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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.
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Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), known by the stage name Lou Costello, was an American actor and comedian best remembered for the comedy double act of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. Costello played a bumbling character. He was known for the catchphrases "Heeeeyyy, Abbott!" and "I'm a baaaaad boy!"
Costello was born Louis Francis Cristillo on March 6, 1906, in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of Helen (née Rege) and Sebastiano Cristillo. His father was Italian (from Calabria, Italy) and his mother was an American of Italian, French, and Irish ancestry. He attended School 15 in Paterson, NJ, and was considered a gifted athlete. He excelled in basketball and reportedly was once the New Jersey state free throw champion (his singular basketball prowess can be seen in Here Come The Co-Eds (1945), in which he performs all his own tricky hoop shots without special effects). He also fought as a boxer under the name "Lou King". He took his professional name from actress Helene Costello.
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.
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Actors: Robert Banas (actor), Arte Johnson (actor), Robert Reed (actor), Buddy Hackett (actor), Dann Cahn (editor), Fred Karlin (composer), Harvey Korman (actor), Henry Brandon (actor), Michele Lee (actress), Peggy McCay (actress), Bob Banner (producer), Bob Baines (actor), Richard Sanders (actor), Donald Hotton (actor), Russell Arms (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Bud Abbott (actor), William Bendix (actor), Lou Costello (actor), James Stewart (actor), Lou Costello (producer), Charles Barton (director), Brenda Joyce (actress), Edward Nassour (producer), William Nassour (producer),
Plot: A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, visits the Foundation and discovers the juveniles who used to give him trouble now engaged in sports and activities, furnished them gratis, under self-supervision. Abbott and Costello furnish a couple of bits to liven it up some.
Keywords: digit-in-title, foundation, juvenile-delinquency, los-angeles-california, number-in-title, policeman, public-service-announcement, reenactment, youth-centerMini 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.
Bud Abbott interviewed by Jack Linkletter on HERE'S HOLLYWOOD. December 7, 1962. This interview took place only a year after Bud had appeared (in a really nice performance) on GE THEATER with Lee Marvin.
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.
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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.
El show de Abbott y Costello - La comedia gira en torno a las aventuras de dos simpáticos desempleados: El astuto Bud Abbott y el ingenuo Lou Costello, quienes viven en un departamento alquilado por un malhumorado Sidney Fields, ya que casi nunca le pagan la renta. Por otra parte, tanto Abbott como Costello a menudo se meten en líos con hermosas mujeres y, de vez en cuando, los acompaña Hillary, la vecina de ambos. Además Costello también tiene problemas con Stinky, un joven muy travieso vestido con traje de marinero (interpretado por Joe Besser), y Mike, un policía quien siempre termina perdiendo la paciencia ante Costello, para luego golpearlo con su garrote. -Wiki-
Abbott and Costello adventure-comedy film that parodies the safari genre. The title is a play on the 1930 documentary, "Africa Speaks!". The team of explorers includes Hillary Brooke, Clyde Beatty, Buddy & Max Baer, Joe Besser, and Shemp Howard of The Three Stooges. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041098 CHANGE BEFORE GOING PRODUCTIONS: http://www.cbgp.com http://www.facebook.com/changebeforegoingproductions http://www.twitter.com/cbgproductions http://www.gplus.to/changebeforegoing http://www.pinterest.com/cbgproductions More classic silent films added daily to the channel. We hope you enjoy these movies and cartoons, some of which contain new musical scores, from early cinema.
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...
For his full interview, see http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/leonard-stern
Lou Costello's daughters Paddy and Chris are interviewed by Joe Furey at the Alex Film Society screening of "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein."
Bud Abbott and Friends lead the folks at Joseph Creek Village in Cranbrook in a good old fashioned sing-a-long
Before he was the wicked Doctor Smith, Jonathan Harris was a smart Diamond Theif In this 1958 special. Starring the Great Lou Costello In One of his solo appearance's Without Close friend and Partner Bud Abbott. ( I hope you enjoy it.)
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Come with me
Here is the answer
To set you free, yeah
All alone as you silently scream
You reach out and hold on
All along you´ve been chasing a dream
Now it´s gone, it´s over
Out of my head `cos it´s
Time to surrender
It´s time you remember
A game of pretending
Is not worth defending
Heart and soul
Truth is a saviour
So take control, yeah
Time to surrender.....
You talk as if you just don´t care
There´s so much frustration
I see that you are in despair
It´s your desperation, oh
Time to surrender.....
Choir:
Everything you say and everything you do
Got to find a way you know it´s down to you
Live another day and live for what is true