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| Licensing entrepeneur, and all-round conman, Larry Harmon died today. | | Replies: 18 | Latest Post: 7/4/08 | Sponsor: Jimmy Finn | | | |
I like to wish Dan,the members of The A&C Families,
their friends and fans of the boys and the members
of The A&C message page..A Happy,Healthy and Safe
July 4!
Kevin S.Butler The Reporter. | | Replies: 0 | Latest Post: 7/4/08 | Sponsor: Kevin Butler | | | | Happy 4th of July to all our American friends here! And have a great weekend to everybody!! :) | | Replies: 2 | Latest Post: 7/4/08 | Sponsor: Astra | | | | For all you Twilight Zone fans, today the Sci-Fi channel, if you get that, has a marathon running for viewing or recording.Just watched a couple before. | | Replies: 0 | Latest Post: 7/4/08 | Sponsor: Docstox | | | | Happy Birthday today to Gina Lollobrigida who turns 81. Born July 4, 1927. An all around beautiful woman who I have admired for years. | | Replies: 0 | Latest Post: 7/4/08 | Sponsor: Ken | | | | Let's hear about a meeting/dinner/lunch or whatever at Marco Polo for July or August | | Replies: 18 | Latest Post: 7/3/08 | Sponsor: Shorty | | | | How long does everyone think the "golden age of comedy teams" lasted? My feeling is 1926 (when Laurel & Hardy teamed -- I'm just guessing at the date) to 1956, when both A&C and Martin & Lewis (I believe it was 1956 for M&L) broke up. I know the Stooges went on performing into the 1960s, but I think there best years were behind them. Think of all the great teams during that 30 year period. A&C, the Stooges, Marx Bros., Laurel & Hardy, Martin & Lewis, Olsen & Johnson, Wheeler & Woolsey (I think that is correct), even the Bowery Boys. I'm probably missing one or two less famous acts. | | Replies: 4 | Latest Post: 7/3/08 | Sponsor: Lou Abbott | | | | I purchased today a copy of Jim Muholland's THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO BOOK. Though it has probably been discussed before, I would like a get some opinions about this book from my fellow message board members. I'll try to read it soon and give my impressions of it. | | Replies: 17 | Latest Post: 7/2/08 | Sponsor: Craig | | | | Back around 1962-1963 Bud Abbott appeared as the mystery celebrity guest on YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION, hosted by Dennis James. It was pure chance that I happened to see this episode. I remember Bud's photo was one of the five shown in front of the sillouetted guest. Next to Bud's was a photo of Robert Taylor. Imagine my delight when the mystery guest turned out to be Bud Abbott! The show was produced by Monty Hall. I wonder if copies survive in his archive. I have never seen a reference to this appearance of Bud Abbott in any of his credits. | | Replies: 4 | Latest Post: 7/2/08 | Sponsor: rpfaiola@melonheadfields.law | | | | Can someone provide a link to a video that someone posted here months ago. The video is an old black & white Egyptian remake of "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein". It's literally a shot-to-shot remake of the classic movie with Egyptian actors in the A&C role! I've been told that there's also a Spanish remake as well! If you can provide a link to any of these, I would really appreciate it! Thank you. | | Replies: 5 | Latest Post: 7/2/08 | Sponsor: Scrappy | | | | I'm writing a mystery script for an online game that I play. I'm including the "Who's On First?" routine in this script. However, I want things to be as accurate as possible (there's a time frame issue involved), so I was wondering if anyone knew when this routine was first aired on the radio. I know it was aired in March 1938, but that's all I know. If anyone knows the exact date (or even the part of the month) that this routine aired, I would appreciate it. Thanks a bunch. | | Replies: 0 | Latest Post: 7/2/08 | Sponsor: latrommi | | | | The public domain cartoon "A Tale of 2 Kitties" with Bud & Lou as cats on the hunt for Tweety Bird. See cartoon in reply.
Great version of "Bud's lament" in this by the way, with hysterical slaps when he realizes Lou is alive. | | Replies: 11 | Latest Post: 7/1/08 | Sponsor: Pat Chris | | | | We all know John Landis is a huge fan of Abbott and Costello. What other famous directors/producers/actors are fans of the team? | | Replies: 3 | Latest Post: 7/1/08 | Sponsor: Joseph M. | | | | Does anyone remember an Abbott and Costello skit having to do with Niagra Falls? | | Replies: 1 | Latest Post: 7/1/08 | Sponsor: cactusworld@msn.com | | | | A commercial for a TV station's broadcast of "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" - clip in reply. | | Replies: 2 | Latest Post: 6/30/08 | Sponsor: Pat Chris | | | | I'm having some friends over for the 4th of July who enjoy A&C and I was thinking of showing a film (in our screeing room). I've narrowed it down to 4 selections, but I can't decide which one. Any suggestions?
Here are the choices:
Pardon My Sarong
The Time of Their Lives
Buck Privates Come Home
Who Done It? | | Replies: 9 | Latest Post: 6/30/08 | Sponsor: Algy | | | | What was the first A&C you watched? (if you remember!) Mine was "Pardon my Sarong" | | Replies: 5 | Latest Post: 6/30/08 | Sponsor: Russ | | | | Just curious what others here think about, "Buck Privates Come Home?" I've always really liked it and thought it was quite underrated, but I've noticed that some people on other websites seem rather luke-warm about it, which seems odd. I think it is well written, very funny and even rather sweet at times. | | Replies: 6 | Latest Post: 6/30/08 | Sponsor: Algy | | | I’ve received an email from the producer of the A&C 3D cartoon that first hit the scene several years ago. I know this project has been going on for quite some time, and it looks as if it may take awhile longer. Here is the text of the email:
- Due to a great and unusual connection I have, I am exploring doing this project as a traditionally hand-drawn animated project. We still have the CGI models, illustrations, and sculptures to use for reference, plus the moving storyboard and audio. Which is 75% towards what we need to move into traditional animation. The idea is to do the test two- minute project and see how it plays in 2D animation before pitching the full feature. | | Replies: 1 | Latest Post: 6/30/08 | Sponsor: Dan | | | | I have a question about the old Abbott & Costello comic books. Recently someone gave me 12 issues of the A&C comics. They date from 1948 to early 1970s. In issue #2 of the 1948 comic, there are 2 pages (one in the front inside the cover and one in the back) that were supposedly written by Bud Abbott & Lou Costello themselves. I was wondering if anyone knows if they actually wrote their columns or if the comic book writers did. I'll post them in a few minutes. First I'll post the cover of the comic. I don't know how to post pictures in this forum so you'll have to copy & paste the link into your browser. Sorry about that: http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/4130/67742729kn1.jpg | | Replies: 4 | Latest Post: 6/30/08 | Sponsor: Scrappy | | | | SAPS and DEUCES were aired on TCM today - Someone must put together about an hour and a half of their shorts for presentation | | Replies: 6 | Latest Post: 6/30/08 | Sponsor: Shorty | | | | Help. How can I get a copy of " who's on first" bu Bud and lou?? Video cli[p etc | | Replies: 1 | Latest Post: 6/29/08 | Sponsor: lil75165@sbcglobal.net | | | |
On Tuesday Night July 1,2008 at 9:37 P.M.?
TCM will air a rare trailer promoting the films that
were ready for release in 1940 to their newest movie
theater in Cairo,Egypt.
Along with the mentioning of their imortal screen
version of Mr.Frank Baum's children's classic"The Wizard Of
Oz!"?
The trailers also included a preview of what was thought
to be L&H's last film in 1938"Blockheads!".
(I know that this sounds crazy..? But "Blockheads"wasn't
released in the middle east until 1940 the year that the boys
left Hal Roach)
I hope that the users of The A&C Message Page will get
a chance to see this rare piece of film history and..?
Be sure to watch "The Wizard Of Oz!"trailer for something
unique?
I'm not going to say what it is..but..You might be surprised
by what you're going to see?
I want to wish Dan,The members of the A&C Families,their
friends,the fans of Bud And Lou,Stan and Babe and the
users of the A&C Message Page..A Happy,Healthy and
Safe July Fourth!
Kevin S.Butler The Reporter. | | Replies: 0 | Latest Post: 6/28/08 | Sponsor: Kevin Butler | | | | For any classic film fans out there, I watched a film I taped from TMC called "The Blue Gardenia" from 1953 starring Anne Baxter, Ann Sothern , Nick Conte and Raymond Burr.The music in the film was done by Raoul Kraushaar who did the music for the first season Abbott and Costello TV Show.In fact, he used one of the incidental songs when Bud and Lou were in the diner ordering the turkey salad sandwich, in a scene with Raymond Burr and Anne Baxter.Another interesting player in the film is non other than George Reeves aka Superman, sporting a moustache, and playing the part of a police detective who,GASP, bums cigarettes from Nick Conte! I can imagine what kind of reaction that must have caused back in 1953.Also in the film is Nat Cole, singing the song "Blue Gardenia".Of course, Raymond Burr of Perry Mason and Ironside fame was interesting to watch. | | Replies: 3 | Latest Post: 6/28/08 | Sponsor: Docstox | | | | Hi, I just watched "The Killer" and "Time of Their Lives." A few thoughts. Bud smokes a cigar the vast majority of the time in Killer. He never, to my knowledge, smoked a cigar in another film. Why did he use the cigar as a prop in Killer? In TOTL, it's funny to see non-driver Bud pull up to the mansion and slam on the brakes in the beginning of the film. Look at his face in the scene, and you can tell how nervous he is about driving. Also, the film's theme of redemtion is the about as close as A&C ever came to a "holiday" movie. | | Replies: 5 | Latest Post: 6/27/08 | Sponsor: Lou Abbott | | |
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