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William "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello were an American comedy duo whose work in vaudeville and on stage, radio, film and television made them the most popular comedy team during the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine "Who's on First?" is one of the best-known comedy routines of all time and set the framework for many of their best-known comedy bits.
Bud Abbott (1897–1974) was a veteran burlesque entertainer from a show business family. He worked at Coney Island and ran his own burlesque touring companies. He first worked as a straight man with his wife Betty, then with veteran burlesque comedians like Harry Steppe and Harry Evanson. When he met his future partner in comedy, Abbott was performing in Minsky's Burlesque shows, and had been working at least a decade before meeting Lou Costello.
Lou Costello (1906–1959) had been a burlesque comic since 1930, after failing to break into movie acting and working as a stunt double and film extra. He appears briefly in the 1927 Laurel and Hardy silent two-reeler, The Battle of the Century, seated at ringside during Stan Laurel's ill-fated boxing match. (As a teenager, Costello had been an amateur boxer in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey.) Costello was introduced to burlesque through the "Ann Corio Show", in which he performed as a "dancing juvenile," who came out before the top banana and warmed up the audience - only he would get the laughs.
Gregory Abbott (born April 2, 1954) is an American soul and R&B singer, musician, composer and producer. Abbott is best known for his singles in the mid–1980s including platinum single; Shake You Down from his 1986 debut album.
Abbott's parents came from Venezuela and Antigua. He is a dual citizen of the US and Antigua. During his early years, Abbott's mother taught him how to play piano and encouraged him to develop vocally.
Before his career as musician, Abbott studied psychology at University of California, Berkeley and creative writing at Stanford; where he won a Wallace Stegner fellowship. Also, he has taught English at University of California, Berkeley.
One of Abbott's first opportunities in his studio was an album for an independent record label, which gave him the opportunity to do a duet with Whitney Houston. Continuing on, Abbott produced for the group EQ on Atlantic Records.
In 1986, Abbott released his first solo album, Shake You Down. The title track for the album was a success, going platinum and topping the Billboard Hot 100. The album's second single, "I Got The Feelin (It's Over)" which reached Number 5 on the R&B chart. With the strength of its singles, the album propelled to platinum status and earned Abbott several awards.
William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer, and comedian. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.
Abbott was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, into a show business family. His parents, Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, had worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. Several years after the family relocated to Brooklyn, Abbott dropped out of grammar school to begin working with his father at Dreamland Park on Coney Island. When he was 15, Abbott signed on as a cabin boy on a Norwegian steamer, but was soon forced to shovel coal. He eventually worked his way back to the United States after a year.
By then his father was an employee of the Columbia Burlesque Wheel, and installed Bud in the box office of the Casino Theater in Brooklyn. Bud spent the next few years in burlesque box offices. In 1918, working in Washington D.C., he met and married Jenny Mae Pratt, a burlesque dancer and comedienne who performed as Betty Smith. They remained together until his death 55 years later. In 1923 Abbott produced a cut-rate vaudeville "tab show" called Broadway Flashes, which toured on the Gus Sun circuit. Abbott began performing as a straight man in the show when he could no longer afford to pay one. He continued producing and performing in burlesque shows on the Mutual Burlesque wheel, and as his reputation grew, he began working with veteran comedians like Harry Steppe and Harry Evanson.
Anthony John "Tony" Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian politician who was the 28th Prime Minister of Australia from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015. Abbott was leader of the Liberal Party from 2009 to 2015, and has been a Member of Parliament for Warringah since 1994.
Abbott was born in London to an Australian mother and a British father, and immigrated to Sydney with his parents in 1960. Prior to entering Parliament, he took the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws at the University of Sydney, then graduated Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, politics and economics as a Rhodes Scholar at The Queen's College, Oxford. He later proceeded by seniority to Master of Arts.
After graduating, Abbott trained as a Roman Catholic seminarian, later working as a journalist, manager and political adviser. In 1992, he was appointed director of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy, a position he held until his election to Parliament in 1994. He was first appointed to Cabinet following the 1998 election, as part of the Second Howard Ministry, becoming Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business. In 2003, he became Minister for Health and Ageing, retaining this position until the defeat of the Howard Government at the 2007 election. Initially serving in the Shadow Cabinets of Brendan Nelson and then Malcolm Turnbull, he resigned from the frontbench in November 2009 in protest against Turnbull's support for the Rudd Government's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Forcing a leadership ballot on the subject, Abbott defeated Turnbull by 42 votes to 41 to become the party's leader and Leader of the Opposition.
Actors: Arthur Roberts (actor), Brent Huff (actor), Mackenzie Astin (actor), Marguerite Moreau (actress), Joel Murray (actor), Erin Cardillo (actress), Robert Scott Crane (actor), Evan Goldman (composer), Kelly Thewlis (miscellaneous crew), Richard W. King (producer), Mandy Grant-Grierson (miscellaneous crew), Joseph Saroufim (writer), Casey Graf (actor), Joseph Saroufim (producer), Michael John Lane (actor),
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi,Actors: Tara Garwood (actress), Carl Randolph (director), Carl Randolph (writer), Carl Randolph (producer), Leo Schwartz (composer), Lee Ordeman (actor), Martin Higareda (miscellaneous crew), Martin Higareda (editor), BJ Barretta (editor), Jodi Dawson (miscellaneous crew), Tricia McCauley (actress), Travis Blumer (actor), Jim Brady (actor), Brian Stever (actor), Linda Swann (costume designer),
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Short, Thriller,Actors: Arkadiusz Bazak (actor), Mariusz Bonaszewski (actor), Jerzy Wasiuczynski (actor), Jacek Borusinski (actor), Radoslaw Markiewicz (director), Radoslaw Markiewicz (writer), Norbert Rudzik (editor), Marcin Stec (actor), Marta Król (actress), Dariusz Basinski (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Paul Sutorius (editor), Timothy Balme (actor), Miranda Harcourt (producer), Miranda Harcourt (actress), Veronique Lawrence (miscellaneous crew), Adam Gardiner (actor), Charlie Bleakley (actor), Amanda Neale (costume designer), Michelle Langstone (actress), Tim Gordon (actor), Neil Pardington (producer), Lucy Wigmore (actress), Hera Dunleavy (actress), Stuart McKenzie (writer), Stuart McKenzie (director),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: Linda Darlow (actress), Jay Brazeau (actor), Dee Jay Jackson (actor), Clive Barker (producer), Clive Barker (writer), Grace MacLeod (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Lennertz (composer), Colin Lawrence (actor), Brian Drummond (actor), Peter Bryant (actor), Art Hindle (actor), William B. Davis (actor), Blaine G. Houserman (miscellaneous crew), Geoff Redknap (miscellaneous crew), Peter Munro (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi,Actors: Don Stark (actor), Eddie Jones (actor), Ed O'Neill (actor), William Sadler (actor), Richard Fancy (actor), Victor Kanefsky (editor), Robin Bartlett (actress), Jean De Baer (actress), Daryl Edwards (actor), Patrick Prentice (writer), Victor Arnold (actor), Marjorie Lovett (actress), Debra Mooney (actress), Marilyn Rockafellow (actress), Eugene Lee (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Michael Maltese (writer), Mel Blanc (actor), William Hanna (director), Don Messick (actor), Hal Smith (actor), John Stephenson (actor), Janet Waldo (actress), Joseph Barbera (producer), William Hanna (producer), Joseph Barbera (director), Bud Abbott (actor), Art Scott (producer), Jack Mendelsohn (writer), Frank Paiker (miscellaneous crew), Neal Barbera (writer),
Plot: This animated series followed the further adventures of the famous comedy duo, featuring Bud Abbott performing as himself (Lou Costello had died several years earlier). Most of the episodes centered around various far-fetched schemes to get rich quick, all of which inevitably failed miserably.
Keywords: abbott-and-costello, based-on-sketch-comedy, character-name-in-title, get-rich-quick-scheme, performer-name-in-title, surrealismActors: Everett Glass (actor), Robert Bice (actor), Glenn Ford (actor), Whit Bissell (actor), Rodney Bell (actor), Eddie Baker (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Elisha Cook Jr. (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), Charles Evans (actor), Frank Ferguson (actor), Frank Cady (actor), Joe Flynn (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor),
Plot: The story of a murder trial where a Mexican boy is accused of the death of a Caucasian girl. The two-faced attorney (Arthur Kennedy) who takes the boy's case is only interested in defending him so he can exploit his Communist-backed organization for their own underhanded purposes. He and his organization bring in an idealistic law professor (Glenn Ford) who agrees to represent the boy in court.
Keywords: airport, attorney, based-on-novel, beach, cemetery, cigarette-smoking, courtroom, courtroom-drama, cross-examination, crying-manActors: Richard Quine (actor), Harry Cheshire (actor), Robert Bray (actor), Joseph E. Bernard (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Frank Fenton (actor), G. Pat Collins (actor), Joel Friedkin (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), James Craven (actor), Eddie Lee (actor), Richard Loo (actor), Howard Negley (actor), James Nolan (actor), Grandon Rhodes (actor),
Plot: Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, widow of a service buddy he was accused of informing on. Helped also by Ted Niles, a surviving fellow prisoner, he gets closer to finding the answers he needs, and becomes ensnared in a grandiose scheme involving his Japanese ex-prison guard, $10,000,000 of US currency forged by the Japanese and a burgeoning crime network poised to wreak havoc throughout southern California.
Genres: Drama, Film-Noir,Actors: Ralph Brooks (actor), Bud Abbott (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Harry C. Bradley (actor), Tyler Brooke (actor), Don Alvarado (actor), Richard Carle (actor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Lou Costello (actor), Robert Cummings (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), William Frawley (actor), Charlie Hall (actor), Jerry Mandy (actor),
Plot: Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran), and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe (William Frawley), who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned. Everyone involved in the situation winds up sailing or flying to San Marcos (a fictional South American country), where another complication arises, when Lucky falls for Cynthia. Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia, but Roscoe does not have to pay the $1-million because Steve ends up marrying Mickey.
Keywords: abbott-and-costello, based-on-novel, forced-marriage, gangster, gun, gunfire, insurance, laying-jacket-over-puddle, nightclub, number-in-titleAn emotional Kyle Abbott sat in front of press at Newlands on Thursday and opened up on his decision to abandon the Proteas and sign a four-year Kolpak deal with English county side Hampshire. Since making his Test debut back in 2013 against Pakistan at Centurion, the 29-year-old has featured just 11 times. Abbott says he signed the Hampshire deal "around five months ago" and that he had planned to break the news after the current series against Sri Lanka. Instead, the story was leaked mid-second Test in Cape Town, forcing Abbott to come clean to his team-mates. As a result, his contract with CSA has been immediately terminated and he will not be considered for the third Test in Johannesburg starting on January 12. Abbott will be joined by Proteas limited over batsman Rilee Rossouw, who ...
Gregory Abbott's official music video for 'Shake You Down'. Click to listen to Gregory Abbott on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/GregoryASpot?IQid=GASYD As featured on Shake You Down. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/GASYDiTunes?IQid=GASYD Google Play: http://smarturl.it/GASYDplay?IQid=GASYD Amazon: http://smarturl.it/GASYDamz?IQid=GASYD More from Gregory Abbott I Got The Feeling (It's Over): https://youtu.be/qXRMmh0B860 I'll Prove It To You: https://youtu.be/fbW-hy77XDc More great 80s hits here: http://smarturl.it/Ultimate80?IQid=GASYD Follow Gregory Abbott Website: http://gregoryabbott.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gregoryabbottmusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregoryabbott Instagram: https://instagram.com/gregoryabbottmusic/ Subscribe to Gregor...
Probably the most famous comedy bit of all time. Credit to Koch Entertainment Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
Mini Biography of the life and tragic end of Bud Abbott of the famed comedy duo Abbott & Costello. This video uses abridged and edited material from the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
If you think the gaffes from the likes of Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are an embarrassment, wait until you get a load of the Former Prime Minister of Australia. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the Top 10 Cringe Worthy Tony Abbott Moments. Click here to subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=watchmojo or visit our channel page here: http://www.youtube.com/watchmojo Also, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest :) Check us out at http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo, http://instagram.com/watchmojo and http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo. Special thanks to our user yourbestfriend for submitting this idea on our Suggestion Tool http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest Check out the voting page here, http://watc...
Meet Australia's President of the United States, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the instigator of a wink-related scandal. He sometimes puts his foot in his mouth and other times chooses to say nothing at all. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: http://Facebook.com/LastWeekTonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: http://Twitter.com/LastWeekTonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: http://www.hbo.com/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver It's HBO.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - The Abbott and Costello Show is an American television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that premiered in syndication in the fall of 1952 and ran until May 1954. The series is regarded among the most influential comedy programs in history. In 1998 Entertainment Weekly praised the series as one of the "100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time." In 2007, Time magazine selected it for its "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME." The show was a vehicle to bring the duo's tried and true burlesque routines to television in a format that the team could control. It contained none of the musical interludes or love stories that marked most of their feature films. Basically, if a situation or gag was funny, the team filmed it with l...
Africa Screams is a 1949 American #Adventure Comedy film starring Abbott and Costello and directed by Charles Barton that parodied the safari genre. The title is a play on the title of the 1930 documentary Africa Speaks!. The supporting cast features Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Max Baer, Buddy Baer, Shemp Howard, and Joe Besser. Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke) is in the book department of Klopper's Department store looking for a copy of the book Dark Safari, written by the famed explorer Cuddleford. Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) overhears Diana saying that she will pay $2,500 for a map that is inside that book. He devises a plan to pass off his friend Stanley Livington (Lou Costello) as a great explorer who accompanied Cuddleford on the expedition described in the book. With claims that he can r...
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Ghost of Mother
Lingering death
Ghost on Mother's bed
Black strands on the pillow
Contour of her health
Twisted face upon the head
Ghost of perdition
Stuck in her chest
A warning no one read
Tragic friendship
Called inside the fog
Pouring venom brew deceiving
Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said:
"You have to live before you die young"
Holding her down
Channeling darkness
Hemlock for the Gods
Fading resistance
Draining the weakness
Penetrating inner light
Road into the dark unaware
Winding ever higher
Darkness by her side
Spoke and passed her by
Dedicated hunter
Waits to pull us under
Rose up to its call
In his arms she'd fall
Mother light received
And a faithful servant's free
In time the hissing of her sanity
Faded out her voice and soiled her name
And like marked pages in a diary
Everthing seemed clean that is unstained
The incoherent talk of ordinary days
Why would we really need to live?
Decide what is clear and what's within a haze
What you should take and what to give
Ghost of perdition
A saint's premonition's unclear
Keeper of holy hordes
Keeper of holy whores
To see a beloved son
In despair of what's to come
If one cut the source of the flow
And everything would change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the righteous
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
Defying the forgotten mortals