Mrs. Featherton's "aunts."
Dec 5, 1953 · 26m -
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E6
Killer's Wife
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.
Dec 12, 1953 · 26m -
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E7
Cheap Skates
Bud and Lou accidentally buy a crate of roller-skates, not knowing that they have stolen diamonds hidden inside.
Dec 19, 1953 · 26m -
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E8
South of Dixie
Lou accidentally lands himself and Bud roles in a Civil War melodrama.
Dec 26, 1953 · 26m -
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E9
From Bed to Worse
Bud and Lou attempt to plant a backyard garden in order to win a cash prize offered by a civic group.
Jan 2, 1954 · 26m -
10
E10
$1,000 TV Prize
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.
Jan 9, 1954 · 27m -
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E11
Amnesia
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.
Jan 16, 1954 · 27m -
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E12
Efficiency Experts
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.
Jan 23, 1954 · 30m -
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E13
Car Trouble
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.
Jan 30, 1954 · 30m -
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E14
Wife Wanted
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.
Feb 6, 1954 · 27m -
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E15
Uncle from New Jersey
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.
Feb 13, 1954 · 30m -
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E16
Private Eye
After receiving his private eye diploma from the Watchdog Correspondence School, Lou helps a friend locate some valuable bonds in a haunted house.
Feb 20, 1954 · 30m -
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E17
The Tax Return
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.
Feb 27, 1954 · 27m -
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E18
Public Enemies
Lou is mistaken for a crook named Dapper Dan and is forced to take part in a robbery.
Mar 6, 1954 · 26m -
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E19
Bank Holdup
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.
Mar 13, 1954 · 30m -
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E20
Well Oiled
Bud and Lou help Mr. Fields, who is being threatened with a lawsuit. Lou poses as a Texas millionaire to help discredit the complainant.
Mar 20, 1954 · 27m -
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E21
The Pigeon
Bud and Lou's beautiful next door neighbor uses Lou as a decoy to help break up with her mobster boyfriend.
Mar 27, 1954 · 30m -
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E22
Honeymoon House
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.
Apr 3, 1954 · 27m -
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E23
Fencing Master
A mad scientist's experiment convinces Lou that he is indestructible.
Apr 10, 1954 · 26m -
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E24
Beauty Contest Story
When Bud and Lou judge a beauty contest, pressure is applied to sway their votes.
Apr 17, 1954 · 30m -
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E25
Fall Guy
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.
Apr 24, 1954 · 26m -
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E26
Barber Lou
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.
May 1, 1954 · 27m