The Unnoficial Abbott and Costello Blog has Moved

Since Yahoo has announced the end of Geocities, I had no choice but to move my website that I have had since 1999. The new home of the Unofficial Abbott and Costello Blog is www.buckprivates.com. I hope to stay here for a very long time. Please update your bookmarks or links.

On This Day In Abbott and Costello History

April 24th

In 1974 Bud Abbott, the straight man of the Abbott and Costello comedy team, died in Woodland Hills, Calif.; he was 78.

Abbott and Costello on MySpace

I'm embarrassed to say I only found out that Abbott and Costello has a MySpace page today. You can find the page at:
http://www.myspace.com/abbottandcostellomyspace

It has info on Bud and Lou as well as videos and music from Abbott and Costello movies. I will be linking to it on the "links" portion of this blog, and I recommend that you check it out.

On May 3rd Abbott and Costello will be inducted into the NJ Hall of Fame at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark NJ. Other inductees include Jon Bon Jovi, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Althea Gibson, Jerry Lewis, Guglielmo Marconi, Shaquille O'Neal, Meryl Streep, Phil Rizzuto, Paul Robeson, Carl Sagan, Walt Whitman, and William Carlos Williams. For Ticket info check one of the following links:

http://njhalloffame.com/

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/

the_new_jersey_hall_of.html

MODA Entertainment Signs Agreement With Abbott & Costello

According to the website www.prlog.org, Abbott and Costello have signed an agreement with MODA Entertainment to release new media and licensing products. I guess the agreement has been signed with the families of Abbott and Costello since both Bud and Lou have passed away. Anyway I see this as a good thing for Abbott and Costello fans as it should allow for new products to be produced and sold. In recent years other celebrities have sold their licensing rights for large sums of money, including Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali. I hope the families of Abbott and Costello have made a similar deal in this case. See the whole article here:

http://www.prlog.org/10206262-moda-entertainment-signs-agreement-with-abbott-costello-famous-comedy-team.html

It Ain’t Hay (1943)

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Grover(Abbott) and Wilbur(Costello) need to find a horse to replace one that Wilbur inadvertently has killed. They accidentally steal the most famous Race Horse in the country, Tea Biscuit. A reward is offered for return of the horse and the boys realizing their mistake attempt to return the horse in time for the big race. Wilbur riding Tea Biscuit wins the race. However Grover is the only person to bet on the winning horse and they use the winnings to replace the horse they killed.

Not the best of their movies it is bogged down with way too many musical numbers which slow down the pace of the story. Abbott and Costello do three of their more famous routines "The Mudder Routine", "The Fodder Routine" and "The Fore Hoofs Routine". Although these routines are hilarious the rest of the movie has very little laughs in it. The movie was the last of Abbott and Costello to be released on video due to legal issue with the estate of the writer Damon Runyon.

Abbott and Costello Radio Log

The Abbott and Costello Radio show ran from 1940 to 1949. Bruce Forsberg has created a PDF file that logs every one of these radio appearances. The log is comprehensive and concise. Each episode is listed by date as well as listing 9 points of information: SOURCE,ORCHESTRA LEADER,VOCALIST,SONGS,SPONSOR,ANNOUNCER,GUEST,NETWORK and SHOW NOTES. Any Abbott and Costello fan who has ever listened to one of the radio shows will find this log amazingly useful. The information is helpful and easy to find for which ever show you are listing to. The Log also includes appearances that Abbott and Costello made on other radio shows including The Kate Smith Show and The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy show. So do yourself a favor and go to Bruce's website http://users.tns.net/~forsbergweb/index.html and download the latest verison of the Log (currently version 2.6).

Abbott and Costello on the Home Front: A Critical Study of the Wartime Films

A new book on Abbott and Costello will be released on March 8. It is a study of the War time films of Abbott and Costello.I have yet to get my copy but when I do will be writing a review and posting it here.

My first Abbott and Costello Blog

Welcome to the my first blog about Abbott and Costello. I have been a huge Fan since I was 8 years old and saw Lost in a Harem on late night TV. In this blog I hope to update and spread the word about the greatest comedy duo in history. I will also be doing movie reviews, book reviews and any other Abbott and Costello review I can find. Enjoy