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Here's a few interesting comments from All Sci-Fi member Phantom.


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Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

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The Abbott and Costello movies in the forties were slickly produced, mildly amusing b-films with forgettable musical numbers by the romantic leads stuffed between the comedy routines.

As mentioned, Costello detested the script, only warming up to it after the picture became Universal's biggest hit of the year. For the next eight years, the studio milked the combination of laughs and chills until there were no more laughs and chills in the bag, ending the series with A&C Meet the Mummy (a notch below Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, mostly because of the presence of Boris Karlof).

Today, Meet Frankenstein is the go-to favorite of their fans and their only genuine classic movie.

There are two filmed versions on YouTube of their signature comedy sketch, "Who's on First" (the greatest comedy routine of all time), one from The Naughty Nineties (1945) and the longer (definitive) version from their 1950's television show.

Harvey Korman and Buddy Hackett portrayed the boys in a terrible 1978 tv movie, Bud and Lou. Hackett would seem to have been a great choice as Costello, but he was defeated by the script and b-level production. Korman was totally miscast. Their rendition of "Who's on First" is dreadful and shows how lucky we are that the original was committed to film.

Here is the sketch from the tv show. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ve20PVNZ18
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)