Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Foreword John Landis 1
Introduction One: The Case for Abbott and Costello 3
Introduction Two: The Art of Abbott and Costello 17
1 One Night in the Tropics (1940) 25
2 Buck Privates (1941) 33
3 In the Navy (1941) 54
4 Hold That Ghost (1941) 62
5 Keep 'Em Flying (1941) 80
6 Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942) 90
7 Rio Rita (1942) 97
8 Pardon My Sarong (1942) 106
9 Who Done It? (1942) 114
10 It Ain't Hay (1943) 129
11 Hit the Ice (1943) 139
12 In Society and A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944) 149
13 Lost in a Harem (1944) and Mail Call (1944) 168
14 Here Come the Co-Eds (1945) 178
15 The Naughty Nineties (1945) 190
16 Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) 201
17 Little Giant (1946) 212
18 The Time of Their Lives (1946) 222
19 Buck Privates Come Home (1947) 234
20 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) 246
21 The Noose Hangs High (1948) 256
22 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) 265
23 Mexican Hayride (1948) 275
24 Africa Screams (1949) and 1,000 Kids and a Cop (1948) 283
25 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer (1949) 296
26 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) 305
27 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) 316
28 Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) 327
29 Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) 336
30 Lost in Alaska (1952) 345
31 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) 354
32 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) 361
33 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) and Fireman Save My Child (1954) 369
34 Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) 383
35 Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) 389
36 Dance with Me, Henry (1956) 402
37 The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959) 410
38 The World of Abbott and Costello (1965) 417
Appendix I Lou and Me 425
Appendix II The Trials and Tribulations of Tinybud 431
Appendix III The Ultimate Abbott and Costello Top Ten 436
Chapter Notes 457
Bibliography 473
Index 475