"Actor: Lou Costello"

• Kings Of Comedy | DVD | (20/09/2004) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (-3.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This box set contains three films featuring the greatest comedy double-acts of all-time! Abbott & Costello - Africa Screams: Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds... Lewis & Martin - At War With The Army: Jerry Lewis plays hapless Pvt. First Class Alvin Corwin and Dean Martin is First Sgt. Vic Puccinelli in this barrack room comedy set in the U.S. around World War 2. Alvin and Vic grew up in the sam

• Buck Privates Come Home/One Night in the Tropics | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £5.49   |  Saving you £4.50 (81.97%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Buck Privates: Bud and Lou enlist in the army in order to escape being hauled off to jail and soon find themselves in boot camp. To their dismay the company's drill instructor is none other than the cop who was all set to run them off to the hoosegow in the first place! The boys end up having a whale of a time getting under the skin of their humourless nemesis. One Night In The Tropics: Bud and Lou get mixed up in a ""Love Insurance"" scheme.

• Abbott & Costello Collection | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Abbott And Costello Collection (3 Discs)

• Vintage Comedy Vol.2 | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Buster Keaton 'Our Hospitality' and 'Sherlock Jr' Abbott & Costello 'Jack And The Beanstalk'' Laurel & Hardy 'Uptopia' (Their last film together)

• Abbott & Costello - Funniest Routines Vol 1 | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £2.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (62.60%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Abbott & Costello: Funniest Routines - Vol. 1

• Here Comes The Co-Eds / In Society | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £4.59   |  Saving you £5.40 (117.65%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Here Come The Co-Ed's: Bud and Lou head to campus and attempt to save Bixby College from closing down. In Society: Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected things don't run to plan...

• Abbott & Costello - Funniest Routines Vol 2 | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £4.49   |  Saving you £3.50 (77.95%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Abbott & Costello: Funniest Routines - Vol. 2

• Abbott & Costello - Africa Screams In Colour | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £7.98   |  Saving you £3.00 (60.12%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds...

• Abbott & Costello - Christmas Show | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £4.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (37.50%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Abbott & Costello: Christmas Show

• Abbott And Costello - Jack And The Beanstalk | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £10.23   |  Saving you £5.75 (79.42%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Bud and Lou take on a babysitting job and find themselves involved in the Jack And The Beanstalk fairy tale.

• Bob Hope 100th Anniversary | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  May 29th 2003 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bob Hope; he made audiences laugh in every decade of the 20th century having become a star in vaudeville radio television and in Hollywood movies. This 5 volume collection pays tribute to Bob Hope the boy from Eltham one of the best loved entertainers who ever lived! Comprises: Bob Hope At The Movies Bob Hope On TV The Comedy Hour My Favourite Brunette The Road To Bali.

• Hollywood Comedy Collection - Vol. 1 | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £30.76   |  Saving you £-10.77 (-53.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Road To Rio (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1947): To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Direct

• 3 Classic Comedies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 2 - Jack And The Beanstalk / Utopia / Spooks Run Wild | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Jack And The Beanstalk: The legendary comedic duo Abbott and Costello provide fairy tale fun for kids (of ALL ages!). The wacky pair pretty much stick to the outline of the original childrens fairytale but add their own signature comic flourishes and slapstick details. Utopia: Stan and Ollie inherit a yacht along with a small island. They set sail accompanied by a stateless refugee and a stowaway. A violent storm causes our heroes to crash on their island. Together

• Jack And The Beanstalk / Africa Screams | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £6.15   |  Saving you £-1.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Africa Screams (Dir. Charles Barton 1949): Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds... Jack And The Beanstalk (Dir. Jean Yarbrough 1952): Bud and Lou take on a babysitting job and find themselves involved in the Jack And The Beanstalk fairy tale! One of the very few colour films that Abbott and Costello made beginning in black and white but then turning into a full on colourful fairy tale. One of the

• The Abbott And Costello Show: Season 1 | Blu Ray | (14/12/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Abbott And Costello - Africa Screams | DVD | (27/03/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Abbott and Costello go on an African safari armed with a secret map which will lead them to hidden diamonds.

• Abbott And Costello - TV Show - Volume 10 | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Abbott and Costello TV Show is timeless American humor as fresh today as it was 40 years ago. All the classic routines which the boys performed on film radio and stage were captured in 1952-1953 for the new medium of television and delivered at the peak of their powers.The regular cast of characters including Mr. Fields Mike the Cop Stinky Bacciagalupe and Hillary had worked with Bud and Lou on film and stage and each contributed memorably. These shows stand today as perhaps the finest surviving representation of the art of burlesque comedy.THE ARMY STORYThe army must be in really bad shape if it has to draft Bud and Lou but that's exactly what happens in this mirth-filled military episode. After proving to landlord Fields that their 13 weeks of back room rent at a week total the boys head to boot camp. During training it's Corporal (!) Abbott and Sergeant Mike the Cop against poor Lou who outwits his bunkmates in a zany dice game. The team finishes it's army career with a classic slap-stick routine that lands Lou face first in the dirt.EFFICIENCY EXPERTSBud and Lou have miraculously landed a job with the Globe Efficiency Company. J. J. Wentworth hires the boys to stop his spendthrift daughters from spending all his money. Within minutes of meeting the girls they have Bud and Lou wrapped around their fingers. Lou's feeble attempts to get them to economize are disastrous as he gives one of the girls a facial with plastic cement! To make amends the boys are forced to take the girls to a gambling joint where they start a riot and fire - and lose a fortune.PEACE AND QUIETClassic burlesque reigns as sleepless Lou visits Dr. Mildew for rest. After run-ins with assorted nuts in the waiting room Lou's told to listen to Dr. Drowsy's Slumberland record at bedtime. When this crazy treatment only puts Bud to sleep. Lou's off to the sanitarium where the staff is nuttier than the boys. In a wild recreation of the Crazy House sketch Lou's attempts to sleep are constantly interrupted by a parade of zanies armed with punchlines bullets and seltzer.HONEYMOON HOUSEThe love bug has bitten Lou and Bud must show him how to propose. To convince Sally to say 'yes' Lou buys a Bride's Delight Prefabricated House. But her ex-beau has other ideas and changes the numbers on all the crates. The finished house is a nightmare. After Lou's hopeless attempt to stop his future mother-in-law's hiccups a piano crashes through a wall and lights go haywire. When he gives Sally's parents the grand tour they're lucky to escape alive.

• Africa Screams | DVD | (12/02/2008) from £11.33   |  Saving you £-7.08 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

• Abbott And Costello - TV Show - Volume 9 | DVD | (15/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Abbott and Costello TV Show is timeless American humor as fresh today as it was 40 years ago. All the classic routines which 'the boys' performed on film radio and stage were captured in 1952-1953 for the new medium of television and delivered at the peak of their powers.The regular cast of characters including Mr. Fields Mike the Cop Stinky Bacciagalupe and Hillary had worked with Bud and Lou on film and stage and each contributed memorably. These shows stand today as perhaps the finest surviving representation of the art and burlesque comedy.POLITICIANDelighted at the prospect of being Mike The Cop's boss Lou decides to run for Councilman. Bud coaches him on the fine points of kissing babies using Bingo the chimp for practice. Now a seasoned politician Lou holds a campaign rally in the park explaining the Confusion Party ticket to his supporters. Then a bevy of crying beauties get big-hearted Lou to donate most of his clothes to their needy fathers in a burlesque finale.PUBLIC ENEMIESTwo safecrackers and their molls move in next door to Bud and Lou. After a picture of Lou is mistakenly named master thief 'Dapper Dan' in the papers the gang recruits the boys for a warehouse heist. Chopper Coyle's girlfriend Fifi takes a liking to Lou and it's almost fatal until Bud convinces the tough guys that Lou 'acts so dumb he's a genius!' A zany chase ensues in the warehouse when Lou's real identity is discovered.FROM BED TO WORSEThe Big American Seed Company is giving 00 prize for the best home garden and Bud convinces Lou it's easy money. Unfortunately next door neighbour Bill Hart has the same idea and open warfare develops. In a nutty parade of backyard slapstick the boys blow up an obstinate stump destroy an underground water pipe and feud with Hart's trespassing chickens.CAR TROUBLELou's heart is set on winning a new car in the Jeepers Creepers Baby Food Contest. He wins but Bud tells him to sell the lemon after run-ins with Mike The Cop and an irate chauffer. They take the money to Flint Michigan to buy another car but on the return trip they're broke and must bum a meal from hoboes. Hiding a stolen chicken for the stewpot under his coat Lou is forced by the Sheriff to do bird impressions but they all sound like Agnes the missing hen.

• Abbott And Costello - TV Show - Volume 11 | DVD | (10/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  The Abbott and Costello TV Show is timeless American humor as fresh today as it was 40 years ago. All the classic routines which the boys performed on film radio and stage were captured in 1952-1953 for the new medium of television and delivered at the peak of their powers.The regular cast of characters including Mr. Fields Mike The Cop Stinky Bacciagalupe and Hillary had worked with Bud and Lou on film and stage and each contributed memorably. These shows stand today as perhaps the finest surviving representation of the art of burlesque comedy.The Western StoryHillary's leaving to run the dude ranch she inherited from her uncle and she invites Bud and Lou to work for her. They get lost enroute but some smart aleck Indians get them to the B-Bar-Bop ranch. Once there Lou tries unsuccessfully to milk a cow. The boys then join a posse headed by Sheriff Fields to stop cattle thieves. In the Red Dog Saloon they confront Black Bart and Lou leads a wild barroom brawl that miraculously corrals the entire gang.Barber LouThe boys must talk their way out of 5 speeding tickets while rushing Mrs. Bronson to the roominghouse to rehearse for her benefit show. As Lou practices I Dream Of Jeannie Bud directs the curtain to be raised and lowered. Lou thinks these are stage directions - with zany results. After the benefit Lou gives Bud a rubdown while following the announcer on Fatless Frankie's Reducing Radio Show. But when the station switches to instructions on painting a car the rubdown takes a bizarre turn. Lou sandpapers Bud's rough exterior before applying a two-toned paint job.Las VegasBud and Lou decide to take their California Bankroll ($2 wrapped around an orange) and parlay it into big bucks in Las Vegas. But first they head to Friendly Fields' lot to buy a new car. After dickering for a real clunker the boys with Hillary in tow drive to Las Vegas. Once there a parade of zany touts try to tell Lou which horse to bet on. Bud explains the intricacies of mudders and fodders and Lou puts his bankroll on Bazooka who promptly loses. A pool game with a guy who thinks he's Julius Caesar send the boys home more broke than ever.Pest ExterminatorsThe Abbott & Costello Exterminator Company's first job is to rid a nutty psychiatrist's office of termites. Lou confronts a patient with his own assortment of pests: bats and polka-dotted elephants. Next Mrs. Featherton calls the doctor's office and Lou answers. Thinking he's the psychiatrist she asks him to take care of her crazy aunts. Exterminator Lou hears ants and the boys are off to exterminate them! The nutty aunts - who live on Wat (what?!) Street - wind up tying up Lou in a game of cowboys and Indians. When the boys proudly announce they've killed Mrs. Featherton's ants she goes berserk.